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2009-10 UNCG WOMEN’S GOLF TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents, quick facts, roster, schedule ................1 Coaching staff ................................................................2 Player profiles ............................................................. 3-8 2008-09 review ........................................................ 9-10 UNCG record book ........................................................11 All-time honors .............................................................12 Bryan National Collegiate ....................................... 13-14 The Southern Conference ..............................................15 This is UNCG ........................................................... 16-19 UNCG administration .............................................. 20-21 UNCG Athletics Hall of Fame ................................... 22-25 Spartan Club .......................................................... 26-27 Spartan success ...........................................................28

QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY FACTS Location .................................................Greensboro, N.C. Founded ...................................................................1891 Enrollment ............................. 17,467 (13,453 undergrad) Nickname ...........................................................Spartans Colors..................................................Gold, White & Navy Affiliation .................................................. NCAA Division I Conference .........................................................Southern Chancellor ............................................. Dr. Linda P. Brady Director of athletics......................................... Kim Record Alma mater ................................................. Virginia, 1984 Athletics Department phone...................... 336-334-5952 Ticket Office phone ................................... 336-334-3250 SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE Sports information director (golf contact) . Mike Hirschman Email .............................................. mwhirsch@uncg.edu Cell phone............................................... 336-202-5331 Asstistant SID .................................................... Phil Perry Email ................................................. pdperry@uncg.edu Cell phone............................................... 336-207-2383 Asstistant SID ............................................. David Percival Email .................................................drperciv@uncg.edu Cell phone............................................... 336-420-7518 Sports Information phone ......................... 336-334-5615 Sports Information fax .............................. 336-334-3182 SID office address ......................................UNCG Athletics ...................................................................PO Box 26168 ............................................ Greensboro, NC 27402-6168 Web site ...................................... www.uncgspartans.com

ROSTER Player Sofia Aidemark Erica Creed Ana Lucia Martinez Lauren Smith Courtney Taylor Rachel Uremovich Annelie Weimenhog

Ht. 5-6 5-6 5-3 5-10 5-5 5-5 5-7

Cl. Sr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Sr.

Hometown (previous school) Laholm, Sweden (Justus Tranchellgymnasiet) Kernersville, N.C. (Northwest Guilford) Bogota, Columbia (Gimnasio Los Caobos) Salisbury, N.C. (Salisbury) Gastonia, N.C. (Ashbrook) Hilton Head, S.C. (Hilton Head) Kattarp, Sweden (ProCivitas Privata Gymnasium)

Head coach: Emily Marron

SCHEDULE Fall Sept. 13-14 ............ at Cougar Classic ................................................ Charleston, S.C. Sept. 18-20 ............ at Lady Paladin Invitational .................................. Greenville, S.C. Sept. 27-29 ............ UNCG Starmount Fall Classic .............................Greensboro, N.C. Oct. 5-6 .................. at Windy City Collegiate Championship .......................Chicago, Ill. Oct. 19-20 .............. at Lady Pirate Invitational ..................................... Greenville, N.C.

Spring March 1-2 .............. at UCF Tournament ................................................... Orlando, Fla. March 7-8 .............. at Augusta State Tournament ................................... Augusta, Ga. March 22-23 .......... at Pinehurst Challenge ..........................................Pinehurst, N.C. April 2-4 ................. Bryan National Collegiate.............................. Brown Summit, N.C. April 10-11 ............. at SunTrust Gator Women’s Invite .........................Gainesville, Fla. April 18-20 ............. at Southern Conference Championship...............Hilton Head, S.C.

NO HYPHEN, PLEASE The UNCG sports information office asks members of the media not to put a hyphen in our school’s name While at one time all of the schools in the UNC system included a hyphen in their names (i.e. UNC-Wilmington, UNC-Asheville), that standard changed several years ago not to include a hyphen (i.e. UNC Greensboro). On first reference, we prefer that you use UNC Greensboro or UNCG. On second reference, UNCG is perfectly acceptable (not UNC-G as was used in the old days). Thanks for your cooperation.

UNCG WOMEN’S GOLF INFORMATION Head coach ..................................................Emily Marron Alma mater ............................................Penn State, 1998 Email ................................................. elmarron@uncg.edu Women’s golf office phone ........................ 336-334-5316 2009 SoCon Championship finish ..............................Fifth Returning/lost ............................................................5/2 Newcomers.....................................................................2

CREDITS The 2009-10 University of North Carolina at Greensboro women’s golf media guide was written by Phil Perry, UNCG assistant sports information director. This guide was designed using Adobe Creative Suite CS4. Editorial assistance provided by Sports Information Director Mike Hirschman and Assistant Sports Information Director David Percival. Photography by WG Sports, John Bell, Chris English, Jerry Wolford, Sideline Sports and others. Special thanks to SID staff members past and present for their contributions to this publication.

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L to R: Coach Emily Marron, Ana Lucia Martinez, Sofia Aidemark, Lauren Smith, Annelie Weimenhog, Rachel Uremovich, Erica Creed, Courtney Taylor.

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Emily MARRON HEAD COACH

Seventh year at UNCG Seventh year overall Penn State, 1998

Emily Marron begins her seventh season as head coach of the women’s golf program at UNC Greensboro. Marron was selected as the Spartans’ coach in 2003. Under her leadership, the Spartans have continued to be contenders for the Southern Conference title. The Spartans have finished fourth or better in four of her six seasons. Marron led the Spartans to a second-place finish at the 2008 SoCon Championship at Stono Ferry GC. It was UNCG’s best finish since 2002, when the Spartans completed a run of five consecutive second-place finishes. The Spartans had three players in the top 10, led by Erica Creed’s fifth-place finish. Last season, UNCG turned in a fifth-place finish at the SoCon Championship, one stroke out of fourth. Creed carded her second straight top-10 finish at the league tournament, tying for ninth place. During the regular season, Marron led the Spartans to the win in their own UNCG Starmount Classic, topping the 15-team field in a tiebreaker over defending champion East Carolina. Three Spartans finished in the top 10, with Creed tying for third, Annelie Weimenhog tying for fifth and Ashley Parrott tying for eighth. The tournament win was UNCG’s first since September 2000. The Spartans pulled off the win in record fashion, smashing the school record for a 54-hole tournament with a score of 894, seven strokes better than the previous mark. Later in the season, the Spartans tied for fifth at the UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic and finished seventh at the John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate. UNCG set another school record in the spring portion of the season, carding a thirdround 290 at the JMU Eagle Landing Invitational to shave two strokes off of the previous school record for an 18-hole team round. The Spartans excelled in the classroom in 2009, as well. Sofia Aidemark was named to the ESPN The Magazine Women’s At-Large Academic All-District second team, while Aidemark and Creed earned spots on the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team. For Creed, it marked the second straight season she had earned the award.

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UNCG also put a school-record four student-athletes on the Academic All-Southern Conference squad, with Aidemark, Creed, Jennifer Link and Annelie Weimenhog – more than half of the seven-member roster – earning the distinction. The Spartans placed fourth at the 2007 Southern Conference Tournament with four golfers finishing in the top 15 - Parrott (tied for fifth), Gabby DiMora (tied for 12th), and Ashley Mylton and Weimenhog (tied for 14th). For the second year, Mylton was named all-conference. In other tournament action, UNCG tied for fourth at the Nittany Lion Invitational, finished ninth at both the lady Pirate Invitational and the Landfall Tradition and tied for seventh at the Pinehurst Challenge. In her third season, Marron led the Spartans to a third-place finish at the SoCon Championship with the help of sophomore Mylton’s second-place finish, which gave her all-conference accolades. The Spartans had six top-10 finishes and a pair of top-five finishes. Mylton also placed second at the Fighting Camel Spring Classic, in which the Spartans placed third. Marron’s group had three seventh-place finishes (Sea Trail Women’s Intercollegiate, Pine Needles Intercollegiate and the Pinehurst Challenge) during the season. In just her second season at UNCG, Marron guided the Spartans to seven top-10 finishes and three top-five finishes, including a sixth-place finish at the SoCon Championship. The Spartans recorded a second-place finish at the Peggy Kirk Invitational, led by junior Jenna Schmidt’s second-place finish. UNCG also earned a second consecutive second-place finish at the Shamrock Intercollegiate just a week later. During her first season at the helm of the Spartans, her squad finished third at the 2004 SoCon Championship, which was held April 23-25 in Greensboro. Polly Willett led the club with a third-place finish. The team also placed fourth at the Peggy Kirk Bell Classic, led by Willet, who garnered medalist honors. Marron came to UNCG after three seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Penn State. While with the Nittany Lions, Marron was the recruiting coordinator and helped lead the squad to the 2003 NCAA East Regional Tournament. Marron was also involved in fundraising, travel, practice and the team’s summer golf camps. A native of Johnstown, Pa., Marron completed her playing time for Penn State in 1998. An Academic All-Big Ten honoree, she served as the team’s co-captain as a senior. She posted two top-five finishes during the fall of 1997, when she twice shot career-low rounds of 74. Marron was a two-time All-Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference selection and captured medalist honors at the ECAC Championships as a junior in 1996. In high school, Marron played golf for the Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School boys’ team. In 1993, she won the Kings Tri-State PGA Tournament and the District 9 qualifying tournament and placed second at the Keystone State Games. Marron graduated from Penn State in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in recreation and park management. Upon graduation, Marron worked for one year as an assistant golf professional at The Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., Phil Mickelson’s home course. A Class “A” member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division, Marron taught at the Peter Kostis/Gary McCord Learning Center at Grayhawk.

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Sofia AIDEMARK 5-6 • Senior Laholm, Sweden Justus Tranchellgymnasiet

Junior season (2008-09) Led the team with a 77.97 stroke average … played in all 10 tournaments for UNCG … turned in four top-20 finishes … tied for 16th place at the John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate in Stockbridge, Ga. … tied for 18th at the Southern Conference Championship in Hilton Head Island, S.C. … tied for 19th at the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic and at the JMU Eagle Landing Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla. … turned in a career-best round of 73 in the second round of the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic … named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team … claimed a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Women’s At-Large Academic All-District III Second Team … was an Academic All-Southern Conference selection. Sophomore season (2007-08) Appeared in four tournaments as a sophomore … tied for 13th with a career-best 225 54-hole total at the UNCW Lady Seahawk Invite, one of two top-20 finishes on the season … also tied for 14th at the Southern Conference Championship with a 54-hole total of 233 … had a 77.36 stroke average, third-best on the team. Freshman season (2006-07) Placed 18th at the Southern Conference Championships with a score of 158 (80-78) … ended the season with an 81.05 average … shot a 74 for a season-best 18 and a 236 season-low 54 at the Cougar Classic … finished in the top 50 at the Landfall Tradition with a three-round total of 250 (85-86-79). Amateur Member of the Laholms Golf Club in Laholm, Sweden … competed in two tournaments on the Telia Tour, which is the professional golf tour for women in Sweden … won the Halland Championship three times from 2002-2004 … took first in the Bankboken Tour Matchplay in 2005 … played for the regional team for three years … placed second at the 2005 Junior Club Championship … finished third at the 2005 Women’s Club Championship … played for her high school team for three years. Personal Sofia Aidemark … daughter of Goran and Ann-Mari Aidemark … majoring in communications.

Sofia Aidemark’s career statistics

Season 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Career

Victories: 0 Top-10 finishes: 0 Low 18-hole score: 73

Top-five finishes: 0 Top-20 finishes: 7 Low 54-hole score: 225

Tournaments 8 4 10 22

Strokes 1702 851 2339 4892

Rounds 21 11 30 62

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Avg. 81.05 77.36 77.97 78.90

Sofia Aidemark’s career results TOURNAMENT Cougar Classic Lady Tar Heel UNCG Starmount Classic Landfall Tradition Qdoba Invitational JMU Eagle Landing Invitational UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate Bryan National SoCon Championship

2008-09 SCORES 81-76-75=232 82-80-75=237 78-73-78=229 77-83-76=236 76-81-76=233 75-76-76=227 78-82-74=234 75-75-76=226 84-79-83=246 83-74-82=239

PLACE t74 64 t19 t34 t31 t19 t21 t16 t87 t18

TOURNAMENT UNCG Starmount Classic Bryan National UNCW Lady Seahawk Intercollegiate SoCon Championship

2007-08 SCORES 77-74=151 78-83-81=242 74-74-77=225 76-81-76=233

PLACE t24 t64 t13 t14

TOURNAMENT Cougar Classic Landfall Tradition Baja Classic Pinehurst Challenge SunTrust Lady Gator Intercollegiate Bryan National SoCon Championship

2006-07 SCORES 74-79-83=236 85-86-79=250 75-90=165 83-80=163 81-83-81=245 78-78-85=241 80-78=158

PLACE t66 t50 t63 t49 t76 t71 t18

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Annelie WEIMENHOG 5-7 • Senior Kattarp, Sweden ProCivitas Privata Gymnasium

Junior season (2008-09) Played in all 10 tournaments, turning in the third-best stroke average on the team (78.53) … had one top-five finish on the season, tying for fifth at the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic … shot a career-best 222 over the 54-hole event … shot a career-low 69 in the third round of the JMU Eagle Landing Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla. … was UNCG’s top finisher at the Bryan National in Browns Summit, N.C., firing a 230 to finish tied for 35th … was an Academic All-Southern Conference selection. Sophomore season (2007-08) Started all 10 events in her sophomore season … had two top-10 finishes on the season … third on the team in scoring at 78.18 … tied for sixth at the Starmount Fall Classic with a 36-hole score of 146 … had a then-career-low 70 in the second round at Starmount … tied for eighth place at the Southern Conference Championship with a 54-hole total of 229 … set what was then a career-low 54-hole score with a 228 at the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C. … was an Academic All-Southern Conference selection. Freshman season (2006-07) Finished 14th at the Southern Conference Championships with a two-round score of 156 (78-78) … finished 18th at the Nittany Lion Invitational with a 240 three-round score (84-77-79) … shot season-low 76s in the first and third rounds at the Lady Pirate Invitational in Greenville, N.C. … shot a 232 season-low 54 at the Landfall Tradition … also shot a 76 in the third round of the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C. Amateur Member of the Allerum Golf Club in Allerum, Sweden … club champion from 2002-05 … finished first at the 2003 Nike Open … also won the 2003 Bankboken Tour Riks #4 and took second in the Bankboken Tour Riks #2 … earned a seventh-place finish at the 2004 Swedish Junior Championship … holds the course record at Allerum Golf Club with a 69 (-3). Personal Annelie Louise Maria Weimenhog … born Dec. 28, 1986, in Helsingborg, Sweden … daughter of Per and Cecilia Weimenhog … majoring in recreation and parks management.

