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TABLE OF CONTENTS & QUICK FACTS
Table of Contents ................................................................................1 2018-19 Roster....................................................................................1 Coaching Staff..................................................................................3-4 Home Course ......................................................................................5 Meet the Jackrabbits ......................................................................6-10 Season in Review ........................................................................11-15 Records........................................................................................16-18 History ..........................................................................................18-23 South Dakota State ......................................................................24-32
2018-19 Quick Facts
Location: ..................Brookings, S.D. Enrollment: ..................12,107 (Fall) Founded: ..................................1881 Colors: ....................Yellow and Blue Nickname: ......................Jackrabbits Conference:......The Summit League Home Course: ............Brookings CC ..........................Par 72, 6,015 yards
South Dakota State Administration President: ............Dr. Barry H. Dunn Athletics Director: ............Justin Sell Sr. Associate AD-Compliance/SWA:.... ..................................Kathy Heylens NCAA Faculty Rep: ....Dr. Rich Reid South Dakota State Golf Staff Director of Golf: ..Casey VanDamme ....................Northern Michigan, ‘00 ............................................5th year Assistant Coach:......Maggie Murphy ......................New Mexico State, ‘10 ............................................2nd year Golf Office Phone:......605-691-1592
Name Sydney Bormann Magda Kruger Cassidy Laidlaw Brooke Piearson Lani Potter Maria Seeman Teresa Toscano Sydney Wirebaugh
South Dakota State Media Relations Asst. SID/Golf: ........Michele Schmidt Email:..Michele.Schmidt@sdstate.edu Office Phone:..............605-688-4932 Cell Phone: ................605-695-0704 Office Address: ....Sports Information ............................2820 HPER Center ................Brookings, S.D. 57007-1497 Website: ......................GoJacks.com Twitter: ......................GoJacksSDSU Facebook: ..SDSU.Jackrabbit.Nation 2018-19 Women’s Preview Letterwinners Returning: .................. ..Sydney Bormann, Teresa Toscano ......Magda Kruger, Cassidy Laidlaw, ................................Brooke Piearson Newcomers: ....................Lani Potter, ..Maria Seeman, Sydney Wirebaugh
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2018-19 Women’s Preview Tournaments Won ..........................0 Top 5 Finishes:................................4 Summit League Championship Finish: ..........................................3rd
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2018-19 Jackrabbits Women’s Golf Team Ht. 5-3 5-6 5-5 5-5 5-4 5-7 5-5 5-6
Exp. 2L 1L 1L 1L HS HS 2L HS
Hometown/Previous School Parkston, S.D./Parkston Centurion, South Africa/Redlands CC Calgary, Alberta/St. Francis Brookings, S.D./Brookings Boulder City, Nev./Boulder City Milton, Wis./Milton Huelva, Spain/Santa Teresa de Jesus Aberdeen, S.D./Aberdeen Central
Director of Golf: Casey VanDamme (Northern Michigan, ‘00), 5th yr. Assistant Coach: Maggie Murphy (New Mexico State, ‘10), 2nd yr.
The 2018-19 South Dakota State women’s golf media guide is a product of the Jackrabbits Sports Information Office and printed by the South Dakota State University Print Lab. Written and designed by Michele Schmidt, Assistant Sports Information Director, with editorial assistance from Matt Schmidt. Front cover design by SDSU University Marketing and Communications. Photos credited to Emily Weber of SDSU University Marketing and Communications; Dave Eggen of Inertia Sports; Jason Salzman, Salzman Studios; Jeff Tuttle; Dennis Hubbard and Lifetouch Sports.
COACHING STAFF
Director of Golf - Casey VanDamme, Fifth Year
Immediate impact. Those two words has described Casey VanDamme’s five seasons as South Dakota State’s Director of Golf. Since VanDamme’s arrival, he has coached 10 allleague selections, mentored all-academic performers and the Jackrabbits have rewritten the record book. He has also upgraded and transformed the Jackrabbits’ regular-season schedule. VanDamme has coached the 2017 Summit League Player of the Year, the 2017 and 2018 Newcomers of the Year, four first-team All-Summit League selections, six second-team all-league picks and three all-tournament honorees in the last four years. In the classroom, Sydney Bormann and Sydney MacDonald earned Summit League All-Academic accolades and 19 Jackrabbits have also been named to The Summit League Academic
Honor Roll and 16 to The Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence since VanDamme came to State. In the SDSU record book, the Jacks set the 18-, 36- and 54-hole records and the single-season records fpr stroke average, rounds and topfive, top-10 and top-25 finishes. On the career chart, records for stroke average, rounds and topfive, top-10 and top-25 finishes have fallen. Megan Mingo finished her career under VanDamme with the lowest single-season stroke average (74.46) and career stroke average (76.73). As a team in 2016-17, the Jackrabbits set the 18-, 36- and 54-hole records and posted the lowest single-season team scoring average (299.61). South Dakota State moved from playing most of its regular-season tournaments against regional opponents to national tournaments against ranked opponents after VanDamme’s arrival. The Jackrabbits have thrived, winning 10 titles, including five in 2016-17, then the second-most in the NCAA. They have also played in Nevada six times, Utah and Arizona five times, Florida three times and in events in Idaho, Colorado, Oregon, Tennessee, Hawaii and New Mexico. Joining the Jackrabbits family in July 2014, VanDamme guided SDSU to a third-place finish at the 2015 Summit League Tournament, two regular-season titles and seven top-five finishes. Sydney MacDonald and Hallie Getz picked up second-team All-Summit League honors. The pair finished one-two in single-season stroke average and MacDonald completed her career with the second-lowest career stroke average (79.30).
VanDamme’s coaching had the Jackrabbits improving their scoring averages by a remarkable two strokes and earning a national ranking as high as No. 91. In 2016, the Jackrabbits won three tournaments and finished in the top five in nine of 12 tournaments and had 10 top-10 finishes. And once again, VanDamme had SDSU in the hunt for The Summit League title, but SDSU finished second for the second time in school history. VanDamme guided SDSU to eight single-season school records with first-team All-Summit League selection Megan Mingo setting all eight. Mingo and first-team All-Summit League pick Hallie Getz both won the program’s first individual titles and have the top two single-season records for stroke average and are the top two for career stroke average. All told, VanDamme helped five of eight Jackrabbits drop two-or-more strokes from their 2014-15 average. In 2017, the Jackrabbits finished the season winning a school-record five regular-season tournaments and finished in the top three in 11 of 12 tournaments. SDSU had its best shot a winning the 2017 Summit League title, but a third consecutive second-place finish ended its chance for postseason. Three Jackrabbits won individual titles in 2016-17. Mingo won a pair, capturing the 2017 Summit League title and the Seton Hall Pirate Invitational. Getz recorded her second career win, taking home Nebraska’s Chip-N Club title. Teresa Toscano picked up her first individual title, winning the eighth-annual Jackrabbit Invitational.
SDSU finished the season ranked 69th nationally and set all four single-season team records. It bettered the stroke average record by more than four strokes, shooting a 299.61. In addition to Mingo, Getz and Toscano were second-team All-Summit League picks. Mingo was named The Summit League Championship MVP and was honored with Toscano on the alltournament team. Last season, the Jackrabbits finished the season with four consecutive top-three finishes, including third at the 2018 Summit League Championship. All together, SDSU finished in the top 10 in seven of its 10 tournaments. Toscano came close to winning the individual title at the league championship. The Summit League All-Tournament honoree fired a finalround 69 to tie for the lowest round in Summit League history, but it wasn’t enough as she tied for second in a three-player, one-hole playoff. Toscano (first team), Sydney Bormann (second
COACHING STAFF
team) and Cassidy Laidlaw (second) were named to all-league teams. In the record book, Toscano tied the school record for 18 holes (68) and set the stroke average (73.52) mark while the team finished second in single-season scoring average (302.07). VanDamme, who is SDSU’s second full-time golf coach, spent five seasons at Tennessee as director of instruction/player development, beginning in 2009. During his tenure, Tennessee equaled its best postseason stretch in school history with five trips to the NCAA Championship regionals, advancing to the 2010, 2011 and 2013 NCAA Championships. Prior to coaching the Vols, VanDamme learned the trade under renowned golf instructor Jim McLean. He spent seven years at the Jim McLean Golf School in Palm Springs, Calif., and Traverse City, Mich., becoming the youngest master instructor in school history. VanDamme has worked with PGA Tour play-
ers, including as an on-site teaching professional to a participant in the 2009 PGA Championship. He began his collegiate golf career at Marquette before finishing at Northern Michigan, where he graduated in 2000. VanDamme started his tenure under McLean in 1998 while still playing collegiately. He also played professionally on the National Golf Association Hooters Tour in 2003-04. From 2006 to 2009, VanDamme served as athletic director at Mid Peninsula High School in Rock, Mich., also working summers since 2005 with the CVD Golf Academy in Gladstone, Mich. He also served in 2008 as head golf professional at LochenHeath Golf Club in Traverse City.
VanDamme and his wife, the former Jill Gobert, are natives of Perkins, Mich., and are the parents of daughters, Madelyn, Claire, Lizzy and son, Andrew.
COACHING STAFF
Assistant Coach - Maggie Murphy, Second Year Maggie Murphy enters her second season as assistant golf coach at South Dakota State. Murphy came to State after pursuing professional golf status from 2010 to 2012 and most recently played in the 2016 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur. The Sioux Falls native played in the 2011 U.S. Golf Association Women’s State Team Championship. Competing in the South Dakota Golf Association, Murphy was the 2011 Players Cup Champion, the 2010 Match Play Champion and the 2007 Amateur Champion. Murphy competed in 35 tournaments at New Mexico State from 2006-10, earning National Golf Coaches Association AllAmerican Scholar accolades and All-Western Athletic Confer-
ence Academic honors during her collegiate career. In 2006, Murphy was part of an Aggie team that captured the Price’s Give Em Five Intercollegiate title. Murphy earned a bachelor’s degree in community health at NMSU in 2010 and was a Crimson Scholar.
