Matthew Bortis was named the Enlight Foundation Assistant Coach for Men’s Golf on October 4, 2018.
Bortis played collegiately at Arkansas for three seasons, twice earning All-Southeastern Conference accolades and was a three-time SEC Athlete of the Week. He transferred to Texas for his senior year in 2007 and finished 62nd in the NCAA Championships, securing PING All-American honorable mention. Bortis collected two individual collegiate wins during his career.
In 2008, he graduated from Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and a minor in communications.
In 2010, Bortis joined the Marines, where he served as a personnel training manager and special operations team commander. He oversaw 44 junior personnel in daily operations and training and they received the “Top Squad” award for tactical proficiency, knowledge and physical fitness. He was selected to attend Infantry Officer Course in early 2011. While serving serving as an Infantry Officer with 3D Battalion,1st Marines out of Camp Pendleton, California from April 2011 to May 2014, he held positions of Infantry Platoon Commander, Company Executive Officer, and Company Commander.
As a Platoon Commander, Bortis was responsible for the training and tactical employment of 51 Marine Infantrymen. He soon deployed as part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit throughout the Middle East and South East Asia region over an eight-month deployment. During this period, his platoon received the"Top Squad" award for having the best trained and physically fit element within the Battalion. His platoon was also chosen to assist in training Jordanian Marines and the Cambodian Counter Terrorist Special Forces in close quarters battle and urban combat.
Shortly after returning from his first deployment, Bortis was chosen to serve as the Company Executive Officer. In this position he was responsible for the development and implementation of a 10-month training plan for more than 175 Infantry Marines to include supervising all external coordination. He served in this position for two years, including five months as the Company Commander, overseeing his unit's deployment to Okinawa, Japan.
Upon completion of his service as the Company Executive Officer, Bortis was selected to attend Assessment and Selection for the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in 2014. He was later selected one of 35 candidates out of a class of 197 for a nine-month special operations Individual Training Course at the Marine Raider Training Center in North Carolina. In 2016, Bortis graduated the course to become a Special Operations Officer. During this period, he served as a Team Commander within Charlie Company, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, MARSOC out of Camp Pendleton until Oct 31, 2018.
During his stretch as a Team Commander, Bortis took multiple advanced special operations courses, and later deployed within the South East Asia region. He was responsible for the development and implementation of a new counter terrorism initiative, expanding the partnership of U.S. Special Operations with Partner Nation Forces to help stem the growth of I.S.I.S in the region.
Bortis also organized and implemented a 12-month developmental training program for more than 175 personnel and handled the administrative and logistical requirements for an eight-month overseas deployment. He also served as lead planner and officer in charge for the development and integration of a special operations team comprised of 14 diverse personnel into an area where no U.S. forces had been present.
Bortis has an extensive background in the game of golf as well as a unique understanding of team development and mental resiliency from his years of experience in the Marine Corps. He is married and his wife’s name is Alena.
Bortis played collegiately at Arkansas for three seasons, twice earning All-Southeastern Conference accolades and was a three-time SEC Athlete of the Week. He transferred to Texas for his senior year in 2007 and finished 62nd in the NCAA Championships, securing PING All-American honorable mention. Bortis collected two individual collegiate wins during his career.
In 2008, he graduated from Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and a minor in communications.
In 2010, Bortis joined the Marines, where he served as a personnel training manager and special operations team commander. He oversaw 44 junior personnel in daily operations and training and they received the “Top Squad” award for tactical proficiency, knowledge and physical fitness. He was selected to attend Infantry Officer Course in early 2011. While serving serving as an Infantry Officer with 3D Battalion,1st Marines out of Camp Pendleton, California from April 2011 to May 2014, he held positions of Infantry Platoon Commander, Company Executive Officer, and Company Commander.
As a Platoon Commander, Bortis was responsible for the training and tactical employment of 51 Marine Infantrymen. He soon deployed as part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit throughout the Middle East and South East Asia region over an eight-month deployment. During this period, his platoon received the"Top Squad" award for having the best trained and physically fit element within the Battalion. His platoon was also chosen to assist in training Jordanian Marines and the Cambodian Counter Terrorist Special Forces in close quarters battle and urban combat.
Shortly after returning from his first deployment, Bortis was chosen to serve as the Company Executive Officer. In this position he was responsible for the development and implementation of a 10-month training plan for more than 175 Infantry Marines to include supervising all external coordination. He served in this position for two years, including five months as the Company Commander, overseeing his unit's deployment to Okinawa, Japan.
Upon completion of his service as the Company Executive Officer, Bortis was selected to attend Assessment and Selection for the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in 2014. He was later selected one of 35 candidates out of a class of 197 for a nine-month special operations Individual Training Course at the Marine Raider Training Center in North Carolina. In 2016, Bortis graduated the course to become a Special Operations Officer. During this period, he served as a Team Commander within Charlie Company, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, MARSOC out of Camp Pendleton until Oct 31, 2018.
During his stretch as a Team Commander, Bortis took multiple advanced special operations courses, and later deployed within the South East Asia region. He was responsible for the development and implementation of a new counter terrorism initiative, expanding the partnership of U.S. Special Operations with Partner Nation Forces to help stem the growth of I.S.I.S in the region.
Bortis also organized and implemented a 12-month developmental training program for more than 175 personnel and handled the administrative and logistical requirements for an eight-month overseas deployment. He also served as lead planner and officer in charge for the development and integration of a special operations team comprised of 14 diverse personnel into an area where no U.S. forces had been present.
Bortis has an extensive background in the game of golf as well as a unique understanding of team development and mental resiliency from his years of experience in the Marine Corps. He is married and his wife’s name is Alena.