Annelie Weimenhog’s career statistics

Season 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Career

Victories: 0 Top-10 finishes: 3 Low 18-hole score: 69

Top-five finishes: 1 Top-20 finishes: 6 Low 54-hole score: 222

Tournaments 9 10 10 29

Strokes 1913 2189 2356 6458

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Rounds 24 28 30 82

Avg. 79.71 78.18 78.53 78.76

Annelie Weimenhog’s career results TOURNAMENT Cougar Classic Lady Tar Heel UNCG Starmount Classic Landfall Tradition Qdoba Invitational JMU Eagle Landing Invitational UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate Bryan National SoCon Championship

2008-09 SCORES 75-82-74=231 82-76-81=239 73-73-76=222 85-83-76=244 81-77-82=240 81-83-69=233 79-77-79=235 75-77-76=228 79-79-72=230 83-85-86=254

PLACE t69 t70 t5 52 t51 t45 t23 t22 t35 39

TOURNAMENT Cougar Classic Myrtle Beach Classic UNCG Starmount Classic Lady Paladin Invitational Landfall Intercollegiate Sun Trust Lady Gator Intercollegiate Pinehurst Challenge Bryan National UNCW Lady Seahawk Intercollegiate SoCon Championship

2007-08 SCORES 75-76-77=228 81-82=163 76-70=146 77-77-80=234 81-75-78=234 80-75-73=228 81-81-77=239 81-89-80=250 82-79-77=238 74-78-77=229

PLACE t54 68 t6 t34 t35 37 t54 t82 t66 t8

TOURNAMENT Nittany Lion Invitational Lady Paladin Invitational Lady Pirate Invitational Landfall Tradition Baja Classic Pinehurst Challenge SunTrust Lady Gator Intercollegiate Bryan National SoCon Championship

2006-07 SCORES 84-77-79=240 84-80-80=244 76-77-76=229 78-78-76=232 81-83=164 80-79=159 82-77-86=245 86-78-80=244 78-78=156

PLACE t18 t56 t42 t22 t56 t33 t76 t81 t14

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Erica CREED 5-6 • Junior Kernersville, N.C. Northwest Guilford

Sophomore season (2008-09) Was second on the team with a 78.38 stroke average … had a pair of top-10 finishes, including a third-place showing (tied) at the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic … shot a season-low 71 in the third round and finished with a season-low221 over the 54-hole event … her other top-10 came at the Southern Conference Championship, where she tied for ninth place … was UNCG’s top finisher at the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C. … named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team … was an Academic All-Southern Conference selection. Freshman season (2007-08) UNCG’s second-best scorer as a freshman … tied for fifth at the Southern Conference Championship with a 54-hole total of 225 … started all 10 tournaments and averaged 76.71 … had five top-20 finishes, four top-10s and two top-fives … lost a playoff for the championship of the UNCW Lady Seahawk Invite, finishing second with a season-best 217 … recorded a season-low 70 in the second round of the UNCW Lady Seahawk Invite (April 7). High school Played four years for the Northwest Guilford High School’s varsity women’s golf team … was the 2006 All-Metro 4A Conference Player of the Year, regional champion and conference tournament champion … qualified for state playoffs all four years … National Honor Society member … won the D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award. Personal Erica Catherine Creed … born Feb. 10, 1989, in Greensboro, N.C. … daughter of Lindsay and Betty-Jo Creed … has two brothers, Jeremiah and Ethan … majoring in communication studies at UNCG … member of UNCG’s SACIA chapter and Sigma Alpha Pi, the National Society of Leadership and Success.

Erica Creed’s career results

Erica Creed’s career statistics

Season 2007-08 2008-09 Career

Victories: 0 Top-10 finishes: 6 Low 18-hole score: 70

Top-five finishes: 3 Top-20 finishes: 7 Low 54-hole score: 217

Tournaments 10 10 20

Strokes 2148 2273 4421

Rounds 28 29 57

UNCG WOMEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE

Avg. 76.71 78.38 77.56

TOURNAMENT Cougar Classic Lady Tar Heel UNCG Starmount Classic Landfall Tradition Qdoba Invitational JMU Eagle Landing Invitational UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate Bryan National SoCon Championship

2008-09 SCORES 77-76-75=228 84-85-75=244 74-76-71=221 82-84-73=239 80-81-80=241 WD-75-73-WD 80-76-84=240 79-82-77=238 78-77-83=238 77-81-78=236

PLACE t55 t82 t3 t41 t55 WD t38 t47 t72 t9

TOURNAMENT Cougar Classic Myrtle Beach Classic UNCG Starmount Classic Lady Paladin Invitational Landfall Intercollegiate Sun Trust Lady Gator Intercollegiate Pinehurst Challenge Bryan National UNCW Lady Seahawk Intercollegiate SoCon Championship

2007-08 SCORES 80-75-81=236 72-73=145 76-70=146 75-82-80=237 85-78-85=248 76-74-74=224 77-77-76=230 79-80-82=241 74-70-73=217 74-78-73=225

PLACE t76 t8 t6 t49 56 t27 t16 t59 2 t5

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Ana Lucia MARTINEZ 5-3 • Sophomore Bogota, Columbia Gimnasio Los Caobos

Freshman season (2008-09) Played in five tournaments as a freshman, posting a stroke average of 79.87 … had one top-20 finish, tying for 19th playing as an individual at the JMU Eagle Landing Invite in Jacksonville, Fla. … matched her season-low round of 74 in the second round of that tournament … also had her best 54-hole total of the year there with a 227 … posted a 74 in the first round of the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic, playing as an individual. Amateur Played in several national and international events before attending UNCG, including the 2002 Calloway Junior World Championship … attended Gimnasio Los Caobos. Personal Ana Lucia Martinez … born July 4, 1990 … daughter of Eduardo and Rosa Martinez in Bogota, Columbia … majoring in economics.

Ana Lucia Martinez’s career statistics

Season 2008-09 Career

Ana Lucia Martinez’s career results

Victories: 0 Top-10 finishes: 0 Low 18-hole score: 74

Top-five finishes: 0 Top-20 finishes: 1 Low 54-hole score: 227

Tournaments 5 5

Strokes 1198 1198

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Rounds 15 15

Avg. 79.87 79.87

TOURNAMENT UNCG Starmount Classic JMU Eagle Landing Invitational UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate Bryan National

2008-09 SCORES 74-79-82=235 (indiv.) 76-74-77=227 (indiv.) 76-84-79=239 85-81-79=245 86-83-83=252

PLACE t39 t19 t35 59 92

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Lauren SMITH 5-10 • Sophomore Salisbury, N.C. Salisbury

Freshman season (2008-09) Played in all 10 tournaments … was fourth on the team with a 79.57 stroke average … tied for 23rd at the UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic in Wallace, N.C., for her best finish of the season … tied for 24th at the Southern Conference Championship in Hilton Head Island, S.C. … shot a season-low 72 in the third round of the JMU Eagle Landing Invite in Jacksonville, Fla. … turned in a season-low 54-hole total of 230 at the John Kirk/ Panther Intercollegiate in Stockbridge, Ga. High school Four-time team Most Valuable Player at Salisbury High School in Salisbury, N.C. … fourtime Player of the Year in the North Piedmont Conference … led Salisbury to state titles in 2005 and 2006 … finished in the top six all four years at the North Carolina High School State Championship, including a runner-up finish in her sophomore year … took Salisbury High’s 2008 Citizenship Sportsmanship Award. Amateur Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2008 Carolinas Junior Girls’ Championship … was second at the 2007 North Carolina Junior Girls’ Championship. Personal Lauren Alese Smith … born April 4, 1990, in Charlotte, N.C. … daughter of Keenan and Tracy Smith … has a younger sister, Brooke … grandmother and great grandmother both attended UNCG in its days as Women’s College … majoring in commercial recreation.

Lauren Smith’s career results

Lauren Smith’s career statistics

Season 2008-09 Career

Victories: 0 Top-10 finishes: 0 Low 18-hole score: 72

Top-five finishes: 0 Top-20 finishes: 0 Low 54-hole score: 230

Tournaments 10 10

Strokes 2387 2387

Rounds 30 30

UNCG WOMEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE

Avg. 79.57 79.57

TOURNAMENT Cougar Classic Lady Tar Heel UNCG Starmount Classic Landfall Tradition Qdoba Invitational JMU Eagle Landing Invitational UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate Bryan National SoCon Championship

2008-09 SCORES 82-79-75=236 77-82-83=242 87-74-78=239 94-82-74=250 81-80-75=236 81-81-72=234 81-76-78=235 77-73-80=230 79-84-77=240 77-89-79=245

PLACE t85 t76 t50 t57 t41 t52 t23 t33 t76 t24

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Courtney TAYLOR 5-5 • Freshman Gastonia, N.C. Ashbrook

High school Earned four varsity letters at Ashbrook High School … was the Big South Conference Player of the Year as a freshman and senior and an all-conference performer for the Green Wave … also named to the All-Charlotte Observer Team … tied for second in the NCHSAA 4A state tournaments in 2007 and 2008 … helped the Green Wave to a team runner-up finish in the state tournament in 2007 and a third-place finish in 2006 … helped Ashbrook to four straight conference titles … became the first player in Big South history, male or female, to finish the season under par … won Big South individual titles in 2005 and 2008 … was third as a sophomore and junior … was a Junior Marshall and a member of the National Honor Society. Amateur Won the 2009 Twin States Junior Girls’ Golf Championship, turning in the only underpar total in the tournament … won the 2007 Carolinas Golf Association Match Play Championship … won the Dogwood State Junior Championship three straight years (2006-08).

Rachel UREMOVICH 5-5 • Freshman Hilton Head, S.C. Hilton Head

High school Was a four-year all-state player at Hilton Head Island High School and Hilton Head Preparatory (two years each) … was conference player of the year as a junior and senior … tied for second place in the SCHSL 3A state tournament as a junior and tied for ninth as a senior … helped Hilton Head Island to a second-place team finish as a junior and a fifth-place finish as a senior. Amateur Was the 2006 Carolinas Junior Player of the Year … won the 2006 South Carolina Junior Girls’ Match Play Championship … also won the 2006 Twin States Junior Girls’ Championship and was runner-up in 2005 … part of the Carolinas team from 2006-08 … qualified for the 2008 U.S. Girls … won the South Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship at age 13. Personal Rachel Uremovich … born Sept. 14, 1991 … daughter of Jim Trish Uremovich … father played baseball at LSU … has an older sister, Margaret … undecided on major.

Personal Courtney Taylor … born April 22, 1991, in Charlotte, N.C. … daughter of David and Kathy Taylor … has three older sisters, Nicole, Ashley and Kim … majoring in hospitality and tourism management.

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2008-09 STATISTICS Player

2008-09 Season Season Best Best Top Trn./Rds Avg Tot 18 54 5-10-20

Best Finish

Trn.

Sofia Aidemark

10 / 30

77.97

Erica Creed

10 / 29

78.38

2273

Annelie Weimenhog

10 / 30

78.53

2356

Lauren Smith

10 / 30

79.57

2387

Ana Lucia Martinez

5 / 15

79.87

1198

Ashley Parrott

9 / 27

81.37

2197

73

224

Jennifer Link

2/6

86.33

518

77

242

2339

73

Career Best Best Top 18 54 5-10-20 225

0-0-6

Best Finish

229

0-0-3

t16-John Kirk

22

73

t13-UNCW (2008)

71

221

1-2-2

t3-UNCG Starmount

20

70

217

3-5-6

2-UNCW (2008) (lost playoff)

69

222

1-1-1

t5-UNCG Starmount

29

69

222

1-2-5

t5-UNCG Starmount (2008)

72

230

0-0-0

t23-UNCW Lady Sea.

10

72

230

0-0-0

t23-UNCW Lady Sea. (2009)

74

227

0-0-1

t19-JMU Eagle Land.

