Alice Duan

Kate Smith

NEBRASKA
WOMEN’S GOLF
2020-21 MEDIA GUIDE
 Vanessa Bouvet

Kirsten Baete
Megan Whittaker
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GOLF

WOMEN’S GOLF DIRECTORY
Head Coach..............................................................Lisa Johnson
Associate Head Coach...................................... Chessey Thomas
Golf Office Phone/Fax.................(402) 472-1415/(402) 472-9399
Golf Office Address:.....................................................................
202C Nebraska Coliseum
P.O. Box 880146
Lincoln, NE 68588-0146

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORY
Associate A.D./Communications: Keith Mann..... (402) 472-2263
Women’s Golf Contact: Jeff Griesch ......................(402) 472-7775
..................................................................... jgriesch@huskers.com
Communications Fax Number:............................. (402) 472-2005
Communications Mailing Address:.................................................
University of Nebraska Media Relations
One Memorial Stadium
P.O. Box 880123
Lincoln, NE 68588-0123
Internet Address.......................................................Huskers.com
Instagram............................................................... @huskerw.golf
Snapchat................................................................ nebraskawgolf
Facebook................................................Nebraska Women’s Golf
Twitter................................................................... @HuskerWGolf

ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION
General Athletic Department Phone.......................... (402) 472-4224
Athletic Director: Bill Moos.......................................... (402) 472-3011
Senior Deputy A.D./Chief of Staff: John Johnson............... (402) 472-3011
Senior Deputy A.D./External Operations: Garrett Klassy...... (402) 472-3011
Deputy A.D./Facilities: Bob Burton............................. (402) 472-5663
Deputy A.D./CFO: John Jentz.................................... (402) 472-2273
Deputy A.D./SWA: Pat Logsdon................................. (402) 472-3011
Exec. Assoc. A.D./Academics: Dennis Leblanc.......... (402) 472-2042
Exec. Assoc. A.D./Compliance: Jamie Vaughn.......... (402) 472-2042
BOARD OF REGENTS
Timothy Clare, J.D............................................Lincoln (District 1)
Jack Stark.........................................................Omaha (District 2)
Jim Pillen, Chairman.................................... Columbus (District 3)
Elizabeth O’Connor..........................................Omaha (District 4)
Robert Schafer................................................ Beatrice (District 5)
Paul Kenney, Vice Chair..................................Amherst (District 6)
Bob Phares...............................................North Platte (District 7)
Barbara Weitz...................................................Omaha (District 8)
Veronica Miller...................................................Nebraska-Lincoln
Jabin Moore..................................................... Nebraska-Omaha
Max Beal..........................................................Nebraska-Kearney
Thomas Schroeder...............................Nebraska Medical Center
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location................................................................... Lincoln, Neb.
Population....................................................................... 287,401
Enrollment......................................................................... 25,057
Founded ................................................................ Feb. 15, 1869
Chancellor.............................................................. Ronnie Green
President.......................................................................Ted Carter
Colors..............................................................Scarlet and Cream
Nickname....................................................Cornhuskers/Huskers
Conference....................................................................... Big Ten
Affiliation ............................................................NCAA Division I
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is committed to creating a
diverse and inclusive work and learning environment free from
discrimination and harassment. UNL is dedicated to creating an
environment where everyone feels valued, respected and included.
UNL does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color,
national origin, sex (including pregnancy), religion, age, disability,
sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, veteran
status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its programs,
activities and employment. UNL complies with all local, state and
federal laws prohibiting discrimination, including Title IX, which
prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
General Information/Coaches/Staff................................... 1-5
Coach Lisa Johnson.................................................................... 2
Associate Head Coach Chessey Thomas................................... 3
Nebraska Golf Academy............................................................ 3
Deputy A.D./Facilities: Bob Burton............................................ 4
Deputy A.D./SWA: Pat Logsdon........................................................4
Athletic Director Bill Moos......................................................... 5
Chancellor Ronnie Green........................................................... 6
Faculty Athletics Representative: Scott Fuess Jr........................ 6
University of Nebraska Administration....................................... 7
2020-21 Outlook, Roster & Schedule................................ 8-9
Husker Golfers............................................................... 10-22
Kate Smith........................................................................... 10-11
Noor Ahmed............................................................................. 12
Alice Duan................................................................................ 13
Jessica Haraden........................................................................ 14
Hannah Thiele.......................................................................... 15
Kirsten Baete............................................................................ 16
Vanessa Bouvet........................................................................ 17
Megan Whittaker...................................................................... 18
Nicole Hansen.......................................................................... 19
Leah Herzog............................................................................. 20
Lindsey Thiele........................................................................... 21
Michaela Vavrova...................................................................... 22
Andrea Velez............................................................................ 22
Big Ten Conference........................................................ 23-24
2019-20 Season Review................................................. 25-27
Husker History............................................................... 28-37
Year-by-Year Results............................................................. 28-32 photography by Scott Bruhn. Photo credits to Scott Bruhn, Nate
All-Time Honors & Awards....................................................... 33
All-Time Letterwinners.............................................................. 34
Individual & Team Records....................................................... 35
Conference History................................................................... 36
Nebraska in the NCAA Championships................................... 37
This is Nebraska............................................................. 38-76
GOLF QUICK FACTS
Head Coach/Years............................................ Lisa Johnson/2nd
2019-20 Top 10 Finishes.......................................................... 2/6
2019-20 Top Five Finishes....................................................... 0/6
2019-20 First-Place Finishes.................................................... 0/6
Big Ten Finish.............................No Big Ten Championship Held
NCAA Regional Finish................. No NCAA Championship Held
Letterwinners Returning/Lost.................................................. 9/1
MEDIA INFORMATION
All student-athlete and coaching staff interviews must be
arranged through Senior Associate Director of Communications/
Operations Jeff Griesch at (402) 540-0279 or (402) 472-7775
or jgriesch@huskers.com. Generally, the Huskers will practice
in the morning at courses throughout Lincoln. Contact the
Communications Office to verify practice times and sites. The
best time to reach Coach Lisa Johnson for interviews is weekdays
at (402) 472-1415.
For up-to-date coverage of NU women’s golf, visit
Huskers.com, the official website of the University of Nebraska
Department of Athletics.
In addition to updated results, statistics and meet recaps, you
can find photos, player and coach biographies, schedule and
roster information and weekly releases. The site also features
webcasts produced by the Husker Sports Network of Nebraska
men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and
football, along with Sports Nightly, which airs Monday-Friday, 6-9
p.m., central time.
ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION
The 2020-21 Nebraska women’s golf guide was written and
designed by Senior Associate Director of Communications/
Operations Jeff Griesch. The guide was produced in Adobe
InDesign CS. The covers were created by Jeff Griesch with
Olsen, Stephanie Carpenter, Isabel Thalken, Maddie Washburn,
Lydia Asplin, the Smith family, Brett Renner (PGA), Ben Vigil (NGA)
and UNL Photographic Services.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department is
to serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans with Integrity,
Trust, Respect, Teamwork and Loyalty.
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COACHING EXPERIENCE
Head Coach, Nebraska (2019-present)
Head Coach, Idaho (2007-19)
Head Coach, Idaho Men’s Golf (2007-08)
Head Coach, Boise State Women’s Golf (2002-07)
Graduate Assistant, Idaho Men’s and Women’s Golf (2000-01)
HONORS & AWARDS
WAC Coach of the Year (2010, 2012)
NCAA Regional Teams (2010, 2016, 2018)
Big Sky Conference Team Champions (2016, 2018)
One Individual NCAA Championship Appearance (2015)
Six Individual NCAA Regional Appearances
(2009, 2011 (2), 2012, 2015, 2019)
Five Individual Conference Champions
(2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
30 All-Conference Golfers
42 WGCA Scholar All-America Awards
No. 1 NGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award (3.78, 2009)
An established coach with a track record of success in
leading her golfers to NCAA Regional competition and
conference championships, Lisa Johnson was named the head
coach of the Nebraska women’s golf program, June 17, 2019.
Johnson, who came to Nebraska after serving as the head
coach at the University of Idaho (2007-19), became just the
fourth head coach in the 46-year history of the Husker women’s
golf program.
“She is a proven winner and a fierce competitor who relates
well with her players,” Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos
said. “I have admired Lisa’s body of work for some time
and truly believe that she has what it takes to compete for
championships.”
Johnson, whose hiring followed the retirement of Robin
Krapfl after 32 seasons guiding the Husker program, said
her mission was to bring the highest level of achievement to
Nebraska golfers both on and off the course by building on
her own experiences and Nebraska’s tradition of success.
“I am incredibly thankful and excited for the opportunity to
lead Nebraska women’s golf,” Johnson said. “It is an honor to
take over for Coach Robin Krapfl. She left a terrific legacy.”
As a coach, Johnson’s success at Idaho was impressive,
including the 2016 and 2018 Big Sky Conference titles.
Johnson led Idaho to three NCAA Regional appearances
during her time in Moscow, including trips in 2010, 2016 and
2018. Her teams also finished second in the conference five
more times, including 2009, 2012, 2014 (Western Athletic
Conference) and 2017 and 2019 (Big Sky).
Johnson was a two-time WAC Coach of the Year (2010,
2012). She earned her PGA Class A Professional status in 2016.
In 2020, Johnson helped Kate Smith to Nebraska’s first
individual All-Big Ten award since 2012. Smith, who set a
school record with a 72.18 stroke average on the year, also
claimed the Big Ten’s Mary Fossum Award, which is presented
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LISA JOHNSON
Head Coach (Second Season) Gonzaga (2000)
to the golfer with best stroke average relative to par in the
league.
Smith was on her way to earning an NCAA Regional bid
before the coronavirus outbreak ended the 2019-20 season
across all NCAA sports. Smith received an additional year of
eligibility and will return for her fifth season on the course for
the Huskers in 2020-21.
Smith was the latest in a long line of golfers coached by
Johnson who have enjoyed outstanding individual success.
Johnson tutored two-time All-American Kayla Mortellaro to
three WAC Player-of-the-Year honors and a WAC Freshman-
of-the-Year award. Mortellaro, who earned individual NCAA
Regional bids in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and competed as a
member of Idaho’s 2010 NCAA Regional team, went on to
earn her LPGA card in 2013.
In 2019, Idaho senior Sophie Hausmann joined Mortellaro in
becoming a three-time individual NCAA Regional participant.
Hausmann, a two-time Big Sky Player of the Year (2018, 2019)
and a four-time first-team All-Big Sky selection, carried a 72.2
stroke average as a senior. The native of Nottuln, Germany,
competed in the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open and played in the
inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2019.
Hausmann and Mortellaro were joined as Vandal NCAA
Regional participants by Teo Poplawski (2011) and Leilanie
Kim (2015). Kim went on to advance to the final stage as an
individual at the 2015 NCAA Championship.
Hausmann and Mortellaro headline a list of 29 all-
conference golfers coached by Johnson in her Idaho career.
Hausmann (Big Sky) and Mortellaro (WAC) were both four-time
first-team all-conference picks. In 2019, Hausmann was joined
on the Big Sky first team by sophomore teammate Valeria
Patino, while Michelle Kim was named to the second team and
freshman Vicky Tsai was honorable mention. Michelle Kim was
also a two-time first-team All-Big Sky selection (2016, 2017)
during her career, which recognizes the top five players in the
conference. She added a third-team award in 2018.
Kim was one of three Idaho golfers to earn WGCA All-
America Scholar recognition in 2018 - her second consecutive
award. Overall, Idaho golfers earned 37 WGCA Scholastic
All-America awards during Johnson’s time in Moscow, while
her Vandals earned 51 academic all-conference awards.
“I am committed to developing players and providing a
comprehensive student-athlete experience, which includes
competing at a high level and reaching the postseason,”
Johnson said. “With Nebraska’s rich tradition of excellence
and strong community support, I believe we will achieve those
goals.”
Success in the classroom for her golfers has always gone
hand-in-hand with success on the course. Johnson, who was
the Gonzaga Female Student-Athlete of the Year during her
career as a collegiate golfer, led her Idaho teams to annual
recognition for its academic success. The Vandal women’s
golf program also has been honored each of the past five
seasons with NCAA Public Recognition Awards for its multi-
year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores.
Since 2007, every Idaho women’s golfer who exhausted
her eligibility at Idaho earned her degree. In 2009, Johnson’s
Vandals were honored for posting the No. 1 team grade-point
average (3.78) in the NCAA. Idaho’s 2016 team added a 3.68
GPA to rank No. 23 in the country.
Johnson did more than just build the Idaho program on
the course and in the classroom, she assisted in all phases of
fundraising, design and construction of the Jess and Kathleen
Hall Performance Golf Center at the University of Idaho Golf
Course, which was dedicated in 2016.
During Johnson’s first season at Idaho in 2007-08, she was
also the head men’s golf coach. She went to Moscow after
spending five-and-a-half seasons as the head women’s golf
coach at Boise State (January 2002-May 2007).
Johnson was a West Coast Conference All-Academic
selection and was also the president of the Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee. As a Bulldog golfer, she won three
individual tournament titles and was an All-West Coast
Conference selection. Johnson graduated cum laude from
Gonzaga in 2000, before earning her master’s degree from
the University of Idaho in 2002.
While earning her master’s degree, Johnson served as a
graduate assistant for both the Vandal men’s and women’s golf
programs. The 2001 Idaho women’s team won the Big West
Conference title and advanced to NCAA Regional competition,
while featuring the Big West Player of the Year.
She was married in February 2008 to John Johnson, who
is senior deputy athletic director/chief of staff at the University
of Nebraska. The couple has twin children, Ellie and Cooper.

COACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Head Coach, Nebraska (2019-present)
Assistant Coach, Washington (2016-19, 3 seasons)
Assistant Coach, Idaho (2015-16, 1 season)
HONORS & AWARDS
Two NCAA Championship Appearances
Assistant Coach, Washington, 2018, 2019
Four NCAA Regional Appearances
Assistant Coach, Idaho, 2016
Assistant Coach, Washington, 2017, 2018, 2019
Two NCAA Championship Appearances
Golfer, Tennessee, 2011, 2012
Four NCAA Regional Appearances
Golfer, Tennessee, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
NEBRASKA GOLF ACADEMY
Top: The indoor putting and chipping facility at the Nebraska Golf Academy provides the Huskers with space to work on their games year round at Wilderness Ridge.
Bottom: The hitting bays at the Nebraska Golf Academy have heaters inside and look out on the Wilderness Ridge driving range.
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CHESSEY THOMAS
Associate Head Coach (Second Season)
Chessey Thomas joined the Nebraska women’s golf team as
the associate head coach in the summer of 2019. She became
just the second full-time assistant coach in the history of the
Husker program.
“Chessey brings a wealth of knowledge to Nebraska, both
from playing professionally and coaching at the highest level,”
Nebraska Coach Lisa Johnson said. “I admire her work ethic,
competitiveness and her ability to relate to her players.”
In her first four seasons as a collegiate assistant, all four
teams Thomas coached advanced to at least NCAA Regional
play, while she helped her final two teams at Washington to
NCAA Championship appearances (2018, 2019). In her four
seasons as a golfer at Tennessee, she was also a part of four
NCAA Regional teams, including two teams that advanced to
the NCAA Championships (2011, 2012).
Thomas, who began her coaching career as an assistant
under Johnson at the University of Idaho in 2015-16, came
to Nebraska after three successful seasons at the University
of Washington. In 2018-19, Thomas helped the Huskies to an
18th-place finish at the NCAA Championship in Fayetteville,
Ark., after taking second at the Cle Elum Regional in Suncadia,
Wash. In her second season at Washington, Thomas aided
UW to a tie for ninth at the NCAA Championship in Stillwater,
Okla. In her first year as an assistant in Seattle, Thomas was
part of a Washington team that finished eighth at 2017 NCAA
Regionals.
In her lone season working with Johnson at Idaho,
Thomas helped the Vandals to the 2016 Big Sky Conference
Championship and an NCAA Regional appearance. The
Vandals also featured the Big Sky individual champion and
the Big Sky Freshman of the Year, while earning three all-
conference selections. Idaho also produced three WGCA
Scholastic All-American while posting the No. 23 team GPA
in the nation.
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Tennessee (2014)
Thomas played her college golf at the University of
Tennessee, lettering from 2011 to 2014. She completed a
standout career with second-team All-SEC honors as a senior.
Her 74.32 stroke average led the Lady Vols in 2013-14. In her
career, she competed in 38 tournaments and produced 15
career top-25 finishes, including a tournament title at the Lady
Bulldog Invite as a senior. As a junior, Thomas tied for eighth
individually at the 2013 NCAA East Regional with a career-low
66 in the final round.
During her four-year career at Tennessee, Thomas was a key
part of four teams that advanced to NCAA Regional play. She
also helped the Lady Vols to berths in the NCAA Championship
as both a freshman (2011) and sophomore (2012).
She continued her competitive career following graduation,
advancing to all three stages of the LPGA Qualifying School,
barely missing the final tour card cut.
Born in Santiago, Chile but raised mainly in Spokane,
Wash., Thomas won back-to-back Class 4A Washington State
Championships in 2009 and 2010 and was ranked as high as
No. 24 among GolfWeek’s Class of 2010 commitments. She
was also a standout high school basketball player, scoring more
than 1,300 career points in just three seasons while earning
Washington Class B All-Tournament honors for Saint George’s
School.
Thomas majored in journalism and electronic media at
Tennessee and was heavily involved in producing web and
social media content for the golf team as a player for the Lady
Vols. She spent three months as a tournament operations
intern for the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) in
2015, while also spending several months as assistant golf pro
at Manito Golf and Country Club in Spokane, Wash., before
accepting her first full-time assistant coaching position with
Johnson at Idaho.
The Nebraska Golf Academy is a unique indoor
golf training facility that offers over 2,000 sq. ft.
of indoor putting and chipping surface located
at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club. The Academy
has seven covered, heated hitting bays and two
teaching bays fully equipped with video and
equipment analysis. The Nebraska women’s golf
team practices regularly at the Academy during
the season.
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BOB
BURTON
Deputy Athletic Director/Facilities
24th Season
Nebraska (1985)
Bob Burton joined the Huskers in 1998 and was named Deputy AD in March of 2018. Burton
handles the facilities master plan for the athletic department, is the liaison to Haymarket Park,
working with the Lincoln Saltdogs, he helps set the budget for field and stadium operation
costs and create strategic plans for the facility. Burton is also the sport administrator for the
wrestling, swimming and diving, men’s and women’s golf and bowling programs.
Burton also oversees multiple support areas within the athletic department, including
facilities and maintenance, capital planning and construction, event management, equipment,
computing services and concessions.
Burton joined the athletic department in 1998 as an associate athletic director for compliance/
sports administration. He served in that role until 2007, ensuring that the conduct and operations
of Nebraska’s athletic teams were in compliance with NCAA, Big 12 and institutional rules and
regulations. He also performed as the primary sports administrator for many of Nebraska’s teams.
Burton filled a similar position at Oklahoma State as the assistant athletic director for sports
administration and compliance from 1993 to 1997. He oversaw OSU’s Olympic sports programs
as well as the training and strength and conditioning, wrestling, men’s and women’s track and
field and men’s and women’s tennis programs.
Burton came to Nebraska from Texas Tech, where he served as an associate athletic
director for compliance for one year. While at Texas Tech, Burton helped complete the NCAA
investigation into the Red Raider athletic department and analyzed the entire compliance
system at the institution. He also helped identify and implement financial aid and eligibility
systems, including changes in personnel and restructuring of the compliance department.
Burton, who was a member of the NCAA Division I women’s soccer committee for three
years and was a member of the NCAA Division I bowling committee, served as a legislative
administrator for the NCAA from 1989 to 1993. At the NCAA, he was involved in the
development of legislation, interpretation of regulations and reviewed legal issues related to
the application of the association’s regulations. He served as an NCAA liaison to committees
and conducted comprehensive education to several intercollegiate athletic conferences. He has
served on the National Association of Athletic Compliance Coordinators Executive Committee
and the subcommittee of Big 12 Directors of Compliance.
He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Nebraska in 1985 and his juris doctorate
from the Nebraska College of Law in 1989. A native of Falls City, Neb., Burton and his wife,
Krista, have a daughter, Elly Kathryn, and sons Robert Falk, McClain John and Abram Lawslo.
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PAT
LOGSDON
Deputy A.D./SWA
40th Season
Nebraska (1989)
A member of the Nebraska Athletic Department since 1979, Pat Logsdon serves as Deputy
Athletic Director and Nebraska’s Senior Woman Administrator to the NCAA and the Big Ten
Conference. She also serves on the Big Ten Sports Management Committee.
Logsdon’s duties include the department’s Gender Equity and Diversity and Inclusion Plans
as well as student-athlete surveys and exit interviews. She is also the senior administrator over
Nebraska’s Life Skills and performance areas.
Logsdon serves as the sport administrator for volleyball, beach volleyball, women’s basketball,
and men’s and women’s gymnastics.
Previously, Logsdon spent 23 seasons in football operations, including six seasons as NU’s
director of football operations, the first female in Division I to serve in that capacity. She handled
organization of all recruiting functions, supervised compliance activities and coordinated all
football administrative operations, including travel and practice operations.
Logsdon earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Nebraska.
JEFF
GRIESCH
Women’s Golf Communications
26th Season
Jeff Griesch is in his 18th season as media relations contact for the Nebraska women’s golf
program and his 26th season overall with Nebraska Athletics.
Griesch serves as the Senior Associate Communications Director, coordinating all aspects of
media relations for the women’s basketball and women’s golf programs while also coordinating
student assignments for Nebraska’s sports.
Griesch hires and supervises the student assistants in the Athletic Communications Office,
while also serving as the senior editor for all of Nebraska’s media guides.
In addition to his supervisory roles, Griesch helps Associate Athletic Director Keith Mann in
promoting the Nebraska football program, along with other office duties assigned by Mann.
Griesch enters his 23rd season as a radio color commentator for Nebraska women’s basketball
in 2020-21. He also spent 11 seasons as the host of the Nebraska Women’s Basketball TV Show.
He has served as Nebraska women’s basketball contact at 11 NCAA Tournaments, including
the first two NCAA Sweet 16 bids in school history (2010, 2013). He also has helped promote
three first-round WNBA Draft picks (Lindsey Moore, Kelsey Griffin, Nicole Kubik) and two first-
team WBCA All-Americans (Griffin, Jordan Hooper).
Griesch spent six years as an assistant director and two years as a graduate intern in the
Media Relations Office, after starting his sports information career as a student in October of
1995.
In 2007-08, Griesch’s Nebraska’s women’s basketball media and recruiting guide was voted
the third-best guide in the nation by the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA). His women’s golf guide also finished third in the national contest, the highest rankings
in history for both of those publications.
Griesch’s 1997-98 wrestling guide was voted “Best in the Nation” by Amateur Wrestling
News and finished second in the CoSIDA publications contest. The Nebraska women’s soccer
guide finished in the top 10 four straight seasons, including a third-place finish in 2000. His
2003-04 women’s basketball guide was voted “Best in the District” and 11th in the nation,
after finishing 12th and winning “Best in the District” honors in 2001-02.
From 2000 to 2009, Nebraska’s media and recruiting publications and posters earned nearly
200 national publication awards from CoSIDA, with Griesch helping to coordinate the printing
of those publications.
Griesch earned a bachelor’s of journalism degree in news-editorial from Nebraska in 1996.
He was the first two-time recipient of the CoSIDA/Wylie Smith Postgraduate Scholarship and
was a Regents Scholar as both an undergraduate and graduate student. He recently ended a
three-year team as the chair of CoSIDA’s prestigious graduate and undergraduate scholarship
committee, which has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars to exceptional candidates in
the media relations field since its inception.
Griesch and his wife, Emily, are originally from Wayne, Neb., and have a daughter, Hollan,
and three sons, Jackson, Brennan and Isaac.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
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WASHINGTON STATE (2010-17)
Athletic Director
OREGON (1995-2007)
Athletic Director
MONTANA (1990-95)
Athletic Director
WASHINGTON STATE (1982-90)
Associate Athletic Director (1987-90)
Assistant Athletic Director (1982-87)
COMMITTEE/LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS
NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee
NCAA Division I Football Competition Committee
NCAA Division I Football Recruiting Ad Hoc Working Group
(Co-Chair)
NCAA Division I Football Oversight Camps/Clinics in making his impact felt in Cougar Athletics, spearheading a
Subcommittee (Chair)
Rose Bowl Management Committee
Big Ten Program and Budget Review Committee
PERSONAL
Washington State, B.A. (History) 1973
Family: Kendra (wife); Bo, Benjamin (sons); Christa, Brittany
and Kati (daughters)
Honor the past. Live the present. Create the future.
Nine simple words that carry impressive significance and
undeniable responsibility. Words that Nebraska’s athletic
director uses to lead his programs and set the tone for building
champions in competition and in life.
William H. (Bill) Moos was named Nebraska’s Athletic Director
on Oct. 15, 2017, and fully assumed those responsibilities
on Oct. 23.
Moos, who became the 15th athletic director in the history
of the storied Cornhusker program, brought nearly 25 years
of experience as an athletic director at three Division I schools
(Washington State, Oregon, Montana) with him to Nebraska.
More importantly, he brings an impressive track record of
success in building outstanding programs, developing long-
term relationships, and for doing what is best for his schools,
its fans and most importantly, its student-athletes.
“When you name the top three, four, five athletic programs
in the great positions as an athletic director, Nebraska is in that
same breath,” Moos said at his introductory press conference
at Memorial Stadium. “I want you to know that my motto has
always been, in the 25 years I have been a Division I athletic
director and it will be here too is very simple - honor the past,
live the present, create the future.”
In his first six months at Nebraska, Moos made three coaching
hires. He drew universal praise for hiring Scott Frost, the 2017
consensus national coach of the year, as Nebraska’s head
football coach in December. Following the spring semester,
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Moos also hired Mark Hankins to coach the men’s golf team
and Sean Maymi to lead the men’s tennis program.
Nebraska made national headlines with the hiring of Fred
Hoiberg as its new men’s basketball coach in 2019. Moos
made another impact move with the hiring of former Husker
Will Bolt to lead the baseball program, after Major League
All-Star, Gold Glove award winner and World Series champion
Darin Erstad stepped down from his head coaching position
after leading the Huskers to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
Moos hired Lisa Johnson to lead the women’s golf program
after the retirement of long-time coach Robin Krapfl. He also
hired long-time Husker assistant Paul Klempa to guide the
nationally dominant bowling program after the retirement of
the legendary Bill Straub, who led the program to five NCAA
titles since 2004.
Former Husker national champions Heather Brink (women’s
gymnastics) and Rachel Martin (rifle) were also hired by Moos
to lead those national championship-contending programs.
In competition, the Nebraska volleyball team claimed the
adding an NCAA runner-up finish in 2018. Both the men’s
and women’s gymnastics teams finished in the top six at the
2018 NCAA Championships, before the men added a third-
place team finish in 2019 - its best team showing since 1999.
The bowling team added top-three national finishes in 2018
and 2019, and the wrestling team produced top-10 NCAA
finishes in both of those seasons. The women’s basketball team
made the NCAA Tournament in 2018, while the baseball team
advanced to NCAA Tournament play in 2019.
Nebraska also has continued its excellence in the classroom,
producing nine CoSIDA Academic All-Americans over the last
two years, bringing NU’s nation-leading total to 340 all-time
CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all sports.
Moos came to Lincoln after spending seven-plus years
at Washington State (2010-17). He previously served 12
highly successful seasons as the athletic director at Oregon
(1995-2007).
During his time at his alma mater, Moos wasted little time
department-wide rebranding effort with Nike while securing
a 10-year, $35 million marketing rights agreement with IMG
College. nine NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients and one
In addition, the 2004 WSU Alumni Achievement Award
winner gained Regents approval for a $130 million addition and
remodel of Martin Stadium, featuring a remodeled press box
with luxury seating, including suites, loge boxes and club room.
Also included in the project was a state-of-the-art video board
and an 80,000-square-foot football operations building that
served as the stadium’s showpiece and opened in May 2014.
As the dean of Pac-12 athletic directors, Moos was at the
forefront of the conference’s procurement of a 12-year, $3
billion television contract with FOX and ESPN, a landmark
agreement in college athletics. Under Moos’ direction, the
Cougar Athletic Fund’s Annual Giving program saw an 81
percent increase in gifts while CAF donor members rose from
nearly 4,000 to more than 7,500.
Additional facility enhancements under Moos included a
center-hung video board in Beasley Coliseum that was installed
prior to the 2011-12 season, giving Cougar basketball one
of the premier fan experiences in the conference. An indoor
golf hitting facility was also completed in early 2013, and
Lower Soccer Field underwent a major renovation making the
venue TV-ready while also providing one of the best playing
surfaces on the West Coast, along with the addition of lights
and a new scoreboard.
Other enhancements were made to the Moobery track
facility, Bailey-Brayton Field, the basketball practice gym,
Gibb Pool and the Simmelink Indoor tennis courts. In Moos’
seven years at WSU, Cougar student-athletes and coaches
accounted for 805 academic all-conference selections, 130
all-conference accolades, 45 All-America honors and three
Pac-12 Coach-of-the-Year honors.
Moos served as Oregon’s director of athletics from July
of 1995 to 2007. While at Oregon he oversaw a 17-sport
athletic department that grew to national prominence during
his tenure.Oregon’s annual athletic department budget grew
from $18.5 million in his first year to more than $40 million
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Washington State (1973)
NEBRASKA’S ATHLETIC DIRECTORS
1928-1876 — Allen R. Benton
1928-1931 — H.D. Gish
1932-1936 — Dana X. Bible
1937-1942 — Lawrence McCeney “Biff” Jones
1942-1947 — A.J. Lewandowski
1948-1953 — George “Potsy” Clark
1954-1960 — J.W. “Bill” Orwig
1961* — Charles Miller and Joseph Soshnik
1962-1966 — W.H. “Tippy” Dye
1967-1992 — Bob Devaney
1993-2002 — Bill Byrne
2003-2007 — Steve Pederson
2007-2012 — Tom Osborne
2013-2017 — Shawn Eichorst
2017-pres. — Bill Moos
*Interim Co-Directors
by 2007, becoming 100 percent self-sufficient during that
time. Under his direction the Duck Athletic Fund donor base
increased from 4,930 to 12,290, resulting in an annual gifts
increase from $4.1 million to $15.3 million.
Moos initiated more than $160 million in facility improvements
while at Oregon. Included in that was the $90 million Autzen
Stadium renovation in 2002, which added 12,000 new seats,
32 new suites, a new Club at Autzen and a new press box to
the stadium. In his 12 years, the Ducks ranked first in Pac-10
football attendance 11 times, reaching 100 percent capacity
in each of those seasons.
During Moos’ tenure, Oregon athletics captured 13 Pac-
10 championships across six different sports. He increased
opportunities for women by adding two intercollegiate
programs, soccer and lacrosse, and negotiated an all-inclusive
shoe and apparel contract with Nike, one of only 14 in the
country at the time. From an academic standpoint during Moos’
tenure, Oregon student-athletes collected 722 academic all-
conference selections, 34 Academic All-America selections,
NCAA Top Ten Award.
During his first stint as a collegiate athletic director at Montana
(1990-95), Moos created an academic support program and
hired its first athletic academic coordinator, developed a
facility enhancement plan that created more than $4 million
in improvements, and lifted the school’s fund-raising efforts
to show a 300 percent increase in private and corporate gifts.
Academically, Montana student-athletes were equally
successful as the athletic department achieved a graduation
rate 20 percent higher than the general university enrollment.
Under Moos’ watch Montana garnered 269 academic all-
conference selections, five Academic All-Americans and two
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients.
Moos began his athletic career as an athletic administrator
in 1982 as assistant athletic director at Washington State. He
also served as the school’s associate athletic director (1988-90).
At Washington State, he was director of development for
more than five years and associate director for nearly two
years, supervising all external operations. Prior to that, he
managed and owned private businesses in Washington and
Oregon for eight years. He was a student assistant football
coach at Washington State for the 1973 season, then spent part
of 1974 in Washington, D.C., serving as a government intern.
Raised on a wheat and cattle ranch in eastern Washington,
Moos attended high school in Olympia when his father served
in the governor’s cabinet. Moos earned his bachelor’s degree
in history from WSU and was a three-year letterman in football
before concluding his collegiate career by representing
Washington State in the 1972 East-West Shrine All-Star Game
in San Francisco.
He served as co-captain on the Cougars’ 1972 squad and
garnered first-team All-Pac-8 Conference honors. Moos and
his wife Kendra have three daughters: Christa, Brittany and
Kaiti; and two sons, Bo and Benjamin.
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RONNIE SCOTT
GREEN FUESS JR.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Athletic Representative
Chancellor First Year
Fifth Year Delaware (1982)
Virginia Tech (1983)
Ronnie D. Green is the 20th chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was appointed Scott M. Fuess Jr. is the Steinhart Foundation Distinguished Professor of Business at the
as chancellor on April 6, 2016 and assumed the duties of the office on May 8, 2016. An official University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He joined the university in 1986, and he has been the chairman
installation ceremony was conducted on April 6, 2017. of the Economics Department since Fall 2005. Fuess also became the Director of the M.A.
In July 2010, Dr. Green was appointed as the Harlan Vice Chancellor of the UNL Institute of Program in Intercollegiate Athletics Administration (MAIAA) in 2018.
Agriculture and Natural Resources and Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources His research interests are labor economics, the economics of collegiate sports, macroeconomics,
of the University of Nebraska system. In June 2015, Dr. Green also assumed the interim role and the economy of Japan. He has had articles published in leading outlets, including Journal
of Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the of Political Economy, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Labor Research, Economic
NEBRASKA’S CHANCELLORS
1871-1876 — Allen R. Benton institution’s chief academic officer. Inquiry, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Southern Economic Journal, Review of
1876-1882 — Edmund B. Fairfield Dr. Green was raised on a mixed beef, dairy, Income and Wealth, Journal of Economic Education,
1884-1888 — Irvin J. Manatt and cropping farm in southwestern Virginia. He NEBRASKA’S FACULTY REPS and Contemporary Economic Policy.
1888-1891 — Charles E. Bessey 1931-1946 — T.J. Thompson
1891-1895 — James H. Canfield received B.S. and M.S. degrees in animal science 1947-1958 — Earl Fullbrook
His research has been presented at professional
1895-1899 — George E. MacLean from Virginia Tech and Colorado State University, 1959-1964 — Charles S. Miller conferences in Canada, Germany, Great Britain,
1900-1908 — E. Benjamin Andrews respectively. His doctoral program was completed 1965-1968 — Merk Hobson Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. He has
1908-1927 — Samuel Avery 1969-1970 — John R. Davis been a guest lecturer in Germany, Japan, and Russia.
1927-1938 — Edgar A. Burnett
jointly at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and 1971-1982 — Keith L. Broman
1938-1946 — Chauncey S. Boucher the USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center 1982-1997 — James O’Hanlon Fuess has been a Research Fellow at the Institute
1947-1953 — Reuben G. Gustavson in animal breeding and genetics. 1997-2020 — Josephine Potuto for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany.
1953-1954 — John K. Selleck* Dr. Green has served on the animal science 2020-Present — Scott Fuess Jr. Frequently he has been a visiting professor in the
1954-1968 — Clifford Hardin
1968-1971 — Joseph Soshnik faculties of Texas Tech University and Colorado School of Economics at Senshu University in Tokyo,
1972-1975 — James H. Zumberge State University, as the national program leader Japan (1998, 2000, 2004).
1975-1976 — Adam C. Breckenridge* for animal production research for the USDA’s He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, as well as several other scholarly societies. He has earned
1976-1980 — Roy A. Young numerous teaching awards, including CBA’s “Distinguished Teaching Award” (3 times), UNL’s
1980-1981 — Robert H. Rutford*
Agricultural Research Service, and as executive
1981-1991 — Martin A. Massengale secretary of the White House’s interagency working “Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students” (4 times), and Mortar Board’s “People
1991-1991 — Jack Goebel group on animal genomics within the National Who Inspire Award.”
1991-1995 — Graham B. Spanier Science and Technology Council. Prior to returning In 2010, he was honored by Phi Beta Delta as the UNL faculty “International Scholar of the Year.”
1995-1996 — Joan R. Leitzel*
1996-2000 — James Moeser to the University of Nebraska, he served as senior He received his bachelor’s degree (1982) from the University of Delaware and his master’s
2000-2016 — Harvey S. Perlman global director of technical services for Pfizer Animal (1983) and doctoral degrees (1986) from Purdue University.
2016-present — Ronnie Green Health’s (now Zoetis) animal genomics business.
* Interim Chancellor
Dr. Green is an internationally recognized
authority in animal genetics; he has published 130 refereed publications and abstracts, nine
book chapters and 56 invited symposia papers; and has delivered invited presentations in 43
U.S. states and 21 countries around the world. He is a past-president of the American Society
of Animal Science (ASAS) and has served in a number of leadership positions for the U.S. Beef
Improvement Federation, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Pork Board, and
National Research Council. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Association of
Public Land-grant Universities (APLU), Neogen Corporation, and the national Alpha Gamma
Rho fraternity. He has been honored as a Fellow of both ASAS and the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
Ronnie and best friend Jane are the parents of four children, all graduates of, or enrolled at,
the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Justin, a political science/history graduate, is a political
journalist in Washington, D.C.; Nate is a graduate of the College of Business and Nebraska
Law and is with Hausmann Construction in Lincoln; Kelli is an advertising, public relations and
global studies graduate and is preparing for the ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary;
and Regan is a current student in human development and family science and agricultural
communications. Collectively, members of the Green family hold or are pursuing a total of 15
University of Nebraska–Lincoln degrees.

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TED UNIVERSITY
CARTER BOARD OF REGENTS
University of Nebraska The Board of Regents consists of eight voting members
elected by district for six-year terms, and four non-voting
President student Regents, one from each campus, who serve
First Year during their tenure as student body president. The board
U.S. Naval Academy (1981) supervises the general operations of the university, and
the control and direction of all expenditures. The board
Walter “Ted” Carter Jr., began his tenure as the eighth president of the University of also includes a corporation secretary who manages all
Nebraska system on Jan. 1, 2020. records including agendas, minutes, notices, policies
The Board of Regents appointed Carter following a national search that engaged hundreds and bylaws. Those documents can be found on the web
of Nebraskans within the University and across the state. at nebraska.edu/board/.
Carter is the immediate past superintendent of his alma mater, the U.S. Naval Academy in The board meets regularly, primarily in Lincoln but
Annapolis, Md., where he served from 2014 to 2019. As superintendent – the Naval Academy’s also in Omaha and greater Nebraska. Persons wishing to
equivalent of a university president – Carter oversaw all functions of the institution, including provide information to the board or to appear before it should contact: Corporation Secretary,
leadership of 4,400 students and 1,500 faculty and staff, management of a $500 million budget, University of Nebraska, Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege, Lincoln, NE 68583.
and oversight of academics, facilities, admissions and policy.
Under his leadership, the Naval Academy’s Class of 2019 achieved a record-high graduation
rate of 90 percent and the academy was ranked the nation’s No. 1 public university by Forbes
Magazine. Carter significantly advanced diversity and inclusion; white men are no longer the
majority of the student body for the first time in the academy’s 173-year history. He also formed
the nation’s first accredited cyber operations major and accredited a nuclear engineering major.
Prior to joining the Naval Academy, Carter was president of the U.S. Naval War College in
Newport, R.I., from 2013 to 2014, where he led 1,600 resident students, 100,000-plus distance
education students and 600 faculty and staff in graduate-level education.
Carter earned his bachelor’s degree in physics and oceanography from the U.S. Naval
Academy. He holds educational credentials from the 18-month-long Navy Nuclear Power
School, the U.S. Air Force War College, the Naval War College and the Armed Forces Staff
College. He is a naval flight officer with more than 6,300 flying hours, and has completed 2,016
carrier-arrested landings, an American record. Timothy Clare Jack Stark Jim Pillen
Carter is a Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star recipient. He graduated from the Lincoln Omaha Columbus
Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) in Miramar, Calif., and was commander for the Carrier
Strike Group Twelve, in which he commanded 20 ships, two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers
and two carrier air wings that were deployed to Afghanistan in the Arabian Gulf.
He currently serves as the chair of the Daugherty Water for Food Institute’s Board of
Directors and as a member on the Greater Omaha Chamber Board of Directors, the Nebraska
State Commerce Board of Directors, and the Nebraska Medicine Board of Directors. Carter is
also a member of the American Council of Presidents for the Association of Public and Land-
Grant Universities and contributes as an Ex Officio member of the NU Foundation Board and
Executive Committee.
The son of an English teacher, Carter was raised in Burrillville, R.I., a rural town in the
northwest corner of the state. He and his wife, Lynda, have two adult children.
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SMITH, HUSKERS SHOOT FOR POSTSEASON PLAY
Senior Kate Smith earned an invitation to the second annual Augusta Women’s National Amateur Championship (March 31-April 3). Smith was one of just 72 of the top amateurs from around
the world to claim a coveted invite to the prestigious event.
Super senior Kate Smith returns for a fifth season to lead
the Nebraska women’s golf team in search of postseason
competition in 2020-21.
Smith, who earned the Big Ten’s Mary Fossum Award after
producing the conference’s top stroke average (72.18) relative
to par last season, has continued to improve her game despite
the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus in 2020. While the
virus prevented Smith from taking part in NCAA Regional play
as an individual last season, the stoppage allowed her and
other seniors around the nation an additional year of eligibility.
She began preparing for 2020-21 almost immediately
by capturing her second Minnesota Women’s Amateur
Championship in July. In early August, she advanced to
the round of 32 at the 120th U.S. Women’s Amateur at the
Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md. Smith earned
the No. 15 seed in the match play portion of the event after
putting together two strong stroke play rounds in Maryland.
“Kate kept getting better throughout last season and
developed as both a player and a leader for our team,”
Nebraska Coach Lisa Johnson said. “She had a really good
summer and we’re excited to see what this year can hold for
her and our entire team.”
A first-team All-Big Ten selection in an abbreviated 2020
season, Smith will shoot for her fifth consecutive year of setting
the Nebraska single-season stroke average record while
hoping to power the Huskers to NCAA Regional competition.
Smith won’t be the only super senior pushing Nebraska
toward the postseason. Graduate transfer Alice Duan has
proven herself worthy of NCAA Regional competition as she
enters her fifth college season but first as a Husker.
Duan, who earned her bachelor’s degree from Washington
in the spring of 2020, was a key player in UW’s run to both
NCAA Regional and NCAA Championship play as a junior
in 2019. She finished 13th individually at the 2019 Pac-12
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Championships before tying for 28th at the NCAA Cle Elum
Regional.
The Reno, Nev., native who spent her first two collegiate
seasons at Cal State Northridge owns seven career top-10
finishes and qualified for the 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur.
She also won the Washington Women’s Amateur during the
summer of 2020 before arriving in Lincoln.
Duan opened her Husker career by finishing as the
Low Women’s Amateur at the 2020 Nebraska Open, which
featured top male professionals along with men’s and women’s
collegiate players from around the state.
“Alice brings a wealth of experience competing on the
national stage,” Johnson said. “Her work ethic both in the
classroom and on the course are second to none. She has
a wonderful sense of humor and will be an all-around great
Husker. We look for her to make an immediate impact.”
Fifth-year senior Jessica Haraden, who graduated from
Nebraska in May 2020, will also take advantage of the
additional year of eligibility to lead the Huskers, along with
true seniors Noor Ahmed and Hannah Thiele.
Ahmed (Folsom, Calif.) and Thiele (Wahoo, Neb.) have
both represented the Huskers at the Big Ten Championships
and will contend for lineup spots throughout the season.
Juniors Kirsten Baete, Vanessa Bouvet and Megan
Whittaker give the Huskers more talent and experience.
Baete, a native of Beatrice, Neb., broke through for the
Huskers with a strong redshirt freshman campaign in 2018-19.
After struggling to make some adjustments during the fall of
2019, Baete was playing solid golf early in the spring of 2020
before the season was canceled.
Whittaker, a second generation Husker women’s golfer from
Elkhorn, Neb., continued her improvement throughout the
fall of 2019 after showing impressive gains as a freshman that
landed her a spot in the lineup at the Big Ten Championship.
Whittaker’s 74.82 stroke average in the fall of 2019 trailed only
Smith among the Huskers last season.
Bouvet (Bretagne, France) produced an outstanding season
as a true freshman in 2018-19, but was unable to get untracked
as a sophomore. She still enters the 2020-21 season with the
second-best career collegiate stroke average (75.80) among
active Huskers.
“Our junior class could play a big role in the success of our
season,” Johnson said. “They all have the ability to continue
to improve and cut strokes off their game by being more
consistent in specific areas on the course. They also have the
ability to provide strong support to our seniors in leading our
team on and off the course.”
Nebraska’s sophomore class is led by Leah Herzog.
Herzog joined fellow Minnesotan Smith as the only Huskers
to compete in all 17 rounds last season. Along the way, Herzog
produced the fifth-best stroke average (76.65) by a freshman
in school history. Herzog’s season was highlighted by a 66 (-6)
in the opening round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge,
which was the best round by a freshman in school history.
Herzog enjoyed a solid summer, which included a tie for
seventh at the Minnesota Women’s Amateur. She has added
strength in the offseason, which should not only help her length
but also her stamina on the course.
“Leah is bigger and stronger and you can just see it in all
parts of her game on the course,” Johnson said. “Not only
is she hitting the ball farther but she has more confidence, is
attacking the course a bit more, and is able to sustain both
physically and mentally longer out on the course. She is doing
a great job of finding ways to improve every day.”
Fellow sophomore Nicole Hansen enters her third season
with the Huskers hoping to contribute. An outstanding all-
around athlete, Hansen is one of the biggest hitters on the
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Nebraska roster and is gaining experience in all aspects of

competition.
Nebraska’s freshman class of three talented golfers all have
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the potential to make major impacts for the Big Red in the
spring of 2021.
Michaela Vavrova made the biggest first impression among
the freshmen in the fall by making the cut at the 2020 Nebraska
Open - a tournament filled with male professionals and men’s
collegiate players on a 6,599-yard course at the Elks Country
Club in Columbus.
Vavrova, a two-time Slovakian Junior Champion and a
long-time member of the Slovakian National Team, brings
extensive international experience with her to Lincoln and is
ready to compete for an immediate lineup spot.
“Mischka is a talented player and a great young
competitor,” Johnson said. “She has really good length off
the tee and manages the course very well for a player her
age. She doesn’t give many shots away and she doesn’t back
down on the course. Her work habits are also contagious, so
we think she has a great future as a Husker.”
Lindsey Thiele continues an unmatched family legacy with
Husker women’s golf. Thiele, who followed older sisters, Haley
and Hannah, is just tapping into her potential. The three-sport
Nebraska all-stater out of Bishop Neumann High School in
Wahoo is a two-time Nebraska Girls Junior PGA Champion
(2015, 2019) and was the runner-up at the 2020 Nebraska
Women’s Amateur at the Country Club of Lincoln. The 2020-21 Nebraska women’s golf team features three true freshmen in Andrea Velez (left), Michaela Vavrova (middle) and
An outstanding student and citizen as well, Thiele was one Lindsey Thiele (right). The Big Red’s 13-player roster includes golfers from four countries, and five states across America.
of just five junior golfers (boys or girls) across the nation to be
named to the Optimist Junior Golf All-Scholastic Team in 2019.
Thiele also earned a Regents Scholarship to the University of 2020-21 NEBRASKA ROSTER
Nebraska for her academic excellence. Name Year Hometown (High School/Previous School)
The 6-0 Thiele, who finished sixth at the Nebraska Class B Noor Ahmed*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Folsom, Calif. (Vista Del Lago)
High School Boys State Championship in 2019, is hoping to Kirsten Baete** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RJr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beatrice, Neb. (Beatrice)
push the more experienced Huskers on the roster for lineup Vanessa Bouvet** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . Bretagne, France (Jerudong International School, Brunei)
time during the spring. Alice Duan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. . . . . . . . . . . Reno, Nev. (Robert McQueen/CS Northridge/Washington)
While Thiele and Vavrova were able to show their
Nicole Hansen* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bloomingdale, Ill. (Lake Park)
abilities during the summer and fall in Lincoln, fellow Andrea
Velez waited to join the Huskers until January because of Jessica Haraden*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Oaks Christian)
complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Leah Herzog* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Wing, Minn. (Red Wing)
One of the top young golfers in Colombia, Velez broke Kate Smith**** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detroit Lakes, Minn. (Detroit Lakes)
through on the international stage with an 11th-place finish Hannah Thiele*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wahoo, Neb. (Bishop Neumann)
at the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship at Lindsey Thiele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wahoo, Neb. (Bishop Neumann)
Trump National Doral in July of 2019. The 2018 Colombian Michaela Vavrova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bojnice, Slovakia (Slovak National Team)
Junior Champion, Velez has the ability to immediately impact Andrea Velez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pereira, Colombia (Liceo Frances de Pereira)
the Husker lineup upon her arrival in Lincoln. Megan Whittaker** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elkhorn, Neb. (Elkhorn South)
“We’re excited about the growth of the golfers in our
* Denotes letters earned at Nebraska
program, and we are excited about the talent level of the
golfers we have added this season,” Johnson said. “Our Head Coach: Lisa Johnson, Second Season
players are buying into the consistent approaches required Associate Head Coach: Chessey Thomas, Second Season
to make improvement a reality.”
The pandemic caused the cancellation of the fall portion HUSKERS BY MAJOR HUSKERS BY STATE/COUNTRY
of the women’s golf schedule by the Big Ten in 2020, but the Advertising/Public Relations (Post-Graduate): Jessica Haraden California (2): Noor Ahmed, Jessica Haraden
Husker gained experience by playing several tournaments as Business Analytics (Post-Graduate): Alice Duan Illinois (1): Nicole Hansen
individuals during the fall. Child, Youth & Family Studies: Hannah Thiele Minnesota (2): Leah Herzog, Kate Smith
Nebraska is hoping to return to a full competitive schedule Elementary Education/Special Ed K-6: Kirsten Baete Nebraska (4): Kirsten Baete, Hannah Thiele, Lindsey Thiele,
during the spring, beginning with the Trinity Forest Invitational English: Leah Herzog Megan Whittaker
in Dallas, Texas (Feb. 1-2). The Huskers will then take a month Finance: Nicole Hansen, Megan Whittaker Nevada (1): Alice Duan
off from competition before returning to action at the Bruin Graphic Design: Kate Smith Colombia (1): Andrea Velez
Wave Invitational at the Saticoy Golf Club in Somis, Calif.
History: Noor Ahmed France (1): Vanessa Bouvet
(March 1-3). The Big Red remain in the West to compete at
the Arizona Wildcats Invitational at the Sewailo Golf Club in Marketing: Vanessa Bouvet Slovakia (1): Michaela Vavrova
Tucson (March 8-9). Pre-Health: Lindsey Thiele
The Huskers complete three consecutive weeks of Undeclared: Michaela Vavrova
competition by traveling to the AllState Sugar Bowl
Intercollegiate Golf Tournament at English Turn Golf and 2021 NEBRASKA SPRING SCHEDULE
Country Club in New Orleans, La. (March 14-16. Date Event (Location) Time
Nebraska closes its five-tournament regular-season Feb. 1-2 Trinity Forest Invitational (Trinity Forest GC, Dallas, Texas) 9 a.m.
schedule at the Indiana Spring Invitational in Bloomington March 1-3 Bruin Wave Invitational (The Saticoy GC, Somis, Calif.) 10 a.m.
(April 17-18). The following week, the Huskers head to March 8-9 Arizona Wildcats Invitational (Sewailo GC, Tucson, Ariz.) 10 a.m.
Maineville, Ohio for the Big Ten Championships (April 23-
March 14-16 AllState Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Tournament (English Turn GC, New Orleans, La.) 9 a.m.
25). The Arnold Palmer-designed Tournament Players Club
River’s Bend Course has served as the site of the conference April 17-18 Indiana Spring Invitational (Indiana University GC, Bloomington, Ind.) 8 a.m.
tournament since 2017. April 23-25 Big Ten Championships (TPC River’s Bend Club, Maineville, Ohio) 7:30 a.m.
NCAA Regional competitions will be held at sites to be May 10-12 NCAA Regionals (Sites TBA) TBA
announced (May 10-12), before the NCAA Championships are May 21-26 NCAA Championships (Grayhawk GC, Scottsdale, Ariz.) TBA
held at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. (May 21-26). All dates and times central and subject to change.
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HONORS & AWARDS
Big Ten Mary Fossum Award (2020)
First-Team All-Big Ten (2020)
U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifier (Round of 32, 2020)
Minnesota Women’s Amateur Champion (2017, 2020)
16 Career Top-10 Finishes (3, 2019-20)
24 Career Top-25 Finishes (4, 2019-20)
School-Record Career Stroke Average (73.45, 104 Rounds)
School-Record Season Stroke Average (72.18, 2020)
School-Record 54-Hole Score (202, 2018 Westbrook)
School-Record 36-Hole Score (131, 2018/2020 Westbrook)
School-Record 18-Hole (64, 2018 Westbrook Invite, 2nd)
Tied for 37th at NCAA Columbus Regional (2017)
Tied for 19th at Big Ten Championships (2018)
47th at Big Ten Championships (2017)
Tied for 51st at Big Ten Championships (2019)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Oct. 11, 2017)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Sept. 6, 2017)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Oct. 12, 2016)
WGCA Scholastic All-American (2020)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019, 2020)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; Spring 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2020)
Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award (2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Five-Time Minnesota Class 2A Champion (2012-16)
(2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Minnesota Ms. Golf Award (2016)
Six-Time Minnesota Class 2A All-State
(2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
KATE SMITH
Senior (Four Letters) Detroit Lakes, Minnesota (Detroit Lakes)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
One of the top golfers in Husker history, Kate Smith enters
her fifth season at Nebraska, after the NCAA granted an
additional season of eligibility to 2020 seniors following the
worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus.
Nebraska’s career stroke average leader (73.45, 104
rounds), Smith will try to improve on her school season
record 72.18 average in 2019-20 while playing her way into
NCAA Regional competition. A first-team All-Big Ten choice
and the Big Ten’s Mary Fossum Award winner for posting the
conference’s best stroke average relative to par in 2019-20,
Smith also hopes to lead Nebraska to an NCAA Regional
appearance as a team.
Smith produced an outstanding summer, winning her
second Minnesota Women’s Amateur title before advancing
to the round of 32 at the 120th U.S. Women’s Amateur
Championship at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md.
SENIOR (2019-20)
Smith became Nebraska’s first Big Ten Mary Fossum Award
winner for owning the best stroke average relative to par
among all conference golfers during the 2019-20 season. She
also became the first Husker to capture first-team All-Big Ten
honors since Maddie Sheils earned the award in Nebraska’s
first season in the conference in 2012. Smith was on track to
earn an NCAA Regional bid as an individual for the Huskers in
2020. However, the coronavirus outbreak brought the 2019-20
winter and spring seasons to an end.
Nebraska’s career record holder with a 73.45 stroke average
over 104 rounds, Smith set the school single-season record for
the fourth straight year with her 72.18 average in 2019-20. She
joined fellow Minnesotan Leah Herzog as the only Huskers to
play in all 17 rounds in 2019-20.
In her final event of the 2020 collegiate season, Smith tied
for second at the Westbrook Spring Invitational. She fired the
second-best tournament total of her career (65-66-72-203). Her
two-round total of 131 on the opening day of the event tied
her own 36-hole school record set at Westbrook in 2018. Smith
finished behind only Denver’s Anna Zanusso at Westbrook,
who tied the NCAA record with a second-round 61.
Smith opened the spring with a tie for 31st (76-73-74-223)
at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. She produced one of the best
tournament finishes of her career with a tie for second at the
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. (Oct. 8-9). In
extremely challenging scoring conditions in the rain-shortened
event at the Sahalee Country Club, Smith fired a second-round
71 (-1) after an opening-round 77 to close at 148.
Smith opened the fall season with an impressive three-
round total of 213 (71-72-70) to tie for eighth at the Branch Law
Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. (Sept.
9-10). She added a tie for 29th with a 220 (70-78-72) at the
Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 23-25). Smith closed
the fall with a tie for 25th at 220 (72-74-74) in the Battle at the
Beach in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico (Nov. 1-3).
Smith has fired 30 rounds better than par in her Husker
career, including six during the 2019-20 season.
JUNIOR (2018-19)
Smith set Nebraska’s then-season stroke average record
with her 73.52 average over 27 rounds.
She produced one of the best tournament performances of
her career with a season-best 208 (70-68-70) to tie for second
individually while leading Nebraska to the Westbrook Spring
Invitational title in Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 24-25). Her second-round
68 (-4) tied her season best and was part of a season-best
round of 276 for the Huskers. It was her fourth top-10 finish
of the year and 13th of her career. Nebraska’s tournament
title was its first since winning the Mountain View Collegiate
in 2014 and came against a field of 14 top-100 teams.
Smith fired a 210 (71-68-71) at the UNLV Collegiate
Showdown (Oct. 21-23). Her performance at the Boulder
Creek Golf Club included a season-best, four-under-par 68 in
the second round on her way to eighth place.
She closed the fall with her fourth consecutive round better
than par with a 71 in the only round of the rain-shortened
Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii (Oct.
31). She tied for sixth in Hawaii.
Smith opened her junior season with an even-par, three-
round total of 216 (73-73-70) to tie for sixth at the Ptarmigan
Ram Fall Classic in Fort Collins, Colo. (Sept. 17-19). She added

SMITH’S CAREER BESTS

Best Finish.................................................. 2nd (Four Times)
.....Westbrook, 2019, 2020; Edean Ihlanfeldt, 2019; UNO, 2017)
Best Event (Strokes).......................... 202 (Westbrook, 2018)
Low Round...................................64 (Westbrook, 2nd, 2018)
Low First Round.................................. 65 (Westbrook, 2020)
Low Second Round............................. 64 (Westbrook, 2018)
Low Third Round...........................................70 (Four Times)
Career Rounds Under Par................................................. 30

SMITH’S CAREER STATISTICS

Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2016-17 31 2,291 73.90 68
2017-18 29 2,136 73.66 64
2018-19 27 1,985 73.52 68
2019-20 17 1,227 72.18 65
Totals 104 7,639 73.45 64

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a 230 (76-81-73) to tie for 54th at the Golfweek Conference
Challenge in Wolcott, Colo. (Sept. 24-26). She was NU’s top
finisher at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch,
Colo. (Oct. 5-7), closing at 225 (74-79-76) in a tie for 33rd.
Smith took 12th with a 223 (74-74-75) at the Lady Buckeye
Invitational in Columbus, Ohio (April 13-14) - her 20th career
top-25 finish. She also tied for 16th with a 224 (73-73-74) at
the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz. (March 15-17). 212 (69-72-71) to tie for seventh at the Pinehurst Challenge
Smith opened the spring by tying for 45th with a 226
(74-78-74) at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12). She
closed her season by tying for 51st (79-73-152) at the Big Ten
Championship at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio.
SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
Smith produced the best individual scores in school history
with a second-round 64 on her way to a 202 (67-64-71) at the
Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 25-26). She
finished third in a loaded field at Westbrook.
She continued to play at a high level at the Clover Cup in
Mesa, Ariz. (March 16-18), tying for ninth at 219 (73-74-72) to
produce her fifth top-10 performance of the season. Smith
added a tie for 13th with a 221 (72-76-73) in a talented field at
the Mountain View Invitational in Tucson, Ariz. (March 23-25).
Smith capped 2017-18 by tying for 19th with a 218 (75-
68-75) to lead Nebraska at the Big Ten Championship in
Maineville, Ohio (April 20-22). She finished with a then-school-
record 73.66 stroke average on the year.
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Smith started her sophomore season strong with a runner-
up finish at the UNO Invitational at ArborLinks (Sept. 1-2). She
fired a 221 (76-70-75) to post the best tournament finish of her
career. She also was named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week
for the second time in her career.
Smith added her second Big Ten Golfer-of-the-Week honor
of the season and third of her career with a then-career-best
in North Carolina (Oct. 9-10).
She added a third top-10 finish by taking ninth at Nebraska’s
Chip-N Club Invitational at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course (Oct.
1-3). Smith closed with a 230 (77-77-76) in challenging scoring
conditions to help the Huskers to a runner-up finish.
Smith settled for a tie for 34th (73-80-153) in the stroke play
portion of the East & West Match Play Challenge in Madison,
Wis. (Sept. 17). She closed the fall as Nebraska’s No. 2 finisher
at the UNLV Collegiate Showdown. She managed a three-
round score of 224 (78-71-75) to tie for 49th in Las Vegas.
Through 14 fall rounds, Smith posted a 74.29 stroke
average. She opened the spring as Nebraska’s No. 2 finisher
at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. She managed a 236 over three
rounds to tie for 43rd.
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Smith opened her Nebraska career in the top of the lineup
and played out of the top two spots in every tournament
in 2016-17. She produced seven top-25 finishes in 11
tournaments, including four top-10 showings.
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She capped her freshman season by tying for 37th in a
96-player field at the NCAA Columbus Regional (May 8-10).
Smith shot 230 (78-79-73) at the Scarlet Course in Columbus,
Ohio, as the first Husker women’s golfer to compete in NCAA
Regional play since LPGA pro Madeleine Sheils in 2012.
Smith closed her first season at Nebraska with a then-school
record 73.90 stroke average over 31 rounds. She carded a 78
or better in 29 rounds, including nine rounds better than par.
Smith produced a season-best three-round score with a 214
(68-75-71) to tie for eighth at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz.
(March 17-19). Her opening-round 68 was a season best.
She closed the regular season with a tie for 28th (78-75-
72-225) at the Hawkeye El Tigre in Mexico (April 2-4), before
producing Nebraska’s top finish at the Big Ten Championships
at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio (April 21-23). She led
the Huskers with a 47th-place finish (74-84-76-234).
Smith earned her best tournament finish of the season by
tying for seventh with a three-round total of 215 (73-72-70)
at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo.,
(Oct. 7-9). Her efforts in Colorado earned her the first Big Ten
Golfer-of-the-Week award of her career on Oct. 12, 2016.
Her performance in Highlands Ranch followed a tie for
eighth with a 221 (77-70-74) at Nebraska’s Chip-N Club
Invitational (Sept. 25-27). She also tied for eighth (76-70-146)
in the stroke play portion at the East & West Match Play
Challenge in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 18-20).
She opened her collegiate career by shooting a team-low
221 (69-74-78) to tie for 15th at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic in
Fort Collins, Colo. (Sept. 12-13).
Smith closed the fall with a tie for 21st with a three-under-
par two-round total of 141 (70-71) at the rain-shortened UNLV
Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 23-25).
She opened the spring campaign with a three-round total of
223 (71-75-77) to tie for 14th at the Central District Invitational
in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (Feb. 20-21). Smith added a tie for 31st
with a 221 (75-73-73) at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in
Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 26-27).
Smith’s 73.90 stroke average smashed Haley Thiele’s
Nebraska freshman-record 75.63 stroke average set in 2015-
16 by a whopping 1.73 strokes per round. Smith’s average
surpassed Nebraska’s previous season record of 74.00 set by
Natalie Gleadall in 2009-10.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
A five-time Minnesota Class 2A state champion (2012-16)
and a six-time Class 2A all-state selection (2011-16), Smith was
the Minnesota Ms. Golf Award winner in 2016. She posted a
70.37 stroke average as a junior in 2015, and set three course
records as a senior, including a 64 on The Vintage Course.
In addition to her high school success, Smith was the
2012-13 Minnesota PGA Junior Player of the Year and the
2013 Minnesota Girls State Junior Champion. In the summer
of 2015, she won the PGA Junior Series title at ArborLinks with
a three-day score of 209 (74-68-67).
Smith was also a member of Team Minnesota at the 2015
USGA women’s state championship.
Smith continues Nebraska women’s golf’s success in
recruiting the state of Minnesota, following former Huskers
Cassie Deeg (Hugo, 2013-16), Steffi Neisen (New Prague,
2011-14), Chrissie McArdle (Eden Prairie, 2004-07) and Jackie
Beste (Sauk Centre, 2003-06). All were high-level performers
for the Huskers on and off the course.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Kris and Margery Smith, Kate was born May
6, 1999, in Hartford, Conn. She has an older brother, Karter.
Kate is majoring in graphic design and was named a WGCA
Scholastic All-American in 2020. The three-time Academic
All-Big Ten honoree was also a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
in 2020. She is an eight-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-
Athlete Honor Roll. A four-time selection to the Tom Osborne
Citizenship Team, Smith was Nebraska’s Big Ten Sportsmanship
Award winner in 2020. She was also named a Sam Foltz Hero
27 Leadership Award winner for her commitment to community
service at Nebraska.
“I chose Nebraska because of how they care about their
student-athletes, the welcoming atmosphere on campus and
the overall tradition surrounding the University.”
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HONORS & AWARDS
One Career Top-10 Finish
Four Career Top-25 Finishes
Tied for 40th at Big Ten Championships (2018)
Academic All-Big Ten (2019)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2017; Spring 2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
Four-Time All-Capital Athletic League
(2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
California State High School Championship Qualifier (2016)
Junior Golf Association of Northern California
Match Play Champion (2013)
AHMED’S CAREER BESTS
Best Finish.............................. T9th (Lady Puerto Rico, 2019)
Best Event (Strokes).............................216 (Pinehurst, 2017)
Low Round....................................70 (Westbrook, 3rd, 2018)
Low First Round.....................................72 (Pinehurst, 2017)
.........................................72 (Big Ten Championships, 2018)
......................................................................72 (UNLV, 2018)
Low Second Round................................72 (Pinehurst, 2017)
................................................... 72 (Lady Puerto Rico, 2019)
Low Third Round................................. 70 (Westbrook, 2018)
Career Rounds Under Par................................................... 1
AHMED’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2017-18 29 2,217 76.45 70
2018-19 25 1,914 76.56 72
2019-20 3 231 77.00 76
Totals 57 4,361 76.51 70
PERSONAL
The daughter of Tamer and Hoda Ahmed, Noor was
born April 14, 1999, in Austin, Texas. She has one younger
brother, Yusuf. Noor is a history major at Nebraska. She earned
Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2019, and claimed spots on
the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall of 2017
and the spring of 2020. She is also a three-time member of
the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
She chose Nebraska over Sacramento State, San Jose State,
Dominican and UNC Greensboro.
NOOR AHMED
Senior (Three Letters) Folsom, Calif. (Vista del Lago)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Noor Ahmed hopes to contend for a regular spot in the
Nebraska lineup in 2020-21. The senior from Folsom, Calif.,
was a regular contributor in the lineup in her first two seasons,
before competing in just three rounds during an abbreviated
junior season in 2019-20.
Ahmed is believed to be the first Muslim to play college
golf observing the hijab, and the first Nebraska student-athlete
across all sports to compete and observe the hijab.
JUNIOR (2019-20)
Ahmed earned a lineup spot for the Huskers in the second
tournament of the fall and went on to tie for 71st (77-76-78-
231) at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 23-25) in
Wolcott, Colo. Ahmed produced a 77.00 stroke average over
three fall rounds.
SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
Ahmed was one of Nebraska’s top performers despite
battling injury as a sophomore. Her 76.56 stroke average over
25 rounds ranked third on the team.
She started the 2019 spring campaign with the best
tournament finish of her collegiate career, tying for ninth with a
218 (72-72-74) in a strong field at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic
(Feb. 10-12). Ahmed was the top finisher among the 30 Big
Ten golfers in the field.
Ahmed followed with a 224 (77-74-73) to help Nebraska to
the team title at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria,
Ariz. (Feb. 24-25). Her second-round 74 was part of NU’s best
team round of the season (276), propelling the Big Red to
their first tournament title since a win at the Mountain View
Collegiate in the spring of 2014.
After a slow start to her season, Ahmed finished the fall
season by tying for 17th at the rain-shortened Rainbow Wahine
Invitational in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii (Oct. 31). Her one-over
73 was her fifth straight round of 73 or better to close the fall.
Ahmed finished the fall with Nebraska’s No. 3 stroke
average (76.00). She opened the season with a tie for 62nd
at 236 (78-79-79) at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic in Fort
Collins, Colo. (Sept. 17-19).
She added a tie for 67th at the Golfweek Conference
Challenge in Wolcott, Colo. (Sept. 24-26).
Her streak of eight consecutive appearances in the
Nebraska lineup came to an end at the Ron Moore
Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Oct. 5-7), but she
still traveled with the Huskers and competed as an individual.
Ahmed tied for Nebraska’s No. 2 individual finish at the event,
shooting a 229 (77-79-73) to tie for 50th.
Ahmed played her way back into the Big Red lineup for
the UNLV Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 21-23) and produced
one of her best performances. She fired a season-best three-
round total of 217 (72-73-72) to tie for 27th as Nebraska’s No.
2 finisher at the tournament.
She struggled in Nebraska’s final two regular-season
tournaments, tying for 72nd with a 246 (85-85-76) at the
Lady Buckeye Invitational in Columbus, Ohio (April 13-14). It
followed a 238 (83-81-74) to tie for 61st at the Clover Cup in
Mesa, Ariz. (March 15-17). She did not compete at the 2019
Big Ten Championships.
FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Ahmed made immediate contributions to the Nebraska
lineup in 2017-18. She closed her first collegiate campaign
with Nebraska’s No. 4 individual stroke average (76.45).
Ahmed was also Nebraska’s No. 2 individual finisher at the
2018 Big Ten Championships, tying for 40th at 225 (72-77-76)
at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio (April 20-22).
Although she did not earn a lineup spot at the season-
opening UNO Invitational at ArborLinks in Nebraska City
(Sept. 1-2), Ahmed posted NU’s No. 5 finish by tying for 17th
with a 231 (76-79-76) while playing as an individual outside
Nebraska’s lineup.
She earned the first lineup appearance of her career at the
East & West Match Play Challenge in Madison, Wis., (Sept.
17-19). In 36 holes of stroke play on Sept. 17, Ahmed tied for
36th (76-78-154). Ahmed played as an individual outside the
lineup at Nebraska’s Chip-N Club Invitational (Oct. 1-3). She
tied for 35th (82-79-82-242) in challenging scoring conditions
at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course in Lincoln.
She competed in her fourth tournament, again as an
individual outside the NU lineup, at the Pinehurst Challenge in
North Carolina (Oct. 9-10). Ahmed produced a breakthrough
effort in North Carolina, firing three consecutive rounds of
even-par-72 to finish with a career-best 216 and tie for 22nd.
Ahmed’s performance at Pinehurst helped her secure
her second lineup spot in Nebraska’s fall finale at the UNLV
Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 22-24). She played solid golf again
in Las Vegas, closing with a 227 (76-73-78) to tie for 63rd.
She opened the spring as Nebraska’s No. 3 finisher at the
Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 11-13). Ahmed managed a
three-round total of 240 to tie for 55th. She performed well
with a 222 (79-73-70), including a career-best final-round 70, to
tie for 59th at the Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 25-26).
Ahmed tied for 48th with a 231 (75-75-81) at the Clover
Cup in Mesa, Ariz. (March 16-18), before tying for 45th with
a 229 (73-79-77) at the Mountain View Invitational in Tucson,
Ariz. (March 23-25).
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Ahmed came to Nebraska as one of the top players in
Northern California. A four-time all-conference golfer for the
four-time Capital Athletic League champions at Vista del Lago
High School, Ahmed carried a career stroke average of 73.8
as a high school golfer for the two-time San Joaquin Section
champions. Ahmed, who qualified for the 2016 California State
High School Championships, was the Junior Golf Association
of Northern California Match Play Champion in 2013. She also
produced multiple top-10 finishes in the Northern California
Golf Association in 2015 and 2016.
Ahmed also starred in the classroom, posting a 3.96 grade-
point average. She completed eight Advanced Placement
classes by the end of her senior year.

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ALICE DUAN
Graduate Reno, Nevada (McQueen/CS Northridge/Washington)
OUTLOOK (2020-21) After making the decision to play her additional season of
Alice Duan (pronounced DWAHN) joined the Nebraska eligibility at Nebraska, Duan won the Washington Women’s
women’s golf team in mid-June of 2020 after earning Amateur with a three-round total of 214 (-2), which included
her bachelor’s degree in business from the University of a second-round 69 and a final-round 70 at the Gold Mountain
Washington. Golf Course in Bremerton.
Duan, who competed in seven events for the Huskies as
a senior in 2019-20 and produced a 75.35 stroke average on JUNIOR (WASHINGTON, 2018-19)
the year, will have one season of eligibility for Nebraska. In her first season with the Huskies as a junior in 2018-19,
Duan brings high-level experience to Nebraska after Duan posted a 75.08 stroke average over 36 rounds. She
competing at the 2019 NCAA Championships and the 2018 recorded a pair of top-10 finishes and produced seven rounds
U.S. Women’s Amateur. better than par. She notched her top tournament finish at UW
She opened her Husker career by finishing as the low by taking fourth at the Nittany Lion Invitational, which included
women’s amateur at the 2020 Nebraska Open, which featured a career-best 68 (-4) in the opening round. She contributed
the top professionals and collegiate men’s golfers in Nebraska a tie for 10th at the PING/ASU Invitational, which included
on a 6,599-yard layout at the Elks Country Club in Columbus. another career-best 68 (-4) in the second round.
“Alice brings a wealth of experience competing on Duan tied for 13th individually in a 55-player field at the
the national stage at the NCAA Regional and NCAA Pac-12 Championships with a five-over-par 218 (76-71-71).
Championship in 2019, along with playing in the 2018 U.S. She tied for 28th (74-74-72-220) at the 2019 NCAA Cle Elum
HONORS & AWARDS Regional to help Washington to a second-place team finish.
NCAA Championship Participant (Washington, 2019) Women’s Amateur,” Nebraska Coach Lisa Johnson said. “Her
work ethic both in the classroom and on the course are second At the 2019 NCAA Championships, Duan tied for 105th (242).
NCAA Cle Elum Regional Participant (Washington, 2019)
Seven Career Top 10 Finishes (1, 2019-20) to none. She has a wonderful sense of humor and will be an
all-around great Husker. We look for her to make an immediate
SOPHOMORE
U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifier (2018) (CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE, 2017-18)
West Coast Women’s Amateur Champion (2018) impact.”
As a sophomore at Cal State Northridge in 2017-18, Duan
Washington Women’s Amateur Champion (2020) led the Matadors with a team-best 75.50 stroke average. She
SENIOR (WASHINGTON, 2019-20)
Nebraska Open Low Women’s Amateur (2020) also posted four top-10 individual finishes among seven top-25
As a senior at Washington, Duan posted her best finish
Tied for 13th at Pac-12 Championships (2019) showings as a sophomore. She produced the top tournament
of the season with a tie for ninth at the Molly Collegiate
27th at Big West Championships (2018) finish of her college career by tying for first with a 211 (70-
Invitational with a season-best 222 (79-68-75) that included
37th at Big West Championships (2017) 71-70) at the Battle at the Rock at Oak Quarry Golf Club in
a career-best-tying 68 in the second round. She also tied for
22nd at the Edean Ihlanfeldt and tied for 23rd at the Cardinal Riverside, Calif., Feb. 12-13.
DUAN’S CAREER BESTS Cup. In the final tournament of the season at the Juli Inkster Duan added a fifth-place finish at the Sacramento State
Best Finish............................. T1st (Battle at the Rock, 2018) Meadow Club Collegiate (March 9-10), she opened with a Invitational (March 19-20), after taking sixth at the Battle at Old
Best Event (Strokes)............... 211 (Battle at the Rock, 2018) career-best-tying 68 on her way to a tie for 29th (225). Works in Anaconda, Mont., to open the season (Sept. 11-12).
Low Round.....................................................68 (Four Times) She also notched a 10th-place finish at the Pat Lesser-Harbottle
Low First Round............................68 (Juli Inkster, 1st, 2020) Invitational in Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 16-17, that included a
Low Second Round..............................68 (PING/ASU, 2019) season-best 69 in the opening round. It was one of five rounds
......................................................................68 (Molly, 2019) better than par for Duan as a sophomore.
Low Third Round...............................68 (Nittany Lion, 2018) After her second season at Cal State Northridge, Duan
Career Rounds Under Par................................................. 15 won the 2018 West Coast Women’s Amateur by two strokes
following a win at the Sacramento City Championship.
DUAN’S CAREER STATISTICS FRESHMAN
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low (CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE, 2016-17)
2016-17 26 2,033 78.20 70 Duan opened her collegiate career at Cal State Northridge,
2017-18 27 2,045 75.70 69 competing in all 10 tournaments as a true freshman in 2016-
2018-19 36 2,700 75.08 68 17. She produced a 78.20 stroke average over 26 rounds. Her
2019-20 20 1,507 75.35 68 best finish as a freshman came with a tie for 15th at the Santa
Totals 109 8,285 76.01 68 Clara Colby Invitational.
She finished 37th individually at the Big West Championship,
PERSONAL including a season-best 70 in the final round for her first round
The daughter of Linda Ye and Darrel Duan, Alice was better than par in her college career.
born Feb. 9, 1998, in Reno, Nev. Alice has two sisters, Dr.
Marie Duan-Meservy, and Michelle, who competed in golf HIGH SCHOOL/AMATEUR
collegiately at Nevada and Cal State Northridge. Alice earned A two-time all-stater in golf at Robert McQueen High
her bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in School in Reno, Nev., Duan was the NIAA High Desert League
June of 2020 and is pursuing additional certification in business Athlete of the Year in 2015. She was a four-time first-team all-
analytics at Nebraska as a graduate student. region selection. She also graduated with a 4.0 GPA and was
named Robert McQueen’s valedictorian.
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HONORS & AWARDS
One Career Top-25 Finish
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2017, 2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
CIF Individual Finalist (2014)
First-Team All-Ventura County (Star, 2015)
HARADEN’S CAREER BESTS
Best Finish............................ T19th (UNO Invitational, 2017)
Best Event (Strokes)............................ 220 (Golfweek, 2019)
Low Round......................................71 (Golfweek, 3rd, 2019)
Low First Round..................73 (Lady Puerto Rico, 1st, 2018)
Low Second Round............................. 74 (Westbrook, 2017)
............................................................. 74 (Westbrook, 2018)
............................................................... 74 (Golfweek, 2019)
Low Third Round................................... 71 (Golfweek, 2019)
Career Rounds Under Par.............................................. One
HARADEN’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2016-17 9 710 78.89 73
2017-18 18 1,405 78.06 73
2018-19 3 247 82.33 81
2019-20 5 389 77.80 71
Totals 35 2,751 78.60 71
PERSONAL
The daughter of Marshall and Joanna Haraden, Jessica
was born in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 3, 1997. Jessica has
an older brother Nick, an older sister, Anna, and a younger
brother, Marshall IV.
An advertising and public relations major, Jessica earned
her bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in May of 2020. She
claimed spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in
the spring of 2017 and 2020. She is a three-time member of
the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018, 2019).
Jessica also participated in a mission trip to Romania prior
to attending the University of Nebraska.
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JESSICA HARADEN
Graduate (Three Letters) Thousand Oaks, California (Oaks Christian)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Jessica Haraden (pronounced huh-RAY-den) hopes to
take advantage of an extra season of eligibility granted by
the NCAA to 2020 seniors across college golf following the
worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus.
A graduate student from Thousand Oaks, Calif., Haraden
earned her bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in May of 2020.
She will be pursuing her fourth varsity letter in her fifth season
with the Huskers.
SENIOR (2019-20)
Haraden produced the best tournament of her career by
tying for 29th with a career-best three-round total of 220 (75-
74-71) at the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Wolcott, Colo.
(Sept. 23-25). Haraden’s performance included a career-best
71 (-1) in the final round while playing as an individual outside
the Husker lineup.
Haraden’s effort in Colorado helped earn her a lineup spot
at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. (Oct.
8-9). She finished 55th (85-84-169) in the rain-shortened event
at the Sahalee Country Club.
Haraden finished the season with a 77.80 stroke average
over five rounds.
JUNIOR (2018-19)
Haraden earned a trip to Nebraska’s season-opening
Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic in Fort Collins, Colo. (Sept. 17-19)
as an individual competing outside the Husker lineup. She
finished with a three-round total of 247 in 74th.
SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
Haraden helped the Huskers with a trio of lineup
appearances in her second season at Nebraska, while also
competing in three tournaments as an individual.
She made consistent progress in her first season with the
Huskers and enjoyed a strong summer of 2017. She opened
the season by earning her first career lineup spot at the UNO
Invitational at ArborLinks in Nebraska City (Sept. 1-2). She
produced a career-best tie for 19th with a 232 (77-76-79) for her
first career top-25 finish. She played as an individual outside
the lineup at Nebraska’s Chip-N Club Invitational (Oct. 1-3).
Haraden managed a three-round total of 238 (86-75-81) to tie
for 35th alongside Husker teammates Emily Gillman and Noor
Ahmed at Nebraska’s lone home tournament of the year at
Wilderness Ridge Golf Course in Lincoln.
Haraden opened the spring as Nebraska’s top finisher at the
Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 11-13). She fired a season-best
three-round total of 230, while tying her then-career best with
a 73 (+2) in the opening round. She added rounds of 79 and
78 to tie for 26th overall. She added a 233 (79-74-80) to tie
for 81st at the Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 25-26).
She competed as an individual at the Clover Cup in Mesa,
Ariz. (March 16-18), tying for 57th at 235 (76-80-79), before
making her third lineup appearance of the year at the Mountain
View Invitational in Tucson, Ariz. (March 23-25). She finished
71st at Mountain View with a 54-hole total of 237 (78-81-78).
Haraden’s 78.06 stroke average over 18 rounds ranked fifth
among the Huskers on the season.
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
One of five newcomers to join the Nebraska women’s golf
program in 2016-17, Haraden saw her first action as a collegian
at Nebraska’s Chip-N Club Invitational (Sept. 25-27). Haraden
tied for 51st in the 65-player field at Wilderness Ridge Golf
Course with a three-round total of 242 (88-81-73).
Haraden added a career-best 233 (82-74-77) as an
individual playing outside the Nebraska lineup at the
Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 26-27).
She tied for 68th individually.
She continued to improve her stroke average with three
solid rounds while playing as an individual outside the Husker
lineup at the Hawkeye El Tigre in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
(April 2-4). Haraden carded a 54-hole total of 235 (79-77-79)
in Mexico to tie for 54th individually.
Off the course, Haraden earned a spot on the Nebraska
Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring of 2017. She was also
a member of the 2017 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
A four-year contributor at Oaks Christian High School,
Haraden was a California Interscholastic Federation individual
finalist in 2014.
Haraden posted a 75.4 scoring average as a senior at Oaks
Christian in Thousand Oaks, Calif. She earned a spot in the
2014 CIF individual finals, while helping Oaks Christian to a
Maramonte League team championship. She was also a first-
team All-Ventura County Star selection in 2015.

HONORS & AWARDS
Tied for 61st at Big Ten Championships (2019)
83rd at Big Ten Championships (2018)
WGCA Scholastic All-American (2018)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019, 2020)
Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2017, 2018, 2019; Spring 2018, 2019, 2020)
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2018, 2019)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
Nebraska Golf Association Girls Amateur of the Year
(2015, 2016)
Nebraska Women’s Amateur Champion (2016)
Nebraska Women’s Stroke Play Champion (2016)
Nebraska Women’s Match Play Champion (2016)
Nebraska Girls Amateur Champion (2014, 2015)
Nebraska Four-State Team Member (2014)
Three Top 20 Finishes at Nebraska Class C Boys State
Tournament (T18th, 2014; T11th, 2015; 12th, 2016)
Class C1 All-State Basketball (HM, 2016)
THIELE’S CAREER BESTS
Best Finish............................... T37th (Mountain View, 2018)
Best Event (Strokes)....................228 (Mountain View, 2018)
Low Round..................................... 73 (Pinehurst, 2nd, 2017)
..................................................... 73 (Ron Moore, 3rd, 2018)
Low First Round.....................................73 (Pinehurst, 2017)
Low Second Round................................73 (Pinehurst, 2017)
Low Third Round.................................73 (Ron Moore, 2018)
Career Rounds Under Par............................................ None
THIELE’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2017-18 22 1,766 80.27 73
2018-19 11 861 78.27 73
2019-20 5 407 81.40 79
Totals 38 3,034 79.84 73
PERSONAL
The daughter of Kevin and Lisa Thiele, Hannah has four
sisters Haley, Lindsey, Lauren and Brooke. Hannah is a human
development and family science, pre-nursing major with a
minor in psychology. She earned WGCA Scholastic All-America
honors in 2018. She was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and
an Academic All-Big Ten choice in 2019 and 2020. Hannah is
a six-time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll selection. She
is also a three-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship
Team. She earned Nebraska’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
in both 2018 and 2019.
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HANNAH THIELE
Senior (Three Letters) Wahoo, Nebraska (Bishop Neumann)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Hannah Thiele (pronounced TEEL) hopes to be a
contributor for the Huskers in her fourth season in the program
in 2020-21.
A three-time letterwinner from Wahoo, Neb., Thiele
competed for the Huskers at the Big Ten Championships in
both 2018 and 2019.
A member of one of the most well-known family names
around golf in the state of Nebraska, Hannah’s older sister,
Haley, was a five-year member (2015-20) of the Husker
women’s golf team and her younger sister, Lindsey, is a
freshman for the Huskers this season.
JUNIOR (2019-20)
Thiele contributed for the Huskers in her third season in
the program in 2019-20. She made her first appearance of
the season at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish,
Wash. (Oct. 8-9), where she tied for 52nd with a two-round
total of 167 (82-85) in the rain-shortened event.
Thiele added a tie for 79th with a 240 (81-80-79) in the
Battle at the Beach in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico (Nov. 1-3).
She competed as an individual outside the Husker lineup in
Mexico. Thiele closed the season with an 81.40 stroke average
over five rounds.
SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
Thiele enjoyed a strong finish to 2018-19, posting
Nebraska’s No. 3 finish at the Big Ten Championships. She
closed the rain-shortened tournament with a two-round total
of 154 (79-75) in a tie for 61st.
Thiele struggled with injuries but recorded a 78.27 stroke
average over 11 rounds, including eight rounds inside the
Husker lineup. She did not compete in Nebraska’s first two
fall tournaments, but made the lineup at the Ron Moore
Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Oct. 5-7). She tied
for 69th with a three-round total of 232 (78-81-73).
Thiele closed the regular season with a tie for 60th at 239
(80-80-79) at the Lady Buckeye Invitational in Columbus, Ohio
(April 13-14). She also competed as an individual outside the
Husker lineup at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz. (March 15-17).
She tied for 57th at 236 (78-79-79).
FRESHMAN (2017-18)
One of the top young amateur golfers in Nebraska history,
Thiele battled a back injury as a freshman in 2017-18.
Thiele competed in 22 rounds throughout the season,
including the Big Ten Championships.
Thiele’s injury kept her out of action throughout the summer
of 2017. She competed in her first collegiate event at the East
& West Match Play Challenge in Madison, Wis. (Sept. 17-19).
Playing as an individual outside the Husker lineup, Thiele
produced a 36-hole score of 160 (76-84).
She earned her first career lineup spot at Nebraska’s Chip-N
Club Invitational (Oct. 1-3). Thiele settled for a three-round
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score of 243 (78-79-86) in challenging scoring conditions at
Wilderness Ridge.
Thiele added another lineup appearance at the Pinehurst
Challenge in North Carolina (Oct. 9-10). She tied for 72nd with
a then-career-best 229 (78-73-78), including a career-best 73
in the second round. She earned a third lineup spot at the
UNLV Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 22-24) to close the fall.
At UNLV she opened with a 75, but struggled to an 82
in the second round and withdrew from the final round. She
closed the fall with a 78.90 stroke average over 10 rounds,
with eight of those coming in the Husker lineup.
She opened the spring with a 251 to finish 64th at the
Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 11-13). Thiele managed a 244
(83-75-86) to finish 72nd while playing as an individual outside
the lineup at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz. (March 16-18).
She played outside the lineup in the final regular-season
tournament at the Mountain View Invitational in Tucson (March
23-25). She tied for 37th with a career-best 228 (74-76-78).
She made her final lineup appearance at the 2018 Big Ten
Championships at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio (April
20-22). She finished 83rd with a 254 (83-88-83) to close the
season with an 80.27 stroke average.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Thiele swept the 2016 Nebraska women’s stroke play
and match play titles. The 2015 and 2016 Nebraska Golf
Association Girls Amateur of the Year, Thiele became the
youngest player (18) in the history of the Nebraska Women’s
Stroke Play and Match Play tournaments to sweep the titles
in 2016. She defeated 19-time stroke (11) and match-play (8)
state champion Susan Marchese for the 2016 match-play crown
in Oakland.
Thiele won the Nebraska Women’s Amateur Championship
with a nine-over-par 225 over three rounds at Norfolk’s
Eldorado Hills Golf Course in June of 2016. She won the state
stroke play crown by nine strokes in Norfolk.
In addition to her women’s state titles in 2016, Thiele finished
fourth at the Optimist International Junior Championship in
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. She fired a four-over-par 292
over four rounds. She also won the Nebraska Junior PGA
Championship. Thiele captured back-to-back Nebraska Girls
Amateur championships in 2014 and 2015 and was the girls
state runner-up in 2016.
Hannah defeated her older sister, Haley, a three-time
Nebraska Golf Association Girls Amateur of the Year (2013,
2014, 2015), for the 2015 title by carding a two-over-par 146
over two rounds at Four Winds Golf Course in Kimball.
Hannah also defeated Haley for the Nebraska Junior PGA
Championship at Wilderness Ridge in Lincoln in July of 2014.
Hannah finished with a two-under-par total of 140 at the
2014 Nebraska Junior PGA. Hannah was also a member of
Nebraska’s Four State Team alongside Haley in 2014.
Hannah and Haley teamed to help the Bishop Neumann
boys’ golf team to a runner-up finish at the Nebraska Class
C state team championship when Hannah tied for 11th
individually as a sophomore in the spring of 2015. During
Hannah’s freshman season in 2014, the sisters helped Bishop
Neumann to a third-place finish at the boys’ state tournament.
Hannah tied for 18th individually.
As a junior in 2016, Hannah finished 12th at the boys’ state
high school tournament. She did not compete in high school
boys golf during the spring of 2017 after sustaining a back
injury as a senior basketball player at Wahoo Bishop Neumann.
An outstanding all-around athlete, Hannah was one of the
top shooters in the state. As a junior in 2016, she knocked
down 63 three-pointers and led Bishop Neumann in scoring
with nearly 12 points per game on her way to honorable-
mention Class C-1 all-state accolades. She also helped Bishop
Neumann to a state tournament berth. Her back injury limited
her contributions as a senior on the basketball court.
An outside hitter on the volleyball team, she also led
Bishop Neumann to the 2015 Nebraska state tournament by
registering 236 kills as a junior in 2015 before leading them to
a third-place finish at the 2016 state tournament. Thiele had
a double-double in the third-place game to help Neumann
finish with a 29-4 record.
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HONORS & AWARDS
One Career Top-10 Finish for 43rd at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. She made another
One Career Top-25 Finish
Tied for 80th at Big Ten Championships (2019)
WGCA Scholastic All-American (2019, 2020)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019, 2020)
Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2017, 2018, 2019; Spring 2018, 2019, 2020)
Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award (2019) She finished with a 76.00 stroke average over nine rounds.
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
Nebraska Class B High School Champion (2016)
Two-Time Super-State (Lincoln Journal Star, 2015, 2016)
Two-Time Class B All-State (2015, 2016)
Four-Time All-River Cities Conference
(2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
BAETE’S CAREER BESTS
Best Finish........................................T5th (Westbrook, 2019)
Best Event (Strokes).......................... 210 (Westbrook, 2019)
Low Round...................................66 (Westbrook, 2nd, 2019)
Low First Round.................................. 72 (Westbrook, 2019)
Low Second Round............................. 66 (Westbrook, 2019)
Low Third Round................................. 72 (Westbrook, 2019)
Career Rounds Under Par................................................... 1
BAETE’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2017-18 Redshirt Nebraska Class B State Champion, winning
2018-19 27 2,079 77.00 66
2019-20 9 684 76.00 73
Totals 36 2,763 76.75 66
PERSONAL
The daughter of Chris and Bonnie Baete, Kirsten was born
May 5, 1999 and has one younger sister, Jayden. Kirsten is an
elementary education/special education K-6 major at Nebraska
and was a WGCA Scholastic All-American in 2019 and 2020.
She was also a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and claimed
Academic All-Big Ten honors in both 2019 and 2020. She is a
six-time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll selection. She
earned a Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award in 2019, and is
a three-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
She chose Nebraska over UNK, Creighton, Northwest
Missouri State and Kansas State. Her family owns a roller-
skating rink in Beatrice, and Kirsten grew up playing roller
derby.
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KIRSTEN BAETE
Junior (Two Letters) Beatrice, Nebraska (Beatrice)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Kirsten Baete (pronounced BAY-tee) hopes to continue her
growth as a golfer to help push Nebraska into postseason
contention in 2020-21. She produced a 76.00 stroke average
during an abbreviated sophomore season, after competing
as a regular in the Husker lineup as a redshirt freshman.
Baete set the Nebraska freshman record with a six-under-
par 66 in the second round of the 2019 Westbrook Spring
Invitational to help the Huskers to a tournament title.
A star in the classroom, Baete is a two-time WGCA
Scholastic All-American and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
Baete was poised to contribute significantly in the Husker
lineup during the spring of 2020, before the COVID-19
outbreak abruptly ended her sophomore season at Nebraska.
After producing a strong break between fall and spring, Baete
opened the 2020 spring campaign with a 225 (76-76-73) to tie
lineup appearance at the Westbrook Spring Invitational
(Feb. 23-24), finishing in a tie for 76th at 227 (78-73-76). She
competed in her only tournament of the 2019 fall season at
the Battle at the Beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (Nov. 1-3).
She led the Huskers on the final day of the tournament with a
one-over-par 73 and finished in a tie for 67th (80-79-73-232)
in a strong 87-player field.
In the classroom, she earned WGCA Scholastic All-America
honors, was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and claimed
Academic All-Big Ten accolades for the second straight season.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Baete produced one of the best performances by a
freshman in school history with a three-round total of 210
(72-66-72) to tie for fifth and help Nebraska to a team title at
the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 24-25).
Baete’s breakthrough performance slashed 21 strokes off
her previous collegiate best. Her six-under-par 66 (Feb. 24)
was her first round better than par as a Husker and was part
of Nebraska’s second-round 276. Baete’s effort in Arizona
included the first three rounds at or better than par in her
college career. It was the first top-five performance of her
career and it came in a 93-player field that featured 14 top-100
teams and seven Big Ten Conference schools.
Baete joined Kate Smith and Haley Thiele in Nebraska’s
lineup for all 27 rounds in 2018-19. Baete’s 77.00 stroke
average ranked fifth among the Huskers and tied for the
seventh-best average by a freshman in Nebraska history.
She followed her effort in Peoria with a tie for 30th at 229
(78-76-75) at the Clover Cup in Mesa (March 15-17). Baete
shot 229 again (79-76-74) to tie for 29th at the Lady Buckeye
Invitational in Columbus, Ohio (April 13-14). She closed the
season by finishing in a tie for 80th at 163 (80-83) at the
rain-shortened Big Ten Championship at TPC River’s Bend in
Maineville, Ohio (April 19-21).
Baete hit the course for the first time as a Husker at
Nebraska’s season-opening Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic in Fort
Collins, Colo. (Sept. 17-19). She finished her first collegiate
tournament in a tie for 58th at 225 (83-78-74).
Baete earned a lineup spot again at the Golfweek
Conference Challenge (Sept. 24-26) in Wolcott, Colo. She
opened with a solid 75 before adding a final-round 74. She
finished in a tie for 59th with a 231.
She made another lineup appearance at the Ron Moore
Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Oct. 5-7), managing
a 238 (79-83-76) over three rounds to tie for 80th. Baete earned
her fourth straight lineup spot and shot a 231 (77-81-73) at
the UNLV Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 21-23) to tie for 77th.
Baete closed the fall with a tie for 28th at the rain-shortened
Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii (Oct.
31). She shot a 75 in the tournament’s lone round to help the
Huskers to a third-place team finish.
Baete opened the spring as Nebraska’s No. 3 finisher at
the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12). She closed with a
three-round total of 238 (82-79-77) in a tie for 73rd.
REDSHIRT (2017-18)
A walk-on to the Nebraska program after a strong high
school career in Beatrice, Baete redshirted in 2017-18. She
earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
in both the fall and spring semesters of
2017-18. She was also a member of the
2018 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Baete joined the Huskers as the 2016
the title by five strokes while attending
Beatrice High School. Baete finished in the
top 10 in the state every year at Beatrice
and broke six school records. She set the
best nine-hole average at 38.5 and the best
18-hole average at 74.8. Baete also posted
the best 18-hole score by a Beatrice golfer
at the conference championships with a
score of 70, the best 18-hole score (72) by
a Beatrice golfer at district championships,
and the best 18-hole score (75) by a
Beatrice golfer at the state championships.
Additionally, Baete won the most
medals by a girls golfer at Beatrice with
40. She was named to the All-State team
for two years, and was twice named to the
Super-State team. All four years she was
named All-River Cities Conference. 
She also starred in the classroom, being
named to the honor roll every semester, and
graduating sixth in her class. She was also
a member of the National Honor Society. 
Baete earned three basketball letters
at Beatrice. 

HONORS & AWARDS
Two Career Top-10 Finishes in Nebraska’s final three tournaments of the fall campaign.
Three Career Top-25 Finishes
84th at Big Ten Championships (2019)
Academic All-Big Ten (2020)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2019, 2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2020)
Third, Singapore Island Invitational (2016)
Fifth, Belgium International Amateur (2016)
Fifth, Malaysian Amateur Open (2017)
Second, Royal Selangor Golf Club Ladies Amateur (2017)
BOUVET’S CAREER BESTS
Best Finish............................. T2nd (Rainbow Wahine, 2018)
Best Event (Strokes)...................214 (Ptarmigan Ram, 2018)
Low Round............................68 (Ptarmigan Ram, 2nd, 2018)
Low First Round.........................70 (Rainbow Wahine, 2018)
Low Second Round......................68 (Ptarmigan Ram, 2018)
Low Third Round................................... 69 (Golfweek, 2018)
Career Rounds Under Par................................................... 6
BOUVET’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2018-19 24 1,819 75.79 68
2019-20 6 455 75.83 70
Totals 30 2,274 75.80 68
PERSONAL
The daughter of Eric and Patricia Bouvet, Vanessa Boumba
Marie-Alice Bouvet was born Jan. 6, 1999, in Damas, Syria.
She has one younger sister, Laetitia. Vanessa, who has lived in
several countries around the world, also enjoys snowboarding
and surfing. During the summer, she enjoys traveling to golf
tournaments and visiting family and friends in France and
Africa. She is a marketing major and earned Academic All-
Big Ten honors in 2020. She has also claimed two spots on
the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. In the community,
Bouvet was a member of the 2020 Tom Osborne Citizenship
Team. She chose Nebraska over Kentucky and Missouri State.
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VANESSA BOUVET
Junior (Two Lettters) Bretagne, France (Jerudong International School-Brunei)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Vanessa Bouvet (pronounced BOO-vay) plans to compete
for a spot in the Husker lineup as a junior in 2020-21. A big
hitter with international experience, Bouvet has continued to
work to improve her short game to achieve better scores.
SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
Bouvet put together a 75.83 stroke average after
competing in six rounds for the Huskers as a sophomore in
2019-20.
Bouvet had a strong showing with a tie for 26th at the
Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 23-24). She produced the
second-best tournament total of her career (215) with three
solid rounds (73-70-72), just missing her fourth career top-25
finish.
She made her first lineup appearance at the season-
opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in
Albuquerque, N.M. (Sept. 9-10), managing an 85th-place
finish with three straight rounds of 80. She did not compete
FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Bouvet added an international flavor to the Huskers as
a freshman, coming to Lincoln from Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei. She also added low numbers as she strived for more
consistency in her first season of college golf.
Bouvet’s 75.79 stroke average ranked second on the team
and as the third-best average by a freshman in Husker history.
She closed the fall with a career-best tie for second in the
rain-shortened Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kapolei, Oahu,
Hawaii (Oct. 31). In the lone round of the tournament, Bouvet
fired a two-under-par 70 to finish in a four-way tie for second,
just one stroke back of Sam Houston State’s Hannah Alberto.
Bouvet got her collegiate career off to an impressive start
by tying for third in a 75-player field at the Ptarmigan Ram
Fall Classic (Sept. 17-19). She finished at 214, including a four-
under-par 68 in the second round. Her performance on the
second day of the tournament tied for the fourth-best round
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by a freshman in Nebraska history. Bouvet was tied for the
tournament lead with two-time All-Big Sky golfer Tara Finigan
from Boise State through 51 holes, after erasing Finigan’s seven
shot lead to open the final round.
Bouvet tied for 40th with a 227 (79-79-69) at the Golfweek
Conference Challenge (Sept. 24-26) in Wolcott, Colo. She was
Nebraska’s No. 2 finisher at the tournament.
She was NU’s No. 2 finisher again at the Ron Moore
Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Oct. 5-7). She closed
at 229 (74-79-76) in a tie for 50th, before adding another tie for
50th with a 222 (71-76-75) at the UNLV Collegiate Showdown
(Oct. 21-23).
Bouvet opened the spring with a 239 (78-83-78) to tie
for 76th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12), before
helping the Huskers to a team title at the Westbrook Spring
Invitational in Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 24-25). Bouvet fired a 224
(73-76-75) at Westbrook. She tied for 72nd individually.
Bouvet notched her third top-25 finish of the season at the
Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz. (March 15-17). She fired Nebraska’s
best individual round of the tournament with a final-round
71 (-1) to close at 227 in a tie for 25th at the Longbow Golf
Club. She ended the season at the Big Ten Championships
by finishing 84th at 167 (83-84).
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Bouvet graduated from Jerudong International School in
Brunei in 2018. In the summer of 2017, Bouvet was the runner-
up at the 43rd Royal Selangor Golf Club Ladies Amateur Open
with a three-round score of 218. She added a runner-up finish
at the 29th KGM Open in Sarawak, Malaysia.
In 2016, Bouvet finished third at the Singapore Island
Invitational, while also taking fifth at the Belgium International
Open. She added a fifth-place finish at the Malaysia Amateur
Open in 2017.
She has lived and competed internationally in Syria,
Venezuela, New Zealand and in the United States, making her
home as a youngster in Houston, Texas. She has also competed
in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Belgium.
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HONORS & AWARDS
One Career Top-25 Finish (1, 2019-20)
Tied for 51st at Big Ten Championships (2019) Whittaker continued to show improvement in her second
WGCA Scholastic All-American (2019, 2020)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
Academic All-Big Ten (2020)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2018, 2019; Spring 2019, 2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019, 2020)
Two-Time Nebraska Class A State Champion (2016, 2017)
Three-Time Nebraska Super-State (2014, 2016, 2017)
Four-Time Nebraska Class A State Team Champions . Whittaker opened the fall with a then-career-best 225 (74-76-75)
(Elkhorn South, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
FCWT Tour Championship Champion (2017)
Nebraska Girls State Match Play Champion (2016)
Nebraska Girls Stroke Play Runner-Up (2017)
Nebraska Girls Junior PGA Section Champion (2017)
National Drive, Chip and Putt Finalist (2016)
Three-Time NJGT Tour Championship Champion
(2014, 2015, 2016)
WHITTAKER’S CAREER BESTS
Best Finish.............................T16th (Edean Ihlanfeldt, 2019)
Best Event (Strokes)............................ 221 (Golfweek, 2019)
Low Round......................69 (Battle at the Beach, 2nd, 2019)
Low First Round.................................... 72 (Golfweek, 2019)
Low Second Round............................... 69 (Golfweek, 2019)
Low Third Round.................................75 (Four Times, 2019)
Career Rounds Under Par................................................... 1
WHITTAKER’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2018-19 21 1,634 77.81 73
2019-20 14 1,080 77.14 69
Totals 35 2,714 77.54 69
PERSONAL
Megan is the daughter of Albert and Kim (Lefler) Whittaker.
Megan was born Sept. 22, 2000 in Omaha. She has a younger
brother, Andrew. Megan, who is majoring in finance, earned WGCA
Scholastic All-America honors in 2019 and 2020. She was also a Big
Ten Distinguished Scholar and an Academic All-Big Ten selection
in 2020. She has claimed spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete
Honor Roll four times. She was also a member of the Tom Osborne
Citizenship Team in 2019 and 2020.
She chose Nebraska over Omaha, South Dakota, Idaho,
Montana, Northern Arizona and Wyoming.
MEGAN WHITTAKER
Junior (Two Letters) Elkhorn, Nebraska (Elkhorn South)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
A hard-working golfer who has shown impressive improvement
throughout her first two seasons at Nebraska, Megan Whittaker will
hope to help the Huskers contend for postseason play in 2021.
The junior from Elkhorn, Neb., posted a strong 74.82 stroke
average during the fall of 2019, including her first career top-25
finish at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, and a career-best 54-hole
score of 221 at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, before firing
a career-best 69 in the second round of the Battle at the Beach.
In October of 2020, Whittaker won The Harvest at Indian Creek
(76-73-76-225) hosted by the Nebraska Golf Association.
Whittaker’s ties to Nebraska women’s golf are very strong, as
her mother Kim (Lefler) lettered as a golfer for the Huskers from
1991 to 1994, helping Nebraska advance to the 1994 NCAA West
Regional as a senior.
In the classroom, Whittaker is a two-time WGCA Scholastic
All-American, a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and an Academic
All-Big Ten selection.
SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
season at Nebraska. She ranked second among the Huskers with
a 74.82 stroke average over 11 rounds in the fall of 2019.
Whittaker produced a career-best tie for 16th with a 154 (79-
75) in challenging scoring conditions at the rain-shortened Edean
Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. (Oct. 8-9). She closed
the fall in a tie for 36th with a 223 (79-69-75) in a strong 87-player
field in the Battle at the Beach in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico (Nov.
1-3). Whittaker’s second-round 69 (-3) was a career best, while her
223 total was the second-best 54-hole score of her career.
to tie for 45th at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in
Albuquerque, N.M. (Sept. 9-10). She showed even more growth
with a career-best 221 (72-74-75) on her way to finishing 33rd at
the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Wolcott, Colo. (Sept. 23-
25). Her performance in Colorado included an even-par 72 in the
opening round, which was a collegiate career best at the time.
She struggled in the first spring tournament, finishing 83rd (87-
93-77-257) at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, and did not play at the
Westbrook Spring Invitational. Whittaker finished her sophomore
season with a 77.14 stroke average over 14 rounds.
FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Whittaker produced a strong finish for the Huskers as a true
freshman. She matched Kate Smith for Nebraska’s top individual
finish at the Big Ten Championships. Whittaker, who was making
just the second lineup appearance of her career, carded Nebraska’s
best score in the first round at the tournament with a 75, before
adding a 77 in the final round to finish at 152 in a tie for 51st.
Her improvement throughout the season was remarkable.
Through seven fall rounds, she managed a 79.81 stroke average
while making the adjustment to the longer courses in college golf.
During the spring, she slashed nearly three strokes per round off
her game, posting a 76.86 average over 14 rounds, which trailed
only Smith (73.79) and Kirsten Baete (76.36) among the Huskers.
Whittaker finished with a 77.81 stroke average on the season.
She made her first collegiate appearance at the Golfweek
Conference Challenge in Wolcott, Colo. (Sept. 24-26), finishing at
243 (80-80-83) to tie for 85th while playing as an individual outside
Nebraska’s lineup. She also played as an individual at the UNLV
Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 21-23) producing a 233 (79-76-78).
Whittaker closed the fall with a tie for 56th (82) while playing
as an individual outside the Husker lineup in the only round of the
rain-shortened Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Oct. 31).
Whittaker started strong in the spring with a 233 (78-77-78)
to tie for 64th while playing as an individual outside the Husker
lineup at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12).
She cut six strokes off her previous tournament best with a 227
(77-74-76) to tie for 81st as an individual outside the Husker lineup
at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 24-25).
Whittaker matched her season best with a 227 (73-78-78) on
a much more challenging layout at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz.
(March 15-17). She posted a season-best tie for 30th.
She closed the regular season with a tie for 49th at 235 (75-
77-83) while making her first career
lineup appearance at the Lady
Buckeye Invitational in Columbus,
Ohio (April 13-14).
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Whittaker captured back-to-back
Nebraska Class A individual state
titles in 2016 and 2017. She led
Elkhorn South High School and
Coach Mimi Ramsbottom to four
consecutive Class A state team
championships from 2014 through
2017. Whittaker was an Academic
All-State selection in golf in 2016.
Whittaker won the 2017 FCWT
Tour Championship, and recorded
victories in three consecutive NJGT
Tour Championships (2014, 2015,
2016). She also claimed the 2016
Nebraska Girls State Match Play
crown. She was the 2017 Nebraska
Girls Stroke Play runner-up and was
a finalist for the 2016 National Drive,
Chip and Putt competition.
Whittaker was a three-time
Super-State selection on the golf
course, and she was also a two-time
letterwinner on the track. She helped
Elkhorn South to an eighth-place
finish in the 4x800-meter relay in
2017. She also competed in the
1,600-meter run and was named
an Academic All-State performer in
2017.
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HONORS & AWARDS
 Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2019; Spring 2020)
 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019)
 Three-Time Illinois Division 2A State Championship
Qualifier (2014, 2016, 2017)
 Four-Time Lake Park High School Team MVP
NICOLE HANSEN
Sophomore Bloomingdale, Illinois (Lake Park)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
A strong all-around athlete, Nicole Hansen hopes to make
a greater impact on Nebraska’s lineup in her third season with
the Huskers in 2020-21.
A big hitter, Hansen has gained experience in all facets of
the game over her first two seasons at Nebraska. Hansen came
to the Huskers as a relatively inexperienced competitive golfer
after competing in track and field and representing Lake Park
High School as a cheerleader.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Hansen made the first tournament appearance of her
college career by playing as an individual outside the Husker
lineup at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz.
(Feb. 23-24). Hansen finished 90th with a three-round total of
243 (83-85-75). She finished with an 81.00 stroke average over
three rounds on the season.
In the classroom, Hansen earned spots on the Nebraska
Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters.
REDSHIRT (2018-19)
Hansen redshirted in her first season at Nebraska. Off the
course, Hansen earned a spot on the Tom Osborne Citizenship
Team.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Hansen produced a solid career at Lake Park High School
in Illinois. She was a three-time individual state qualifier for
the Lancers, while also capturing a regional and sectional title.
She tied for 23rd with a two-round total of 153 (76-77) at the
Division 2A state championships as a senior in the fall of 2017.
She was also a state qualifier as a freshman (2014) and junior
(2016).
A four-year letterwinner for Coach Jeff Henrickson, Hansen
was an All-DuPage Valley Conference performer and a four-
time team MVP. She was also a regular competitor in Illinois
Junior Golf Association events.
A talented all-around athlete, Hansen was also a two-
time varsity letterwinner in track and field as a freshman and
sophomore, competing in the pole vault and the hurdles. She
was also a two-time letterwinner as a cheerleader.
She was an outstanding performer in the classroom as a
four-time academic all-conference selection who spent all eight
semesters on Lake Park’s highest honor roll.
Hansen, who carried a 5.0 GPA in high school, earned a
Ruth Leverton academic scholarship to attend Nebraska.

HANSEN’S CAREER BESTS

Best Finish........................................90th (Westbrook, 2020)
Best Event (Strokes).......................... 243 (Westbrook, 2020)
Low Round....................................75 (Westbrook, 3rd, 2020)
Low First Round.................................. 83 (Westbrook, 2020)
Low Second Round............................. 85 (Westbrook, 2020)
Low Third Round................................. 75 (Westbrook, 2020)
Career Rounds Under Par............................................ None

HANSEN’S CAREER STATISTICS

Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2018-19 Redshirt
2019-20 3 243 81.00 75
Totals 3 243 81.00 75

PERSONAL
The daughter of Jane Hansen and David Hansen, Nicole was
born March 21, 2000, in Elk Grove, Ill. She has an older sister,
Rachael, and an older brother, Blake. Nicole, who is majoring
in finance, chose Nebraska over Bradley and Central Michigan.
She earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
in the fall and spring semesters of 2019-20. She was a member
of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2019.

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HONORS & AWARDS
WGCA Scholastic All-American (2020)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2019; Spring 2020)
Minnesota Ms. Golf (2019)
No. 136 Recruit Nationally by Junior Golf Scorecard (2019)
Minnesota Class 2A Runner-Up (2018, 2019)
Minnesota High School Team Champions (2015, 2019) fired a Husker true freshman-record round of 66 (-6) in the first
Four-Time Minnesota All-State (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Five-Time All-Big 9 Conference
Minnesota Section Girls Junior PGA Champion (2017)
U.S. Junior Amateur Sectional Qualifying Champion (2019)
HERZOG’S CAREER BESTS
Best Finish.............................T36th (Edean Ihlanfeldt, 2019)
Best Event (Strokes).......................... 225 (Westbrook, 2020)
Low Round...................................... 66 (Golfweek, 1st, 2019)
Low First Round.................................... 66 (Golfweek, 2019)
Low Second Round................... 73 (Lady Puerto Rico, 2020)
Low Third Round................................. 74 (Westbrook, 2020)
Career Rounds Under Par.............................................. One
HERZOG’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2019-20 17 1,303 76.65 66
Totals 17 1,303 76.65 66
PERSONAL
The daughter of Mark and Pam Herzog, Leah has two older
brothers, Patrick and Jordan, and two older sisters, Brittany and
Stephanie. Her father, Mark, was Red Wing’s head golf coach
through her senior season. Stephanie is a fifth-year senior on the
golf team at Iowa in 2020-21. Leah has spent her summers playing
and working at the golf course in Red Wing and teaching junior
golfers.
Herzog is an English major and was a WGCA Scholastic All-
American in 2020. She earned two spots on the Nebraska Scholar-
Athlete Honor Roll in 2019-20, including a perfect 4.0 GPA in the
spring of 2020.
LEAH HERZOG
Sophomore (One Letter) Red Wing, Minn. (Red Wing)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Leah Herzog enjoyed a strong freshman year with the
Huskers in 2019-20 before the season came to an abrupt end
because of the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus.
Herzog produced the fifth-best stroke average by a
freshman in school history (76.65) while joining fellow
Minnesotan Kate Smith as the only Huskers to compete in all
17 rounds last season. Herzog’s 66 (-6) in the first round of the
Golfweek Conference Challenge was the best round by a true
freshman in Husker history.
Herzog enjoyed a solid summer, which included a tie for
seventh at the Minnesota Women’s Amateur, which was won
by Smith. Herzog has added strength in the offseason, which
should not only help her length but also her stamina on the
course.
FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Herzog made an immediate impact on an experienced
Nebraska lineup in 2019-20. The true freshman from Red Wing,
Minn., joined senior Kate Smith as the only Huskers to play in
all 17 rounds for Nebraska in 2019-20. Herzog finished with a
76.65 stroke average on the year.
Herzog opened her Husker career with a three-round total
of 228 (77-76-75) to tie for 63rd at the Branch Law Firm/Dick
McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. (Sept. 9-10). She
round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Wolcott, Colo.
(Sept. 23). She tied for 57th at Golfweek with a three-round
total of 227 (66-77-84).
Herzog added a career-best tie for 36th (79-80-159) at the
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. (Oct. 8-9).
She closed the fall with a tie for 71st at 234 (77-77-80) in the
Battle at the Beach in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico (Nov. 1-3).
She opened the spring strong with rounds of 72 and 73
at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, but suffered a hip injury late
in the second round, which affected her in the final round as
she settled for an 85. Herzog closed the tournament in a tie
for 56th (230).
She produced the best tournament score of her young
career (77-74-74-225) at the Westbrook Spring Invitational
(Feb. 23-24).
Herzog joined Kate Smith in continuing a strong tradition
of Minnesota golfers at Nebraska. The 2019-20 season marked
the 10th consecutive year that the Husker roster featured at
least one golfer from the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Herzog captured back-to-back Minnesota Class 2A individual
state runner-up finishes in 2018 and 2019 at Red Wing High
School. She led Red Wing to the 2019 state team title for its sixth
consecutive top-three team finish.
Minnesota’s Ms. Golf as a senior in 2019, Herzog posted a 69.4
stroke average on the season, which represented a two-stroke
improvement over her junior season.
A four-time all-state selection, Herzog set the Jewel Course
record with a six-under-par 65 to claim medalist honors at the Jewel
Invite. As a senior, she added the course record with another 65
at The Bridges.
As a sophomore in 2017, Herzog finished seventh individually
at state. She finished 23rd at the high school state championship
as a freshman in 2016, after taking 17th individually as an eighth-
grader in 2015.
In 2015, she helped the Wingers to the state championship.
Red Wing added a state runner-up finish in Class 3A in 2017, and
finished third at state in 2014, 2016 and 2018, before adding a
Class 2A state championship in 2019.
Herzog was also the 2017 Minnesota Section Girls Junior PGA
Championship winner. She finished third at the 2019 Minnesota
Girls Junior PGA Championship at the Jewel Club, including a final-
round 68. She also won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur Sectional
Qualifier at Northfork Golf Course in Ramsey.
The Nebraska women’s golf team has regularly featured
Minnesota golfers in its lineup for the better part of two decades,
since Jackie Beste (Sauk Centre, 2003-06) joined the Huskers.
She was followed by Chrissie McArdle (Eden Prairie, 2004-07),
Steffi Neisen (New Prague, 2011-14) and Cassie Deeg (Hugo,
2013-16), who all played at the top of the Nebraska lineup before
current Husker senior Kate Smith (Detroit Lakes, 2017-present)
took the torch. The 2020-21 season marks the 11th consecutive
year that Nebraska has had a Minnesotan in its starting lineup.
Those six Minnesota golfers have combined to earn 14 academic
all-conference honors, 10 WGCA Scholastic All-America awards
and six Big Ten Sportsmanship awards as Huskers.

HONORS & AWARDS
 Nebraska Women’s Amateur Runner-Up (2020)
 Nebraska Girls Junior PGA Champion (2015, 2019)
 Sixth at Class B Boys State Championships (2019)
 Nebraska High School All-State
(Golf, Basketball, Volleyball)
 Optimist Junior Golf All-Scholastic Team (2019)
(1 of 5 Girl or Boy Junior Golfers Nationally)
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LINDSEY THIELE
Freshman Wahoo, Nebraska (Bishop Neumann)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Lindsey Thiele (pronounced TEEL) continues a family
tradition on the Nebraska women’s golf team. The true
freshman out of Bishop Neumann High School in Wahoo
follows in the footsteps of her older sisters, Haley (2015-20)
and Hannah, who is a Husker senior in 2020-21.
The Nebraska Girls Junior PGA Champion in both 2015
and 2019, Thiele finished sixth at the Nebraska Class B Boys
High School State Championships in 2019.
An all-state athlete in golf, basketball and volleyball at
Bishop Neumann, Thiele has the potential to grow her game
while focusing on golf as a Husker.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Thiele produced a solid summer that included a runner-up
finish at the 2020 Nebraska Women’s Amateur at the Country
Club of Lincoln in early August. Thiele finished the three-
round tournament at 215 (71-73-71, -1). The tournament field
included Huskers Kirsten Baete, Nicole Hansen, Noor Ahmed,
Jessica Haraden, Hannah Thiele and Megan Whittaker, who
all finished in the top 12.
A strong all-around athlete, Thiele finished sixth individually
at the 2019 Class B Boys State Golf Championships. She helped
the Bishop Neumann boys team to a Class B state tournament
appearance as a junior. Her eighth-place district finish helped
Neumann finish second at districts to qualify for state. As a
sophomore in the spring of 2018, Thiele was a Class C boys
individual district champion while helping Bishop Neumann
to a district runner-up finish and an appearance at the state
tournament.
As a junior golfer, Thiele qualified for the 2019 PGA
Girls Junior National Tournament at Keney Park Golf Club
in Hartford, Conn. She won the 2019 Nebraska Girls Junior
PGA Championship at Indian Trails Country Club in Beemer
and the 2019 Hale Irwin AJGA Preview at Walnut Creek in
Westminster, Colo. She was also the runner-up at the 2019
John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Thiele also
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placed third at the 2019 USGA Nebraska Junior Girls Qualifier
at Wild Horse Golf Club in Gothenburg.
Before high school, Thiele qualified for the 2016 Optimist
International Golf Tournament at PGA National Resort in Palm
Beach Gardens, Fla., by winning the Nebraska Girls Junior
Optimist Qualifier. As a seventh grader, she was the 2015 Girls
Junior PGA Champion (Ages 13-15).
Thiele was also an outstanding basketball and volleyball
player at Bishop Neumann. As a junior in basketball in 2019,
Thiele earned a spot on the Class C1 All-Tournament team
by leading Neumann to the Class C1 state title. She earned
second-team Class C1 all-state honors from the Lincoln Journal
Star. She was an honorable-mention all-state selection in
basketball as a freshman, sophomore and senior. Thiele helped
Bishop Neumann to a runner-up finish at state in 2018, after the
team finished third at state her freshman season. Thiele was
also honorable-mention Class C1 in volleyball as a freshman,
sophomore and junior, and helped the Cavaliers to the state
tournament in 2019.
Thiele is a standout in the classroom. She carried a 4.0 GPA
and was the student body president and a class president for
three years at Bishop Neumann. She was a four-year member
of the student council and was involved in many different clubs
and volunteer activities.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Kevin and Lisa Thiele, Lindsey has two
younger sisters, Lauren and Brooke, and two older sisters,
Haley and Hannah. A pre-health major at Nebraska, Lindsey
is a UNL Regents Scholar.
Lindsey chose Nebraska over Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma,
Kansas State, Northern Illinois, Evansville and Wyoming.
“There is something about being able to say that ‘I am a
Husker’ that makes me beyond excited for the future,” Thiele
said. “From academically to athletically, this University has it
all, and I am so honored and humbled to have the opportunity
to be a part of this great school and team.”
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MICHAELA VAVROVA
Freshman Bojnice, Slovakia (Slovak National Team)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Michaela Vavrova is the first Slovakian women’s golfer in
Husker history. A two-time winner of the Slovak U18 Junior
Championship, Vavrova has been a member of the Slovak
National Team for five years. She has represented Slovakia
three times at the European Team Championships.
Vavrova made her Husker debut with an impressive
performance by making the cut at the 2020 Nebraska Open
at the Elks Country Club in Columbus. The Nebraska Open
featured top professional players and men’s collegiate players
across the Cornhusker state.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
In addition to several victories in junior tournaments in
Slovakia, Vavrova has an extensive international background,
competing in many tournaments in Italy and such events as
the ANNIKA Invitational Europe and the European Girls’ Team
Championship in Sweden, the Duke of York Young Champions
HONORS & AWARDS Trophy in England, the Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open,
Two-Time Slovak U18 Junior Champion the European Ladies’ Team Championship, the Austrian Stroke
Slovak National Team Member Play U21 and the Junior Orange Bowl International, Doral
Made Cut at Nebraska PGA Open (2020) Publix Junior Classic and the IMG Academy Junior World
Championship in the United States - all within the last three
years.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Angelika Vavrova and Igor Vavro, Michaela
was born Oct. 10, 2000, in Bratislava, Slovakia. She has a
younger sister, Zuzana. Michaela has not declared a major at
Nebraska. She began playing golf at the age of 9, and credits
much of her success and commitment in the game to her
grandfather, who has served as a coach, caddy and all-around
support system as a golfer.
“I think Coach Lisa (Johnson) and Chessey (Thomas) are a
perfect combo, and I think it will be great cooperating with
them. The members of the team are positive, hard-working
and very funny,” Vavrova said. “My first feelings about Lincoln
and the University of Nebraska were amazing. Everything is
so nice, safe and clean. I really like the system and program
for students the university has. It is very important for me to
have friendly, helpful and nice people around me, and I met
a lot of them during my official visit.”

ANDREA VELEZ
Freshman Pereira, Colombia (Liceo de Frances Pereira)
OUTLOOK (2020-21)
Andrea Velez will become the first Colombian in the
Nebraska women’s golf program. The 18-year-old has been
one of the top junior golfers in Colombia for the past three
years and broke through on the international stage with an
11th-place finish at the Optimist International Junior Golf
Championship at Trump National Doral in July of 2019.
Velez signed with the Huskers in November of 2019, but
is delaying her enrollment at Nebraska until January 2021
because of the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Guillermo Velez and Constanza Lopez,
Andrea was born June 24, 2002. She has a younger sister,
Antonia.
“I chose Nebraska because it is an amazing university. When
I did my official visit, I just felt in love. Everybody was so nice,
including all the members of the team. My dream as a child
was to study in a university like Nebraska. I want to spend my
next four years and more at Nebraska learning new things with
really nice people.”

HONORS & AWARDS
 Colombian Golf Federation Master International
Infantil & Juvenil Champion (2018)
 11th at Optimist International Junior Golf Championship (2019)
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Velez won the Colombian Golf Federation Master
Internacional Infantil Y Juvenil in 2018, before adding a third-
place finish at the same event in 2019. Velez added a fifth-
place finish at the 2019 Campeonato Nacional e Internacional
Juvenil Stroke Play in Guatemala, which featured top players
from Central America and the Caribbean. She finished 11th
at the 2019 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship
at Trump National in Doral, Fla.

BIG TEN CONFERENCE
Known as one of intercollegiate sports’ most successful undertakings, the
Big Ten is home to a lineage of legendary names and an ongoing tradition
of developing strong leaders. Even in its infancy, the conference established
itself as the preeminent collection of institutions in the nation, where the
pursuit of academic excellence prevailed as the definitive goal.
The Big Ten is a national leader in intercollegiate athletics on and off
the field, as schools have combined to win more than 450 team and 1,800
individual national championships.
The history of the Big Ten traces back nearly 125 years to the Palmer
House hotel in Chicago, where on Jan. 11, 1895, then-Purdue president
James H. Smart and leaders from the University of Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Kevin Warren
Minnesota, Northwestern and Wisconsin set out to organize and develop Commissioner
principles for the regulation of intercollegiate athletics.
At that meeting, a blueprint for the administration of college athletics under the direction of
appointed faculty representatives was outlined. The presidents’ first known action “restricted eligibility
for athletics to bona fide, full-time students who were not delinquent in their studies.” That important
legislation, along with other legislation that followed in coming years, served as the primary building
block for intercollegiate athletics.
On Feb. 8, 1896, one faculty member from each of those seven universities met at the same Palmer
House and officially established the mechanics of the conference, which was officially incorporated
as the “Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association” in 1905.
Indiana and Iowa became the eighth and ninth members in 1899. In 1908, Michigan briefly
withdrew, and in 1912 Ohio State joined the conference, bringing its membership back to nine. Upon
Michigan’s return in 1917, the conference was first referred to as the “Big Ten” by media members,
and that name was eventually incorporated in 1987.
As the 1900s opened, faculty representatives established rules for intercollegiate athletics that
were novel for the time. As early as 1904, the faculty approved legislation that required eligible
athletes to meet entrance requirements and to have completed a full year’s work, along with having
one year of residence.
In 1901, the first Big Ten Championship event was staged when the outdoor track and field
championships were held at the University of Chicago. The debut event marked what is now a staple
of conference competition. Today, the Big Ten sponsors 28 official sports, 14 for men and 14 for
women, including the addition of men’s ice hockey and men’s and women’s lacrosse over the last
four years. Big Ten schools compete in a total of 42 sports, furthering the conference’s commitment
to broad-based programming and providing more participation opportunities than any conference
in the country.
One of the conference’s proudest traditions began in 1902 when Michigan faced Stanford in
the Rose Bowl, the nation’s first bowl game. Big Ten teams appeared in Pasadena twice before the
conference signed an exclusive contract with the Tournament of Roses in 1946, making it the first
bowl game with permanent conference affiliations.
Coupling the academic goals set forth by the leaders of the charter members of the conference
and their steadfast commitment to athletics, the conference instituted the Big Ten Medal of Honor
in 1915. It is awarded annually by each conference institution to a student of the graduating class
who has attained the greatest proficiency in scholarship and athletics. For more than 100 years, it has
been the most prestigious honor a student competing in Big Ten athletics can receive.
In 1922, Major John L. Griffith became the conference’s first “Commissioner of Athletics.” Griffith
was the first of six men to assume the role of commissioner in the conference’s history, followed
by Kenneth L. “Tug” Wilson in 1945, Bill Reed in 1961, Wayne Duke in 1971 and James E. Delany
in 1989. Those five served prior to current Commissioner Kevin Warren, who assumed the role on
Sept. 16, 2019. Delany announced his retirement on March 4, 2019, concluding a 30-year career
with the conference on Jan. 1, 2020.
After nearly 30 years with 10 members, the conference consolidated to nine schools when the
University of Chicago formally withdrew its membership in 1946. Michigan State was added to the
Big Ten three years later, bringing the number of affiliated conference schools to 10 once again.
TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio, serves as the home course of the 2021 Big Ten Women’s
Golf Championship. Named one of Golf Digest’s “Top 10 Best New Private Clubs in the U.S.”
when it opened in 2002, the Arnold Palmer-designed course has been recognized as one of
the best courses in Ohio seven times. Visit www.tpc.com/riversbend for more information.
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In 1955, the Big Ten formulated a revenue-sharing model designed to pool all football television
rights of its members and share those proceeds equally. The conference and its members continue
to utilize a revenue-sharing model, dividing media rights, bowl payouts and other profits among
all institutions.
While academics have always played an integral role, presidents of the Big Ten member institutions
formalized the primacy of academics with the establishment of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (formerly
the Committee on Institutional Cooperation) in 1958. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic
consortium of all Big Ten universities. Annually, the schools currently constituting the Big Ten Academic
Alliance produced over $10 billion in funded research, $5 billion more than any other conference.
In one of Duke’s first actions as commissioner, he oversaw the adoption of the Big Ten Advisory
Commission in 1972, designed to study conference programs and make suggestions which would
further Big Ten objectives. The Advisory Commission enlists former students that competed in Big
Ten athletics to serve as liaisons to the NCAA’s Diversity and Inclusion Department, the Big Ten
Student-Athlete Advisory Commission and other organizations.
In 1981, the conference presidents and chancellors endorsed a proposal that enabled universities
to affiliate their women’s intercollegiate programs with the conference, and the first conference
championships for women were staged that fall. The Big Ten was the first conference to voluntarily
adopt male and female participation goals after launching its Gender Equity Action Plan in 1992.
In December of 1989, the conference agreed in principle to invite Penn State for membership. On
June 4, 1990, the Council of Presidents officially voted to integrate Penn State into the conference,
giving the Big Ten 11 members.
In 2004, the Big Ten implemented a pilot program of instant replay for college football. Following
the season, the conference forwarded replay proposals to the NCAA regarding the future use of
instant replay, where it approved country-wide testing in 2005. In 2006, the NCAA approved the
use of instant replay for all conferences.
In 2006, Delany announced the creation of the first conference-owned television network, a 20-year
agreement with FOX Networks to create what would become the Big Ten Network (BTN). Launched
on Aug. 30, 2007, BTN now produces more than 1,800 events across all platforms each year. BTN is
in almost 60 million homes in the United States and Canada via the nation’s major video providers and
more than 300 additional video providers across the country. BTN is also available through the majority
of OTT providers, and via the Fox Sports App, which delivers live and on-demand programming to
computers, smartphones and tablets. BTN Plus streams hundreds of additional events each season.
On June 11, 2010, the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors (COP/C) approved a formal
membership application by Nebraska, expanding the conference to 12 institutions. Nebraska joined
the Big Ten on July 1, 2011.
The conference expanded its footprint further in 2012 when the COP/C approved formal membership
applications from Maryland (Nov. 19) and Rutgers (Nov. 20). Maryland and Rutgers became official
Big Ten members on July 1, 2014, giving the conference almost 9,500 students participating in
intercollegiate athletics and more than 11,000 participation opportunities on 350 teams.
Since opening in the fall of 2013, the Big Ten conference center hosts more than 300 meetings
annually for member institutions, Big Ten Academic Alliance (formerly CIC) related committees
and coaches’ groups. The headquarters also features an interactive digital museum - the Big Ten
Experience – which brings the conference’s storied academic and athletic history to life. For more
information on the Big Ten Experience, go to bigten.org.
In June 2014, the Big Ten opened a second office in New York City, featuring both office and
meeting space in Midtown Manhattan. Big Ten staff members are based in the New York City office
to provide expanded coverage and service, while other conference and institutional administrators
utilize the space as necessary when conducting business on the East Coast. The Big Ten and its
member institutions also have access to satellite office space in Washington, D.C.
The Big Ten staff works to meet the educational needs of students competing in intercollegiate
athletics to allow them to excel in all areas of their lives. The conference office manages 28 different
championships and tournaments, offers legislative and compliance services, oversees the production and
distribution of more than 2,000 events annually, provides staff services to coaching and administrative
personnel, and services media and fans interest for information on the Big Ten.
BIG TEN ADMINISTRATION
Commissioner.................................................................................................................Kevin Warren
Deputy Commissioner, COO.........................................................................................Brad Traviola
Deputy Commissioner, Public Affairs............................................................................... Diane Dietz
Senior Associate Commissioner, Television Administration.......................................Mark D. Rudner
Associate Commissioner, CFO................................................................................... Julie Suderman
Associate Commissioner, Football Operations........................................................... Scott Chipman
Associate Commissioner, Men’s Basketball...................................................................Rick Boyages
Associate Commissioner, Policy.....................................................................................Chad Hawley
Associate Commissioner, Sports Administration........................................................... Wendy Fallen
Associate Commissioner, Technology...................................................................Mike McComiskey
Assistant Commissioner, Branding................................................................................. Robin Jentes
Assistant Commissioner, Compliance................................................................................ Gil Grimes
Assistant Commissioner, Officiating Services................................................................ Tony Buyniski
Assistant Commissioner, Men’s & Women’s Basketball Operations..........................Jessica Palermo
Assistant Commissioner, Public Affairs.............................................................................Kerry Kenny
BIG TEN COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
Assistant Commissioner, Communications...................................................................... Jason Yellin
Director, Communications........................................................................................ Adam Augustine
Associate Director, Communications............................................................................ Chris Masters
Assistant Director, Communications........................................................................... Megan Rowley
Assistant Director, Communications........................................................................Shannon Malone
Robert Hammel Communications Intern (Women’s Golf)............................................Leigh McGuirk
CONTACT THE BIG TEN OFFICE
5440 Park Place
Rosemont, IL, 60018
Phone: (847) 696-1010 / Fax: (847) 696-1150
www.bigten.org
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BIG TEN CONFERENCE OPPONENTS
BIG TEN CONFERENCE
Founded:.............................................. 1896
Commissioner:.........................Kevin Warren
Deputy Comm. for Public Affairs:........Diane Dietz
Assistant Comm./Communications:.....Jason Yellin
Director of Communications:...... Adam Augustine
Associate Director:..................Chris Masters
Assistant Director:.................Megan Rowley
Assistant Director:............. Shannon Malone
Women’s Golf Contact:.........Leigh McGuirk
E-mail...........................lmcguirk@bigten.org
Big Ten Phone:..................... (847) 696-1010
Mailing Address:.......................5440 Park Place
..................................... Rosemont, IL 60018
Website: .............................www.bigten.org
ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI
Location: ..................Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
Enrollment: ........................................33,850
Colors: .............................. Orange and Blue
Chancellor: ..........................Robert J. Jones
Athletic Director: ................... Josh Whitman
Head Coach: .............................Renee Slone
Head Coach Phone: .............(217) 333-8610
Home Course: ..........Stone Creek Golf Club
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:.................Kornkamol Sukaree
Golf SID: ................................... Brett Moore
Golf SID Phone: ....................(217) 333-1391
Golf SID E-mail:.........btmoore3@illinois.edu
Website: ............................ fightingillini.com
INDIANA HOOSIERS
Location: ..........................Bloomington, Ind.
Enrollment: ........................................33,084
Colors: ..........................Cream and Crimson
President: ........................Michael McRobbie
Athletic Director: .........................Fred Glass
Head Coach: ...........................Clint Wallman
Head Coach Phone: .............(812) 855-7543
Home Course: ...Indiana University Golf Course
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:.......................... Mary Parsons
Golf SID: ...................................Caitlin Davis
Golf SID Phone: ....................(812) 856-0231
Golf SID E-mail:.........davis288@indiana.edu
Website: ...............................iuhoosiers.com
IOWA HAWKEYES
Location: .............................. Iowa City, Iowa
Enrollment: ....................................... 23,989
Colors: .................................Black and Gold
President: ............................... Bruce Harreld
Athletic Director:......................... Gary Barta
Head Coach: ........................ Megan Menzel
Head Coach Phone: ............ (319) 335-9257
Home Courses:........... Finkbine Golf Course
Big Ten Finish:........................................N/A
NCAA Finish: .........................................N/A
Top Returnee:............... Jacquelyn Galloway
Golf SID: ............................Hannah Ossman
Golf SID Phone: ................... (319) 335-9411
Golf SID E-mail:... hannah-ossman@uiowa.edu
Website: .......................hawkeyesports.com
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MARYLAND TERRAPINS
Location: ..........................College Park, Md.
Enrollment: ........................................30,500
Colors: ..............Red, White, Black and Gold
President: ..................................Darryll Pines
Athletic Director: ....................Damon Evans
Head Coach: .............................Diana Cantu
Head Coach Phone: .............(301) 405-2382
Home Course: ....... Univ. of Maryland Golf Course
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ............................................. N/A
Top Returnee:..........Virunpat Olankitkunchai
Golf SID: ..................................Rose DiPaula
Golf SID Phone: ....................(301) 314-7063
Golf SID E-mail:.............. rdipaula@umd.edu
Website: ..................................umterps.com
MICHIGAN WOLVERINES
Location: ............................Ann Arbor, Mich.
Enrollment: ........................................31,266
Colors: ................................. Maize and Blue
President: ............................... Mark Schlissel
Athletic Director: .................. Warde Manuel
Head Coach: .............................Jan Dowling
Head Coach Phone: .............(734) 615-6928
Home Course: ...................U-M Golf Course
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:...............................Ashley Lau
Golf SID: ...................................Tom Wywrot
Golf SID Phone: ....................(734) 647-1268
Golf SID E-mail:............ twywrot@umich.edu
Website: ................................ mgoblue.com
MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS
Location: ........................ East Lansing, Mich.
Enrollment: ........................................38,675
Colors: .............................. Green and White
President: ..........................Samuel L. Stanley
Athletic Director: ..................... Bill Beekman
Head Coach: ...............Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll
Head Coach Phone: .............(517) 432-1438
Home Course: .... Forest Akers West Golf Course
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish:..................................................... N/A
Top Returnee:............................. Valery Plata
Golf SID: ..................................... Jeff Barnes
Golf SID Phone: ....................(517) 355-2271
Golf SID E-mail:.......... jbarnes@ath.msu.edu
Website: ...........................msuspartans.com
MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS
Location: ........................ Minneapolis, Minn.
Enrollment: ........................................35,165
Colors: ............................. Maroon and Gold
President: ................................... Joan Gabel
Athletic Director: ........................Mark Coyle
Head Coach: ......................Michele Redman
Head Coach Phone: .............(612) 625-6063
Home Course: ....Tournament Players Club of the Twin Cities
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:................................ Kate Lillie
Golf SID: ................................ Karl Anderson
Golf SID Phone: ....................(612) 624-1023
Golf SID E-mail:.............kganders@umn.edu
Website: ......................... gophersports.com
NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS
Location: ...................................Evanston, Ill.
Enrollment: ..........................................8,327 Enrollment: ........................................33,646
Color: ................................................. Purple
President: ........................... Morton Schapiro
Athletic Director: ........................Jim Phillips
Head Coach: .......................... Emily Fletcher
Head Coach Phone: .............(847) 467-2296
Home Course: ...................... The Glen Club
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:............................Brooke Riley
Golf SID: .................................Paul Kennedy
Golf SID Phone: ....................(847) 467-2028
Golf SID E-mail:... pkennedy@northwestern.edu
Website: ................................. nusports.com
OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
Location: ............................Columbus, Ohio
Enrollment: ....................................... 46,818
Colors: ...............................Scarlet and Gray
President: ......................Kristina M. Johnson
Athletic Director: ...................... Gene Smith
Head Coach: ......................Therese Hession
Head Coach Phone: ............ (614) 292-3809
Home Course: ......................Scarlet Course
Big Ten Finish: .......................................N/A
NCAA Finish:...................................................N/A
Top Returnee:...........................Lauren Peter
Golf SID: ....................................Brett Rybak
Golf SID Phone: ................... (614) 292-1112
Golf SID E-mail:...............rybak.13@osu.edu
Website: ................ ohiostatebuckeyes.com
PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
Location: ........................ University Park, Pa.
Enrollment: ........................................40,639
Colors: ................................. Blue and White
President: .................................Eric J. Barron
Director of Athletics:.............. Sandy Barbour
Head Coach: ...................... Denise St. Pierre
Head Coach Phone: .............(817) 863-2396
Home Course: .... PSU Blue and White Courses
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:.......................Megan McLean
Golf SID: ....................................John Hanna
Golf SID Phone: ....................(814) 863-1388
Golf SID E-mail:...................jrh486@psu.edu
Website: ........................... gopsusports.com
Kate Smith was the Big Ten’s Mary Fossum Award winner after producing the conference’s best
stroke average relative to par in 2019-20.
PURDUE BOILERMAKERS
Location: .......................West Lafayette, Ind.
Colors: .......................... Old Gold and Black
President: ................................ Mitch Daniels
Athletic Director: ................... Mike Bobinski
Head Coach: .......................... Devon Brouse
Head Coach Phone: .............(765) 494-4311
Home Course: .....Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:......................... Micaela Farah
Golf SID: ....................................Matt Rector
Golf SID Phone: ....................(765) 494-3196
Golf SID E-mail:..............rector@purdue.edu
Website: ..........................purduesports.com
RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS
Location: ............................. Piscataway, N.J.
Enrollment: ........................................36,039
Colors: ............................. Scarlet and White
President:........................ Jonathan Holloway
Athletic Director: ....................Patrick Hobbs
Head Coach: ............................ Kari Williams
Head Coach Phone: .............(608) 265-3117
Home Course: .... University Ridge Golf Course
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:........... Anna-Maria Diederichs
Golf SID............................ Bradly Derechailo
Golf SID Phone: ....................(732) 445-7028
Golf SID E-mail:...bderechailo@scarletknights.com
Website: .........................scarletknights.com
WISCONSIN BADGERS
Location: ................................ Madison, Wis.
Enrollment: ........................................33,456
Colors: ...........................Cardinal and White
Chancellor:....................... Rebecca M. Blank
Athletic Director: .....................Barry Alvarez
Head Coach: ..........................Todd Oehrlein
Head Coach Phone: .............(608) 265-3117
Home Course: .... University Ridge Golf Course
Big Ten Finish: ....................................... N/A
NCAA Finish: ......................................... N/A
Top Returnee:.................................Tracy Lee
Golf SID.........................................Tia Martin
Golf SID Phone: ....................(608) 263-5052
Golf SID E-mail:...... tlmartin@athletics.wisc.edu
Website: ............................. uwbadgers.com

SMITH SETS MORE RECORDS IN JOHNSON’S FIRST SEASON
Kate Smith capped another outstanding season by representing the Huskers at the 120th U.S. Women’s Amateur at the Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., Aug. 3-9. Smith advanced
to the round of 32 at the event after earning the No. 15 seed during two rounds of stroke play to open the tournament.
The Nebraska women’s golf team entered a new era in
the first season under Coach Lisa Johnson in 2019-20. While
Johnson’s arrival at Nebraska was a major part of the story of
the Huskers in the beginning, the primary storyline became
the abrupt end of the season because of the worldwide
outbreak of the coronavirus in March.
Nebraska played its final tournament at the Westbrook
Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz., Feb. 23-24. That event
followed the opening of the spring campaign at the Lady
Puerto Rico Classic, Feb. 9-11.
The final three regular-season tournaments (Clover
Cup, Anuenue Spring Break Classic, The Bruzzy Challenge)
were canceled as Americans were sent to their homes and
encouraged to social distance and flatten the curve of the
spread of the virus.
The Big Ten Championship and all NCAA Championship
rounds were also canceled, as student-athletes around the
country were sent to the sidelines.
Despite the disappointingly abrupt end to an
abbreviated season, the Husker women’s golfers still
produced highlights and memorable performances, along
with reasons for optimism in the coming years.
Kate Smith put together another record-setting
campaign. The senior from Detroit Lakes, Minn., averaged
a school single-season record with a 72.18 stroke average
over 17 rounds. She also improved her career stroke average
school record to 73.45 over 104 rounds.
Smith was well on her way to earning an NCAA Regional
bid as an individual before the season was shut down. She
still became the first Husker in history to win the Big Ten’s
Mary Fossum Award for owning the best stroke average
relative to par among all conference golfers in 2019-20. She
was also a first-team All-Big Ten honoree - Nebraska’s first
all-conference selection since Maddie Sheils in 2012.
In Nebraska’s final team event of 2019-20, Smith tied for
second at the Westbrook Spring Invitational with the second-
best tournament total of her career (65-66-72-203). Her two-
round total of 131 on the opening day of the event tied her
own 36-hole school record set at Westbrook in 2018. She
finished behind only Denver’s Anna Zanusso, who tied the
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NCAA record with a second-round 61 (-11). It was one of Johnson and first-year assistant coach Chessey Thomas, as
three top-10 finishes in just six events for Smith in 2019-20. did the development of fellow sophomore Megan Whittaker.
Although the unwelcome end of the season came after Whittaker produced a 74.82 stroke average over 11
Westbrook, the unexpected good news of an additional year fall rounds in 2019, including a career-best tie for 16th in
of eligibility for Smith arrived in mid-spring. challenging conditions at the rain-shortened Edean Ihlanfeldt
Smith showed during the summer that she was focused Invitational in Sammamish, Wash., Oct. 8-9. Her fall season
on taking full advantage of the extra year as a Husker. In was also highlighted by a career-best 69 (-3) at the Battle of
late-July, Smith captured her second career Minnesota Golf the Beach in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, Nov. 2.
Association Women’s Amateur title. She won the tournament Whittaker and Baete also continued to shine in the
by six strokes over Missouri’s Sophia Yoemans. classroom, earning WGCA Scholastic All-America honors
The following week, Smith continued to shine by and recognition as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. Both were
advancing to the round of 32 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur at also Academic All-Big Ten selections.
the Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md. Smith earned Overall, Nebraska earned five WGCA Scholastic All-
the No. 15 seed in the Match Play portion of the event after America awards in 2019-20, including honors for Smith, Thiele
shooting a one-over-par 145 through 36 holes of stroke play. and Leah Herzog. In addition to her success in the classroom,
Smith and fellow senior Jessica Haraden, who earned Herzog was a strong contributor on the course. The freshman
her bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in May of 2020, both from Red Wing, Minn., joined fellow Minnesotan Smith as
chose to return to lead the Huskers in 2020-21. the only Huskers to compete in all 17 rounds for Nebraska
However, fifth-year senior Haley Thiele chose to in 2019-20. Herzog ranked fourth among the Huskers with
bypass the additional year of eligibility to pursue a post- a 76.65 stroke average. Her 66 (-6) in the first round of the
graduate program in her chosen career field. Thiele played Golfweek Conference Challenge in Wolcott, Colo., was also
in 100 career rounds for the Huskers, including 15 as a a Nebraska record for a true freshman.
senior. Overall, the three-
time Academic All-Big Ten
selection produced five top-25 2019-20 NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL STROKE AVERAGES
career finishes. She was also a Golfer Strokes Rounds Average
standout in the community as Kate Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227.....................17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.18
a five-time member of the Tom
Osborne Citizenship Team and Vanessa Bouvet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455........................6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.83
one of Nebraska’s Heart & Soul Kirsten Baete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684........................9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.00
Award winners in 2020. Leah Herzog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,303.....................17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.65
The Huskers also saw Noor Ahmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231........................3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.00
the continued growth of Megan Whittaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080.....................14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.14
Kirsten Baete in 2019-20. The
sophomore from Beatrice, Haley Thiele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167.....................15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.80
Neb., posted a 76.00 stroke Jessica Haraden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389........................5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.80
average over nine rounds Nicole Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243........................3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.00
after starting the season slow. Hannah Thiele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407........................5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.40
Baete’s growth continued Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,090...................17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.41
under the tutelage of Coach
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2019-20 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Leah Herzog posted the No. 5 freshman stroke average (76.65) in Nebraska history while ranking third among the Huskers in 2019-20. Herzog, who was Minnesota Ms. Golf in 2019, joined
Kate Smith as the only Huskers to compete in all 17 rounds for the Big Red last season.
KATE SMITH
Tournament....................................................Results........................................... Place
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational...... 71-72-70-213......................................T8th
Golfweek Conference Challenge...................... 70-78-72-220....................................T29th
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational.............................. 77-71-148..........................................T2nd
Battle at the Beach............................................ 72-74-74-220....................................T25th
Lady Puerto Rico Classic.................................... 76-73-74-223.................................... T31st
Westbrook Spring Invitational........................... 65-66-72-203.....................................T2nd
Season Totals................................................................................ 1,227 Strokes/17 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average......................................................................72.18 (school record)
Season Low Round.............................................................................. . 65 (Westbrook, 1st)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................2/6
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................3/6
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................3/6
VANESSA BOUVET
Tournament....................................................Results........................................... Place
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational...... 80-80-80-240......................................85th
Westbrook Spring Invitational........................... 73-70-72-215....................................T26th
Season Totals..................................................................................... 455 Strokes/6 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 75.73
Season Low Round...............................................................................70 (Westbrook, 2nd)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/2
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/2
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................0/2
KIRSTEN BAETE
Tournament....................................................Results........................................... Place
Battle at the Beach............................................ 80-79-73-232....................................T67th
Lady Puerto Rico Classic.................................... 76-76-73-225....................................T43rd
Westbrook Spring Invitational........................... 78-73-76-227....................................T76th
Season Totals..................................................................................... 684 Strokes/9 Rounds
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2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 76.00
Season Low Round...................................................................................... 73 (three times)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/3
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/3
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................0/3
LEAH HERZOG
Tournament....................................................Results........................................... Place
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational...... 77-76-75-228....................................T63rd
Golfweek Conference Challenge...................... 66-77-84-227....................................T57th
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational.............................. 79-80-159.........................................T36th
Battle at the Beach............................................ 77-77-80-234.................................... T71st
Lady Puerto Rico Classic.................................... 72-73-85-230....................................T56th
Westbrook Spring Invitational........................... 77-74-74-225....................................T73rd
Season Totals................................................................................ 1,303 Strokes/17 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 76.65
Season Low Round.................................................................................. 76 (Golfweek, 1st)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/6
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/6
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................0/6
NOOR AHMED
Tournament....................................................Results........................................... Place
Golfweek Conference Challenge...................... 77-76-78-231.................................... T71st
Season Totals..................................................................................... 231 Strokes/3 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 77.00
Season Low Round.................................................................................76 (Golfweek, 2nd)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/1
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/1
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................0/1

2019-20 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
MEGAN WHITTAKER
Tournament....................................................Results........................................... Place
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational...... 74-76-75-225....................................T45th
Golfweek Conference Challenge...................... 72-74-75-221......................................33rd
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational.............................. 79-75-154.........................................T16th
Battle at the Beach............................................ 79-69-75-223....................................T36th
Lady Puerto Rico Classic.................................... 87-93-77-257......................................83rd
Season Totals.................................................................................1,080 Strokes/14 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 77.14
Season Low Round..................................................................69 (Battle at the Beach, 2nd)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/5
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/5
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................1/5
HALEY THIELE
Tournament....................................................Results........................................... Place
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational...... 77-75-74-226.................................... T51st
Golfweek Conference Challenge...................... 84-80-76-240...................................... 91st
Battle at the Beach............................................ 82-78-74-234.................................... T71st
Lady Puerto Rico Classic.................................... 80-81-83-244......................................79th
Westbrook Spring Invitational........................... 73-75-75-223....................................T70th
Season Totals................................................................................ 1,167 Strokes/15 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 77.80
Season Low Round................................................................................ 73 (Westbrook, 1st)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/5
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/5
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................0/5
JESSICA HARADEN
Tournament....................................................Results........................................... Place
*Golfweek Conference Challenge..................... 75-74-71-220....................................T29th
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational.............................. 85-84-169...........................................55th
Season Totals..................................................................................... 389 Strokes/5 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 77.80
Season Low Round..................................................................................71 (Golfweek, 3rd)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/2
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/2
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................0/2
Megan Whittaker (middle), pictured with Nebraska Coach Lisa Johnson (left) and Husker Hall
of Famer and 2003 All-American Sarah Sasse-Kildow (right) at the 2019 N Club Letterwinners
Induction Ceremony, posted a 74.82 stroke average for the Huskers in the fall of 2019.
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NICOLE HANSEN
Tournament....................................................Results................................ Place/Teams
*Westbrook Spring Invitational......................... 83-85-75-243......................................90th
Season Totals..................................................................................... 243 Strokes/3 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 81.00
Season Low Round................................................................................75 (Westbrook, 3rd)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/1
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/1
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................0/1
HANNAH THIELE
Tournament....................................................Results................................ Place/Teams
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational.............................. 82-85-167........................................T52nd
*Battle at the Beach.......................................... 81-80-79-240....................................T79th
Season Totals..................................................................................... 407 Strokes/5 Rounds
2019-20 Stroke Average.............................................................................................. 81.40
Season Low Round.................................................................. 79 (Battle at the Beach, 3rd)
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/2
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................0/2
Top 20 Finishes................................................................................................................0/2
2019-20 NEBRASKA TEAM RESULTS
Tournament........................................................Place/Teams (Round-by-Round Score)
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite (Sept. 9-10)......................... 11th/15 (299-299-294-892)
Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 23-25)....................... . 10th/18 (285-305-301-891)
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (Oct. 8-9)............................................... 7th/11 (317-310-627)
Battle at the Beach (Nov. 1-3).................................................... 11th/16 (308-298-296-902)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 9-11)..................................... . T14th/15 (304-303-307-914)
Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 23-24)............................. T10th/16 (288-283-293-864)
Clover Cup (March 13-15)..................................................................Canceled (COVID-19)
Anuenue Spring Break Classic (March 23-25).....................................Canceled (COVID-19)
The Bruzzy Challenge (March 30-31)..................................................Canceled (COVID-19)
Big Ten Championships (April 24-26).................................................Canceled (COVID-19)
Season Totals.............................................................................................5,090/17 Rounds
2019-20 Team Stroke Average.................................................................................. 299.41
Season Low Round....................................................................283 (2020 Westbrook, 2nd)
Season Low (54 Holes)......................................................................864 (2020 Westbrook)
Tournament Titles............................................................................................................0/6
Top Five Finishes.............................................................................................................0/6
Top 10 Finishes................................................................................................................3/6
INDIVIDUAL CAREER-BEST ROUND
Golfer......................................................................................................Score (Round)
Kate Smith...........................................................64 (2018 Westbrook, 2nd - school record)
Kirsten Baete................................................................................66 (2019 Westbrook, 2nd)
Leah Herzog.....................................................................................66 (2019 Golfweek, 1st)
Haley Thiele.......................................................................... 67 (2015 UNLV Collegiate, 1st)
Vanessa Bouvet.....................................................................68 (2018 Ptarmigan Ram, 2nd)
Megan Whittaker.............................................................69 (2019 Battle at the Beach, 2nd)
Noor Ahmed..................................................................................70 (2018 Westbrook, 3rd)
Jessica Haraden...............................................................................71 (2019 Golfweek, 3rd)
Hannah Thiele............................................ 73 (2018 Ron Moore, 3rd; 2017 Pinehurst, 2nd)
Nicole Hansen...............................................................................75 (2020 Westbrook, 3rd)
INDIVIDUAL CAREER-BEST TOURNAMENT
Golfer......................................................................................................Three Rounds
Kate Smith................................................................. 202 (2018 Westbrook - school record)
Haley Thiele...............................................................................209 (2015 UNLV Collegiate)
Kirsten Baete.............................................................................210 (2019 UNLV Collegiate)
Vanessa Bouvet...........................................................................214 (2018 Ptarmigan Ram)
Noor Ahmed..........................................................................................216 (2017 Pinehurst)
Jessica Haraden ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 220 (2019 Golfweek)
Megan Whittaker ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 221 (2019 Golfweek)
Leah Herzog....................................................................................... 225 (2020 Westbrook)
Hannah Thiele..............................................................................228 (2018 Mountain View)
Nicole Hansen.................................................................................... 243 (2020 Westbrook)
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n/a Rayburn Invitational 1,004 330-338-336
LARRY ROMJUE (1975-79) n/a Lamar Invitational 957 324-319-314
The first head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team, 4th/10 Sooner Invitational 949 321-315-311
Larry Romjue guided the program to a successful start in its 4th/7 Big Eight Tournament 972 330-322-320
first four seasons. Under Romjue, the Huskers won the 1975-
76 Big Eight Conference title, qualified for the 1976 AIAW 1981-82
Championships and finished second at the AIAW Region Six Fall
meet in 1977. Romjue retired in 2001 after 31 seasons as the 17th/21 Susie Maxwell Berning 971 317-322-332
men’s coach. 2nd/11 Iowa State Invitational 949 317-315-317
2nd/6 Kansas Invitational 988 339-328-321
2nd/10 Missouri Invitational 954 313-320-321
11th/15 Torneo Femenil De Golf 956 321-327-308
1975-76 Spring
1st/3 Spring Break Tournament 932 312-319-301
Finish Meet Total Rounds 3rd/9 Sooner Invitational 969 337-324-308
4th/12 Regional Tournament n/a n/a 1st/10 Iowa Invitational 941 310-313-318
5th/14 Missouri Invitational 704 n/a 4th/7 Big Eight Tournament 992 329-331-332
2nd/8 Illinois Invitational 704 n/a
1st/6 Big Eight Tournament 684 n/a 1982-83
22nd/35 AIAW Nationals 683 n/a Fall
T15th/18 Susie Maxwell Berning 974 334-311-329
1976-77 2nd/9 Iowa State Invitational 987 331-330-326
7th/19 Susie Maxwell Berning 665 327-338 3rd/7 Kansas Invitational 975 322-330-323
2nd AIAW Region 6 n/a n/a 1st/6 Missouri Invitational 948 323-324-301
5th/7 Sooner Invitational 1,051 349-360-342 11th/12 Torneo Femenil De Golf 944 314-308-322
4th/6 Big Eight Tournament 705 352-353 Spring
1977-78 2nd/4 Iowa Spring Fling n/a n/a
Fall 2nd/6 Iowa Invitational 977 331-310-336
14th/18 Susie Maxwell Berning 1,032 332-349-351 2nd/7 Missouri Invitational 320 320
6th/16 AIAW Region 6 709 361-348 1st/7 Big Eight Tournament 958 322-317-319
Spring 1983-84
6th/15 Illinois Invitational 711 365-346 Fall
5th/6 Big Eight Tournament 675 344-331 13th/16 Susie Maxwell Berning 974 334-311-329
2nd/8 Minnesota Invitational 705 342-363 5th/19 Lady Northern 937 305-311-321
1978-79 2nd/6 Missouri Invitational 971 322-331-318
Fall 1st/8 Kansas Invitational 965 331-319-315
1st/6 Omaha Invitational 336 336 Spring
5th/11 Iowa State Invitational 677 343-334 16th/18 South Alabama Invitational 1,013 337-358-318
5th/18 AIAW Region 6 671 337-334 4th/8 Oklahoma Invitational 1,012 338-339-335
3rd/8 Kansas Invitational 707 368-339 1st/6 Wichita State Invitational 998 326-345-327
6th/13 Missouri Invitational 674 340-334 2nd/6 Kansas State Invitational 989 342-329-318
Spring 2nd/7 Big Eight Tournament 959 326-326-317
1st/5 Wichita State Invitational 707 368-339 1984-85
2nd/3 Kansas Invitational 352 352 Fall
4th/7 Big Eight Tournament 1,023 333-345-365 5th/15 Susie Maxwell Berning 975 334-325-332
5th/12 Minnesota Invitational 696 n/a 9th/15 OSU Cowgirl 986 329-325-332
3rd/7 Panther Invitational 950 316-325-309
JERRY FISHER (1979-87) 4th/8 Kansas Invitational 676 335-341
The second head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team, 2nd/9 Missouri Invitational 984 335-335-314
Jerry Fisher led the Huskers to 12 tournament titles, including Spring
the 1980-81 AIAW Region Six championship and the 1983 Big 4th/4 Rayburn Invitational 1,020 330-350-340
Eight Tournament championship. He spent eight seasons as 4th/7 Oklahoma Invitational 999 332-333-344
Nebraska's head coach. 8th/16 Illinois Invitational 1,023 339-353-331
5th/10 Purdue Invitational 997 340-319-338
In addition to his Husker head coaching duties, Fisher
served as the head golf pro at the Country Club of Lincoln T5th/7 Big Eight Tournament 1,027 335-345-347
from 1972 to 1987. 1985-86
Fall
1979-80 3rd/6 Minnesota Invitational 978 326-327-325
Fall 10th/12 OSU Cowgirl 1,017 338-338-341
18th/21 Susie Maxwell Berning 982 317-335-330 15th/18 Tulsa Invitational 682 332-350
6th/13 Iowa State Golf Invitational 669 336-333 11th/15 Alabama Invitational 661 323-338
5th/8 AIAW Region 6 672 337-335 Spring
4th/9 Kansas Invitational 708 356-352 4th/6 Iowa Invitational 677 340-337
5th/12 Missouri Invitational 675 339-336 6th/9 North Texas Lady Eagle 655 320-335
Spring 5th/12 Susie Maxwell Berning 1,002 330-338-334
10th/13 Texas A&M Invitational 1,090 370-374-346 3rd/8 Kansas State Classic 710 367-343
n/a Lamar Invitational 1,012 351-326-335 3rd/7 Big Eight Tournament 955 328-311-316
1st/9 Iowa Invitational 646 318-328
5th/7 Big Eight Tournament 991 334-333-324 1986-87
n/a Minnesota Invitational 670 343-327 Fall
3rd/10 Cyclone Golf Classic 982 323-330-329
1980-81 12th/12 All College Kickoff 971 324-325-322
Fall 1st/8 Northern Iowa Invitational 971 328-331-312
n/a Susie Maxwell Berning 977 322-337-318 6th/12 Duke Fall Invitational 981 321-329-331
1st/13 Iowa State Invitational 627 315-312 4th/12 Kansas Jayhawk Invitational 998 327-330-341
2nd/6 Kansas Invitational 659 329-330 Spring
1st/9 Missouri Invitational 658 334-324 5th/14 North Texas State Invitational 649 326-323
1st Iowa Invitational 629 311-318 13th/14 Susie Maxwell Berning 1,062 355-357-350
1st AIAW Region 6 622 314-308 6th/12 Missouri Invitational 668 342-326
Spring T5th/7 Big Eight Tournament 989 335-322-322
21st/21 Betsy Rawls Invitational 1,049 362-339-348

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Spring
9th/18 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 1,002 336-335-331
ROBIN KRAPFL (1987-2019) 8th/14 Rainbow Wahine Classic 952 322-314-316
The third head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team, 3rd/7 Husker Golf Invitational 950 322-314-314
Robin Krapfl led the Huskers to 31 tournament victories, 11 14th Southern Intercollegiate 990 332-334-324
NCAA Regional appearances and three NCAA Tournament 7th/7 Big Eight Tournament 977 329-327-321
berths (2000, 2003, 2006). A two-time Big Eight Coach of the
Year, Krapfl spent 32 seasons as NU's head coach after serving 1992-93
as the women’s golf assistant coach for three years. She has Fall
guided the Big Red to more than 2,300 victories and led NU 2nd/5 Husker Invitational 956 319-316-321
to 100-win seasons on 10 occasions. She retired following the 9th/12 Oregon Golf Invitational 987 324-325-338
2018-19 season. 5th/8 Cyclone Invitational 700 349-351
7th/12 Lady Buckeye 1,008 338-334-336
14th/18 Lady Kat Invitational 981 332-322-327
1987-88 Spring
Fall 5th/15 Utah-Dixie Classic 959 323-313-323
4th/9 Iowa State Invitational 993 327-331-335 14th/16 Rainbow Wahine Classic 988 329-325-334
5th/8 Iowa Invitational 1,065 326-351-362 5th/11 Susie Maxwell Berning 977 330-321-326
7th/9 Brigham Young Invitational 1,016 341-341-334 T12th/19 Southern Intercollegiate 996 340-334-322
10th/10 Kickoff Classic 1,020 350-331-339 4th/7 Big Eight Tournament 1,007 339-340-328
3rd/5 Minnesota Invitational 670 343-327
2nd/8 Kansas Invitational 994 330-332-332 1993-94
Spring Fall
5th/11 North Texas Lady Eagle 644 322-322 12th/16 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 1,012 339-336-337
9th/12 Oklahoma Invitational 1,017 345-329-343 1st/7 Husker Classic 925 312-309-304
2nd/9 Nebraska Invitational 952 325-322-305 8th/16 Memphis State Invitational 979 333-322-324
7th/14 USA-Gulf Shores Invitational 958 317-318-323 8th/14 Lady Kat Invitational 964 321-317-326
5th/7 Big Eight Tournament 1,011 335-324-352 2nd/9 Marilynn Smith/Jayhawk 943 323-304-316
Spring
1988-89 T4th/14 Guadalajara Invitational 945 319-317-309
Fall T1st/4 Midwest Golf Classic 628 314-314
2nd/9 Iowa State Invitational 646 322-324 6th/19 Utah-Dixie Classic 947 314-318-315
6th/13 Ohio State Invitational 961 317-313-331 1st/8 UNT/SMU Invitational 627 314-313
13th/17 Lady Tar Heel Invitational 983 321-327-335 8th/20 Southern Intercollegiate 967 324-315-328
15th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 989 326-332-331 4th/7 Big Eight Championships 939 315-314-310
1st/7 Northern Illinois Invitational 642 318-324 16th/19 NCAA West Regionals 933 313-312-308
9th/11 U.S. International Invitational 983 327-343-313
Spring 1994-95
7th/12 Utah-Dixie Classic 943 314-308-321 Fall
4th/10 USF-Summerfield Invitational 957 327-314-316 4th/12 Gopher Invitational 969 328-322-319
4th/7 Rainbow Wahine Classic 949 313-322-314 5th/17 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 944 318-312-314
9th/12 Lady Paladin 332 332 5th/14 Memphis Intercollegiate 960 322-323-315
1st/6 Husker Golf Invitational 964 329-326-309 1st/13 Husker Golf Classic 936 315-311-310
4th/7 Big Eight Tournament 964 329-326-309 12th/20 Lady Kat Invitational 965 321-328-316
Spring
1989-90 9th/18 UCLA Bruin Classic 941 312-311-318
Fall 7th/12 River Wilderness Intercollegiate 640 318-322
3rd/9 Hawkeye Invitational 954 316-315-323 5th/18 Utah-Dixie Classic 649 319-310
8th Kickoff Classic 1,013 338-336-339 2nd/17 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 926 304-305-317
1st/13 Spartan Fall Invitational 933 317-307-309 4th/19 Rainbow Wahine Classic 937 318-308-311
5th/16 Buckeye Classic 956 320-306-330 3rd/8 Big Eight Championships 985 338-328-319
Spring 12th/20 NCAA West Regionals 916 297-311-308
3rd/17 North-South Collegiate 973 320-331-322
T7th/17 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 952 312-324-316 1995-96
12th/14 South Carolina Invitational 981 333-320-328 Fall
1st/9 Rio Rico-Hawkeye 925 311-308-306 2nd/17 Chip-N Club Invitational 948 318-311-319
1st/7 Missouri Invitational 615 304-311 4th/18 Nike Northwest 918 305-308-305
5th/7 Big Eight Tournament 968 320-324-324 11th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 934 307-316-311
6th/13 Southern Intercollegiate 974 339-316-319 10th/16 Diet Coke Invitational 958 328-313-317
2nd/14 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite 958 310-313-335
1990-91 7th/23 San Diego State Fall Classic 649 333-316
Fall Spring
8th/10 Cyclone Invitational 681 345-336 3rd/14 Monica Welsh Memorial 960 318-323-319
4th/8 Minnesota Invitational 993 330-329-334 16th/24 Fripp Island/Ben Hogan 684 347-337
10th/18 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 958 322-321-315 6th/19 Rainbow Wahine Classic 940 314-312-314
T13th/16 Dick McGuire Golf Invitational 1,002 335-337-330 6th/17 Utah-Dixie Classic 954 324-318-312
19th/19 Lady Buckeye Invitational 1,083 360-335-388 T3rd/8 Big Eight Championships 974 334-335-305
Spring T11th/20 NCAA West Regionals 961 306-324-331
10th/18 North-South Invitational 1,029 354-324-351
6th/19 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 969 326-326-317 1996-97
T11th/13 South Carolina Invitational 983 321-332-330 Fall
2nd/5 Husker Golf Classic 965 324-311-330 1st/7 Lady Lion Invitational 605 304-301
3rd/7 Big Eight Tournament 975 317-332-326 2nd/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 948 317-320-311
8th/18 Lady Tar Heel Invitational 939 318-311-310
1991-92 1st/12 Big 12 Preview 909 300-296-313
Fall 2nd/14 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite 955 321-317-317
2nd/12 Cyclone Golf Classic 636 313-323 8th/19 Roadrunner Invitational 974 341-315-318
9th/17 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 958 322-321-315 Spring
4th/18 Spartan Invitational 932 311-315-306 T13th/18 UCLA Bruin Invitational 1,006 338-339-329
11th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 968 322-324-322 11th/15 Betsy Rawls Invitational 964 331-311-322
3rd/12 Hawkeye Invitational 975 325-318-332 10th/25 Rainbow Wahine Classic 976 334-321-321
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2nd/18 Utah-Dixie Classic 919 310-296-313 2002-03
3rd/12 Big 12 Championships 945 313-311-321 Fall
14th/20 NCAA West Regionals 909 301-302-306 T3th/17 Ram Fall Classic 896 299-290-307
1997-98 4th/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 922 310-305-307
Fall 7th/13 Fossum Invitational 940 311-315-314
2nd/7 Chip-N Club Invitational 909 307-297-305 14th/20 Price's "Give 'em Five Fund" 938 313-307-318
2nd/12 Jeannine McHaney Classic 906 298-309-299 5th/11 adidas Invitational 918 310-316-301
14th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 939 321-306-312 2nd/19 Pat Bradley Invitational 920 311-302-307
1st/13 Colorado Invitational 887 296-292-299 Spring
6th/12 Big 12 Preview 951 318-310-323 5th/15 Central District Invitational 927 314-305-301
Spring T10th/19 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 631 316-315
12th/18 UCLA Bruin Classic 637 322-315 T4th/17 Dr. Thompson Invitational 933 317-310-306
9th/14 Betsy Rawls Classic 985 333-327-325 T5th/13 Lady Boilermaker Invitational 937 311-320-306
7th/20 Rainbow Wahine Classic 935 307-312-316 5th/12 Big 12 Championships 926 311-307-308
8th/24 Utah-Dixie Classic 627 323-304 5th/21 NCAA Central Regional 928 312-298-318
6th/12 Big 12 Championships 936 322-315-299 22nd/24 NCAA Championships 1,281 320-333-314-314

1998-99 2003-04
Fall Fall
4th/20 Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic 914 305-310-299 3rd/9 Embassy Suites/Tyson Invitational 896 311-303-306
2nd/15 Chip-N Club Invitational 889 297-285-307 1st/12 Chip-N Club Invitational 904 307-297-300
7th/12 Big 12 Preview 941 309-313-319 1st/8 Highlands Ranch Intercollegiate 613 311-302
7th/15 Legends Shootout 923 301-309-313 9th/18 Shootout at the Legends 908 302-298-308
12th/18 Rainbow Wahine Classic 917 307-312-298 2nd/12 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 935 306-313-316
Spring T6th/14 adidas Fall Classic 911 302-302-307
6th/15 Jeannine McHaney Classic 965 322-325-318 Spring
10th/13 Casa de Campo 976 316-324-336 1st/2 Iowa State (Dual match) 307 307
11th/16 South Carolina Invitational 637 320-317 10th/15 Central District Invitational 939 306-316-317
5th/20 Utah-Dixie Classic 929 305-312-312 15th/17 Spartan Invitational 957 322-310-325
8th/12 Big 12 Championships 929 316-309-304 14th/19 Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout 967 319-315-333
7th/17 Mountain View Collegiate 909 307-293-309
1999-2000 10th/12 Big 12 Championships 622 315-307
Fall
1st/12 Big 12 Preview 906 298-303-305 2004-05
1st/13 Lady Razorback Invitational 604 298-306 Fall
9th/15 Heather Farr Memorial 614 309-305 1st/8 Chip-N Club Invitational 937 306-306-325
4th/13 Jeannine McHaney Classic 936 307-313-316 16th/18 Jeannine McHaney Invitational 632 311-321
7th/14 Rainbow Wahine Classic 949 318-319-312 6th/18 Price's "Give 'Em Five" Invitational 928 302-309-317
Spring 8th/19 Lady Razorback Invitational 935 323-305-307
4th/16 Midwest Classic 948 318-315-315 4th/18 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate 889 307-290-292
5th/16 Texas A&M GTE “Mo” Morial 942 302-321-319 Spring
4th/15 Green Wave Classic 940 308-310-322 12th/15 Central District Invitational 925 306-310-309
6th/13 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 945 315-312-318 13th/17 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 969 302-334-333
1st/13 Susie Maxwell Berning 930 322-302-306 11th/18 UNLV Spring Invitational 955 329-309-317
3rd/12 Big 12 Championships 920 300-306-314 T6th/15 Mountain View Collegiate 888 301-299-288
9th/24 NCAA West Regional 899 298-302-299 7th/16 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 942 314-313-315
19th/24 NCAA Tournament 1,239 310-311-302-316 7th/12 Big 12 Championships 942 305-324-313

2000-01 2005-06
Fall Fall
1st/17 Alltel Husker Invitational 901 298-303-300 7th/18 Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic 897 296-300-301
10th/21 NCAA Fall Preview 620 304-316 1st/10 Chip-N Club Invitational 902 295-300-307
T10th/15 Mary Fossum Invite 315 315 2nd/12 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 890 297-285-308
10th/12 Big 12 Fall Preview 940 315-315-310 4th/16 Lady Razorback Invitational 911 298-313-300
9th/15 Shootout at The Legends 904 300-299-305 4th/19 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate 914 310-303-301
7th/18 Price’s “Give ‘em Five Fund” 918 302-306-310
Spring
11th/18 Midwest Classic 952 318-319-315
4th/4 Texas Challenge 307 307
6th/12 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 916 311-294-311
T10th/18 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 951 320-307-324
3rd/15 Susie Maxwell Berning 911 307-302-302
5th/12 Big 12 Championships 958 341-306-311
10th/21 NCAA Central Regional 946 319-306-321
2001-02
Fall
7th/13 Chip-N Club Invitational 922 311-310-301
7th/14 Pioneer Highlands Ranch 615 303-312
15th/16 Big 12 Invitational 988 331-324-333
1st/13 Heather Farr Memorial 592 301-291
12th/17 Alabama Capstone Intercollegiate 1,007 344-332-331
Spring
12th/14 Central District Invitational 938 314-305-316
2nd/16 Sam Houston State Invitational 971 319-315-337
T10th/18 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 932 319-301-312
T7th/20 Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout 633 323-310
T3rd/15 Susie Maxwell Berning 916 312-307-297
7th/12 Big 12 Championships 952 322-314-316 Stephanie Ruiz earned second-team All-Big 12 honors in 2006, before tying the school record for the
19th/21 NCAA Central Regional 998 339-333-326 best NCAA Championships score with her 301 over four rounds in Columbus, Ohio.

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Spring
1st/7 Baja Invitational 927 309-309-309
4th/14 Central District Invitational 914 307-303-304
11th/18 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 979 330-329-320
2nd/15 Mountain View Collegiate 885 297-295-293
4th/17 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 906 306-291-309
T4th/12 Big 12 Championships 927 307-297-323
8th/21 NCAA Central Regional 922 313-298-311
20th/24 NCAA Championships 1,221 311-305-306-299
2006-07
Fall
3rd/11 Badger Invitational 934 321-318-295
1st/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 929 317-306-306
7th/15 Kentucky Wildcat Invitational 948 327-307-314
1st/17 Bronco Invitational 884 296-292-296
T9th/17 Derby Invitational 615 310-305
Spring
1st/2 vs. Missouri (Dual Match) 313 313
13th/14 Central District Invitational 946 320-316-310
4th/16 Red Rocks Invitational 624 321-303
13th/18 UNLV Invitational 894 298-298-298
1st/17 Mountain View Collegiate 866 287-285-294
4th/12 Big 12 Championships 936 312-307-317
15th/21 NCAA West Regional 951 328-309-314
2007-08
Fall
4th/18 Chip-N Club Invitational 911 310-306-295
6th/18 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 907 298-303-306
6th/13 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 613 303-310
1st/13 Bronco Invitational 946 318-300-328
2nd/20 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate 909 314-301-294
Spring
9th/15 Central District Invitational 927 314-308-305
13th/15 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 1,010 334-338-338
16th/17 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 661 319-342
T6th/17 Mountain View Collegiate 895 296-299-300
2nd/13 BYU Dixie Classic 894 300-299-295
8th/12 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 951 321-322-308
6th/12 Big 12 Championships 968 326-317-325
T10th/21 NCAA Central Regional 903 294-306-303
2008-09
Fall
1st/13 Chip-N Club Invitational 884 298-295-291
T1st/16 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 926 307-312-307
5th/13 McHaney/Morehead Invitational 922 312-303-307
4th/20 Lady Pirate Intercollegiate 917 305-303-309
7th/16 The Challenge at Wolfdancer 938 318-312-308 Elli Brown helped the Huskers to three consecutive NCAA Regional appearances from 2006 to 2008.
Spring A first-team All-Big 12 pick after finishing third at the 2007 Big 12 Championships, the native of
12th/18 Aztec Spring Invitational 947 299-332-316 Meridian, Idaho, was Nebraska’s stroke average leader in both 2007 and 2008.
17th/43 Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic 928 309-314-305
10th/19 UNLV Spring Invitational 917 330-288-299 Spring
9th/19 Mountain View Collegiate 901 290-302-309 5th/33 Kiawah Island Intercollegiate 910 307-302-301
15th/15 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 977 322-324-331 11th/15 UNLV Spring Invitational 911 314-304-293
10th/12 Big 12 Championships 953 315-314-324 T8th/15 BYU Entrada Classic 932 314-315-303
10th/18 Mountain View Collegiate 898 308-306-284
2009-10 10th/18 Baylor Spring Invitational 935 317-304-314
Fall 10th/12 Big 12 Championships 909 297-298-314
2nd/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 889 304-290-295
6th/13 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 922 320-299-303 2011-12
2nd/20 Heather Farr Memorial 894 295-311-288 Fall
4th/12 Alamo Invitational 302 302 4th/15 Chip-N Club Invitational 926 312-307-307
11th/21 The Challenge at Onion Creek 871 290-292-289 T7th/12 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational 932 318-312-302
Spring 11th/12 Lady Northern Invitational 939 312-303-311
17th/17 UCF Challenge 945 312-315-316 4th/13 Hoosier Fall Invitational 924 311-302-311
8th/18 UNLV Spring Invitational 896 295-296-306 5th/14 Alamo Invitational 884 294-280-310
5th/19 Northern Migration 916 304-307-305 Spring
7th/15 Lady Gator Invitational 902 306-293-303 14th/15 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 935 309-314-312
8th/12 Big 12 Championships 919 305-309-305 7th/12 Westbrook Invitational 882 295-297-290
3rd/12 BYU Entrada Classic 914 306-307-301
2010-11 5th/15 Mountain View Collegiate 878 295-289-294
Fall 9th/11 Ohio State Spring Invitational 953 317-324-312
13th/15 Chip-N Club Invitational 627 314-313 6th/12 Big Ten Championships 908 309-302-297
4th/12 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 918 303-301-314
15th/15 Johnie Imes Invitational 943 320-314-309 2012-13
14th/16 Dale McNamara Invitational 938 311-313-314 Fall
10th/14 Alamo Invitational 914 306-301-307 7th/13 Chip-N Club Invitational 948 317-313-318
15th/18 The Golfweek Challenge 924 303-307-314
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Maddie Sheils earned first-team All-Big Ten honors in Nebraska’s first season in the conference in
2011-12, before advancing as an individual to the NCAA Regional. A professional golfer on the
LPGA and Symetra Tour, Sheils is in her second season as an assistant coach at Stanford in 2020-21.
T7th/13 Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational 900 301-299-300
6th/15 Missouri State/Payne Stewart Memorial 933 308-314-311
14th/15 Alamo Invitational 924 308-314-302
Spring
15th/15 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 962 326-326-310
13th/13 Westbrook Invitational 930 315-319-296
T13th/16 Clover Cup 937 312-312-313
2nd/2 Jayhawk-Cornhusker Challenge 327 327
13th/15 SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invitational 982 334-331-317
11th/12 Big Ten Championships 945 321-313-301
2013-14
Fall
1st/13 Chip-N Club Invitational 874 284-296-294
7th/15 Minnesota Invitational 927 303-312-312
T6th/15 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 960 313-329-318
11th/16 Hoosier Fall Invitational 911 307-301-303
T10th/17 UNLV Collegiate Showdown 595 295-300-595
Spring
T4th/14 Westbrook Invitational 869 295-287-287
8th/15 Clover Cup 903 300-310-293
1st/15 Mountain View Collegiate 874 291-288-295
T13th/16 SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invitational 627 319-308
T8th/12 Ohio State Spring Invitational 938 316-312-310
10th/12 Big Ten Championships 931 302-322-307
2014-15
Fall
3rd/10 Chip-N Club Invitational 896 301-305-290
12th/14 Minnesota Invitational 929 312-309-308
9th/17 Golfweek Conference Challenge 921 309-315-297
4th/12 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 900 306-296-298
3rd/14 Rainbow Wahine Invitational 899 297-301-301
Spring
T13th/15 Westbrook Invitational 892 294-302-294
9th/15 Clover Cup 928 318-298-312
12th/20 Mountain View Collegiate 886 297-292-297
15th/16 SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invitational 942 317-313-312
13th/14 Big Ten Championships 917 306-301-310
2015-16
Fall
10th/12 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 938 322-306-310
11th/17 Golfweek Conference Challenge 918 314-299-305
5th/13 Chip-N Club Invitational 895 301-292-302
T10th/19 Pinehurst Challenge 883 298-293-292
17th/19 UNLV Collegiate Showdown 860 278-291-291
Spring
10th/13 Peg Barnard Invitational 622 314-308-622
T13th/15 Westbrook Invitational 886 293-301-292
8th/17 Clover Cup 909 301-309-299
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T9th/16 Dr. Donnis Thompson Hawaii Invitational 914 305-306-303
18th/18 Silverado Showdown 949 315-311-323
13th/14 Big Ten Championships 890 298-299-293
2016-17
Fall
T10th/15 Ptarmigan Ram Classic 914 307-305-302
8th/8 East & West Match Play Challenge 600 306-294
T4th/11 Chip-N Club Invitational 906 314-293-299
6th/18 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 876 293-295-288
15th/19 UNLV Collegiate Showdown 582 290-292
Spring
11th/14 Central District Invitational 937 316-314-307
12th/13 Westbrook Invitational 890 299-298-293
12th/15 Clover Cup 904 302-303-299
9th/14 Hawkeye El Tigre 909 318-301-290
12th/14 Big Ten Championships 944 311-319-314
2017-18
Fall
2nd/8 UNO Invitational 899 301-289-309
7th/8 East & West Match Play Challenge 592 293-299
2nd/8 Chip-N Club Invitational 910 306-300-304
10th/10 Pinehurst Challenge 876 290-287-299
12th/16 UNLV Collegiate Showdown 894 300-295-299
Spring
11th/11 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 951 309-319-323
3rd/15 Westbrook Invitational 843 283-273-287
6th/16 Clover Cup 896 302-296-298
13th/15 Mountain View Collegiate 908 301-307-300
13th/14 Big Ten Championships 905 300-302-303
2018-19
Fall
3rd/13 Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic 888 300-295-293
11th/18 Golfweek Conference Challenge 899 303-311-285
16th/16 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 919 305-315-299
10th/17 UNLV Collegiate Showdown 875 290-294-291
3rd/12 Rainbow Wahine Invitational 289 289
Spring
14th/14 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 915 304-310-301
1st/16 Westbrook Invitational 853 287-276-290
9th/15 Clover Cup 916 315-307-294
8th/12 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 909 304-304-301
13th/14 Big Ten Championships 609 313-296
LISA JOHNSON (2019-PRESENT)
An established coach with a track record of success
in leading her golfers to NCAA Regional competition and
conference championships, Lisa Johnson was named the fourth
head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf program, June 17,
2019. Johnson came to Nebraska after serving as the head
coach at the University of Idaho (2007-19). In her first season at
Nebraska, Johnson helped Kate Smith become NU’s first All-Big
Ten golfer since 2012. Smith also captured Nebraska’s first Mary
Fossum Award for owning the Big Ten’s best stroke average.
2019-20
Fall
11th/15 Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite 892 299-299-294
10th/18 Golfweek Conference Challenge 891 285-305-301
7th/11 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational 627 317-310
11th/16 Battle at the Beach 902 308-298-296
Spring
Las Vegas 4-Way No Team Score
T14th/15 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 914 304-303-307
T10th/16 Westbrook Spring Invitational 864 288-283-293
3/14-16 Clover Cup Canceled (COVID-19)
3/23-25 Anuenue Spring Break Classic Canceled (COVID-19)
3/30-31 The Bruzzy Challenge Canceled (COVID-19)
4/24-26 Big Ten Championships Canceled (COVID-19)

ALL-TIME HONORS & AWARDS
CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
Heidi Wall (Stark)............................................................ 1996
EDITH MUNSON AWARD
(Presented annually to the nation’s top student-athlete;
golfer must earn All-America and All-Scholar honors)
Joanne Brooks................................................................ 1990
TRUE TEMPER SCHOLASTIC AWARD
Stephanie Flood................................................... 1993, 1994
NEBRASKA STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Kari Mangan................................................................... 1986
WGCA SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICANS
Ann Guiberson........................................... 1989, 1990, 1992
Joanne Brooks............................................ 1990, 1991, 1992
Stephanie Hupp......................................... 1991, 1992, 1993
Stephanie Flood......................................... 1992, 1993, 1994
Kim Lefler................................................... 1992, 1993, 1994
Rochelle Brotsky............................................................. 1993
Melissa Odell........................................................ 1994, 1995
Heidi Wall (Stark).................................................. 1995, 1996
Maureen Regan.............................................................. 1996
Rachelle Tacha............................................ 1996, 1997, 1998
Elizabeth Bahensky..................................... 1998, 1999, 2000
Amanda Sutcliffe.................................................. 2001, 2002
Amy Roux....................................................................... 2001
Jackie Beste...................................... 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry)............................................. 2003
Merynn Ito.................................................. 2003, 2004, 2005
Stephanie Schaefer............................................... 2003, 2004
Sarah Sasse..................................................................... 2003
Chelsea Gehring............................................................. 2005
Allison Stewart.................................. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
JC Stevenson.................................... 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Kate White............................................................ 2007, 2008
Rachel Hanigan............................................................... 2009
Madeleine Sheils.............................. 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Charlotte Wendner............................................... 2009, 2010
Steffi Neisen..................................... 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Jackie O’Doherty............................................................ 2013
Cassidy Stelzmiller...................................... 2013, 2015, 2016
Emily Gillman........................................................ 2015, 2017
Haley Thiele...................................... 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Annie Sritragul...................................................... 2017, 2018
Hannah Thiele................................................................ 2018
Kirsten Baete........................................................ 2019, 2020
Megan Whittaker.................................................. 2019, 2020
Kate Smith...................................................................... 2020
Leah Herzog................................................................... 2020
BIG 12 GOLFER OF THE YEAR
Sarah Sasse..................................................................... 2003
BIG TEN MARY FOSSUM AWARD
(best stroke average relative to par)
Kate Smith...................................................................... 2020
ALL-BIG TEN CONFERENCE
Madeleine Sheils............................................................ 2012
Kate Smith...................................................................... 2020
ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE
Sarah Sasse................................................. 2000, 2001, 2003
Stephanie Ruiz................................................................ 2006
Elli Brown........................................................................ 2007
Charlotte Wendner......................................................... 2009
ALL-BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE
Sharon Slattery............................................................... 1976
Nan Circo....................................................................... 1978
Jane Deeter.................................................................... 1979
Jan Stanard........................................................... 1981, 1983
Cathy Nelson........................................................ 1982, 1983
Shelly Godeken.................................................... 1983, 1984
Jean Gilpin..................................................................... 1986
Kari Mangan......................................................... 1985, 1986
Laura Gunia.................................................................... 1987
Ann Guiberson..................................................... 1988, 1992
Joanne Brooks............................................ 1989, 1990, 1991
Stephanie Flood............................................................. 1991
Kim Lefler....................................................................... 1994
Michelle Patterson.......................................................... 1995
Rachelle Tacha................................................................ 1996
BIG TEN GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Madeleine Sheils................................................ Oct. 6, 2011
Madeleine Sheils.............................................. Oct. 19, 2011
Steffi Neisen.......................................................Nov. 3, 2011
Katelyn Wright.................................................. Oct. 11, 2012
Cassie Deeg....................................................Sept. 11, 2013
Cassie Deeg..................................................... Oct. 30, 2013
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NEBRASKA’S NCAA ALL-AMERICANS
The first NCA A All-
American in Nebraska women’s
golf history, Joanne Brooks was
one of the best golfers ever to
compete for the Huskers.
When Brooks completed
her eligibility after the 1993
season, she held nearly every
NU individual school record.
She ear ned All - Big Eight
Conference and academic All-
Joanne Brooks Big Eight honors three times.
1989-92 Brooks won the Edith Munson
Award given to the nation’s top
Honorable-mention,
student-athlete, was named an
1992 WGCA Scholastic All-American
in 1990, 1991 and 1992, and was named to Nebraska’s 25
Women of Distinction List in April 2000.
A native of Tauranga, New Zealand, Brooks was the
Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President.
Cassie Deeg.......................................................April 1, 2014
Katelyn Wright....................................................April 1, 2014
Kate Smith........................................................ Oct. 12, 2016
Audrey Judd.................................................... March 2, 2017
Kate Smith.........................................................Sept. 6, 2017
Audrey Judd....................................................... Oct. 4, 2017
Kate Smith........................................................ Oct. 11, 2017
Vanessa Bouvet..................................................Nov. 7, 2018
BIG 12 GOLFER OF THE MONTH
Sarah Sasse............................................................April, 2003
Stephanie Ruiz................................................ February, 2006
Elli Brown.....................................................September, 2006
Kate White.......................................................October, 2006
BIG EIGHT GOLFER OF THE MONTH
Molly Mullin.................................................... February, 1995
Heidi Wall (Stark)................................................ March, 1995
Rachelle Tacha.......................................................April, 1996
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
Steffi Neisen............................................... 2012, 2013, 2014
Madeleine Sheils............................................................ 2012
Cassidy Stelzmiller................................................ 2013, 2015
Emily Gillman........................................................ 2016, 2018
Annie Sritragul................................................................ 2018
Kirsten Baete........................................................ 2019, 2020
Haley Thiele.................................................................... 2019
Hannah Thiele...................................................... 2019, 2020
Kate Smith...................................................................... 2020
Megan Whittaker............................................................ 2020
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN CONFERENCE
Steffi Neisen............................................... 2012, 2013, 2014
Madeleine Sheils............................................................ 2012
Jackie O’Doherty............................................................ 2013
Morgan Smejkal................................ 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Cassidy Stelzmiller............................ 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Katelyn Wright................................................................ 2013
Cassie Deeg............................................... 2014, 2015, 2016
Yoorim Kang................................................................... 2014
Jordan Chael.................................................................. 2015
Sarah Pravecek........................................... 2015, 2016, 2017
Audrey Judd............................................... 2016, 2017, 2018
Emily Gillman.............................................. 2016, 2017, 2018
Kate Smith.................................................. 2018, 2019, 2020
Annie Sritragul................................................................ 2018
Haley Thiele................................................ 2018, 2019, 2020
Noor Ahmed................................................................... 2019
Kirsten Baete........................................................ 2019, 2020
Hannah Thiele...................................................... 2019, 2020
Vanessa Bouvet.............................................................. 2020
Megan Whittaker............................................................ 2020
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE
Rachelle Tacha...................................................... 1997, 1998
Elizabeth Bahensky..................................... 1998, 1999, 2000
Susie Kiene..................................................................... 1998
Hanne Nyquist................................................................ 1998
Amy Roux......................................... 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Catha Fogelberg.............................. 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Sarah Sasse....................................... 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
Amanda Sutcliffe.............................. 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Amanda Krane...................................................... 2001, 2002
Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry)................................... 2003, 2005
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Sarah Sasse became
Nebraska's first women's golfer
to earn first-team All-America
honors in 2003. One of 11
golfers to make the All-America
list, Sasse was the only Big 12
golfer selected. Sasse was the
2003 Big 12 Player of the Year,
a 2003 Scholastic All-American,
the 2003 April Big 12 Golfer
of the Month, a three-time
Sarah Sasse All-Big 12 honoree, a four-time
1998-2003 academic All-Big 12 pick and a
three-time NCAA participant.
First-team, 2003
She also set the school record
for best 36- and 54-hole scores with 138 and 209,
respectively. The Lincoln native graduated from Nebraska
in 2003 with a degree in marketing. She was selected as
the first women’s golfer inducted into the University of
Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.
Merynn Ito.................................................. 2003, 2004, 2005
Stephanie Ruiz...................................................... 2003, 2004
Stephanie Schaefer............................................... 2003, 2004
Jackie Beste................................................ 2004, 2005, 2006
Sara Sackett................................................ 2004, 2005, 2006
Chelsea Gehring................................................... 2005, 2006
Allison Stewart............................................ 2005, 2007, 2008
Elli Brown.................................................... 2006, 2007, 2008
Chrissie McArdle.................................................. 2006, 2007
Andrea Carlson (Dunagan)............................................. 2007
Megan Place......................................................... 2007, 2009
JC Stevenson.............................................. 2008, 2009, 2010
Charlotte Wendner..................................... 2008, 2009, 2010
Kate White...................................................................... 2008
Mary Kate Bird............................................ 2009, 2010, 2011
Rachel Hanigan............................................................... 2009
Madeleine Sheils.................................................. 2010, 2011
Kayla Knopik................................................................... 2011
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE
Francee Kopecky............................................................ 1988
Melissa Busskohl............................................................. 1989
Susan Daugherty........................................ 1989, 1990, 1991
Ann Guiberson........................................... 1989, 1990, 1992
Joanne Brooks............................................ 1990, 1991, 1992
Stephanie Hupp................................................... 1991, 1993
Stephanie Flood......................................... 1992, 1993, 1994
Kari Clesson.................................................................... 1993
Kim Lefler............................................................. 1993, 1994
Melissa Odell........................................................ 1994, 1995
Michelle Patterson...................................... 1994, 1995, 1996
Rachelle Tacha...................................................... 1995, 1996
Heidi Wall............................................................. 1995, 1996
Maureen Regan.............................................................. 1996
BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Steffi Neisen............................................... 2012, 2013, 2014
Cassie Deeg......................................................... 2015, 2016
Sarah Pravecek............................................................... 2017
Hannah Thiele...................................................... 2018, 2019
Kate Smith...................................................................... 2020
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITORS
Jan Stanard..................................................................... 1982
Joanne Brooks................................................................ 1989
Heidi Wall (Stark)............................................................ 1996
Rachelle Tacha................................................................ 1996
Elizabeth Bahensky......................................................... 2000
Catha Fogelberg............................................................ 2000
Amy Roux....................................................................... 2000
Sarah Sasse................................................. 2000, 2001, 2003
Amanda Sutcliffe............................................................ 2000
Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry)............................................. 2003
Merynn Ito...................................................................... 2003
Stephanie Ruiz...................................................... 2003, 2006
Stephanie Schaefer......................................................... 2003
Elli Brown........................................................................ 2006
Chrissie McArdle............................................................ 2006
Sara Sackett.................................................................... 2006
Allison Stewart................................................................ 2006
*Nebraska competed as a team at the 1976 AIAW
Championships, and Nan Circo tied for 33rd at the 1977
AIAW Championships.
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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS
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Papes, Lisa......................................................................1984
Patterson, Michelle L......................................1993-94-95-96
Place, Megan..................................................2006-07-08-09
Pravecek, Sarah..............................................2014-15-16-17
R
Reed, Debbie.................................................................1976
Regan, Maureen.................................................. 1995-96-97
Rist, Anne M...................................................................1991
Roberts, Carin L..............................................1980-81-82-83
Robertson, Claire............................................................2017
Roux, Amy..................................................1998-99-2000-01
Ruiz, Stephanie...............................................2002-03-04-06
S
Sackett, Sara...................................................2002-04-05-06
Sasse, Sarah................................................1999-2000-01-03
Schaefer, Stephanie........................................2001-02-03-04
Scherer (Krapfl), Robin......................................... 1980-81-82
Schorgl, Carolyn.................................................. 2009-10-11
Schuler, Sonia........................................................... 1994-96
Sharpee, Erin..................................................................2010
Sheils, Madeleine...........................................2009-10-11-12
Slattery, Sharon......................................................... 1976-77
Smedberg, Laurel................................................ 1976-77-78
A four-year letterwinner (2002-05), Merynn Ito was a steady force in Nebraska’s lineup. The three-time NCAA Regional qualifier Smejkal, Morgan.............................................2013-14-15-16
was also a two-time WGCA Scholastic All-American from Aeia, Hawaii. She competed in 139 rounds in her Nebraska career Smith, Kate................................................2017-18-19-20
and helped the Huskers to a 22nd-place team finish at the 2003 NCAA Championship. Sritragul, Pasinee “Annie”........................................ 2017-18
Stanard, Jan....................................................1980-81-82-83
A Haraden, Jessica.............................................2017-18-20 Steen, Nancy J...............................................1983-84-85-86
Adams, Jenny........................................................... 1985-86 Harder, Julie...................................................................2003 Stelzmiller, Cassidy.........................................2013-14-15-16
Ahmed, Noor..................................................2018-19-20 Hergert, Mary Sue............................................... 1979-80-81 Stevenson, JC.................................................2007-08-09-10
Herzog, Leah............................................................2020 Stewart, Allison...............................................2005-06-07-08
B Hornecker, Shirin...................................................... 1996-97 Sturdevant, Sydney.........................................................2008
Baete, Kirsten......................................................2019-20 Houston, Janet L...................................................... 1983-84 Sutcliffe, Amanda.......................................1999-2000-01-02
Bahensky, Elizabeth....................................1997-98-99-2000 Hupp, Stephanie............................................1990-91-92-93
Becker, Melissa...............................................1994-95-96-97 Huston, Mimi C......................................................... 1977-78 T
Beste, Jackie...................................................2003-04-05-06 Tacha, Rachelle...............................................1995-96-97-98
Bird, Mary Kate...............................................2008-09-10-11 I Thiele, Haley...................................................2016-18-19-20
Bouvet, Vanessa...................................................2019-20 Ito, Merynn.....................................................2002-03-04-05 Thiele, Hannah................................................2018-19-20
Brooks, Joanne...............................................1989-90-91-92 Tobin, Peggy..................................................1986-87-88-89
Brotsky, Rochelle............................................1992-93-94-95 J
Brown, Elli.......................................................2005-06-07-08 Judd, Audrey..................................................2015-16-17-18 W
Busskohl, Melissa ...........................................1988-89-90-91 Wall, Heidi J........................................................ 1994-95-96
K Wall, Kathy......................................................1985-86-87-88
C Kang, Yoorim..................................................................2014 Weekes, Elizabeth W......................................................1979
Chael, Jordan...................................................................2014-15 Keiser, Katie.............................................................. 2011-12 Wendner, Charlotte........................................2007-08-09-10
Cherry (Bryson), Beth Anne.................................. 2002-03-04-05 Kemper, Kelly........................................................... 1993-94 White, Kate............................................................... 2007-08
Circo, Nanette .................................................... 1976-77-78 Kiene, Susie....................................................................1997 Whittaker, Megan................................................2019-20
Clesson, Kari ..................................................1991-92-93-94 Kniffin, Carolyn......................................................... 1986-87 Woodard, Denise ..........................................................1996
Cook, Nodjya ................................................1987-88-89-90 Knopik, Kayla..................................................2009-10-11-12 Wright, Katelyn...............................................2011-12-13-14
Kopecky, Frances................................................. 1986-87-88
D Krane, Amanda.................................................... 2000-01-02 Y
Davis, Kimberly...............................................................1982 Young, Becky..................................................................1991
Deeg, Cassie..................................................2013-14-15-16 L
Deeter, Jane...................................................1976-77-78-79 Lefler, Kim.......................................................1991-92-93-94
Denbeck, Deb.......................................................... 1976-77 Luebke, Hannah....................................................... 2013-14
Doerr, Gretchen................................................... 1996-97-98
Dougherty, Susan...........................................1987-88-89-90 M
Dunagan (Carlson), Andrea.................................. 2004-05-06-07 Madsen, Alysen..............................................1988-89-90-91
Mangan, Kari A...............................................1983-84-85-86
E McArdle, Chrissie...........................................2004-05-06-07
Elgert, K.C............................................................ 1999-2000 Merwald, Julie................................................................1979
Miller, Lori.......................................................1980-81-82-83
F Molyneux, Remylee.................................................. 2011-12
Flood, Stephanie............................................1991-92-93-94 Morrissey, Catherine M...................................1977-78-79-80
Fogelberg, Catha.......................................1999-2000-01-02 Mullin, Molly...................................................1993-94-95-96
G N
Gehring, Chelsea............................................2003-04-05-06 Neisen, Steffi..................................................2011-12-13-14
Gillman, Emily.................................................2015-16-17-18 Nelson, Catherine A.......................................1981-82-83-84
Gilpin, Jean....................................................1983-84-85-86 Noerrlinger, Dawn..........................................1987-88-89-90
Gleadall, Natalie.............................................................2009 Nyquist, Hanne......................................................... 1997-98
Godeken, Shelly.............................................1981-82-83-84
Guiberson, Ann..............................................1988-89-90-92 O
Gunia, Laura...................................................1984-85-86-87 O’Doherty, Jackie...........................................................2013
O’Neill, Katie....................................................... 1985-86-87
H Odell, Melissa.................................................1991-93-94-95
Hallett, Molly............................................................ 1995-96 Sarah Sasse captured first-team All-America honors while
Hanigan, Rachel........................................................ 2008-09 leading Nebraska to the NCAA Championships in 2003.

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INDIVIDUAL & TEAM RECORDS

TEAM RECORDS INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL RECORDS
18-HOLE SCORE.................................................................................................................................... 273
Westbrook Spring Invitational (second round); (Kate Smith, Audrey Judd, Annie Sritragul, Noor Ahmed, Haley Thiele), Feb. 25, 2018 18-HOLE SCORE �����������������������������������64
36-HOLE SCORE..................................................................................................................................556 KATE SMITH
Westbrook Spring Invitational (283-273); (Kate Smith, Audrey Judd, Annie Sritragul, Noor Ahmed, Haley Thiele), Feb. 25, 2018
Westbrook Spring Invitational
54-HOLE SCORE..................................................................................................................................843 Peoria, Ariz.
Westbrook Spring Invitational (283-273-287); (Kate Smith, Audrey Judd, Annie Sritragul, Noor Ahmed, Haley Thiele), Feb. 25-26, 2018 Feb. 25, 2018
NEBRASKA ALL-TIME TEAM VICTORIES
1976 Big Eight Tournament.....................................................................................................................................................684
1978 Omaha Invitational.........................................................................................................................................................336
1979 Wichita State Invitational................................................................................................................................ 368-339=707
1980 Iowa Invitational............................................................................................................................................. 318-328=646
1980 Iowa State Invitational.................................................................................................................................... 315-312=627 36-HOLE SCORE ��������������������������������� 131
1980 Missouri Invitational........................................................................................................................................ 334-324=658
1980 Iowa Invitational............................................................................................................................................. 311-318=629 KATE SMITH
1980 AIAW Region 6 Championship....................................................................................................................... 314-308=622 Westbrook Spring Invitational
1982 Spring Break Tournament........................................................................................................................ 312-319-301=932
1982 Missouri Invitational................................................................................................................................. 323-324-301=948 Peoria, Ariz.
1983 Big Eight Tournament.............................................................................................................................. 322-317-319=958 Feb. 25, 2018
1983 Kansas Invitational................................................................................................................................... 331-319-315=965 Feb. 23, 2020
1984 Wichita State Invitational......................................................................................................................... 326-345-327=998
1986 Northern Iowa Invitational....................................................................................................................... 328-331-312=971
1988 Northern Illinois Invitational........................................................................................................................... 318-324=642
1989 Husker Golf Invitational........................................................................................................................... 309-304-305=918
1989 Spartan Fall Invitational........................................................................................................................... 317-307-309=933
1990 Rio Rico-Hawkeye.................................................................................................................................... 311-308-306=925 54-HOLE SCORE �������������������������������202
1990 Missouri Invitational........................................................................................................................................ 304-311=615
1993 Husker Classic.......................................................................................................................................... 312-309-304=925 KATE SMITH
1994 Midwest Golf Classic...................................................................................................................................... 314-314=628
1994 UNT/SMU Invitational..................................................................................................................................... 314-313=627 Westbrook Spring Invitational
1994 Husker Golf Classic.................................................................................................................................. 315-311-310=936 Peoria, Ariz.
1996 Lady Lion Invitational...................................................................................................................................... 304-301=605 Feb. 25-26, 2018
1996 Big 12 Fall Preview.................................................................................................................................. 300-296-313=909
1997 Colorado Invitational............................................................................................................................... 296-292-299=887
1999 Big 12 Preview......................................................................................................................................... 298-303-305=906
1999 Lady Razorback Invitational............................................................................................................................ 298-306=604
2000 Oklahoma/Susie Maxwell Berning Classic............................................................................................... 322-302-306=998
2000 Alltel Husker Invitational.......................................................................................................................... 298-303-300=901
2001 Heather Farr/CU Invitational........................................................................................................................... 301-291=592 72-Hole Score ��������������������������������������� 301
2003 Chip-N Club Invitational.......................................................................................................................... 307-297-300=904
2003 Highlands Ranch Intercollegiate..................................................................................................................... 311-302=613 ELIZABETH BAHENSKY
2004 Chip-N Club Invitational.......................................................................................................................... 306-306-325=937
2005 Chip-N Club Invitational.......................................................................................................................... 295-300-307=902 NCAA Championships
2006 Baja Invitational....................................................................................................................................... 309-309-310=928 Sunriver, Ore.
2006 Chip-N Club Invitational.......................................................................................................................... 317-306-306=929 May 27, 2000
2006 Bronco Invitational................................................................................................................................... 296-292-296=884
2007 Mountain View Collegiate....................................................................................................................... 287-285-294=866
2007 Bronco Invitational................................................................................................................................... 318-300-328=946
2008 Chip-N Club Invitational.......................................................................................................................... 298-295-291=884
2008 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational.............................................................................................. (tie) 307-312-307=926
2013 Chip-N Club Invitational........................................................................................................................... 284-296-294-874
2014 Mountain View Collegiate........................................................................................................................ 291-288-295-874 STEPHANIE RUIZ
2019 Westbrook Spring Invitational.................................................................................................................. 287-276-290-853 NCAA Championships
Columbus, Ohio
May 26, 2006

Nebraska won the 2005 Chip-N Club Invitational at the Wilderness Ridge Golf Course. The Huskers captured four consecutive Elizabeth Bahensky owns six NU NCAA Tournament records,
Chip-N Club titles from 2003 to 2006. including best single-round (68) and final score (301).
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NEBRASKA IN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

BIG EIGHT TEAM/INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Year......................Champion.......................................... NU Finish......................................................Individual Champion
1976..................... Nebraska (684)......................................1st (684)...........................................Lindsey Wetzel (Oklahoma, 164)
1977..................... Oklahoma State (671)...........................4th (705)................................... Patty Zimmer (Oklahoma State, 158)
1978..................... Oklahoma (653)....................................5th (675)..................................... Alicia Ogrin (Oklahoma State, 154)
1979..................... Oklahoma State (949)...........................4th (1,023).................................. Alicia Ogrin (Oklahoma State, 232)
1980..................... Oklahoma State (930)...........................5th (991).......................................Val Skinner (Oklahoma State, 225)
1981..................... Oklahoma (922)....................................4th (972).................................Dorea Mitchell (Oklahoma State, 227)
1982..................... Oklahoma State (917)...........................4th (992).......................................Val Skinner (Oklahoma State, 216)
1983..................... Nebraska (953)......................................1st (953).....................................Janice Burba (Oklahoma State, 233)
1984..................... Oklahoma State (934)...........................2nd (959)....................................Robin Hood (Oklahoma State, 224)
1985..................... Oklahoma State (934)...........................6th (1,027).....................................Lisa Stone (Oklahoma State, 231)
1986..................... Oklahoma State (924)...........................3rd (955).....................................Robin Hood (Oklahoma State, 220)
1987..................... Oklahoma State (912)...........................6th (989)......................................Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 228)
1988..................... Oklahoma State (944)...........................5th (1,011)...................................Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 234)
1989..................... Oklahoma State (935)...........................4th (964)......................................Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 229)
1990..................... Kansas (936)..........................................5th (968).............................. Marnie McGuire (Oklahoma State, 230)
1991..................... Oklahoma (943)....................................3rd (975)...........................................Cathy Stevens (Oklahoma, 232)
1992..................... Oklahoma State (914)...........................7th (977).................................. Arantxa Sison (Oklahoma State, 220)
1993..................... Iowa St. (945)........................................4th (1,007).................................. Shelley Finnestad (Iowa State, 232)
1994..................... Oklahoma State (919)...........................4th (939)............................Charlotta Eliasson (Oklahoma State, 221)
1995..................... Oklahoma State (937)...........................3rd (985)..................................... Amy Weeks (Oklahoma State, 226)
1996..................... Oklahoma State (946)...........................T-3rd (974)........................................ Rachelle Tacha (Nebraska, 227)
Team Titles by School: Oklahoma State, 14; Oklahoma, 3; Nebraska, 2; Kansas, 1; Iowa State, 1
BIG 12 TEAM/INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
1997..................... Texas (924)............................................3rd (945)................................................. Heather Bowie (Texas, 212)
1998..................... Texas A&M (919)...................................6th (936)............................................ Isabelle Ros (Texas A&M, 225)
1999..................... Oklahoma State (906)...........................8th (929)................................... Maria Boden (Oklahoma State, 219)
2000..................... Oklahoma (916)....................................3rd (920)..............................................Amelia Moses (Missouri, 222)
2001..................... Oklahoma State (925)...........................5th (958)................................... Maria Boden (Oklahoma State, 227) Rachelle Tacha won the Big Eight individual title in 1996, the
2002..................... Oklahoma State (909)...........................7th (952)............................ Emma Zackrisson (Oklahoma State, 223) league’s final season, on her way to the 1996 NCAA Tournament.
2003..................... Oklahoma State (909)...........................5th (926)............................................... Sarah Sasse (Nebraska, 220)
2004..................... Texas (592/36 Holes).............................10th (622)............................. Annie Thurman (Oklahoma State, 137)
2005..................... Oklahoma State (900)...........................7th (942)....................Annie Thurman-Young (Oklahoma State, 212) 2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
2006..................... Texas A&M (899)...................................T-4th (927)..........................................Ashley Knoll (Texas A&M, 215) Maineville, Ohio, April 19-21
2007..................... Texas A&M (911)...................................4th (936)........................................... Amanda Costner (Kansas, 221) Rk. Team Total
2008..................... Oklahoma State (912)...........................6th (968).............................. Jaclyn Sweeney (Oklahoma State, 225) 1. Ohio State......................................294-281-575 (-1)
2009..................... Oklahoma State (909)...........................10th (953)....................................Ashley Freeman (Texas A&M, 225) T2. Illinois........................................... 291-287-578 (+2)
2010..................... Texas A&M (896)...................................8th (919)............................ Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State, 210) T2. Indiana.......................................... 294-284-578 (+2)
2011..................... Texas (872)............................................10th (909).............................................Madison Pressel (Texas, 208) T2. Purdue.......................................... 297-281-578 (+2)
BIG TEN TEAM/INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 5. Michigan State.............................. 297-283-580 (+4)
2012..................... Michigan State (885).............................6th (908)..............................................Laura Gonzalez (Purdue, 216) 6. Northwestern................................ 302-280-582 (+6)
2013..................... Northwestern/Purdue (884)..................11th (935)................................................... Paula Reto (Purdue, 212) 7. Michigan....................................... 298-285-583 (+7)
2014..................... Michigan State/Ohio State (895)..........10th (931)...................................Jessica Porvasnik (Ohio State, 216) 8. Maryland..................................... 301-288-589 (+13)
2015..................... Northwestern/Ohio State (863)............13th (917)......................................... Sarah Cho (Northwestern, 213) 9. Wisconsin................................... 304-286-590 (+14)
2016..................... Northwestern/Ohio State (852)............13th (890)..................................................August Kim (Purdue, 207) 10. Minnesota................................... 299-294-593 (+17)
2017..................... Michigan State (866).............................12th (944).................................. Elodie Van Dievoet (Michigan, 210) 11. Penn State.................................. 307-288-595 (+19)
2018..................... Michigan State (859).............................13th (905)..............................................Jaclyn Lee (Ohio State, 207)
2019..................... Ohio State (575)....................................13th (609)................ Melati Putri/Nicolette Schroeder (Purdue, 138) 12. Rutgers....................................... 314-290-604 (+28)
2020..................... No Championship Held.............................................................................................. Coronavirus Pandemic 13. Nebraska.................................... 313-296-609 (+33)
Team Titles: Ohio State, 15; Indiana, 7; Purdue, 6; Michigan State, 8; Northwestern 3; Minnesota, 1; Iowa, 1; Wisconsin, 1 14. Iowa............................................ 310-302-612 (+36)

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS

TEAM 2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lowest Winning Score (54 Holes).......................................852................ Northwestern (284-286-282), Ohio State (291-281-280), 2016 Individual Results
Lowest Winning Score (72 Holes).......................................1,158..............................................Purdue, 2010 (289-292-294-294) Rk. Golfer, Team Total
Largest Margin of Victory (54 Holes)..................................41........................................................................... Ohio State, 1983 T1. Melati Putri, Purdue............................71-67-138 (-6)
Largest Margin of Victory (72 Holes)..................................58.................................................................................Indiana, 1986
T1. Nikolette Schroeder, Purdue..............72-66-138 (-6)
INDIVIDUAL 3. Erin Harper, Indiana............................74-66-140 (-4)
Lowest Winning Score (54 Holes).......................................207......................................... August Kim, Purdue, 2016 (69-71-67) 4. Paz Marfa, Michigan State....................74-67-141 (-3)
...................................................................................................................................... Jaclyn Lee, Ohio State, 2018 (66-68-73) T5. Virunpat Olankitkunchai, Maryland....73-69-142 (-2)
Lowest Winning Score (72 Holes).......................................280.............................. Laura Gonzalez, Purdue, 2010 (71-70-70-69) T5. Elodie Van Dievoet, Michigan..............74-68-142 (-2)
Lowest Score, One Round..................................................65............................................ Brooke Ferrell, Wisconsin, 2016 (1st)
............................................................................................................................................. Ashley Bauer, Michigan, 2010 (2nd) T5. Aneka Seumanutafa, Ohio State..........73-69-142 (-2)
Lowest Score, After Two Rounds........................................137......................................Brooke Ferrell, Wisconsin, 2016 (65-72) T8. Brooke Riley, Northwestern......................76-68-144 (E)
Lowest First-Round Score...................................................65....................................................Brooke Ferrell, Wisconsin, 2016 T8. Crystal Wang, Illinois...........................74-70-144 (E)
Lowest Second-Round Score..............................................65....................................................... Ashley Bauer, Michigan, 2010 T8. Kornkamol Sukaree, Illinois....................71-73-144 (E)
Lowest Third-Round Score.................................................66....................................................Maria Hernandez, Purdue, 2008 T11. Stephanie Lau, Northwestern............. 74-71-145 (+1)
Lowest Score, After Three Rounds.....................................207......................................... August Kim, Purdue, 2016 (69-71-67) T51. Kate Smith, Nebraska........................79-73-152 (+8)
...................................................................................................................................... Jaclyn Lee, Ohio State, 2018 (66-68-73) T51. Megan Whittaker, Nebraska......... 75-77-152 (+8)
Lowest Fourth-Round Score...............................................69....................................................Maria Hernandez, Purdue, 2008 T61. Hannah Thiele, Nebraska............ 79-75-154 (+10)
......................................................................................................................................................Laura Gonzalez, Purdue, 2010
T66. Haley Thiele, Nebraska............... 84-71-155 (+11)
............................................................................................................................................................ Kris Yoo, Wisconsin, 2011
Nebraska’s first season in the Big Ten Conference was 2012. The first Big Ten Team Championship was conducted in 1982. T80. Kirsten Baete, Nebraska............. 80-83-163 (+19)
A 54-hole tournament was held in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1996, 2012 through 2019. A 72-hole tournament was held from 1985 84. Vanessa Bouvet, Nebraska......... 83-84-167 (+23)
through 1995 and from 1997 through 2011.

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NEBRASKA IN NCAA COMPETITION

TEAM NCAA REGIONAL SCORES
1994 NCAA WEST REGIONAL
Championship Golf Course of New Mexico
Albuquerque, N.M., May 12-14
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Stephanie Flood 77 82 78 237
Kim Lefler 80 76 77 233
Melissa Odell 77 82 77 231
Michelle Patterson 80 85 78 243
Heidi Wall 79 77 76 232
Team (Count Four) 313 312 308 933
NU Finish: 16th/19
NEBRASKA NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (72 HOLES)
Lowest Final Score:................................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)/Stephanie Ruiz (2006)..................................301
Lowest Score After One Round:............................... Stephanie Ruiz (2006)...............................................................................72
Lowest Score After Two Rounds:.............................. Stephanie Ruiz (2006).............................................................................148
Lowest Score After Three Rounds:............................. Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)......................................................................225
Lowest Single-Round Score:..................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000, Third Round)...................................................68
Lowest Second-Round Score:................................... Elli Brown (2006).......................................................................................74
Lowest Third-Round Score:...................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)........................................................................68
Lowest Fourth-Round Score:.................................... Allison Stewart (2006)...............................................................................73
Best Finish:............................................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000).................................................................. T25th
Lowest Stroke Average:............................................ Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)/Stephanie Ruiz (2006)...............................75.25

1995 NCAA WEST REGIONAL

Randolph North Park Golf Course
Tucson, Ariz., May 11-13
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Molly Mullin 76 81 75 232
Michelle Patterson 76 80 76 232
Maureen Regan 82 80 83 245
Rachelle Tacha 75 74 78 227
Heidi Wall 70 77 79 226
Team (Count Four) 297 311 308 916
NU Finish:12th/20
1996 NCAA WEST REGIONAL
The Champions Club Golf Course
Omaha, Neb., May 9-11
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Molly Mullin 81 81 80 242
Michelle Patterson 83 87 85 255
Maureen Regan 81 91 89 261
Heidi Stark 73 79 81 233
Rachelle Tacha 71 77 85 233
Team (Count Four) 306 324 331 961
NU Finish: 11th/20
1997 NCAA WEST REGIONAL
Randolph North Park Golf Course
Tucson, Ariz., May 8-10
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Hanne Nyquist 74 76 76 226
Elizabeth Bahensky 75 76 76 227
Shirin Hornecker 73 79 78 230
Rachelle Tacha 79 76 76 231
Maureen Regan 79 74 79 232
Team (Count Four) 301 302 306 909
NU Finish: 14th/20
2000 NCAA WEST REGIONAL
Karsten Golf Course
Tempe, Ariz., May 8-10
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Elizabeth Bahensky 76 76 77 229
Catha Fogelberg 77 76 73 226
Amy Roux 73 76 75 224
Sarah Sasse 72 74 74 220
Amanda Sutcliffe 84 81 85 250
Team (Count Four) 298 302 299 899
NU Finish: 9th/24
2001 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL
Birck Boilermaker Golf Course
West Lafayette, Ind., May 10-12
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Sarah Sasse 76 72 78 226
Amy Roux 80 76 79 235
Catha Fogelberg 82 76 83 241
Amanda Sutcliffe 81 82 81 244
Amanda Krane 89 85 86 260
Team (Count Four) 319 306 321 946
NU Finish: 10th/21
2002 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL
Forest Akers West Golf Course
East Lansing, Mich., May 9-11
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Catha Fogelberg 85 81 78 244
Merynn Ito 85 79 84 248
Beth Anne Cherry 84 89 80 253
Stephanie Ruiz 85 84 84 253
Amanda Sutcliffe 85 92 87 264
Team (Count Four) 339 333 326 998
NU Finish: 19th/21
2003 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL
Firethorn Golf Course
Lincoln, Neb., May 8-10
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Sarah Sasse 73 75 74 222
Merynn Ito 77 71 80 228
Stephanie Schaefer 81 75 80 236
Stephanie Ruiz 82 77 84 243
Beth Anne Cherry 81 78 87 246
Team (Count Four) 312 298 318 928
NU Finish: 5th/21
2006 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL
The Traditions Club
Bryan, Texas, May 11-13
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Stephanie Ruiz 78 76 74 228
Allison Stewart 79 70 81 230
Chrissie McArdle 77 75 79 231
Elli Brown 79 77 77 233
Sara Sackett 80 77 83 240
Team (Count Four) 313 298 311 922
NU Finish: 8th/21
2007 NCAA WEST REGIONAL
The Entrada at Snow Canyon Golf Club
St. George, Utah, May 10-12
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Elli Brown 81 77 75 233
Chrissie McArdle 79 82 80 241
Kate White 83 77 81 241
JC Stevenson 85 79 78 242
Allison Stewart 88 76 83 247
Team (Count Four) 328 309 314 951
NU Finish: 15th/21
2008 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL
The University of Texas Golf Course
Austin, Texas, May 8-10
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
JC Stevenson 73 72 75 220
Elli Brown 72 79 72 223
Kate White 73 86 74 233
Charlotte Wendner 76 80 82 238
Allison Stewart 82 75 88 245
Team (Count Four) 294 306 303 903
NU Finish: T10th/21
2012 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL
The Ohio State University Scarlet Course
Columbus, Ohio, May 10-12
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Madeleine Sheils 72 80 86 238
2017 NCAA COLUMBUS REGIONAL
The Ohio State University Scarlet Course
Columbus, Ohio, May 8-10
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total
Kate Smith 78 79 73 230
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES
1990 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Arthur Hills Golf Course
Hilton Head, S.C., May 23-26
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 Total
Joanne Brooks 75 81 79 79 314
1996 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
La Quinta Resort and Club, Dunes Course
La Quinta, Calif., May 22-25
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 Total
Heidi Stark 78 86 84 78 326
Rachelle Tacha 83 77 78 78 316
2000 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Crosswater Golf Club
Sunriver, Ore., May 24-27
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 Total
Elizabeth Bahensky 79 78 68 76 301
Catha Fogelberg 79 78 75 82 314
Amy Roux 79 80 81 81 321
Sarah Sasse 74 75 78 77 304
Amanda Sutcliffe 78 85 85 84 332
Team (Count Four) 310 311 302 316 1,239
NU Finish: 19th/24
2001 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mission Inn, El Campeon Course
Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla., May 22-25
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 Total
Sarah Sasse 79 75 81 75 310
2003 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Birck Boilermaker Golf Course
West Lafayette, Ind., May 20-23
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 Total
Sarah Sasse 75 79 75 78 307
Stephanie Ruiz 82 85 77 77 321
Stephanie Schaefer 78 84 81 81 324
Merynn Ito 85 85 81 78 329
Beth Anne Cherry 92 89 90 91 362
Team (Count Four) 320 333 314 314 1,281
NU Finish: 22nd/24
2006 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Scarlet Course
Columbus, Ohio, May 23-26
Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 Total
Stephanie Ruiz 72 76 78 75 301
Chrissie McArdle 82 78 75 76 311
Elli Brown 76 74 77 82 309
Sara Sackett 81 77 76 75 309
Allison Stewart 87 88 78 73 326
Team (Count Four) 311 305 306 299 1,221
NU Finish: 20th/24
*Scores from Jan Stanard’s individual NCAA appearance in
1982 are unavailable.
THIS IS
NEBRASKA GOLF
11-ALL TIME NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES
 19TH PLACE NCAA FINISH (2000)

22ND PLACE NCAA FINISH (2003)

ALL-AMERICAN SARAH SASSE (2003)

24TH PLACE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN HEIDI WALL (1996)

NCAA FINISH (2006)

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GOLF CLUB
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
TOP 5 GOLF COURSE IN NEBRASKA

PETE DYE DESIGN

FIRETHORN NORTH COURSE

U.S. WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP HOST

ARBOR LINKS
GOLF CLUB
NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA
TOP 5 GOLF COURSE IN NEBRASKA

ARNOLD PALMER DESIGN

FIRST STAGE OF KORN FERRY Q-SCHOOL

GOLFER’S DESTINATION
COUNTRY CLUB
OF LINCOLN
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
 LINCOLN’S OLDEST CLUB (1903)

HOST OF 14 STATE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

10 MINUTES FROM CAMPUS

THREE-TIME WOMEN’S TRANS NATIONAL HOST

 HILLCREST CLUBHOUSE

90 YEARS OF TRADITION

HILLCREST
COUNTRY CLUB
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
 MINUTES FROM CAMPUS

PRAIRIE STYLE GOLF COURSE

HIGHLANDS
GOLF COURSE
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
 NO. 1 PUBLIC COURSE IN NEBRASKA

ONE OF AMERICA’S TOP 100 COURSES

QUARRY OAKS
GOLF CLUB
ASHLAND, NEBRASKA
 KORN FERRY PINNACLE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP HOST

ONE OF NEBRASKA’S TOP FACILITIES

INDIAN CREEK
GOLF CLUB
ELKHORN, NEBRASKA
TRACKMAN
TRAINING LAB
 TRACKMAN GOLF SIMULATORS

FULL-SIZE INDOOR HITTING BAYS

SAM PUTT LAB/PUTTING PLATFORM

120-YARD WEDGE FACILITY

WORLD-CLASS
FACILITIES
 PINNACLE BANK ARENA

HAWKS FIELD

BOB DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER

BARBARA HIBNER STADIUM

NAPL
NEEBRASKA ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE LAB

A ONE-OF-A-KIND RESEARCH AND TESTING FACILITY THAT PROVIDES

NEBRASKA STUDENT-ATHLETES WITH THE LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN
EQUIPMENT, TRAINING TECHNIQUES AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY.

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH

STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT
“ ”
THIS FACILITY IS

UNBELIEVABLE.
WORLD SOCCER STAR DEMBA BA, WHO TRAINED AT THE NEBRASKA
ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE LAB IN 2017.
ATHLETIC
MEDICINE

ALTER-G TREADMILLS

HYDROTHERAPY POOLS

ON-SITE X-RAY FACILITY

NATIONAL
POWERS


FIVE VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(3RD IN NCAA HISTORY)
 5 NATIONAL TITLES
(2ND MOST SINCE 1970)

FOOTBALL

8 NATIONAL TITLES
(4TH IN NCAA HISTORY)

MEN’S GYMNASTICS

5 NCAA TITLES
(MOST IN NCAA HISTORY)
BOWLING

2 INDOOR
NCAA TITLES
(4TH IN NCAA HISTORY)
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
CASSIE DEEG
THREE-TIME
ACADEMIC
ALL-BIG TEN

ACADEMIC
SUCCESS
FIVE WGCA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS IN 2020

JESSICA HARADEN, MAY 2020 GRADUATE

HALEY THIELE, MAY 2020 GRADUATE

AUDREY JUDD, 2018 DECEMBER GRADUATE

ACADEMIC
EXPERIENCE
 ACADEMIC COUNSELING
Eight academic counselors, three learning
specialists, two assistant academic
counselors and one computer specialist
ANTON are in place to monitor daily academic
STEPHENSON progress, receive consistent course
feedback, assist with the advising/
MEN’S GYMNASTICS registration process and monitor eligibility
and progress toward graduation.

TUTORIAL SUPPORT
A tremendous resource for all academic
abilities, unlimited tutorial support from
approximately 75-100 tutors on staff is
available from day one up to college
graduation in all subject areas. The tutorial
program is certified as a model tutoring
program by the College Reading and
Learning Association.

STUDY HALL
Nebraska’s study hall program is housed
2020 NCAA TODAY’S TOP TEN AWARD in the Scott Technology Center within the
Student Life Complex. Student-athletes
attend a supervised, flex-time study hall
that features day, evening and weekend
hours. Student-athletes are required to
complete a specific number of study
hours each week as determined by
their academic counselor and/or coach.
Additional performance-based or tutor-
based study hall also may be determined
ANGELA by the academic counselor.
MERCURIO MENTORING
TRACK & FIELD Academic support staff serve as mentors
to all incoming student-athletes and select
returning student-athletes. The student-
athletes meet with their mentor weekly to
develop time management skills, gather
and report academic progress information
and discuss academic success strategies.

2019 NCAA WOMAN OF THE YEAR
EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS
Assessments are administered upon
the request of the student-athlete,
academic counselor, or coach. Learning
specialists are available to administer
and score informal assessments, which
include a reading comprehension and a
writing assessment. When more in-depth
assessments are necessary, referrals are
made to a consulting neuropsychologist
who conducts the assessments. If it is
determined a student-athlete has a
learning disability or another medical
condition that impedes the student
from reaching their academic potential,

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
DIVISION I SCHOOLS, ALL-TIME
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appropriate accommodations are
implemented by the Office of Services for
Students with Disabilities.
STUDENT-ATHLETE ORIENTATION
Each new student-athlete attends an
orientation at the beginning of their
academic career. Student-athletes are
introduced to staff, faculty, administrators,
and a variety of resources that help

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facilitate the transition into college while
enhancing awareness of support services
in the Athletic Department and across
campus.

252 PERSONAL COUNSELING

Student-athletes will find a supportive
and caring environment at Nebraska.
Transitional issues, stress management,
time management, academic focus and
problem resolution are all addressed in
a proactive manner throughout the year.
If necessary, counseling referrals are also
made to designated practitioners.

COMPUTER RESOURCES
New laptops are provided to all student-
athletes for use during their academic
career at Nebraska. The Herman Student
Life Complex has printers and desktop
computers available for student-athletes
to use in the facility.
LIFE
SKILLS
 SARAH SASSE, ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

HALEY THIELE, HEART & SOUL AWARD

TOM OSBORNE CITIZENSHIP TEAM

KIRSTEN BAETE, SAM FOLTZ HERO 27 AWARD

 THE UNIVERSITYOF
NEBRASKA

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Chartered in Lincoln by the Nebraska
Legislature in 1869, the University of
Nebraska was expanded in 1968 into a
university system now comprising four
campuses under the guidance of a Board
of Regents and a central administration.
The flagship University of Nebraska-
Lincoln is an educational institution
of international stature. Nebraska is
classified within the Carnegie “R1:
Doctoral Universities – Highest Research
Activity” category. Nebraska is also a
land-grant university and a member of the
Association of Public and
Land-grant Universities. The university
is accredited by the Higher Learning
Commission.

BIG TEN ACADEMIC ALLIANCE

As a member of the Big Ten, the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln is a member of
the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA),
formerly the Committee on Institutional
Cooperation, which is the academic
consortium of the universities in the Big
Ten Conference. The BTAA includes
all 14 Big Ten Institutions and partners
with the University of Chicago. The
Big Ten Academic Alliance and the
institutions together have annual research
expenditures topping $10.5 billion - more
than the Ivy League and the University
of California System combined - and
they educate a total of nearly 600,000
students with approximately 50,000 faculty
members.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
• 2018 No. 1 Online MBA in the World for
Alumni Salary Increases (Financial Times)
• 2019 No. 9 Best Online Graduate
Education Programs
(U.S. News & World Report)
• 2018 Top 30 Colleges that Produce the
Most CEOs (Kittleman)
• 2020 No. 16 Best Online MBA Programs
for Veterans (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2020 No. 22 Best Online MBA Programs
(U.S. News & World Report)
• 2019 Best Value College
(The Princeton Review)
• 2020 Ranked Among Top Third of
National Universities
(U.S. News & World Report)
• Rated Among Best Values in Public
Colleges for 2019
(Kiplinger’s Personal Finance)
 THE UNIVERSITYOF
NEBRASKA

INNOVATION CAMPUS, CITY CAMPUS & DOWNTOWN LINCOLN

76 MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS

150+ UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS

500+ STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

25,057 TOTAL ENROLLMENT

131 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

50 STATES REPRESENTED

201,808 LIVING ALUMNI

 CITY CAMPUS

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CENTER

MULTICULTURAL CENTER

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
“CLEARLY
LINCOLN IS

ON THE RISE.
”
VIA SILICON PRAIRIE NEWS

NO. 1 MOST CONTENT CITY

24/7 WALLSTREET

HAPPIEST CITY IN AMERICA

GALLUP WELL-BEING INDEX

NO. 1 CITY IN BEST PLACES

FOR BUSINESS AND CAREERS
VIA FORBES

NO. 2 CITY IN HIGHEST

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NO. 6 BEST COLLEGE TOWN

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