2010-11 Women’s Golf Media Guide 2011-12 WOMEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS The 2011-12 BGSU women’s golf media guide was produced by the BGSU Athletic Communications Office – Jason Knavel, Director; Mike Cihon and Dave Meyer, Assistant Direcrtors; Matthew Daley and John Enright, Interns – in cooperation with the BGSU golf program. Photography by BGSU Office of Marketing and Communications. BGSU QUICK FACTS School Bowling Green State University Location Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0030 Founded 1910 Enrollment 17,000 Nickname Falcons Colors Orange & Brown Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Mid-American (MAC) Home Courses Forrest Creason Golf Club Stone Ridge Golf Club President Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey Director of Athletics Greg Christopher Senior Associate AD/SWA Lesley Irvine Faculty Representative Dr. Lee Meserve Athletics Dept. Phone (419) 372-2401 Athletics Website www.BGSUFalcons.com COACHING STAFF Head Coach Stephanie Young Alma Mater Toledo, 2002 Years at BGSU Sixth Season Coach’s Phone (419) 372-7068 Office Fax (419) 372-6969 E-Mail [email protected]TEAM INFORMATION 2010-11 Average (24 Rounds) 323.82 2010-11 MAC Finish Ninth 2010-11 Team Low Score (18 Holes) 294 (Great Smokies Int.) 2010-11 Team Low Score (36 Holes) 609 (Great Smokies Int.) 2010-11 Team Low Score (54 Holes) 924 (Worldlink Fall Cl.) Returning/Lost 5/2 Newcomers 2 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Director Jason Knavel Assistant Director Mike Cihon Assistant Director Dave Meyer Intern John Enright Intern/Golf Contact Matthew Daley SID Office Phone (419) 372-7105 SID Cell Phone (419) 494-6581 SID Office Fax Number (419) 372-6015 Email [email protected]Mailing Address 249 Perry Stadium East Bowling Green, OH 43403 CONTENTS/QUICK FACTS .............1 FALCONS IN ACTION ..................... 2 2011-12 FALCONS ........................... 3-13 2010-11 Results / 2011-12 Schedule ............................... 3 Head Coach Stephanie Young ............................................... 4-5 Falcon Roster / Team Photo............................................ 6 Player Bios ..................................................................... 7-12 (Seniors) ............................................................................... 7 (Juniors) ........................................................................... 8-9 (Sophomores) ............................................................. 10-11 (Newcomers)..................................................................... 12 DOLORES BLACK ............................ 13 HISTORY AND RECORDS ......... 14-23 Coaching Records / Player Awards.........................................14 Team Records / Letterwinners ................................................15 Program Beginnings ..................................................................16 Year-by-Year Team and Individual Results ...................... 17-23 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ............... 24 FACILITIES ...................................... 25
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2010-11 Women’s Golf Media Guide
2011-12 Women’s Golf media Guide
CreditsThe 2011-12 BGSU women’s golf media guide was produced by the BGSU Athletic Communications Office – Jason Knavel, Director; Mike Cihon and Dave Meyer, Assistant Direcrtors; Matthew Daley and John Enright, Interns – in cooperation with the BGSU golf program. Photography by BGSU Office of Marketing and Communications.
BGSU qUick factSSchool Bowling Green State UniversityLocation Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0030Founded 1910Enrollment 17,000Nickname FalconsColors Orange & BrownAffiliation NCAA Division IConference Mid-American (MAC)Home Courses Forrest Creason Golf Club Stone Ridge Golf ClubPresident Dr. Mary Ellen MazeyDirector of Athletics Greg ChristopherSenior Associate AD/SWA Lesley IrvineFaculty Representative Dr. Lee MeserveAthletics Dept. Phone (419) 372-2401Athletics Website www.BGSUFalcons.com
cOacHiNG StaffHead Coach Stephanie YoungAlma Mater Toledo, 2002Years at BGSU Sixth SeasonCoach’s Phone (419) 372-7068Office Fax (419) 372-6969E-Mail [email protected]
tEaM iNfORMatiON2010-11 Average (24 Rounds) 323.822010-11 MAC Finish Ninth2010-11 Team Low Score (18 Holes) 294 (Great Smokies Int.)2010-11 Team Low Score (36 Holes) 609 (Great Smokies Int.)2010-11 Team Low Score (54 Holes) 924 (Worldlink Fall Cl.)Returning/Lost 5/2Newcomers 2
atHlEtic cOMMUNicatiONSDirector Jason KnavelAssistant Director Mike CihonAssistant Director Dave MeyerIntern John EnrightIntern/Golf Contact Matthew DaleySID Office Phone (419) 372-7105SID Cell Phone (419) 494-6581SID Office Fax Number (419) 372-6015Email [email protected] Address 249 Perry Stadium East Bowling Green, OH 43403
HiStORy aNd REcORdS .........14-23Coaching Records / Player Awards .........................................14Team Records / Letterwinners ................................................15Program Beginnings ..................................................................16Year-by-Year Team and Individual Results ......................17-23
2010-11 tEaM RESUltSdate tournament Rounds finish09/13-09/24/2010........Worldlink North Texas Fall Classic ................................316-305-303 (924) ...........................................................................6th of 1309/18-09/19/2010........Great Smokies Intercollegiate ..............................................294-315 (609) .............................................................................16th of 2409/27-09/28/2010........Ball State Cardinal Classic ....................................................311-306 (617) ...........................................................................T-6th of 1410/11-10/12/2010........Zippy Invitational ..............................................................334-328-334 (996) ...........................................................................9th of 1210/18-10/19/2010........Mid-American Conference Preview ...................................338-337 (675) ...............................................................................9th of 1003/04-03/06/2011........Rio Verde Invitational ......................................................337-341-340 (1018) ........................................................................17th of 1704/02-04/03/2011........Spring Challenge Cup ...................................L, 10-2 vs. Ohio University (Match Play) ................................................................NTS04/09-04/10/2011........EKU Colonel Classic ........................................................316-316-312 (944) ...........................................................................8th of 1304/16-04/17/2011........Dolores Black Falcon Invitational ......................................... 335 (335) ...................................................................................6th of 1304/22-04/24/2011........Mid-American Conference Championships .................341-330-335 (1006) ............................................................................9th of 9
In 2011, Stephanie Young begins her sixth full season as head coach of the Bowling Green State University women’s golf team. She is the tenth head coach of the Falcons in the 40 years of the program. In 2009 Young was honored with the BGSU Division of Student Affairs New Outstanding Professional Award and BGSU Athletic Department’s “Roll Along” Award.
