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Buster Albertson is in his third year as head men's golf coach.

Albertson has helped coach three players to all-conference honors.  His teams have also done well in the classroom with five individuals earning academic all-conference honors and two being named NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

A life-long golfer, Albertson most recently coached collegiately at Indian Hills Community College from 1988-1996. During that span, he led his squads to the NJCAA National Tournament every year and guided ten individuals to All-American status. Several players then furthered their games at the NCAA Division I level, playing at such schools as Northern Iowa, Iowa, Iowa State, Missouri, and others.

A strong competitor himself, Albertson has won the Ottumwa City Tournament and the Ottumwa Country Club Championship as well as the State Elks Championship on five separate occasions. He also claimed the State Junior Chamber of Commerce Championship title twice. Albertson has two hole-in-ones and six double-eagles to his credit.

He has played in more than 30 Iowa Open and Iowa Amateur Tournaments and was a member of the Board of Directors for the Iowa Golf Association for ten years.

Albertson, who is retired from John Deere in Ottumwa, is a veteran of the United States Air Force (1954-1958). He resides in Oskaloosa with his wife Pam and has five children and ten grandchildren.

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Wade Steinlage is in his seventh year as sports information director, fifth year as director of men's golf, and first year as direct of women's golf.

He has guided five men's players to all-Midwest Collegiate Conference recognition and has had one conference medalist as Cole Reiman became the fifth league champion in school history with his win in 2008.

His teams have also done well in the classroom with 13 individuals earning academic all-conference honors and four being named NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Steinlage came to Penn from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, where he spent one year as an intern in the sports information office. At Angelo State, he was the primary contact for women's soccer, volleyball, men's basketball, and softball.

Steinlage serves as the primary media contact for all Statesmen and Lady Statesmen athletic programs. His responsibilities include producing media guides and game programs, doing statistical work at all home contests, serving the media and working with other SID offices, updating the athletics web site (www.statesmenathletics.com), writing previews and recaps of events, and other duties as assigned.

Steinlage was introduced to the Sports Information world as a student worker at Central College in Pella from 2001-2003. Prior to that experience, he was a sports writer for the Oskaloosa Herald and Pella Chronicle newspapers in 2001. He also interned for the West Ealing Newspaper Group in London.

Steinlage received his bachelor's degree in communication and sociology from Central College in May of 2003. He resides in Oskaloosa with his wife Jodi, a 2006 graduate of William Penn, and their daughter Whitney.