Women's Golf
Jared Helin
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Phone:
- (785) 776-6475
Jared Helin served six full seasons with the K-State women’s golf program as he was named an assistant coach for the Wildcats in December 2016 before resigning his post in June 2023.
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Helin instantly made an impact in the spring of 2017 by helping guide the Wildcats to a win in their first tournament, the Westbrook Invitational. K-State, which also finished third at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate that April, earned a team bid to postseason play for the fifth time in school history when it competed in the NCAA Athens Regional.
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In addition to the team’s postseason appearance in 2017, Helin also aided with two other individual appearances in NCAA Regionals as Connie Jaffrey earned a bid to the 2018 NCAA Madison Regional and Haley Vargas to the 2023 NCAA San Antonio Regional.
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A Kansas native, Helin helped the Wildcats place in the top 10 in team stroke average three times, including a third-place showing in 2016-17 at 298.00. He has also had a hand in seven of the top 10 individual stroke averages in school history in Jaffrey in 2017-18 (1st; 72.85), Haley Vargas in 2022-23 (3rd; 73.90), Manon Donche-Gay in 2022-23 (4th; 74.07), Niamh McSherry in 2019-20 (5th; 74.16), Reid Isaac in 2019 (7th; 74.52) and Jaffrey again in 2016-17 (8th; 74.57).
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In his first full year as an assistant coach, Helin helped bring along a freshman-dominated lineup that was mixed with one of the best golfers in program history. Thanks in part to Helin, the four freshmen came together to rank K-State fifth in the nation in the Golfstat Freshman Class Impact Ranking.
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The veteran of the group was Jaffrey and, thanks to Helin's help, the Scottish native finished her career as the school's record holder in career stroke average (74.13) and single-season stroke average (72.85 in 2017-18).
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Two of those freshmen, McSherry and Isaac, would go on to have outstanding careers thanks to the help of Helin. Isaac tallied two of the top-five best rounds in school history and has the third most top-five finishes (8). McSherry carded three of the school’s 25 best 54-hole rounds.
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A familiar face to the program, Helin began working full time at Colbert Hills in July 2014, overseeing staff management and tournament operations in addition to golf instruction, while he was a Volunteer First Tee Junior Golf Coach. While at Colbert Hills, Helin worked concurrently for Acushnet Company as a Titleist Product Specialist.
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Helin began working at Colbert Hills as a four-year member of the pro shop staff prior to spending time as an assistant golf professional at Wamego Country Club.
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A Titleist Certified Expert Club Fitter, Helin is a 2012 Kansas Golf Association Four-Ball Champion and a 2014 Mid-Am Kanza Cup Qualifier.
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Helin graduated from Kansas State in 2015 with a degree in social sciences. The Colby, Kansas, native also attended Professional Golfers Career College in Temecula, California in 2008.
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Helin instantly made an impact in the spring of 2017 by helping guide the Wildcats to a win in their first tournament, the Westbrook Invitational. K-State, which also finished third at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate that April, earned a team bid to postseason play for the fifth time in school history when it competed in the NCAA Athens Regional.
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In addition to the team’s postseason appearance in 2017, Helin also aided with two other individual appearances in NCAA Regionals as Connie Jaffrey earned a bid to the 2018 NCAA Madison Regional and Haley Vargas to the 2023 NCAA San Antonio Regional.
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A Kansas native, Helin helped the Wildcats place in the top 10 in team stroke average three times, including a third-place showing in 2016-17 at 298.00. He has also had a hand in seven of the top 10 individual stroke averages in school history in Jaffrey in 2017-18 (1st; 72.85), Haley Vargas in 2022-23 (3rd; 73.90), Manon Donche-Gay in 2022-23 (4th; 74.07), Niamh McSherry in 2019-20 (5th; 74.16), Reid Isaac in 2019 (7th; 74.52) and Jaffrey again in 2016-17 (8th; 74.57).
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In his first full year as an assistant coach, Helin helped bring along a freshman-dominated lineup that was mixed with one of the best golfers in program history. Thanks in part to Helin, the four freshmen came together to rank K-State fifth in the nation in the Golfstat Freshman Class Impact Ranking.
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The veteran of the group was Jaffrey and, thanks to Helin's help, the Scottish native finished her career as the school's record holder in career stroke average (74.13) and single-season stroke average (72.85 in 2017-18).
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Two of those freshmen, McSherry and Isaac, would go on to have outstanding careers thanks to the help of Helin. Isaac tallied two of the top-five best rounds in school history and has the third most top-five finishes (8). McSherry carded three of the school’s 25 best 54-hole rounds.
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A familiar face to the program, Helin began working full time at Colbert Hills in July 2014, overseeing staff management and tournament operations in addition to golf instruction, while he was a Volunteer First Tee Junior Golf Coach. While at Colbert Hills, Helin worked concurrently for Acushnet Company as a Titleist Product Specialist.
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Helin began working at Colbert Hills as a four-year member of the pro shop staff prior to spending time as an assistant golf professional at Wamego Country Club.
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A Titleist Certified Expert Club Fitter, Helin is a 2012 Kansas Golf Association Four-Ball Champion and a 2014 Mid-Am Kanza Cup Qualifier.
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Helin graduated from Kansas State in 2015 with a degree in social sciences. The Colby, Kansas, native also attended Professional Golfers Career College in Temecula, California in 2008.
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