Since joining the team midway through the 2005-06 season, Coach Young and the Falcons have made major improvements to the land-scape of the team. Thus far, she has guided the Falcons to three team tournament titles and four runner-up finishes. Her teams have also fea-tured four athletes who have earned a total of five individual medalist titles. Young has coached players to 39 top ten finishes, and her athletes have won five MAC Player of the Week awards and one MAC Sports-woman of the Year award. Multiple school records have been set by Young’s players, including the individual and team records for 18-, 36-, and 54-hole tournament scores, as well as for season scoring average.
Young’s players have also achieved success in the classroom, earning 13 National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Awards and two Academic All-MAC selections. The 2006-07 BGSU team held the 11th highest grade-point average among Division I golf programs. In that season, they also held the highest team GPA among the 18 pro-grams at Bowling Green. One of Young’s athletes has also been named one of BGSU’s Outstanding Top Ten Seniors in each of the last three years (Lindsey Jonkhoff ‘09, Hannah Lambert ‘10, Lauren Glew ‘11).
The 2010-11 season was a roller-coaster of sorts for the Falcons. The team began the season white-hot, as it set multiple team and individual scoring records at the North Texas Fall Classic and Great Smokies In-tercollegiate. In Texas, BGSU shot a 54-hole record 924 (316-305-303) while Susy Grunden set team records for 18, 36 and 54 holes (69, 140, 210) on her way to a tournament title. At the Great Smokies tourna-ment, the Falcons shot a school-record 294 in the first round and had a record 36-hole mark of 609. The team also shot 617 over 36 holes at the BSU Cardinal Classic and 944 for 54 holes of the EKU Lady Colonel Classic. However, the team was unable to manager better than a sixth-place finish in any event and placed ninth at the 2011 MAC Championships.
Individually, the Falcons secured three top-five finishes outside of Grunden’s tournament win, as well as two other top-tens and five other top-20s. Grunden left the team at mid-season, but Young appears to
have her replacement lined up in freshman Bailey Arnold. Arnold re-corded one of BGSU’s best averages ever (79.90) in her debut season, carded the second-lowest round in BGSU history (70) and finished the season with three top-20 finishes, including a seventh-place effort at Eastern Kentucky. Meanwhile, Lauren and Marisa Glew concluded long and successful Falcon careers; Lauren had the team’s second-best aver-age and two top-20s during the season.
In the fall of 2009, Young led the Falcons to runner-up finishes at the Youngstown State Invitational and Dayton Invitational. The team re-corded a low round of 311 at the Great Smokies Invitational. Indi-vidually, freshman Susannah Grunden won the Zippy Invitational with a score of 226 (77-73-76). Gruden’s 54-hole score was tied for third-best in school history, and her second-round 73 broke a record for the lowest score by a Falcon freshman. She was later awarded the MAC’s Golfer of the Week award for her accomplishments. While Grunden’s accom-plishments highlighted the fall, she wasn’t the only Falcon to impress. Megan Gormley finished second and Hannah Lambert finished third at the YSU Invitational and Lauren Glew finished ninth at Dayton.
The Falcons concluded the 2009-10 season in the spring with a fifth place finish at the Falcon Invitational and an eighth-place result at the MAC Championships. Grunden’s 78.53 average set a BGSU freshman record and ranks second overall in program history. Lauren Glew and Hannah Lambert each earned NGCA All-American Scholar honors, and Grunden qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
Despite graduating four seniors, the Falcons played well in the 2008-09 season with a runner-up finish at the NIU Huskie Classic. They also
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had a record-breaking 298 at the GVSU Invitational, with four golfers finishing in the top ten. The Falcons then had a solid seventh-place finish at the Zippy Invitational, with two players inside the top 16. Young received the Coaches Award at the NIU Huskie Classic, voted on by the coaches of the tournament field.