HOME OF THE JACKRABBITS
Brookings Country Club - Brookings, S.D.
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Opened: 1960 Designed by Earl Bartling and Ward Waltz Women’s Course: 6,015 yards, par 72
Brookings Country Club Brookings Country Club, home of the South Dakota State men’s and women’s golf programs, has long been recognized as one of the region’s best courses. The 18-hole, par-72, 4,800-
yard course was designed by Earl Bartling and Ward Waltz. It is characterized by bluegrass greens, which are lush and serene, fairways that are challenging, yet uncrowded, and a rolling terrain.
The Brookings Country Club sits on 167 acres 8 miles southwest of the SDSU campus. It has hosted numerous collegiate events and annually hosts U.S. amateur qualifying events.
Magda Kruger
Senior Biology Centurion, South Africa/Redlands CC
2017-18: Competed in nine tournaments ... posted an 80.56 stroke average ... best outing came at the Kansas City Intercollegiate, tying for seventh with a career-best 36 holes (77-75=152) ... shot a personal-low 18 holes (72) and 54 holes (235) at the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate (10/68) ... tied for 24th at the 2018 Summit League Championship (4/22-24) ... averaged a 78.00 over the final five rounds.
rank 24th in the NJCAA Golfstat Top 100 … finished 23rd in the 2016 rankings … tied for fifth at the Diffee Ford Lincoln Invite, shooting a 149 (74-75) … shot a 245 (77-82-86) at Arizona State’s MountainView Collegiate … tied for 40th (88-79-84=251) at the Hillcat Classic … tied for 21st at the O City Spring Classic, firing a 234 (80-74-80).
2016-17: Played at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Oklahoma … played 19 rounds and recorded a 79.92 stroke average to
Before SDSU: Top female amateur in South Africa and was ranked No. 139 in the world in the World Amateur Golf rankings ... compiled 11 top-10 finishes during spring 2014 ... finished as low amateur at the Sun International Challenge, shooting 71-72 ... placed second at the Super Sport Challenge as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour … finished third at the North West Championship at Goldfields West Golf
Club with a final-round 71 ... posted a seventhplace finish at the Border Championship with a final-round 73 ... tied for fifth at the Sanlam South Africa Amateur Stroke Play Championship and tied for third at the Palm Golding Properties Western Province Championship, shooting back-to-back rounds of 73 … finished seventh overall and the team won the 12th annual All-Africa Challenge in June 2014 ... tied for third in the Boland Championship, opening play with a 68 in 2013 ... finished fifth at the Mpumalanga Championship … won the Regional All-Africa tournament, shooting rounds of 65-64-71 ... tied for 14th in stroke play, then ninth in match play at the Sanlam Africa Women’s Amateur Match Play.
Year 2017-18 Career
Avg. 80.56 80.56
Top 5 -
Events 9 9
Rds. 25 25
Strokes 2,014 2,014
Low-18 72 72
Low-36 152 152
Low-54 235 235
Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 1 2 T-7th 1 2 T-7th
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Sydney Bormann Junior Human Biology Parkston, S.D./Parkston
2017-18: Named a Women’s Golf Coaches Association AllAmerican Scholar, Summit League All-Academic honoree and All-Summit League second team ... honored on The Summit League Academic Honor Roll and The Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ... competed in all 11 events ... finished third on the team and 10th in The Summit League with a 76.39 stroke average ... average also ranked eighth on the SDSU single-season chart ... won first collegiate title, capturing the Lady Thunderbird Invitational (3/15-16) with a personal-best 36 holes 144 (71-73) ... collected a pair of top-five and top-10 finishes ... opened season with a fifth-place finish at the UNO Invitational (76-7377=226) ... shot a career-low 54 holes (71-7576=222) at the Coeur d’Alene Collegiate (9/26-27) ... best 18 holes was a 71 in the first rounds of the Coeur d’Alene Collegiate and Lady Thunderbird Invitational ... tied for 28th at the 2018 Summit League Championship (4/2224) with a 241 (78-79-84).
Before SDSU: Competed as an amateur on the Symetra Tour's 2nd annual Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge ... four-time (2015, 2014, 2013, 2011) South Dakota State Class A State individual medalist ... finished third in 2012 ... shot a 140 (68-72) to win 2015 title ... five-time South Dakota Class A All-Tournament selection ... helped team to fifth consecutive state and Region 3A title as a senior ... KORN Elite Eight Athlete of the Year in 2015 ... two-time South Dakota Golf Association Junior Female Golfer of the Year ... 2015 SDGA Women’s Amateur Championship runner-up and 2013 SDGA Women’s Match Play runner-up ... two-time Midwest Junior Championship individual medalist (2015, 2013) ... 2015 Pepsi Little People’s Golf Championship individual medalist ... competed in three Trusted Choice Big I National Championships ... recorded two American Junior Golf Association top10 finishes, six Future Collegians World Tour top-five finishes and four Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tour wins.
Year 2016-17 2017-18 Career
Avg. 78.26 76.39 77.32
2016-17: Named a Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar and to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... competed in all 11 events ... fifth on the team with a 78.26 stroke average ... collected a pair of top10 finishes ... opened collegiate career shooting a season-best 229 (77-72-80) and a personal-best 149 for 36 holes to finish seventh at the Omaha Invitational (9/3-4) ... best 18 holes came in the final round of the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial (9/12-13) and the second round of the Omaha Invitational, shooting 72s ... tied for ninth at The Summit League Championship, shooting a 231 (76-7976).
Events 11 11 22
Rds. 31 31 62
Strokes 2,426 2,368 4,794
Low-18 72 71 71
Low-36 149 144 144
Low-54 229 222 222
Top 5 0 1 1
Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 2 8 7th 2 5 1st 4 13 1st
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Teresa Toscano
Junior Sport, Recreation and Park Management Huelva, Spain/Santa Teresa de Jesus
Records: Four rounds short of qualifing for the top spot on the career stroke average ... second in career top-five finishes (8) ... tied for second in top-five (8), fourth in top-10 (12) and fifth in top-25 (17) finishes. 2017-18: First-Team All-Summit League ... named to The Summit League All-Tournament team ... competed in nine events ... led the team and tied for first in The Summit League with a SDSU single-season school record 73.52 stroke average ... tied the school record for 18 holes with a personal-best 68 in the final round of Coeur d’Alene Collegiate (9/26-27) ... posted the seventh-lowest 18 holes with a 69 in the final round of The Summit League Championship (4/22-24) ... final-round score also tied the league 18-hole mark ... set four of the top eight lowest 54-hole rounds, including
Year 2016-17 2017-18 Career
Events 11 9 20
Rds. 31 25 56
Strokes 2,318 1,838 4,156
the fifth-lowest of 215 (71-71-73) at the Jackrabbit Invitational (3/12-13) ... holds the SDSU and The Summit League records for 18 (69) and 54 holes (217) ... best finish was tied for second at The Summit League Championship after a three-player, one-hole playoff ... recorded a season-low 36 holes with a 149 at the Kansas City Intercollegiate (4/9-10) ... named Summit League Golfer of the Week twice (3/8 & 3/15) ... posted a 72.3 stroke average in the fall and a 74.1 in the spring season.
2016-17: Second-Team All-Summit League ... named to The Summit League All-Tournament team ... competed in all 11 events ... second on the team and tied for fourth in The Summit League with a 74.77 stroke average ... average ranks second all-time at State ... finished with a team-leading seven rounds at-or-below par, an individual title, a team-best six top-five and squad-leading eight top-10 finishes ... tied the single-season 18-hole record (68) and set the 54-hole record (212) en route to winning the
Avg. 74.77 73.52 74.21
Low-18 68 69 68
Low-36 143 149 143
Low-54 212 215 212
Jackrabbit Invitational (3/10-11) ... ended the season in the top six in the final four events ... personal-best 36-hole score came at the Lady Thunderbird Invitational (3/16-17), firing a oneunder 143 (73-70) to tie for fourth ... recorded a 71.00 stroke average at the Jackrabbit Invitational and Lady Thunderbird Invitational and was named The Summit League Golfer of the Week (3/15) ... finished fourth in collegiate debut, shooting a 222 (78-70-74) at the Omaha Invitational (9/3-4) ... tied for fourth at The Summit League Championship (4/23-24), firing a 227 (75-77-75).
Before SDSU: Won the Andalucía International Championship U25 title and placed third at the Valencia Championship in 2016 ... captured the 2015 Andalucía International Championship U18 and the 2015 Huelva Championship for the second consecutive year ... placed second at the Interterritorial U25 of Spain with the Andalucía team.
Top 5 6 3 9
Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 8 10 1st 4 7 T-2nd 12 17 1st
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Cassidy Laidlaw Sophomore Economics Calgary, Alberta/St. Francis H.S.
2017-18: Second-Team AllSummit League ... honored on The Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... competed in all 11 events ... second on the team and eighth in The Summit League with a 76.00 stroke average ... tied the single-season rounds record with 31 ... scoring average ranks sixth on the single-season chart ... recorded a career-low 72 in the final round and a personal best 222 (74-76-72) of the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate (10/6-8) ... also shot a 222 (72-7575) at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (10/22-24) ... best 36-hole scores came backto-back at the Lady Thunderbird Invitational (3/15-16) and the Kansas City Intercollegiate (4/9-10) ... named Summit League Golfer of the Week (2/28) after shooting a 226 (77-7574) at the GCU Invitational (2/24-25) ... tied for 18th at The Summit League Championship (88-74-73=235) ... posted a 75.2 stroke average in the fall and a 76.7 in the spring season.
Before SDSU: Won five tournaments and placed in the top three multiple times … captured the Canmore Open, firing a 68, and the MJT at Carstairs Golf Club, shooting a 153 (7875) … won the Bearspaw Club Championship (75) and the Alberta Ladies Amateur (262) … took home the bronze medal at the 2016 Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association Golf Provincials shooting a 165 (79-86) … tied the all-time scoring record for a junior girl with an eightbirdie, four-under-par 68 effort in a McLennan Ross Junior Tour stop at Canmore Golf & Curling Club.
