WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Nov. 18, 2019) - Central Missouri Mules Golf Coach
Tim Poe is excited to welcome two new early signees for his 2020-21 class. Alex Gentry and Calvin Dillon have agreed to play for Coach Poe and the Mules upon high school graduation in 2020.
Alex Gentry
Jefferson City, Mo.
Gentry comes to Warrensburg from the State Capital where he currently plays for Helias Catholic High School and Coach Jay Higgins. Gentry is a team captain who is ranked fourth in the state of Missouri, 32nd in the Midwest and 305th nationally. He played in the 2019 USGA Junior Amateur where he finished 102nd out of a field of close to 3,500 entries. Gentry beat Helias alum John Daly's record with a low round of 66 for a par-70 course coming at the Sedalia Country Club in 2019. Twice Gentry has made the All-State team finishing third in 2018 and 12th in 2019. he has a putting average of 1.5-1.77 and a GHIN Index of +2.4. Gentry has several top-five finishes on the Hurricane Junior Tour along with top-five finishes in the Golfweek Junior Tour, seeing a high rank of No. 10 in the country in 2018 and top-20 finishes in the American Junior Golf Association Tournaments. He was the 2018 Missouri Big I Trusted Choice Champion and third at the 2019 PGA Gateway Junior Championship. In 2017, Gentry was the Missouri Golf Association Junior Tour Player of the Year. He has led Helias to two All-District and All-Sectional Championships along with a second place finish at states in 2018 and fifth place in 2019.
Calvin Dillon
Louisburg, Kan.
Dillon's blood bleeds Mule red as he has two cousins who have come through Warrensburg - former Mules Golfer
Cole Dillon and current Mule Basketball player Dillon Blain. Dillon is a three-year All-Conference selection at Louisburg High School where he has won 17 of 28 tournaments entered. Dillon was the 2019 Class 4A Regional Champion and is a two-time Frontier League Champion. Dillon won the 2019 Kansas City Junior Match Play Championship and had a top-10 finished at the Midwest Junior Championship. He's been a member of Team Kansas in the Kansas/Nebraska Cup for two years.