{"id":3656,"date":"2011-11-17T08:29:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:53:09","slug":"national-broadcast-features-former-hawk-golfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/national-broadcast-features-former-hawk-golfer\/","title":{"rendered":"National broadcast features former Hawk golfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thursday, November 17, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – (Nov. 17, 2011) – A University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumnus who is a leader in training youth-sports volunteers is the subject of a profile recently broadcasted by a national sports cable network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred Engh, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Youth Sports, was featured in a “Golf in America” segment on The Golf Channel. It aired for the first time Nov. 14, 2011<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engh is a 1963 graduate of the university when it was known as Maryland State College. He teamed with the late Bob Taylor, a star football player at Maryland State, to lead the Hawks’ golf team to a championship season in 1961.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eight-minute report on Engh, who is white, includes footage of him visiting his alma mater and discussing how being a minority at a historically black institution shaped the career path he chose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1981, Engh has focused on creating programs to guide adults in how to participate and support youth sports activities so participants have positive experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’s taken the concept global, reaching out to under-developed countries where organized sports for youth are lacking – especially equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engh also started “Hook A Kid On Golf,” inspired by his experience in Princess Anne where he first gravitated to the game he still plays – and believes should also be accessible to minorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engh, who grew up in a middle-class family in Ocean City, Md., is\u00a0one of the UMES alumni featured in a series of stories<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about the first 125 years of the university’s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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