2006-07 Women’s Golf Outlook With three returning all-conference players and a talented spring seasons and was instru- group of newcomers, the 2006-07 San Jose State University mental in the Spartans’ tourna- women’s golf team has its sights set on a return to NCAA ment wins. Whenever she fin- Championship competition. The Spartans are the defending ished in the top-10 individually, Western Athletic Conference champion, the program’s first con- San Jose State took home a first- ference title since 1997. place trophy. “We know we have a ‘deep’ team,” said head coach John Unheralded Nina Rodriguez, Dormann after the team’s season-opening tournament in Fort a fourth returnee from last year, Collins, Colo. The Spartans, winners of four tournaments last made some key contributions year, finished third, but was second only to Colorado among during the season. The one-time schools in the West region. San Jose State did finish ahead of junior college transfer is battling California, a recent power on the for a steady spot in the lineup. national scene in Division I Dormann, the 2006 WAC women’s golf. “Coach of the Year,” added a Jenelle Gomez, a junior from threesome of Jessica Issler, a San Jose and the 2006 WAC indi- transfer from Tulane, and two vidual champion, is the most freshmen, Cristina Corpus from experienced returning player. San Leandro and Kimberly Jenelle Gomez The two-time all-conference Punyasavatsut from Anaheim, 2006 First Team All-WAC selection was in the winner’s cir- who should see plenty of action cle for the first time at the major during the season. Issler played 3.5 seasons for Tulane and was college level at last year’s WAC one of many Green Wave student-athletes granted an additional championship. The nationally- season of eligibility due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina. ranked golfer by GolfStat in each Corpus, who grew up in San Leandro, was one of the top of her first two seasons has nine junior golfers in Northern California. Tournament-tested, some top-20 finishes as a Spartan. local golf experts liken her skill level to current LPGA Tour pro Sirapa Kasemsamran and and former San Jose State star Pat Hurst, who also starred at San Erica Moston, a pair of sopho- Leandro High School before becoming a Spartan. Sirapa Kasemsamran mores, adapted well to the com- “...We have complete confidence in her,” commented the 2006 WAC Freshman of the Year petitive rigors of team golf in Spartans coach after the season-opening tournament in Colorado. their first season. Kasemsamran “She was a proven tournament player at the junior level and she was the 2006 WAC “Freshman of the Year” and a first-team All- showed what she is capable of doing in her first tournament...” WAC selection. The Thailand native was the team’s most consis- Carlie Hill, a four-year starter on the San Jose State softball tent player with 10 top-20 finishes in the team’s 11 tournaments. team, returning redshirt Naomi Kim and Kanika Minocha Moston, a second-team All-WAC pick, turned her game around round out the team. Hill, using her final season of athletic eligi- in January 2006 to become one of the conference’s top golfers. bility, lettered in golf at Woodland (Calif.) High School. Kim With some changes to her game, she trimmed more than three seeks her first action at the major college level while Minocha strokes per round off her scoring average between the fall and enjoyed some success as a high school player in India. San Jose State University Women’s Golf Roster Name... Ht. Class Exp. Hometown/Last School Attended Cristina Corpus 5-2 FR HS San Leandro, Calif./San Leandro HS Jenelle Gomez 5-7 JR 2V San Jose, Calif./ Branham HS Carlie Hill 5-8 SR WO Woodland, Calif./Woodland HS Jessica Issler 5-6 GR TR Wolfsburg, Germany/Tulane Sirapa Kasemsamran 5-3 SO 1V Bangkok, Thailand/Train Udom Suksa Naomi Kim 5-6 FR RS Sunnyvale, Calif./Fremont HS Kanika Minocha 5-3 FR HS Panchkula, Haryana, India/Bhavan Vidyalaya HS Erica Moston 5-5 SO 1V Milpitas, Calif./Milpitas HS Kimberly Punyasavatsut 5-4 FR HS Anaheim,Calif./Wilson HS Nina Rodriguez 5-7 SR SQ San Jose, Calif./Mt. San Antonio College Head Coach: John Dormann Assistant Coach: Dana Dormann The 2006-07 San José State University women’s golf media guide is a publication of the school’s sports information office. Editorial content generated by Lawrence Fan and Amy Villa. Layout and design by Amy Villa. Assistance from John Dormann, Doga Gur and Kirk Mueller. Covers designed by Kyle Chesser, Hands-On Photography, San Jose. Photography by Wayne Salvatore, Terrell Lloyd and Rueters. Printing by Tennant Printing in DeLand, Fla. San José State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, age disability, disabled veterans or Vietnam status. This policy applies to all SJSU students, faculty and staff programs and activities. Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action, SJSU, San Jose, CA 95192, (408) 924-1115. www.sjsuspartans.com 1 Coaching Staff John Dormann Dana Dormann Head Coach Assistant Coach 9th Season at SJSU 3rd Season at SJSU After a very successful 2005-06 season, head coach John Dana Dormann returns for her third season as an assistant Dormann begins his second full season at the helm of the San women’s golf coach. Dormann played on the San Jose State Jose State University women’s golf program. He was the assis- tant for both the men’s and women’s teams from October 1998 University women’s golf teams during the 1985 through 1988 through 2005 when he took over as the head coach for both seasons. She was a member of the Spartans’ 1987 NCAA teams. Dormann was named the women’s head coach in the Championship team. Dormann was a four-time tournament April of 2005. winner; the 1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association "Player of the With four tournament wins during the season including the Western Athletic Conference Championship, Dormann was hon- Year” and a three-time All-American. Her 76.46 stroke average ored by his peers by being named the 2006 WAC Coach of the for 141 rounds of college competition puts her in the top-10 all- Year. After the season, Dormann caddied for his wife, Dana, at time on the San Jose State list. the 2006 U.S. Open for the second consecutive year and his 10th Dormann was the 1985 U.S. Junior and Junior World cham- in a caddy role. As the assistant coach for the men's and women's pro- pion. The win at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship earned her grams, the Spartans finished in the top-20 at the 1999 through an invitation to the 1986 U.S. Open. The native of Oxnard, 2001 NCAA Championships including a 15th place finish in Calif., began her professional career on the Women Professional 2000. San Jose State men's and women's golfers received All- Western Athletic Conference first or second-team recognition 24 Golfers' European Tour (WPGET). In her first LPGA event, the times while he was the assistant coach. Ashley Gomes, a 2004 1991 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic, she finished in second place. honorable mention All-American, was the 2004 WAC champion She won the 1992 Las Vegas LPGA International, birdieing her and "Player of the Year." last hole, and won the 1993 McCall’s LPGA Classic in Stratton In the classroom, Spartan golfers received 25 Academic All- WAC awards and 10 national awards for academic excellence Mountain, Vermont. Dormann was also a member of the 1992 from the Golf Coaches Association of and 1993 U.S. Nicheri Cup teams that America (GCAA) and the National Golf competed against teams from Japan. She Coaches Association (NGCA) during his was the 1993 “Most Valuable Golfer” of tenure as the Spartans' top assistant. Before coming on board with the the competition. Spartans, Dormann spent seven years as a She was one of five Spartan All- professional caddy on the Ladies Americans to make the cut at the 2006 Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. He worked for Meg Mallon and his U.S. Open after qualifying for her 13th wife, Dana Dormann. Mallon was the Open of her career. She won the 2005 1991 U. S. Open Champion. LPGA T-and-CP Championship for teach- “In addition to building a national ing and club professionals. That win gar- championship-caliber team, we want to develop a program and student-athletes nered her an invitation to the 2006 LPGA that represent the best in San Jose and the Championship. Dormann still ranks university,” says the Spartans’ coach. among the top-90 golfers on the all-time Dormann, a native of Daly City, Calif., is a 1979 graduate of Riordan High LPGA money winning list. No longer School in San Francisco, Calif. A 1989 active on the LPGA Tour, she is a teaching graduate of San Jose State, he majored in professional at the Pleasanton (Calif.) Golf social studies. The Dormanns have two Academy. sons, William and Jason, and reside in Pleasanton, Calif. The Dormann Family (clockwise from top): John, Jason, Dana and William. 2 San Jose State University Women’s Golf - 2006 WAC Champions Student-Athlete Profiles Club Championship and the 2003 San Leandro Jenelle Gomez Junior Club Championship her biggest wins in junior 5-7, JR, 2V competition...runner-up at the 2003 California San Jose, Calif.