Team captain Lauren Glew had two top ten performances and junior Megan Gormley had a fourth-place finish at the Falcon Invitational (81-77) and a fifth-place showing at the Huskie Classic (77-80). Megan Bader started her sophomore season off with an 88-71 at the Laker Fall Classic. The 71 was one shot short of a Falcon record. She also finished runner-up at the Huskie Classic with a score of 156 and tied for seventh at the Falcon Invitational with two rounds of 81. Aca-demically, three players were named to the National Golf Coaches Association All Scholar Team - Lauren Glew, Hannah Lambert, and Megan Gormley.
In 2007-08, the Falcons established a new school record for team scor-ing average (323.36), besting the 2001-02 record by one shot. Also, every player on the team surpassed or matched their career low score. The team won the Falcon Invitational with seniors Jessica McCann and Carley Hrusovsky finishing as co-champions. The senior duo was named MAC Golfers of the Week following their tournament win. The Falcons placed fifth at the Laker Fall Classic (310-326) with three players in the top 20 individually and scored a 941 at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational, four shots shy of the school record. Fresh-man Lauren Glew had a third place finish at the Laker Fall Classic with a 151. Her final round 74 was the lowest by any Falcon freshman at the time. The Falcons had four golfers selected to the National Golf Coaches Association All Scholar Team (Lindsey Jonkhoff, Car-ley Hrusovsky, Lauren Glew, and Marisa Glew). Hrusovsky was also named to the Adademic All-MAC Team and awarded the NCAA Post Graduate scholarship, given 13 female athletes in the country that plan to pursue a career in college athletics.
In 2006-07, BGSU won the YSU-Taco Bell Invitational by ten strokes, making it the second straight season BGSU took the crown. Junior Jessica McCann took the medalist title, finishing with rounds of 73 and 74. Her score of 147 was a new career best and just two shots shy of the BGSU school record. It was also the Falcons’ first medalist crown since 2002. In the spring, the Falcons broke the 54-hole school record by shooting a team score of 937 (312-316-309), which was one better than the record set back in 1984. After hosting the team’s first
Falcon Invitational at Stone Ridge Golf Club, it was off to the MAC Championships at Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, OH. The squad improved last year’s standing in the conference with a seventh place finish. Senior Kari Liggett posted an 11th place finish for the top Falcon performance in a MAC Championship since 2004 as well as the fifth-best performance by a Falcon since the beginning of the MAC Championships in 1999. Liggett was also honored as the MAC Sportswoman of the Year, the first Falcon to earn this award, which is voted on solely by the players. The National Golf Coaches Asso-ciation (NGCA) named BGSU juniors Carley Hrusovsky and Lindsey Jonkhoff to the prestigous All Scholar Team and ranked the BGSU women’s golf team 11th best in the country for team GPA. That same 3.64 GPA helped the team win the BGSU Student-Athlete Services “Highest Team GPA Award”. All seven squad members maintained at least a 3.24 GPA, earning the NCAA Public Recognition Award for multi-year academic progress rate scores in the top-10 percent of all squads in their respective sports.
During the 2005-06 season, in just their second tournament with Young at the helm, the Falcons captured the St. George Invitational by seven shots with three BGSU players finishing in the top seven. One tournament later, sophomore Jessica McCann was named Mid-American Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week after shooting a career-best 152 (77-75) at the Illini Spring Classic. McCann was the first Falcon to garner the honor in nearly five years. BGSU and Young hosted the MAC Championships, played at Walden Ponds in Indian Springs, Ohio. The Falcons were the lone team to improve all four rounds of the event (325-322-317-315) and Young coached all five of her players to establish personal-bests in the MAC Championships. Sophomore Carley Hrusovsky was named to the Academic All-MAC Team; a honor that had not been awarded to a Falcon in three seasons. Though Hrusovsky was the lone Falcon to be named to the Academic All-MAC team, all six members of the women’s golf program carried at least a 3.25 GPA.
Prior to BGSU, Young was an assistant golf professional at Sylvania Country Club for three years. During that time, she served as an as-sistant coach for the St. Ursula Academy’s varsity golf team, where the team made two state tournament appearances. In addition, she served as an USGA intern for the Toledo District Golf Association, worked for the Toledo Junior Golf Association, and worked under head teach-ing professional James P. McGurk, who has been named the No. 1 instructor in Ohio by Golf Magazine.
Young earned both her bachelor’s degree in 2002 (business manage-ment) and her MBA in 2003 from the University of Toledo. She was also a four year letterwinner and captain of the UT Women’s Golf team from 1998-2002. Young helped her team win eight team titles and in 2000 she was the individual champion at the Bowling Green State Falcon Invitational.
