2005-06 Michigan State Golf 2004-05 Season in Review

2005-06 Michigan State Golf 2004-05 Season In Review

Season Spotlight The Spartans appeared in a total of 12 events, including three post-season outings - the Big Ten Championship, NCAA Central Regionals and the NCAA Championships. All told, the Green and White posted eight top- 10 finishes, including its first tournament title of the year at the final event of the season, the Lady Buck- eye Invitational. MSU also finished in the top 10 at the Lady Northern Invitational (fourth - Sept. 11- 12); Mary Fossum Invitational (second - Sept. 18- 19), Lady Paladin Invitational (seventh - Oct. 22- 24), Central District Classic (eighth - Feb. 21-22) and the Liz Murphey Invitational (tied for eighth - March 25-27). MSU took home the tournament title at the Lady Buckeye Invitational with a three-round 886 As for post-season events, MSU placed third at (293-295-298). Rachel Meikle led State at the Buckeye, finishing in second place. the Big Ten Championship (April 22-24), seventh at the NCAA Regionals (May 5-7) and 17th at the Rose registered a 77.43 stroke average to rank 2004-05 season. Heather Rose and Sara Brown NCAA Championships (May 17-20). 18th in the single-season record book. led the team with four individual team-best finishes, while Mandi McConnell ranked third with three Heading To The Promised Land In The Rankings team-best showings. Rachel Meikle notched two For Michigan State, heading to the NCAA Cham- MSU finished the season ranked 35th in the back-to-back team-best outings, while Dayna pionships has become a trend. In the past six sea- nation by Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Burleigh and Kristen Polanski each finished the sons, the Spartans have advanced to the national season with a single team-best finish for the Spar- championships five times (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Grabbing A Title In Style tans. and 2005). The 2003 season marked the only time MSU took home its first tournament title of the in that span the team failed to make the national season at its final regular-season outing, the Lady Youth Leads The Way championships. State’s best finish at the NCAA Buckeye Invitational (April 16-17). The Spartans Youth served as the driving force behind the Championships came in 2001, when the team fin- carded a three-round 886 (293-295-298) and led 2004-05 women’s golf team. With no seniors and ished tied for 12th place. State’s 17th-place finish in the rest of the field by nine strokes. seven underclassmen on the roster, State gained 2005 ranks third on State’s all-time NCAA Champi- Individually, Rachel Meikle paced the way, fin- a great deal of hands-on experience on the course. onships finish chart. ishing in sole possession of second with a career- Sophomores Mandi McConnell, Heather Rose All told, MSU has made seven appearances in best 219 (72-74-73). The finish was the best of her and Rachel Meikle each stepped up to the forefront the NCAA Championships in the history of the pro- young career and her second collegiate top-10 and gained a great deal of experience throughout gram, including 1982 (18th), 1984 (16th), 2000 (T- showing. the season. Alongside the solid sophomore class, 20th), 2001 (T-12th), 2002 (19th), 2004 (24th) and red-shirt freshman Kristen Polanski and true fresh- 2005 (17th). Two individuals - Syd Wells (1983) Making The Cut man Sara Brown both became steady contributors and Lisa Marino (1985) - also have advanced to Only three Spartans appeared in each of MSU’s to the team. the national championships. 12 tournaments during the 2004-05 year. Heather All told, MSU had zero seniors, four juniors, Rose, Mandi McConnell and Sara Brown each four sophomores, one red-shirt freshman and two Glancing At The Stats made the traveling roster for State in every tourna- true freshmen on its squad one year ago. Mandi McConnell paced the Spartans with a ment outing on the season. 76.97 stroke average on the season, which ranks Brown was the only freshmen to do so and Double Trouble tied for 13th on State’s all-time season stroke aver- became the first freshmen since Rose, who ap- In addition to their success on the course, three age list. peared in each of the Spartans’ 12 events in 2003- golfers -- Kristen Polanski, Dayna Burleigh and Rachel Meikle finished second with a 77.29 04, to accomplish the feat. Heather Rose -- earned Academic All-Big Ten stroke average, good for 14th on MSU’s all-time honors. To be eligible for the Academic All-Big Ten rankings. Sharing The Wealth team, athletes must be a letterwinner in at least their Sara Brown completed the year with a 77.30 Six different individuals paced the way for Michi- second academic year at their institution and carry average, placing her 15th all time, while Heather gan State in its tournament outings throughout the a career grade-point average of 3.0 or better.

