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2014 Rebel Women’s Golf Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS REBEL INTERCOLLEGIATE 24-25 24-25 ........................................................................................... Rebel Intercollegiate INTRO 1 1 .............................................................................................................. Table of Contents 2011-12 REVIEW 30-33 2 ........................................................................................................ Quick Facts/Schedule 26-29 ....................................................................................................... 2013 Review 3 ................................................................................................................................Roster HISTORY 34-43 COACHES AND STAFF 4-7 30 ................................................................................................ All-Americans/All-SEC 4-5 ........................................................................................ Head Coach Michele Drinkard 31 ................................................................................................ NCAA Championships 6 .............................................................................. Associate Head Coach Janell Howland 32 ..................................................................Team Tournament Titles/Individual Titles 7 .................................................................................................................... Support Staff 33-34 .....................................................................................Team/Individual Records 35-37 ...................................................................................................All-Time Results ADMINISTRATION 8-9 38 ............................................................................................................ Letterwinners 8 ........................................................................................... Chancellor Dr. Daniel W. Jones 39 ..........................................................................................................................LPGA 9 ............................................................................................ Athletics Director Ross Bjork FACILITIES 44 2014 REBELS 10-23 41-42 ................................................................................................Athletics Facilities 10-11 .......................................................................................................... Kathryn Fowler 43-45 ........................................................................................ Ole Miss Golf Facilities 12-13 .............................................................................................................. Taelor Rubin 14-15 .........................................................................................................Stani Schiavone 16-17 ..........................................................................................................Alison Hovatter 18-19 ............................................................................................................. Abby Newton 20-21 ................................................................................................................... Katie Voll 22 ........................................................................................................... Maria Toennessen 23 ................................................................................................................... Team Photos CREDITS ON THE COVER Featured on the cover of the 2014 Ole Miss Women’s Golf Guide is EDITOR: Jessica Poole senior Kathryn Fowler. Editorial Assistance: Mike Swartz Cover designs by Dan Pellegrino. PHOTOGRAPHY: Joshua McCoy, Kevin Bain, Joey Brent, Brett Davis, Michele Drinkard, William Ewart, © COPYRIGHT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI Joey Jones, Robert Jordan, Nathan Latil, Kim Ling, Jessica Poole, players and their families. The 2014 Ole Miss Women’s Golf Guide was published by the Univer- sity of Mississippi Athletics Media Relations Office and designed by Jessica Poole using Adobe InDesign CS3 and Adobe Photoshop CS3. All contents of this issue are copyrighted 2014 by the University of Mississippi. Reproduction without written permission is strictly prohibited. 