Head coach: Stephanie Young (Sixth Season; Toledo, 2002)* Team Captain
2011-12 falcons(l-R):
Head Coach Stephanie Young, Kelsey Benson,
Amy Ruthenberg, Jen Blanchard, Shelby Wilson, Patricia Holt,
Paula DiFrancesco, Bailey Arnold
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(Left) Paula DiFrancesco(2011-12 Senior Class)
(Right) Amy Ruthenberg(2011-12 Captain)
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2010-11: Completed season with career-low average of 84.75 (20 rds) ... shot career-low 75 in first round and had personal-best 36-hole score of 153 at Great Smokies Intercollegiate ... carded 164 (80-84) at BSU Cardinal Classic ... posted a 251 (87-81-83) at the North Texas Fall Classic ... shot 249 (84-82-83) at the EKU Lady Colonel Classic ... placed 44th (season-best) at the MAC Championships (264).
2009-10: Averaged 86.40 through 10 rounds of action ... shot a season-low 79 at the Duramed MAC Preview ... finished 20th at the University of Day-ton Invitational with a score of 163 (84-79).
2008-09: Averaged 85.96 through 24 rounds this season ... shot a career-low 78 at the Cardinal Classic ... finished 20th at the Huskie Classic (81-85) ... shot an 82 on day two of the Falcon Invitational.
High School: Is a 2007 graduate of Note Dame Catholic Secondary School ... finished sixth at the OFSAA Provincials her senior year ... also lettered in hockey and field hockey ... was a member of the field hockey state championship team in 2006.
Personal: Full name is Paula Marie DiFrancesco ... daughter of Robert and Colleen DiFrancesco ... born Sept. 19, 1989 ... is majoring in business ... her brother, Daniel, plays golf at Seminole State in Oklahoma.
2010-11: Shot an 85 to tie for 28th at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational ... went 0-3 in three matches against Ohio during Spring Challenge Cup, held in her hometown of Fishers, Ind.
2009-10: Competed in two tournaments ... averaged 92.00 through four rounds ... shot a season-best 87 at the All-Ohio Invitational, where she finished 18th ... finished 55th at the Falcon Invitational with a 36-hole score of 181 (90-91).
High School: Is a 2009 graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School ... was a three-year letter-winner for her golf team, averaging 39.0 and 83.0 in her high school career ... during her senior campaign she helped lead her team to the 2008 IHSAA State Champi-onship, finishing 33rd individually ... she also finished 10th at Regionals and was a finalist for the Mental Attitude Award.
Personal: Full Name- Jennifer Ashley Blanchard ... daughter Brent and Cindi Blanchard ... has two younger brothers Cameron (15) and Trevor (14) ... born January 3, 1991 ... Member of Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
2010-11: Only Falcon to play in all 22 rounds this season ... averaged 83.00 in 22 rounds ... finished season-best 16th at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational after shooting an 83 ... placed 30th with career-best scores at the North Texas Fall Classic, shooting 234 (79-76-79) ... also had a 76 at the EKU Lady Colonel Classic (237) ... carded 157 (79-78) for 36th at the BSU Cardinal Classic ... posted a 158 (77-81) at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate ... posted scores of 254 (84-87-83) at the Rio Verde Invitational and 257 (85-87-85) at the MAC Championships.
2009-10: Averaged 85.10 through 10 rounds of action ... competed in five of the final six tournaments of the year ... finished 10th at the All-Ohio Invitational (86-83) ... shot a career-low 81 at the MAC Championships where she finished 42nd (86-81-86) ... finished 32nd at the Falcon Invitational (85-84).
High School: Is a 2009 graduate of Okemos High School, where she maintains a 3.98 grade-point average ... finished 10th at both the MHSAA Girl Golf State Championship (80-75) and the Hudson Junior Invitational (76-87-80).
Personal: Full name - Amy Lynn Ruthenberg ... daughter of Steve and Karen Ru-thenberg ... has two siblings-older brother Jason and younger sister Katie ... born May 2, 1991 ... majoring in psychology
2010-11: Posted one of BGSU’s all-time ten best scoring averages (79.90) ... shot a season-best round of 70 at the Great Smokies Intercol-legiate (153) ... finished the season with three straight top-20 results ... placed a season-best seventh with a 226 (74-78-74) at the EKU Lady Colonel Classic ... tied for team-best 16th place finish at BGSU’s Dolores Black Falcon Invitational ... shot rounds of 77 and 78 to finish with 240 and tie for 20th at MAC Championships ... finished 30th at the North Texas Fall Classic after shooting 234 (83-77-74) ... carded a 157 (78-79) at the BSU Cardinal Classic ... was 2-1 versus Ohio in match-play Spring Challenge Cup.
High School: Is a 2010 graduate of Seton High School ... was a two-time conference (GGCL) Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... was her team’s MVP all four years ... finished 18th at state as a junior and 39th as a senior ... team captain ... also lettered in basketball and track.
Personal: Full name -- Bailey Renee Arnold ... born Oct. 13, 1991 ... daughter of Louis and Michelle Arnold ... has one sister ... majoring in pre-med ... member of Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
BENSON’S caREER ScOREcaRdyear Rounds Strokes average low
2010-11 11 923 83.91 79
Career 11 923 83.91 79
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2010-11: Averaged 83.91 through 11 rounds ... shot a season-best 79 in back-to-back rounds to place third at Quail Run Invitational ... carded a final-round 80 at the North Texas Fall Classic en route to a 246 ... tied for 28th (85) at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational ... earned a 253 (86-82-85) at the EKU Lady Colonel Classic ... placed 55th at the MAC Preview with 36-hole total of 181 (90-91).
High School: Is a 2010 graduate of Martinsville High School ... aver-aged 75.80 as a senior ... helped lead her team to a state championship as a sophomore and senior ... her team finished fifth as a junior and third as a freshman ... was a team captain and MVP as a junior and senior.
Personal: Full name -- Kelsey Suzanne Benson ... born Mar. 9, 1992 ... daughter of Jeffrey and Katrina Benson ... has one sister ... majoring in psychology ... member of Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
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High School: Two-time team captain ... three-time 4A All-District first team ... in her junior year, she was named first-team all-region and second-team all-state ... earned a trip to the state tournament during junior season, in which she finished sixth overall after carding a score of 155 (81-74) ... high school team also made it to the state tournament in her freshman season ... carried a 74.5 scoring average during senior season ... won Col-legiate Players Tour event in Tennessee with 224 over 54 holes (72-77-75) ... placed fifth at 31st annual Bubba Conlee National Junior Golf Tournament (223) ... won 2010 state regional tournament, the Fall Kickoff tournament in 2009, and the Pre-District tournament in 2008 ... ranked 12th in the state
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of Texas and 299th overall in the world by Golfweek ... as member of the Texas Junior Golf Tour, has wins at the 2009 Trophy Club Shootout, the 2009 Sugar Land CC Shootout, and the Oakmont CC DFW Christmas Pre-view ... member of the American Junior Golf Association and has compet-ed in national events such as the the Callaway Junior World Championships.
Personal: Daughter of John and Priscilla Holt ... 4.9 GPA (5.0 scale) ... 25th in class of 312 ... member of National Honor Society and Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra.
High School: Two-time team captain ... scored a 74.5 average during her senior season ... competed in 2011 state tournament, finishing tied for sixth (73-75) ... finished sixth at 2011 United States Teen World Championship with 54-hole total of 230 (75-81-74) ... team MVP as sophomore and junior ... earned low-round of 69 at the 2010 Regional Preview in Lubbock, Texas ... has won 17 times ... posted total of 58 top-fives and 74 top-tens ... ranked 14th in Texas and 399th nationally by Junior Golf Scoreboard ... carded a 230 (80-74-76) at 2009 USKids Teen World Championship and a 235 (79-80-76) at the AJGA Cleveland Open ... shot a 149 (71-78) at Class 6-5A District Tournament in 2009.
Personal: Daughter of Gerard Wilson and Karen Schottelkotte ... 3.7 GPA (4.0 scale) ... member of American Junior Honor Society.
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all-tIme Women’s CoaChIng ReCoRds & Results
YEAR COACH RECORD/TOP FINISH1958-60 Agnes Hooley1960-69 Penny Boussoulas1969-74 Dolores Black1974-75 Dolores Black STATE CHAMPIONS1975-76 Dolores Black State Runners-upCareer Dolores Black 2 years1976-77 Sally Hattig 3rd BG/3rd Wisc. InvitationalCareer Sally Hattig 1 year1977-78 Janet Parks 2nd CMU Invitational1978-79 Janet Parks 7th BG invitational1979-80 Janet Parks UNC-Wilmington Champions1980-81 Janet Parks 2nd Longwood Invite, 2nd CMUCareer Janet Parks 4 years1981-82 A.J. Bonar 2nd Wolverine Invite1982-83 A.J. Bonar Wolverine Invite Champions1983-84 A.J. Bonar 3rd Ferris State, 3rd Falcon InviteCareer A.J. Bonar 3 years1984-85 Greg Nye 2nd Wolverine Invitational1985-86 Greg Nye 3rd Ferris State, 3rd Boilermaker1986-87 Greg Nye Penn State Invite Champions1987-88 Greg Nye BGSU Invite Champions1988-89 Greg Nye 4th Ferris State Invitational1989-90 Greg Nye 6th Notre Dame Fall Invitational1990-91 Greg Nye 4th NIU Huskie Classic1991-92 Greg Nye Cincinnati Invite ChampionsCareer Greg Nye 8 years1992-93 Todd Brunsink 3-time Invitational Champions1993-94 Todd Brunsink 2nd Lady Falcon Invitational1994-95 Todd Brunsink 3rd Ferris State Invitational1995-96 Todd Brunsink 4th Lady Falcon Invitational1996-97 Todd Brunsink 3rd Ferris State InvitationalCareer Todd Brunsink 5 years 1997-98 Kurt Thomas 2nd Oakland Spring Invitational1998-99 Kurt Thomas 5th Lady Falcon Invite 6th MAC Championships1999-2000 Kurt Thomas 2nd GVSU, 2nd WMU, 3rd Falcon Invite 5th MAC Championships2000-01 Kurt Thomas 1st GVSU, 2nd WMU, 2nd Falcon Invite 5th MAC Championships2001-02 Kurt Thomas 3rd EKU, 3rd WMU, 3rd Falcon Invite 6th MAC Championships2002-03 Kurt Thomas 1st Lady Falcon Invite 6th MAC Championships2003-04 Kurt Thomas 1st Butler Invite 8th MAC Championships2004-05 Kurt Thomas 2nd Falcon Invite 9th MAC Championships2005 Fall Kurt Thomas 1st Youngstown InvitationalCareer Kurt Thomas 8 years2006 Spring Stephanie Young 1st St. George Invitational 8th MAC Championships2006-07 Stephanie Young 1st YSU-Taco Bell Invitational 7th MAC Championships2007-08 Stephanie Young 1st Falcon Invitational 8th MAC Championships2008-09 Stephanie Young 2nd NIU Huskie Classic 9th MAC Championships2009-10 Stephanie Young 2nd Dayton Invite/YSU Invite 8th MAC Championships2010-11 Stephanie Young 6th North Texas Fall Classic 9th MAC Championships
Team ReCoRds/leTTeRWinneRsREGUlaR SEaSON tOURNaMENt MEdaliStS1977 (Spring) Bowling Green Invitational Karen Parshall1979 (Fall) UNC-Wilmington Invitational Kris McKelvey1986 (Fall) Purdue Invitational Laura Broadbent1986 (Fall) Penn State Invitational Laura Broadbent1987 (Fall) Ferris State Invitational Ingrid Lundblad1987 (Fall) BGSU Invitational Laura Broadbent1991 (Fall) Cincinnati Invitational Jennifer Girdlestone1992 (Fall) Ferris State Invitational Jennifer Girdlestone1992 (Fall) Dayton Invitational Sue Balmer1992 (Fall) Falcon Invitational Jennifer Girdlestone1998 (Spring) Oakland Spring Invitational Kate Kolesnik2002 (Fall) Lady Falcon Invitational Shelley Binzel2002 (Fall) Eastern Kentucky Invitational Jenny Schnipke2006 (Fall) YSU/Taco Bell Invitational Jessica McCann2008 (Spring) Falcon Invitational Jessica McCann/Carley Hrusovsky2009 (Fall) Zippy Invitational Susy Grunden2010 (Fall) North Texas Fall Classic Susy Grunden
BGSU lEttERWiNNERSJamie Jones 1996Lindsey Jonkhoff 2005-06-07-08Sheila Kelly 1989Jean Kempf 1981-82-83Gina Kiel 1994-95Kate Kolesnik 1997-98-99-00Michele Korbas 1979-80Paula La Nasa 1981-82Hannah Lambert 2007-08-09-10Heather Lantz 1994-95-96Stacey Lavelle 1994-95Kari Liggett 2004-05-06-07Jodi Luce 1996-97-98Ingrid Lundblad 1987-88Jessica McCann 2005-06-07-08Kris McKelvey 1979-80-81Erin Milligan 1994-95-96Amy Miller 1995-96-97-98Susanne Ohlsson 1983-84-85Karen Parshall 1977-78Patty Pilz 1978Kim Prasse 1989-90-92-93Geralyn Repasky 1984-85-86Jodi Ricker 1992-93-94-95Sally Ann Robinson 1979-80-81-82amy Ruthenberg 2010-11Jenny Schnipke 2001-02-03-04Amanda Schroeder 2003-04-05-06Shannon Sharp 1997-98-99-00Shannon Smith 1999-00-01-02Jennifer Stiff 1998-99-00Robin Streng 1989Kelly Strickland 1987-88Karen Todd 1979-80-82Gina Vecharrelli 1991-92Shawna Weaver 1994-96-97Julie Wise 2001-02-03-04Heidi Wright 1988-89-90-91
BOld - Still active.
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beGinninGs...The following is an excerpt from the book “Forward Falcons”, written by Janet Parks, Ann Bowers and Addie Hostetler Muti. “Forward Falcons” provides a detailed history of women’s sports at Bowling Green State University. This excerpt covers the history of the golf program from the 1940s through the early 1970s.
On the pages that follow, one can find complete team results beginning with 1974 and individual results beginning with 1976, along with photos of individual tournament medalists spanning the last four decades.
Across many years, a unique feature of the BGSU women’s golf program was the rapport that existed between professional golfers and the University physical education faculty, who arranged for the pros to come to BG to engage in a variety of activities. The earliest recorded visit occurred in May 1947, when Betty Hicks,winner of nine major tournaments and vice-president of the Women’s Professional Golf Association (WPGA), came to campus. During her 5-day stay, Hicks conducted a demonstra-tion for a group representing the AthleticFederation of Ohio College Women, taught several golf classes, and spoke to women phys-ical education majors. Hicks’ career advice foreshadowed the sport management academic program that would emerge more than 30 years later, as she remarked on “the many opportu-nities for talented women in the professional golfing field due to the great need at this time for capable people to do promotional work” (BG News, May 7, 1947, p. 3).
Four years later, Marilynn Smith, a co-founder of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), came to BG to conduct a clinic at the University golf course. While on campus, she played an exhibition match with Shirley Spork, a BGSU physical education instructor and also
a co-founder of the LPGA (BG News, May 18, 1951, p. 3).