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 17 2004-05 Final Statistics 2005-06 Michigan State Golf

Tournament Results Date Tournament MSU Finish Team Score Winner/Score Top MSU Indv./Score Place 9/11-12 Lady Northern Invitational 4th/15 305-291-303=899 Michigan/881 Mandi McConnell/224 10th 9/18-19 Mary Fossum Invitational 2nd/15 303-309-313=925 Michigan/919 Kristen Polanski/230 T-6th 10/8-10 Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate T-11th/17 303-312-312=927 Ohio State/874 Heather Rose/227 T-32nd 10/22-24 Lady Paladin Invitational T-7th/23 303-298-299=899 Furman/871 Sara Brown/220 T-9th 2/7-9 Northrop Grumman Invitational 15th/15 315-321-324=960 Pepperdine/896 Sara Brown/233 T-42nd 2/21-22 Central District Classic 8th/15 304-313-301=918 Missouri/879 Mandi McConnell/229 T-30th Heather Rose/229 T-30th 3/4-6 Lady Gator Invitational 14th/18 318-311-322=951 Wake Forest/883 Dayna Burleigh/234 T-40th 3/25-27 Liz Murphey Invitational T-8th/18 315-308-298=921 Georgia/892 Rachel Meikle/226 T-14th 4/16-17 Buckeye Invitational 1st/15 293-295-298=886 Michigan State/886 Rachel Meikle/219 2nd 4/22-24 Big Ten Championship 3rd/11 306-306-321=933 Ohio State/900 Heather Rose/227 T-4th 5/5-7 NCAA Regionals 7th/21 300-307-302=909 Auburn/896 Sara Brown/226 T-20th Heather Rose/226 T-20th 5/17-20 NCAA Championships 17th/24 304-301-299-302=1206 Duke/1170 Sara Brown/297 T-27th Mandi McConnell/297 T-27th

Individual Statistics Best Rounds Finishes INDIV. STATS Evts Rds. Strokes Avg. 18 36 54 72 Top 20 Top 10 Top 5 Best Place Sara Brown 12 37 2,860 77.30 71 147 220 297 4 2 0 T9th/Lady Paladin Dayna Burleigh 11 34 2,654 78.06 72 148 224 307 2 0 0 T13th/Buckeye Kelly Collier 1 3 266 88.67 83 175 266 -- 0 0 0 83rd/Mary Fossum Jennifer Johnson 1 3 234 78.00 75 157 234 -- 0 0 0 T22nd/Mary Fossum Christy Jonkhoff 1 3 242 80.67 80 162 242 -- 0 0 0 T48th/Mary Fossum Mandi McConnell 12 37 2,848 76.97 70 145 219 297 4 1 0 10th/Lady Northern Rachel Meikle 10 31 2,396 77.29 70 146 219 312 3 1 1 2nd/Buckeye Kristen Polanski 7 21 1,663 79.19 73 151 228 -- 2 1 0 T6th/Mary Fossum Heather Rose 12 37 2,865 77.43 71 149 224 310 3 1 1 T4th/Big Ten Jordyn Wells 2 6 484 80.67 78 160 238 -- 0 0 0 T34th/Mary Fossum Amanda Wilson 1 3 248 82.67 77 163 248 -- 0 0 0 T62nd/Mary Fossum TEAM 12 37 11,316 305.84 291 596 886 1,206 12 8 4 1st/Buckeye