1 Quick Facts OLE MISS QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Location: Oxford, Mississippi Assistant AD/Media and Public Relations: Kyle Campbell Founded: Nov. 6, 1848 Assistant Director (women’s golf contact): Jessica Poole Enrollment: 21,535 Office Number: (662) 915-7896 Nickname: Rebels FAX Number: (662) 915-7006 Colors: Cardinal Red and Navy Blue Email: [email protected] Conference: Southeastern Associate Director: Kim Ling Chancellor: Dr. Daniel W. Jones Associate Director: Bill Bunting Athletics Director: Ross Bjork Associate Director: Joey Jones Executive Associate AD/SWA: Lynnette Johnson Associate Director: Daniel Snowden Home Course: Ole Miss Golf Course Assistant Director: Metz Camfield Senior Staff Assistant: Ashley Mangrum WOMEN’S GOLF STAFF Head Coach: Michele Drinkard Mailing Address: Alma Mater: Alabama, 1986 908 All-American Drive Year at Ole Miss: Seventh Oxford, MS 38655 Associate Head Coach: Janell Howland Alma Mater: Lamar, 2000 Athletics Web Site: www.OleMissSports.com Year at Ole Miss: Fourth University Web Site: www.OleMiss.edu Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer: Karah Sims Athletics Twitter: @OleMissNow Coordinator of Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning: Women’s Golf Twitter: @OleMissWGolf Jami Clinton Head Coach Michele Drinkard Twitter: @CoachDrinkard Golf Office Phone: (662) 816-4653 Facebook: www.facebook.com/OleMissWGolf Golf FAX Number: (662) 234-8376 www.facebook.com/OleMissSports Golf Senior Staff Assistant: Sally Worsham Blog: www.OleMissSportsBlog.com Phone Number: (662) 915-7241 2013-14 TEAM INFORMATION Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/4 Top Returnees:Abby Newton, Taelor Rubin, Stani Schiavone Top Newcomers: Maria Toennessen 2 ROSTER 2013-14 ROSTER NAME YR-EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Kathryn Fowler Sr.-3L Americus, Ga./ Southland Academy Alison Hovatter So. -1L Meridianville, Ala. / Hazel Green Abby Newton So.-1L Katy, Texas/ Cinco Ranch Taelor Rubin Jr.-2L Raleigh, N.C./ Cary Academy Stani Schiavone Jr..-1L Bangor, Pa./ Baylor Maria Toennessen Fr.-HS Grimstad, Norway/Norwegian School for Top Athletics Kaitlin Voll Fr. -1L Alpharetta, Ga. / Blessed Trinity Head Coach: Michele Drinkard Associate Head Coach: Janell Howland 3 Head Coch MIchele Drinkard MICHELE DRINKARD Head Coach SEVENTH SEASON | ALABAMA, 1986 qualified for the NCAA East Regional. Four members of the team were named NGCA All-American Scholar- • Top 50 Teacher by Golf for Women magazine Athletes, and the Rebels tied with South Carolina for • Dixie Section PGA Teacher of the Year the most selections in the SEC. • Two-time Big South Coach of the Year In 2010, the Rebels earned their second straight NCAA appearance. The team went into the final day of When head coach Michele Drinkard took over the play at the regional with a chance to advance to the Ole Miss program in the summer of 2007, she was NCAA Finals for the first time ever. charged with the task of rebuilding a program that Individually, Sara Grantham earned All-SEC sec- had not seen much success since its last NCAA ap- ond team honors, becoming the second player under pearance in 2004. The Rebels had been a program Drinkard to earn All-conference honors. Ole Miss con- with tournament titles and four previous NCAA Re- tinued its academic prowess under Drinkard, as four gional appearances. But the four seasons prior to players earned NGCA All-American Scholar accolades. Drinkard’s arrival saw the team struggle to last place the Central Regional in 2012 and the East Regional in The Rebels tied with South Carolina for the most selec- finishes in the SEC and no NCAA appearances. It didn’t 2013. tions in the SEC. take her long to ignite a fire under the program. In Drinkard’s sixth season as head coach of the In 2009, Drinkard led the Rebels to their best fin- Rebels, she helped lead them to their eighth post- ish in the SEC (7th) since 1999 and the program’s ON THE RISE season appearence at the East Regional in Auburn, first tournament title (Johnie Imes Invitational) since In seven years, Drinkard has guided the Rebels to Ala. This was the Rebels fifth straight postseason ap- 2004. The team earned the program’s first NCAA ap- five straight postseason appearances, as the Rebels pearence. pearance since 2004, participating in the NCAA East participated in the NCAA East Regional in 2009, the In 2010, the Rebels boasted an individual winner, Regional. Central Regional in 2010, the East Regional in 2011, as Natalie Gleadall captured the Cougar Classic, and The Rebels earned additional top-five finishes at 4 Head Coach Michele Drinkard the Mercedes-Benz, The Derby, Kiawah Island Inter- finishes while at Ole Miss. 4 MICHELE DRINKARD FILE 3 collegiate and the Rebel Intercollegiate. The team’s Natalie Gleadall, the last Rebel to receive an indi- 881 total at the Mercedes-Benz is the lowest three- vidual tournament title, joined fellow Ole Miss alumni PERSONAL round total in school history. Nikki Hadd-Gray on the Symetra Tour in 2013. Gleadall, • Daughter of Karen Drinkard Dori Carter became the first player in the history who played for the Rebels from 2010 to 2012, posted • Grandaughter of Edythe and Roy Drinkard of the program to earn All-SEC first team honors mul- five top 5