In 1965 and 1966, the women’s physical education department, in cooperation with the LPGA, sponsored National Golf Schools. Shir-ley Spork and Penny Boussoulas, physicaleducation instructor and coach of the BGSU golf team, were co-chairs of the Schools. Eight years later, Spork returned to BG, where she conducted a golf clinic and hit the symbolic“first ball” in the inaugural event of Grand Opening Week of the back nine holes of the University Golf Course (BG News,June 20, 1974, p. 8).
Bowling Green students also have a long his-tory of enjoying golf. As early as 1930, golf was included among the sports sponsored by the WAA. It proved to be quite popular, andin 1936 BGSU golfers competed against teams from Toledo and Heidelberg in a Sports Day held at the University of Toledo (BG News, May 13, 1936). Early in 1941, Jean DrakeHendrickson organized BG’s first women’s golf club with the purpose of fostering “interest and enjoyment in golf among the women stu-dents of the campus.” The club was open towomen who either had had nine weeks of golf instruction or could pass the “efficiency” test (BG News, Feb. 26, 1941).
In 1957, BG sent a foursome to the Ohio In-tercollegiate Golf Tourney at Ohio State (Key, 1957). Two years later, Agnes Hooley, the club’s sponsor, brought more structure to thegroup, announcing that the golf club would meet “at 3:30 every Tuesday, regardless of weather conditions” (BG News, Oct. 6, p. 3). The same year, in a WIA-sponsored Sports Day with Eastern Michigan, Wooster, and Oberlin, BG golfers captured the top three places (BG News, Nov. 10, 1959). In a 1961 tri-match on the Scarlet course in Columbus, a BG foursome prevailed over teams from Ohio State and Ohio University (BG News, May 12, 1961).
During the late 1960s, the Falcon golf team matched up well against teams represent-
ing schools such as Ohio State, Kent State, and Michigan State. They also turned in fine performances in the annual Midwest tourna-ment, the precursor to the MAIAW. These accomplishments occurred with few resources. In May of 1988, coach Dolores Black remem-bered how the team obtained enough shag balls to finish the season: “We played Central Michigan, and a little stream went through the course. On one hole, almost every ball would go in the stream and we retrieved many of them.”
Noel Jablonski (1967-1971), recalled what be-ing on the golf team meant to her in those days:
“I have many wonderful memories about the BG golf team….It was great fun to pile four or five of us and all of our gear into Ms. Black’s big ol’ car to drive across the Midwest to compete in Illinois and Indiana. We stayed in motels, ate in restaurants, and developed friendships with players from other schools. We had to manage our schoolwork and time, cooperate with one another, and encourage each other. We were on the course inBloomington, Indiana, in 1970, when the Kent State uprisings were closing universities in Ohio. I remember the golfers from Ohio University trying to decide if they could finish the tournament because they had received word that their school had shut down. Every competitor helped to deal with the situation” (May, 2005).
By the 1970s, Black’s team had become very competitive with teams from across the Midwest. In 1972, BG won the team champi-onship at the Ohio Invitational Tournament, with Falcon Sue Barkhurst winning medalist honors (BG News, May 17, 1972). To top off the victory, Carolyn Treece carded a dramatic hole-in-one! The BG golfers repeated the statetitle in 1973, and Jill Wilhelm played in the AIAW national tournament at the University of Georgia. The Falcons were state runners-up to the Buckeyes in the 1974 Ohio Invitational, which was held in conjunction with the FalconWomen’s Invitational (BG News, May 22, 1974).
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year-By-year results1974-75
Head Coach: Dolores BlackIllinois State Invitational 5th of 14Central Michigan Invitational 4th of 10Michigan State Invitational 2nd of 8Bowling Green Invitational 2nd of 12Michigan State Invitational 5th of 12Ohio State Invitational 6th of 14Ohio State Championships 1stMidwest AIAW Champ. 7th of 22
1975-76Head Coach: Dolores Black
Central Michigan Invitational 4th of 9Spartanette Invitational 5th of 12Ohio Championships 2nd of 14Midwest AIAW Champ. 3rd of 18Kentucky Invitational 13th of 19Marshall Invitational 3rd of 10Ohio State Invitationial 5th of 11
greg christophergregChristopherdir. of intercollegiate athleticsbowling green state university
Greg Christopher is in his sixth year as the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Bowling Green State University. Christopher, the 12th full-time athletic directer in school history, began his duties in July of 2006 has accomplished a great deal in his first five years in Northwest Ohio.
Christopher oversees an 18-sport program which has a budget of $17 million and 75 full-time employees. BGSU, which is a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), is one of 13 programs in the country which sponsor Division I-A football and compete in men’s and women’s basketball and men’s ice hockey on the Division I level.
A native of West Lafayette, Ind., Christopher has moved the BGSU athletic department forward in multiple areas in his first five years. The Sebo Athletic Center was completed in the fall of 2007, featuring expanded and state-of-the-art sports medicine and rehabilitation facilities as well as a strength and conditioning area for all University student-athletes. The new front entrance for Doyt L. Perry Stadium, the building also houses administrative offices as well as offices and meeting rooms for the football Falcons.