Year 2017-18 Career
Events 11 11
Rds. 31 31
Strokes 2,356 2,356
Avg. 76.00 76.00
Low-18 72 72
Low-36 152 152
Low-54 222 222
Top 5 0 0
Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 1 6 T-7th 1 6 T-7th
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Brooke Piearson Sophomore Political Science Brookings, S.D./Brookings H.S.
Records: Tied the school record with a hole-inone on the on the 121-yard, par-3, 12th hole at the Boulder Creek GC during the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (10/22/17).
2017-18: Competed in eight events ... posted an 83.57 stroke average ... shot a personalbest 76 in the first round of the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown and final round of the Jackrabbit Invitational (3/12-13) ... best 36-hole score (79-81=160) came at the Lady Thunderbird Invitational (3/15-16) ... recorded a careerlow 54 holes with a 239 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown ... best finish was tying for 40th at the Lady Thunderbird Invitational.
BEFORE SDSU: Two-time all-state and fourtime all-conference selection … placed eighth at the state tournament, shooting a 158 (82-76) and tied for third at the Eastern South Dakota Conference championship as a senior … captured the Brandon Valley Quadrangular and placed second at the Yankton Invitational …. won the 2016 Cattail Crossing and six other South Dakota Golf Association events in 2014, including the 36th Annual Junior Championship ... sank first career hole-in-one on the 158yard, par-3 17th hole during the final round of the South Dakota Golf Association TwoWoman Championship at the Brookings Country Club.
Year 2017-18 Career
Events 8 8
Rds. 23 23
Strokes 1,922 1,922
Avg. 83.57 83.57
Low-18 76 76
Low-36 160 160
Low-54 239 239
Top 5 0 0
Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 0 0 T40th 0 0 T40th
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Lani Potter
Freshman Education Boulder City, Nev./Boulder City
Before SDSU: Won all seven of the Eagles’ golf matches and capped the season with a state team title and individual title at the Class 3A Nevada State Golf Championship … Nevada Preps Girls Player of the Year … two-time 3A Southern Region golfer of the year, all-Southern Region first-team pick and three-time all-state selection … won the state individual and regional titles in 2016 … helped the Eagles to their first state title in seven years … finished second at the regionals as a freshman and second as a sophomore
in the state tournament … twice named the Las Vegas Review Journal’s Player of the Year and the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Player of the Year … placed second in the 2017 World Stars Junior Golf (68-73-72=213), 2016 TTC College Showcase (73-73=146) and the 2016 Toyota Tour Cup College Showcase (73-73=146) and third at the 2017 World Stars of Junior Golf Championship (68-73-72=213) … played in the USGA Women’s Four-Ball and U.S. Women’s Open qualifiers, the Girls Junior America’s Cup, as well as multiple ASGA and Toyota Tour Cup events ... two-year member of the National Honor Society and four-year member of the honor roll.
Maria Seeman Freshman Nursing Milton, Wis./Milton
Before SDSU: Twotime first-team all-state selection, four-time regional champion and three-time all-league pick ... captured conference and sectional titles ... finished fourth at the state tournament as a junior and won the 2017 Wisconsin IAA State Girls Golf Tournament title, shooting a 145 … named the 2017 all-area player of the year, two-time team most valuable player and the Gazette Player of the Year for the fourth consecutive year … captured 20 individual titles and had 32
top-five and 90 top-10 finishes the last four years … posted a 72.0 stroke average as a senior … finished third at the 2018 U.S. Girls Junior sectional qualifier and was an alternate for the U.S. Junior … runner-up at the 2018 Junior PGA Championship and was an alternate for the Girls Junior PGA Nationals … won the Lake Arrowhead Invitational, qualifying for the 42nd Girls Junior PGA Championship … top-ranked player in the Wisconsin … won the 2017 Wisconsin Golf Association/Wisconsin PGA Junior Girls Match Play Championship and finished fourth at the WPGA Junior Championship … four-year academic all-state and honor roll.
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Sydney Wirebaugh Freshman Biology Aberdeen, S.D./Central
Before SDSU: Fourtime all-state and all-tournament selection and four-time Eastern South Dakota Conference pick for the Golden Eagles ... won the 2018 Class AA Girls State Tournament with a 152 and finished third (150) at the 2017 tournament … helped Aberdeen Central to its best finish in school history, finishing as the runners-up in 2017 and 2018 ... finished fifth and the team third at the 2016 state tournament ... finalist for the Argus Leader South Dakota Golfer of the Year … twotime ESD medalist, helping team to the program’s first conference title in 2017 ... three-time team most valuable player, most im-
proved in 2014 and rookie of the year in 2013 … played in 65 tournaments and 76 rounds the last three years … won 37 individual titles and had 58 top-five and 75 top-10 finishes … helped the Golden Eagles set the school record for lowest average … six-year letterwinner … awarded the Spirit of the Eagle three times ... placed third at the 2018 South Dakota Golf Association Two-Woman Open Division and sixth in the 2017 ... won the consolation bracket at the SDGA 45th Annual Match Play Championship … third in the SDGA Junior Championship … won five SDGA tournaments in 2017 … two-year member of the volleyball team and was the girls’ basketball team manager for three seasons … member of the National Honor Society in 2017-18 … three-year member of the honor roll.
2018-19 South Dakota State Women’s Golf Team
2017-18 RESULTS & STATISTICS
2017-18 Results & Statistics Date Sept. 1-2 Sept. 11-12 Sept. 26-27 Oct. 6-8 Oct. 22-24 Feb. 24-25 Mar. 5-7 Mar. 12-13 Mar. 15-16 Apr. 9-10 Apr. 22-24
Tournament UNO Invitational MSU Payne Stewart Memorial Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown GCU Invitational Hurricane Invitational Jackrabbit Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Kansas City Intercollegiate Summit League Championship
2017-18 Overall Stroke Average
Player Rounds Strokes Teresa Toscano 25 1,838 Cassidy Laidlaw 31 2,356 Sydney Bormann 31 2,368 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 31 2,381 Magda Kruger 25 2,014 Brooke Piearson 23 1,922 FOUR-PLAYER TEAM 28 8,458
2017-18 Miscellaneous Statistics Player Events 9 Teresa Toscano Cassidy Laidlaw 11 Sydney Bormann 11 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 11 Magda Kruger 9 Brooke Piearson 8
Course (Par) ArborLinks GC (72) Twin Oaks CC (71) Coeur d’Alene GC (71) Highland Ranch GC (72) Boulder Creek GC (72) GCU GC (72) Biltmore GC (72) Boulder Creek GC (72) Sunbrook GC (72) Creekmoor GC (72) ArborLinks GC (72)
Low Round 68 72 71 71 72 76 291
Par/Rounds 8 2 3 3 1 17
Site Nebraska City, Neb. Springfield, Mo. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Grove City, Colo. Boulder Creek, Nev. Phoenix, Ariz. Coral Gables, Fla. Boulder Creek, Nev. St. George, Utah Raymore, Mo. Nebraska City, Neb.