5

74

227

0-0-1

t19-JMU Eagle Land. (2009)

0-1-1

t8-UNCG Starmount

33

71

224

1-3-3

t5-Southern Conf. (2007)

0-0-0

t58-UNCG Starmount

13

75

227

0-0-0

t26-Nittany Lion (2006)

Cougar Classic Sept. 14-16• Charleston, S.C.

Qdoba Invitational Feb. 15-17• Miami, Fla.

Bryan National April 3-5 • Browns Summit, N.C.

T-55. Erica Creed ........................... 77-76-75=228 T-69. Annelie Weimenhog ............... 75-82-74=231 T-74. Sofia Aidemark ...................... 81-76-75=232 T-85. Lauren Smith......................... 82-79-75=236 T-102. Ashley Parrott......................83-78-84=245

T-31. Sofia Aidemark ...................... 76-81-76=233 T-41. Lauren Smith ......................... 81-80-75=236 T-51. Annelie Weimenhog ............... 81-77-82=240 T-55. Erica Creed ........................... 80-81-80=241 T-58. Ashley Parrott ....................... 81-79-82=242

Lady Tar Heel Oct. 3-5• Chapel Hill, N.C.

JMU Eagle Landing Invitational March 9-10• Jacksonville, Fla.

T-35. Annelie Weimenhog ............... 79-79-72=230 T-72. Erica Creed ........................... 78-77-83=238 T-76. Lauren Smith......................... 79-84-77=240 T-87. Sofia Aidemark ......................84-79-83=246 91. Ashley Parrott (indiv.) ............... 83-81-86=250 92. Ana Lucia Martinez .................. 86-83-83=252 96. Jennifer Link (indiv.)............... 87-105-84=276

64. Sofia Aidemark ...................... 82-80-75= 237 T-70. Annelie Weimenhog .............. 82-76-81=239 T-76. Lauren Smith ........................ 77-82-83=242 T-82. Erica Creed ..........................84-85-75=244 85. Ashley Parrott ......................... 83-83-82=248

T-19. Sofia Aidemark...................... 75-76-76=227 T-19. Ana Lucia Martinez (indiv.) .... 76-74-77=227 T-45. Annelie Weimenhog ............... 81-83-69=233 T-52. Lauren Smith......................... 81-81-72=234 T-72. Ashley Parrott ....................... 82-82-83=247 WD. Erica Creed ............................. WD-75-73=WD

UNCG Starmount Fall Classic Oct. 12-14• Greensboro, N.C. T-3. Erica Creed .............................74-76-71=221 T-5. Annelie Weimenhog ................ 73-73-76=222 T-8. Ashley Parrott ........................ 73-73-78=224 T-19. Sofia Aidemark ..................... 78-73-78=229 T-39. Ana Lucia Martinez (indiv.) .... 74-79-82=235 T-50. Lauren Smith ........................ 87-74-78=239 T-58. Jennifer Link (indiv.) ............. 80-85-77=242

Landfall Tradition Oct. 24-26• Wilmington, N.C. T-34. Sofia Aidemark..................... 77-83-76=236 T-41. Erica Creed .......................... 82-84-73=239 52. Annelie Weimenhog ................. 85-83-76=244 T-57. Lauren Smith ........................ 94-82-74=250 60. Ashley Parrott ......................... 88-89-81=258

Southern Conference Championship April 19-21 • Hilton Head Isl., S.C. T-9. Erica Creed ............................. 77-81-78=236 T-18. Sofia Aidemark...................... 83-74-82=239 T-24. Lauren Smith......................... 77-89-79=245 T-26. Ashley Parrott ....................... 82-82-82=246 39. Annelie Weimenhog..................83-85-86=254

UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic March 23-24 • Wallace, N.C. T-21. Sofia Aidemark ...................... 78-82-74=234 T-23. Annelie Weimenhog ............... 79-77-79=235 T-23. Lauren Smith......................... 81-76-78=235 T-30. Ashley Parrott (indiv.) ............ 79-78-80=237 T-35. Ana Lucia Martinez ................ 76-84-79=239 T-38. Erica Creed ........................... 80-76-84=240

John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate March 30-31 • Stockbridge, Ga. T-16. Sofia Aidemark ...................... 75-75-76=226 T-22. Annelie Weimenhog ............... 75-77-76=228 T-33. Lauren Smith......................... 77-73-80=230 T-47. Erica Creed............................ 79-82-77=238 59. Ana Lucia Martinez .................. 85-81-79=245

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2008-09 RESULTS Cougar Classic Sept. 14-16• Charleston, S.C. 1. Georgia............................. 288-279-291=858 2. Alabama ...........................293-288-282=863 3. North Carolina ..................292-296-284=872 4. Virginia ............................. 288-292-294=874 5. Florida State .....................292-299-284=875 6. LSU .................................. 297-290-291=878 7. South Carolina ..................290-296-296=882 8. Notre Dame ...................... 297-292-297=886 9. Furman .............................301-292-299=892 10. Tulane.............................303-300-292=895 11. NC State ......................... 291-302-308=901 12. College of Charleston ......300-301-302=903 13. Mississippi State ............305-300-299=904 14. Wisconsin ....................... 301-307-300=908 15. Tennessee....................... 308-295-311=914 16. Ole Miss.......................... 307-307-305=919 17. Maryland.........................303-308-309=920 18. UNCG ............................. 315-309-299=923 19. Miami .............................308-308-308=924 Lady Tar Heel Oct. 3-5• Chapel Hill, N.C. 1. Wake Forest ...................... 294-291-291=876 2. North Carolina ..................299-297-292=888 3. Vanderbilt .........................302-300-290=892 4. Virginia .............................294-302-297=893 5. Auburn.............................. 308-296-297=901 6. Texas A&M ........................301-303-304=908 7. Ohio State ......................... 307-305-297=909 8. Louisville ...........................301-300-310=911 9. Kent State.........................308-300-304=912 10. Michigan State ............... 309-305-301=915 11. UCF ................................ 309-306-302=917 12. South Carolina ................ 310-307-309=926 T-13. Kentucky ...................... 312-308-307=927 T-13. NC State ...................... 312-302-313=927 15. Furman ........................... 315-303-316=934 16. Tulsa ............................... 311-319-306=936 17. Florida State ................... 306-320-315=941 18. UNCG ............................. 324-321-313=958 UNCG Starmount Fall Classic Oct. 12-14 •Greensboro, N.C. 1. UNCG ...............................298-293-303=894 2. East Carolina ....................295-298-301=894 3. UNC Wilmington................ 300-294-307=901 4. Georgia State.....................301-301-312=914 5. Florida International.......... 307-300-315=922 T-6. James Madison .............. 306-310-308=924 T-6. South Florida ................. 304-315-305=924 8. Western Carolina .............. 309-304-314=927 9. Illinois State ..................... 313-310-306=929 10. East Tennessee State ...... 304-309-317=930 11. Augusta State ..................310-313-312=935 12. Miami .............................. 316-310-311=937 13. Elon .................................311-317-315=943 14. Mississippi State ............. 314-317-314=945 15. Winthrop .........................314-317-328=959

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Landfall Tradition Oct 24-26 • Wilmington, N.C. 1. Wake Forest ......................297-288-295=880 2. Ohio State ........................303-306-299=908 T-3. Michigan ........................ 321-294-301=916 T-3. North Carolina ............... 305-303-308=916 5. Florida .............................. 307-309-303=919 6. East Carolina .................... 318-308-296=922 7. Notre Dame .......................326-298-303=927 8. NC State .......................... 322-308-306=936 9. Northwestern .....................315-316-311=942 10. UNC Wilmington.............. 320-315-313=948 11. Tulsa ................................322-319-316=957 12. UNCG ............................ 332-332-299=963 Qdoba Invitational Feb. 15-17 • Miami, Fla. 1. Georgia State.................... 291-299-301=891 2. Tulane...............................301-305-294=900 3. Louisville ..........................299-296-306=901 4. NC State ...........................294-304-306=904 5. Washington State .............302-303-304=909 6. Oklahoma City .................. 302-310-308=920 7. James Madison ..................302-317-311=930 8. Miami ................................305-314-312=931 9. Augusta State ....................310-306-317=933 10. Illinois State ................... 304-318-312=934 11. South Florida ...................311-314-310=935 12. UNCG ..............................318-317-313=948 13. Memphis ........................ 327-322-319=968 14. Mercer .......................... 326-344-331=1001 JMU Eagle Landing Invitational March 9-10 • Jacksonville, Fla. 1. Chattanooga .....................291-292-283=866 2. East Carolina ....................298-294-287=879 3. South Florida ....................296-296-297=889 4. Kennesaw State ................300-289-306=895 5. Yale ..................................306-299-303=908 6. Elon .................................. 317-302-290=909 7. Penn State ........................ 305-305-301=911 8. Southern Miss................... 302-307-303=912 9. Illinois .............................. 311-299-305=915 10. James Madison ............... 311-303-302=916 11. UNCG.............................. 319-314-290=923 12. Iowa ............................... 318-307-306=931 13. Barry .............................. 319-308-311=938 14. Jacksonville .................... 324-318-312=954 15. High Point .......................320-328-335=983

John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate March 30-31 • Stockbridge, Ga. 1. Georgia State.................... 297-291-298=886 2. Furman .............................300-290-305=895 3. Chattanooga .....................300-295-301=896 4. East Tennessee State ........297-293-308=898 5. Campbell ..........................305-299-301=905 6. Jacksonville State ............. 309-299-307=915 7. UNCG ................................306-306-308=920 8. Augusta State ................... 307-304-316=927 9. Elon ...................................311-310-311=932 10. Maryland ........................ 319-311-303=933 11. Western Carolina............. 315-313-309=937 12. James Madison ................314-319-308=941 13. Miami .............................305-308-DNF=DNF Bryan National Collegiate April 3-5 • Browns Summit, N.C. 1. LSU...................................290-302-295=887 2. Virginia ............................. 304-300-287=891 3. Wake Forest ......................304-298-292=894 4. North Carolina ..................307-294-299=900 5. East Carolina ....................305-306-291=902 6. South Carolina .................. 311-301-295=907 7. Louisville ........................... 306-307-297=910 8. Tennessee......................... 314-303-294=911 t-9. Arkansas ........................ 310-305-300=915 t-9. Michigan State ............... 315-303-297=915 11. NC State ......................... 316-306-296=918 12. College of Charleston ...... 307-311-308=926 13. TCU .................................311-316-303=930 T-14. Notre Dame .................. 309-309-315=933 T-14. Georgia ........................ 318-304-311=933 16. UNC Wilmington.............. 314-316-305=935 17. Ohio State ....................... 320-316-301=937 18. UNCG ............................. 320-318-315=953 Southern Conference Championship April 19-21 • Hilton Head Island, S.C. 1. Furman ............................. 303-308-305=916 2. Chattanooga ..................... 319-313-306=938 3. Elon ................................... 308-330-317-955 4. College of Charleston ........ 324-313-324=961 5. UNCG ............................... 319-322-321=962 6. Western Carolina .............. 326-330-315=971 7. Wofford ............................. 327-326-323=976 8. Samford ........................... 317-330-338=985 9. Appalachian State .......... 324-341-338=1003 10. The Citadel ...................354-335-360=1049

UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic March 23-24 • Wallace, N.C. 1. East Tennessee State ........300-303-300=903 2. Elon ..................................305-295-309=909 3. East Carolina .................... 296-302-318=916 4. UNC Wilmington................304-299-328=931 T-5. Augusta State ................ 311-309-314=934 T-5. UNCG ..............................313-311-310=934 7. Maryland ...........................313-310-317=930 8. James Madison ................. 310-306-327=943 9. Wofford ............................ 319-313-320=952 10. Longwood ....................... 318-311-325=954 11. Brown ............................. 324-315-344=983 12. Appalachian State ..........337-323-335=995

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RECORDS LOW 18-HOLE INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS

LOW 18-HOLE TEAM ROUNDS

No. Score Player Tournament Year 1. 67 ........Becky Morgan ............. NCAA East Regional...........................1994-95 2. 68 ........Lotta Jonson ................ Nittany Lion Fall Invitational ..............1999-00 68 ........Polly Willett ................. Southern Conference Championship ..2003-04 4. 69 ........Lotta Jonson ................ Southern Conference Championship ..1999-00 69 ........Jen Hersen .................. Duke Spring Invitational ....................1994-95 69 ........Anna Hokkanen ........... Heather Farr Memorial .......................1998-99 69 ........Ashley Mylton .............. Cougar Classic ..................................2006-07 69 ........Annelie Weimenhog ..... JMU Eagle Landing Invitational ..........2008-09 9. 70 ........Becky Morgan .................................................................six occasions 70 ........Lotta Jonson ................ Nittany Lion Fall Invitational ..............1999-00 70 ........Jenny Gleason ............. Louisville Cardinal Cup ......................2002-03 70 ........Ashley Mylton .............. Southern Conference Championship ..2005-06

No. Score Tournament Year 1. 290 ......JMU Eagle Landing Invitational ..............................................2008-09 2. 292 ......Kiawah Island Invitational ......................................................2002-03 292 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................1999-00 292 ......UNCG Starmount Classic .......................................................2007-08 5. 293 ......UNCG Starmount Classic .......................................................2008-09 6. 294 ......Nittany Lion Fall Invitational...................................................2000-01 294 ......Lady Seahawk Invitational .....................................................2007-08 8. 296 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................1999-00 9. 297 ......Nittany Lion Fall Invitational...................................................1999-00 297 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................2006-07 297 ......Myrtle Beach Classic .............................................................2007-08 297 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................2007-08

LOW 36-HOLE TOURNAMENT INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS No. 1. 2. 3.

Score Player Tournament Year 140 ......Becky Morgan ............. Cougar Invitational ............................ 1996-97 142 ......Ashley Mylton .............. Southern Conference Championship ..2005-06 145 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Lady Paladin Invitational ...................2002-03 145 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Louisville Cardinal Cup ......................2002-03 145 ......Becky Morgan ............. Lady Monarch Invitational .................1995-96 6. 146 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Bradford Creek Intercollegiate ...........2002-03 146 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Unlimited Potential/Bay Tree .............2002-03 146 ......Becky Morgan ............. Big South Championship ................... 1996-97 146 ......Becky Morgan ............. Big South Championship ...................1995-96 10. 147 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Southern Conference Championship ..2002-03 147 ......Lotta Johnson .............. UNC Wilmington Fall Invitational........1998-99 147 ......Summer Phinney ......... Lady Monarch Invitational ................. 1997-98

LOW 36-HOLE TOURNAMENT TEAM ROUNDS No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Score Tournament Year 579 ......Myrtle Beach Classic .............................................................2007-08 591 ......UNCG Starmount Classic .......................................................2007-08 600 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................2005-06 610 ......College of Charleston Fall Invitational ....................................1993-94 611 ......Lady Monarch Invitational...................................................... 1997-98 612 ......Lady Monarch Invitational......................................................1994-95 614 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................2002-03 614 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................2006-07 9. 615 ......Sea Trail Women’s Intercollegiate ..........................................2005-06 10. 616 ......Big South Championship .......................................................1994-95 616 ......Lady Monarch Invitational......................................................1994-95 616 ......Lady Monarch Invitational......................................................1993-94

LOW 54-HOLE TOURNAMENT INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS No. Score Player Tournament Year 1. 217 ......Becky Morgan ............. NCAA East Regional...........................1994-95 217 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Louisville Cardinal Cup ......................2002-03 217 ......Erica Creed.................. UNCW Lady Seahawk Intercollegiate..2007-08 4. 218 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Southern Conference Championship ..1999-00 218 ......Becky Morgan ............. FIU/Pat Bradley Invitational ..............1995-96 6. 219 ......Lotta Jonson ................ Nittany Lion Fall Invitational ..............1999-00 219 ......Anna Hokkanan .......... Heather Farr Memorial .......................1998-99 8. 220 ......Jenna Schmidt............. Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational ................2004-05 220 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Kiawah Island Invitational..................2002-03 220 ......Jenny Gleason ............. Lady Paladin Intercollegiate ..............2002-03 220 ......Summer Phinney ......... Lady Tar Heel Invitational ................... 1997-98

LOW 54-HOLE TOURNAMENT TEAM ROUNDS No. 1. 2. 3. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Score Tournament Year 894 ......UNCG Starmount Classic .......................................................2008-09 901 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................1999-00 903 ......Taco Bell Intercollegiate ........................................................2004-05 903 ......Heather Farr Memorial ...........................................................1998-99 905 ......Taco Bell Intercollegiate ........................................................2005-06 905 ......Lady Pirate Invitations ...........................................................2006-07 911 ......Franklin Street Trust/Tar Heel Invitational ..............................1998-99 915 ......Sun Trust Lady Gator ..............................................................2007-08 917 ......Southern Conference Championship ......................................2002-03 918 ......Lady Paladin Invitational .......................................................2004-05

INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (23)

TOURNAMENT WINS (13)

Year Player Tournament Score 1993-94....... Jennifer Brown...........Lady Monarch Invitational ...........................151 1993-94....... Becky Morgan ...........Fighting Camel Classic ................................151 1994-95....... Kim Qually .................William & Mary Invitational ........................ 158 1994-95....... Becky Morgan ...........College of Charleston Spring Invitational .... 153 1994-95....... Becky Morgan ...........Big South Conference .................................151 1995-96....... Jen Hermsen..............College of Charleston Spring Invitational .... 152 1995-96....... Becky Morgan ...........FIU/Pat Bradley Invitational ........................218 1995-96....... Becky Morgan ...........Big South Conference .................................146 1996-97 ....... Becky Morgan ...........Cougar Invitational......................................140 1996-97 ....... Becky Morgan ...........Green Wave Classic .................................... 152 1996-97 ....... Becky Morgan ...........College of Charleston Spring Invitational .....149 1996-97 ....... Becky Morgan ...........William & Mary Invitational .........................157 1996-97 ....... Becky Morgan ...........Big South Conference .................................146 1997-98 ....... Summer Phinney .......Lady Monarch Invitational ...........................147 1998-99....... Summer Phinney .......Lady Lion Spring Invitational ...................... 225 1998-99....... Lotta Jonson ..............UNCW Fall Invitational ................................147 1998-99....... Lotta Jonson ..............Southern Conference ................................. 228 1998-99....... Anna Hokkanen .........Heather Farr Memorial ................................219 2000-01....... Jenny Gleason ...........Bay Tree Classic Fall Invitational ................. 222 2000-01....... Jenny Gleason ...........Memphis Intercollegiate ............................ 226 2001-02....... Dani Heimbecker .......Carolinas Collegiate................................... 150 2002-03....... Jenny Gleason ...........Louisville Cardinal Cup................................217 2003-04 ...... Polly Willett ...............Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational ..........................224

Tournament Year UNCG Starmount Classic............................................................................2008-09 Memphis Intercollegiate ............................................................................2000-01 Heather Farr Memorial ...............................................................................1998-99 UNC Wilmington Fall Invitational ................................................................1998-99 Lady Monarch Invitational .......................................................................... 1997-98 Cougar Invitational..................................................................................... 1996-97 Big South Championship............................................................................1995-96 Big South Championship............................................................................1994-95 Lady Buckeye Invitational...........................................................................1994-95 William & Mary Invitational ........................................................................1994-95 Cougar Invitational.....................................................................................1994-95 Cougar Invitational.....................................................................................1993-94 Lady Monarch Invitational ..........................................................................1993-94

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HONORS ALL-AMERICA

Becky Morgan ................................................ 1996-97 Becky Morgan ................................................1995-96 Becky Morgan ................................................1994-95

CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA

Becky Morgan ................................................ 1996-97

NGCA ALL-SCHOLAR TEAM

Sofia Aidemark ..............................................2008-09 Erica Creed ....................................................2008-09 Erica Creed ....................................................2007-08 Brittany Hofmeister ........................................2005-06 Brittany Hofmeister ........................................2004-05 Summer Phinney ............................................1998-99 Kim Qually .....................................................1992-93 Kim Qually .....................................................1993-94

SMITH CORONA ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLAR COLLEGE GOLF TEAM

Laura Creasy .................................................. 1991-92

CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

Sofia Aidemark (2nd team) ............................2008-09

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUALS Becky Morgan ................................................ 1996-97 Becky Morgan ................................................1995-96 Becky Morgan ................................................1994-95

NCAA REGIONAL INDIVIDUALS

Lotta Jonson ..................................................1999-00 Lotta Jonson ..................................................1998-99 Becky Morgan ................................................ 1996-97 Becky Morgan ................................................1995-96 Becky Morgan ................................................1994-95 Becky Morgan ................................................1993-94 Kareen Qually ................................................1993-94 Kareen Qually ................................................1992-93

NCAA TEAM REGIONAL

East Regional (12th) ......................................1995-96

ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Ashley Mylton ................................................2007-08 Ashley Mylton ................................................2006-07 Ashley Mylton ................................................2005-06 Polly Willett....................................................2003-04 Jenny Gleason ................................................2002-03 Zuzana Kamasova ..........................................2001-02 Jenny Gleason ................................................2001-02 Jenny Gleason ................................................2000-01 Jessica Fought ...............................................2000-01 Jenny Gleason ................................................1999-00 Lotta Jonson ..................................................1999-00 Lotta Jonson ..................................................1998-99 Summer Phinney ............................................1998-99 Lotta Jonson .................................................. 1997-98

ACADEMIC ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Sofia Aidemark ..............................................2008-09 Erica Creed ....................................................2008-09 Jennifer Link ..................................................2008-09 Annelie Weimenhog .......................................2008-09 Annelie Weimenhog .......................................2007-08 Brittany Hofmeister ........................................2005-06 Jenna Schmidt ...............................................2005-06 Brittany Hofmeister ........................................2004-05 Lacy Miller .....................................................2004-05 Jenna Schmidt ...............................................2004-05 Lacy Miller .....................................................2003-04 Jenna Schmidt ...............................................2003-04 Jenny Gleason ................................................2002-03 Dani Heimbecker ...........................................2002-03

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Anna Hokkanen ............................................. 1997-98

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE GOLFER OF THE WEEK

Erica Creed ..............................................April 9, 2008 Ashley Mylton .......................................March 8, 2006

BIG SOUTH INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION

Becky Morgan ................................................ 1996-97 Becky Morgan ................................................1995-96 Becky Morgan ................................................1994-95

Jenny Gleason Jenny Gleason was a four-time All-Southern Conference performer from 1999-2003 at UNCG. As a member of the LPGA’s FUTURE’S Tour, she captured back-to-back tournaments in 2004, while finishing sixth on the tour’s money list. Jennifer Brown ...............................................1994-95 Kareen Qually ................................................1994-95 Jen Hermsen ..................................................1994-95 Becky Morgan ................................................1994-95 Kareen Qually ................................................1993-94 Becky Morgan ................................................1993-94 Jennifer Brown ...............................................1992-93 Kareen Qually ................................................1992-93 Kim Qually .....................................................1992-93

BIG SOUTH COACH OF THE YEAR

Anne Kelly...................................................... 1996-97 Mary Beth McGirr ...........................................1995-96 Mary Beth McGirr ...........................................1994-95

BIG SOUTH SCHOLAR ATHLETE

Becky Morgan ................................................1994-95 Becky Morgan ................................................1995-96 Becky Morgan ................................................ 1996-97

BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Becky Morgan

Becky Morgan was a three-time All-American and a three-time Big South Player of the Year. She has been an active member of the LPGA Tour. Her best finish came in 2004 when she tied for second at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship.

12 • HONORS

Becky Morgan ................................................ 1996-97 Becky Morgan ................................................1995-96 Becky Morgan ................................................1994-95

ALL-BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE

Lotta Jonson .................................................. 1996-97 Becky Morgan ................................................ 1996-97 Summer Phinney ............................................ 1996-97 Becky Morgan ................................................1995-96 Kareen Qually ................................................1995-96

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BRYAN NATIONAL COLLEGIATE On Oct. 28, 1997, UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest decided to bring NCAA women’s golf to the Triad. The two schools announced plans to host an annual golf tournament named the Bryan National Collegiate. The inaugural event took place on March 27-29, 1998, and was deemed an overwhelming success by everyone involved. Once again, the Spartans and Deacons will team up to host the 13th annual Bryan National Collegiate. The 54hole tournament will again be played at the Bryan Park Players Course in Browns Summit, N.C.

School Score Duke......................................................................894 Washington ........................................................... 916 Wake Forest ...........................................................896 Duke......................................................................856 Duke......................................................................870 Duke......................................................................580 Duke......................................................................869 Duke......................................................................883 Georgia .................................................................875 Purdue ..................................................................887 Florida ...................................................................906 LSU .......................................................................887

Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Player, School Score Reilly Rankin, Georgia .............................................217 Lindsay Smith, Furman........................................... 221 Marcy Newton, North Carolina ................................219 Candy Hannemann, Duke....................................... 209 Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke ..............................211 Nuria Clau, Wake Forest ......................................... 142 Liz Janangelo, Duke ................................................214 Brittany Lang, Duke ................................................216 Taylor Leon, Georgia............................................... 213 Sandra Hal, Florida .................................................215 Maria Hernandez, Purdue........................................215 Stacy Lewis, Arakansas ...........................................216 Megan McChrystal, LSU..........................................215

2008 2009

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Top 5 Tournament Scores Player, School Score Year 1. Candy Hannemann, Duke ....................................209 .......................... 2001 2. Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke ..........................211...........................2002 3. Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke ..........................212 .......................... 2001 4. Taylor Leon, Georgia............................................213 ..........................2006 5. Young-A Yang, Tennessee ....................................214........................... 2001 Liz Janangelo, Duke ............................................214...........................2004 Top 5 Low Rounds Player, School Score Year 1. Young-A Yang, Tennessee ....................................65 ............................ 2001 Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke ..........................65 ............................2002 3. Angela Jerman, Georgia ......................................67 ............................2002 Nuria Clau, Wake Forest ......................................67 ............................2003 Liz Janangelo, Duke ............................................67 ............................2005 Liz Janangelo, Duke ............................................67 ............................2006 Callie Nelson, Virginia .........................................67 ............................2009 First Round Low Score Player, School Score Year 1. Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke ..........................65 ............................2002 2. Angela Jerman, Georgia ......................................67 ............................2002 Liz Janangelo, Duke ............................................67 ............................2005 Liz Janangelo, Duke ............................................67 ............................2006 5. Ashley Lowery, Ohio State ...................................68 ............................2002 Jenna Pearson, South Carolina............................68 ............................2007 Tessa Teachman, LSU..........................................68 ............................2009 Second Round Low Score Player, School Score Year 1. Young-A Yang, Tennessee ....................................65 ............................ 2001 2. Ten tied at ...........................................................68 ......... several occasions LAST: Nannette Hill, Wake Forest .........................68 ............................2009 Third Round Low Scores Player, School Score Year 1. Callie Nelson, Virginia .........................................67 ............................2009 2. Candy Hannemann, Duke ....................................68 ............................ 2001 Leigh Turner, Furman ...........................................68 ............................ 2001 Caroline Laurens, Purdue ....................................68 ............................ 2001 Jennifer Pandolfi, Duke .......................................68 ............................2006

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INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS

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Top 5 Tournament Scores School Score Year 1. Duke 856 ...................... 2001 2. Duke......................................................869 ...................... 2004 3. Duke......................................................870 ...................... 2002 4. Georgia .................................................875 ...................... 2006 5. Wake Forest ...........................................879 ...................... 2001 Top 5 Low Rounds School Score Year 1. Duke......................................................279 ...................... 2001 2. Purdue ..................................................281 ...................... 2001 3. Duke......................................................282 ...................... 2004 4. Duke......................................................284 ...................... 2005 Georgia .................................................284 ...................... 2005 Georgia .................................................284 ...................... 2006 First Round Low Score School Score Year 1. Duke......................................................284 ...................... 2005 Georgia .................................................284 ...................... 2005 3. Duke......................................................286 ...................... 2003 Duke......................................................287 ...................... 2002 5. Duke......................................................289 ...................... 2001 Ohio State .............................................289 ...................... 2002 Duke......................................................289 ...................... 2004 Second Round Low Score School Score Year 1. Duke......................................................282 ...................... 2004 2. Vanderbilt ..............................................286 ...................... 2003 3. Tennessee .............................................287 ...................... 2001 Wake Forest ...........................................287 ...................... 2004 Third Round Low Score School Score Year 1. Duke......................................................279 ...................... 2001 2. Purdue ..................................................281 ...................... 2001 3. Georgia .................................................284 ...................... 2006 4. Tennessee .............................................286 ...................... 2007 5. Furman ..................................................287 ...................... 2002 Duke......................................................287 ...................... 2006 Virginia ..................................................287 ...................... 2009

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BRYAN NATIONAL RESULTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. T9. T9. 11. 12. 13. T14. T14. 16. 17. 18.

2009 LSU ........................................290-302-295=887 Virginia...................................304-300-287=891 Wake Forest ...........................304-298-292=894 North Carolina ........................307-294-299=900 East Carolina ..........................305-306-291=902 South Carolina ....................... 311-301-295=907 Louisville ................................ 306-307-297=910 Tennessee .............................. 314-303-294=911 Arkansas ................................ 310-305-300=915 Michigan State ....................... 315-303-297=915 NC State................................. 316-306-296=918 College of Charleston ............. 307-311-308=926 TCU ........................................ 311-316-303=930 Notre Dame ............................309-309-315=933 Georgia .................................. 318-304-311=933 UNC Wilmington ..................... 314-316-305=935 Ohio State .............................. 320-316-301=937 UNCG ..................................... 320-318-315=953

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2005 Duke ..................................... 284-293-306=883 Tennessee ............................. 291-293-309=893 Georgia ................................. 284-305-314=903 Florida................................... 290-305-313=908 Furman...................................293-309-311=913 Tulane ....................................293-303-319=915 Auburn ...................................301-300-319=920 Virginia...................................304-311-310=925 Oklahoma State .....................306-309-316=931 NC State................................ 296-315-329=940 Purdue ................................... 315-310-321=946 Wake Forest .......................... 303-325-324=952 North Carolina ........................307-318-327=952 Vanderbilt...............................306-313-337=956 South Carolina .......................310-321-329=960 UNCG .................................... 315-322-343=980 Louisville ................................317-336-331=984

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. T6. T6. T6. 9. 10. T11. T11. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

2008 Florida................................... 298-301-307=906 Duke .................................... 294-304-310=908 Auburn .................................. 301-303-305=909 Arkansas ............................... 305-302-306=913 Furman ..................................301-304-310=915 Michigan State ......................304-305-310=919 Wake Forest ...........................306-302-311=919 Virginia ..................................302-305-312=919 North Carolina .......................300-314-316=930 NC State ............................... 302-322-310=934 Tennessee ............................ 307-308-320=935 Florida State ..........................308-312-315=935 College of Charleston ............ 309-310-320=939 TCU .......................................310-325-312=947 UNCG .................................... 314-328-322=964 UNC Wilmington ....................322-331-313=966 South Carolina .......................321-338-321=980 Penn State ...........................335-341-331=1007

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2004 Duke ..................................... 289-282-298=869 Wake Forest .......................... 298-287-298=883 Vanderbilt...............................295-291-301=887 Oklahoma State .................... 298-296-296=890 Auburn .................................. 294-289-308=891 Tennessee ............................. 302-294-307=903 Ohio State ............................. 307-297-302=906 North Carolina ....................... 303-296-310=909 Purdue ...................................294-307-311=912 Florida....................................295-300-318=913 Georgia .................................. 306-297-311=914 Furman................................... 306-300-311=917 Tulane ................................... 309-295-318=922 South Carolina .......................310-300-318=928 NC State................................. 317-306-314=937 Louisville ................................316-313-324=953 Virginia.................................. 320-309-329=958 UNCG .....................................324-321-326=971

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2007 Purdue .................................. 290-303-294=887 Florida................................... 298-294-302=894 North Carolina ........................291-309-297=897 Duke ..................................... 292-301-305=898 Tennessee ............................. 305-312-286=903 Georgia ................................. 303-310-295=908 Auburn ...................................301-315-300=916 South Carolina ....................... 297-310-310=917 Ohio State ..............................307-312-301=920 Virginia.................................. 300-319-304=923 Furman...................................308-316-300=924 LSU ........................................311-314-304=929 Wake Forest ...........................309-312-311=932 Florida State ..........................309-315-312=936 UNCG .....................................316-315-308=939 UNC Wilmington .....................306-320-314=920 NC State................................. 314-318-309=941 College of Charleston .............312-333-312=957

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2003 Duke .............................................286-294=580 Vanderbilt......................................298-286=584 Georgia ........................................300-296=596 Wake Forest .................................. 297-300=597 Tennessee .....................................298-302=600 Auburn ..........................................298-303=601 South Carolina .............................. 294-307=601 Purdue ..........................................306-297=603 Florida State .................................304-301=605 North Carolina ...............................303-303=606 Tulsa ............................................. 297-311=608 Louisville .......................................307-302=609 Furman.......................................... 313-307=620 NC State........................................ 311-309=620 LSU ................................................314-311=625 Mississippi State ........................... 315-313=628 UNCG ............................................ 329-310=639 Memphis .......................................324-326=650

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2006 Georgia ................................. 300-291-284=875 Duke ..................................... 298-295-287=880 Purdue .................................. 295-299-291=885 Tennessee ............................. 306-294-290=890 Wake Forest .......................... 303-303-293=899 Florida................................... 300-307-293=900 South Carolina ...................... 309-295-301=905 Oklahoma State .................... 306-300-300=906 California .............................. 310-300-299=909 Vanderbilt...............................316-308-289=913 NC State.................................299-311-304=914 Virginia................................... 312-304-301=917 College of Charleston ............. 311-316-300=927 North Carolina ....................... 323-305-301=929 UNC Wilmington .....................312-315-303=930 Louisiana State ......................314-324-300=938 UNCG .................................... 323-322-319=964

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2002 Duke ..................................... 287-293-290=870 Georgia ................................. 293-298-291=882 Ohio State ............................. 289-301-295=885 Oklahoma State .................... 296-296-302=894 Furman.................................. 308-303-287=898 Wake Forest .......................... 293-303-305=901 North Carolina ....................... 306-304-298=908 NC State................................ 304-298-307=909 Northwestern..........................302-312-296=910 Purdue .................................. 299-305-306=910 Memphis ................................298-298-316=912 Tennessee ..............................304-307-303=914 Kentucky ................................ 312-301-304=917 UNC Wilmington .....................305-311-308=924 Penn State .............................315-311-309=935 UNCG ..................................... 310-314-318=942 Louisville ................................314-323-312=949

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

2001 Duke ..................................... 289-288-279=856 Wake Forest .......................... 294-293-292=879 Oklahoma State .................... 294-297-294=885 Purdue .................................. 309-298-281=888 Tennessee ..............................314-287-288=889 Furman.................................. 305-298-291=894 Memphis ................................311-294-297=902 Florida State ......................... 322-299-289=910 North Carolina ........................312-304-298=914 Kentucky ............................... 306-306-310=922 Louisville ............................... 319-305-298=922 Miami ................................... 322-304-297=923 South Carolina .......................303-313-308=924 Penn State ............................ 313-309-306=928 UNCG .................................... 315-309-305=929 College of Charleston .............327-318-312=957 NC State.................................342-313-314=969

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2000 Wake Forest .......................... 295-301-300=896 Indiana.................................. 305-288-308=901 Mississippi State ................... 304-295-307=906 North Carolina ....................... 304-304-305=913 Vanderbilt...............................311-300-302=913 New Mexico ........................... 303-308-305=916 Ohio State ..............................303-306-311=920 Florida State ......................... 305-309-318=932 Kentucky ................................ 316-307-316=939 UNCG ..................................... 321-306-314=941 Penn State ............................ 306-316-322=944 Memphis ................................ 321-310-315=946 UNCW .................................... 318-316-312=946 Louisville ............................... 318-302-330=950 William & Mary .......................324-324-347=995

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1999 Washington ........................... 308-306-302=916 Wake Forest ........................... 311-307-311=929 Swedish National .................. 319-302-308=929 Ohio State .............................. 311-309-311=931 Furman.................................. 308-322-305=935 Penn State .............................320-307-314=941 New Mexico ............................ 327-317-303=947 Memphis ............................... 329-308-322=959 North Carolina ........................320-319-332=971 UNCG .....................................329-326-317=972 Kentucky ................................327-321-330=978 Colorado ............................... 340-324-324=988

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1998 Duke ..................................... 294-303-297=894 Georgia ................................. 298-299-306=903 Tennessee ............................. 302-300-305=907 Furman................................... 318-297-311=926 Florida....................................309-304-317=930 New Mexico State ...................309-314-308=931 Wake Forest ...........................306-311-315=932 Ohio State ..............................312-301-319=932 North Carolina ....................... 319-306-308=933 Auburn ...................................311-308-320=939 South Carolina .......................314-314-320=948 Kentucky ................................325-318-308=951 Vanderbilt............................... 319-318-319=956 Penn State ............................ 322-320-323=965 UNCG .....................................326-330-311=967

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THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE The Southern Conference, which began its 89th season of intercollegiate competition in 2009, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and in helping to build lifelong leaders and role models. The Southern Conference has been on the forefront of innovation and originality in developing creative solutions to address issues facing intercollegiate athletics. From establishing the first conference basketball tournament (1921), tackling the issue of freshmen eligibility (1922), developing women’s championships (1984), to becoming the first conference to install the three-point goal in basketball (1980), the Southern Conference has been a pioneer. The Southern Conference is the nation’s fiftholdest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association. Only the Big Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pacific 10 (1915) and the Southwestern Athletic (1920) conferences are older in terms of origination. Academic excellence has been a major part of the Southern Conference’s tradition. Hundreds of Southern Conference student-athletes have been recognized on ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America and all-district teams. A total of 19 Rhodes Scholarship winners have been selected from conference institutions. The Conference currently consists of 12 members in five states throughout the Southeast and sponsors 19 varsity sports and championships that produce participants for NCAA Division I Championships. The Southern Conference offices are located in the historic Beaumont Mill in Spartanburg, S.C. A textile mill that was in operation from 1880 until 1999, Beaumont Mill was renovated in 2004 and today offers the league first class meeting areas and offices as well as a spacious library for storage of the conference’s historical documents. Membership history On Feb. 25, 1921, representatives from 14 of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s (SIAA) 30 members met at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hotel to establish the Southern Intercollegiate Conference. On hand at the inaugural meeting were officials from Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and Washington & Lee. Dr. S.V. Sanford of Georgia was chosen as acting chairman and N.W. Dougherty of Tennessee was named secretary. The decision to form a new athletic conference was motivated by the desire to have a workable number of conference games for each league member. With 30 schools in the SIAA by the early 1920s, it was impossible to play every school at least once during the regular season and many schools went several years between playing some conference members. In addition, in 1920, the SIAA voted down proposed rules that an athlete must be in a college a year before playing on its teams and refused to abolish a rule permitting athletes to play

summer baseball for money. Play began in the fall of 1921 and a year later, six more schools joined the fledgling league including Tulane (which had attended the inaugural meeting but had elected not to join), Florida, Louisiana (LSU), Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. VMI joined in 1925 and Duke was added in 1929. By the 1930s, membership in the Southern Conference had reached 23 schools. C.P. “Sally” Miles of Virginia Tech, president of the Southern Conference, called the annual league meeting to order on Dec. 9, 1932 at the Farragut Hotel in Knoxville, Tenn. Georgia’s Dr. Sanford announced that 13 institutions west and south of the Appalachian Mountains were reorganizing as the Southeastern Conference. Members of the new league included Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Florida, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi A&M, University of the South, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt. According to the minutes of the meeting, Dr. Sanford stated that the division was made along geographical lines. Florida’s Dr. J.J. Tigert, acting as spokesman for the withdrawing group, regretted the move but believed it was necessary as the Southern Conference had grown too large. The resignations were accepted and the withdrawing schools formed the new league which began play in 1932. The Southern Conference continued with membership of 10 institutions including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Virginia, VMI, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee. The second major shift occurred some 20 years later. By 1952, the Southern Conference included 17 colleges and universities. Another split occurred when seven schools including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest departed to form the Atlantic Coast Conference which began play in 1953. The revamped Southern Conference included members The Citadel, Davidson, Furman, George Washington, Richmond, VMI, Virginia Tech, Washington & Lee, West Virginia and William & Mary. Today, the league continues to thrive with a membership that includes 12 institutions and a footprint that spans five states: Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Current league members are Appalachian State, College of Charleston, The Citadel, Davidson, Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, UNC Greensboro, Samford, Chattanooga, Western Carolina and Wofford. Leadership John Iamarino was officially named commissioner of the conference on January 2, 2006. Iamarino has promoted the Southern Conference through an ambitious agenda which has improved competition, upgraded compliance-related matters, launched the conference’s Hall of Fame and increased the marketing and brand awareness of the conference and its member institutions. The Southern Conference named its first commissioner in December 1950. Duke head football coach Wallace Wade made the transition from Blue Devil football coach to athletics administration as the first person at the helm of the conference.

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www.soconsports.com t Lloyd Jordan replaced Wade as the commissioner in 1960 and served a 14-year term until Ken Germann became the league head in 1974. Germann was the commissioner for 13 years and orchestrated the league’s expansion to include women’s athletics. In 1987, he was succeeded by Dave Hart who spearheaded the transfer of the league office from Charlotte, N.C., to Asheville, N.C. Wright Waters succeeded Hart upon his retirement in 1991. Under Waters’ leadership, the Southern Conference expanded to 12 members, added three women’s sports and posted record revenue from the basketball tournament. Waters, who is currently the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, was followed by Alfred B. White in 1998. White, a veteran member of the NCAA office, introduced the current conference logo and elevated the conference’s commitment to marketing and development of corporate partners. Danny Morrison headed the conference from 2001-2005 and orchestrated the league’s move from Asheville, N.C., to Spartanburg, S.C. Under Morrison’s leadership, the conference increased its marketing and promotional efforts. Championship history The first Southern Conference Championship was the league basketball tournament held in Atlanta in 1922. The North Carolina Tar Heels won the tournament to become the first recognized league champion in any sport. The Southern Conference Tournament remains the oldest of its kind in college basketball. Commissioner Germann spearheaded the Southern Conference’s expansion to include women’s athletics during the 1983-84 season. That year, league championships were held in volleyball, basketball and tennis. Cross country joined the mix in 1985 and the league began holding indoor and outdoor track championships in 1988. Most recently, the conference instituted golf and softball championships in the spring of 1994 and added soccer in the fall of 1994. The Germann Cup, named in honor of the former commissioner, annually recognizes the top women’s athletics programs in the conference. From its humble beginnings, women’s athletics have become an integral part of the Southern Conference and its success. The Southern Conference declares champions in 10 men’s sports - football, soccer, cross country, basketball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, wrestling, baseball, tennis and golf - and nine women’s sports - soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, indoor track and field, outdoor track & field, tennis, golf and softball.

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The University of North rth Carolina at Greensboro was first chartered back on February 18, 1891 as the State Normal and Industrial School. ol. It was the first state-supported school for the higherr education of women in North Caroarles Duncan McIver, it became colina. Founded by Charles 3. Today, in its 119th year of existance, educational in 1963. the campus covers 210 acres in downtown Greensboro ent that exceeded 17,000 for the first and has an enrollment time ever last year. For fall 2008, 17,467 students were enrolled, including 13,453 undergraduates.

MINERVA Charles Duncan McIver, founder of the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG), decided Minerva, Roman goddess of Wisdom, would be a good symbol for the school. Beginning with the first diploma in 1893, the head of Minerva has appeared on every diploma awarded by the institution. The class of 1907 donated the original Minerva statue - made of plaster - to the University. In 2003, the class of 1953 commissioned a replacement, made of bronze, and placed outside the Elliott University Center in the heart of campus.

UNIVERSITY FOUNDER CHARLES MCIVER Founded in 1891, UNCG is a diverse, studentcentered research university, linking the Triad and North Carolina to the world through learning, discovery and service. The university is organized into a College of Arts & Sciences and six professional schools, with more than 1,000 faculty members teaching in programs that offer 86 undergraduate, 56 master’s and 25 doctoral degrees. Among its highimpact projects are the Gateway University Research Park and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, which are being created in partnership with North Carolina A&T.

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Board of Trustees Mr. Stephen C. Hassenfelt Mrs. Earlene Hardie Cox Dr. Kate R. Barrett Dr. Richard L. Moore Mr. William J. Pratt Ms. Jane Preyer Ms. Jean E. Davis Mr. James Norman Smith Ms. Susan M. Safran* Dr. Carolyn R. Ferree Ms. Gwynn Swinson Mr. Randall Kaplan Ms. Jesse Russo*

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UNCG’s School of Nursing, which was established in 1966, is the third largest in North Carolina. It has three departments – Adult Health, Parent-Child and Community Practice – and is recognized for the excellence of its programs and the success of its graduates. The master’s program in nurse anesthesia was ranked eighth nationally by U.S. News and World Report. In addition, UNCG is the first institution in the UNC system to offer a combined Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Business Administration in health management.

Despite record numbers for enrollment, UNCG still enjoys a student-faculty ratio of 17:1 with a faculty totalling 1,080. More than 2,000 bachelor’s degrees and nearly 1,000 master’s and doctoral diplomas are awarded annually. Over the last several years, 75 percent of freshmen have returned the following year.

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THE UNCG CAMPUS AND THE GREENSBORO SKYLINE UNCG has long had a reputation for academic excellence and student-athletes at UNCG are not an exception to the rule. At the end of each of the last four academic years, more than 40% of UNCG student-athletes held a grade-point-average of 3.0 or better, including 49% of them last year. In spring 2009, UNCG’s 248 studentathletes had a combined GPA of 2.93, marking the sixth-straight semester they combined for a 2.9 GPA or better.

The School of Music, which was established in 1921, is rated as one of the Top 20 in the country and combines rigorous theory, history, and performance training with a broad liberal arts education. Pictured above, the University opened a $25.7 million state-of-the-art music facility in 1999. The school offers the only comprehensive slate of performance and music education degrees from the baccalaureate through the doctorate in North Carolina.

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UNCG VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will redefine the public research university for the 21st century as an inclusive, collaborative, and responsive institution making a difference in the lives of students and the communities it serves. UNCG is a . . . • Learner-centered, accessible, and inclusive community fostering intellectual inquiry to prepare students for meaningful lives and engaged citizenship; • Research university where collaborative scholarship and creative activity enhance quality of life across the lifespan; • Source of innovation and leadership meeting social, economic, and environmental challenges in the Piedmont Triad, North Carolina, and beyond; and • Global university integrating intercultural and international experiences and perspectives into learning, discovery, and service.

VALUES STATEMENT The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a community including students, faculty, staff, and alumni, will demonstrate its commitment to . . . • Inclusiveness – A welcoming and inclusive academic community, based on open dialogue and shared governance, offers a culture of caring with visible, meaningful representation of differences; • Collaboration – interdisciplinary, intercommunity, inter-institutional and international collaboration is reflected and rewarded in teaching, research, creative activity, community engagement, and infrastructure; • Sustainability – Academics, operations, and outreach are conducted with careful attention to the enduring interconnectedness of social equity, the environment, economy, and aesthetics; • Responsibility – A public institution, the University responds to community needs and serves the public in a systematic fashion through the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity; and • Transparency – Goals, processes, decisions and outcomes are accessible and measurable, resulting in enhanced performance, trust, and accountability.

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Dr. Linda BRADY Chancellor Dr. Linda P. Brady became the 10th chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro August 1, 2008. Brady, 61, succeeded Dr. Patricia A. Sullivan, UNCG’s first woman chancellor, who retired July 31, 2008, after almost 14 years in the post. In recommending Brady to the Board of Governors, UNC President Erskine Bowles said: “Over the past 25 years, Linda Brady has accumulated a wealth of leadership experience at highly respected public, urban universities, as well as in the halls of Washington. At each step along the way, she has proven herself to be an energetic leader who promotes collaboration, creative problem-solving, and real-life commitment to scholarship, research, and public service. … “With her broad experience in higher education and federal government, her demonstrated integrity and sound judgment, and her profound understanding of the global marketplace in which our students must compete, Linda Brady will be a forceful and effective leader for UNC Greensboro.” A native of New York City and the first member of her family to attend college, Brady graduated from Douglass College, the women’s division of Rutgers University, in 1969 with a degree in political science. She received a master’s degree in the field from Rutgers (1970) and a doctorate in political science from The Ohio State University (1974). She began her academic career as an assistant professor of political science at Vanderbilt University in 1973 and joined the faculty at Goucher College in Maryland three years later. From 1978 to 1985, Brady held several positions in the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Defense. Among other roles, she served as a political analyst in the State Department’s Office of Disarmament and Arms Control and as special assistant for mutual and balanced force reductions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She later served as a senior fellow in international security and arms control at the Carter Center of Emory University (1986-87) and as a distinguished professor of national security at the U.S. Military Academy (1991-92). From 1993 to 2001, Brady led the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was also a professor of international affairs. She joined North Carolina State University in 2001 as Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of political science, and over the next five years was credited with building the stature and visibility of the College, launching a number of new graduate degree programs, and significantly increasing external support for the humanities and social sciences at NC State. She left North Carolina in 2006 to become the chief academic and operating officer at the University of Oregon. Brady has authored or co-edited three books and numerous book chapters and scholarly articles in the fields of American foreign policy, international negotiation, and arms control. Among other professional organizations, she is a member of the International Studies Association, the American Political Science Association, the International Institute for

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Strategic Studies, and the Council on Foreign Relations. A past recipient of the Georgia Tech School of Social Sciences Teaching Award, she has earned the Superior Honor Award from the U.S. Department of State and is a two-time recipient of the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the Department of the Army. She was an American Council on Education Fellow in 1997-98, serving her fellowship year at the University of Iowa under the mentorship of President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Jon Whitmore. Since moving to UNCG, Brady has become a member of the Greensboro Rotary Club. She is also on the Board of Directors for United Way of Greater Greensboro and the Greensboro Partnership. Brady is married to Gustav “Steve” Heyer, a retired Army officer. She has two adult stepsons and three grandchildren: Stephen Heyer and his wife, Suzanne, live in Richmond, Va., with their children Alyx, Megan, and Andrew Casey, while Michael Heyer lives in Chicago, Ill. In accepting the position at UNCG, Brady said, “This is one of the very best jobs in American higher education. I am so grateful for this opportunity and humbled by the trust you have place in me. I shall not let you down.”

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Kim RECORD Director of Athletics Kimberly S. “Kim” Record, was named to the post of director of intercollegiate athletics at UNCG on Sept. 27, 2009. Record, who most recently had served as a consultant with ISP Sports, was the senior associate director of athletics at Florida State Unviersity from 1995 to 2008, and held a succession of positions at the University of Virginia from 1984-1995, culminating with an appointment as associate director of athletics for administration. She emerged from a national search that drew 125 candidates, and is UNCG’s first female athletic director. There are only 29 female athletic directors in the NCAA Division I, with five of them in the UNC system. Record is only the second woman to hold an athletic director’s position in the 89-year history of the Southern Conference. “I am delighted that Kim Record is joining UNCG as director of intercollegiate athletics,” said UNCG Chancellor Linda P. Brady. “She is the right person for this position, and she possesses the leadership, administration and fundraising skills that are essential to bringing greater success to Spartan athletics. I look forward to working with her to raise UNCG’s program to a higher level of visibility and excellence.” At UNCG, Record will lead a program that fields men’s and women’s teams in 18 sports, 250 student-athletes, and 57 employees. She succeeds Nelson E. Bobb, UNCG’s first-ever AD who resigned from the post in the spring, after directing Spartan athletics for 26 years. Record will be responsible for the leadership, administration, organization and finances of UNCG’s athletics program, which is undergoing a major shift in its men’s basketball program. The Spartan men’s basketball team will be playing its games in the Greensboro Coliseum beginning this season. Among other responsibilities, she will coordinate fundraising and operation of the Spartan Club with the vice chancellor for university advancement. She will oversee efforts to engage alumni, fans and the community with UNCG athletics. The AD also takes the lead role in strategic planning and in athletics facilities development. The athletics budget is approximately $8.8 million, and athletic scholarships provided for the 2009-10 academic

Kim Record chats with members of the media and university community at her press conference on Sept. 27, 2009.

year exceed $2.1 million. In her 13 years at Florida State, she had a broad range of administrative duties, including serving as a member of the Executive Management Team, which determined and implemented policy decisions for a 19-sport, $50 million intercollegiate program. She directly supervised three sports programs – men’s and women’s basketball and women’s soccer – and monitored Title IX compliance. Other areas included executivelevel staffing; day-to-day departmental operations; serving as liaison with the trademark licensing program; and oversight for marketing, media and public relations, and radio and television contracts. In construction, she facilitated FSU’s $6 million state-of-the-art soccer and softball stadium and its $10 million men’s and women’s basketball training center. She oversaw a project that showcased the history of athletics at FSU as part of a $100 million facilities improvement plan. Her initial responsibilities as associate director of athletics at FSU included oversight of men’s and women’s tennis, swimming & diving and softball. Record also held the designation of senior woman administrator. At Virginia, she supervised all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the department and specialized in external operations. She implemented marketing and promotional strategies for all 26 sports programs as associate director of athletics for external operations. She was the executive staff member of a capital campaign team created to raise $50 million. She came up through the ranks at Virginia, where she earned her bachelor’s degree, starting out as a sports information intern who was progressively promoted in the department to associate director of athletics for administration. As a consultant with ISP, Record provided marketing expertise in the area of athletics sports signage, including videoboards, scorer’s tables and other digital signage. She has also coordinated purchase and installation between vendor, institution and ISP. Within the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Record has served on both the executive committee and the Director’s Cup Committee. Within the NCAA, she served on the Women’s Soccer Committee and the Regional Soccer Committee. A native of Charlottesville, she graduated form Virginia and earned the M.S. degree in sports management from Florida State. She has two sons – Kyle, 21, a third-year student at the University of Virginia, and Josh, 16, a sophomore at Leon High School in Tallahassee, Fla.

Kim Record with her sons Kyle (left) and Josh (right) shortly after being introduced as UNCG’s new director of athletics.

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Team Inductions

1982 Men’s Soccer Team

1973 Women’s Golf Team

(Inducted 2004) Won the NCAA Division III National Championship without a home field … facilities at UNCG were under renovation at the time, forcing the team to play its games at near-by Grimsley High School … the team finished 19-3-0, including a 3-0 win over Wake Forest during the regular season and a 2-1 win over Plymouth State in double overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals.

(Inducted 2004) Won the first national championship of any kind for UNCG, competing in the AIAW National Tournament in Massachusetts … defeated Rollins College on the final hole for the championship.

1981-1982 Women’s Basketball Team

1983 Women’s Tennis Team

(Inducted 2007) National runners-up in the first-ever NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament … amassed a record of 25-3, losing in overtime at Elizabethtown College (Pa.) … began a run of seven consecutive 20-win seasons for the women’s basketball program.

(Inducted 2008) With four freshmen and two sophomores, team compiled a 20-4 record, including 14-2 in the spring, and finished the NCAA Division III national runners-up … Amy Brown and Lisa Zimmerman earned All-American honors that season.

Individual Inductions Lynne Agee - Women’s Basketball Coach

Nelson Bobb - Administrator

(Inducted 2004) The first active head coach to be enshrined … first coach in NCAA history to lead her team to the NCAA Tournament in all three divisions … more than 500 career wins to her credit.

Jim Allen - Administrator

(Inducted February 2008) UNCG’s Director of Athletics for more than 25 years … Led the program through its transition from Division III to Division II to Division I and from the Big South Conference into the Southern Conference.

Mike Burke - Supporter

(Inducted 2003) Former vice chancellor for student affairs … had oversight on program’s move from Division III to I.

Maxine Allen - Amateur Athlete

(Inducted 2001) Led UNCG’s charge in scholarship fundraising … created first athletic endowment in 1987 … raised funds toward a total endowment now valued at more than $4 million.

Marge Burns - Amateur Athlete

(Inducted 2001) Garnered national attention as duckpin bowler … set world records and earned a top national ranking.

Mike Berticelli - Men’s Soccer Coach

(Inducted 2000) Holds record of 10 North Carolina State Amateur Golf titles … named Carolinas Outstanding Amateur five times … qualified and played in 14 USGA Amateur Championships, as well as six US Open Tournaments.

Renee Coltrane - Women’s Basketball

(Inducted 2000) Led UNCG to Division III national championships in 1982 and 1983 … guided UNCG to 70-9-5 record (86.3%) in four seasons.

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(Inducted 2001) All-American as a junior (1983-84) … first women’s basketball player to exceed 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career.

Wendy Engelmann-Gettings - Women’s Basketball (Inducted 2002) Scored 1,378 points and dished out a schoolrecord 574 assists.

Siggi Eyjolffson - Men’s Soccer (Inducted September 2008) Threetime All-American and two-time Academic All-American. UNCG’s all-time leading scorer with 185 points, recording 75 goals and 35 assists in his four seasons.

Mike Fleming - Supporter (Inducted 2000) UNCG supporter for more than two decades … UNCG named its basketball gymnasium the Michael Fleming Gymnasium on Dec. 1, 1994.

Dr. June Galloway - Administrator (Inducted February 2008) Served as the Coordinator of Women’s Athletics until her passing in 1974, helping to develop the first formal athletics program at UNCG.

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Liz Gremillion - Volleyball

Pat Hielscher - Volleyball Coach

(Inducted 2006) One of the best setters to ever play for the Spartans, recording over 4,000 assists in her career … named 1995 Big South Conference Player of the Year.

Belmar Gunderson - Amateur Athlete

(Inducted 2001) Coached UNCG’s first volleyball team in 1970 … guided Spartans to a 106-30 record and a NCAIAW state title in 1974.

(Inducted 2003) Former sports writer for The Carolinian and The News & Record covering UNCG athletics.

Lewis Johnstone - Men’s Soccer

Scott Hartzell - Men’s Basketball

Ellie Jones - Women’s Tennis, Field Hockey, Women’s Basketball

(Inducted 2006) Led UNCG to its first Division I NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bid, in which UNCG nearly upset Cincinnati … graduated as UNCG’s all-time leading scorer and set every UNCG 3-point shooting standard in his career … led the team in scoring in three of his four seasons.

Jason Haupt - Men’s Soccer

(Inducted 2003) One of UNCG’s most versatile student-athletes ever as she excelled in tennis, basketball and field hockey from 1969-73.

Dock Kelly - Wrestling

(Inducted 2001) Two-time firstteam All-American … led UNCG to a Division III national championship in 1987 … UNCG’s all-time leader in goals scored with 77.

Winn Hazlegrove - Softball (Inducted 2005) Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American honoree … one of UNCG’s greatest softball players, still ranked in the Top 10 in 20 statistical categories at the time of her induction (10 years after her graduation).

(Inducted 2002) LPGA Hall of Fame member … earned 38 LPGA victories in 22 years on tour.

Tom Martin - Men’s Basketball, Supporter (Inducted 2002) UNCG’s first male president of Alumni Board of Directors … served as tri-captain of the first two UNCG men’s basketball teams.

Jill Masterman - Field Hockey

(Inducted 2006) One of UNCG’s first-ever qualifiers for the NCAA Championships (1996) … compiled a 50-34 mark despite competing with birth defects that left him without part of an arm and a leg. Honored by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame with its Medal of Courage.

Dr. David B. Knight - Administrator

(Inducted 2000) In the days of AIAW, a four-year standout on field hockey team and was a co-captain as a senior in 1977.

Tonka Maynor - Baseball

(Inducted 2004) Not only a leader in the transition from Division III to Division I, but a leader on the national scene as UNCG’s Faculty Athletics Representative … became the only FAR to serve on the Div. I, II and III levels … served as chair of the NCAA’s first Division I Academics / Eligibility / Compliance Cabinet and served as a consultant to the NCAA on numerous academic reform issues.

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(Inducted 2007) UNCG’s record holder for single-season and career goals … tallied 20 or more goals in three seasons … had a singleseason record 26 goals in 1996, earning All-American honors … Big South Player of the Year in 1996 and SoCon Player of the Year in 1998.

Carol Mann - Women’s Golf

(Inducted 2000) Led UNCG to three straight national playoff appearances … third all-time leading scorer in team history with 66 goals and 24 assists.

(Inducted 2007) Coached UNCG to its first NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament berth, coming at the Division III level … finished the 1979-80 season 16-12 to earn its first NCAA bid.

(Inducted 2003) Served 26 years as head of Department of Physical Education (1948-71) … developed both men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletic programs after Women’s College became UNCG in 1963.

Ali Lord - Women’s Soccer

Elizabeth House - Media / Supporter

(Inducted 2000) Participated from 1952-56 at Women’s College … competed in four Wimbledons and 11 United States Lawn Tennis National Championships (now U.S. Open).

Larry Hargett - Men’s Basketball Coach

Ethel Martus Lawther - Administrator

(Inducted 2007) Ten years after graduation, still ranked on the Top 10 list at UNCG in every offensive statistical category … hit .363 in his four seasons at UNCG, logging 239 hits … holds UNCG record for career RBI with 171.

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Andrew Mehalko - Men’s Soccer

Laura Mussulman - Women’s Soccer

(Inducted 2002) Led UNCG to three (1983, 1985 and 1986) NCAA Division III national championships in his four seasons with the Spartans.

(Inducted 2002) Member of first women’s soccer team … UNCG’s first great goalkeeper in women’s soccer with 18 career shutouts.

Jo Ann Messick - Women’s Basketball, Michael Parker - Men’s Soccer Coach Women’s Tennis, Field Hockey

(Inducted 2005) Second active coach to be inducted (first male) … winner of more than 400 collegiate matches, including more than 300 at UNCG … led Spartans to NCAA Division III national championships in 1985, 1986 and 1987.

(Inducted 2006) Three-sport competitor at UNCG in the 1970’s … four-year standout in field hockey, earning Deep South All-Star accolades three times … six-time participant in National Field Hockey Festivals, including three while at UNCG.

Brian Moehler - Baseball

Dr. Frank Pleasants - Administrator (Inducted 2007) Served as the Coordinator of Men’s Athletics, helping to develop the first formal athletics program at UNCG beginning in 1967.

(Inducted 2005) UNCG’s first player to be drafted in Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft … earned UNCG’s first-ever win over a Division I opponent and went onto pitch for Detroit and Florida in the major leagues.

Chancellor Emeritus, William E. Moran Administrator

Angie Polk-Jones - Women’s Basketball (Inducted 2000) Led UNCG to a 93-22 mark in her four years (1985-89) … Division III All-American as a junior … UNCG’s all-time leading scorer with 1,585 points.

(Inducted 2000) Served as Chancellor from 1979-94 … guided UNCG from Division III to Division I in 1991 … created the Spartan Club.

Becky Morgan - Women’s Golf

Nancy Porter, Women’s Golf Coach

(Inducted 2007) One of the most notable athletic alumni as a member of the LPGA Tour … won the Big South individual championship three times and earned Big South Player of the Year (1995, 1996, 1997) … a three-time AllAmerican, won medalist honors 10 times … qualified for the NCAA Regional all four years, earning a spot in the national event three times … an Academic All-American in 1997 … holds the UNCG records for lowest 18-, 36- and 54-hole scores.

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(Inducted 2005) One of the pioneers of women’s athletics at UNCG … coached the UNCG women’s golf team to the 1973 national championship … also considered one of UNCG’s first student-athletes, participating in women’s golf in the 1940s.

Eddie Radwanski - Men’s Soccer (Inducted 2000) Led UNCG to back-to-back Division III national championships in 1982 and 1983 … two-time Division III AllAmerican (1983 and 1984) … No. 1 draft pick in the 1985 Major Indoor Soccer League draft by the Dallas Sidekicks.

Cathy Roberts - Administrator (Inducted February 2008) Has spent virtually entire career - beginning as a student - working in athletics at UNC Greensboro, overseeing athletic facilities and operations and serving as the Senior Women’s Administrator.

Bruce Shaw - Men’s Basketball (Inducted 2000) Led UNCG’s firstever men’s basketball teams … scored 1,401 points, becoming UNCG’s first 1,000-point scorer … two-time All-Dixie Conference honoree.

Joe Stanton - Wrestling (Inducted 2008) Compiled a 9825 mark in his four seasons at UNCG, qualifying for three NCAA championships to make him the first male to qualify for an NCAA championship as an individidual … was UNCG’s winningest wrestler for 11 years.

Mike Sweeney - Men’s Soccer (Inducted 2003) Amassed 55 goals and 27 assists in his three seasons at UNCG (1980-83) … member of 1982 and 1983 NCAA III national championship teams … led the team in scoring in 1981 and 1982 and was a first-team All-American in 1983.

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Jim Swiggett - Coach, Administrator (Inducted 2006) Pioneer in men’s athletics at UNCG … served as men’s basketball coach from 1968-75 and started men’s golf program, serving as coach from 1967-79 … also served as the university’s second Men’s Intercollegiate Division Coordinator.

“The Big Five” (shown left to right) Chuck Hayes, Mike Weaver, Jim Melvin, Stanley Frnak, Charlie Reid

Karyn Thompson Voelz - Softball (Inducted 2008) Most prolific hitter in UNCG softball history. Inducted 12 years after graduation and still ranked in top six in 12 offensive categories … led UNCG to 149-86-2 mark and three NCAA play-in series during her time at UNCG.

Helped establish NCAA Division I athletic programs at UNCG through scholarship funding and support.

Rita Wiggs - Women’s Basketball (Inducted 2000) Led UNCG to state NCAIAW title and AIAW regional appearance in 1972 … led UNCG in scoring for four straight seasons and finished with 1,347 career points.

Donna Friesen Wigton - Volleyball (Inducted 2003) Volleyball standout at UNCG (1970-73) … active contributor to the sport through coaching … part of officiating crew at 1996 Olympics and 1993 World University Games.

About the Hall of Fame: The purpose of the UNCG Athletics Hall of Fame is to recognize and honor those special individuals, who through their superior athletic achievements or by their outstanding service, have made long-lasting, exemplary contributions to the UNCG athletics program. Persons to be recognized for the excellence of their achievements may include former athletes, coaches, administrators and other individuals who brought recognition and honor to both themselves and to UNCG. Ceremonies are traditionally held each fall during Homecoming weekend. Nominations should be sent to: Hall of Fame Committee - c/o Stacy Kosciak UNCG Department of Athletics PO Box 26168 Greensboro, NC 27402 Additional Information Available Through: E-mail: sbmeadow@uncg.edu or online at www.uncgspartans.com

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The Spartan Club is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to secure scholarship support for nearly 250 student-athletes who compete in 18 men’s and women’s NCAA Division I athletic programs at UNCG. UNCG proudly proclaims that 100 percent of Spartan Club contributions go directly to athletic scholarships for deserving studentathletes.

Methods of Giving Cash, Checks and Credit Card Gifts: Provide the yearly financial resources needed to operate the athletic program. Payments may be spread over the course of a fiscal year (July 1-June 30), but all pledges must be paid by June 30. The University accepts cash, checks and credit cards (American Express, MasterCard, Visa).

Employer Matching Gifts: Matching gifts double or triple the impact of your gift and increase your membership level. Be sure to enclose your matching gift form with application and donation and associate benefits.

Athletic Scholarship Endowments: These provide tuition, room, melas, books and fees on an annual basis for a studentathlete. Pay tribute to someone’s life and accomplishments or leave your own legacy while strengthening UNCG’s athletic program.

Planned and Estate Gifts: These gifts include life income arrangements from trusts, annuities, income funds, as well as life insurance policies and individual estate bequests, such as cash or real estate.

Annual Scholarships

Endowed Athletic Scholarships

A named endowment to support athletic scholarships may be created with a commitment of $50,000 or more. The endowment generates income that is awarded to student-athletes on an annual basis. Lynne C. Agee Fund James H. Allen Fund Alma W. Barrier Fund Smith Barrier Fund Irwin Belk Fund Fund Aaron Michael Bobb Mike & Nancy Burke Fund Robert A. and Mary C. Fleming Fund The Michael B. Fleming Fund Stanley and Dorothy Frank Fund J. Douglas Galyon Fund Ellen Griffin Fund Lester Earl Gross III Fund Charles A. Hayes Fund

Nathan & Robyn Jameson Fund David Bates Knight Fund C. Tomas Martin Fund Karl Mayer Fund Jim Melvin Fund Charles C. Moyer Fund Victor M. Nussbaum, Jr. Fund Nancy Ann Porter Fund Charles M. Reid Fund Rayna Matea Taylor Fund Edward & Carolyn Uprichard Fund H. Michael Weaver Fund

Six additional funds that are on their way to reaching endowment status include: Dr. Richard and Sharon Beavers Scholarship Fund Rich Brenner Endowed Fund Gary, Marilyn and Jordan Smith Fund Patricia A. Hielscher Volleyball Athletic Scholarship Becky Jackson Fund

UNCG Spartan Club PO Box 41230 Greensboro, NC 27404-1230 Director: Mike Roach

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An annual scholarship may be created with a commitment of $10,000 or more over a four-year period. Richard A. and Sharon J. Beavers Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Bobb Family Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Bott Family Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Linda Brady and Steve Heyer Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund David L. and Martha P. Brown Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Marc and Janis Bush Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Clarida Family Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Doug M. Hamilton Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Raila M. Harris Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Nixon C. Henley Annual Athletic Scholarship George G. Hoyle Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Karl Mayer Textile Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Brenda Tolbert King Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Kronenfeld Family Annual Scholarship Fund LindBrook Development Annual Athletic Scholarship Greg & Sylvia Mims Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Shawn Daniel Mulrooney Memorial Annual Athletic Scholarship Piedmont Orthopedic Associates, Inc. Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Bob & Laura Pitts Spartan Excellence Scholarship Fund Senn Dunn Annual Athletic Scholarship Shamrock Corporation Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Jerry & Ellyn Steinhorn Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Mary and Art Winstead Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund Perry R. Wyatt Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund

Phone: (336) 334-5156 Fax: (336) 334-5319 www.spartanclub.org

Associate Director: Donegan Root

Office Manager: Helen Sedwick

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Spartan Club Executive Committee Chair: Kurt Kronenfeld ‘79 - Vice President, Senn Dunn Insurance Samantha F. Brumbaugh ‘99 - Attorney at Cairo, Ferguson, Brumbaugh, Stroupe, PLLC Chuck Burns - Area Vice President, First Citizens Bank Craig Cook ‘82 - President, Oakbrook Solutions, Inc. Katie Dannemiller - Vice President of Operations, Greensboro Grasshoppers Michael H. Godwin - Attorney at Schell, Bray, Aycock, Abel & Livingston, PLLC Keith Grandberry ‘89 - President & CEO, Winston-Salem Urban League Leaton Harris - Director of Business Operations, TEK Systems Pete LaMuraglia ‘86 - Partner, Compass Financial Partners, LLC F. Dean Little, III - Secretary/Treasurer of Yost & Little Kevin McCoy ‘02 - Vice President, South Atlantic Lumber Ben Sirmons ‘74 - Assistant General Council, UNIFI, Inc. Tracy Smith Michael Spohn ‘91 - CFO/Vice President, Old North State Trust, LLC Jeff Taylor ‘83 - CFO, Pope Companies Harrison Turner, Partner, Greensboro Dermatology Associates Ex-Officio Members Dr. Patti Stewart - Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, UNCG Marc Bush - President, Greensboro Sports Commission Dick Stewart - Associate Director of Athletics, UNCG Dr. Terry Ackerman - Faculty Athletics Rep, UNCG Rod Wyatt - Interim Director of Athletics, UNCG Ryan Soloman - SAICA President Kayren Finney - SAICA representative Eric Durham - Blue Crew representative Mike Roach - Director, Spartan Club Advisor C. Thomas Martin ‘70 - Former Director of Planning, City of Greensboro

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SPARTAN SUCCESS Student-athletes at UNCG have enjoyed a tremendous amount of success over the years. Although the athletic department just celebrated its 40th season last year, athletics at UNCG date back to the 1940s in the days before the university became co-ed. Golfer Nancy Porter, who went on to a successful pro career, is regarded as one of UNCG’s first student-athletes, competing in tournaments on the national level in the late 1940s. In 1963, as the university prepared to go co-ed, UNCG began to formally organize athletic teams. Women’s basketball, under head coach Ellen Griffin, women’s tennis, women’s golf and field hockey were started. LPGA Hall of Famer Carol Mann was on one of the early UNCG women’s golf teams. In 1967, UNCG began men’s athletics and the intercollegiate athletics program received formal recognition from the University. In the fall of 1967, the Spartan was adopted as the program’s mascot. In 1968, UNCG’s men’s teams joined the Dixie Athletic Conference, known today as the USA South Conference on the NCAA Division III level. Women’s teams competed as part of the AIAW early on, with UNCG being one of the lead organizers of the organization. Two of the first men’s sports were basketball and bowling. In 1971, with the emergence of the five-player rule in women’s basketball, UNCG finished fourth in the National Collegiate Tournament. Two years later, the women’s golf team won the AIAW national title – UNCG’s firstever team national crown. Porter coached the squad and future professional golfer Donna Horton White was on the squad. Since then, UNCG has enjoyed a number of successes: • Five national titles in men’s soccer during the 1980s and a runner-up finish in women’s tennis. • An unprecedented five-year move from Division III to Division II to Division I. • A trip to the “Big Dance” – the NCAA men’s basketball tournament – in just its fifth year of Division I status. • Men’s soccer coach Michael Parker and women’s basketball coach Lynne Agee were the first to lead teams to the NCAA tournament in all three divisions. • A baseball squad built from scratch by Mike Gaski that made it to the NCAA tournament in just its fifth season of play. • A men’s soccer program that conquered all comers for two months to become the No. 1 team in the nation in 2004, the beginning of UNCG’s three straight NCAA tournament Round of 16 appearances and four in five years. • Kyle Hines, who became just the sixth player in college basketball history to record 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocked shots in a career. • Individuals like wrestler Dock Kelly, who overcame birth defects that left him without legs qualifying for the NCAA Championship. • Students like Siggi Eyjolffson, who earned Academic All-American honors three times. From major league gue pitcher Brian Moehler to MLS champion Alejandro lejandro Moreno to LPGA star Becky Morgan, Spartan alumni have gone on to successful careers ers in sports. That success ss isn’t just limited to thee playing field, either. Thee late Doug Hamilton was one of the pioneerss within MLS and played ed on the UNCG national al championship teams ms off the 1980s. Eyjolffson son returned to his native ve Iceland and is one ne of the top people in his native country’s soccer federation, currently serving as their women’s national team head coach. S p a r t a n athletics has had its ts success stories over ver the years … and the he best is yet to come.

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National Championships (6) Women’s Golf – 1973 (AIAW) Men’s Soccer – 1982 (NCAA III) Men’s Soccer – 1983 (NCAA III) Men’s Soccer – 1985 (NCAA III) Men’s Soccer – 1986 (NCAA III) Men’s Soccer – 1987 (NCAA III)

Conference Tournament Titles (40 overall; 28 in NCAA Div. I) Women’s Volleyball – 1981 Women’s Basketball – 1982 Women’s Volleyball – 1982 Women’s Volleyball – 1983 Women’s Basketball – 1983 Softball – 1983 Women’s Basketball – 1984 Women’s Volleyball – 1984 Women’s Basketball – 1985 Women’s Basketball – 1987 Women’s Basketball – 1988 Softball – 1988 Men’s Soccer – 1993 ** Softball – 1994 ** Women’s Soccer – 1994 ** Men’s Soccer – 1994 ** Softball – 1995 ** Men’s Golf – 1995 ** Women’s Golf – 1995 ** Men’s Tennis – 1995 ** Men’s Basketball – 1996 ** Men’s Golf – 1996 ** Women’s Golf – 1996 ** Softball – 1996 ** Women’s Soccer –1996 ** Men’s Soccer – 1996 ** Baseball – 1997 ** Women’s Tennis – 1997 ** Softball – 1997 ** Women’s Soccer –1997 Men’s Soccer –1998 Women’s Soccer –1998 Women’s Basketball – 1998 Men’s Basketball –2001 Women’s Soccer – 2001 Women’s Soccer – 2003 Men’s Soccer – 2005 Women’s Soccer – 2006 ++ Men’s Soccer – 2006 Men’s Soccer – 2008

Conference Reg. Season Titles (75 overall; 41 in NCAA Div. I) Men’s Tennis – 1974 Men’s Basketball – 1981 Men’s Tennis – 1981 Women’s Volleyball – 1981 Men’s Soccer – 1981 Women’s Basketball – 1982 Softball – 1982 Women’s Tennis – 1982 Women’s Volleyball – 1982 Women’s Basketball – 1983 Softball – 1983 Women’s Tennis – 1983

Women’s Volleyball – 1983 Men’s Soccer – 1983 Women’s Basketball – 1984 Softball – 1984 Men’s Tennis – 1984 Women’s Tennis – 1984 Women’s Volleyball – 1984 Men’s Soccer – 1984 Women’s Basketball – 1985 Women’s Tennis – 1985 Men’s Soccer – 1985 Men’s Tennis – 1986 Women’s Tennis – 1986 Men’s Soccer – 1986 Men’s Basketball – 1987 Women’s Basketball – 1987 Women’s Tennis – 1987 Men’s Soccer – 1987 Men’s Basketball – 1988 Women’s Basketball – 1988 Men’s Tennis – 1988 Women’s Tennis – 1988 Softball – 1993 Women’s Basketball – 1993 Men’s Soccer – 1993 Women’s Soccer – 1993 Women’s Basketball – 1994 Baseball – 1994 ** Men’s Soccer – 1994 Women’s Soccer – 1994 Men’s Basketball – 1995 Women’s Basketball – 1995 Softball – 1995 Men’s Soccer – 1995 Women’s Soccer – 1995 Volleyball – 1995 Men’s Basketball – 1996 Women’s Basketball – 1996 Softball – 1996 Men’s Soccer – 1996 Women’s Soccer – 1996 Softball – 1997 Baseball – 1997 Women’s Basketball – 1997 ** Women’s Soccer – 1997 ** Men’s Soccer - 1997 ** Women’s Basketball – 1998 ** Baseball – 1998 ** Women’s Soccer – 1998 ** Men’s Soccer – 1998 ** Women’s Basketball – 1999 ** Women’s Soccer – 2000 ** Men’s Tennis – 2001 ** Women’s Soccer – 2001 ** Women’s Basketball – 2002 ** Men’s Basketball – 2002 Men’s Soccer – 2004 ** Women’s Soccer – 2004 ** Men’s Soccer – 2005 ** Women’s Soccer – 2006 ** Men’s Soccer – 2006 ** Women’s Soccer – 2007** Women’s Soccer – 2008** ** denotes officially recognized conference champion

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