The Sebo Athletic Center is part of $57 million in new or renovated athletics facilities completed during Christopher’s tenure. That facilities list includes the new Keefe Tennis Complex, a renovation to Whittaker Track, improvements at baseball’s Steller Field, the FieldTurf inside Perry Stadium, renovations to the BGSU Ice Arena, and the new $36 million Stroh Center. Incremental facility improvement plans are also underway for other BGSU athletics venues.
Athletic achievements of Christopher’s five years include nine conference banners. Highlights include the remarkable run of women’s basketball. The women’s hoops Falcons became the first team in conference history to advance to the ‘Sweet 16’ of the NCAA in 2006-07, winning a MAC record 31 games along the way. Curt Miller’s team made its fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2011, following the Falcons’ seventh straight conference title.
In Christopher’s tenure, football has played in two post-season bowl games, including the 2008 GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala., and the 2009 Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho. The 2007 football team also shared the MAC East Division title. In 2008-09, the men’s basketball team won its first regular season MAC title in decade, advancing the NIT post-season tournament. And baseball won three consecutive MAC East Division titles, including overall conference regular season championships in 2008 and 2009.
In the classroom, the Falcons have flourished, as the number of student-athletes with a GPA of 3.0 or above has increased in each of the last four years. In 2010-11, BGSU student-athletes set a new bar for cumulative GPA record, charting a 3.08 mark, and 196 BG student-athletes had a GPA of at least 3.0. The student-athlete graduation rate is greater than the overall student body’s graduation rate.
Christopher implemented the Falcon Leadership Academy, a leadership development program for BGSU student-athletes. Christopher, along with several other administrators in the athletics department, serves as an instructor for the class, which represents each of the department’s 18 varsity sports.
Christopher’s background in fundraising and development has been evident in his first five years at BGSU. There have been double-digit percentage increases in the external funding areas, including development, corporate marketing, licensing and concessions. Christopher has furthered the department’s logo transition and integrated an external communications plan.
Christopher came to BGSU after spending nearly a decade at Purdue University in his hometown. He served as Associate A.D. for External Relations and John Purdue Club Director at Purdue University. Christopher, who had been at the school since 1997, was a member of the department’s senior staff. He was accountable for external and revenue-related areas for Purdue’s $50 million department. In his role, he oversaw several areas, including development, marketing, promotions and advertising, athletic licensing and sports information.
Under his leadership, Purdue raised $17.2 million in total giving for Athletics in his final year there. He also played a significant role in a seven-year campus-wide capital campaign which raised $111 million for Athletics during that period. Projects that came to fruition in that time frame include tripling the number of endowed athletic scholarships and several facility additions or renovations. Among the facility projects were an indoor golf training center, football stadium renovation, aquatic center, indoor tennis center, and basketball video board campaign. He also was the advisor for Purdue’s chapter of Athletes-in-Action, and served a period of time as the sport administrator for Purdue’s men’s and women’s tennis programs.
Christopher served as Executive Director for the Society of Professional Journalists in Greencastle, Ind., from 1994 to 1997 after joining the organization in 1991 as its Marketing and Development Director. During that time, he managed a staff of 15 for the nation’s largest not-for-profit journalism organization. His tenure focused largely on external relations, fueling growth that doubled the net worth of the foundation and association. He also improved relations with SPJ’s 250 local chapters and negotiated contracts and corporate partnerships.
Prior to joining SPJ, Christopher was an Account Executive at WWWV-FM in Charlottesville, Va., from 1988-90. In that capacity, he designed and managed station promotions, including partnerships with the athletics program at the University of Virginia. He also was part of the “Page Program” at NBC in New York in 1988 where he served as a research analyst, assisting the Manager of Sports Programming and Market Analysis in research of television sports. Christopher also produced network sports tracking reports and surveys of major league sports.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from MAC-member Miami University in 1988 and earned his MBA from the institution in 1991. He played football for one season before the former linebacker’s career was cut short due to injury. In 1987-88 and 1990-91, Christopher was involved as a television color commentator in football and play-by-play voice for men’s ice hockey which aired on regional cable television and WPTD-TV in Dayton. He also served as a graduate assistant in the Office of Admissions at Miami in 1990-91.
Christopher is a member of the Mid-American Conference’s External Relations Committee, current Chair of the CCHA Council, and is the women’s basketball administrative chair for the MAC. In the spring of 2008, he was appointed to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. Christopher is active in Northwest Ohio with t h e B o w l i n g G r e e n Community Foundation, t h e A m e r i c a n R e d Cross and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Christopher, 45, is married to the former Tina Smith of Leetonia, Ohio. The couple has a son, Zachary, 15, and two daughters, Megan and Allison, ages 13 and 11.
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Bowling
his duties in July of 2006 has accomplished a great deal in his first five years in Northwest
the Christopher Family(l-r): greg, Megan, Zachary, allison and tina
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bGsu Golf TRaininG CenTeR
Locker Room Area
Team Lounge with high definition televisionEntrance to the state-of-the-art BGSU Golf Training Center
Grand Opening Men’s and Women’s Golf Team 1200 square foot putting and chipping area
Hitting bays with JC video equipment to record each swing