Events 9 11 11 11 9 8 11
Finish (Record) No Team Score 8th of 15 (7-8) 13th of 18 (5-13) 7th of 14 (7-7) 14th of 16 (2-14) 7th of 15 (8-7) 13th of 13 (0-13) 3rd of 9 (6-3) 2nd of 11 (9-2) 3rd of 10 (7-2) 3rd of 8 (5-2)
Finish Top 1 5 10 3 4 - 1 1 2 2 - 1 5 8 1
Wins Top 25 Rd. in 60s Rd. in 70s Low 54 Low 36 0 7 2 22 215 149 0 7 0 28 222 152 1 5 0 28 222 144 0 5 0 24 218 154 0 2 0 10 235 152 0 0 0 4 239 160
Team Score No Team Score 310-304-308=922 298-295-294=887 291-299-292=882 295-300-302=897 313-307-300=920 306-314-310=930 309-299-301=909 299-301=600 302-305=607 310-302-292=904
Rel. To Par +2 +4 +5 +5 +9 +12 +15
Avg. 73.52 76.00 76.39 76.81 80.56 83.57 302.07
Best Finish T2nd, Summit Champ. T7th, Kansas City 1st, Lady Thunderbird 14th, Summit Champ. T7th, Kansas City T40th, Lady Thunderbird
Teresa Toscano Tournament Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown GCU Invitational Hurricane Invitational Jackrabbits Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Kansas City Intercollegiate The Summit League Championship Season Totals Cassidy Laidlaw Tournament UNO Invitational MSU Payne Stewart Memorial Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown GCU Invitational Hurricane Invitational Jackrabbits Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Kansas City Intercollegiate The Summit League Championship Season Totals
Sydney Bormann Tournament UNO Invitational MSU Payne Stewart Memorial Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown GCU Invitational Hurricane Invitational Jackrabbits Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Kansas City Intercollegiate The Summit League Championship Season Totals
Natcha Srimaneerungroj Tournament UNO Invitational MSU Payne Stewart Memorial Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown GCU Invitational Hurricane Invitational Jackrabbits Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Kansas City Intercollegiate The Summit League Championship Season Totals
2017-18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Date 9/26-27/17 10/6-8/17 10/22-24/17 2/24-25/18 3/5-7/18 3/12-13/18 3/15-16/18 4/9-10/18 4/22-24/18
Rounds 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 31
74 70 71 77 73 71 73 75 74
Scores 74 76 77 83 76 71 77 74 74 1,838
Date 9/1-2/17 9/11-12/17 9/26-27/17 10/6-8/17 10/22-24/17 2/24-25/18 3/5-7/18 3/12-13/18 3/15-16/18 4/9-10/18 4/22-24/18
Rounds 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 31
77 74 80 74 72 77 75 79 77 75 88
Scores 76 78 73 76 75 75 77 74 75 77 74 2,356
Date 9/1-2/17 9/11-12/17 9/26-27/17 10/6-8/17 10/22-24/17 2/24-25/18 3/5-7/18 3/12-13/18 3/15-16/18 4/9-10/18 4/22-24/18
Rounds 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 31
76 76 71 75 76 78 79 76 71 75 78
Scores 73 71 75 77 73 73 81 82 73 79 79 2,368
Date 9/1-2/17 9/11-12/17 9/26-27/17 10/6-8/17 10/22-24/17 2/24-25/18 3/5-7/18 3/12-13/18 3/15-16/18 4/9-10/18 4/22-24/18
Rounds 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 31
79 76 73 72 76 81 79 83 78 85 81
Scores 77 73 73 75 75 76 80 72 76 79 75 2,381
68 70 71 73 74 73 69
77 72 77 72 75 74 83 75 73
77 78 76 79 75 77 77 78 84
76 80 73 71 81 79 76 77 74
216 216 219 233 223 215 150 149 217 Avg. 73.52 230 224 230 222 222 226 235 228 152 152 235 Avg. 76.00 226 225 222 231 224 228 237 236 144 154 241 Avg. 76.39 232 229 219 218 232 236 235 232 154 164 230 Avg. 76.81
Par +3 E +3 +17 +7 -1 +6 +5 +1
Rank T-20th T-15th T-26th T-40th T-17th 4th 8th T-4th T-2nd
Par +14 +11 +17 +6 +6 +10 +19 +12 +8 +8 +19
Rank T-13th T-11th T-76th T-34th T-38th T-19th T-59th T-14th T-13th T-7th T-18th
Par +10 +12 +9 +15 +8 +12 +21 +20 E +10 +25
Rank 5th T-15th T-45th T-55th t-49th T-23rd T-62nd T-28th 1st 13th T-28th
Par +16 +16 +6 +2 +16 +20 +19 +16 +10 +20 +14
Rank T-19th T-32nd T-34th T-24th T-77th 54th T-59th T-23rd T-19th T-40th 14th
2017-18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Magda Kruger Tournament MSU Payne Stewart Memorial Coeur d’Alene Collegiate Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate GCU Invitational Hurricane Invitational Jackrabbits Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Kansas City Intercollegiate The Summit League Championship Season Totals
Brooke Piearson Tournament UNO Invitational MSU Payne Stewart Memorial Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown GCU Invitational Hurricane Invitational Jackrabbits Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Season Totals
Date 9/11-12/17 9/26-27/17 10/6-8/17 2/24-25/18 3/5-7/18 3/12-13/18 3/15-16/18 4/9-10/18 4/22-24/18
Rounds 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 31
84 82 83 81 86 81 86 77 77
Scores 84 79 72 84 88 80 75 75 85 2,014
Date 9/1-2/17 9/11-12/17 10/6-8/17 10/22-24/17 2/24-25/18 3/5-7/18 3/12-13/18 3/15-16/18
Rounds 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 31
85 85 88 76 94 92 84 79
Scores 83 82 87 80 87 81 89 81 1,922
Teresa Toscano checking her scorecard.
78 79 80 76 85 81 76
82 87 77 83 81 83 76
246 240 235 241 259 242 161 152 238 Avg. 80.56 250 254 252 239 262 256 249 160 Avg. 83.57
Par +33 +27 +19 +25 +43 +26 +17 +8 +22
Rank 74th T-88th T-66th T-65th 74th T-38th T-46th T-7th T-24th
Par +34 +41 +36 +23 +46 +40 +33 +16
Rank T-51st T-86th 78th 90th 85th 73rd T-48th T-40th
2017 FALL TOURNAMENT RECAPS
UNO Invitational
Coeur d’Alene Collegiate
Date: Sept. 1-2, 2017 Location: Nebraska City, Neb. Course: ArborLinks Golf Course 6,090 yards, par 72 South Dakota State Sydney Bormann 76 Cassidy Laidlaw 77 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 79 Brooke Piearson 85
73 76 77 83
77 77 76 82
Date: Sept. 26-27, 2017 Location: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Course: Coeur d’Alene Resort GC 6,088 yards, par 71 226 5th 230 T-13th 232 T-19th 250 T-51st
MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial
Date: Sept. 11-12, 2017 Location: Springfield, Mo. Course: Twin Oaks Country Club 6,017 yards, par 71 South Dakota State 310 Cassidy Laidlaw 74 Sydney Bormann 76 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 76 Magda Kruger 84 Brooke Piearson 85
304 308 78 72 71 78 73 80 84 78 82 87
922 8th 224 T-11th 225 T-15th 229T-32nd 246 74th 254 T-86th
South Dakota State 298 Teresa Toscano 74 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 73 Sydney Bormann 71 Cassidy Laidlaw 80 Magda Kruger 82
295 294 74 68 73 73 75 76 73 77 79 79
887 13th 216 T-20th 219 T-34th 222 T-45th 230 T-76th 240 T-88th
Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate
Date: Oct. 6-8, 2017 Location: Grove City, Colo Course: Highland Ranch Golf Course 6,450 yards, par 72 South Dakota State Teresa Toscano Natcha Srimaneerungroj Cassidy Laidlaw Sydney Bormann Magda Kruger Brooke Piearson#
291 70 72 74 75 83 88
299 292 76 70 75 71 76 72 77 79 72 80 87 77
882 7th 216 T-15th 218 T-24th 222 T-34th 231 T-55th 235 T-66th 252 78th
Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Date: Oct. 22-24, 2017 Location: Boulder Creek, Nev. Course: Boulder Creek Golf Course 6,343 yards, par 72 South Dakota State 295 Teresa Toscano 71 Cassidy Laidlaw 72 Sydney Bormann 76 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 76 Brooke Piearson 76 # competed as an individual
300 302 77 71 75 75 73 75 75 81 80 83
897 14th 219 T-26th 222 T-38th 224 T-49th 232 T-77th 239 90th
2018 SPRING TOURNAMENT RECAPS
SDSU finished second and Sydney Bormann was medalist at the Lady Thunderbird Invitational.
Jackrabbit Invitational
GCU Invitational
Date: Feb. 24-25, 2018 Location: Phoenix, Ariz. Course: GCU Golf Course 6,110 yards, par 72
South Dakota State 313 Cassidy Laidlaw 77 Sydney Bormann 78 Teresa Toscano 77 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 81 Magda Kruger 81 Brooke Piearson# 94
307 300 75 74 73 77 83 73 76 79 84 76 87 81
920 7th 226 T-19th 228T-23rd 233 T-40th 236 54th 241 T-65th 262 85th
Hurricane Invitational
Date: Mar. 5-7, 2018 Location: Coral Gables, Fla. Course: Biltmore Golf Course 6,150 yards, par 72 South Dakota State 306 Teresa Toscano 73 Cassidy Laidlaw 75 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 79 Sydney Bormann 79 Brooke Piearson# 92 Magda Kruger 86
314 310 76 74 77 83 80 76 81 77 81 83 88 85
930 13th 223 T-17th 235 T-59th 235 T-59th 237T-62nd 256 73rd 259 74th
Date: March 12-13, 2018 Location: Boulder Creek, Nev. Course: Boulder Creek Golf Course 6,343 yards, par 72 South Dakota State Teresa Toscano Cassidy Laidlaw Natcha Srimaneerungroj Sydney Bormann Magda Kruger Brooke Piearson
309 71 79 83 76 81 84
299 301 71 73 74 75 72 77 82 78 80 81 89 76
909 3rd 215 4th 228 T-14th 232T-23rd 236 T-28th 242 T-38th 249 T-48th
Lady Thunderbird Invitational
Date: March 15-16, 2018 Location: St. George, Utah Course: Sunbrook Golf Course 6,050 yards, par 72 South Dakota State Sydney Bormann Teresa Toscano Cassidy Laidlaw Natcha Srimaneerungroj Brooke Piearson Magda Kruger#
299 71 73 77 78 79 86
301 73 77 75 76 81 75
600 144 152 152 154 160 161
2nd 1st 8th T-13th T-19th T-40th T-46th
Kansas City Shootout
Date: April 9-10, 2018 Location: Kansas City, Mo. Course: Shoal Creek Golf Course 6,069 yards, par 72 South Dakota State Teresa Toscano Magda Kruger Cassidy Laidlaw Sydney Bormann Natcha Srimaneerungroj
302 75 77 75 75 85
305 74 75 77 79 79
607 149 152 152 154 164
3rd T-4th T-7th T-7th 13th T-40th
The Summit League Championship
Date: April 22-24, 2018 Location: Nebraska City, Neb. Course: ArborLinks Golf Course 6,261 yards, par 72 South Dakota State Teresa Toscano Natcha Srimaneerungroj Cassidy Laidlaw Magda Kruger Sydney Bormann
# competed as an individual
310 74 81 88 77 78
302 292 74 69 75 74 74 73 85 76 79 84
904 3rd 217 T-2nd 230 14th 235 T-18th 238 T-24th 241 T-28th
18-Hole Scores
68 Teresa Toscano Coeur d’ Alene Collegiate, 9/26/17 68 Megan Mingo Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/16/17 68 Teresa Toscano Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/10/17 68 Hallie Getz Chip N-Club, 9/27/16 68 Hallie Getz Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/10/16 68 Sydney MacDonald MSU Ocala Spring Invitational, 3/24/15 69 Teresa Toscano Summit League Championship, 4/23/18 69 Megan Mingo Summit League Championship, 4/23/17 69 Islamiah Fuad Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/16/17 69 Megan Mingo Hurricane Invitational, 3/1/17 69 Megan Mingo Chip-N Club, 10/5/15
36-Hole Scores
138 Megan Mingo Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/16/17 139 Islamiah Fuad Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/16/17 141 Hallie Getz Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/10-11/16 141 Sydney MacDonald MSU Ocala Spring Invitational, 3/22/15 141 Megan Mingo Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/10-11/16 142 Megan Mingo Chip-N Club, 10/5-6/15 141 Islamiah Fuad Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/10-11/16 143 Megan Mingo Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/7-8/16 143 Megan Mingo Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/7-8/16 143 Sydney MacDonald Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16/15 143 Islamiah Fuad Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16/15
INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORDS
54-Hole Scores
212 Teresa Toscano Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/10/17 213 Hallie Getz Chip N-Club, 9/25-27/16 214 Megan Mingo Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/7-8/16 214 Sydney MacDonald MSU Ocala Spring Invitational, 3/22-24/15 215 Teresa Toscano Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/12-13/18 216 Teresa Toscano Coeur d’Alene Collegiate, 9/26-27/17 216 Teresa Toscano Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate, 10/6-8/17 217 Teresa Toscano Summit League Championship, 4/22-24/18 217 Sydney MacDonald Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16-17/15 217 Megan Mingo Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16-17/15 218 Megan Mingo Chip-N Club, 10/5-6/15 219 Hallie Getz Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16-17/15 221 Hillary Gerster Wyoming Cowgirl Classic, 4/7-8/08
Note: + tied for first in regulation, lost a scorecard playoff.