Individual Tournament Results Sara Brown Mandi McConnell Kristen Polanski Lady Northern ...... 77-75-75=227 (T17th) Lady Northern ...... 73-77-74=224 (10th) Lady Northern ...... 79-74-75=228 (T22nd) Mary Fossum ...... 75-81-79=235 (T24th) Mary Fossum ...... 77-77-79=233 (T16th) Mary Fossum ...... 75-76-79=230 (T6th) Mercedes-Benz ...... 80-80-78=238 (T65th) Mercedes-Benz ...... 70-79-80=229 (T39th) Mercedes-Benz ...... 76-80-86=242 (T81st) Lady Paladin ...... 74-73-73=220 (T9th) Lady Paladin ...... 78-78-75=231 (T69th) Lady Paladin ...... 78-80-76=234 (T79th) Northrop Grumman ...... 77-81-75=233 (T42nd) Northrop Grumman ...... 82-78-76=236 (T55th) Northrop Grumman ...... 85-87-86=258 (81st) Central District ...... 82-78-80=240 (T60th) Central District ...... 76-79-74=229 (T30th) Buckeye...... 82-79-73=234 (T31st) Lady Gator ...... 79-80-81=240 (T61st) Lady Gator ...... 82-79-85=246 (T74th) Big Ten ...... 78-76-83=237 (T16th) Liz Murphey ...... 80-79-76=235 (T49th) Liz Murphey ...... 76-78-75=229 (T26th) Buckeye...... 78-72-75=225 (10th) Buckeye...... 71-74-81=226 (T11th) Heather Rose Big Ten ...... 78-81-85=244 (T34th) Big Ten ...... 77-79-79=235 (T12th) Lady Northern ...... 78-71-79=228 (T22nd) NCAA Central Regional...... 72-79-75=226 (T20th) NCAA Central Regional...... 74-82-77=233 (T56th) Mary Fossum ...... 87-75-76=238 (T34th) NCAA Championships ...... 71-77-74-75=297 (T27th) NCAA Championships ...... 76-73-70-78=297 (T27th) Mercedes-Benz ...... 77-75-75=227 (T32nd) Lady Paladin ...... 76-74-74=224 (T31st) Dayna Burleigh Rachel Meikle Northrop Grumman ...... 79-84-87=250 (T74th) Mary Fossum ...... 79-77-77=233 (T16th) Lady Northern ...... 77-71-81=229 (T26th) Central District ...... 74-78-77=229 (T30th) Mercedes-Benz ...... 82-78-79=239 (T69th) Mary Fossum ...... 76-82-83=241 (T46th) Lady Gator ...... 82-78-82=242 (T64th) Lady Paladin ...... 75-73-76=224 (T31st) Mercedes-Benz ...... 80-74-79=233 (T52nd)* Liz Murphey ...... 81-76-77=234 (T46th) Northrop Grumman ...... 77-78-87=242 (65th) Central District ...... 77-79-75=231 (T39th) Buckeye...... 78-75-77=230 (T20th) Central District ...... 77-78-75=230 (T36th) Lady Gator ...... 81-78-77=236 (T52nd) Big Ten ...... 73-76-78=227 (T4th) Lady Gator ...... 76-76-82=234 (T40th) Liz Murphey ...... 78-78-70=226 (T14th) NCAA Central Regional...... 79-72-75=226 (T20th) Liz Murphey ...... 82-76-79=237 (T59th) Buckeye...... 72-74-73=219 (2nd) NCAA Championships ...... 80-74-79-77=310 (T98th) Buckeye...... 72-76-79=227 (T13th) Big Ten ...... 81-77-81=239 (T18th) Big Ten ...... 80-77-84=241 (T25th) NCAA Central Regional...... 75-74-81=230 (T37th) * - competed as an individual NCAA Central Regional...... 82-83-75=240 (T89th) NCAA Championships ...... 80-80-78-74=312 (T107th) NCAA Championships ...... 77-77-77-76=307 (T85th)

18 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf 2004-05 Match-by-Match Results

