Maggie Nobbe Takes Over as Zionsville Community High School Girls Golf Coach Writer / Matt Keating Photographer / Amy Payne
Maggie Nobbe, the new Zionsville Community High School (ZCHS) head girls golf coach, says she couldn’t be happier about her new job.
won a state championship for Zionsville. All the girls I played with meant so much to me, and we have become like family. I’m now fortunate to be going to Butler University with two of them.”
“I wanted to stay active in the sport in some form,” Nobbe says. “Sure enough, it started
Nobbe has several goals for the upcoming season.
“I’m very excited and honored to have this opportunity,” Nobbe says. “As a proud alum, “My goal is to encourage the players into a I’ve experienced firsthand ZCHS’s history of mindset where they can overcome hurdles, success, and know the strong foundation they and push their limits to see what’s possible if have in place.” they set their minds to something,” she says. Nobbe also plans to get ZCHS alumni involved in the school’s golf program. “As the high school coach, I’ll also make sure to watch over the middle school golf programs, as those girls will be headed to my program soon after,” she adds. Until practices begin, Nobbe will be keeping up with tournament scores, and meeting with players via Zoom calls to start putting names to faces and developing relationships. Nobbe, who graduated from ZCHS in 2018, is excited to start the next golf season.
“The girls have already started to submit scores, which is very encouraging,” she says. “We have Lauren Kaltenmark back, who has been a key performer, placing in the top ten at the state tournament. Otherwise, we’ll have a lot of first-time varsity players, which can be a steep learning curve, but also provides a tremendous opportunity for newer players.”
“Our official practice is scheduled to begin July 31, as we watch closely and hope everything continues to safely open back up,” she says. “In the interim, I started communicating with players and parents, I worked with vendors, and I’ve even been able Upon graduating from ZCHS, Nobbe, who to work with seniors on uniform selections, is now 20 years old and will be a junior in the which has been getting me excited for the fall at Butler, knew that although her high season.” school golf career was over, her time spent with the sport wasn’t finished. When Nobbe attended ZCHS, she played on a team that won a state championship. “I played varsity for four years, and was on the 2017 state championship team,” she says. “Each year was special, but placing first was our ultimate goal, as up to that point no female team had
I played varsity for four years, and was on the 2017 state championship team.
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small by giving golf lessons to younger kids, which led to an assistant coaching position at Brebeuf Jesuit High School, and now as ZCHS girls golf head coach.” Nobbe is enjoying her time attending Butler University. “I love everything about Butler, and I could not think of a better place to further my academics,” Nobbe says. “My advisor and professors have been great with helping to make this coaching position possible, as have my former high school coach Jeff Anderson, Coach Steve Simmons and Assistant Director
Greg Schellhase. As it’s only been a couple of years, I also know the stress of being an athlete and a student, and will lean on these experiences when working with the team.”