Hole-in-one:
Brooke Piearson - 10/22/17 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown Boulder Creek GC, Las Vegas, Nevada 121-yard, par 3, 12th hole
Dallas Willman - 10/2006 Boise State Bronco Invitational BanBury GCBoise, Idaho 189-yard, par 3, 14th hole
Yearly Stroke Average Leader
Year 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97
Best Finishes 1st Sydney Bormann Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/15-16/18 1st Megan Mingo Summit League Championship, 4/23-25/17 1st Teresa Toscano Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/10-11/17 1st Megan Mingo Seton Hall Pirate Invitational, 10/28-29/16 1st Hallie Getz Chip N-Club, 9/25-27/16 1st Hallie Getz Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/10-11/16 1st Megan Mingo Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/7-8/16 T-1st Hillary Gerster+ Wyoming Cowgirl Classic, 4/7-8/08 2nd Sydney MacDonald MSU/Ocala Spring Invitational, 3/22-24/15 2nd Katie Purcell Creighton Classic, 4/11-12/11 2nd Morgan Fitts Jackrabbit Fall Invitational, 9/30-10/1/12 2nd Morgan Fitts Summit League Championship, 4/22-24/13 T-2nd Teresa Toscano Summit League Championship, 4/22-24/18 T-2nd Sydney MacDonald Dolores Black Falcon Invitational, 4/12-13/14 T-2nd Hillary Gerster Aztec Fall Classic, 10/13-14/08
Player Teresa Toscano Megan Mingo Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Sydney MacDonald Morgan Fitts Morgan Fitts Morgan Fitts Sydney Sturdevant Hillary Gerster Hillary Gerster Holly Opatz Kelly Evans Kelly Evans Kelly Evans Annie Spaulding
Avg. Rds. Strk. 73.52 25 1838 74.48 31 2,309 74.84 31 2,320 76.48 31 2,371 78.61 31 2,437 79.17 26 2,017 79.19 26 2,059 79.24 25 1,981 79.59 29 2,308 79.69 16 1,275 78.40 25 1,960 82.67 21 1,736 80.68 22 1,775 83.55 20 1,671 82.1 17 1,396 83.6 16 1,338
Jennifer Pitt Jennifer Pitt
83.54 83.30
13 911 10 833
Year 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91 1989-90 1988-89 1987-88 1986-87 1985-85 1984-85 1983-82 1982-83 1981-82 1980-81 1979-80 1978-79 1977-78 1976-77 1975-76
Player
Avg. Rds. Strk.
Sara Stulken Wendy Maynes Sara Stulken Jennifer Stangarone Shelia Johnson Jennifer Gee Jennifer Gee
84.19 14 1,178 84.10 88.87 14 1,422 88.91 17.5 1,556 94.23 13 1,225 86.1 11 948 91.5 10 915
Carin Doyle
83.8
10 754
Ann Zenk
89.7
8
718
Season Stroke Average
TEAM & INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORDS
Avg. 73.52 74.48 74.77 74.84 75.16 76.00 76.26 76.39 76.48 76.81
Player Teresa Toscano Megan Mingo Teresa Toscano Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Cassidy Laidlaw Hallie Getz Sydney Bormann Hallie Getz Natcha Srimaneerungroj
Rds 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31
Player Natcha Srimaneerungroj Cassidy Laidlaw Sydney Bormann Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Teresa Toscano Sydney Bormann Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Sydney MacDonald Brianna Janu Sydney MacDonald Brianna Janu Hallie Getz Sydney MacDonald Islamiah Fuad Brianna Janu Morgan Fitts
Year 2017-18 2017-18 2017-18 2016-17 2016-17 2016-17 2016-17 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 2013-14 2013-14 2013-14 2009-10
Fin. 6 5 5 4 4 3
Player Teresa Toscano Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Megan Mingo Sydney MacDonald 3 Players, last Teresa Toscano
Year 2016-17 2016-17 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2017-18
Single-Season Rounds
Year Rds. Strk. 2017-18 25 1,838 2016-17 31 2,309 2016-17 31 2,318 2015-16 31 2,320 2016-17 31 2,330 2017-18 31 2,356 2015-16 31 2,364 2017-18 31 2,368 2014-15 31 2,371 2017-18 31 2,381
Single-Season Top 5 Finishes
TEAM Single-Season Scoring Average 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Year 2016-17 2017-18 2015-16 2014-15 2010-11 2013-14 2009-10 2007-08 2005-06 2008-09
Rds 31 31 31 31 28 31 29 25 22 24
Tournament Wins Creighton Classic Jackrabbit Fall Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Ocala Spring Invitational Red Rocks Invitational Jackrabbit Invitational Lady Thunderbird Invitational Omaha Invitational Payne Stewart Memorial
Str. 9,288 8,458 9,416 9,518 8,902 9,857 9,255 8,092 7,145 7,850
4/11-12/11 9/23-24/13 3/12-13/15 3/22-24/15 3/5-6/15 3/7-8/16 3/10-11/16 9/3-4/16 9/12-13/16
Avg. 299.61 302.07 303.74 307.03 317.93 317.97 319.13 323.68 324.77 327.08
Single-Season Top 10 Finishes Fin. 8 8 8 7 6 6
Player Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Teresa Toscano Megan Mingo Islamiah Fuad Sydney MacDonald
Year 2016-17 2016-17 2016-17 2015-16 2016-17 2014-15
Fin. 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8
Player Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Teresa Toscano Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Sydney MacDonald Hallie Getz Islamiah Fuad Sydney Bormann Megan Mingo
Year 2016-17 2016-17 2016-17 2015-16 2015-16 2014-15 2014-15 2016-17 2016-17 2014-15
Single-Season Top 25 Finishes
Fin. 3 2 1 1
Player Years Rds. Megan Mingo 2013-17 118 Hallie Getz 2013-17 110 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 2014-18 109 Islamiah Fuad 2013-17 100 Morgan Fitts 2009-13 106
Career Rounds Rds. Player 119 Sydney MacDonald 119 Brianna Janu 118 Megan Mingo 110 Hallie Getz 109 Natcha Srimaneerungroj
Year 2013-17 2013-17 2017-P 2017-P
Fin. 11 8 8 7 6
Name Megan Mingo Teresa Toscano Hallie Getz Sydney MacDonald Islamiah Fuad
Year 2013-17 2017-P 2013-17 2012-15 2013-17
Fin. 20 15 14 12 11
Player Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Sydney MacDonald Teresa Toscano Islamiah Fuad
Year 2013-17 2013-17 2012-15 2017-P 2013-17
Fin. 32 30 21 18 17
Player Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Sydney MacDonald Islamiah Fuad Teresa Toscano
Year 2013-17 2013-17 2012-15 2013-17 2017-P
Top 10 Finishes - Career
Strk. 9,054 8,453 8,521 7,845 8,393
Top 25 Finishes - Career
Years 2012-15 2012-15 2013-17 2013-17 2014-18
Seton Hall Pirate Invitational, 10/28-29/16 Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/10-11/17 Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/16-17/17
18-Hole Scores 282 282 283 285 287 287 288 288
Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/17/17 Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/16/17 Hurricane Invitational, 3/1/17 Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16/15 Payne Stewart Memorial, 9/13/16 Lady Thunderbird, Invitational, 3/10/16 Chip N-Club, 9/27/16 Omaha Invitational, 9/4/16
564 575 578 586 588 590 593 594
Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/16-17/17 Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16-17/15 Lady Thunderbird Invitational, 3/10-11/16 Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16-17/15 Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/10-11/17 Ron Moore Women’s Inter., 10/6-8/18 Coeur d’Alene Collegiate, 9/26-27/18 Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/7/16
36-Hole Scores
Player Megan Mingo Hallie Getz Teresa Toscano Sydney Bormann
Top 5 Finishes - Career
INDIVIDUAL Career Stroke Average (minimum 60 rounds) Avg. 76.73 76.85 78.17 78.45 79.18
Career Division I Wins
594 Chip-N Club, 10/5/15 595 Red Rocks Invitational, 3/5/16
54-Hole Scores 876 883 890 890 891 892 895 896 897 897
Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/16-17/15 Chip-N Club, 9/25-27/16 Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/10-11/17 Chip-N Club, 10/5-6/15 Omaha Invitational, 9/3-4/16 Jackrabbit Invitational, 3/7-8/16 Battle at Boulder Creek, 2/13-14/17 Payne Stewart Memorial, 9/12-13/16 Hurricane Invitational, 2/27-3/1/17 Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational, 10/22-24/18
Player Rounds Erin Bergstrom 40 Sydney Bormann 62 Nicole Bowen 7 Lindsey Brown 42 Stephanie Burns 14 Elle Carlson 15 Myranda Dunmire 35 Lindsey Eisenhuth 8 Kelli Endahl 40 Kelly Evans 42 Abby Feehan 55 Morgan Fitts 106 Islamiah Fuad 100 Hillary Gerster 41 Hallie Getz 110 Rachel Hanigan 42 Brittany Hanten 98 Mandy Hellman 20 Amber Houser 73 Brianna Janu 119 Michaela Kouri 23 Magda Kruger 25 Cassidy Laidlaw 31 Steph Lauer 7 Sarah Lewis 18 Sydney MacDonald 119 Megan Mingo 118 Jade Newman 3 Holly Opatz 79 Brooke Pearson 23 Alli Plath 80 Katie Purcell 41 Amanda Rosol 76 Whitney Schrader 80 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 109 Sydney Sturdevant 48 Rebecca Swords 63 Teresa Toscano 56 Jordan Trohkimoinen 13 Kelly Wilkens 7 Dallas Willman 39
Strokes Low 54 3422 244 4794 222 691 305 3551 239 1192 248 1222 232 2981 237 719 264 3381 239 3446 235 4892 243 8392 223 7845 220 3235 221 8453 213 3363 229 7918 225 1934 291 6033 229 9602 222 1930 244 2014 235 2356 222 694 1772 292 9437 214 9054 214 243 243 6521 237 1922 239 6659 237 3274 231 6334 231 6742 239 8521 218 3859 229 5180 234 4156 212 1138 261 630 274 3389 248
CAREER RECORDS
Low Rnd 72 71 90 76 78 75 75 87 76 75 74 71 69 72 68 72 73 89 73 73 78 72 152 92 90 68 68 79 74 76 77 73 74 75 71 73 74 68 81 85 80
Par/4 2 12 2 12 1 1 2 8 18 6 15 -
Events Top 1 15 22 1 3 18 5 6 13 3 17 18 20 38 36 15 39 2 15 36 10 27 42 8 9 11 4 9 42 42 3 1 29 8 29 15 28 29 39 18 23 20 1 5 3 15 -
Top 5 2 1 1 3 6 4 8 1 2 7 11 1 1 1 9 -
Top 10 4 2 1 2 3 7 11 4 15 2 5 5 1 1 14 20 2 2 1 5 1 12 -
Avg 85.55 77.32 98.71 84.55 85.14 81.47 85.17 89.88 84.53 82.05 88.95 79.17 78.45 78.90 76.85 80.07 80.80 96.70 82.64 80.69 83.91 80.56 76.00 99.14 98.44 79.30 76.73 81.00 82.54 83.57 83.24 79.85 83.34 84.28 78.17 80.40 82.22 74.21 87.54 90.00 86.90
Seasons 2006-09 2017-P 2007-08 2004-06 2006-07 2015-P 2011-15 2011-12 2004-06 2004-06 2007-11 2009-13 2013-17 2007-09 2013-17 2009-12 2008-12 2004-05 2011-15 2012-15 2012-14 2018-P 2018-P 2004-05 2004-05 2012-15 2013-17 2017 2005-09 2018-P 2011-15 2010-12 2005-09 2007-11 2014-18 2008-10 2008-11 2017-P 2011-12 2007-08 2005-07
NCAA Championship History
POSTSEASON HISTORY
Team 1996 Division II National Championship Saint Peter, Minn.-The Meadows Sara Stulken 83 85 84 79 331 t-15th Amy Lewis 87 94 88 84 353 t-36th Jennifer Pitt 95 84 83 95 357 43rd Sage Robinson 93 104 94 83 374 57th Jenny Chandler 93 98 94 91 376 t-58th TEAM 1,403 7th
1997 Division II National Championship Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.-Mission Inn Resort Jennifer Pitt 86 83 86 86 341 18th Amy Lewis 92 94 87 81 354 32nd Jenny Chandler 98 95 94 96 383 54th Kelle Anderson 97 104 93 104 398 t-61st Cindy Hanson 108 94 98 98 398 t-61st TEAM 1,460 7th
The 2004 Jackrabbits advanced to the Division II North Regional, finishing 5th.
2004 Division II North Regional Mankato, Minn.-Mankato GC Kelli Endahl 89 91 Arin Adamson 92 89 Kelly Evans 86 90 Lindsey Brown 99 88 Jill Murra 101 94 TEAM
89 90 97 88 87
269 t-17th 271 t-20th 273 23rd 275 24th 282 29th 1,078 5th
Individual 2002 Division II National Championship Allendale, Mich.-The Meadows Annie Spaulding 84 87 88 78 337 t-28th
North Central Conference Year 1982 1983 ---1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Champion Runner-up South Dakota State North Dakota North Dakota South Dakota State South Dakota State Minn.-Mankato South Dakota State Minn.-Mankato Minn.-Mankato North Dakota North Dakota Northern Colorado Minn.-Mankato Northern Colorado Northern Colorado Minn.-Mankato Northern Colorado Minn.-Mankato Minn.-Mankato Northern Colorado Omaha Northern Colorado Omaha Minn.-Mankato
SDSU 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 5th 5th 6th 8th 8th 6th 5th
Annie Spaulding advanced to the 2002 NCAA Division II National Championship, tying for 28th.
Medalist Carin Doyle, South Dakota State Carin Doyle, South Dakota State
Jodi Wendt, Minn.-Mankato Amy Lewis, South Dakota State Carol Brooks, Minn.-Mankato Dawn Dakken, North Dakota Michelle Overbo, North Dakota Cecilia Ruebling, Northern Colorado Cecilia Ruebling, Northern Colorado Tanis Hastmann, Omaha Tanis Hastmann, Omaha Tanis Hastmann, Omaha
Top SDSU Finisher Carin Doyle, South Dakota State Carin Doyle, South Dakota State
Wendy Maynes (2nd) Amy Lewis (1st) Jennifer Pitt (3rd) Jennifer Pitt (T-7th) Jessica Gee (T-18th) Kim Baertsch (T-22nd) Heidi Tjosaas (34th) Annie Spaudling (T-12th) Annie Spaudling (T-26th) Kelly Evans (T-8th)
Location Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D.
Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D. Omaha, Neb. Sioux Falls, S.D.
THE SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Summit League Championship History 2008 (2nd)
Macomb, Ill.-Harry Mussatto GC Hillary Gerster 77 75 75 Amanda Rosol 82 77 77 Whitney Schrader 83 86 86 Erin Bergstrom 83 83 84 Holly Opatz 83 89 83 TEAM
227 236 247 250 255 959
3rd 5th t-15th t-19th 28th 2nd
2012 (9th)
Primm, Nev.-Primm Valley GC Brittany Hanten 77 76 Morgan Fitts 79 81 Alli Plath 79 82 Amber Houser 85 88 Jordan Trohkimoinen 86 92 TEAM
2013 (7th)
73 73 83 80 83
226 233 244 253 261 956
t-6th t-18th t-37th 46th 50th 9th
Keller, Texas-Sky Creek Ranch GC Morgan Fitts 76 77 81 234 2nd Sydney MacDonald 85 91 84 260 t-32nd Amber Houser 90 89 86 265 t-34th Brianna Janu 101 85 87 273 t-39th Alli Plath 94 89 90 273 t-39th TEAM 1,023 7th
2014 (4th)
Hillary Gerster finished third at the 2008 Summit League Championship.
2009 (5th)
Rochester, Minn.-Katke-Cousins GC Whitney Schrader 84 82 166 t-20th Brittany Hanten 88 80 168 t-23rd Sydney Sturdevant 82 86 168 t-23rd Amanda Rosol 90 82 172 t-28th Rebecca Swords 87 87 174 t-33rd TEAM 671 5th
2010 (2nd)
Tulsa, Okla.-The Oaks CC Rachel Hanigan 76 80 Morgan Fitts 83 78 Sydney Sturdevant 76 82 Brittany Hanten 79 81 Rebecca Swords 84 85 TEAM
79 79 86 88 86
Primm, Nev.-Primm Valley GC Morgan Fitts 80 78 Brittany Hanten 77 86 Rachel Hanigan 79 79 Katie Purcell 80 81 Abby Feehan 86 88 TEAM
78 74 80 80 80
2011 (6th)
235 240 244 248 255 965
5th 13th t-14th 20th t-29th 2nd
236 237 238 241 254 952
13th 14th t-15th t-19th t-36th 6th
Keller, Texas-Sky Creek Ranch GC Sydney MacDonald 79 77 79 235 Islamiah Fuad 82 80 79 241 Brianna Janu 83 81 80 244 Megan Mingo 77 86 84 247 Myranda Dunmire 86 89 86 261 TEAM 967
2015 (3rd)
t-8th 13th t-17th 20th 32nd 4th
Megan Mingo won the 2017 Summit League Championship, leading from start to finish.
2018 (3rd)
Nebraska City, Neb.-ArborLinks GC Teresa Toscano 74 74 69 217 t-2nd
Natcha Srimaneerungroj 81 75 74 230 14th Cassidy Laidlaw 88 74 73 235 t-18th Magda Kruger 77 85 76 238 t-24th
Sydney Bormann TEAM
78 79 84 241 t-28th 904 3rd
Seaside, Calif.-Bayonet GC Megan Mingo 77 82 76 235 t-6th Hallie Getz 80 78 80 238 t-8th Natcha Srimaneerungroj 80 77 81 238 t-8th
Sydney MacDonald Brianna Janu TEAM
2016 (2nd)
76 81 84 241 t-14th 80 78 84 242 t-19th 948 3rd
Nebraska City, Neb.-ArborLinks GC Megan Mingo 80 77 70 227 7th Sydney MacDonald 78 75 77 230 10th Hallie Getz 77 76 83 236 t-18th Natcha Srimaneerungroj 86 73 82 241 t-25th Brianna Janu 83 77 82 242 27th
TEAM
2017 (2nd)
930 2nd
Nebraska City, Neb.-ArborLinks GC Megan Mingo 69 80 73 222 Teresa Toscano 75 77 75 227 Sydney Bormann 76 79 76 231 Hallie Getz 77 78 77 232 Islamiah Fuad 84 90 77 251 TEAM 912
1st t-3rd t-9th 11th 39th 2nd
Teresa Toscano tied for second at the 2018 Summit League Championship after a three-player, one-hole playoff.
THE SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
SDSU’s Top The Summit League Tournament Performances
2008 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2010 Summit League All-Tournament Team
Low Round - Individual 69 -3 Teresa Toscano 69 -3 Megan Mingo 70 -2 Megan Mingo 73 +1 Megan Mingo 73 +1 Natcha Srimaneerungroj 73 +1 Brittany Hanten 73 +2 Morgan Fitts
Low Tournament - Individual (54 holes) 217 +1 Teresa Toscano 2018 222 +6 Megan Mingo 2017 226 +10 Brittany Hanten 2012 227 +11 Teresa Toscano 2017 227 +11 Megan Mingo 2016 227 +11 Hillary Gerster 2008 230 +14 Sydney MacDonald 2016 Low Round - Team 292 +4 2018 297 +9 2017 301 +13 2017 301 +13 2016 309 +25 2012 311 +23 2016 312 +28 2011 313 +25 2015 314 +26 2017 314 +26 2015
Low Tournament - Team 904 +40 2018 912 +48 2017 930 +66 2016 948 +84 2015 952 +100 2011 2017 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2018 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2018 2017 2016 2017 2016 2012 2012
1st 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 6th
Career Summit League Stroke Average (min. three appearances) 78.44 Hallie Getz 2015-17 78.58 Megan Mingo 2014-17 78.58 Morgan Fitts 2010-13 79.90 Brittany Hanten 2009-12 80.00 Sydney MacDonald 2013-16 83.41 Brianna Janu 2013-16
Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team 2004-05 Lindsey Brown, Kelly Evans 2005-06 Lindsey Brown, Kelly Evans 2007-08 Amanda Rosol 2008-09 Amanda Rosol 2009-10 Brittany Hanten, Rebecca Swords Sydney Sturdevant 2010-11 Rachel Hanigan, Brittany Hanten 2011-12 Brittany Hanten, Jordan Trohkimoinen 2012-13 Alli Plath, Sydney MacDonald 2016-17 Sydney Bormann 2017-18 Sydney Bormann All-Independent Team 2004-05 Lindsey Brown (HM) 2004-05 Kelli Endahl (HM) 2004-05 Kelly Evans (2nd Team)
Independent All-Academic Team 2005-06 Lindsey Brown, Kelly Evans 2006-07 Dallas Willman, Holly Opatz Amanda Rosol
The All-Summit League 2007-08 Hillary Gerster (1st Team) Amanda Rosol (1st Team) 2011-12 Morgan Fitts (1st Team) 2012-13 Morgan Fitts (1st Team) 2013-14 Sydney MacDonald (2nd Team)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2014-15 Sydney MacDonald (2nd Team) Hallie Getz (2nd Team) 2015-16 Megan Mingo (1st Team) Hallie Getz (1st Team) 2016-17 Megan Mingo (1st Team) Hallie Getz (2nd Team) Teresa Toscano (2nd Team) 2017-18 Teresa Toscano (1st Team) Sydney Bormann (2nd Team) Cassidy Laidlaw (2nd team
November 4, 2016 February 13, 2017 March 8, 2017 March 11, 2017 March 22, 2017 Feb. 28, 2018 March 8, 2018 March 15, 2018 March 22, 2018
The Summit League All-Tournament 2016-17 Megan Mingo 2017-18 Teresa Toscano
The Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence 2007-08 Holly Opatz, Amanda Rosol 2008-09 Holly Opatz, Amanda Rosol Sydney Sturdevant 2009-10 Brittany Hanten*, Rebecca Swords* 2010-11 Morgan Fitts* Rachel Hanigan* 2011-12 Jordan Trohkimoinen* 2012-13 Sydney MacDonald 2013-14 Myranda Dunmire, Amber Houser* Sydney MacDonald, Alli Plath* 2014-15 Hallie Getz, Amber Houser* Sydney MacDonald, Megan Mingo Alli Plath*
The Summit League Newcomer of the Year 2007-08 Hillary Gerster
The Summit League Women’s Golfer of the Month 2015-16 Megan Mingo, November 2016-17 Hallie Getz, September 2016-17 Megan Mingo, November
The Summit League Women’s Golfer of the Week April 16, 2014 Sydney MacDonald March 25, 2015 Sydney MacDonald Nov. 4, 2015 Megan Mingo March 9, 2016 Megan Mingo March 16, 2016 Hallie Getz
Megan Mingo Islamiah Fuad Megan Mingo Teresa Toscano Megan Mingo Cassidy Laidlaw Teresa Toscano Teresa Toscano Sydney Bormann
The Summit League All-Academic Team 2014-15 Sydney MacDonald 2017-18 Sydney Bormann
Cassidy Laidlaw (second team), Teresa Toscano (first team) and Sydney Bormann (second team) were named to All-Summit League teams in 2017-18.
Teresa Toscano (second team), Megan Mingo (first team) and Hallie Getz (second team) were named to All-Summit League teams in 2016-17.
2015-16 Islamiah Fuad*, Hallie Getz, Sydney MacDonald*, Megan Mingo Natcha Srimaneerungroj 2016-17 Islamiah Fuad*, Hallie Getz, Megan Mingo, Sydney Bormann Natcha Srimaneerungroj 2017-18 Sydney Bormann
The Summit League Academic Honor Roll 2007-08 Nicole Bowen, Abby Feehan Hillary Gerster, Holly Opatz Amanda Rosol, Kelly Wilkens 2008-09 Brittany Hanten, Holly Opatz Amanda Rosol, Sydney Sturdevant Rebecca Swords 2009-10 Rachel Hanigan, Brittany Hanten Sydney Sturdevant, Rebecca Swords
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010-11 Abby Feehan, Morgan Fitts Rachel Hanigan, Brittany Hanten Katie Purcell 2011-12 Myranda Dunmire, Morgan Fitts, Brittany Hanten, Amber Houser, Alli Plath, Jordan Trohkimoinen 2012-13 Morgan Fitts, Amber Houser, Michaela Kouri, Sydney MacDonald Alli Plath 2013-14 Myranda Dunmire, Islamiah Fuad Hallie Getz, Amber Houser Sydney MacDonald, Alli Plath 2014-15 Amber Houser, Brianna Janu Sydney MacDonald, Alli Plath Natcha Srimaneerungroj
2015-16 Elle Carlson, Hallie Getz, Brianna Janu, Sydney MacDonald, Islamiah Fuad, Megan Mingo, Natcha Srimaneerungroj 2016-17 Sydney Bormann, Islamiah Fuad Hallie Getz, Natcha Srimaneerungroj 2017-18 Sydney Bormann, Cassidy Laidlaw, Natcha Srimaneerungroj * Distinguished Scholar (3.60 GPA-or-higher)
South Dakota State competed in Division II and the North Central Conference until moving to Division I in 2004.
Hallie Getz (second for the left) and Megan Mingo (second from the right) were named first team All-Summit League in 2015-16.
Hallie Getz (second from the left) and Sydney MacDonald (far right) were named second team All-Summit League in 2014-15.
Sydney MacDonald (middle) was named second team All-Summit League in 2013-14.
Adamson, Arin Alvig, Gina Anderson, Kelle Baertsch, Kimberly Benning, Teresa Bergman, Heather Bergstrom, Erin Berning, Heather Bohn, Connie Bormann, Sydney Borstad, Debbie Brown, Lindsey Buddensiek, Nicole
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2015 1987 1995, 97 1998 1978 1991-94 1976 2008-09
Darrah, Colleen Doyle, Carin Dubbe, Cynthia Dunmire, Myranda
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Egger, Trina Eisenhuth, Lindsey Ellis, Sheri Endahl, Kelli Enderby, Charisse Evans, Kelly Feehan, Abby Fergen, Lisa Fitts, Morgan Fletcher, Deanna Fox, Carol Fuad, Islamiah Gee, Jennifer Gee, Jessica Gerster, Hillary Getz, Hallie
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Plath, Alli Peters, Kathleen Piearson, Brooke Pitt, Jennifer Pokorney, Jacqueline Ramsell, Holly Ries, Carol Robinson, Sage Rosol, Amanda
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Sandene, Joan Schmeiding, Becky Schoepf, Sherry Schrader, Whitney Shoemaker,Mary Smith, Beth Spaulding, Annie Srimaneerungroj, Natcha Stangarone, Jennifer Stauter, Carol Stoneburger, Lynn Stulken, Sara Sturdevant, Sydney Swords, Rebecca
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SUMMITT LEAGUE MEMB BER RSHIP
DENVER D N Nickname: Loocation: Ennrollment: Foounded: Jooined League:
Pioneers Denver, Colo. 11,809 1864 2013
NORTH DAKOTA N N Nickname: Fighting Hawks Location: Grand Forks, N.D. Ennrollment: 14,648 Foounded: 1883 Jooined League: 2018 N NORTH DAKOTA STATE N Nickname: Bison Loocation: Fargo, N.D. Ennrollment: 14,432 Foounded: 1890 Jooined League: 2007 OMAHA O N Nickname: Loocation: Ennrollment: Foounded: Jooined League:
Mavericks Omaha, Neb. 15,627 1908 2011
ORAL ROBERTS O N Nickname: Golden Eagles Loocation: Tulsa, Okla. Ennrollment: 3,852 Foounded: 1963 Jooined League: 1997 | 2014
Through 36 years of Division ion I athletics, The Summitt League off ffers ers 17 championship sports and hass a combined enrollment of neearly 100,000 at nine institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro popula p tions and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: the University of Denverr, University of North Dakota, Nor orth Dakota State University, Univ niversity of Nebraska Omaha, Oral Roberts University, Purdue Fort Wayne Univversity, University of South Dakota, South Dakotaa State University and Westerrn Illinois University. The Summit League was previously e known as the Mid-Con o tinent Confference beffor o e undergoing a rebrand d in 2007. The Summit Leagu ue has produced 12 NCAA National Champions with over 125 All-Americans and 100 Academic All-Americans including numer merous student-athletes competing at the highest proffessional level. Each yearr, approximately 3,00 00 student-athletes continue to raise the bar and help The Summit League reaach exceptional success and development. Within the past seven years alone, The Summit League has produced a national postseason team tournamen nt championship, an NCAA seemifinal appearance, and eight NCAA Champions. That level of success also carriees into the classroom. The Summit League ranked fi first ffor or NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women’s basketball from 2014-16. A total o of 22 Summit League teams achieved perfect NCAA Academic Progress Rate scores in the most recentlyy released e figures. The Summit League also produces the highest quality in com mpetition. In 2016-17, former Summit League studen nt-athletes competed in the Rio Summer Olympics, the NBA, MLB, the PGA, the LPGA PGA and Major League Soccer (MLS).
