Marquette golfer Ryan Prickette sat down with MUTV’s Todd Warner to discuss the 2009-10 season and look ahead to next year.

MUTVSports has again become your home for Golden Eagle Spotlight interviews. In Week 1, seven athletes stopped by for a total of six interviews, and the links are below:

Ashley Beyer (Volleyball): Interview
Janelle Harris (Women’s Basketball): Interview
Rachael Hush & Christina Ruiz (Tennis): Interview
Olivia Johnson (Cross Country): Interview
Curtis McCormac (Golf): Interview
Erik Williams (Men’s Basketball): Below

Mike Van Sickle will look to carry his NCAA success into the PGA

MILWAUKEE – Recent Marquette University graduate and friend of MUTVSports Mike Van Sickle was awarded a sponsor’s exemption to play in the upcoming John Deere Classic, July 6-12, at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. It will mark the first of two PGA Tour events in July for Van Sickle, who will join Alabama-Birmingham graduate Zach Sucher in the Quad Cities-based tournament.

Van Sickle, who is currently ranked sixth in the R&A World Amateur Rankings, capped off his senior season at Marquette with First Team All-America and BIG EAST Player of the Year honors. He was also the winner of the prestigious Byron Nelson Award.

Earlier this month it was announced that Van Sickle and former Clemson star Kyle Stanley were given sponsor’s exemptions into the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, Wis., July 13-19.

“The John Deere Classic prides itself on awarding many of its sponsor exemptions to young players who have distinguished themselves with their play either in college or elsewhere in order to give them an opportunity to test their games against the best players in the world,” said John Deere Classic tournament director Clair Peterson. “Both Mike Van Sickle and Zach Sucher certainly have proven themselves on the golf course. What’s more is that both of these young men not only are great golfers, they also have tremendous character.”

Van Sickle ranked among NCAA Division I leaders this past year in wins (5), scoring average (70.00) and birdies (165), among several other statistical categories. He owns several school records — including collegiate victories (11), scoring average (71.65) and rounds of par-or-better (86) – Van Sickle posted 24 top-five finishes in 48 collegiate events as a Golden Eagle.

-Report from  Marquette Athletics-

Here’s our newest commercial, out of our “This Is SportsTime” line. It’s with Marquette All-American golfer Mike Van Sickle and MUTV SportsTime anchor Brad Galli.

Mike Van Sickle finished the BIG EAST Championships at -6, three strokes back of individual champ, Adam Hadwin, of Louisville.

Marquette, as a team, lost its chance at a repeat, as the Louisville Cardinals won the 2009 crown with a total tournament score of -17. Marquette was the runner-up, at -12.

Marquette’s Matt Haase shot an all-time BIG EAST Tournament low 64 today. Look for more coverage on MUTV tonight, and check out exclusive coverage tomorrow, on “The LockerRoom” and MUTVsports.com

BIG EAST Golf Championship Final STATS and STORY|
PHOTOS

FLORIDA – Mike Van Sickle is heading into the final day of the BIG EAST Championships tied for first after shooting a -5 round today, to put his overall tournament score at -4. Van Sickle already owns the Marquette school record for wins with eleven, and is nationally ranked as a top amateur. Marquette Associate Athletic Director Luke LeNoble is giving fans live updates from the course on his Twitter page.

The team, on the other hand, is in second. But the Louisville Cardinals are holding a commanding lead. They are at -8, while Marquette is +3.

PART 1 and PART 2 of our interview with Mike Van Sickle and Dustin Schwab from the past fall. They gave us a demonstration on how to golf.
 LIVE scoring of the BIG EAST Tournament

Due to our contract with CNN & CBS, we are prohibited from putting non-Marquette video online. But we did pull together a few clips from Monday’s SportsTime, our SportsCenter-esque show, and posted them here:

Final Four Preview:

Jerel McNeal’s All-American selection:

Marquette Golf FAU Spring Break Championships breakdown: