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GARRETT RUNION

HEAD COACH

Garrett Runion, who has been a part of two national championships during his collegiate coaching career, enters his fifth season as the LSU women's golf head coach. Runion became the fourth women’s golf head coach in LSU history on June 8, 2018. During the 2021-22 season, he led the Tigers to three wins, including the first Southeastern Conference championship for LSU in 30 years. He was named the coCoach of the Year in the SEC, a finalist for WGCA national Coach of the Year, and, was honored as the WGCA Central Regional Coach of the Year. LSU won three consecutive matches in the SEC Championship, defeating Vanderbilt, Alabama and Florida to claim the title. The Tigers tied for second in the NCAA Regional to advance to the NCAA Championship for the second consecutive year. The success of 2021-22 followed a 2020-21 season that saw LSU return to the NCAA Championship Tournament for the first time since the 2015 season. LSU finished ninth, just one shot out of the match-play advancement. LSU finished fifth in the final Golfstat team rankings and fourth in the WGCA poll. in the last two seasons, LSU has averaged 288.42 and 290.35. Over the last three season, the Tigers have seven team wins and 10 individual wins, including a school-record nine by multiple time All-America, two-time SEC POY and multiple ANNIKA Award finalist Ingrid Lindblad. In that time, Carla Tejedo and Latanna Stone also earned All-America honors. In his first season at the helm, Runion returned the Tigers to the NCAA postseason as LSU competed in the East Lansing Regional in 2019. Runion spent six seasons as the LSU men’s golf assistant coach and in April 2018 was named a finalist for the Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award for the third year in a row. A three-year letterwinner for the Tigers, Runion was instrumental in LSU’s return to national prominence since joining Director of Golf Chuck Winstead’s men’s staff prior to the 2012-13 season. The LSU men’s team finished in the Top 10 at the men’s NCAA National Championships in four consecutive seasons from 2013-17. The 2014-15 season was one for the ages in the history of LSU men’s golf as the Tigers staked their claim as the premier program in college golf with a 4-1 win over USC to win the NCAA national title. Runion returned to LSU after guiding Nova Southeastern to the NCAA Division II national championship in his only season as head coach in 2011-12. Runion that year received the Dave Williams Award as the NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year, as well as Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year and Eaton Golf Pride South Region Coach of the Year honors. A native of Orlando, Florida, Runion called Baton Rouge home for four seasons from 2003-08. A four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and three-time SEC Community Service Team selection, Runion graduated from LSU in the May 2008 with his bachelor's degree in general studies. Runion and wife, Meghan, have one son, Reid, aka “Rocket”, daughters, Riley, and Raegan Lee.

ALEXIS RATHER

ASSISTANT COACH

Alexis Rather is in her 13th season with the Tigers, her fifth working with head coach Garrett Runion. Rather spent eight seasons under the tutelage of Karen Bahnsen in addition to playing for Bahnsen from 2003-2008. Rather has become a consummate recruiter and practice and on-course coach. During tournaments, Rather can be seen at various spots on the course, offering help and encouragement to the Tigers when needed. The native of Tupelo, Mississippi, was a four-year letter winner at LSU, appeared in two NCAA Women’s Golf Championships as a player and was a four-time Women’s Golf Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete honoree. Rather, a twotime First-Team All-Louisiana golfer, had three top 10 finishes in her senior season. One of her career playing highlights came in 2008 when she chipped in for the only birdie in a sudden death playoff for the last qualifying spot at the NCAA East Regional that put LSU in the NCAA Women’s Championships. Rather was named LSU’s recipient of the SEC Community Service Team while in college and has been heavily involved her entire LSU career with the school’s Life Skills Program and service projects throughout the community. She graduated from LSU in July 2007 with an honors degree in communications and her master’s in sports management from LSU in 2008.

CONTENTS

2 Tiger Roster 3 Table of Contents/Quick Facts/ Coaches Bios 4 2021-22 Tournament Results/Season Stats 5 2022 SEC Champions 6 SEC Championships History 7 NCAA Championships History 11 Year-by-Year Results 35 School Records 37 Team/Individual Tournament Wins 38 National/SEC Honors 41 Professional Golfers 42 Letterwinners 43 The University Club 44 Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility 45 LSU Golf Classic 46 University Club Records 47 SEC Championship in Pictures QUICK FACTS

UNIVERSITY

Location: ........................................................................Baton Rouge, La. Founded / Enrollment: ........................................................1860 / 34,290 Nickname: ........................................................................................Tigers President: ................................................................ Dr. William F. Tate IV Faculty Representative: ....................................................Dr. Lori Martin

ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT

Director of Athletics: .....................................................Scott Woodward Chief of Staff..........................................................................Andrea Tepe Executive Deputy Director of Athletics: ......................... Verge Ausberry Esecutive Deputy Director of Athletics/COO: ............................. Keli Zinn Deputy Atheltics Director Leadership/Strategy ................. Lori Williams Sr. Associate AD/Senior Woman Administrator:................ Miriam Segar Sr. Associate AD/Sport Administrator....................................Dan Gaston

WOMEN’S GOLF

Head Coach: .......................................................Garrett Runion (LSU '08) Years at LSU: .......................................... 5th as head coach; 11th overall Assistant Coach: ..........................................Alexis Rather (LSU '07 & '08) Years at LSU: .......................................................................................13th Director of Golf/Men's Head Coach: ................ Chuck Winstead (LSU '91) Years at LSU: .......................................................................................18th Assistant Coach: ........................................... Andrew Nelson (Liberty '11) Years at LSU: ........................................................................................4th Director of Ops...................................................... Katie O'Brien (LSU, '98) Years at LSU:........................................................................................14th

COMMUNICATIONS

Associate AD/Communications: ..................................Michael Bonnette Sr. Associate Director/Women’s Golf:......................................Kent Lowe Lowe office/cell: ........................................ 225-578-1864 / 225-241-4360 Lowe Email Address: .........................................................clowe@lsu.edu Golf Communications Assistant: ......................................Robert Quiroga Quiroga Email Address: ................................................... rquiro1@lsu.edu

CREDITS

The 2022-23 LSU Women’s Golf Record Book is a production of LSU Athletics Communications/Creative Services. Photography by LSU Photo Services, Director - Chris Parent; Thanks to the LPGA, Epson Tour, WGCA, Getty Images, Britt Runion and Andrew Wevers for their assistance.