Within the past decade a e, The Summit Lea ague has … > Won a national team tournaament championship, reached d an NCAA semifinal, and achieved a final national ranking in eight diff ffer erent sports t. > Claimed NCAA Regional Ch hampionships in two sports and a advanced in five additional NCAA team champ pionship tournaments. > H Had d 140 teams receiv i e NCAA Public bli Recognition iti Awar a ds d (among ( top 10 percent of Academic Progresss Rate (APR) in their sport) since 2010. > Totaled 112 teams with maxximum/perfect APR scores in th he past five years. > Crowned 10 of the league’s 12 NCAA Champions since 2007 2 and won seven NCAA national championship ps and 11 NCAA statistical titles in the past seven years.
PURDUE FORT WAYNE P N Nickname: Mastodons Loocation: Fort Wayne, Ind. Ennrollment: 13,459 Foounded: 1964 Jooined League: 2007 S SOUTH DAKOTA N Nickname: Coyotes Loocation: Vermillion, S.D. Ennrollment: 10,061 Foounded: 1862 Jooined League: 2011 S SOUTH DAKOTA STATE N Nickname: Jackrabbits Loocation: Brookings, S.D. Ennrollment: 12,613 Foounded: 1881 Jooined League: 2007 WESTERN ILLINOIS W Nickname: Fighting Leathernecks Loocation: Macomb, Ill. Ennrollment: 10,373 Foounded: 1899 Joined League: 1982 (charter member)
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South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University (SDSU) is the state’s largest, most comprehensive university. As South Dakota’s 1862 Morrill Act land-grant university, SDSU had a fall 2018 enrollment of 12,107 students from all 50 states and 83 countries. Approximately 54 percent of SDSU students are residents of South Dakota, 39 percent are from other states and 7 percent from other countries. The university provides a rich academic experience in an environment of inclusion and access through inspired, student-centered education, creative activities and research, innovation and engagement. SDSU grants degrees from the colleges of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences; Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Education and Human Sciences; Natural Sciences; Nursing; Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions; the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; and the Graduate School. The American Association of University Professors categorizes SDSU as a Category 1 or doctoral-level institution.
The university has been designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and its Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity is a major resource for the economic development needs of the state. The Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization, which assists the university’s researchers in commercializing intellectual properties and fosters collaborations between the university and industry partners, has generated nearly $18.5 million in royalties and license fees since being formed. During the last five years, the Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization has averaged 33 invention disclosures, 12 patents filed, 241 agreements executed, 10 licenses and more than $1.75 million in royalties and revenue per year. SDSU Extension, with eight Regional Extension Centers across the state, is South Dakota’s source for unbiased, research-based information. SDSU Extension’s online learning portal, iGrow.org, served nearly 600,000 users with more than 1.25 million page views last year.
Jackrabbit Legend
Nobody knows for sure where the nickname “Jackrabbits” originates, but several theories exist as to how and why SDSU’s athletic teams became known by that moniker, but former dean H.B. Matthews said in the Jan. 29, 1930, Issue of The Industrial Collegian student newspaper that it started as an emblem for State College between the years of 1898 and 1903. In 1898, the students, under the direction of a professor Kerr, published a college annual called “The Quirt” and since in 1903, the first college annual under the name “Jack Rabbit” made its appearance on campus. Many of the older professors and students during the fiveyear span said that the athletic teams became known as Jackrabbits because of their fleetness of foot in contests or because jackrabbits overran this part of the country at that time. As to the exact date and the exact reason for the name, Matthews said it couldn’t be given, as no record could ever be found of that effect. Some believe that the name “Jackrabbits” came from a story and cartoon sketch that appeared in a Minneapolis newspaper following a 1905 football game between the University of Minnesota and South Dakota State College. Many believe that a reporter for the newspaper, knowing of the preponderance of jackrabbits in the Brookings area, wrote that the SDSU team was as quick as jackrabbits. Many people believe that the school adopted the Jackrabbits as its official nickname from that beginning. The other theory about the origin of the nickname came in “The Jackrabbit,” SDSU’s yearbook. A poem in the 1907 yearbook puts forth the idea that the yearbook is called “The Jackrabbit” because a group of juniors wished to immortalize themselves by changing the name of the yearbook. Athletic teams followed suit, adopting the nickname. Prior to the adoption of the Jackrabbit nickname, fans knew the school athletic teams as the Barn Yard Cadets, which made sense, because the school went by the name of South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1907. The jackrabbit can run at speeds of 30-to-35 mph, with bursts up to 45, making it the second fastest animal in North America, second only to the pronghorn antelope, which can run at speeds up to 60 mph. Properly speaking, jackrabbits should not be called rabbits but hares, with longer feet and longer ears than rabbits. Most hares live in open country, whereas rabbits—like cottontails— live in brushy habitats. Jackrabbits can grow up to 2 feet long; weigh from six to nine pounds, with ears up to 8 inches long. Hares do not eat meat; they eat tender herbs in the summer and woody twigs and bark in the winter.
ADMINISTRATION
DR. BARRY DUNN
POSITION
EXPERIENCE
ALMA MATER
JUSTIN SELL
PRESIDENT
POSITION
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
SDSU, ‘75
ALMA MATER
BOWLING GREEN, ‘91
SECOND YEAR
Dr. Barry H. Dunn was named the 20th president of South Dakota State University in April 2016, the fourth alumnus chosen to lead the institution. He assumed office May 23, 2016. Dunn launched the Imagine, 2023, the university’s strategic plan process that launched July 1, 2018. It includes a collaborative and extensive process, reaching out to all corners of South Dakota and renewing the values of the 1862 landgrant mission that founded South Dakota State University. Dunn’s time at SDSU dates to the mid 1970s when he received a bachelor’s degree in biology at SDSU and subsequently completed two graduate degrees in animal science—a master’s in 1977 and a Ph.D. in 2000. He became the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council endowed dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences in 2010. He also served as director of SDSU Extension and as a professor of animal science. As dean, Dunn led a college with some 550 faculty and staff, 2,800 graduate and undergraduate students, and a $78 million annual budget, including more than $20 million in grant and contract awards, fundraising and development. He shaped the academic and strategic direction of eight departments, spanning 18 degree programs, one regional research and outreach center, six research field stations and 14,500 acres of Agricultural Experiment Station research land. As Extension director, Dunn administered and set the vision for five program areas across two colleges and nine departments, as well as eight regional extension centers with a $12 million annual budget. He led a team of approximately 150 faculty and staff members and 3,500 adult volunteers. Dunn and his wife, Jane, maintain her family’s original homestead north of Brookings where they raised their two sons.
EXPERIENCE
10TH YEAR
Justin Sell, who was honored as a recipient of the 2014-15 Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year Award, has moved Jackrabbits athletics forward in a number of areas of its Division I pursuits since being introduced as the 12th director of athletics at South Dakota State University May 7, 2009. Highlights include: l 38 regular and postseason league championships in six different sports since 2009-10 l 5 Summit League Commissioner’s Cup all-sports trophies l 2 Summit League’s Dr. William Steinbrecher Men’s All-Sports Awards and Dr. Helen Smiley Women’s All-Sports Awards l 3 Steinbrecher Awards l 2010-11 Summit League’s Sportsmanship Award l 3.3 Student-Athlete GPA in more than 70 different majors l 2 Summit League’s Institutional Academic Achievement Awards l 9 Missouri Valley Football Conference Academic Awards
Born in Salem, Ore., and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Sell came to South Dakota State from the University of Northern Iowa, where he worked in various roles, both at the university and in the community for 10 years. He also worked at Villanova University, Syracuse University, Ohio State University and Bowling Green State University. Sell gained further experience working in the private sector for various sports teams and events. Sell earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) in 1991 and completed a master’s degree in physical education/sport administration at The Ohio State University in 1992.
SEAN O’CONNOR
Graduate Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Sean O’Connor joined the South Dakota State Strength & Conditioning staff in May 2017 as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach. He oversees the implementation of wrestling, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s cross country training programs as well as assist with the Jackrabbits’ football and baseball teams. Prior to coming to State, O’Connor was at Iowa State University during the 2016-17 season, where he worked with the Cyclones’ football team. He led walk-ons and junior college transfers through training sessions, teaching foundational movement patterns. O’Connor also worked with injured student-athletes through modified exercises. O’Connor spent part of 2016 at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, assisting with the football, men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and men’s soccer training programs. O’Connor interned at Northwest Missouri State University from 2014 to 2015. He worked with the men’s and women’s track and field, football, baseball and women’s basketball teams. Certified a strength and conditioning specialist by National Strength & Conditioning Association, O’Connor graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 2016 with a corporate wellness degree.
WOODY DAHL
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Woody Dahl joined the Jackrabbits staff in August 2015 after a two-year hiatus from the SDSU program for a graduate assistantship. Dahl’s main responsibilities include working with the men’s basketball and men’s and women’s golf programs while assisting with oversight of the athletic training program and SDSU’s other 19 varsity sports. An Albert Lea, Minn., native, Dahl graduated from South Dakota State in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training before moving to Western Michigan for two years, where he was a graduate assistant and earned his master’s degree for athletic training in 2015. Dahl is BOC, CPR/First Aid and Rock Tape FMT I and II certified in addition to being a NATA member.