NEBRASKA 2010-11 women’s golf
NEBRASKA women’s golf
Mary Kate Bird Senior - Kansas City, Mo.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GOLF Women’s Golf Directory
Head Coach.................................................................... Robin Krapfl Golf Office Secretary.......................................................Ellen Shutts Golf Office Phone......................................................(402) 472-1415 Golf Office Fax...........................................................(402) 472-2272 Golf Office Address:............................................................................ Bob Devaney Sports Center Room 107F Lincoln, NE 68588-0612
Media Relations Directory
Assistant A.D./Media Relations:......................................................... Keith Mann...........................................................(402) 472-2263 Women’s Golf Media Relations Contact:............................................ Jeff Griesch (jgriesch@huskers.com)......................(402) 472-7775 Media Relations Fax Number:...................................(402) 472-2005 Media Relations Mailing Address:...................................................... University of Nebraska Media Relations One Memorial Stadium P.O. Box 880123 Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 Internet Address............................................................ Huskers.com
Athletic Department Directory
General Athletic Department Phone...........................(402) 472-4224 Athletic Director: Tom Osborne...................................(402) 472-3011 Exec. Assoc. A.D.: Marc Boehm...................................(402) 472-3011 Sr. Assoc. A.D./Academics, Compliance, Planning: Dennis Leblanc............................................................(402) 472-2042 Assoc. A.D./Comm. Relations: Chris Anderson..............(402) 472-7771 Assoc. A.D./Compliance: Gary Bargen........................(402) 472-2042 Assoc. A.D./Administration: Bob Burton.....................(402) 472-5663 Assoc. A.D./Facilities & Events: Butch Hug..................(402) 472-1950 Assoc. A.D./Capital Projects: John Ingram...................(402) 472-1000 Assoc. A.D./SWA: Pat Logsdon....................................(402) 472-3011 Assoc. A.D./Development: Paul Meyers......................(402) 472-2367 Assoc. A.D. /Life Skills: Keith Zimmer ..............................(402) 472-4616 Asst. A.D./Ticketing: Holly Adam.....................................(402) 472-3111 Asst. A.D./Athletic Medicine: Dr. Lonnie Albers.............(402) 472-2276 Asst. A.D./Football Operations: Jeff Jamrog................(402) 472-3116 Asst. A.D./HuskerVision: Shot Kleen...........................(402) 472-4645 Asst. A.D./Media Relations: Keith Mann.....................(402) 472-2263 Asst. A.D./Marketing, Licensing, Concessions: Michael Stephens........................................................(402) 472-0775
Board of Regents
Timothy Clare, J.D................................................................... Lincoln Randolph Ferlic, M.D..............................................................Omaha Chuck Hassebrook.....................................................................Lyons Howard Hawks.......................................................................Omaha Jim McClurg, Ph.D................................................................... Lincoln Bob Phares.....................................................................North Platte Kent Schroeder, J.D............................................................... Kearney Bob Whitehouse...................................................................Papillion Justin Solomon.......................................................Nebraska-Lincoln Michael Crabb........................................................Nebraska-Omaha Nathan Summerfield............................................ Nebraska-Kearney Andrew Klutman........................................ Nebraska Medical Center
Madeleine Sheils returns to the Nebraska lineup after tying for 11th at the 2010 Big 12 Championships.
Table of Contents
General Information.........................................................................1 NU Coaches and Staff................................................................... 2-5 Coach Robin Krapfl.........................................................................2 Assistant Coach Mike Schuchart....................................................3 Volunteer Coach Sara Sackett........................................................3 Chip-N Club Boosters.....................................................................3 Athletic Director Tom Osborne......................................................4 Executive Associate A.D. Marc Boehm..........................................5 Associate A.D./Administration: Bob Burton...................................5 Associate A.D./SWA: Pat Logsdon..................................................5 2010-11 Outlook, Roster & Schedule........................................... 6-7 Husker Golfers............................................................................ 8-14 Mary Kate Bird...............................................................................8 Kayla Knopik...................................................................................9 Madeleine Sheils..........................................................................10 Carolyn Schorgl............................................................................11 Katie Keiser/Remylee Molyneaux................................................12 Steffi Neisen/Katelyn Wright.......................................................13 Big 12 Conference.................................................................... 14-15 Big 12 History/Directory..............................................................14 Big 12 Opponents........................................................................15 2009-10 Review........................................................................ 16-18 Season Recap...............................................................................16 Results/Statistics.................................................................... 17-18 Husker History.......................................................................... 19-27 Year-by-Year Results............................................................... 19-22 All-Time Honors & Awards...........................................................23 All-Time Letterwinners................................................................24 Individual & Team Records..........................................................25 Conference History......................................................................26 Nebraska in the NCAA Championships........................................27 This is Nebraska........................................................................ 28-44
General Information
The mission of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department is to serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans with Integrity, Trust, Respect, Teamwork and Loyalty. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln does not discriminate based on gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.
Location.........................................................................Lincoln, Neb. Enrollment.............................................................................. 24,610 Founded ......................................................................Feb. 15, 1869 Chancellor.....................................................Harvey S. Perlman, J.D. President................................................................James B. Milliken Colors................................................................... Scarlet and Cream Nickname.........................................................Cornhuskers/Huskers Conference.............................................................................. Big 12
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Affiliation ..................................................................NCAA Division I
Golf Quick Facts
Head Coach/Years.....................................................Robin Krapfl/24 2009-10 Top 10 Finishes.............................................................9/11 2009-10 Top Five Finishes..........................................................5/11 2009-10 First-Place Finishes.......................................................0/11 Big 12 Finish............................................................................8th/12 NCAA Regional Finish.............................................Did Not Compete Letterwinners Returning/Lost......................................................4/5
Media Information
All student-athlete and coaching staff interviews must be arranged through Director of Media Relations Operations Jeff Griesch at (402) 472-7775. Generally, the Huskers will practice from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at courses throughout Lincoln. Contact the Media Relations Office to verify practice times and sites. The best time to reach Coach Robin Krapfl for interviews is weekday mornings at (402) 472-1415. For the most up-to-date coverage of NU women’s golf, visit Huskers.com, the official website of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department. In addition to updated results, statistics and meet recaps, you can find photos, player and coach biographies, schedule and roster information and weekly releases. The site also features webcasts produced by the Husker Sports Network of Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and football, along with Sports Nightly, which airs Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m., central time.
About This Publication
The 2010-11 Nebraska Women’s Golf Media Guide was written and designed by Director of Media Relations Operations Jeff Griesch with editing assistance from Assistant Media Relations Directors Matt Smith and Jeremy Foote. All of Nebraska’s guides are produced in Adobe InDesign CS4. The covers were created by Jeff Griesch with photography by Scott Bruhn. Cover photos by Scott Bruhn. Photo credits to Scott Bruhn, Scott D. Weaver, Matt Miller, Tom Slocum and Courtney Dokter. On the cover: the 2010-11 Nebraska women’s golf team (from left): Steffi Neisen, Katelyn Wright, Carolyn Schorgl, Remylee Molyneux, Madeleine Sheils, Katie Keiser, Mary Kate Bird, Kayla Knopik and Head Coach Robin Krapfl.
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KRAPFL Head Coach (24th Season) Nebraska (1984)
Coach Krapfl’s Tradition of Success at Nebraska
in Stillwater, Okla. Along Krapfl’s Career Numbers with their strong play on Year Meets Wins Top Five Top 10 Conf. NCAA the course, all five starters 1987-88 11 0 7 11 5th -in Nebraska’s lineup 1988-89 12 2 6 10 4th -11 3 7 10 5th -earned academic All-Big 1989-90 1990-91 10 0 3 7 3rd -12 recognition. 10 0 4 8 7th -In 2006-07, NU earned 1991-92 10 0 5 7 4th -a second straight NCAA 1992-93 12 3 6 10 4th -Re g i o n a l b i d w i t h a 1993-94 1994-95 12 1 8 10 3rd -fourth-place Big 12 finish. 1995-96 12 0 5 9 t3rd -NU claimed three team 1996-97 12 2 6 9 3rd -tournament titles, led 1997-98 10 1 3 8 6th -by All-Big 12 performer 1998-99 10 0 3 8 8th -Elli Brown. NU also led 1999-00 13 3 8 12 3rd 19th 12 1 3 11 5th -the conference with 2000-01 12 1 3 8 7th -five academic All-Big 12 2001-02 2002-03 13 0 8 11 5th 22nd selections. 11 2 4 9 10th -The Huskers produced 2003-04 2004-05 11 1 2 7 7th -one of the best seasons in 2005-06 13 2 9 11 t4th 20th school history in 2005-06, 2006-07 Huskers Take Aim at 12th NCAA Regional Bid 12 3 6 9 4th -Nebraska had its streak of three consecutive NCAA Regional bids end at three in 2008-09, but with a 20th-place finish at 2007-08 13 1 4 11 6th -the NCAA Championships 2008-09 11 2 4 8 10th -the Huskers will focus on earning their 12th regional bid since 1994 in 2010-11. 11 0 5 9 8th -NU advanced to its third consecutive regional in 2008, qualifying as the No. 17 seed in the NCAA i n C o l u m b u s , O h i o . 2009-10 264 28 119 213 -- -Central Regional in Austin, Texas. The Huskers missed a berth to the fourth NCAA Championships Nebraska also posted its Totals best-ever score at the NCAA in school history by just one stroke, finishing in a tie for 10th with a score of 903 on the University Championships by firing a 1,221 over four rounds, 18 strokes better than the 1,239 NU shot of Texas Golf Course. NU qualified for regionals on the heels of a solid sixth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships at the 2000 NCAA Championships. The final-round 299 was NU’s best NCAA Championships mark in history. The 2005-06 Huskers finished eighth at the NCAA Coach Krapfl’s Honors Career Team Titles Under Krapfl (28) Central Regional after entering as the No. 15 seed in the 2005 University of Nebraska Combined Campaign 2008 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational (Tie) 21-team field. The Huskers also tied for fourth at the Big 2008 Chip-N Club Invitational Honorary Chair 12 Championships at the Country Club of Lincoln. NU also 2007 Bronco Invitational produced the best team stroke average in school history 1993-94 Big Eight Coach of the Year 2007 Mountain View Intercollegiate (304.88). 1990-91 Big Eight Coach of the Year 2006 Bronco Invitational Stephanie Ruiz earned second-team All-Big 12 TPI Certified Golf Fitness Instructor 2006 Chip-N Club Invitational honors and finished in a tie for 38th at the 2006 NCAA 2006 Baja Invitational Championships. NCAA Championship Appearances (3) 2005 Chip-N Club Invitational In 2003, the Huskers played host to the NCAA Central 2004 Chip-N Club Invitational 2006 NCAA Championships (20th/24) Regional, held at Lincoln's Firethorn Golf Club. Nebraska 2003 Highlands Ranch Intercollegiate 2003 NCAA Championships (22nd/24) was ranked 19th going into the tournament, but ascended 2003 Chip-N Club Invitational 2000 NCAA Championships (19th/24) to fifth place to qualify for the NCAA Championships in 2001 Heather Farr Memorial West Lafayette, Ind. The Huskers closed the season strong 2000 Alltel Husker Invitational NCAA Regional Appearances (11) by finishing 22nd at the NCAA Championships. NU finished 2000 Oklahoma Invitational 2008 NCAA Central Regional (T10th/21) with a four-round total of 1,281 led by Sarah Sasse’s 40th1999 Lady Razorback Invitational place showing. 2007 NCAA West Regional (15th/21) 1999 Big 12 Fall Preview Krapfl, a native of West Point, Neb., has been associated 1997 Colorado Invitational 2006 NCAA Central Regional (8th/21) with the Husker program since 1979 when she played 1996 Big 12 Fall Preview 2003 NCAA Central Regional (5th/21) collegiate golf for Nebraska (1979-82). A three-year 1996 Lady Lion Invitational 2002 NCAA Central Regional (19th/21) letterwinner, she graduated from Nebraska with a 1994 Husker Classic bachelor's degree in business administration in 1984. 1994 UNT/SMU Invitational 2001 NCAA Central Regional (10th/21) Krapfl went on to become a PGA Professional at The 1994 Midwest Classic 2000 NCAA West Regional (9th/24) 1993 Husker Classic Country Club of Lincoln, where she worked as an assistant 1997 NCAA West Regional (14th/20) 1990 Mizzou Invitational under head professional and former Husker coach Jerry 1996 NCAA West Regional (T11th/20) 1990 Rio Rico Invitational Fisher. Krapfl also worked under Fisher as an assistant for 1989 Husker Classic the Huskers from 1984 to 1987. As head coach, Krapfl has 1995 NCAA West Regional (12th/20) 1989 Michigan State Classic guided the Huskers to 28 tournament titles. She is only the 1994 NCAA West Regional (16th/19) 1988 Huskie Classic third coach in Nebraska women's golf history, following former men's coach Larry Romjue and Fisher. KRAPFL’S COACHING PHILOSOPHY She is married to Richard Krapfl and the couple has "The short game separates good players from great ones and can be a huge equalizer in team competition. I really stress two sons, Robert, born on Oct. 30, 1992, and Ryan, born the importance of practice from 80 yards in." Aug. 20, 1994.
Coach Robin Krapfl continues to emphasize the principles of achieving excellence on and off the course in her 24th season as Nebraska's head coach. It shows. Since Krapfl took the reins in 1987, the Huskers have: Earned a nation-leading 57 NGCA Scholastic All-America honors. In 1992, all five of Krapfl’s starters were honored with this distinction. It was the first time in women’s college golf history that a team had accomplished such a feat. Again in 2003, five Nebraska starters earned Scholastic All-America honors. Won 92 academic all-conference awards. Produced two NCAA All-Americans, two conference champions, the 1990 Edith Munson Award winner, a two-time TrueTemper Scholastic Award honoree, one Big 12 Golfer of the Year, one Nebraska Student-Athlete-of-the-Year and 22 all-conference (16 Big Eight, 6 All-Big 12) awards. Qualified for 11 NCAA Regionals. Participated in the first three NCAA Tournaments in school history with trips in 2000, 2003 and 2006. Consistently finished near the top of the Big 12 standings since 1996. Posted a team GPA of 3.71 in 2006-07, the fifth-highest team GPA in the nation. Despite the past success of NU's program, Krapfl believes the best is yet to come.
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Mike
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SCHUCHART
Sara
SACKETT
Assistant Coach (Ninth Season) Nebraska (1985)
Volunteer Coach (First Season) Nebraska (2006)
Schuchart’s Honors
Sackett’s Honors
Former Husker and professional golfer Mike Schuchart returns to his alma mater for his ninth season as an assistant coach for the women’s golf squad. Schuchart helps the Huskers with all aspects of their games. Schuchart adds years of professional experience to the Husker staff. Schuchart is a 17-year PGA member who has extensive playing experience on both the PGA and Nationwide tours. During his time on the Nike Tour, he was a three-time champion, including the 1994 Nike Tour Championship. He has also played in three U.S. Opens and four PGA Championships. He has been named the Nebraska PGA Player of the Year three times and was a member of the National PGA Cup in 1992, which represented the United States internationally. His best showing on the PGA Tour was a fifth-place finish at the Hardee’s Invitational in 1993. In addition to playing golf, Schuchart designed the Prairie golf putter MS-1. Developed for fast greens, the putter is shorter from heel to toe and is face balanced. Schuchart lettered for the men’s squad in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. Mike and his wife, Felicia, have an 11-year-old son Keegan. Schuchart and his family reside in Lincoln.
Sara Sackett was a senior leader on one of the most successful teams in Nebraska women’s golf history in 2005-06. The Cambridge, Neb., native produced an impressive 77.56 stroke average on the year, while notching four top-15 individual tournament finishes. Her senior season included a career-best second-place finish with a career-best 223 at 2005 Chip-N Club Invitational, which helped the Huskers secure the team title. Sackett also tied for fourth individually with a 224 at the prestigious Edwin Watts/Palmetto Invitational, and added an 11th-place finish (226) at the Central District Invitational as a senior. After helping the Huskers qualify for the NCAA Championships, Sackett performed well at the national tournament with rounds of 77, 76 and 75 over her final three rounds to tie for 79th individually (309). Her four-round total matched teammate Elli Brown for the fifth-best score ever by a Husker at the NCAA Championships. A three-year member of the Husker lineup, Sackett competed in 96 rounds during her five-year NU career and finished with a 79.27 stroke average, including a career-best 71. Before coming to Nebraska, Sackett made history at Cambridge High School by becoming the first girl to medal in the boys state tournament, finishing eighth in Class C-2 as a junior. Sackett competed against boys throughout her high school career because the NSAA did not sponsor girls golf in Class C-2. In addition to her success on the course, Sackett was a three-time first-team academic All-Big 12 selection for the Huskers, and earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Nebraska in 2006. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in educational administration with an emphasis in student affairs from Nebraska. Before returning to NU, Sackett served as a fitting specialist for Ping golf clubs from 2007 to 2009. She also traveled extensively marketing Ping products at various of events.
Played in Three U.S. Opens Played in Four PGA Championships Three-Time Champion on Nike Tour Finished Fifth at 1993 Hardee’s Invitational (PGA Tour event) Nike Tour Championship Winner (1994) Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame Inductee (2010) Three-Time Nebraska PGA Player of the Year Member of National PGA Cup (1992) Nebraska Open Champion (2002, 2003) Nebraska Teacher of the Year (2003) Nebraska PGA Section Club Professional Champion (2003, 2005) Nebraska Amateur of the Year (1984)
Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2004, 2005, 2006) Tied for 79th at NCAA Championships (2006) 10 Career Top 25 Tournament Finishes
Chip-N Club Boosters The Chip-N Club is the official booster club of Nebraska women’s golf. Each year, the club assists in sponsoring NU’s fall tournament, which is a two-day, 54-hole event. In 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008, Nebraska captured tournament titles at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course. In 2006, the Huskers claimed their fourth straight team title at Yankee Hill Golf Club. After competing at the Chip-N Club Invitational at Woodland Hills Golf Club in 2007, the Huskers captured the 2008 Chip-N Club crown at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course. The 2010 tournament returns to Wilderness Ridge on Sept. 13-14. The tournament has also been played at Firethorn Golf Club in recent years.
Officers
President........................................................................................................................... Kari Mangan Vice President......................................................................................................................Mike Arney Treasurer........................................................................................................................ Brian McHugh Secretary.................................................................................................................. Beth Anne Bryson
Board Members Mike Arney Courtney Dokter Robin Krapfl Kari Mangan
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OSBORNE Athletic Director Fourth Season Hastings College (1959)
Hall of Fame football coach Tom Osborne has continued to leave a lasting impression on the history of Nebraska Athletics since returning to lead the Husker program as the school’s 13th athletic director on Oct. 16, 2007. Osborne, who led Nebraska to three national championships (1994, 1995, 1997) and 255 victories in his 25 years as the Huskers’ head football coach, has continued to use his impressive leadership skills to guide the NU athletic department as a whole over the past three seasons. With the core values of integrity, trust, respect, teamwork and loyalty serving as guiding principles for Nebraska’s 23-sport program, the Huskers have enjoyed renewed success in Osborne’s first three years as athletic director. In 2009-10, Nebraska finished 17th in the NACDA Directors’ Cup final standings, the Huskers’ best showing since 2000-01. One of Osborne’s first major decisions as athletic director was to hire Bo Pelini as the Huskers’ football coach. Pelini has energized Nebraska’s storied tradition with back-to-back nine-win seasons and a pair of Big 12 North Division titles in his first two years. In 2009, the Huskers notched 10 wins, including a 33-0 win over Arizona in the Holiday Bowl, while finishing in the top 15 in both major national polls. The tradition-rich NU volleyball program has claimed a pair of Big 12 titles and advanced to three NCAA Elite Eight appearances, while the women’s basketball program has earned two NCAA Tournament trips, while notching the best season in school history with a 2010 Big 12 title and a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16. The NU wrestling program shared the 2009 Big 12 title and finished in the top 16 at three straight NCAA Championships. The NU men’s track and field team has captured a pair of Big 12 outdoor crowns, while the men’s and women’s teams have produced five top-20 finishes indoors and outdoors over the past three years. The men’s and women’s gymnastics teams both produced top-10 NCAA finishes in 2010, while the Husker bowling team won the 2009 NCAA title and finished in the top eight at the NCAA Championships each of the
Tom and Nancy Osborne
Osborne at a Glance
Administrative Experience Nebraska, Athletic Director U.S Congress, Third District (Nebraska) Nebraska, Head Football Coach Nebraska, Assistant Head Football Coach Nebraska, Assistant Football Coach
Educational Ledger
Nebraska, Ph.D. in Educational Psychology Nebraska, M.A. in Educational Psychology Hastings College, B.A. in History
Personal Information Date of Birth Family
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2007-present 2000-06 1973-97 1972 1967-71 1965 1963 1959
Feb. 23, 1937 Wife: Nancy; Son: Mike; Daughters: Ann and Suzanne
past three years. The NU rifle team has produced a pair of top-six NCAA finishes in the last three years, while the men’s and women’s tennis teams both earned NCAA Tournament trips in 2010. In addition to their competitive success, the Huskers have continued to set high standards academically at both the conference and national levels. Nebraska led the Big 12 with eight CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2009-10, increasing NU’s nation-leading total to 277 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans all-time, across all sports. The Huskers also led the Big 12 with a league-record 178 academic all-conference selections, along with a conference-record 687 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selections. NU graduated 121 student-athletes from August of 2009 through May of 2010, while increasing its Big 12-leading exhausted eligibility graduation rate to 94 percent. The Huskers also have continued to set the standard on the national level in the area of life skills. In 2010-11, Nebraska will open its new Student Life Complex, which is designed to help Husker student-athletes maximize their performance in the classroom and the community. The Student Life Complex is the first step in Osborne’s aggressive building plan for Nebraska’s athletic facilities. In the summer of 2010, the athletic department broke ground on the Hendricks Training Complex at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, which will directly benefit the men’s and women’s basketball and wrestling programs with new practice and team areas. The project is also expected to lead to additional opportunities for improved facilities for many other Husker Olympic sport programs. The Hendricks Training Complex is scheduled to open before the 2011-12 season. In the spring of 2010, the city of Lincoln also received voter approval to begin construction on the 16,000-seat Haymarket Arena, which will serve as the new competitive home for both Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball programs beginning in 2013-14. Not long after the historic vote in Lincoln, Osborne helped Chancellor Harvey Perlman announce an even more historic move with the shift by Nebraska from the Big 12 to the Big Ten Conference beginning in 2011-12. Nebraska’s move to the Big Ten is expected to add Universitywide academic opportunities, while providing financial stability for the athletic department for years to come. Before being asked by Chancellor Perlman to return to NU as athletic director in 2007, Osborne served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (Nebraska’s 3rd congressional district) from 2000 to 2006. He returned to academia following a 2006 gubernatorial bid, serving as a senior lecturer at Nebraska in the College of Business Administration, teaching leadership and business ethics, in the fall of 2007. Osborne also worked as a consultant for local college athletic departments for two years. Osborne and his wife, Nancy, continue to pour their time and support into the TeamMates mentoring program, which they founded in 1991. TeamMates provides encouragement to schoolaged youth to help them graduate from high school and pursue a post-secondary education. Osborne’s leadership of the TeamMates program began while he was putting the final touches on one of the best coaching careers in college football history. The Hastings, Neb., native, who earned master’s and doctoral degrees in educational psychology from Nebraska, was named NU’s 25th head coach following the 1972 season. In 25 seasons with Osborne at the helm, the Huskers mounted a 255-49-3 record - the sixthmost wins in major college history. Osborne’s .836 winning percentage ranked fifth all-time. His career came to a close with a 42-17 win over No. 3 Tennessee in the 1998 Orange Bowl, when he became the first coach in college football history to retire as a reigning national champion. Following his career, he became one of just four coaches in history to have the mandatory threeyear waiting period waived for induction into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in December of 1998. Osborne’s 1994 and 1995 teams allowed Nebraska to become just the second school in history to post back-to-back perfect national championship seasons (Oklahoma 1955-56). Nebraska put together the best five-year run in college football history from 1993 to 1997, going 60-3 with five straight 11-win seasons. Osborne led NU to 13 conference crowns, including six of his last seven seasons on the sideline. All 25 of his Husker teams won at least nine games and went to a bowl, while 15 won 10-or-more games. In the classroom, the NU football program totaled 65 CoSIDA Academic All-America awards in Osborne’s 25 years. In fact, he accumulated more football Academic All-Americans in his 25 years as coach than any other football program in the nation has produced in its history. Prior to becoming head coach, Osborne spent five seasons under Devaney, helping the Huskers win back-to-back national championships in 1970 and 1971. In 1973, Osborne succeeded Devaney, who also served as Nebraska’s Athletic Director from 1967 to 1993. Osborne and his wife, Nancy, have three adult children, Mike, Ann and Suzanne and four grandchildren.
