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QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Quick Facts . 1 Location . Lawrence, Kan . Roster . 2 Population . 90,000 Spring Preview . 3 Founded . 1866 Coaching Staff . 4-5 Enrollment . .30,102 Meet the Jayhawks . 6-15 Nickname . Jayhawks Cumulative Player Stats . 16-17 Colors . Crimson & Blue Administration . 18 Conference . Big 12 Adidas . 19 Chancellor . Bernadette Gray-Little On the Road . 20-21 Athletics Director . Lew Perkins Courses/Facilities . 22-23 Associate AD/SWA . Debbie Van Saun 2009 Fall Recap/Results . 24 2008-2009 Recap . 25 WOMEN’S GOLF STAFF 2009 Spring Results . 26 Head Coach . Erin O’Neil All-Time Letterwinners . 27 Alma Mater (Year) . Georgia (1997) Best Rounds . 28 Office Phone . 785/864-4122 Best Season Averages . 29 E-mail Address . eoneil15@ku .edu Honors . 30 Assistant Coach . Sarah Trew Conference History . 31 Alma Mater (Year) . Arkansas (2006) Kansas Golf History . 32-40. Office Phone . 785/864-3382 Amanda Costner Feature . 41 E-mail Address . strew@ku .edu Marilynn Smith Feature . 42 Jayhawk Birdie Club . 43 MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Athletic Director . 44 Mailing Address . Chancellor . 45 1400 Parrott The University of Kansas . 46-47 1651 Naismith Dr . About Lawrence . 48 Lawrence, KS 66045-7800 About Kansas City . 49 Women’s Golf Contact . Erin Solis KU Traditions . 50-51 Office Phone . 785/864-3417 Athletic Excellence . 52-53 Cell Phone . 316/393-7737 Athletic Facilities . 54-55 E-mail Address . esolis88@ku .edu Training Facilities . 56 Media Relations Fax . 785/864-7944 Athletic Website . www .kuathletics .com TO THE MEDIA CREDITS The Kansas Media Relations Department wel- The 2009-2010 University of Kansas women’s golf media guide is a product of comes your interest in women's golf . We make the Kansas Media Relations Office . This guide was written, designed and edited every effor to facilitate your coverage of our by media relations student assistant Erin Solis . Editorial and design assistance program . For information on student-athletes by the Kansas Media Relations staff . Special thanks to associate media relations or coaches, or to set up interviews or photo director Mike Strauss . Photography by Jeff and Laura Jacobsen . On the Road shoots, or if you are in need of file photos, photos contributed by head coach Erin O’Neil . Printed by Pittcraft Printing of please call our office at (785) 864-3417 or visit Pittsburg, Kan . us through KU's web site at kuathletics .com 1 2009-2010 Jayhawks Name Class Hometown Previous School Meghna Bal Jr . New Delhi, India Saddlebrook Prepatory HS Fhong Boonraksasat Fr . Bangkok, Thailand BFS School Kalynd Carson So . The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands HS Jennifer Clark Jr . Kansas City, Kan . Piper HS Meghan Gockel Sr . Dallas, Texas Plano West Senior HS Maria Jackson So . Lansing, Kan . Lansing HS Emily Powers Sr . Quincy, Ill . Quincy Notre Dame HS Alyssa Rainbolt Jr .-RS Wichita, Kan . Andover Central HS Grace Thiry Jr . Victoria, Australia Mount St . Joseph HS Sydney Wilson Jr .-RS Lawrence, Kan . Lawrence HS Audrey Yowell Fr. McPherson, Kan. McPherson HS Head Coach: Erin O’Neil (Sixth Season) Assistant Coach: Sarah Trew (Fourth Season) 2009-10 KANSAS WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM (L to R) Assistant Coach Sarah Trew, Sydney Wilson, Kalynd Carson, Emily Powers, Alyssa Rainbolt, Jennifer Clark, Meghna Bal, Maria Jackson, Grace Thiry, Audrey Yowell, Fhong Boonraksasat, Meghan Gockel, Head Coach Erin O'Neil 2 2010 Spring Preview After a four-month break from tournament play, the Kansas women’s golf team will open its spring season in mid-February . The Jay- hawks have four spring tournaments lined up as they will travel to South Carolina, Arizona and Mississippi to compete against some of the country’s best competition . The team will start its postseason with a trip to Norman, Okla ., for the Big 12 Championship . “We are looking forward to the spring season . It will be a different schedule for us in that we have no 36/18 events (36 holes the first day and 18 holes the second), and I think this will allow us to be more prepared for later on in the season,” said head coach Erin O’Neil . The Jayhawks closed their 2009 fall campaign in Kiawah, S .C ., and they will open their spring 2010 season in the same location, when they compete in the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic, Feb . 