Academy of Art University Athletics

Mitch Lowe became the Academy of Art University women's golf head coach in August 2018 after serving as a volunteer for the program since January 2016.

Returning the entire squad from a unit that finished as the runners-up in the 2021 Pacific West Conference Championship Tournament, the 2021-22 Academy of Art women's golf squad featured a pair of seasoned veterans who led four younger talents, collecting a team win at Dominican's Birdie Fest along the way in a year that ultimately ended with Anahi Servin being named the 2022 NCAA Division National Champion. After breaking the Pacific West Conference weekly honors record among student-athletes from all sports with five PacWest Golfer of the Week selections giving her 17 for her career, Anahi Servin added her fourth PacWest Golfer of the Year award then finished fifth at NCAA West Regionals to qualify for the NCAA National Championship Tournament where she led the 98-golfer field with a 5-under-par 211, securing her fourth career All-American honor in the process. Servin would go on to be named the 2022 PacWest Female Athlete of the Year. Additionally, four of the six team members finished as 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team honorees.

Returning to action after an 11-month stretch with no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Academy of Art women's golf delivered three runner-up finishes in six tournaments in 2021. Dominant as ever with four tournament victories and four PacWest Golfer of the Week honors, Anahi Servin captured the Pacific West Conference Championship as an individual for a historic third consecutive time before going on to finish ninth at NCAA Nationals be on the WGCA Division II All-American First Team. The three-time PacWest Golfer of the Year was joined by freshman Napat "Plern" Rattanaprakarn on the PacWest All-Tournament Team while the duo along with junior Iveta Posledni and freshman Tessa Geenen made up the team's four Academic All-PacWest honorees (Rattanaprakarn and Posledni added WGCA All-American Scholar awards).

The Urban Knights' 2020 campaign, Lowe's second season at the program's helm, saw ART U earn two top three finishes in the fall before adding two more in the spring prior to the campaign's abrupt end due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through five tournaments, the team had offered its third lowest average score (309.00) to date and went on to earn four Academic All-PacWest awards. One of three individuals to capture PacWest Golfer of the Week honors during the year, Anahi Servin ended the season as both WGCA Division II All-America Honorable Mention, and WGCA Division II All-Region..

In his first year as head coach, Lowe led his team to their first PacWest Championship in program history. He also delivered the first All-American in program history (Anahi Servin) and won PacWest Coach of the Year. In nine tournaments ART U collected two championships, six runner-up finishes, and had five individual first place finishes.  

Lowe carries more than 17 years of experience as an award-winning private coach with background as an instructor for the PGA Tour, the Web.com Tour (formerly Nationwide), Canadian PGA Tour, and thousands of amateur golfers.

Lowe joined Academy of Art as a volunteer in January 2016 and helped guide the team to three consecutive trips to NCAA Division II Regionals. Over the course of those three seasons, he worked with Harris to deliver 13 All-PacWest Team selections including two PacWest Golfers of the Year. Urban Knights received the conference's Golfer of the Week Award 13 times, the team placed within the top-5 in 20 tournaments, and they claimed three team championships in total during that timeframe.

Lowe, who has served as a golf instructor at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, played in his first tournament at the age of nine and went on to letter four years while on the University of the Pacific's golf team, earning All-Conference in 1988. In 1990, he turned professional and has played on various tours including the Nike Tour and Canadian PGA Tour through 1995.

Over his career, Lowe has played in four major championships (PGA Championship at Hazeltine in 2009, Whistling Straits in 2010, Kiawah Island in 2012, and Baltusrol in 2016) and nine PGA Tour events including the AT&T at Pebble Beach and the Reno Tahoe Open. 

Lowe became a member of the Professional Golfers Association of America in 1999 and has since been honored five times as the Northern California PGA Player of the Year in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011 & 2012. 

In 2010, Lowe tied for sixth place in the prestigious PGA Professional National Championship at the French Lick Golf Resort in Indiana and he then tied for seventh place in the 2012 PGA Professional National Championship at Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Club in Monterey.

Following a five-year stretch as the head golf professional at the Lockeford Springs Golf Course in Lodi, Lowe shifted into a role as director of golf instruction at the Half Moon Bay Golf Links before becoming the assistant manager & golf instructor at Stanford Golf Course. In 2013, he would go on to work more closely with high school and college level golfers at TPC Harding Park.

Coaching Honors at Academy of Art
2019 PacWest Coach of the Year