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Marc
Bob
Executive Associate A.D. Eighth Season Kansas State (1984)
Associate A.D. 13th Season Nebraska (1985)
BOEHM A member of the Nebraska Athletics senior administration since May 2003, Marc Boehm (pronounced BAME) serves as Executive Associate Athletic Director and is the top assistant to the athletic director. Boehm fulfills the director's responsibilities in his absence and also serves as the department's chief operating officer. Boehm oversees the efforts of several areas within athletics, including marketing, media relations, HuskerVision, facilities and events. Boehm also oversees the Nebraska men's and women's basketball programs and the Husker soccer program. He also played a major role in the athletic department's negotiations for its contract extension with IMG College Sports. To date, it is the largest multi-media rights contract in college athletics. Boehm has also played an integral role in the creation of Nebraska’s new practice facilities for men’s and women’s basketball at the Devaney Center, along with the preliminary planning for the new Haymarket Arena in downtown Lincoln, which is scheduled to open as the new home for Husker basketball in 2013-14. Boehm has worked tirelessly with Fox Sports Net and the Big 12 Conference to provide the men's basketball team with an extensive television package each of the past six seasons. Under Boehm's guidance, the men’s and women’s basketball teams have combined for 11 postseason appearances in the past seven years, including the women’s first NCAA Sweet 16 bid in school history in 2010. The 2009-10 Husker women also claimed the school’s first Big 12 regular-season title and became the first men’s or women’s team in Big 12 history to complete a perfect regular season (29-0). The NU women also tied the Big 12 record by opening the season with a 30-game winning streak before finishing with a 32-2 record and a final No. 4 ranking in the NCAA’s official RPI. Overall, the Husker women have established a school record by making seven consecutive postseason tournament appearances under Coach Connie Yori, the 2010 Big 12 and national coach of the year. The women also enjoyed a record-breaking season at the Devaney Center turnstiles, ranking seventh nationally with a school-record 7,390 fans per game in 2009-10. Nebraska averaged a Big 12-best 11,383 fans per game in conference play, and enters 2010-11 with seven consecutive crowds of 10,000 or more and a 20-game home winning streak. Boehm's efforts to enhance NU's gameday atmosphere were not restricted to the basketball programs. He was instrumental in conceptualizing and developing the Husker Nation Pavilion, which quickly became the premier pregame event around home football games. Boehm also took the lead role in obtaining First National Bank and Ameritas as premier sponsors for the Nebraska Athletic Department for a combined deal worth more than $7 million over a three-year period. First National Bank and Ameritas joined ALLTEL, Pepsi and adidas as premier corporate sponsors for Husker athletics. Boehm held the same position at Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2003. Boehm assisted in the rise of the Panthers' basketball program with the men's team posting back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. During construction of the Panthers’ new athletic facilities, Boehm played a central role in Pitt's athletic teams moving to the UPMC Sports Performance Complex, Heinz Field and the Petersen Events Center. Boehm served as interim athletic director at Pittsburgh for nearly five months before coming to Nebraska. During that time, he hired new men's (Jamie Dixon) and women's basketball (Agnus Berenato) and soccer (Sue-Moy Chin) head coaches for the Panther program. Under Dixon's direction, the Panthers have advanced to eight straight NCAA Tournaments, while Berenato has rejuvenated the women's program with three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2007 to 2009. Boehm also spent five years as associate executive director of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. He directed and managed a 125-member fund-raising committee of Arizona business people responsible for generating more than $4.5 million in cash and in-kind partnerships. Previously he spent four years as associate executive director and public relations director of the Sun Bowl from 1987 to 1991. Born in Grand Island, Boehm earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Kansas State in 1984 and added a master's degree in sports management from St. Thomas (Fla.) University in 1985. Boehm and his wife, the former Janelle Broderick of Minot, N.D., have three boys, Broderick, Christian and Lukas John.
BURTON Associate Athletic Director Bob Burton joined the Nebraska athletic department in 1998. He spent 10 years as associate athletic director for compliance/sports administration from 1998 to 2007. Burton is responsible for the direct administrative supervision to the sports of golf, tennis, gymnastics, track and field, cross country, bowling, rifle, softball, wrestling and swimming and diving. He also oversees the operation of Haymarket Park. Working with the Lincoln Saltdogs, he helps set the budget for field and stadium operation costs and create strategic plans for the facility. Burton is a member of the athletic department’s executive team, which helps set policy, develops short- and long-term goals and objectives, and creates strategic plans for the department. Burton has expanded his responsibilities by assisting the development office in areas of fundraising and building relationships with athletic department supporters. Burton filled a similar position at Oklahoma State as the assistant athletic director for sports administration and compliance from 1993 to 1997. He oversaw OSU’s Olympic sports programs as well as the training and strength and conditioning, wrestling, men’s and women’s track and field and men’s and women’s tennis programs. Burton came to Nebraska from Texas Tech, where he served as an associate athletic director for compliance for one year. While at Texas Tech, Burton helped complete the NCAA investigation into the Red Raider athletic department and analyzed the entire compliance system at the institution. He also helped identify and implement financial aid and eligibility systems, including changes in personnel and restructuring of the compliance department. Burton, who was a member of the NCAA Division I women’s soccer committee for three years and was a member of the NCAA Division I bowling committee, served as a legislative administrator for the NCAA from 1989 to 1993. At the NCAA, he was involved in the development of legislation, interpretation of regulations and reviewed legal issues related to the application of the association’s regulations. He served as an NCAA liaison to committees and conducted comprehensive education to several intercollegiate athletic conferences. He has served on the National Association of Athletic Compliance Coordinators Executive Committee and the subcommittee of Big 12 Directors of Compliance. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Nebraska in 1985 and his juris doctorate from the Nebraska College of Law in 1989. A native of Falls City, Neb., Burton and his wife, Krista, have a daughter, Elly, and sons Robert Falk, McClain John and Abram Lawslo.
Pat
LOGSDON Associate A.D./SWA 31st Season Nebraska (1989)
A member of the Nebraska Athletic Department since 1979, Pat Logsdon was promoted to senior woman administrator on March 7, 2008. She had previously served the NU administration as both an assistant and associate athletic director before adding the duties of her new role. Logsdon’s duties include oversight on all administrative issues and operational functions of the Athletic Director’s office; oversight in the areas of administration, athletic medicine, nutrition, football operations and equipment; developing and implementing administrative policies and procedures, assisting with strategic planning, reviewing and maintaining game and coaching contracts and oversight of the administrative budget. Previously, Logsdon spent six seasons as NU’s director of football operations, the first female in Division I to serve in that capacity. She handled organization of all recruiting functions, supervised compliance activities and coordinated all football administrative operations, including travel and practice operations. Logsdon served three years as assistant to the director of football operations and 14 seasons as the football recruiting secretary. Logsdon received a bachelor’s degree in education from Nebraska in 1989. She is married to Rob Logsdon.
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Young Huskers Hope to Continue Climb in 2011
Mary Kate Bird has battled her share of individual adversity during her collegiate career. Nebraska’s lone senior was pushing for a lineup spot at the Big 12 Championships before illness knocked her out of contention at the final regular-season tournament in 2008. In 2009, Bird was in the midst of a sensational sophomore campaign when a wrist injury again kept her out of Nebraska’s Big 12 lineup. As a junior in 2010, Bird played solid golf and provided leadership on and off the course for a Husker team that continued improving throughout the spring. She made her first career appearance at the Big 12 Championships, but had to battle relatively severe back pain at the tournament. Despite the pain, Bird stayed in the lineup and helped the Huskers to an eighth-place team finish - two spots better than the team’s spot in the final standings in 2009. Now, as Bird enters her final season at Nebraska as the Huskers’ lone senior, she is hoping to have her healthiest and most successful season in Lincoln. “Mary Kate has had some ups and Mary Kate Bird returns to lead a young Nebraska lineup as the Huskers’ lone senior in 2010-11. Bird has been a regular contributor in NU’s lineup the last three seasons and produced three top-20 tournament finishes in 2009-10. downs like all golfers do, but she has kept a consistent attitude and approach,” Nebraska Coach Robin Godeken (1983, 1984), Wright became just the second player Krapfl said. “We are going to need her steady presence and Big 12 Championships. For the season, the Papillion, Neb., native finished in Nevada history to win four consecutive individual state her leadership this season if we are going to be successful.” Bird enters her senior year with a team-leading 67 career with a solid 78.22 stroke average while competing in 18 titles. In 2009, she won the class 2A state crown at Incline rounds of experience, while producing a solid 77.54 career rounds. She tied for 39th at the Big 12 Championships, and High School by 26 strokes with a two-under-par 142 over two stroke average. In 2008-09, Bird led the Huskers with a produced a career-best tie for 14th at the BYU at Entrada rounds. In 2008, she won the title by 28 strokes. Classic in St. George, Utah. On the junior circuit, Wright was a four-time qualifier for team-best 76.68 average. “Kayla has made some major improvements in her first the Callaway Junior World Championships and a three-time “Mary Kate is a proven performer on the course, and she is also an outstanding person off the course,” Krapfl three years in our program, and those really began to show member and two-time team captain of the Junior America’s said. “We hope she has a great senior season, and all of on the course late last season,” Krapfl said. “She has put in Cup team. She was also the 2008 Nevada Junior Amateur our younger players are going to try and play their best a ton of work and has had a great attitude, and it was fun champion and was the runner-up at the 2008 Nevada to see her prove herself on the course last year.” Women’s Amateur. golf around her.” Knopik, who cut 4.61 shots off her stroke average from “Katelyn is an outstanding young lady who is very Although the Kansas City, Mo., native is the Huskers’ lone senior, juniors Madeleine Sheils and Kayla Knopik will her redshirt freshman campaign, heads into her junior mature and a born leader,” Krapfl said. “She has all of season with a chance at making more strides. the characteristics that we want in a student-athlete at add experience in the heart of NU’s lineup. “In a lot of ways, I think Kayla just began to tap into her Nebraska.” Sheils, a native of Boise, Idaho, enjoyed a breakthrough Both of Wright’s parents are Nebraska graduates, and sophomore season for the Huskers in 2009-10. Her potential last year,” Krapfl said. “She has begun to manage 76.35 stroke average ranked as the third-best by an NU her game better, while also starting to learn to take it to her mother was a collegiate teammate of Krapfl. All of those the course. We hope to see more improvements from her factors should help ease Wright’s transition to life in Lincoln sophomore in history. and collegiate golf. A two-time NGCA Scholastic All-American, Sheils just this season.” A third junior will seek her own breakout campaign in Molyneux will also bring a world of experience to the missed All-Big 12 honors on the course by finishing in a tie for 11th at the conference championships in Norman, 2010-11. Carolyn Schorgl has seen limited action in her first Husker program as a freshman. One of the top junior golfers two years at Nebraska. Last season, Schorgl competed in 11 in California, Molyneux was the Ventura County Golfer of the Okla., in April. Sheils was one of only two Huskers - along with departed rounds outside of NU’s lineup, after seeing seven rounds of Year at Oaks Christian High School. “Remy is coming to Nebraska with a very diverse senior JC Stevenson - to play in all 31 rounds for Nebraska a playing time as a true freshman in 2008-09. “Carolyn is really competitive and has pushed all of background having traveled to and lived in several countries,” year ago, and she enters her junior season with 49 career our players in practice the past two seasons,” Krapfl said. Krapfl said. “She is really starting to come into her own rounds of collegiate experience. Schorgl has been a leader for the Huskers off the course on the course. She has the potential to be a tremendous “Maddie has an outstanding work ethic and a perfectionist attitude,” Krapfl said. “She wants to do her in her first two years as well, producing nearly a perfect player for us.” Neisen completes the talented Husker freshman class. best at everything, and that allows her to improve on a GPA while earning one of Nebraska’s prestigious Studentdaily basis. Last year, that enabled her to cut nearly seven Athlete HERO Leadership Awards for her contributions in The New Prague, Minn., native was one of the top junior the community. golfers in Minnesota. A six-year varsity starter and six-time shots off her stroke average from her freshman season.” Krapfl added a fourth junior to the mix with the summer All-Missota Conference selection, Neisen was the Class AAA While the Huskers probably can’t expect a similar jump in 2010-11 from Sheils, Krapfl thinks Sheils still has plenty transfer of Katie Keiser into the program. The Gothenburg, (state’s largest) runner-up in 2009. She also competed at the Neb., native and 2007 Nebraska Class C High School state 2008 USGA Publinks Championship and produced top-10 of room for improvement. finishes in multiple AJGA, Pepsi Little People and Minnesota “Maddie’s understanding of the game continues to champion spent her first two seasons at Winthrop. Nebraska’s three-player freshman class, which includes Amateur Championships. grow and she has matured in her approach on the course,” “Steffi is a great student with outstanding character who Krapfl said. “I’m confident that will continue to happen this Katelyn Wright, Remylee Molyneux and Steffi Neisen, has the potential to make an instant impact. has natural leadership qualities,” Krapfl said. “She has a solid season, and she will have another great season.” Wright, a second generation Husker golfer, is one of all-around game with outstanding fundamentals. She is also Knopik produced a breakthrough of her own in her third season in the Husker program in 2009-10. After competing the most accomplished players in the history of Nevada extremely competitive and will never give up. She is going to do everything she can to be successful, and to help the in just six rounds in her first two years at NU, Knopik came high school golf. The daughter of two-time All-Big Eight perfomer Shelly team succeed.” on strong in the spring and earned a lineup spot at the 2010
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57 NGCA SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICANS Nebraska’s three freshmen, along with transfer Katie Keiser, will try to help fill the void left by departed seniors JC Stevenson and Charlotte Wendner. Stevenson, who tied for 15th at the 2010 Big 12 Championships, finished with the fourth-best career stroke average in school history (77.47), while her 136 career rounds ranked fifth in the NU record book. The Grand Island, Neb., native was also the third four-time NGCA Scholastic All-American in school history. Wendner earned All-Big 12 honors by tying for 10th at the 2009 Big 12 Championships, and added an 18th-place Big 12 finish in 2008. The three-time first-team academic All-Big 12 pick was also a two-time NGCA Scholastic All-American. Wendner, a native of Bjarred, Sweden, competed in 95 rounds during her four-year Husker career. “JC and Charlotte both had successful careers on the course and in the classroom for us the past four years,” Krapfl said. “I think this class of newcomers has a chance to really make an impact and give us more depth than we had a year ago.” Nebraska’s blend of experienced players and talented newcomers will be challenged by an outstanding schedule that tees off at its own Chip-N Club Invitational at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club, Sept. 13-14. After shooting for their sixth Chip-N Club title in the past eight seasons, the Huskers head to Lawrence, Kan., for the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational (Sept. 27-28). NU makes its first trip to Columbia, Mo., since the 2003 Big 12 Championships to compete in the Johnie Imes Invitational (Oct. 4-5), before heading south to the Dale McNamara Invitational (Oct. 11-13) in Owasso, Okla. The Huskers close the fall campaign three weeks later at the Alamo Invitational (Oct. 31-Nov. 2). Nebraska opens the spring at the Kiawah Island Women’s Intercollegiate (Feb. 20-22), before traveling to Las Vegas for the UNLV Spring Invite (March 7-9). The Huskers head west again for the BYU at Entrada Classic in St. George, Utah (March 21-22) and the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz. (March 25-26), before making a return trip to Columbia, Mo., for the Big 12 Championships (April 22-24). The Huskers will be seeking their 12th NCAA Regional bid since 1994 when they head to Missouri for the second time in 2010-11. In fact, Nebraska had played in Columbia, Mo., only two times since 1995. NCAA Regional competitions will be held in Notre Dame, Ind. (Central), Seattle, Wash. (West), or Daytona Beach, Fla. (East), May 5-7, before College Station, Texas, plays host to the NCAA Championships, May 17-20.
Roster/Schedule Information
Nebraska will shoot for its sixth Chip-N Club Invitational title in the past eight seasons when the Huskers play host to their home tournament at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club in Lincoln, Sept. 13-14.
2010-11 Nebraska Roster
Name Year Hometown (Previous School) Mary Kate Bird***..................................... Sr............................................Kansas City, Mo. (St. Teresa’s Academy) Katie Keiser................................................ Jr......................................Gothenburg, Neb. (Gothenburg/Winthrop) Kayla Knopik**.......................................... Jr..................................................... Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista) Remylee Molyneux.................................... Fr..............................................Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Oaks Christian) Steffi Neisen.............................................. Fr.....................................................New Prague, Minn. (New Prague) Carolyn Schorgl**...................................... Jr.......................................Leawood, Kan. (Notre Dame de Sion, Mo.) Madeleine Sheils**................................... Jr................................................................ Boise, Idaho (Bishop Kelly) Katelyn Wright........................................... Fr............................................................. Incline Village, Nev. (Incline) * Denotes letters earned at Nebraska Head Coach: Robin Krapfl, 24th Season
2010-11 Nebraska Schedule FALL 2010 Date Sept. 13-14 Sept. 27-28 Oct. 4-5 Oct. 11-13 Oct. 31-Nov. 2
Event (Location) Chip-N Club Invitational (Wilderness Ridge, Lincoln, Neb.) Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational (Lawrence, Kan.) Johnie Imes Invitational (Columbia, Mo.) Dale McNamara Invitational (Owasso, Okla.) Alamo Invitational (San Antonio, Texas)
SPRING 2011 Date Event (Location) Feb. 20-22 Kiawah Island Women’s Intercollegiate (Kiawah Island, S.C.) March 7-9 UNLV Spring Invitational (Boulder City, Nev.) March 21-22 BYU at Entrada Classic (St. George, Utah) March 25-26 Mountain View Collegiate (Tucson, Ariz.) April 22-24 Big 12 Championships (Columbia, Mo.) May 5-7 NCAA Regionals (Notre Dame, Ind.; Seattle, Wash.; Daytona Beach, Fla.) May 17-20 NCAA Championships (College Station, Texas) All dates and times central and subject to change.
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Kayla Knopik came on strong at the end of her sophomore season at Nebraska in 2009-10, posting a top-40 finish at the Big 12 Championships.
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Senior Three Letters Kansas City, Mo. (St. Teresa’s Academy)
Outlook (2010-11)
The lone senior on Nebraska’s 2010-11 roster, Mary Kate Bird will try to lead the Huskers back into NCAA regional competition in her final year at Nebraska. A three-year regular in the NU lineup, Bird owns a 77.54 career stroke average over 67 rounds. A two-time academic All-Big 12 selection and a leader for the Huskers in the community, Bird’s career on the course has been hampered at times by injury and illness. “Mary Kate has shown that she can play at a really high level during her career,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She is an intelligent player with solid fundamentals. She has worked hard to continue to improve her game, and I think that the experience she has gained while also facing adversity is going to help our team this season.”
Junior (2009-10)
Bird produced another solid season with a 77.04 stroke average and four top-25 tournament finishes. The Kansas City, Mo., native was relatively healthy throughout the season and competed in her first Big 12 Championships, after missing the conference tournament her first two seasons with illness and injury. She tied for 55th (82-79-82-243) at the Big 12 Championships in Norman, Okla., battling a back injury throughout the tournament. Before the injury, Bird had a strong spring, including a tie for 17th with a season-best 222 (71-73-78) at the UNLV Spring Invitational, March 8-10. She followed with a tie for 24th (74-78-77-229) at NU’s Northern Migration in Florence, Ariz., March 15-17, before producing a season-best tie for ninth (75-76-73-224) at the BYU at Entrada Classic in St. George, Utah, March 22-23. She wrapped up regular-season play by tying for 36th (77-74-79-230) at the SunTrust Gator Invitational, April 10-11. Bird opened the season by tying for 12th (77-75-71-223) at NU’s Chip-N Club Invite. She added a tie for 34th with a 236 (79-76-81) at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo., Sept. 21-23. She notched a tie for 48th (79-83-73-235) to help the Huskers to a second-place finish in the 20-team Heather Farr Memorial in Erie, Colo., Oct. 5-6. She did not play in NU’s final two tournaments of the fall, then opened the spring season by tying for 55th (80-76-82-238) at the UCF Challenge. mary kate bird
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Sophomore (2008-09)
Bird rose to the top of the Husker lineup as a sophomore in 2008-09, after serving as a part-time starter as a true freshman. But a wrist injury suffered in the final regular-season tournament prevented her from competing at the 2009 Big 12 Championships. Before injuring her wrist in the first round of the Lady Buckeye Spring Invite, April 18, Bird was NU’s leader, finishing with a team-best 76.88 season stroke average - better than a three-stroke per round improvement from 2007-08. Bird opened the season by finishing second with a career-best 215 to lead NU to the Chip-N Club Invite title. Her season-opening round tied her then-career best with a 70, before adding rounds of 72 and 73 to finish the 54-hole event at one-under-par. She added a tie for ninth at the 19-team Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz., where she notched a career-best 68 in the opening round. She finished with a three-round score of 217. Bird tied for 14th with a 234 (80-77-77) at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite, helping the Huskers tie for first at the end of regulation. She added another top-25 finish and her second top-10 effort of the year with a tie for eighth (72-74-76-222) at the Edwin Watts/ Kiawah Island Classic, Feb. 22-24. Bird entered the final round of the 43-team tournament in a tie for first. She tied for 32nd (81-79-78-238) at the McHaney/Morehead Invite, and tied for 40th (230) as NU’s No. 2 finisher at the UNLV Spring Invitational. She settled for a tie for 51st (76-75-86-236) at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate late in the fall, and managed a tie for 60th (242) in rugged conditions at the Aztec Spring Invitational.
Freshman (2007-08)
Bird battled for immediate playing time as a freshman, competing in six rounds in the lineup, while adding nine individual rounds. She was scheduled to play in NU’s lineup at the Lady Buckeye Spring Invite, but withdrew with an illness. She tied for 15th (229) at the BYU Dixie Classic, which included an opening-round 74 and a second-round 75. Her finish in Utah followed a season-best 225 at the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz. She notched a season-best with a two-under par 70 in the final round to finish in a tie for 25th. Bird earned a spot in NU’s lineup at the Central District Invite to open the spring, finishing in 72nd place (264). In her first career tournament, Bird competed as an individual at NU’s Chip-N Club Invite, Bird’s Career Bests finishing 53rd (241). She earned her first lineup spot at Best Finish.............................................. 2nd (Chip-N Club, 2008) the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Invite in Kiawah Island, S.C., Best Event (Strokes)................................215 (Chip-N Club, 2008) where she tied for 55th (239) to help the Huskers to a Low Round.......................................... 68 (Mountain View, 2009) runner-up finish. Low First Round.................................. 68 (Mountain View, 2009) Low Second Round...................................72 (Chip-N Club, 2008) High School/Amateur Low Third Round................................. 70 (Mountain View, 2008) One of the top 100 golfers in the 2007 class, Bird Rounds Under Par.............................. 4 (Last, Chip-N Club, 2009) won the AJGA qualifier in Wichita, Kan., and placed second at the 2006 Calloway PGA Junior Series (71-75146) in Des Moines, Iowa. She won the IJGT Fitness and Bird’s Career Honors Golf Westin Kierland Classic in 2007, while also winning the IJGT at Daufuskie Island and the IJGT at Savannah 10 Career Top 25 Finishes (4 in 2009-10) Harbor in 2006. She captured the title at the 2006 FourFour Career Top 10 Finishes State (Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri) competition as Chip-N Club Invitational Runner-Up (2008) a member of Missouri’s five-player team. First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2009) At St. Teresa’s Academy, Bird won the 2006 Missouri Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2010) state title, closing with a 69. She finished with a 74.4 Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (2008-09, 2009-10) stroke average on the year. She helped the Stars to Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Award (2009) state tourney bids in 2004 and 2005. A two-time district champion and the 2006 Kansas City Player of the Year, Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll (2007, 2008, 2009) Bird earned all-state honors in 2004, 2005 and 2006, Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll (2008, 2010) and was a four-time all-district pick. She also qualified No. 76 Nationally in Golfweek Class of 2007 Junior Rankings for the 2007 USGA Women’s Amateur Championships. Tied for 37th at Junior PGA Championships (2006) Missouri High School State Champion (2006) Personal The daughter of Jim and Debby Bird, Mary Kate was Bird’s Career Statistics born Feb. 21, 1989 in Kansas City, Mo. She has a younger brother, David, and a younger sister, Madalyne. Mary Year Rounds Strokes Average Low Kate is a business administration major. She earned 2007-08 15 1,198 79.87 70 first-team academic All-Big 12 honors in 2009, amd a 2008-09 25 1,917 76.68 68 second-team pick in 2010. She is a five-time member 2009-10 27 2,080 77.04 71 of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Totals 67 5,195 77.54 68
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Junior Two Letters Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista)
Outlook (2010-11)
Kayla Knopik heads into her fourth season at Nebraska with growing confidence after a strong finish to her sophomore campaign. The junior from Papillion, Neb., earned starts in the Husker lineup in each of NU’s final three events of 2009-10, including a tie for 39th at the 2010 Big 12 Championships. Overall, she made four appearances in the Nebraska top five during the 2010 spring campaign, including a career-best tie for 14th at the BYU at Entrada Classic in St. George, Utah. Knopik finished with a 78.22 stroke average on the year, which marked an improvement of 4.61 strokes per round over her redshirt freshman campaign. “Kayla has the potential to develop into a very good college golfer,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She has made some major improvements in her first three years in our program, and those began to really show on the course late last season. With a strong summer, we hope she can continue to push for more time in our lineup.”
Sophomore (2009-10)
Knopik played a major role in Nebraska’s lineup during the spring portion of the 2009-10 campaign, earning a spot in NU’s top five in each of the Huskers’ final three spring events, including the 2010 Big 12 Championships. She tied for 39th (75-80-80-235) at the Big 12 Tournament to help the Huskers to an eighth-place finish. For the season, Knopik produced a 78.22 stroke average over 18 rounds, including a career-best tie for 14th with a career-best 230 (77-75-78) at the BYU at Entrada Classic in St. George, Utah, March 22-23. Her season stroke average represented a 4.61 stroke per round improvement over her redshirt freshman season at Nebraska in 2008-09. Knopik’s effort in Utah followed a tie for 47th (80-79-76-235) at Nebraska’s Northern Migration in Florence, Ariz., March 15-17, while playing as an individual. Knopik made her first career appearance in NU’s lineup at the UCF Challenge to open the Kayla Knopik
spring, where she tied for 67th (78-83-80-241). She added a 233 (78-74-81) to finish 51st at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla., April 10-11, before competing at the Big 12 Championships. Knopik headed into her third year at Nebraska after a solid summer of competition. She won the 2009 Nebraska Women’s Match Play in July, knocking off teammate JC Stevenson and a collection of former collegiate standouts. She competed as an individual at Nebraska’s season-opening Chip-N Club Invitational at Wilderness Ridge in Lincoln, and produced a 234 (84-76-74) to finish in a tie for 41st individually in an 83-player field.
Redshirt Freshman (2008-09)
Knopik got her first taste of Division I action in 2008-09. The freshman made a splash in her first collegiate round with a career-best 73 in the opening round of the Chip-N Club Invitational at Wilderness Ridge. She struggled with an 84 in the second round, but bounced back with a 76 to close her first tournament in a tie for 37th at 233. She traveled to the Marilynn Smith/ Sunflower Invitational the following week and settled for an 88th-place finish (264), closing the fall with an 82.83 stroke average.
Redshirt (2007-08)
Knopik chose to redshirt in her first season at Nebraska in 2007-08.
High School/Amateur
Knopik captured the 2009 Nebraska Women’s Match Play title by defeating JC Stevenson in the final at the Kearney Country Club. Knopik advanced to the final with wins over 17-time state match play champion Susan Marchese in the semifinals and former Husker All-Big Eight performer Jane (Deeter) Pohlmann in the quarterfinals. Knopik added an eighth-place finish at the Nebraska State Stroke Play in Lincoln. In the summer of 2008, she took second at the Nebraska Women’s Western Stroke Play, while adding fifth-place finishes at the state amateur and Eastern Stroke Play tournaments. Knopik’s career bests In 2010, she added a third-place finish at the Best Finish...................................... T14th (BYU at Entrada, 2010) Nebraska Eastern Stroke Play and finished fifth at the Best Event (Strokes)...........................230 (BYU at Entrada, 2010) Nebraska Stroke Play Championship. Low Round................................................73 (Chip-N Club, 2008) The Papillion-LaVista product finished second to Low First Round........................................73 (Chip-N Club, 2008) Stevenson at the 2006 Nebraska Girls Match Play. Low Second Round.....................................74 (Lady Gator, 2010) Knopik finished fifth at the 2006 Nebraska State Stroke Low Third Round.......................................74 (Chip-N Club, 2009) Play and the 2006 Nebraska High School Class A State Rounds Under Par................................................................ None Tournament. Knopik was also named an NJCA Junior AllStar and was an all-state golfer in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Knopik’s career honors She was the Metro Conference champion in 2004, and Tied for 39th at Big 12 Championships (2010) earned individual district titles in 2003, 2005 and 2006. Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Along with her success on the course, Knopik earned (Fall 2008, 2009; Spring 2008, 2010) honorable-mention all-state honors as a guard on the Nebraska Women’s Match Play Champion (2009) basketball team. She also captured All-Metro honors Second at Nebraska Western Stroke Play (2008) on the tennis court. Second at Nebraska Girls Match Play (2006) Third at Nebraska Eastern Stroke Play (2010) Personal Fifth at Nebraska Stroke Play (2006, 2008, 2010) The daughter of Doug and Dana Knopik, Kayla was Fifth at Nebraska Eastern Stroke Play (2008) born in Albuquerque, N.M., on May 10, 1989. Kayla Fifth at Nebraska Class A State Tournament (2006) has one sister, Brandee Bruening. Kayla is majoring in finance at Nebraska, and is a four-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
Knopik’s career Statistics Rounds Strokes Average Low Did Not Play - Redshirt 6 497 82.83 73 18 1,408 78.22 74 24 1,905 79.38 73
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Carolyn
SCHORGL
Junior Two Letters Leawood, Kan. (Notre Dame de Sion, Mo.)
Outlook (2010-11)
Carolyn Schorgl could push for time in Nebraska’s lineup in her third season for the Huskers in 2010-11. The junior from Leawood, Kan., has competed in 18 rounds as an individual in her first two years in Lincoln, and has continued to push for a lineup spot. Schorgl brings a natural competitive spirit to the course each day. Off the course, she is an outstanding student and one of Nebraska’s leaders in community service projects. She is a four-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and captured a prestigious Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award in 2010. “Carolyn is fairly new to selecting golf as a priority. She is an extremely competitive person, and she is an excellent student,” Krapfl said. “She also has a golf pedigree, because her dad, Charlie, played collegiately at Wake Forest. She has good ball-striking skills and most importantly she works hard at her game.”
Sophomore (2009-10)
Schorgl opened the season by tying for 45th individually in an 83-player field at Nebraska’s Chip-N Club Invitational. Schorgl’s three-round total of 236 (81-82-73) was the second-best total of her young career, while her final-round 73 on the 6,214-yard, par-72 layout at Wilderness Ridge was a career-best. She earned more playing time during the spring, competing as an individual at Nebraska’s Northern Migration in Florence, Ariz., March 15-17. She managed a tie for 85th (83-81-81245), before adding another appearance outside of NU’s lineup at the BYU at Entrada Classic, March 22-23. Schorgl tied for 41st (81-86-76-243) in Utah, before closing her season with a career-best 19th-place finish at the Creighton Golf Classic (April 12-13) with a 174 over 36 holes. Off the course, Schorgl earned one of Nebraska’s prestigious student-athlete HERO Leadership awards for her commitment to community service in NU’s Life Skills program. Carolyn Schorgl
She was also a member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.
Freshman (2008-09)
Schorgl competed in seven rounds outside of Nebraska’s lineup in 2008-09. She fired solid scores in her two competitions, before adding a single round during the spring campaign to produce a 79.29 stroke average. Schorgl opened the season by tying for 33rd place with a three-round score of 232 (7576-81) at Nebraska’s Chip-N Club Invitational. She added a tie for 35th at the Marilynn Smith/ Sunflower Invite with a 240 (81-76-83). She traveled with the Huskers to the Aztec Spring Invitational to open the spring season, managing an 83 in the first round before bad weather forced all individual competitors to withdraw.
High School/Amateur
Schorgl captured the 2007 Four-State individual title and finished third in the Missouri Junior Girls Championship. She also won the Missouri AJGA qualifier. An all-state selection at Missouri high school power Notre Dame de Sion, Schorgl helped her team to the 2007 state title as a senior. She also helped Coach Dana Hoeper to a Missouri Class 2 runner-up finish in 2006, and a fourth-place team finish as a sophomore in 2005. As a senior in the fall of 2007, Schorgl produced a 76 stroke average and placed in the top three in every regular-season tournament before placing seventh at the state championships. An excellent all-around athlete, Schorgl was also a three-year letterwinner in swimming as a competitor in the 200 and 500 freestyle events. A strong student, Schorgl was also a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
The daughter of Charlie and Yeva Schorgl, Carolyn has an older brother, Trey, and a younger sister, Margaret. Carolyn was born Jan. 30, 1990, in Shawnee Mission, Kan. Her father, Charlie, played college golf at Wake Forest. An Schorgl’s career bests accounting major at Nebraska, Schorgl is a four-time Best Finish.................................................19th (Creighton, 2010) Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll member. Schorgl Best Event (Strokes)................................232 (Chip-N Club, 2008) also earned the Beatrice Dierks Rohman Scholarship Low Round................................................73 (Chip-N Club, 2009) in 2009-10. Low First Round........................................75 (Chip-N Club, 2008) Low Second Round..................76 (Twice, Marilynn Smith, 2008) Low Third Round.......................................73 (Chip-N Club, 2009) Rounds Under Par................................................. 1 (UNLV, 2009)
Schorgl’s career honors Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2010) Beatrice Dierks Rohman Scholarship (2009-10) Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2008, 2009; Spring 2009, 2010) Four-State Individual Champion (2007) Third at Missouri Junior Girls Championship (2007) Missouri AJGA Qualifier Champion (2007) Swimming Academic All-American (2008) STAR Scholar-Athlete (2008) Kenneth Smith Award (2007)
Schorgl’s career Statistics Year Rounds Strokes Average Low 2008-09 7 555 79.28 75 2009-10 11 898 81.63 73 Totals 18 1,453 80.72 73
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Madeleine
SHEILS Junior Two Letters Boise, Idaho (Bishop Kelly)
Outlook (2010-11)
After producing a breakout sophomore season, Madeleine Sheils returns for her junior year as an anchor in the Husker lineup. The Boise, Idaho, native just missed All-Big 12 honors a year ago by tying for 11th at the 2010 Big 12 Championships. She also produced one of the best stroke averages (76.35) by a sophomore in school history, while registering four top-20 finishes on the season. Her stroke average represented nearly a seven stroke per round improvement over her freshman campaign. The two-time NGCA Scholastic All-American and first-team academic All-Big 12 selection is also a leader for the Huskers in the classroom. “Maddie is an intelligent player both on and off the course,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She has a little bit of a perfectionist attitude, and she expects to play at a high level every time she is on the course. She has learned a lot in her first two years at Nebraska, and with her work ethic and determination, we expect that to continue.”
at Nebraska’s Chip-N Club Invitational at Wilderness Ridge, Sept. 14-15. Sheils battled for a top-10 spot throughout the tournament. The 224 was 15 strokes better than her previous collegiate best of 239. Sheils posted a 237 (83-76-78) in Nebraska’s lineup at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo., Sept. 21-23. Sheils’ scores in the second and third rounds counted toward Nebraska’s team score, as she helped the Huskers to a sixth-place finish in the 13team field. She traveled to the Heather Farr Memorial in Erie, Colo., Oct. 5-6, to compete as an individual. She closed the 104-player tournament in a tie for 64th at 239 (81-82-76). She continued to play well for the Huskers by closing the fall portion of the schedule with a career-best 218 (72-75-71) on the par 70 layout at The Challenge at Onion Creek in Austin, Texas, Nov. 2-3. Sheils’ final-round 71 was a career best at the time and allowed her to finish as NU’s No. 2 performer at the 21-team tournament in a tie for 32nd.
Sophomore (2009-10)
Freshman (2008-09)
Sheils shaved nearly seven strokes off her average (76.35) while joining JC Stevenson as the only Huskers to play in all 31 rounds in 2009-10. It was also the No. 3 stroke average by a sophomore in school history. She produced NU’s top finish at the 2010 Big 12 Championships, finishing in a tie for 11th (75-76-74-225) at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Okla., April 23-25. Sheils’ 11th-place effort in Oklahoma marked her fourth top-15 individual tournament finish on the season. She produced her top career finish by tying for seventh with a 223 at Nebraska’s Northern Migration in Florence, Ariz., March 15-17. Sheils’ performance in Arizona included a career-best 70 in the final round, after opening the tournament with a 76 and following with a second-round 77. She notched the first top-10 finish of her career by tying for 10th at the rain-shortened Alamo Invitational (73) on Oct. 27, after opening the season with a tie for 15th (73-73-78-224) Madeleine Sheils
Sheils made her first lineup appearance at the UNLV Spring Invite, March 9-11, and earned lineup spots at both the Lady Buckeye and the 2009 Big 12 Championships. In her first Big 12 Tournament, Sheils contributed NU’s second-best score of the opening round with a six-over-par 79, before finishing 58th (253). She closed her rookie season with an 83.17 stroke average over 18 rounds. Sheils tied for 85th at the 18-team UNLV Spring Invite with a 244. She officially finished 79th at the Lady Buckeye, but was disqualified from the first round because of a scoring error. She opened the spring with a 78 in the first round of the Aztec Spring Invite but bad weather forced all individuals to withdraw from the tournament. Sheils opened the fall by tying for 53rd with a 239 (84-75-80) at NU’s Chip-N Club Invite, before posting a tie for 47th with a 245 (81-79-85) at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite. She earned a spot on NU’s travel roster for The Challenge at Wolfdancer to close the fall campaign, tying for 61st place (85-83-81) in the individual standings.
Sheils’ career bests Best Finish.................................T7th (Northern Migration, 2010) Best Event (Strokes)...............................218 (Onion Creek, 2009) Low Round................................... 70 (Northern Migration, 2010) Low First Round.......................................72 (Onion Creek, 2009) Low Second Round...................................73 (Chip-N Club, 2009) Low Third Round.......................... 70 (Northern Migration, 2010) Rounds Under Par.......................... 1 (Northern Migration, 2010) Sheils’ career honors Two Career Top 10 Finishes Four Career Top 25 Finishes No. 3 Sophomore Stroke Average in NU History (76.35, 2010) Tied for 11th at Big 12 Championships (2010) NGCA Scholastic All-American (2009, 2010) First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2010) Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2008, 2009; Spring 2009, 2010) Idaho Women’s Stroke Play Champion (2009) Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic Champion (2007) Ranked No. 29 in Polo Golf Rankings for Class of 2008 Tied for 11th at Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic (2008) PGA Junior Series Champion (Las Vegas, 2007) Idaho Junior State Champion (2005, 2006) Idaho High School State Champion (2005) Sheils’ career Statistics Year Rounds Strokes Average Low 2008-09 18 1,497 83.17 75 2009-10 31 2,367 76.35 70 Totals 49 3,864 78.86 70
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High School/Amateur
One of the most highly ranked recruits in Nebraska women’s golf history, Sheils was ranked 29th in the Polo Golf rankings for the Class of 2008. Just the second Idaho native to sign with NU in history, joining Elli Brown from Meridian, Sheils stepped into the national spotlight by winning the 2007 Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic at Crane Creek Country Club in Boise. She added another top-15 showing at the prestigious event by finishing in a tie for 11th in North Carolina in 2008. Sheils competed in the 2007 Callaway Junior World Championships in San Diego in July of 2007. She won the PGA Junior Series in Las Vegas in June of 2007 by eight strokes, including a four-under-par 68 in the opening round. Sheils won the 2005 Idaho State High School championship as a freshman. As a junior in 2007, Sheils’ Bishop Kelly team ran away with the title by a whopping 115 strokes for its third straight Idaho Class 4A team title, and Sheils led the school to a fourth straight state championship in 2008. Sheils was an outstanding student, ranking No. 1 in her graduating class at Bishop Kelly, while also earning a spot in the National Honor Society.
Personal
The daughter of Max and Joni Sheils, Madeleine was born Sept. 29, 1989, in Boise, Idaho. She has one sister, Natalie. A philosophy major, Sheils is a two-time NGCA Scholastic All-America and a first-team All-Big 12 pick. She is a four-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
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KEISER
Junior Gothenburg, Neb. (Gothenburg/Winthrop)
Outlook (2010-11)
Katie Keiser returns to her homestate after spending the first two years of her collegiate career at Winthrop. The junior transfer from Gothenburg, Neb., could help the Huskers with both her talent and experience in her first season at NU. Keiser, who enrolled at Nebraska before the start of the fall semester in 2010, produced a solid summer on the course, capturing runner-up honors to former Husker JC Stevenson in the 2010 Nebraska Women’s Stroke Play. Current Husker teammate Kayla Knopik took fifth. Keiser also advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Nebraska State Match Play, falling to eventual champion Susan Marchese. Keiser knocked out Knopik in the round of 16. “Katie is a great addition to our team,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She not only helps us with her talent on the course, but she also has some collegiate experience that can benefit the younger players on our roster.”
High School/Amateur
Keiser spent her first two collegiate seasons at Winthrop University, where she posted an 80 stroke average. Before heading to Winthrop, Keiser captured the 2007 Nebraska Class C State High School championship as a junior at Gothenburg High School, helping the Swedes and Coach Jim Heinke to a runner-up team finish. She also earned Class C All-State honors following her senior season in 2008. A four-time high school state qualifier, Keiser was also the runner-up at the 2008 Nebraska State Match Play Championships. She added a runner-up finish at the 2010 Nebraska Women’s State Stroke Play championship, while advancing to the semifinals of the 2010 State Match
Play tournament. KEISER’S CAREER HONORS Keiser was a threeNebraska State Stroke Play Runner-up (2010) time Southwest Nebraska State Match Play Runner-up (2008) Conference champion as a golfer, while also Nebraska State Match Play Semifinalist (2010) starring for the Swedes’ Nebraska High School Class C State Champion (2007) basketball team. She Nebraska High School All-State (2008) also earned four high Four-Time Nebraska State High School Qualifier school letters in track Southwest Conference Champion (2005, 2006, 2007) and field, giving her 12 varsity letters as a high school athlete.
Personal
The daughter of Brian and Torey Keiser, Katie was born in Gothenburg, Neb., on Nov. 15, 1989. She has two older sisters, Kelly and Amy. Katie is a psychology major at Nebraska.
Remylee
MOLYNEUX Freshman Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Oaks Christian)
Outlook (2010-11)
A talented golfer out of California, Remylee Molyneux comes to Nebraska after a successful high school and junior career. The 2009 Tri-Valley League Champion and 2008 Ventura County Junior Golfer of the Year at Oaks Christian High School, Molyneux has been a consistent winner over the past several seasons. In fact, she was the medalist at 11 high school tournaments in 2008. “Remylee is coming to Nebraska with a very diverse background having traveled to and lived in several countries,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She is really starting to come into her own on the course. She has excellent length and has been working on becoming better in all areas of her game. She has the potential to be a tremendous player for us.”
coaches in the nation MOLYNEUX’S CAREER HONORS by GolfMagazine. Her home course is the Tri-Valley League Champion (2009) Sunset Hills Country Ventura County California Junior Golfer of the Year (2008) Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Personal
Remylee is the daughter of Doug and Lorraine Molyneux. She was born in Hong Kong. She is majoring in professional golf management at Nebraska. She chose the Huskers over Campbell, Methodist and New Mexico State.
High School/Amateur
A talented junior golfer, Molyneux was the captain of her Oaks Christian High School team coached by Tim Meinert. Molyneux repeated as the Tri-Valley League champion as a senior in 2009, and Oaks Christian shared the Tri-Valley League title. Molyneux won medalist honors in 11 of 15 high school tournaments as a junior in 2008, including the Tri-Valley League crown. She also assisted in coaching the middle school girls golf program at Oaks Christian. Molyneux was named the 2008 Ventura County Junior Golfer of the Year, winning four consecutive VCJGA tournaments in the summer of 2008, including the Ventura County State Stroke Play Championship. She fired a career-best 71 to win the Thousand Oaks Open on July 8, 2008. She also won a 15-18 California Junior Tour event at Buenaventura at the age of 15. She was also coached by Roger Gunn, who was ranked as one of the top 100
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NEISEN
Freshman New Prague, Minn. (New Prague)
Outlook (2010-11)
One of the most accomplished junior golfers in Minnesota, Steffi Neisen (pronounced NI-zen) comes to Nebraska after ranking among the top players in the state each of the past three years. She played her sixth season of high school varsity golf in the spring of 2010, and finished as a six-time All-Missota Conference selection. She was also the 2009 Minnesota Class 3A (state’s largest) High School Girls runner-up and posted four top-10 finishes at state in her career. “Steffi is a great student with outstanding character who has natural leadership qualities,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She is a hard worker and cares about those around her. She has a solid all-around game with outstanding fundamentals. She is also extremely competitive and will never give up. She is going to do everything she can to be successful, and to help the team succeed.”
High School/Amateur
A four-time first-team Class 3A (Minnesota’s largest) selection, Neisen was the state runner-up at New Prague High School in 2009 before finishing fifth as a senior while leading New Prague to the team title. A five-time All-Missota Conference Player of the Year, Neisen was a six-time All-Missota honoree. Neisen, who played varsity golf starting as a seventh-grader, was a medalist at nearly 50 high school tournaments during her career. As a junior, she posted the state’s best stroke average (74.3) for Coach Matt Shetka at New Prague, and she holds the Missota Conference individual record with a round of 69. As a junior golfer, Neisen competed at the 2008 USGA Publinks Championship in Wisconsin and owns top-10 finishes in AJGA, Pepsi Little People and several Minnesota Amateur
Championships. She NEISEN’S CAREER HONORS also competed in the Minnesota Class 3A High School State Runner-Up (2009) Minnesota-Wisconsin C u p m atc h e s a n d Four Top 10 High School State Finishes (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Minnesota-Manitoba Five-Time All-Missota Player of the Year (2006-10) Six-Time All-Missota Conference (2005-10) Cup matches. I n t h e 2 0 0 9 USGA Publinks Championships Participant (2008) Minnesota Golf Association final standings, Neisen finished fifth, after taking seventh at the Minnesota State Junior Girls Championships, while tying for ninth at the 2009 Minnesota Women’s Amateur. She finished seventh on the MGA girls standings in 2008. She tied for fourth at the Minnesota Class AAA High School State Championships and took fifth at the Minnesota Women’s Golf Association Junior Championship. She also finished eighth at the Minnesota PGA Junior Championship. In 2007, Neisen placed eighth on the MGA list after taking third at the MWGA Girls Junior and the Minnesota PGA Junior Tournament of Champions. She finished seventh at the state high school championships, and tied for 10th at the Minnesota Women’s Amateur. Her swing coach is Chris Baisch. A strong student, Neisen was a member of National Honor Society.
Personal
Steffi is the daughter of Chris and Angie Neisen, and has a sister, McKenzie, 14, and a brother, Thomas, 10. She is majoring in pre-social science at Nebraska. Neisen made an early commitment to Nebraska, choosing NU before her junior season of high school in 2009. She received offers from several Big Ten and Big 12 schools.
Katelyn
WRIGHT Freshman Incline Village, Nev. (Incline)
Outlook (2010-11)
One of the most talented prep golfers to ever join the Nebraska program, Katelyn Wright comes to Lincoln as a four-time Nevada state champion. A second generation Husker, Wright is the daughter of Shelly (Godeken) Wright, who was a four-year letterwinner (1981-84) who earned All-Big Eight honors in 1983 and 1984. “Katie is an outstanding young lady who is very mature and is a born leader,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She brings all of the characteristics that we want in a studentathlete at Nebraska. She has outstanding length off the tee and good fundamentals. She is also hard-working and a quality student.”
High School/Amateur
Wright enjoyed a stellar prep career at Incline High School for Coach Joe Humasti. In October 2009, Wright became just the second player in Nevada high school history to win four consecutive individual state titles. She won the 2009 Class 2A crown by 26 strokes with a two-under-par 142 over two rounds at the Genoa Lakes Golf Club. Her final-round 70 came in cold, rainy conditions and included a sizzling 33 on the front nine. In 2008, she won the title by 28 strokes over 36 holes to help Incline to a state runner-up finish. Wright’s stroke average for her senior season was a 72, and she led the Highlanders to their first state team title since 2002, crushing runner-up Battle Mountain by 108 strokes. As a junior golfer, Wright was a four-time qualifier for the Callaway Junior World Championships and a three-time member of the Junior America’s Cup team. She was a two-time captain of that team, and was the 2008 Nevada Junior Amateur champion. She was the runner-up at the 2008 Nevada Women’s Amateur. A talented all-around athlete, Wright was a member of two state championship
teams (track and golf, WRIGHT’S CAREER HONORS 2009), while adding six Three-Time Member of Junior America’s Cup Team individual state crowns Four-Time Callaway Junior World Championships Qualifier (four in golf, two in Four-Time Nevada Class 2A State Champion track). Wright was a first-team Class 2A all- Nevada Junior Amateur Champion (2008) state pick as a point Nevada Women’s Amateur Runner-up (2008) guard on the Incline basketball team. She was an all-region selection, team MVP and earned four basketball letters. She also lettered three times in track, where she helped Incline to the 2009 Class 2A state team title. Wright scored 36 points for the Highlanders, claiming a state title as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team, while adding runner-up honors in the 400, 800 and 4x100-meter relay. As a sophomore in 2008, Wright was named the track team’s MVP after helping the 4x100-meter relay capture a state title, while adding a runner-up finish as a member of the 4x400-meter relay. Off the course, Wright was the 2009-10 Incline Student Body President and served as the junior class vice president. She was also a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
The daughter of Ron and Shelly Wright (Godeken), Katelyn has one brother, Jordan, 15. Katelyn plans to major in advertising at Nebraska. Katelyn’s mother, Shelly, was a two-time All-Big Eight golfer for the Huskers in 1983 and 1984. Her father, Ron, is also a Nebraska graduate. Katelyn is majoring in advertishing and chose Nebraska over Baylor, Wyoming and Nevada, among many others.
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Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference has established a consistent level of national success on the field and in the classroom as it enters its 15th season in 2010-11. Since it began play in 1996-97, the conference can boast 38 team crowns and 440 individual NCAA Championships. In basketball, six women’s teams have advanced to their respective Final Fours in the past eight seasons. Nebraska Coach Connie Yori was a unanimous choice for National Coach-of-the-Year honors, while Husker forward Kelsey Griffin gave the conference a consensus women’s basketball All-American for the 10th straight season. Griffin also won the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for her exceptional commitment to success on the court, in the classroom and the community. Nebraska rolled to the regular-season conference title with the first undefeated season (29-0) by a men’s or women’s team in league history before being one of four league school’s to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16, including Final Four qualifiers Baylor and Oklahoma. Nebraska also led the Big 12 in conference attendance last year, attracting more than 11,000 fans per game for its eight home contests, helping the league lead the nation in women’s basketball attendance for the 11th straight season. On the men’s side, nine conference schools have reached the Final Four in the past eight years, and six teams have reached the regional finals in the past three seasons. Big 12 squads enjoyed a strong year across the board in 2009-10. Oklahoma State won the NCAA men’s cross country title while Texas captured the national championship in men’s swimming and diving. Texas A&M secured men’s and women’s outdoor track and field championships, and the Big 12 had the No. 1 team in the nation at some point during the 2009-10 season in nine different sports. Five Big 12 volleyball teams, including perennial national power Nebraska, competed in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Championships in 2010, the first time that has happened in conference history. The Big 12 also had a school play for the BCS National Championship (Texas) for the seventh season. Oklahoma finished second nationally at the NCAA women’s gymnastics finals - an all-time high for the Big 12 - while Oklahoma State placed second at the men’s golf championship. Iowa State was third at the NCAA wrestling championships and the Big 12 also placed a team in the College World Series in both softball (Missouri) and baseball (Oklahoma). The individual honors also continued, as Jenny Barringer (Colorado) earned The Bowerman Award, presented for the first time to the most outstanding collegiate women’s track and field athlete. In fact, all three women’s finalists were from the Big 12. Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) was named the recipient of the Honda Sports Award as the nation’s top female golfer after capturing the NCAA individual title. Lisa Koll (Iowa State) earned the Honda Award as the top collegiate female athlete in track and field. The Big 12 has had four Heisman Trophy winners in its 14-year history. In 2008, the Big 12 established a high-water mark, as for the first time in the 74-year history of the Heisman four of the top five vote-getters hailed from the same conference, including award-winner Sam Bradford (Oklahoma). The league followed that recognition with two of the top five finalists, including Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, in 2009. During the past six seasons a total of 16 NCAA trophies have been hoisted by Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the conference, including each of the past 13 seasons. The Big 12 leads all conferences with its seven appearances in BCS title games. Seven league squads have played for the football national championship in the last 10 years with berths in 17 BCS games overall. The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive environment where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, in the classroom, or within the community, the studentathletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship. Sarah Pavan (Nebraska) earned countless accolades for her work away from competition, being named the Academic All-America of the Year for all sports in both 2006-07 and 2007-08. She was also named recipient of the prestigious 2006-07 Honda-Broderick Award as Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, the first athlete since the Big 12 was formed to earn the accolade. Competitive excellence, scholarship and sportsmanship are all equal components of the Big 12 philosophy. All-Big 12 teams and academic All-Big 12 squads are recognized for each sport at the end of their respective seasons. At the end of each academic year, the conference honors its top male and female student-athletes with the Big 12 Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year awards. Institutions can also nominate student-athletes for the prestigious Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships at the end of each academic year. A total of 249 scholars have received over $1.6 million in postgraduate financial aid. The Big 12 sponsors 21 sports. Men’s squads include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, swimming and diving, tennis and wrestling. Women’s teams are fielded in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball. In 2010-11, conference schools include Baylor, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. The institutions created a league that encompasses seven states, over 46 million people and television households in 18 of the top 100 markets within its geographic footprint. The conference conducts championships for 19 of its 21 sports. Each championship helps to determine teams and/or individuals that will represent the Conference in national postseason competition. The winner of the Big 12 football championship game earns the league’s berth into the Bowl Championship Series. In its first 14 years, the conference has distributed more than $1.2 billion to its 12 member institutions. The conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
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2009-10 Big 12 Championship Teams Men’s Team Champions
Football......................................................Texas Cross Country............................Oklahoma State Basketball.................................................Kansas Indoor Track.......................................Texas A&M Wrestling...................................Oklahoma State Swimming/Diving.......................................Texas Baseball......................................................Texas Golf............................................Oklahoma State Outdoor Track.......................................Nebraska Tennis.........................................................Texas
Women’s Team Champions
Cross Country.....................................Texas Tech Volleyball....................................................Texas Soccer....................................................Missouri Basketball.............................................Nebraska Gymnastics......................................... Oklahoma Indoor Track........................................ Oklahoma Swimming/Diving..............................Texas A&M Golf....................................................Texas A&M Outdoor Track....................................Texas A&M Softball.......................................................Texas Tennis....................................................... Baylor
Madeleine Sheils tied for 11th at the 2010 Big 12 Championships at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Okla.
Big 12 Directory
Commissioner........................................................................................................................... Dan Beebe Deputy Commissioner............................................................................................................. Tim Weiser Senior Associate Commissioner................................................................................................. Tim Allen Senior Associate Commissioner - Championships.................................................................Dru Hancock Associate Commissioner - Men’s Basketball/Game Management..........................................John Underwood Chief Financial Officer.............................................................................................................. Steve Pace Assistant Commissioner - Events & Human Resources......................................................Brad Clements Assistant Commissioner - Governance & Compliance............................................................ Lori Ebihara Assistant Commissioner - Championships............................................................................ Dayna Scherf Assistant Commissioner - Football & Student Services............................................................ Ed Stewart Director of Football Championship...................................................................................Donnie Duncan Director of Compliance.............................................................................................................Keri Boyce Director of Marketing.............................................................................................................Maark Keith Coordinator of Football Officials....................................................................................... Walt Anderson Assistant Director of Video Services.................................................................................... Sean Hollister Championships Manager....................................................................................................... Blair Beneke Business and Ticket Manager......................................................................................................Tim Frick Executive Assistant to the Commissioner.............................................................................. Melanie Ellis Administrative Assistant..................................................................................................... Regina Everett Administrative Assistant........................................................................................................... Tracy Hunt Administrative Assistant.......................................................................................................Valerie Rocha Administrative Assistant......................................................................................................Neesha Quinn Receptionist/Administrative Assistant.......................................................................... Michelle Peterson
media relations
Assistant Commissioner - Communications..............................................................................Bob Burda Director of Communications................................................................................................... Rob Carolla Associate Director of Communications.................................................................... Joni James Lehmann Assistant Director of Communications..............................................................................Carmen Branch Will Hancock Communications Assistant (Women’s Golf)..............................................Laura Rasmussen Will Hancock Communications Assistant........................................................................ Jessica Schwager Internet Services Coordinator...........................................................................................Kiron Andersen Internet Services Assistant............................................................................................. Brian Mortensen Big 12 Correspondent.................................................................................................Wendell Barnhouse
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Big 12 Conference Opponents Big 12 Conference
Kansas Jayhawks
Oklahoma State Cowgirls
Founded:.................................................................. July 1, 1996 Commissioner:.......................................................... Dan Beebe Asst. Commissioner/Communications:.............................Bob Burda Director of Communications:....................................Rob Carolla Associate Director:.....................................Joni James Lehmann Assistant Director:.............................................. Carmen Branch Intern (Golf Contact):.......................................Jessica Schwager E-mail............................................ jschwager@big12sports.com Big 12 Phone:..................................................... (469) 524-1000 Mailing Address:............................400 East John Carpenter Freeway ..................................................................... Irving, Texas 75062 Website: .................................................www.big12sports.com
Location: .............................................................Lawrence, Kan. Enrollment: . ....................................................................30,102 Colors: ............................................................Crimson and Blue Chancellor: ........................................ Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little Athletic Director: ................................................................. TBA Head Coach: ..............................................................Erin O'Neil Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (785) 864-4122 Home Course: . ..............................................................Alvamar Big 12 Finish: ...................................................................... 12th NCAA Finish: ...................................................... Did Not Qualify Top Returnee:........................................................... Grace Thiry Golf SID: . .................................................................Alex Folsom Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (785) 691-8328 Golf SID E-mail:.................................................alex182@ku.edu Website: .................................................. www.kuathletics.com
Location: ............................................................Stillwater, Okla. Enrollment: . ....................................................................33,464 Colors: ............................................................Orange and Black President: ...............................................................Burns Hargis Athletic Director: .................................................... Mike Holder Head Coach: ...........................................................Annie Young Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (405) 744-7681 Home Course: . .....................................................Karsten Creek Big 12 Finish: ........................................................................2nd NCAA Finish: .................... Tied for 8th at NCAA Championships Top Returnee:..........................................................Victoria Park Golf SID: . .............................................................Ryan Cameron Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (405) 744-4854 Golf SID E-mail:............................... ryan.cameron@okstate.edu Website: ........................................................www.okstate.com
Baylor Bears
Kansas State Wildcats
Texas Longhorns
Location: ................................................................. Waco, Texas Enrollment: . ....................................................................14,614 Colors: ...............................................................Green and Gold President: .................................................................... Ken Starr Athletic Director: ...................................................... Ian McCaw Head Coach: ..........................................................Sylvia Ferdon Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (254) 710-3079 Home Course: . ......................................... Twin Rivers Golf Club Big 12 Finish: ........................................................................ 9th NCAA Finish: .............................. 16th at NCAA Central Regional Top Returnee:............................................. Lene Hafsten-Morch Golf SID: . ................................................................ Chris Yandle Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (254) 710-3638 Golf SID E-mail:..............................christopher_yandle@bu.edu Website: .................................................www.baylorbears.com
Location: .......................................................... Manhattan, Kan. Enrollment: . ....................................................................23,566 Colors: ............................................................Purple and White President: .............................................................. Dr. Kirk Shulz Athletic Director: ......................................................John Currie Head Coach: ............................................................Kristi Knight Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (785) 565-8486 Home Course: . ....................................................... Colbert Hills Big 12 Finish: ...................................................................... 10th NCAA Finish: ...................................................... Did Not Qualify Top Returnee:...........................................................Emily Houtz Golf SID: . .......................................................... Jeremy Holaday Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (785) 532-6735 Golf SID E-mail:.............................................. jholaday@ksu.edu Website: ...............................................www.k-statesports.com
Location: ................................................................ Austin, Texas Enrollment: . ....................................................................48,167 Colors: .................................................Burnt Orange and White President: ..................................................William C. Powers Jr. Women’s A.D.:................................................. Christine Plonsky Head Coach: .................................................... Martha Richards Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (512) 471-7568 Home Course: . .......................................................UT Golf Club Big 12 Finish: ........................................................................ 3rd NCAA Finish: .................. Tied for 16th at NCAA Championships Top Returnee:.............................................. Nicole Vandermade Golf SID: . ......................................................... Ashley Cushman Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (512) 471-9801 Golf SID E-mail:...............ashley.cushman@athletics.utexas.edu Website: ................................................. www.TexasSports.com
Colorado Buffaloes
Missouri Tigers
Texas A&M Aggies
Location: .............................................................. Boulder, Colo. Enrollment: . ....................................................................30,128 Colors: ......................................................Silver, Black and Gold Chancellor: ..................................................... Dr. Phil DiStefano Athletic Director: .......................................................Mike Bohn Head Coach: ..............................................................Anne Kelly Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (303) 492-4455 Home Course: . .......................... Colorado National Golf Course Big 12 Finish: ........................................................................ 6th NCAA Finish: ...................................................... Did Not Qualify Top Returnee:........................................................... Emily Talley Golf SID: . ...............................................................Curtis Snyder Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (303) 492-3139 Golf SID E-mail:.............................. curtis.snyder@colorado.edu Website: ........................................................www.cubuffs.com
Location: ............................................................. Columbia, Mo. Enrollment: . ....................................................................31,314 Colors: ......................................................... Old Gold and Black Chancellor: ......................................................Dr. Brady Deaton Athletic Director: ......................................................Mike Alden Head Coach: ............................................Stephanie Priesmeyer Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (573) 882-6016 Home Course: . ............................... The Club at Old Hawthorne Big 12 Finish: ........................................................................ 7th NCAA Finish: ...................................................... Did Not Qualify Top Returnee:........................................................... Nicola Race Golf SID: . ................................................................ Josh Murray Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (573) 882-0711 Golf SID E-mail:................................... murrayjos@missouri.edu Website: ......................................................www.mutigers.com
Location: .................................................. College Station, Texas Enrollment: . ....................................................................48,702 Colors: ......................................................... Maroon and White Interim President: . ...................................... Dr. R. Bowen Loftin Athletic Director: .........................................................Bill Byrne Head Coach: ..................................................... Trelle McCombs Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (979) 845-1070 Home Course: . ........................................... Traditions Golf Club Big 12 Finish: ......................................................................... 1st NCAA Finish: .................. Tied for 11th at NCAA Championships Top Returnee:...................................................Sarah Zwartynski Golf SID: . ................................................................. Matt Simon Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (979) 862-5453 Golf SID E-mail:................................. matts@athletics.tamu.edu Website: .............................................www.AggieAthletics.com
Iowa State Cyclones
Oklahoma Sooners
Texas Tech Raiders
Location: .................................................................. Ames, Iowa Enrollment: . ....................................................................27,945 Colors: ........................................................... Cardinal and Gold Chancellor: ............................................ Dr. Gregory L. Geoffroy Athletic Director:....................................................Jamie Pollard Head Coach: .................................................... Christie Martens Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (515) 294-9959 Home Courses:......................Veenker Memorial, The Harvester Big 12 Finish:......................................................................... 4th NCAA Finish: ................................. 10th at NCAA West Regional Top Returnee:................................Punpaka Phuntumabamrung Golf SID: . ............................................................. Kelsey Kremer Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (515) 294-3372 Golf SID E-mail:......................................... kkremer@iastate.edu Website: ...................................................... www.cyclones.com
Location: ..............................................................Norman, Okla. Enrollment: . ....................................................................28,582 Colors: ........................................................ Crimson and Cream President: ............................................................David L. Boren Athletic Director: ................................................ Joe Castiglione Head Coach: .................................................. Veronique Drouin Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (405) 325-8343 Home Course: . ...............................Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club Big 12 Finish: ...................................................................... 11th NCAA Finish: ...................................................... Did Not Qualify Top Returnee:.........................................................Ellen Mueller Golf SID: . ............................................................. Ben Coldagelli Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (405) 325-8231 Golf SID E-mail:............................................bcoldagelli@ou.edu Website: ...............................................www.soonersports.com
Location: .............................................................Lubbock, Texas Enrollment: . ....................................................................30,049 Colors: .............................................................Scarlet and Black President:..............................................................Dr. Guy Bailey Athletic Director: .................................................. Gerald Myers Head Coach: .......................................................JoJo Robertson Head Coach Phone: ........................................... (806) 742-3355 Home Course: . ...............................................The Rawls Course Big 12 Finish: ........................................................................ 5th NCAA Finish: ........................Tied for 9th at NCAA East Regional Top Returnee:................................................ Gabby Dominguez Golf SID.................................................................... Matt Dowdy Golf SID Phone: ................................................. (806) 742-2770 Golf SID E-mail:...................................matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu Website: .................................................... www.texastech.com
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Huskers Stay Focused on Improving in 2010 The Nebraska women’s golf team continued on the path of improvement in 2009-10, just missing a return trip to an NCAA regional appearance. Although the Huskers missed out on an NCAA berth for the second straight season, a young and talented nucleus of players emerged midway through the season. Madeleine Sheils produced a breakout sophomore campaign that culminated with a tie for 11th at the 2010 Big 12 Championships at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Okla., April 23-25. The native of Boise, Idaho, fired three strong rounds of 75, 76 and 74 to finish the 54-hole tournament at 225 to help the Huskers to an eighth-place team finish. A two-place improvement from the 2009 campaign. Individually, Sheils finished with a 76.35 stroke average on the season while playing in all 31 rounds for the Huskers. Her season-long performance represented nearly a seven-stroke improvement A four-time NGCA Scholastic All-American and three-time first-team academic All-Big 12 pick, JC Stevenson closed her career by tying for 15th at per round over her freshman campaign, when she the 2010 Big 12 Championships. Stevenson, a native of Grand Island, Neb., produced 22 career top-20 tournament finishes, including a Nebraska finished at 83.17 over 18 rounds. Sheils, who finished regional record score of 220 to finish 14th at the 2008 NCAA Central Regional. 58th at the 2009 Big 12 Championships, shaved 28 While Nebraska’s 2010 sophomores made dramatic gains on the course, senior JC strokes off her Big 12 Tournament effort from her freshman season. “Maddie really had a good season from several perspectives,” Nebraska Coach Robin Stevenson continued her career-long improvement with another outstanding season. Krapfl said. “Her work ethic and focus were excellent, and I really think that she is just Stevenson, a four-year starter in the Husker lineup, produced the best Big 12 tapping into her potential. She kept improving her game from start to finish as a sophomore, Championship performance of her career by tying for 15th (75-74-77-226). It was her second straight top-20 finish at the Big 12 Tournament and represented the 22nd top-20 and we hope she can continue to do that at Nebraska over the next two seasons.” Fellow sophomore Kayla Knopik also played well at the Big 12 Tournament, finishing in showing of her Nebraska career. a tie for 39th (235) among the 60 players in the field in her first championship appearance. Not only did she improve her placing at the Big 12 Championships all four years at “Kayla really played some great golf late in the season,” Krapfl said. “She has been so Nebraska, she also improved her season stroke average each of her four seasons. As a persistent in her work habits the past couple years. She just kept plugging away and made senior, the Grand Island, Neb., native produced one of the top-five stroke averages in school the most of her opportunities late in the year. I was really proud of the way she played for history with a 75.84 while playing all 31 rounds in the NU lineup. Stevenson’s senior season average marked more than a three stroke improvement from us, and I think she has a good future in the game as well.” Knopik, a third-year player from Papillion, Neb., made her first career appearance in the her freshman campaign, while her career 77.47 stroke average ranked among the top five NU lineup to open the spring season at the UCF Challenge. She contributed to NU’s team players in Nebraska history. In addition to her success on the course, Stevenson also became just the third four-time score by opening the tournament with a 78 and finished in a tie for 67th at 241. After competing as an individual and tying for 47th (80-79-76-235) as Nebraska played NGCA Scholastic All-American in Husker history, while earning first-team academic All-Big host to the Northern Migration in Florence, Ariz., March 15-17, Knopik cracked NU’s lineup 12 honors on three occasions. again at the BYU at Entrada Classic. She provided a breakthrough performance in Utah by “JC was our most consistent and dependable player over the past several seasons,” tying for 14th with a career-best 230 (77-75-78) while helping the Huskers to a third-place Krapfl said. “Even though she had one of the best freshman seasons in school history to team finish. She earned another spot in the NU lineup at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in start her career, she continued to improve each day at Nebraska. She was also an excellent student and represented our program well in the classroom.” early April, before representing the Huskers at the Big 12 Championships. For the season, Knopik produced a 78.22 stroke average over 18 rounds for a 4.61 Fellow senior Charlotte Wendner also capped an award-winning career on and off the course at Nebraska in 2009-10. An All-Big 12 performer with a 10th-place finish at the stroke per round improvement over her redshirt freshman campaign. “I think Maddie and Kayla really show the kinds of gains you can make if you just keep conference tournament in 2009, Wendner finished with a 77.64 stroke average over 28 working and believe in yourself,” Krapfl said. “Golf is not easy. It will challenge you both rounds as a senior. Like Stevenson, Wendner improved her season stroke average each of mentally and physically, but if you can keep your confidence in yourself and your game and her four years in NU’s lineup. A strong performer in the classroom as well, Wendner was a two-time NGCA Scholastic All-American and a three-time academic All-Big 12 selection. keep swinging away and chipping away on a daily basis, you are going to succeed.” Mary Kate Bird continued to solidify NU’s lineup as a junior. The Kansas City, Mo., native produced a trio of top-20 finishes, including a tie for ninth with a 224 at the BYU at Entrada 2009-10 Nebraska Individual Stroke Averages Classic in the spring and a tie for 12th with a 223 at the Chip-N Club Invitational to open the Golfer Strokes Rounds Average season at Wilderness Ridge. She added a season-best 222 to tie for 17th at the UNLV Spring Natalie Gleadall..................................962.......................... 13.................................. 74.00 Invitational. JC Stevenson.......................................2,351....................... 31.................................. 75.84 Erin Sharpee also made an impact for the Huskers in her first season, posting an Madeleine Sheils................................2,367....................... 31.................................. 76.35 impressive 77.00 stroke average - the second-best by an NU freshman in history. Sharpee, Erin Sharpee.......................................1,848....................... 24.................................. 77.00 a native of Green Bay, Wis., notched three top-20 finishes, including a tie for 15th (224) to Mary Kate Bird....................................2,080....................... 27.................................. 77.04 open her career at the Chip-N Club Invitational, before tying for 11th (225) at the Heather Charlotte Wendner.............................2,174....................... 28.................................. 77.64 Farr Memorial. Her final-round 68 at Heather Farr in Erie, Colo., was the best round by a Kayla Knopik.......................................1,408....................... 18.................................. 78.22 Husker all season and just one stroke off the NU school record. Carolyn Schorgl...................................898.......................... 11.................................. 81.63 “Our players were committed to improving themselves and their games, and I think we Rachel Hanigan...................................487.......................... 6.................................... 81.17 made some good strides throughout the year,” Krapfl said. “We expect that to continue into Team................................................9,379...................... 31.............................. 302.55 next season.”
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2009-10 Individual RESULTS JC Stevenson
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational.............................................76-72-72-220............................................... 8th Ron Moore Intercollegiate.........................................80-73-78-231........................................... T18th Heather Farr Memorial..............................................74-80-73-227........................................... T18th Alamo Invitational.....................................................77............................................................ T28th The Challenge at Onion Creek...................................81-73-74-228 (par 70)............................. T84th UCF Challenge...........................................................76-82-82-240........................................... T64th UNLV Spring Invitational............................................73-76-74-223........................................... T20th Northern Migration...................................................80-73-80-233........................................... T39th BYU at Entrada Classic...............................................74-77-79-230........................................... T14th SunTrust Gator Invitational........................................73-71-72-216............................................. T5th Big 12 Championships...............................................75-74-77-226........................................... T15th Season Totals........................................................................................................... 2,351/31 Rounds 2009-10 Stroke Average.............................................................................................................75.84 Season Low Round............................................................71 (2010 Gator Invitational, 2nd - par 70) Top Five Finishes.......................................................................................................................... 1/11 Top 10 Finishes............................................................................................................................ 2/11 Top 20 Finishes............................................................................................................................ 7/11
Madeleine Sheils
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational*...........................................73-73-78-224........................................... T15th Ron Moore Intercollegiate.........................................83-76-78-237............................................T41st Heather Farr Memorial*............................................81-82-76-239........................................... T64th Alamo Invitational.....................................................73............................................................ T10th The Challenge at Onion Creek...................................72-75-71-218 (par 70)............................ T32nd UCF Challenge...........................................................81-76-74-231........................................... T36th UNLV Spring Invitational............................................74-74-79-227........................................... T34th Northern Migration...................................................76-77-70-223............................................. T7th BYU at Entrada Classic...............................................81-84-79-244........................................... T43rd SunTrust Gator Invitational........................................78-74-74-226........................................... T27th Big 12 Championships...............................................75-76-74-225........................................... T11th Season Totals........................................................................................................... 2,367/31 Rounds 2009-10 Stroke Average.............................................................................................................76.35 Season Low Round.......................................................................70 (2010 Northern Migration, 3rd) Top Five Finishes.......................................................................................................................... 0/11 Top 10 Finishes............................................................................................................................ 2/11 Top 20 Finishes............................................................................................................................ 4/11 *Competed as an individual
Erin Sharpee
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational*...........................................80-72-72-224........................................... T15th Ron Moore Intercollegiate.........................................81-80-75-236........................................... T34th Heather Farr Memorial..............................................77-80-68-225........................................... T11th Alamo Invitational.....................................................77............................................................ T28th The Challenge at Onion Creek...................................72-73-74-219 (par 70)............................ T42nd UNLV Spring Invitational............................................78-82-80-240........................................... T84th Northern Migration...................................................74-79-78-231........................................... T29th BYU at Entrada Classic...............................................80-78-83-241........................................... T39th Creighton Golf Classic*..............................................78-77-155................................................... 2nd Season Totals........................................................................................................... 1,848/24 Rounds 2009-10 Stroke Average.............................................................................................................77.00 Season Low Round.................................................................................. 68 (2009 Heather Farr, 3rd) Top Five Finishes............................................................................................................................ 1/9 Top 10 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 1/9 Top 20 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 3/9 *Competed as an individual
Mary Kate Bird
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational.............................................77-75-71-223........................................... T12th Ron Moore Intercollegiate.........................................79-76-81-236........................................... T34th Heather Farr Memorial..............................................79-83-73-235........................................... T48th UCF Challenge...........................................................80-76-82-238........................................... T55th UNLV Spring Invitational............................................71-73-78-222........................................... T17th Northern Migration...................................................74-78-77-229........................................... T24th BYU at Entrada Classic...............................................75-76-73-224............................................. T9th
Charlotte Wendner closed her senior season with a 77.64 stroke average. A two-time NGCA Scholastic All-American and three-time first-team academic All-Big 12 pick, Wendner earned All-Big 12 honors in 2009. SunTrust Gator Invitational........................................77-74-79-230........................................... T36th Big 12 Championships...............................................82-79-82-243........................................... T55th Season Totals........................................................................................................... 2,080/27 Rounds 2009-10 Stroke Average.............................................................................................................77.04 Season Low Round................................................................................... 71 (2009 Chip-N Club, 3rd) ..............................................................................................71 (2010 UNLV Spring Invitational, 1st) Top Five Finishes............................................................................................................................ 0/9 Top 10 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 1/9 Top 20 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 3/9
Charlotte Wendner
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational.............................................77-73-80-230........................................... T30th Heather Farr Memorial..............................................73-72-76-221............................................. T4th Alamo Invitational.....................................................76........................................................... T22nd The Challenge at Onion Creek...................................72-76-77-225 (par 70)............................. T76th UCF Challenge...........................................................78-81-84-243........................................... T73rd UNLV Spring Invitational............................................77-73-75-225........................................... T25th Northern Migration...................................................83-83-80-246........................................... T88th BYU at Entrada Classic*.............................................82-76-76-234........................................... T25th SunTrust Gator Invitational........................................79-80-78-237............................................T61st Big 12 Championships...............................................80-83-74-237............................................. 47th Season Totals........................................................................................................... 2,174/28 Rounds Season Low Round................................................................................. 72 (2009 Heather Farr, 2nd) ..........................................................................................................72 (2009 Challenge at Onion Creek, 1st - par 70) Top Five Finishes.......................................................................................................................... 1/10 Top 10 Finishes............................................................................................................................ 1/10 Top 20 Finishes............................................................................................................................ 1/10 *Competed as an individual
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2009-10 Individual RESULTS Kayla Knopik
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational*...........................................84-76-74-234............................................T41st UCF Challenge*.........................................................78-83-80-241........................................... T67th Northern Migration*.................................................80-79-76-235........................................... T47th BYU at Entrada Classic...............................................77-75-78-230........................................... T14th SunTrust Gator Invitational........................................78-74-81-233..............................................51st Big 12 Championships...............................................75-80-80-235........................................... T39th Season Totals........................................................................................................... 1,408/18 Rounds 2009-10 Stroke Average.............................................................................................................78.22 Season Low Round................................................................................... 74 (2009 Chip-N Club, 3rd) ...................................................................................................74 (Gator Invitational, 2nd - par 70) Top Five Finishes............................................................................................................................ 0/6 Top 10 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 0/6 Top 20 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 1/6 *Competed as an individual
Carolyn Schorgl
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational*...........................................81-82-72-236........................................... T45th Northern Migration*.................................................83-81-81-245........................................... T85th BYU at Entrada Classic*.............................................81-86-76-243............................................T41st Creighton Golf Classic*..............................................84-90-174.................................................. 19th Season Totals.............................................................................................................. 898/11 Rounds 2009-10 Stroke Average.............................................................................................................81.63 Season Low Round................................................................................... 73 (2009 Chip-N Club, 3rd) Top Five Finishes............................................................................................................................ 0/4 Top 10 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 0/4 Top 20 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 1/4
Natalie Gleadall**
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational.............................................74-70-77-221............................................. T9th Ron Moore Intercollegiate.........................................80-74-72-226............................................. T9th Heather Farr Memorial..............................................71-79-74-224............................................. 10th Alamo Invitational.....................................................76........................................................... T22nd The Challenge at Onion Creek...................................74-71-70-215 (par 70)............................. T18th Season Totals.............................................................................................................. 962/13 Rounds Season Low Round.................................................................................. 70 (2009 Chip-N Club, 2nd) ....................................................................................70 (2009 Challenge at Onion Creek, 3rd - par 70) Top Five Finishes............................................................................................................................ 0/5 Top 10 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 3/5 Top 20 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 4/5 **Did not return for spring semester at Nebraska
Rachel Hanigan**
Tournament........................................................... Results...................................................Place Chip-N Club Invitational.............................................77-77-75-229........................................... T27th Ron Moore Intercollegiate*.......................................82-86-90-258........................................... T70th Season Totals................................................................................................................ 487/6 Rounds 2009-10 Stroke Average.............................................................................................................81.17 Season Low Round................................................................................... 75 (2009 Chip-N Club, 3rd) Top Five Finishes............................................................................................................................ 0/2 Top 10 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 0/2 Top 20 Finishes.............................................................................................................................. 0/2 *Competed as an individual **Did not return for spring semester at Nebraska
*Competed as an individual
Kayla Knopik came on strong down the stretch in her third year at Nebraska as a sophomore in 2009-10. The Papillion, Neb., native earned a spot in the Huskers’ Big 12 Championship lineup, finishing in a tie for 39th.
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Year-by-year results 1980-81
Larry Romjue (1975-79)
The first head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team, Larry Romjue guided the program to a successful start in its first four seasons. Under Romjue, the Huskers won the 197576 Big Eight Conference title, qualified for the 1976 AIAW Championships and finished second at the AIAW Region Six meet in 1977. Romjue retired in 2001 after 31 seasons as the men’s coach.
1975-76
Finish 4th/12 5th/14 2nd/8 1st/6 22nd/35
1976-77 7th/19 2nd 5th/7 4th/6
Meet Regional Tournament Missouri Invitational Illinois Invitational Big Eight Tournament AIAW Nationals
Total n/a 704 704 684 683
Rounds n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Susie Maxwell Berning AIAW Region 6 Sooner Invitational Big Eight Tournament
665 n/a 1,051 705
327-338 n/a 349-360-342 352-353
Susie Maxwell Berning AIAW Region 6
1,032 709
332-349-351 361-348
711 675 705
365-346 344-331 342-363
336 677 671 707 674
336 343-334 337-334 368-339 340-334
707 352 1,023 696
368-339 352 333-345-365 n/a
1977-78 Fall 14th/18 6th/16 Spring 6th/15 5th/6 2nd/8
Illinois Invitational Big Eight Tournament Minnesota Invitational
1978-79
Fall 1st/6 Omaha Invitational 5th/11 Iowa State Invitational 5th/18 AIAW Region 6 3rd/8 Kansas Invitational 6th/13 Missouri Invitational Spring 1st/5 Wichita State Invitational 2nd/3 Kansas Invitational 4th/7 Big Eight Tournament 5th/12 Minnesota Invitational
Jerry Fisher (1979-87)
The second head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team, Jerry Fisher led the Huskers to 12 tournament titles, including the 1980-81 AIAW Region 6 Championship and the 1983 Big Eight Tournament Championship. He spent eight seasons as Nebraska's head coach. In addition to his Husker head coaching duties, Fisher served as the head golf pro at the Country Club of Lincoln from 1972 to 1987.
977 627 659 658 629 622
322-337-318 315-312 329-330 334-324 311-318 314-308
1,049 1,004 957 949 972
362-339-348 330-338-336 324-319-314 321-315-311 330-322-320
971 949 988 954 956
317-322-332 317-315-317 339-328-321 313-320-321 321-327-308
932 969 941 992
312-319-301 337-324-308 310-313-318 329-331-332
974 987 975 948 944
334-311-329 331-330-326 322-330-323 323-324-301 314-308-322
n/a 977 320 958
n/a 331-310-336 320 322-317-319
974 937 971 965
334-311-329 305-311-321 322-331-318 331-319-315
1,013 1,012 998 989 959
337-358-318 338-339-335 326-345-327 342-329-318 326-326-317
Susie Maxwell Berning OSU Cowgirl Panther Invitational Kansas Invitational Missouri Invitational
975 986 950 676 984
334-325-332 329-325-332 316-325-309 335-341 335-335-314
Rayburn Invitational Oklahoma Invitational Illinois Invitational Purdue Invitational Big Eight Tournament
1,020 999 1,023 997 1,027
330-350-340 332-333-344 339-353-331 340-319-338 335-345-347
1981-82
Fall 17th/21 Susie Maxwell Berning 2nd/11 Iowa State Invitational 2nd/6 Kansas Invitational 2nd/10 Missouri Invitational 11th/15 Torneo Femenil De Golf Spring 1st/3 Spring Break Tournament 3rd/9 Sooner Invitational 1st/10 Iowa Invitational 4th/7 Big Eight Tournament
1982-83
Fall T15th/18 Susie Maxwell Berning 2nd/9 Iowa State Invitational 3rd/7 Kansas Invitational 1st/6 Missouri Invitational 11th/12 Torneo Femenil De Golf Spring 2nd/4 Iowa Spring Fling 2nd/6 Iowa Invitational 2nd/7 Missouri Invitational 1st/7 Big Eight Tournament
1983-84 Fall 13th/16 5th/19 2nd/6 1st/8 Spring 16th/18 4th/8 1st/6 2nd/6 2nd/7
Susie Maxwell Berning Lady Northern Missouri Invitational Kansas Invitational South Alabama Invitational Oklahoma Invitational Wichita State Invitational Kansas State Invitational Big Eight Tournament
1984-85
1979-80
Fall 18th/21 Susie Maxwell Berning 6th/13 Iowa State Golf Invitational 5th/8 AIAW Region 6 4th/9 Kansas Invitational 5th/12 Missouri Invitational Spring 10th/13 Texas A&M Invitational n/a Lamar Invitational 1st/9 Iowa Invitational 5th/7 Big Eight Tournament n/a Minnesota Invitational
Fall n/a Susie Maxwell Berning 1st/13 Iowa State Invitational 2nd/6 Kansas Invitational 1st/9 Missouri Invitational 1st Iowa Invitational 1st AIAW Region 6 Spring 21st/21 Betsy Rawls Invitational n/a Rayburn Invitational n/a Lamar Invitational 4th/10 Sooner Invitational 4th/7 Big Eight Tournament
982 669 672 708 675
317-335-330 336-333 337-335 356-352 339-336
1,090 1,012 646 991 670
370-374-346 351-326-335 318-328 334-333-324 343-327
Fall 5th/15 9th/15 3rd/7 4th/8 2nd/9 Spring 4th/4 4th/7 8th/16 5th/10 T5th/7
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Year-by-year results 1985-86 Fall 3rd/6 10th/12 15th/18 11th/15 Spring 4th/6 6th/9 5th/12 3rd/8 3rd/7
Minnesota Invitational OSU Cowgirl Tulsa Invitational Alabama Invitational
978 1,017 682 661
326-327-325 338-338-341 332-350 323-338
Iowa Invitational North Texas Lady Eagle Susie Maxwell Berning Kansas State Classic Big Eight Tournament
677 655 1,002 710 955
340-337 320-335 330-338-334 367-343 328-311-316
1986-87 Fall 3rd/10 12th/12 1st/8 6th/12 4th/12 Spring 5th/14 13th/14 6th/12 T5th/7
Cyclone Golf Classic All College Kickoff Northern Iowa Invitational Duke Fall Invitational Kansas Jayhawk Invitational North Texas State Invitational Susie Maxwell Berning Missouri Invitational Big Eight Tournament
982 971 971 981 998
323-330-329 324-325-322 328-331-312 321-329-331 327-330-341
649 1,062 668 989
326-323 355-357-350 342-326 335-322-322
The third head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team, Robin Krapfl has led the Huskers to 28 tournament victories, 11 NCAA Regional appearances and the program’s only three NCAA Tournament berths in 2000, 2003 and 2006. Krapfl, a two-time Big Eight Coach of the Year, is in her 24th season as Nebraska's head coach after serving as the NU women’s golf assistant coach for three years.
1987-88 Iowa State Invitational Iowa Invitational Brigham Young Invitational Kickoff Classic Minnesota Invitational Kansas Invitational
993 1,065 1,016 1,020 670 994
327-331-335 326-351-362 341-341-334 350-331-339 343-327 330-332-332
North Texas Lady Eagle Oklahoma Invitational Nebraska Invitational USA-Gulf Shores Invitational Big Eight Tournament
644 1,017 952 958 1,011
322-322 345-329-343 325-322-305 317-318-323 335-324-352
1988-89
Fall 2nd/9 Iowa State Invitational 6th/13 Ohio State Invitational 13th/17 Lady Tar Heel Invitational 15th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 1st/7 Northern Illinois Invitational 9th/11 U.S. International Invitational Spring 7th/12 Utah-Dixie Classic 4th/10 USF-Summerfield Invitational 4th/7 Rainbow Wahine Classic 9th/12 Lady Paladin 1st/6 Husker Golf Invitational 4th/7 Big Eight Tournament
20
317-307-309 320-306-330
973 952 981 925 615 968 974
320-331-322 312-324-316 333-320-328 311-308-306 304-311 320-324-324 339-316-319
Fall 8th/10 4th/8 10th/18 T13th/16 19th/19 Spring 10th/18 6th/19 T11th/13 2nd/5 3rd/7
Cyclone Invitational Minnesota Invitational Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic Dick McGuire Golf Invitational Lady Buckeye Invitational
681 993 958 1,002 1,083
345-336 330-329-334 322-321-315 335-337-330 360-335-388
North-South Invitational Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational South Carolina Invitational Husker Golf Classic Big Eight Tournament
1,029 969 983 965 975
354-324-351 326-326-317 321-332-330 324-311-330 317-332-326
636 958 932 968 975
313-323 322-321-315 311-315-306 322-324-322 325-318-332
Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational Rainbow Wahine Classic Husker Golf Invitational Southern Intercollegiate Big Eight Tournament
1,002 952 950 990 977
336-335-331 322-314-316 322-314-314 332-334-324 329-327-321
Husker Invitational Oregon Golf Invitational Cyclone Invitational Lady Buckeye Lady Kat Invitational
956 987 700 1,008 981
319-316-321 324-325-338 349-351 338-334-336 332-322-327
Utah-Dixie Classic Rainbow Wahine Classic Susie Maxwell Berning Southern Intercollegiate Big Eight Tournament
959 988 977 996 1,007
323-313-323 329-325-334 330-321-326 340-334-322 339-340-328
1,012 925 979 964 943
339-336-337 312-309-304 333-322-324 321-317-326 323-304-316
945 628 947 627 967 939 933
319-317-309 314-314 314-318-315 314-313 324-315-328 315-314-310 313-312-308
969
328-322-319
1991-92 Cyclone Golf Classic Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic Spartan Invitational Dick McGuire Invitational Hawkeye Invitational
1992-93 Fall 2nd/5 9th/12 5th/8 7th/12 14th/18 Spring 5th/15 14th/16 5th/11 T12th/19 4th/7
1993-94 646 961 983 989 642 983
322-324 317-313-331 321-327-335 326-332-331 318-324 327-343-313
943 957 949 332 964 964
314-308-321 327-314-316 313-322-314 332 329-326-309 329-326-309
1989-90 Fall 3rd/9 8th
933 956
1990-91
Fall 2nd/12 9th/17 4th/18 11th/18 3rd/12 Spring 9th/18 8th/14 3rd/7 14th 7th/7
ROBIN KRAPFL (1987-PRESENT)
Fall 4th/9 5th/8 7th/9 10th/10 3rd/5 2nd/8 Spring 5th/11 9th/12 2nd/9 7th/14 5th/7
1st/13 Spartan Fall Invitational 5th/16 Buckeye Classic Spring 3rd/17 North-South Collegiate T7th/17 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 12th/14 South Carolina Invitational 1st/9 Rio Rico-Hawkeye 1st/7 Missouri Invitational 5th/7 Big Eight Tournament 6th/13 Southern Intercollegiate
Fall 12th/16 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 1st/7 Husker Classic 8th/16 Memphis State Invitational 8th/14 Lady Kat Invitational 2nd/9 Marilynn Smith/Jayhawk Spring T4th/14 Guadalajara Invitational T1st/4 Midwest Golf Classic 6th/19 Utah-Dixie Classic 1st/8 UNT/SMU Invitational 8th/20 Southern Intercollegiate 4th/7 Big Eight Championships 16th/19 NCAA West Regionals
1994-95 Hawkeye Invitational Kickoff Classic
954 1,013
316-315-323 338-336-339
Fall 4th/12
Gopher Invitational
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Year-by-year results 5th/17 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 5th/14 Memphis Intercollegiate 1st/13 Husker Golf Classic 12th/20 Lady Kat Invitational Spring 9th/18 UCLA Bruin Classic 7th/12 River Wilderness Intercollegiate 5th/18 Utah-Dixie Classic 2nd/17 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 4th/19 Rainbow Wahine Classic 3rd/8 Big Eight Championships 12th/20 NCAA West Regionals
944 960 936 965
318-312-314 322-323-315 315-311-310 321-328-316
941 640 649 926 937 985 916
312-311-318 318-322 319-310 304-305-317 318-308-311 338-328-319 297-311-308
Chip-N Club Invitational Nike Northwest Dick McGuire Invitational Diet Coke Invitational Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite San Diego State Fall Classic
948 918 934 958 958 649
318-311-319 305-308-305 307-316-311 328-313-317 310-313-335 333-316
Monica Welsh Memorial Fripp Island/Ben Hogan Rainbow Wahine Classic Utah-Dixie Classic Big Eight Championships NCAA West Regionals
960 684 940 954 974 961
318-323-319 347-337 314-312-314 324-318-312 334-335-305 306-324-331
605 948 939 909 955 974
304-301 317-320-311 318-311-310 300-296-313 321-317-317 341-315-318
1,006 964 976 919 945 909
338-339-329 331-311-322 334-321-321 310-296-313 313-311-321 301-302-306
Chip-N Club Invitational Jeannine McHaney Classic Dick McGuire Invitational Colorado Invitational Big 12 Preview
909 906 939 887 951
307-297-305 298-309-299 321-306-312 296-292-299 318-310-323
UCLA Bruin Classic Betsy Rawls Classic Rainbow Wahine Classic Utah-Dixie Classic Big 12 Championships
637 985 935 627 936
322-315 333-327-325 307-312-316 323-304 322-315-299
1995-96
Fall 2nd/17 4th/18 11th/18 10th/16 2nd/14 7th/23 Spring 3rd/14 16th/24 6th/19 6th/17 T3rd/8 T11th/20
1996-97
Fall 1st/7 Lady Lion Invitational 2nd/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 8th/18 Lady Tar Heel Invitational 1st/12 Big 12 Preview 2nd/14 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite 8th/19 Roadrunner Invitational Spring T13th/18 UCLA Bruin Invitational 11th/15 Betsy Rawls Invitational 10th/25 Rainbow Wahine Classic 2nd/18 Utah-Dixie Classic 3rd/12 Big 12 Championships 14th/20 NCAA West Regionals
1997-98 Fall 2nd/7 2nd/12 14th/18 1st/13 6th/12 Spring 12th/18 9th/14 7th/20 8th/24 6th/12
1998-99 Fall 4th/20 2nd/15 7th/12 7th/15 12th/18 Spring 6th/15 10th/13 11th/16 5th/20 8th/12
Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic Chip-N Club Invitational Big 12 Preview Legends Shootout Rainbow Wahine Classic
914 889 941 923 917
305-310-299 297-285-307 309-313-319 301-309-313 307-312-298
Jeannine McHaney Classic Casa de Campo South Carolina Invitational Utah-Dixie Classic Big 12 Championships
965 976 637 929 929
322-325-318 316-324-336 320-317 305-312-312 316-309-304
1999-2000
Fall 1st/12 Big 12 Preview 1st/13 Lady Razorback Invitational 9th/15 Heather Farr Memorial 4th/13 Jeannine McHaney Classic 7th/14 Rainbow Wahine Classic Spring 4th/16 Midwest Classic 5th/16 Texas A&M GTE “Mo” Morial 4th/15 Green Wave Classic 6th/13 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 1st/13 Susie Maxwell Berning 3rd/12 Big 12 Championships 9th/24 NCAA West Regional 19th/24 NCAA Tournament
906 604 614 936 949
298-303-305 298-306 309-305 307-313-316 318-319-312
948 942 940 945 930 920 899 1,239
318-315-315 302-321-319 308-310-322 315-312-318 322-302-306 300-306-314 298-302-299 310-311-302-316
Alltel Husker Invitational NCAA Fall Preview Mary Fossum Invite Big 12 Fall Preview Shootout at The Legends Price’s “Give ‘em Five Fund”
901 620 315 940 904 918
298-303-300 304-316 315 315-315-310 300-299-305 302-306-310
Midwest Classic Texas Challenge Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic Susie Maxwell Berning Big 12 Championships NCAA Central Regional
952 307 916 951 911 958 946
318-319-315 307 311-294-311 320-307-324 307-302-302 341-306-311 319-306-321
922 615 988 592 1,007
311-310-301 303-312 331-324-333 301-291 344-332-331
938 971 932 633 916 952 998
314-305-316 319-315-337 319-301-312 323-310 312-307-297 322-314-316 339-333-326
896 922 940 938 918 920
299-290-307 310-305-307 311-315-314 313-307-318 310-316-301 311-302-307
927 631 933 937 926 928 1,281
314-305-301 316-315 317-310-306 311-320-306 311-307-308 312-298-318 320-333-314-314
896 904 613
311-303-306 307-297-300 311-302
2000-01
Fall 1st/17 10th/21 T10th/15 10th/12 9th/15 7th/18 Spring 11th/18 4th/4 6th/12 T10th/18 3rd/15 5th/12 10th/21
2001-02
Fall 7th/13 Chip-N Club Invitational 7th/14 Pioneer Highlands Ranch 15th/16 Big 12 Invitational 1st/13 Heather Farr Memorial 12th/17 Alabama Capstone Intercollegiate Spring 12th/14 Central District Invitational 2nd/16 Sam Houston State Invitational T10th/18 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic T7th/20 Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout T3rd/15 Susie Maxwell Berning 7th/12 Big 12 Championships 19th/21 NCAA Central Regional
2002-03 Fall T3th/17 4th/14 7th/13 14th/20 5th/11 2nd/19 Spring 5th/15 T10th/19 T4th/17 T5th/13 5th/12 5th/21 22nd/24
Ram Fall Classic Chip-N Club Invitational Fossum Invitational Price's "Give 'em Five Fund" adidas Invitational Pat Bradley Invitational Central District Invitational Texas A&M “Mo” Morial Dr. Thompson Invitational Lady Boilermaker Invitational Big 12 Championships NCAA Central Regional NCAA Championships
2003-04 Fall 3rd/9 1st/12 1st/8
Embassy Suites/Tyson Invitational Chip-N Club Invitational Highlands Ranch Intercollegiate
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Year-by-year results 9th/18 2nd/12 T6th/14 Spring 1st/2 10th/15 15th/17 14th/19 7th/17 10th/12
Shootout at the Legends Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational adidas Fall Classic
908 935 911
302-298-308 306-313-316 302-302-307
Iowa State (Dual match) Central District Invitational Spartan Invitational Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout Mountain View Collegiate Big 12 Championships
307 939 957 967 909 622
307 306-316-317 322-310-325 319-315-333 307-293-309 315-307
Chip-N Club Invitational Jeannine McHaney Invitational Price's "Give 'Em Five" Invitational Lady Razorback Invitational Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate
937 632 928 935 889
306-306-325 311-321 302-309-317 323-305-307 307-290-292
Central District Invitational Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic UNLV Spring Invitational Mountain View Collegiate Susie Maxwell Berning Classic Big 12 Championships
925 969 955 888 942 942
306-310-309 302-334-333 329-309-317 301-299-288 314-313-315 305-324-313
Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic Chip-N Club Invitational Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational Lady Razorback Invitational Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate
897 902 890 911 914
296-300-301 295-300-307 297-285-308 298-313-300 310-303-301
927 914 979 885 906 927 922 1,221
309-309-309 307-303-304 330-329-320 297-295-293 306-291-309 307-297-323 313-298-311 311-305-306-299
934 929 948 884 615
321-318-295 317-306-306 327-307-314 296-292-296 310-305
313 946 624 894 866 936 951
313 320-316-310 321-303 298-298-298 287-285-294 312-307-317 328-309-314
2004-05 Fall 1st/8 16th/18 6th/18 8th/19 4th/18 Spring 12th/15 13th/17 11th/18 T6th/15 7th/16 7th/12
2005-06
Fall 7th/18 1st/10 2nd/12 4th/16 4th/19 Spring 1st/7 4th/14 11th/18 2nd/15 4th/17 T4th/12 8th/21 20th/24
Baja Invitational Central District Invitational Texas A&M “Mo” Morial Mountain View Collegiate Susie Maxwell Berning Classic Big 12 Championships NCAA Central Regional NCAA Championships
2006-07
Fall 3rd/11 Badger Invitational 1st/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 7th/15 Kentucky Wildcat Invitational 1st/17 Bronco Invitational T9th/17 Derby Invitational Spring 1st/2 vs. Missouri (Dual Match) 13th/14 Central District Invitational 4th/16 Red Rocks Invitational 13th/18 UNLV Invitational 1st/17 Mountain View Collegiate 4th/12 Big 12 Championships 15th/21 NCAA West Regional
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8th/12 6th/12 T10th/21
Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational Big 12 Championships NCAA Central Regional
951 968 903
321-322-308 326-317-325 294-306-303
884 926 922 917 938
298-295-291 307-312-307 312-303-307 305-303-309 318-312-308
947 928 917 901 977 953
299-332-316 309-314-305 330-288-299 290-302-309 322-324-331 315-314-324
Chip-N Club Invitational Ron Moore Intercollegiate Heather Farr Memorial Alamo Invitational The Challenge at Onion Creek
889 922 894 302 871
304-290-295 320-299-303 295-311-288 302 290-292-289
UCF Challenge UNLV Spring Invitational Northern Migration Lady Gator Invitational Big 12 Championships
945 896 916 902 919
312-315-316 295-296-306 304-307-305 306-293-303 305-309-305
2008-09
Fall 1st/13 Chip-N Club Invitational T1st/16 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 5th/13 McHaney/Morehead Invitational 4th/20 Lady Pirate Intercollegiate 7th/16 The Challenge at Wolfdancer Spring 12th/18 Aztec Spring Invitational 17th/43 Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic 10th/19 UNLV Spring Invitational 9th/19 Mountain View Collegiate 15th/15 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 10th/12 Big 12 Championships
2009-10
2007-08 Fall 4th/18 6th/18 6th/13 1st/13 2nd/20 Spring 9th/15 13th/15 16th/17 T6th/17 2nd/13
Sarah Sasse captured first-team All-America honors while leading Nebraska to the NCAA Championships in 2003.
Chip-N Club Invitational Ron Moore Intercollegiate Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational Bronco Invitational Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate Central District Invitational Texas A&M “Mo” Morial Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic Mountain View Collegiate BYU Dixie Classic
911 907 613 946 909
310-306-295 298-303-306 303-310 318-300-328 314-301-294
927 1,010 661 895 894
314-308-305 334-338-338 319-342 296-299-300 300-299-295
Fall 2nd/14 6th/13 2nd/20 4th/12 11th/21 Spring 17th/17 8th/18 5th/19 7th/15 8th/12
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All-Time Honors & Awards CoSIDA Academic All-American
Nebraska’s NCAA All-Americans
Edith Munson Award
T he f ir s t NC A A A ll American in Nebraska women’s golf history, Joanne Brooks was one of the best golfers ever to compete for the Huskers. When Brooks completed her eligibility after the 1993 season, she held nearly every NU individual school record. Joanne Brooks She earned All-Big Eight 1989-92 Conference and academic Honorable-mention, All-Big Eight honors three 1992 times. Brooks won the Edith Munson Award given to the nation’s top student-athlete, was named an NGCA Scholastic All-American in 1990, 1991 and 1992, and was named to Nebraska’s 25 Women of Distinction List in April 2000. A native of Tauranga, New Zealand, Brooks also served as president of Nebraska’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Heidi Wall (Stark).................................................................1996
The Edith Munson Award is given annually to the nation’s top student-athlete. A golfer must earn both All-American and All-Scholar Golf team honors. Joanne Brooks.....................................................................1990
True Temper Scholastic Award
Stephanie Flood.........................................................1993, 1994
Nebraska Student-Athlete of the Year
Kari Mangan........................................................................1986
NGCA Scholastic All-Americans
Ann Guiberson................................................. 1989, 1990, 1992 Joanne Brooks................................................. 1990, 1991, 1992 Stephanie Hupp...............................................1991, 1992, 1993 Stephanie Flood...............................................1992, 1993, 1994 Kim Lefler........................................................ 1992, 1993, 1994 Rochelle Brotsky..................................................................1993 Melissa Odell.............................................................1994, 1995 Heidi Wall (Stark).......................................................1995, 1996 Maureen Regan...................................................................1996 Rachelle Tacha................................................. 1996, 1997, 1998 Elizabeth Bahensky..........................................1998, 1999, 2000 Amanda Sutcliffe.......................................................2001, 2002 Amy Roux............................................................................2001 Jackie Beste........................................... 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry)..................................................2003 Merynn Ito....................................................... 2003, 2004, 2005 Stephanie Schaefer....................................................2003, 2004 Sarah Sasse..........................................................................2003 Chelsea Gehring..................................................................2005 Allison Stewart...................................... 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 JC Stevenson.......................................... 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Kate White.................................................................2007, 2008 Rachel Hanigan....................................................................2009 Madeleine Sheils.......................................................2009, 2010 Charlotte Wendner....................................................2009, 2010
Big 12 Golfer of the Year
Sarah Sasse..........................................................................2003
All-Big 12 Conference
Sarah Sasse...................................................... 2000, 2001, 2003 Stephanie Ruiz.....................................................................2006 Elli Brown............................................................................2007 Charlotte Wendner..............................................................2009
All-Big Eight Conference
Nan Circo.............................................................................1978 Jane Deeter.........................................................................1979 Jan Stanard................................................................1981, 1983 Cathy Nelson.............................................................1982, 1983 Shelly Godeken..........................................................1983, 1984 Jean Gilpin...........................................................................1986 Kari Mangan..............................................................1985, 1986
Laura Gunia.........................................................................1987 Ann Guiberson...........................................................1988, 1992 Joanne Brooks................................................. 1989, 1990, 1991 Stephanie Flood...................................................................1991 Kim Lefler............................................................................1994 Michelle Patterson..............................................................1995 Rachelle Tacha.....................................................................1996
Big 12 Golfer of the Month
Sarah Sasse................................................................ April, 2003 Stephanie Ruiz.....................................................February, 2006 Elli Brown.........................................................September, 2006 Kate White............................................................ October, 2006
Big Eight Golfer of the Month
Molly Mullin........................................................February, 1995 Heidi Wall (Stark).....................................................March, 1995 Rachelle Tacha........................................................... April, 1996
Academic All-Big 12 Conference
Rachelle Tacha...........................................................1997, 1998 Elizabeth Bahensky..........................................1998, 1999, 2000 Susie Kiene..........................................................................1998 Hanne Nyquist.....................................................................1998 Amy Roux.............................................. 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Catha Fogelberg..................................... 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Sarah Sasse............................................ 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 Amanda Sutcliffe................................... 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Amanda Krane...........................................................2001, 2002 Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry)........................................2003, 2005 Merynn Ito....................................................... 2003, 2004, 2005
Sarah Sasse became Nebraska's first women's golfer to receive first-team All-America honors in 2003. One of 11 golfers to make the list of All-Americans, Sasse was the only Big 12 golfer selected. In addition, Sasse earned numerous other honors Sarah Sasse throughout her career. She 1998-2003 was the 2003 Big 12 Player First-team, 2003 of the Year, a 2003 Scholastic All-American, the 2003 April Big 12 Golfer of the Month, a three-time All-Big 12 honoree, a four-time academic All-Big 12 pick and a three-time NCAA participant. She also holds the individual school record for the 36- and 54-hole scores with 138 and 209 strokes, respectively. The Lincoln, Neb., native graduated from Nebraska in 2003 with a degree in marketing. Stephanie Ruiz...........................................................2003, 2004 Stephanie Schaefer....................................................2003, 2004 Jackie Beste..................................................... 2004, 2005, 2006 Sara Sackett..................................................... 2004, 2005, 2006 Chelsea Gehring........................................................2005, 2006 Allison Stewart................................................2005, 2007, 2008 Elli Brown........................................................ 2006, 2007, 2008 Chrissie McArdle.......................................................2006, 2007 Andrea Carlson (Dunagan)..................................................2007 Megan Place..............................................................2007, 2009 JC Stevenson.................................................... 2008, 2009, 2010 Charlotte Wendner..........................................2008, 2009, 2010 Kate White...........................................................................2008 Mary Kate Bird...........................................................2009, 2010 Rachel Hanigan....................................................................2009 Madeleine Sheils.................................................................2010
Academic All-Big Eight Conference Francee Kopecky.................................................................1988 Melissa Busskohl.................................................................1989 Susan Daugherty.............................................1989, 1990, 1991 Ann Guiberson................................................. 1989, 1990, 1992 Joanne Brooks................................................. 1990, 1991, 1992 Stephanie Hupp.........................................................1991, 1993 Stephanie Flood...............................................1992, 1993, 1994 Kari Clesson.........................................................................1993 Kim Lefler..................................................................1993, 1994 Melissa Odell.............................................................1994, 1995 Michelle Patterson..........................................1994, 1995, 1996 Rachelle Tacha...........................................................1995, 1996 Heidi Wall..................................................................1995, 1996 Maureen Regan...................................................................1996
NCAA Championship Competitors
Stephanie Ruiz earned second-team All-Big 12 honors in 2006, before tying the school record for the best NCAA Championships score with her 301 over four rounds on the Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
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Jan Stanard..........................................................................1982 Joanne Brooks.....................................................................1989 Heidi Wall (Stark).................................................................1996 Rachelle Tacha.....................................................................1996 Elizabeth Bahensky..............................................................2000 Catha Fogelberg...................................................................2000 Amy Roux............................................................................2000 Sarah Sasse...................................................... 2000, 2001, 2003 Amanda Sutcliffe.................................................................2000 Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry)..................................................2003 Merynn Ito...........................................................................2003 Stephanie Ruiz...........................................................2003, 2006 Stephanie Schaefer..............................................................2003 Elli Brown............................................................................2006 Chrissie McArdle.................................................................2006 Sara Sackett.........................................................................2006 Allison Stewart....................................................................2006 *Nebraska competed as a team at the 1976 AIAW Championships, and Nan Circo tied for 33rd at the 1977 AIAW Championships.
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All-Time Letterwinners A
Adams, Jenny...................................................... 1985-86
Sackett, Sara.............................................2002-04-05-06 Sasse, Sarah..........................................1999-2000-01-03 Schaefer, Stephanie..................................2001-02-03-04 Scherer (Krapfl), Robin................................... 1980-81-82 Schorgl, Carolyn............................................... 2009-10 Schuler, Sonia..................................................... 1994-96 Sharpee, Erin............................................................2010 Sheils, Madeleine............................................ 2009-10 Slattery, Sharon.................................................. 1976-77 Smedberg, Laurel.......................................... 1976-77-78 Stanard, Jan..............................................1980-81-82-83 Steen, Nancy J..........................................1983-84-85-86 Stevenson, JC............................................2007-08-09-10 Stewart, Allison........................................2005-06-07-08 Sturdevant, Sydney...................................................2008 Sutcliffe, Amanda.................................1999-2000-01-02
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Bahensky, Elizabeth..............................1997-98-99-2000 Becker, Melissa.........................................1994-95-96-97 Beste, Jackie.............................................2003-04-05-06 Bird, Mary Kate.......................................... 2008-09-10 Brooks, Joanne.........................................1989-90-91-92 Brotsky, Rochelle......................................1992-93-94-95 Brown, Elli................................................ 2005-06-07-08 Busskohl, Melissa ....................................1988-89-90-91
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Davis, Kimberly.........................................................1982 Deeter, Jane..............................................1976-77-78-79 Denbeck, Deb..................................................... 1976-77 Doerr, Gretchen............................................. 1996-97-98 Dougherty, Susan.....................................1987-88-89-90 Dunagan (Carlson), Andrea............................ 2004-05-06-07
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Flood, Stephanie.......................................1991-92-93-94 Fogelberg, Catha..................................1999-2000-01-02
A four-year letterwinner for Nebraska from 1988 to 1992, Ann Guiberson was the Huskers’ first NGCA Scholastic All-American.
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Gehring, Chelsea......................................2003-04-05-06 Gilpin, Jean...............................................1983-84-85-86 Gleadall, Natalie.......................................................2009 Godeken, Shelly........................................1981-82-83-84 Guiberson, Ann.........................................1988-89-90-92 Gunia, Laura.............................................1984-85-86-87
Madsen, Alysen........................................1988-89-90-91 Mangan, Kari A.........................................1983-84-85-86 McArdle, Chrissie......................................2004-05-06-07 Merwald, Julie..........................................................1979 Miller, Lori................................................ 1980-81-82-83 Morrissey, Catherine M............................1977-78-79-80 Mullin, Molly............................................1993-94-95-96
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A four-year letterwinner for the Huskers, Kari Mangan was a two-time All-Big Eight selection and the Nebraska Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 1986.
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Individual & Team Records Individual School Records
18-Hole Score........................... 67 Stephanie Ruiz Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational (second round) Manhattan, Kan. Oct. 10, 2005
Team Records
18-Hole Score..........................................................................................................285 Chip-N Club Invitational (second round); (Amanda Sutcliffe, Sarah Sasse, Elizabeth Bahensky, Gretchen Doerr, Catha Fogelberg), Sept. 14, 1998; Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational (second round); (Stephanie Ruiz, Chrissie McArdle, Elli Brown, Sara Sackett, Jackie Beste), Oct. 10, 2005; Mountain View Collegiate (second round); (Elli Brown, Kate White, Chrissie McArdle, Allison Stewart, JC Stevenson), March 24, 2007
36-Hole Score..........................................................................................................572 Mountain View Collegiate (287-285); (Elli Brown, Kate White, Chrissie McArdle, Allison Stewart, JC Stevenson), March 24, 2007
54-Hole Score........................................................................................................ 866 Mountain View Collegiate (287-285-294); (Elli Brown, Kate White, Chrissie McArdle, Allison Stewart, JC Stevenson), March 24-25, 2007
Kate White
Bronco Invitational (first round) Boise, Idaho Oct. 9, 2007
Natalie Gleadall
UNLV Spring Invitational (second round) Boulder City, Nev. March 10, 2009
36-Hole Score........................138
Sarah Sasse
Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic Fort Collins, Colo. Sept. 9, 2002
54-Hole Score....................... 209 Sarah Sasse
Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic Fort Collins, Colo. Sept. 9-10, 2002
Nebraska All-Time Team Victories
1976 Big Eight Tournament...............................................................................................................................................................684 1978 Omaha Invitational...................................................................................................................................................................336 1979 Wichita State Invitational......................................................................................................................................... 368-339=707 1980 Iowa Invitational....................................................................................................................................................... 318-328=646 1980 Iowa State Invitational.............................................................................................................................................. 315-312=627 1980 Missouri Invitational................................................................................................................................................. 334-324=658 1980 Iowa Invitational....................................................................................................................................................... 311-318=629 1980 AIAW Region 6 Championship.................................................................................................................................. 314-308=622 1982 Spring Break Tournament.................................................................................................................................. 312-319-301=932 1982 Missouri Invitational.......................................................................................................................................... 323-324-301=948 1983 Big Eight Tournament........................................................................................................................................ 322-317-319=958 1983 Kansas Invitational............................................................................................................................................. 331-319-315=965 1984 Wichita State Invitational.................................................................................................................................. 326-345-327=998 1986 Northern Iowa Invitational................................................................................................................................ 328-331-312=971 1988 Northern Illinois Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 318-324=642 1989 Husker Golf Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 309-304-305=918 1989 Spartan Fall Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 317-307-309=933 1990 Rio Rico-Hawkeye.............................................................................................................................................. 311-308-306=925 1990 Missouri Invitational................................................................................................................................................. 304-311=615 1993 Husker Classic.................................................................................................................................................... 312-309-304=925 1994 Midwest Golf Classic................................................................................................................................................ 314-314=628 1994 UNT/SMU Invitational............................................................................................................................................... 314-313=627 1994 Husker Golf Classic............................................................................................................................................ 315-311-310=936 1996 Lady Lion Invitational................................................................................................................................................ 304-301=605 1996 Big 12 Fall Preview............................................................................................................................................. 300-296-313=909 1997 Colorado Invitational......................................................................................................................................... 296-292-299=887 1999 Big 12 Preview................................................................................................................................................... 298-303-305=906 1999 Lady Razorback Invitational...................................................................................................................................... 298-306=604 2000 Oklahoma/Susie Maxwell Berning Classic......................................................................................................... 322-302-306=998 2000 Alltel Husker Invitational................................................................................................................................... 298-303-300=901 2001 Heather Farr/CU Invitational.................................................................................................................................... 301-291=592 2003 Chip-N Club Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 307-297-300=904 2003 Highlands Ranch Intercollegiate............................................................................................................................... 311-302=613 2004 Chip-N Club Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 306-306-325=937 2005 Chip-N Club Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 295-300-307=902 2006 Baja Invitational................................................................................................................................................. 309-309-310=928 2006 Chip-N Club Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 317-306-306=929 2006 Bronco Invitational............................................................................................................................................ 296-292-296=884 2007 Mountain View Collegiate................................................................................................................................. 287-285-294=866 2007 Bronco Invitational............................................................................................................................................ 318-300-328=946 2008 Chip-N Club Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 298-295-291=884 2008 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational......................................................................................................(tie) 307-312-307=926
72-Hole Score..........................301 Elizabeth Bahensky
NCAA Championships Sunriver, Ore. May 27, 2000
Stephanie Ruiz
NCAA Championships Columbus, Ohio May 26, 2006
Nebraska won the 2005 Chip-N Club Invitational at the Wilderness Ridge Golf Course. The Huskers captured four consecutive Chip-N Club titles from 2003 to 2006
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Nebraska in Conference Championships Big Eight Team/Individual Champions Year
Champion
NU Finish
Individual Champion
1976.....................Nebraska (684)....................................1st (684).............................. Lindsey Wetzel (Oklahoma, 164) 1977.....................Oklahoma State (671).........................4th (705).............................. Patty Zimmer (Oklahoma State, 158) 1978.....................Oklahoma (653)...................................5th (675)............................... Alicia Ogrin (Oklahoma State, 154) 1979.....................Oklahoma State (949).........................4th (1,023).............................. Alicia Ogrin (Oklahoma State, 232) 1980.....................Oklahoma State (930).........................5th (991)...............................Val Skinner (Oklahoma State, 225) 1981.....................Oklahoma (922)...................................4th (972)..............................Dorea Mitchell (Oklahoma State, 227) 1982.....................Oklahoma State (917).........................4th (992)...............................Val Skinner (Oklahoma State, 216) 1983.....................Nebraska (953)....................................1st (953)............................... Janice Burba (Oklahoma State, 233) 1984.....................Oklahoma State (934).........................2nd (959)............................... Robin Hood (Oklahoma State, 224) 1985.....................Oklahoma State (934).........................6th (1,027).............................. Lisa Stone (Oklahoma State, 231) 1986.....................Oklahoma State (924).........................3rd (955)...............................Robin Hood (Oklahoma State, 220) 1987.....................Oklahoma State (912).........................6th (989).................................Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 228) 1988.....................Oklahoma State (944).........................5th (1,011).............................. Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 234) 1989.....................Oklahoma State (935).........................4th (964).................................Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 229) 1990.....................Kansas (936)........................................5th (968)...........................Marnie McGuire (Oklahoma State, 230) 1991.....................Oklahoma (943)...................................3rd (975)................................Cathy Stevens (Oklahoma, 232) 1992.....................Oklahoma State (914).........................7th (977).............................. Arantxa Sison (Oklahoma State, 220) 1993.....................Iowa St. (945)......................................4th (1,007)..............................Shelley Finnestad (Iowa State, 232) 1994.....................Oklahoma State (919).........................4th (939).................Charlotta Eliasson (Oklahoma State, 221) 1995.....................Oklahoma State (937).........................3rd (985)............................. Amy Weeks (Oklahoma State, 226) 1996.....................Oklahoma State (946).........................T-3rd (974)................................ Rachelle Tacha (Nebraska, 227) Team Titles by School: Oklahoma State, 14; Oklahoma, 3; Nebraska, 2; Kansas, 1; Iowa State, 1
Big 12 Team/Individual Champions Year
Champion
NU Finish
Individual Champion
1997.....................Texas (924)..........................................3rd (945)...................................... Heather Bowie (Texas, 212) 1998.....................Texas A&M (919).................................6th (936).................................. Isabelle Ros (Texas A&M, 225) 1999.....................Oklahoma State (906).........................8th (929)...............................Maria Boden (Oklahoma State, 219) 2000.....................Oklahoma (916)...................................3rd (920).................................. Amelia Moses (Missouri, 222) 2001.....................Oklahoma State (925).........................5th (958)...............................Maria Boden (Oklahoma State, 227) 2002.....................Oklahoma State (909).........................7th (952)........................ Emma Zackrisson (Oklahoma State, 223) 2003.....................Oklahoma State (909).........................5th (926)..................................... Sarah Sasse (Nebraska, 220) 2004.....................Texas (592/36 Holes)...........................10th (622)......................... Annie Thurman (Oklahoma State, 137) 2005.....................Oklahoma State (900).........................7th (942)..............Annie Thurman-Young (Oklahoma State, 212) 2006....................... Texas A&M (899)..................................... T-4th (927)......................................Ashley Knoll (Texas A&M, 215) 2007....................... Texas A&M (911)..................................... 4th (936)......................................Amanda Costner (Kansas, 221) 2008....................... Oklahoma State (912)............................. 6th (968)...............................Jaclyn Sweeney (Oklahoma State, 225) 2009.....................Oklahoma State (909).........................10th (953).........................................Ashley Freeman (Texas A&M, 225) 2010...........................Texas A&M (896).............................................8th (919).................................Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State, 210) Team Titles by School: Oklahoma State, 7; Texas A&M 3; Texas 2; Oklahoma 1
Big 12 Championship Records Team
Lowest Winning Score (54 Holes)....................................... 896....................................Texas A&M, 2010 (305-295-296) Largest Margin of Victory..................................................... 27....................................................Oklahoma State, 2008 Lowest Score One Round.................................................... 287...................................................... Missouri, 2006 (2nd) Lowest Score After Two Rounds......................................... 589................................... Oklahoma State, 2010 (301-291) Lowest First-Round Score................................................... 292.....................................................................Texas, 2004 Lowest Second-Round Score.............................................. 287................................................................Missouri, 2006 Lowest Third-Round Score.................................................. 295....................................................Oklahoma State, 2001
Individual
Lowest Winning Score (54 Holes)....................................... 210..........Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State, 2010 (70-67-73) Largest Margin of Victory..................................................... 11........................................... Heather Bowie, Texas, 1997 Lowest Score, One Round..................................................... 67............. Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State, 2010 (2nd) .............................................................................................................................Lisa Meldrum, Oklahoma, 2001 (2nd) Lowest Score, After Two Rounds........................................ 137.......... Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State, 2010 (70-67) ...................................................................................................................... Annie Thurman, Oklahoma State, 2004 (69-68) Lowest First-Round Score..................................................... 69............................................Annie Thurman, OSU, 2004 .................................................................................................................................................Ashley Knoll, A&M, 2006 Lowest Second-Round Score................................................ 67.......................Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State, 2010 ...................................................................................................................................... Lisa Meldrum, Oklahoma, 2001 Lowest Third-Round Score.................................................... 69...............................Sarah Beth Davis, Texas A&M, 2010
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Rachelle Tacha won the Big Eight individual championship in 1996, the league’s final season. Tacha also qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1996.
2010 Big 12 Championships Norman, Okla., April 23-25 Rk. Team
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Total
Texas A&M......................... 305-295-296-896 (+32) Oklahoma State..............................293-296-308-897 (+33) Texas.................................................302-297-296-905 (+41) Iowa State........................................300-305-301-906 (+42) Texas Tech........................................299-310-304-913 (+43) Colorado..........................................302-304-309-915 (+51) Missouri...........................................307-305-305-917 (+53) Nebraska......................................305-309-305-917 (+55) Baylor...............................................312-301-307-920 (+56) Kansas State....................................303-297-322-922 (+58) Oklahoma........................................306-315-308-929 (+65) Kansas..............................................314-312-312-938 (+74)
2010 Big 12 Championships Individual Results Rk. Golfer, Team
Total
1. Caroline Hedwall, OSU................70-67-73-210 (-6) 2. Hannah Burke, Baylor................ 76-71-71-218 (+2) 3. Victoria Park, OSU..................... 70-71-78-219 (+3) 4. Julia Potter, Missouri................. 77-73-71-221 (+5) T5. Emily Talley, Colorado................ 72-75-75-222 (+6) T5. Sarah Zwartynski, Texas A&M.... 74-73-75-222 (+6) T7. Rosalyn Kim, Texas Tech............. 71-77-75-223 (+7) T7. P. Phuntumabamrung, ISU......... 74-74-75-223 (+7) T7. Sarah Beth Davis, A&M.............. 79-75-69-223 (+7) 10. Laurence Herman, ISU............... 76-76-72-224 (+8) T11. Madeleine Sheils, Nebraska................ 75-76-74-225 (+9) T11. Julia Boland, A&M..................... 78-73-74-225 (+9) T11. Gabriela Dominguez, Tech......... 76-76-73-225 (+9) T11. Shannon Fish, Texas................... 75-72-78-225 (+9) T15. JC Stevenson, Nebraska.............. 75-74-77-226 (+10) T15. Nicola Race, Missouri.............. 78-76-72-226 (+10) T15. Nicole Vandermade, Texas....... 75-77-74-226 (+10)
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Nebraska in NCAA Competition Team NCAA Regional Scores 1994 NCAA West Regional
Championship Golf Course of New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M., May 12-14 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Stephanie Flood 77 82 Kim Lefler 80 76 Melissa Odell 77 82 Michelle Patterson 80 85 Heidi Wall 79 77 Team (Count Four) 313 312 NU Finish: 16th/19
Rd.3 78 77 77 78 76 308
Total 237 233 231 243 232 933
1995 NCAA West Regional
Randolph North Park Golf Course Tucson, Ariz., May 11-13 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Molly Mullin 76 81 Michelle Patterson 76 80 Maureen Regan 82 80 Rachelle Tacha 75 74 Heidi Wall 70 77 Team (Count Four) 297 311 NU Finish:12th/20
Rd.3 75 76 83 78 79 308
Rd.3 80 85 89 81 85 331
Total 232 232 245 227 226 916
Rd.3 76 76 78 76 79 306
Total 242 255 261 233 233 961
Rd.2 76 76 76 74 81 302
Rd.3 77 73 75 74 85 299
Total 226 227 230 231 232 909
Rd.3 78 79 83 81 86 321
Rd.3 74 80 80 84 87 318
Total 222 228 236 243 246 928
The Traditions Club Bryan, Texas, May 11-13 Golfer Rd.1 Stephanie Ruiz 78 Allison Stewart 79 Chrissie McArdle 77 Elli Brown 79 Sara Sackett 80 Team (Count Four) 313 NU Finish: 8th/21
Rd.2 76 70 75 77 77 298
Rd.3 74 81 79 77 83 311
Total 228 230 231 233 240 922
The Entrada at Snow Canyon Golf Club St. George, Utah, May 10-12 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Elli Brown 81 77 Chrissie McArdle 79 82 Kate White 83 77 JC Stevenson 85 79 Allison Stewart 88 76 Team (Count Four) 328 309 NU Finish: 15th/21
Rd.3 75 80 81 78 83 314
Total 233 241 241 242 247 951
2008 NCAA Central Regional
Total 229 226 224 220 250 899
2001 NCAA Central Regional
Birck Boilermaker Golf Course West Lafayette, Ind., May 10-12 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Sarah Sasse 76 72 Amy Roux 80 76 Catha Fogelberg 82 76 Amanda Sutcliffe 81 82 Amanda Krane 89 85 Team (Count Four) 319 306 NU Finish: 10th/21
Rd.2 75 71 75 77 78 298
2007 NCAA West Regional
2000 NCAA West Regional
Karsten Golf Course Tempe, Ariz., May 8-10 Golfer Rd.1 Elizabeth Bahensky 76 Catha Fogelberg 77 Amy Roux 73 Sarah Sasse 72 Amanda Sutcliffe 84 Team (Count Four) 298 NU Finish: 9th/24
Firethorn Golf Course Lincoln, Neb., May 8-10 Golfer Rd.1 Sarah Sasse 73 Merynn Ito 77 Stephanie Schaefer 81 Stephanie Ruiz 82 Beth Anne Cherry 81 Team (Count Four) 312 NU Finish: 5th/21
2006 NCAA Central Regional
1997 NCAA West Regional
Randolph North Park Golf Course Tucson, Ariz., May 8-10 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Hanne Nyquist 74 76 Elizabeth Bahensky 75 76 Shirin Hornecker 73 79 Rachelle Tacha 79 76 Maureen Regan 79 74 Team (Count Four) 301 302 NU Finish: 14th/20
Lowest Final Score:........................................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)/Stephanie Ruiz (2006).................................301 Lowest Score After One Round:........................................ Stephanie Ruiz (2006)...............................................................................72 Lowest Score After Two Rounds:...................................... Stephanie Ruiz (2006).............................................................................148 Lowest Score After Three Rounds:..................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)......................................................................225 Lowest Single-Round Score:............................................. Elizabeth Bahensky (2000, Third Round)..................................................68 Lowest Second-Round Score:........................................... Elli Brown (2006)......................................................................................74 Lowest Third-Round Score:............................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)........................................................................68 Lowest Fourth-Round Score:............................................ Allison Stewart (2006)..............................................................................73 Best Finish:....................................................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)...................................................................T25th Lowest Stroke Average:.................................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)/Stephanie Ruiz (2006)..............................75.25
2003 NCAA Central Regional
1996 NCAA West Regional
The Champions Club Golf Course Omaha, Neb., May 9-11 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Molly Mullin 81 81 Michelle Patterson 83 87 Maureen Regan 81 91 Heidi Stark 73 79 Rachelle Tacha 71 77 Team (Count Four) 306 324 NU Finish: 11th/20
Nebraska NCAA Championship Individual Records (72 Holes)
The University of Texas Golf Course Austin, Texas, May 8-10 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 JC Stevenson 73 72 Elli Brown 72 79 Kate White 73 86 Charlotte Wendner 76 80 Allison Stewart 82 75 Team (Count Four) 294 306 NU Finish: T10th/21
Rd.3 75 72 74 82 88 303
Total 220 223 233 238 245 903
Rd.2 81 79 89 84 92 333
Rd.3 78 84 80 84 87 326
1990 NCAA Championships Arthur Hills Golf Course Hilton Head, S.C., May 23-26 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Joanne Brooks 75 81
Rd.3 79
Rd. 4 79
Total 314
1996 NCAA Championships La Quinta Resort and Club, Dunes Course La Quinta, Calif., May 22-25 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Heidi Stark 78 86 84 Rachelle Tacha 83 77 78
Rd. 4 78 78
Total 326 316
2000 NCAA Championships Crosswater Golf Club Sunriver, Ore., May 24-27 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Elizabeth Bahensky 79 78 Catha Fogelberg 79 78 Amy Roux 79 80 Sarah Sasse 74 75 Amanda Sutcliffe 78 85 Team (Count Four) 310 311 NU Finish: 19th/24
Rd.3 68 75 81 78 85 302
Rd. 4 Total 76 301 82 314 81 321 77 304 84 332 316 1,239
2001 NCAA Championships Mission Inn, El Campeon Course Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla., May 22-25 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Sarah Sasse 79 75 81
Rd. 4 75
Total 310
2003 NCAA Championships Birck Boilermaker Golf Course West Lafayette, Ind., May 20-23 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Sarah Sasse 75 79 Stephanie Ruiz 82 85 Stephanie Schaefer 78 84 Merynn Ito 85 85 Beth Anne Cherry 92 89 Team (Count Four) 320 333 NU Finish: 22nd/24
Rd.3 75 77 81 81 90 314
Rd. 4 Total 78 307 77 321 81 324 78 329 91 362 314 1,281
2006 NCAA Championships Total 226 235 241 244 260 946
The Scarlet Course Columbus, Ohio, May 23-26 Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Stephanie Ruiz 72 76 Chrissie McArdle 82 78 Elli Brown 76 74 Sara Sackett 81 77 Allison Stewart 87 88 Team (Count Four) 311 305 NU Finish: 20th/24
Total 244 248 253 253 264 998
*Scores from Jan Stanard’s individual NCAA appearance in 1982 are unavailable.
2002 NCAA Central Regional
Forest Akers West Golf Course East Lansing, Mich., May 9-11 Golfer Rd.1 Catha Fogelberg 85 Merynn Ito 85 Beth Anne Cherry 84 Stephanie Ruiz 85 Amanda Sutcliffe 85 Team (Count Four) 339 NU Finish: 19th/21
NCAA Championship Scores
Rd.3 78 75 77 76 78 306
Rd. 4 Total 75 301 76 311 82 309 75 309 73 326 299 1,221
Elizabeth Bahensky owns six NU NCAA Tournament records, including best single-round (68) and final score (301).
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ebraska continues to add to its impressive tradition of success in women’s golf. In 2008, the Huskers earned their 11th trip to the NCAA Regional Championships, just missing a bid to the 24-team NCAA Championships. The Huskers have finished among the top 24 teams in the nation three times in the past 10 seasons. In 2006, the Huskers posted the best NCAA Championship score in school history, while finishing 20th at the event. Entering her 24th season at the helm of the Nebraska women’s golf program, Coach Robin Krapfl has guided the Huskers to 28 tournament titles, 11 NCAA Regional appearances and all three of the school’s NCAA Tournament bids. Husker women’s golfers epitomize Nebraska’s commitment to success in athletics, academics and life. Husker golfers have captured a nation-leading 57 NGCA Scholastic All-America honors, and annually produce one of the top team grade-point averages at the University of Nebraska. The Husker women’s golf team is also one of NU’s most active teams in the community.
The 2006 Nebraska women’s golf team (main photo) enjoyed one of the best seasons in school history by finishing 20th at the NCAA Championships. Steph Ruiz (bottom left) matched the best fourround NCAA Tournament score in school history with a 301. Sarah Sasse (bottom middle) made history in 2003 when she earned first-team All-America honors for the Huskers. Sasse was also named the Big 12 Conference Golfer of the Year and led the 2003 Huskers (top right) to a 22nd-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Sasse went on to be a competitor on the Golf Channel’s “Big Break III” in 2005. The 2000 Huskers (middle right) posted the best NCAA Championship finish in school history by taking 19th. Heidi Wall (bottom right) captured CoSIDA Academic All-America honors for the Huskers in 1996. The Lincoln native helped NU to three straight NCAA Regional appearances from 1994 to 1996.
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ACADEMIC SUCCESS The success of Nebraska student-athletes reaches far beyond athletic competition. Husker student-athletes have been selected to a nation-leading 277 CoSIDA Academic All-America teams, as Nebraska continues to set the standard for the approximately 1,400 NCAA member institutions. The Husker football team leads all individual sport programs in the nation with 98 all-time CoSIDA Academic All-America awards. The NU volleyball progam has captured more academic All-America awards (37) than any other women’s team in the nation, while the Husker softball program ranks second on that list with 27 selections. In addition to individual academic recognition, NU has led the Big 12 in graduation rates in 10 of the conference’s first 14 years.
Huskers Expand Academic Tradition in 2009-10
Husker student-athletes produced another stellar year at the University of Nebraska, continuing NU’s tradition of academic success. Nebraska increased its nation-leading total of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all sports to 277 with a Big 12-leading eight honorees in 2009-10, while also setting conference records with 178 academic All-Big 12 selections and 687 selections to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll during the year. Nebraska Female Student-Athlete of the Year Kelsey Griffin, the first Husker in history to win the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in any sport, capped a stellar career by earning a $7,500 Dr. Prentice Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship. A unanimous first-team AllAmerican and the 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year, Griffin powered the Nebraska women’s basketball team to the Big 12 regular-season title, which included the only unbeaten regular season in conference history at 290. Craig Brester claimed NU’s Male StudentAthlete-of-the-Year honor, while joining Griffin as a recipient of a Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship. Brester, a three-time wrestling All-American, closed his career with a 109-21 record , including two NCAA runner-up finishes. Husker volleyball star Kori Cooper, a two-time honorable-mention All-American on the court, became NU’s 60th two-time academic All-American by earning first-team honors in 2009. Joining Cooper as a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2009-10 was Nebraska baseball centerfielder D.J. Belfonte and Nicholas Gordon, the 2009 NCAA indoor long jump champion and three-time All-American. Across all sports, Nebraska student-athletes claimed a Big 12-leading 178 academic All-Big 12 selections, including an astounding 152 first-team academic All-Big 12 honorees. The Huskers had 24 more first-team selections than any other Big 12 school had selected to both the first and second teams. Over the past two years, Nebraska has claimed 350 academic All-Big 12 certificates across all sports, while no other Big 12 school has accumulated 250 honors. NU student-athletes also earned a record-setting 687 spots on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall and Spring Academic Honor Rolls. The hard work, dedication and commitment of Nebraska’s student-athletes in the classroom resulted in 121 current or former student-athletes earning degrees from August of 2009 through May of 2010. The Huskers continued to set the graduation standard among Big 12 Conference schools by increasing their Exhausted Eligibility Graduation Rate to 94 percent. Each spring Nebraska hosts an Academic Awards Banquet to honor student-athletes who have earned either a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA or have earned a 3.0 or higher GPA in the previous calendar year. Last spring, 278 student-athletes were honored.
Top: 2009-10 Nebraska Student-Athletes of the Year Craig Brester and Kelsey Griffin. Bottom: An All-Big 12 selection on the course and in the classroom, Elli Brown earned her bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in December of 2008.
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NEBRASKA’S 2009-10 ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
• 277 All-Time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all sports (leads nation) 98 Football Academic All-Americans (leads all sports, all time) 36 Volleyball Academic All-Americans (leads all women’s sports, all time) 27 Softball Academic All-Americans (No. 2 among all women’s sports, all time) • 8 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (3 first-team, 2 second-team, 3 third-team) First-Team: Kori Cooper (Volleyball), D.J. Belfonte (Baseball), Nicholas Gordon (Track & Field) Second-Team: Shay Powell (Soccer), Robin Mackin (Softball) Third-Team: Kaitlin Arntz (Swimming & Diving), Bjorn Barrefors (Track & Field), Natalie Willer (Track & Field) • Dr. Prentice Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship Winners ($7,500) Kelsey Griffin (Women’s Basketball), Craig Brester (Wrestling) • 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Winner - Kelsey Griffin (Women’s Basketball) • Big 12-Leading 178 Academic All-Big 12 Selections Across All Sports (3.0 GPA or above) • Big 12-Leading 152 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Picks Across All Sports (3.2 GPA or above) • Big 12-Leading 687 Student-Athletes Honored on Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall and Spring Honor Rolls (3.0 GPA or above); 61 more honorees than 2008-09; 208 more honorees than 2005-06 • 80 Student-Athletes Earned Perfect 4.0 GPAs in either the Fall or Spring Semester (led Big 12) • 121 Student-Athletes Earned Degrees from August 2009 through May 2010 (August 2009--14; December 2009--37; May 2010--70) • 94 percent - Nebraska’s Exhausted Eligibility Graduation Rate (1993-2002) (Leads Big 12) •Male Student-Athlete of the Year - Craig Brester, Wrestling (Mechanized Systems Management) • Female Student-Athlete of the Year - Kelsey Griffin, Women’s Basketball (Biological Sciences) • Men’s Herman Award Winner - Men’s Cross Country Team (3.34 Cumulative GPA in 2009) • Women’s Herman Award Winner - Women’s Cross Country Team (3.709 Cumulative GPA in 2009) • Life Skills Team Award Winners Men’s Gymnastics; Women’s Swimming and Diving
Top: Two-time academic All-Big 12 selection Megan Place earned her degree from Nebraska in 2009. Since 1988, Nebraska has averaged more than four academic allconference selections per year. Middle: JC Stevenson was honored as the third Husker in history to be a four-time NGCA Scholastic All-American. Nebraska leads the nation with 57 NGCA Scholastic All-Americans since 1989 - an average of nearly three per year. Bottom: Carolyn Schorgl received the Beatrice Dierks Rohman Scholarship in 2009-10, recognizing her achievement of excellence in the classroom.
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THE NEBRASKA ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Columns in the Hewit and Boekel Academic Center display the names of every Husker studentathlete who has lettered in a varsity sport and graduated from the University of Nebraska.