21-23 . To open March, the team will travel to Rio Verde, Ariz ., to play in the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational, March 5-7 . The team took first place at the event in the 2008-2009 season, with a medalist performance coming from senior Meghan Gockel . The tournament will be hosted by Western Michigan and will be held at the Quail Run course at Rio Verde Country Club . The team will return to Arizona following a week off as it travels to Florence to compete in the Northern Migration Invitational, March 15-17 . Hosted by Nebraska, the tournament will take place at the Poston Butte golf course . The Jayhawks will close out their regular season spring campaign April 2-4 in Oxford, Miss ., as they compete in the Ole Miss Rebel Intercollegiate, which will be played at the University Golf Club . Postseason play for the team will begin April 23-25 in Norman, Okla ., at the Big 12 Championship at the Jimmie Austin University of Oklahoma golf course . L to R: Grace Thiry, Emily Powers Maria Jackson Fhong Boonraksasat 3 Head Coach Full Name Erin Kathleen O’Neil Erin O'Neil Born St . Charles, Ill . Sixth Season (Georgia, 1997) Hired at Kansas September 2004 Education Erin O’Neil returns for her sixth season as Coach O’Neil has overseen the develop- University of Georgia head coach of the women’s golf team at the ment of several individual champions while B .S ., Education, 1997 University of Kansas . at KU, including current Jayhawk Emily Playing Experience O’Neil came to KU in 2004 after four Powers (2008 Marilynn Smith Invitational, 1994-97 - Georgia seasons as an assistant at Auburn . In her first U .S . Open qualifier) and recent graduates 1997-99 - Futures Tour season as head coach, O'Neil led the Jayhawks Annie Giangrosso (2006 Kansas Women’s Winter 1998 - Kosaido Ladies Asian to a first-place finish at the Marilynn Smith Amateur champion), Amanda Costner (2005 Tour Sunflower Invitational, the program's first Lady Boilermaker Champion, All-Big 12 team title since 2000 . Coach O'Neil's teams First Team, NCAA Regional qualifier, 2007 Coaching Experience have also notched first-place finishes at the Big 12 Champion) and Chelsey Pryor (2005 2000-04 - Auburn Assistant 2009 Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational, 2006 ORU Shootout winner) . 2004-current - Kansas Head Coach Mountain View Collegiate and the 2006 and While at Auburn, O’Neil helped lead the Women’s All-Americans 2007 Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitationals . Tigers to three top-10 NCAA Championship Danielle Downey - 2000, 2003(HM) Those four titles match the second most for a team finishes, including a tie for second in Celeste Troche - 2000-03 coach in school history and are one victory 2002 . During her tenure there, she coached Courtney Swaim - 2002 shy of the five wins under coach Brad four All-Americans and seven all-conference Nicole Hage - 2003-04 (2nd Team) Demo . selections during her stint there . All-Conference Honorees Before joining the Auburn program, O'Neil Celeste Troche played professionaly for three years on the All-SEC First Team (2000-03) Futures Tour and the Kosaido Ladies Asian Diana Ramage Tour . All-SEC Second Team (2001) She was a four-year letterwinner at the SEC Freshman of the Year (2001) University of Georgia from 1994-97 and led All-SEC First Team (2003) Kingsley Barrett the Bulldogs to a pair of SEC Championships All-SEC Second Team (2002) in 1994 and 1997 . Freshman of the Year (2002) O’Neil was a three-time All-SEC selection Courtney Swaim from 1994-96 and earned SEC Freshman of All-SEC First Team (2002) the Year honors in 1994 . She won the 1995 Danielle Downey Auburn Tiger-Derby Invitational and shot a All-SEC First Team (2000, 2003) 66 at the 1997 SEC Championship, the sec- All-SEC Second Team (2002) Maria Martinez ond lowest round in UGA history . All-SEC Second Team (2003) O’Neil was listed on the Director’s Honor All-SEC First Team (2004) Roll for six quarters while at Georgia and was Amanda Costner a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selec- All-Big 12 First Team (2006) tion in 1996 and 1997 . All-Big 12 First Team (2007) Emily Powers As an amateur, O'Neil qualified for seven All-Big 12 First Team (2008) United States Amateur Championships, as well as two United States Opens . Emily Powers with Coach O'Neil 4 Assistant Coach Sarah Trew Fourth Season (Arkansas, 2006) Sarah Trew begins her fourth season She ended her career with the eighth- Full Name at the University of Kansas as the assis- lowest career stroke average in Arkansas’ Sarah Ann Trew tant coach . Trew continues her first women’s golf history . coaching job with a wealth of playing Trew graduated in May 2006 with a experience to bring to the table . bachelor’s degree in criminal justice Born Coach Trew asssits in all aspects of and sociology . Milwaukee, Wis. the program . She specifically focuses Following graduation, she turned on helping players gain more distance professional in July 2006 and played in Coaching Experience through a technique called speedball, select events . Trew was a qualifier for August 2006 - Present where players increase their swing speed the finals of the Re-Max World Long Assistant at Kansas through resistance . Drive Challenge in 2006 and 2007 .