From the day student-athletes decide the University of Nebraska is the right place to be, the athletic academic counseling unit provides personal and academic support to ensure that student-athletes will get the most out of their years as Huskers. Featuring one of the most innovative and comprehensive academic support systems in the country, Nebraska is dedicated to helping its student-athletes become outstanding leaders in their chosen fields. The academic support team is comprised of 13 full-time staff members and a tutorial staff of approximately 70 tutors addressing all subject areas.
Academic Counseling
Eight academic counselors and three assistant academic counselors are in place to monitor daily academic progress, receive consistent course feedback, assist with the advising/registration process and monitor continuing eligibility and progress toward graduation. Essentially, academic counselors assist studentathletes in navigating the University of Nebraska system.
Tutorial Support
A tremendous resource for all academic abilities, unlimited tutorial support is available from day one up to college graduation. Subject and mentor tutors help provide academic support and study strategies to be successful. Supplemental
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Study Hall
There are two facets to the study hall program at Nebraska. Student-athletes either attend a structured study hall, typically two hours in length held four days a week, or have flex time where they study a specific number of hours each week as determined by their academic counselor and/ or coach. Weekly study hall reports are provided to the coaching staff.
Mentoring
Many student-athletes meet with a mentor on a weekly basis to assist in making a smooth transition from high school to college. Mentors collect syllabi, gather and report academic progress information and teach academic success strategies.
Educational Assessments
Assessments are administered upon the request of the student-athlete, academic counselor, or coach to determine student strengths and areas for improvement. Results allow academic counselors to develop a personalized academic support program and to determine if more in-depth testing is warranted. When additional assessments are necessary, referrals are made to a consulting psychologist who conducts the assessments. If it is determined that a student-athlete has a learning disability, appropriate accommodations are made through the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.
Multi-Cultural Programs
Designed to enhance cultural awareness, staff members concentrate efforts on issues of transition, adjustment and retention for students of color, international students and women. These support programs include Ladies First, International Night and Your Degree First. Your Degree First is a program designed to assist, motivate and promote minority student-athletes in pursuing the degree of their choice.
Student-Athlete Orientation
The academic staff coordinates New Student-Athlete Orientation to help newcomers adjust to the multiple demands of being a college student-athlete. Presentations are made by academic counselors, compliance officials, NU faculty and administrators, business/community professionals and student-athletes.
Personal Counseling
Student-athletes will find a supportive and caring environment at Nebraska. Transitional issues, stress management, time management, academic focus and problem resolution are all addressed in a proactive manner throughout the year. If necessary, counseling referrals are also made to designated practitioners.
Computer Resources Student-athletes enjoy a new state-of-the art computer lab and technology center with nearly 60 computers and professional supervision. Laptops are also available during team travel. Student-athletes have the benefit of ongoing education and assistance from a full-time computer technician. The Nebraska Student Life Complex opened after receiving an $8.7 million expansion and renovation in 2010. The Student Life Complex, which includes the Hewit Academic Center (top right), the DJ Sokol Enrichment Center (bottom left), the Scott Technology Center (middle right) and the Abbott Life Skills Center (next page) tripled the size of NU’s previous academic support area.
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The Nebraska Life Skills program provides proactive education, resources and support throughout college and beyond to best prepare Husker studentathletes for life after sports. Services foster transition, retention, responsible decision-making, leadership, volunteerism and career development. Nebraska has long been considered a pioneer in life skills support and programming. In 1998, Nebraska was one of five Division I schools nationally to win the prestigious Program of Excellence Award recognizing a strong commitment to total person development. In 2005, Keith Zimmer, Associate A.D. for Life Skills, was the recipient of the Dr. Gene Hooks Award recognizing him as the top life skills administrator in the country.
Life Skills Components
Proactive Education Husker Life Seminar – All incoming student-athletes complete a 16-week fall semester seminar addressing a variety of life skills topics from leadership to money to relationships and study skills. Team Workshops – Campus and community experts facilitate team-specific life skills education workshops. Student-Athlete Assemblies – Meetings featuring remarks from Athletic Director Tom Osborne and nationally recognized life skills trainers. Personalized Support/Individual Sessions Resume Development – Each student-athlete works individually with a life skills staff member to create a personalized resume with periodic follow-up meetings to make updates through graduation. Game Plan Creation – Life skills counselors will create a “Game Plan for Life” outlining specific goals and objectives to be completed to enhance marketability prior to college graduation. Sports Psychology/Performance Enhancement – Sports psychology resources are available to assist with performance enhancement.
the “voice” of the entire student-athlete population discussing student-athlete welfare, legislation and service events. Your Degree First – Leadership group providing programming and specialized support to student-athletes of color, women and international student-athletes. HERO Leadership Award – Individual recognition to Huskers who have consistently gone above and beyond serving as an exemplary role-model. Life Skills Award of Excellence – Presented to the single men’s and women’s team who scores the highest point total in the yearlong life skills team competition.
Community Outreach Nebraska student-athletes combine to impact over 100,000 people statewide on an annual basis. Team Service Requirement – Each team participates in a minimum of two service projects per year. School Outreach – Individuals participate in numerous school outreach campaigns in both classroom and assembly settings. Hospital Visits – Huskers are frequent hospital visitors providing cheer and encouragement to a variety of patients. Mondays Matter – Monday evening outreach to various local community agencies placing athletics in the proper perspective. Miscellaneous Outreach – Outreach requests are received daily from the entire state requesting involvement from Husker student-athletes. Mentoring Programs – Typically requires one hour of service per week as a youth mentor.
Career Commitment In addition to the creation of a personalized resume and game plan, the following career resources are available to every Husker. Student-Athlete Career Fair – Attended by approximately 25 companies. Networking/Nexpo Night – Former Huskers and every UNL college educate student-athletes about major and career options. Assessments – On-line assessments to help individuals discover talents and match with a major and career. Practical Experience – Programs in place to facilitate shadowing and internship placements. Job Preparation – Expert advice on cover letter writing, interviewing skills and evaluating the job offer.
Leadership/Citizenship Life Skills promotes leadership development and provides recognition opportunities for extraordinary citizenship. Student-Athlete Advisory Committee – Elected team representatives from each of the 23 sports serve as
Postgraduate Assistance Commitment to helping student-athletes pursue postgraduate plans and scholarships. Career Nights – Learn from the experts to gain valuable insight on timelines, application procedures, entrance requirements, personal essays and more. Scholarships – Seniors in their final season of athletic eligibility can apply for numerous postgraduate awards.
NUTRITION
Nebraska’s Sports Nutritionists Josh Hingst and Lindsey Remmers work with all 23 of Nebraska’s sports by educating athletes on topics such as increasing lean body mass, losing body fat, staying hydrated, nutritional strategies for competition, maximizing recovery following workouts and supplement use. Athletes are given individualized nutrition plans that can be applied in Nebraska’s Performance Buffet at the Lewis Training Table, which is open each day for lunch and dinner and was expanded and remodeled for the 2010-11 season.
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ATHLETIC MEDICINE Providing expert care to more than 550 Husker student-athletes, Nebraska features one of the most well-trained and highly skilled athletic medicine staffs in the country. Under the guidance of Director of Athletic Medicine Dr. Lonnie Albers and Head Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist Jerry Weber, the 2010-11 Nebraska athletic medicine staff consists of five doctors, two therapist/ athletic trainers, five athletic trainers and seven graduate assistant athletic trainers. Nebraska’s team of orthopaedists is led by Chief of Staff Dr. Pat Clare, a nationally respected orthopaedic surgeon with more than 30 years of service to Husker athletics.
The Athletic Medicine Center features a hydrotherapy area that includes a three-level laned pool, which allows student-athletes across all of Nebraska’s sports to work out simultaneously. The Hydroworx 1000 Treadmill Pool is equipped with two cameras underwater for evaluation and assessment, while hot and cold plunge tanks are also available to the Huskers.
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NATIONAL POWERS One of the nation’s premier athletic programs, Nebraska is dedicated to and successful in all 23 of its varsity sports. Nebraska has won a total of 24 team national championships since 1970, including a fifth bowling crown in 2008, eight men’s gymnastics titles, five football championships, three volleyball titles and three women’s track and field championships. In 200910, six Husker teams finished among the top 10 in their respective sports. The Huskers finished the year ranked 17th in the final NACDA Directors Cup all-sport standings, their highest overall finish since taking 13th in 2000-01. NU had 15 teams advance to NCAA Tournament action in 2009-10, and the Husker football team won a 2009 Holiday Bowl crown. The bowling team produced an NCAA runner-up finish, while National Coach-of-theYear Connie Yori’s women’s basketball team finished fourth - the best showing in school history. NU’s tradition-rich volleyball program added a No. 5 final national ranking, while the rifle team finished sixth at the 2010 NCAA Championships. The Nebraska women’s gymnastics team added a seventh-place NCAA finish, while men’s gymnastics rounded out NU’s six top-10 team finishes by placing ninth. Individually, football All-American Ndamukong Suh, who became the first defensive player in history to earn Associated Press National Player-of-the-Year honors,
Sophomore center Jorge Brian Diaz returns as the Huskers’ leading rebounder and shot blocker and second-leading scorer for the 2010-11 season. Last year, Diaz set a Nebraska freshman record for blocked shots and also ranked among the top 10 freshman in NU history for scoring, rebounding and games started.
captured the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award while being named a Heisman Trophy finalist. He also became the first Husker to win both the Bronko Nagurski and Chuck Bednarik awards, before being selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. All-American Kelsey Griffin also claimed national headlines while leading the women’s basketball team to a record-setting season. The 6-2 forward was a finalist for every major national player-of-the-year award and became Nebraska’s first-ever winner across all sports of the prestigious Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, recognizing her success in competition, in the classroom and in the community. The 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year was a unanimous first-team All-American and picked No. 3 overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. All-American Cassandra Leuthold also captured 2010 National Player-of-theYear honors while leading the bowling team to an NCAA runner-up finish. Overall, 29 Nebraska student-athletes captured 33 All-America awards in their respective sports, including NCAA 197-pound runner-up Craig Brester, who helped the wrestling team to a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. A testament of NU’s national recruiting power, the Huskers’ 29 All-Americans in 2009-10 came to Nebraska from 13 states and three foreign countries. Among NU’s 29 All-Americans in 2009-10, 20 were underclassmen who are expected to return in 2010-11.
Top: Kelsey Griffin led Nebraska to the most successful women’s basketball season in school history in 2009-10. The first-team All-American and 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year powered the Huskers to an unbeaten regular season and a Big 12 title. The No. 3 overall pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft, Griffin was Nebraska’s first-ever winner of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Bottom: Three-time All-American Nicholas Gordon captured the 2009 NCAA indoor national championship in the long jump with a winning leap of 26-4 ¼ in his final attempt. Following the season, Gordon earned a spot in the 2009 World Championships.
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BIG 12 LEADERS
The Huskers have won more Big 12 Conference championships than any other league school in the following categories: Baseball Regular Season: 3 Baseball Postseason: 4 Baseball Overall: 7 Men’s Indoor Track: 9 Men’s Outdoor Track: 6 Men’s Track Combined: 15 Women’s Indoor Track: 5 Men’s and Women’s Track: 22 Women’s Gymnastics: 8 Soccer Postseason: 5 Volleyball: 11 The Nebraska women’s basketball team advanced to its first NCAA Sweet 16 after claiming its first Big 12 title in 2010. The Huskers became the first Big 12 men’s or women’s team to post a perfect regular season (29-0), while earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and finishing fourth in the final Associated Press Top 25.
Top: The Nebraska volleyball team continued to rank among the nation’s elite in 2009, producing four All-Americans en route to advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the 10th consecutive season and finishing with a No. 5 national ranking.
Top: Freshman Morgan Marlborough was the 2009 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year after leading the league with 21 goals and 49 points.
Bottom left: After earning Most Outstanding Player honors in leading the bowling team to the 2009 national title, Cassandra Leuthold captured National Player-of-the-Year honors as the Huskers finished as the national runner-up in 2010.
Bottom: Three-time All-American Craig Brester finished as the 197-pound runner-up at the NCAA Championships in 2010. The two-time national runner-up helped Nebraska to a Big 12 Championship in 2009 by winning the 197-pound title.
Bottom right: Julie Brechtel was an all-region selection on the field and in the classroom as the Husker softball team qualified for its 15th NCAA Tournament appearance in 16 seasons.
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HUSKERS HEAD TO BIG TEN IN 2011
On June 11, 2010, the Big Ten Conference announced that its member schools voted unanimously to accept the University of Nebraska as the conference’s 12th member beginning on July 1, 2011. The Big Ten Conference is a union of 11 world-class academic institutions – 12 beginning in 2011-12 – who share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. The conference’s 100-plus years of history, strong tradition of competitive intercollegiate athletic programs, vast and passionate alumni base, and consistent leadership in innovations position the Big Ten and its entire community firmly on the Big Stage. The Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness in all aspects of its student-athletes’ lives, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that each individual has the opportunity to live a Big Life.
Big Ten Conference Highlights
• Big Ten universities provide approximately $100 million in direct financial aid to more than 8,500 men and women student-athletes who compete for 25 championships. • Conference institutions sponsor broad-based athletic programs with more than 270 teams. Other than the Ivy League, the Big Ten has the most broad-based athletic programs in the United States. • Big Ten universities are members of the nation’s only conference whose constituency is entirely composed of institutions that are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a prestigious association of major academic and research institutions in the United States and Canada. • Big Ten fans are some of the nation’s most supportive, with more than 8.7 million patrons attending conference home contests during the 2008-09 seasons for football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball alone. • Over the last 31 seasons, the conference has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 nationally in football, men’s basketball and wrestling attendance. • Big Ten institutions have more than 4.2 million living alumni and over 300,000 undergraduate students attending their universities. • Based on the U.S. Census projected population for 2010, the eight-state Big Ten region accounts for 68,056,353 people, which ranks second only to the Big East and ahead of the ACC, SEC, Pac-10 and Big 12.
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Big Ten Women’s Golf Facts
• Every school in the Big Ten Conference fields a women’s golf team. Big Ten Championships in women’s golf are held at designated home courses on a rotating basis. University Ridge Golf Club in Verona, Wis., played host to the 2010 Big Ten Championships. • Purdue captured the 2010 NCAA women’s golf championship. The 24-team tournament was held in Wilmington, N.C., and the Boilermakers captured the conference’s first-ever women’s golf crown. Purdue also won its third straight Big Ten Conference title and fifth overall in 2010. • Ohio State leads the Big Ten with 11 conference women’s golf titles, while Indiana has claimed seven. Michigan State has captured three crowns, while Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa have each earned one title. • Indiana played host to the 2010 NCAA Central Region championships. In recent years, Nebraska has competed in NCAA Tournament action on several Big Ten courses, including an appearance at the 2006 NCAA Championships on The Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio. The Huskers also appeared in the 2003 NCAA Championships and the 2001 NCAA Central Regional on the Birck Boilermaker Course in West Lafayette, Ind. NU made a 2002 NCAA Central Regional appearance on the Forest Akers West Golf Course in East Lansing, Mich.
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Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne (left) joined Big Ten Commissioner James Delany (middle) and UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman (right) as the Huskers were announced as the newest member of the league starting in 2011-12.
“Moving to the Big Ten is an exciting opportunity. On the course, it offers collegiate golf competition at the
Big Ten Network
Headquartered in Chicago, the Big Ten Network is the first internationally distributed television network dedicated to covering one of America’s premier collegiate conferences.
highest level, with impressive support
With more than 350 live sports events, and virtually all of them in high definition, the Big Ten Network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country. The network is on the air 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
among the conference schools. The
The network is available to an estimated 75 million households, through agreements with more than 300 cable, satellite and telco affiliates in all 50 states and Canada. That includes existing distribution agreements with each of the nation’s 10 largest cable, satellite and telco providers.
facilities and the golf courses are
Big Ten Network Facts
among the best in college golf, and the
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academic reputation of the Big Ten is
• The Big Ten’s media agreements with CBS Sports, ABC/ESPN, the Big Ten Network and CBS College Sports Network provide the conference with its greatest television exposure ever.
second to none. I look forward to the
• In 2006, the Big Ten created the first national conference-owned television network devoted to the athletic and academic programs of a single conference. The Big Ten Network launched on Aug. 30, 2007, and became the first new network in cable or satellite television history to reach 30 million homes in its first 30 days. The Big Ten Network is now available to more than 75 million homes nationally through agreements with more than 250 cable/satellite/telco affiliates and is in 19 of the nation’s top 20 media markets.
challenge of the Big Ten competition.” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl
• Since the current media agreements began in 2007-08, every home football and men’s basketball game has been produced while women’s basketball has received more coverage than any other conference. • The Big Ten’s new media agreements have resulted in the broadcast of more than 500 events nationally and regionally on an annual basis, compared to 300 events in the final year of the previous agreements.
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LEADING THE WAY
As one of the nation’s premier public institutions, the University of Nebraska is committed to undergraduate learning and world-class research. In early 2001, Nebraska was named to a national list of 16 schools that serve as a role model for other institutions by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Quality instruction is emphasized in Nebraska’s 147 undergraduate majors, which are spread through nine undergraduate colleges. The University of Nebraska was chartered by the Nebraska Legislature in 1869 as the state’s public university and land-grant institution. Founded in Lincoln, the University of Nebraska was expanded in 1968 into a state educational system now comprising four campuses under the guidance of a Board of Regents and a central administration. To discover more about the University of Nebraska visit unl.edu. To learn more about Nebraska athletics, visit Huskers.com.
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“The Big Ten is a historically prestigious and stable academic community of scholars and students. The Big Ten, known for its athletic prowess, is highly regarded for its academic and research enterprises. There is nothing but upside for UNL to join the Big Ten.” Harvey Perlman University of Nebraska Chancellor at the June 11, 2010 press conference announcing UNL’s move to the Big Ten Conference
Opposite page: The Bell Tower on campus is a focal point for students and alumni, often serving as a central meeting location on game days. Top right: The Nebraska Student Union is the meeting place on campus where students can spend a little down time between classes. It has areas to use for studying as well as a food court. Middle right: Named for UNL alumni Irene and Winslow Van Brunt, the Van Brunt Visitors Center is located at the gateway to the city campus. The UNL Van Brunt Visitors Center offers resources and information for visitors to the UNL campus, and is utilized extensively for recruiting new students by the UNL Office of Admissions, which has offices and staff located in the building. Middle right: The Esther L. Kaufmann Center was completed in May 2001 and houses the Jeffery S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Bottom Right: The Don L. Love Memorial Library is the main library in the University of NebraskaLincoln library system. Located on southern edge of City Campus, it is bounded by two lovely botanical areas, Love Garden and Cather Garden.
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Featuring the advantages of an urban setting, the Star City is only minutes away from the scenic beauty and wide open spaces of America’s Heartland. Living in Lincoln enables one to enjoy the benefits of life in a city, while residing in a community that: • Is known as the Star City • Has a population of nearly 254,001 • Is the second-largest city in the Big 12 Conference • Has been ranked among the 10 best places to live in the United States • Is listed among the top five “most fit” cities in the nation • Was voted the No. 1 U.S. City for Quality of Life by a 2004 State University of New York Study • Listed as a “Best Sport City” by the Sporting News in 2009 • Consistently lists one of the lowest crime rates in the nation among cities its size • Offers more than 6,000 acres of parks, including 10 lakes, 11 municipal swimming pools, more than 80 miles of biking and hiking trails and 12 public golf courses • More park land per capita than any other city in the United States
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Prominent People with Nebraska Ties Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Fred Astaire (1899–1987) dancer and actor Max Baer (1909–1959) boxer
William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925) U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Representative, Democratic Party nominee for president 1896, 1900, and 1908, and prosecuting attorney in Scopes Trial Warren Buffett (1930-) investor; Forbes Magazine’s 2008 Richest Man in the World Richard N. Cabela (1936-) entrepreneur, founder of Cabela’s sporting store
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Marlon Brando (1924–2004) Academy Award-winning actor
Johnny Carson (1925–2005) comedian Joba Chamberlain (1985-) Professional baseball player for the New York Yankees Dick Cheney (1941-) 46th U.S. Vice-president Brian Duensing (1983-) Professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins Henry Fonda (1905–1982) Academy Award-winning actor Bob Gibson (1935-) Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals Alex Gordon (1984-) Professional baseball player for the Kansas City Royals Marg Helgenberger (1958-) actress (CSI, Mr. Brooks, In Good Company)
Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha, is less than an hour’s drive from Lincoln and has a population of nearly 800,000. Omaha is home to Qwest Center Omaha (top), TD Ameritrade Park (top), the NCAA College World Series, the world-renowned Henry Doorly Zoo (bottom) and the Joslyn Art Museum (bottom)
Peter Kiewit (1900–1979) contractor, investor and philanthropist Jaime King (1979-) actress (Pearl Harbor, Sin City, My Generation) Ted Kooser (1939-) Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner Larry the Cable Guy (1963-) comedian Malcolm X (1925–1965) civil rights leader Nick Nolte (1941-) actor, producer Edwin Perkins (1889–1961) inventor of Kool-Aid, philanthropist Andy Roddick (1982-) tennis star, 2003 U.S. Open Champion Gale Sayers (1943-) Football Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears Elliott Smith (1969–2003) singer-songwriter Hilary Swank (1974-) 2-time Academy Award-winning actress Gabrielle Union (1973-) actress (10 Things I Hate About You, Bring It On, Ugly Betty) James Valentine (1978-) Maroon 5 guitarist Paula Zahn (1956-) Former News anchor for CNN
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HUSKER HOME COURSES
The Nebraska women’s golf team practices at two of the finest facilities in the Midwest. Wilderness Ridge (top) is a public course that opened in 2001, and ranks among the top courses in the area. In addition to a demanding championship layout, Wilderness Ridge features one of the top practice facilities in Nebraska. The Huskers will play host to their annual Chip-N Club Invitational at Wilderness Ridge, Sept. 13-14. In recent years, Woodland Hills and Yankee Hill Golf Club (2006, bottom left) have also served as the home of the Chip-N Club Invite, while the Country Club of Lincoln (middle right) was home to the 2006 Big 12 Championships. Firethorn Golf Club (bottom right) is a Pete Dye design and is regularly ranked among the top 100 courses in the United States.
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NEBRASKA women’s golf
Nebraska Freshmen (from left): Steffi Neisen, Katelyn Wright, Remylee Molyneux
NEBRASKA women’s golf Sept. 13-14 Sept. 27-28 Oct. 4-5 Oct. 11-13 Oct. 31-Nov. 2 Feb. 20-22 March 7-9 March 21-22
Chip-N Club Invitational (Wilderness Ridge) Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite (Lawrence, Kan.) Johnie Imes Invitational (Columbia, Mo.) Dale McNamara Invitational (Owasso, Okla.) Alamo Invitational (San Antonio, Texas) Kiawah Island Intercollegiate (Kiawah Island, S.C.) UNLV Spring Invitational (Boulder City, Nev.) BYU at Entrada Classic (St. George, Utah)
Nebraska Juniors (from left): Carolyn Schorgl, Kayla Knopik, Madeleine Sheils, Katie Keiser.
8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.
March 25-26 Mountain View Collegiate (Tucson, Ariz.) 9:30 a.m. April 22-24 Big 12 Championships (Columbia, Mo.) 8:30 a.m. May 5-7 NCAA Regionals TBA (Notre Dame, Ind., Seattle, Wash., Daytona Beach, Fla.) May 17-20 NCAA Championships (College Station, Texas) TBA All dates as of Oct. 10, 2010. All times Central and subject to change. For current schedule information, please visit Huskers.com.
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