Lady Northern — Ann Arbor, Mich...... 305-291-303=899 (4th/15) Lady Gator — Gainesville, Fla...... 318-311-322=951 (14th/18) Mandi McConnell ...... 73-77-74=224 (10th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 76-76-82=234 (T-40th) Sara Brown ...... 77-75-75=227 (T-17th) Rachel Meikle ...... 81-78-77=236 (T-52nd) Heather Rose ...... 78-71-79=228 (T-22nd) Sara Brown ...... 79-80-81=240 (T-61st) Kristen Polanski ...... 79-74-75=228 (T-22nd) Heather Rose ...... 82-78-82=242 (T-64th) Rachel Meikle ...... 77-71-81=229 (T-26th) Mandi McConnell ...... 82-79-85=246 (T-74th) Jordyn Wells ...... 81-83-82=246 (T-73rd) Liz Murphey — Athens, Ga...... 315-308-298=921 (T8th/18) Fossum Invitational — East Lansing, Mich. ....303-309-313=925 (2nd/15) Rachel Meikle ...... 78-78-70=226 (T-14th) Team A Mandi McConnell ...... 76-78-75=229 (T-26th) Kristen Polanski ...... 75-76-79=230 (T-6th) Heather Rose ...... 81-76-77=234 (T-46th) Mandi McConnell ...... 77-77-79=233 (T-16th) Sara Brown ...... 80-79-76=235 (T-49th) Sara Brown ...... 75-81-79=235 (T-24th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 82-76-79=237 (T-59th) Heather Rose ...... 87-75-76=238 (T-34th) Rachel Meikle ...... 76-82-83=241 (T-46th) Buckeye Invite — Columbus, Ohio...... 293-295-298=886 (1st/15) Team B Rachel Meikle ...... 72-74-73=219 (2nd) Dayna Burleigh ...... 79-77-77=233 (T-16th) Sara Brown ...... 78-72-75=225 (10th) Jennifer Johnson ...... 82-75-77=234 (T-22nd) Mandi McConnell ...... 71-74-81=226 (T-11th) Jordyn Wells ...... 78-82-78=238 (T-34th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 72-76-79=227 (T-13th) Christy Jonkhoff ...... 81-81-80=242 (T-48th) Heather Rose ...... 78-75-77=230 (T-20th) Amanda Wilson ...... 86-77-85=248 (T-62nd) Kristen Polanski ...... 82-79-73=234 (T-31st) Kelly Collier ...... 83-92-91=266 (83rd)* Kelly Thesier ...... 95-89-89=273 (86th)* Big Ten Champ — Ann Arbor, Mich...... 306-306-321=933 (3rd/11) Heather Rose ...... 73-76-78=227 (T-4th) Mercedes-Benz — Knoxville, Tenn...... 303-312-312=927 (T11th/17) Mandi McConnell ...... 77-79-79=235 (T-12th) Heather Rose ...... 77-75-75=227 (T-32nd) Kristen Polanski ...... 78-76-83=237 (T-16th) Mandi McConnell ...... 70-79-80=229 (T-39th) Rachel Meikle ...... 81-77-81=239 (T-18th) Rachel Meikle ...... 80-74-79=233 (T-52nd)* Dayna Burleigh ...... 80-77-84=241 (T-25th) Sara Brown ...... 80-80-78=238 (T-65th) Sara Brown ...... 78-81-85=244 (T-34th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 82-78-79=239 (T-69th) Kristen Polanski ...... 76-80-86=242 (T-81st) NCAA Central Regional — Lubbock, Texas ....300-307-302=909 (7th/21) Sara Brown ...... 72-79-75=226 (T-20th) Lady Paladin — Greenville, S.C...... 303-298-298=899 (T7th/23) Heather Rose ...... 79-72-75=226 (T-20th) Sara Brown ...... 74-73-73=220 (T-9th) Rachel Meikle ...... 75-74-81=230 (T-37th) Heather Rose ...... 76-74-74=224 (T-31st) Mandi McConnell ...... 74-82-77=233 (T-56th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 75-73-76=224 (T-31st) Dayna Burleigh ...... 82-83-75=240 (T-89th) Mandi McConnell ...... 78-78-75=231 (T-69th) Kristen Polanski ...... 78-80-76=234 (T-79th) NCAA Championships — Sunriver, Ore. .. 304-301-299-302=1,206 (17th/24) Sara Brown ...... 71-77-74-75=297 (T-27th) Northrop Grumman — Palos Verdes, Calif. . 315-321-324=960 (15th/15) Mandi McConnell ...... 76-73-70-78=297 (T-27th) Sara Brown ...... 77-81-75=233 (T-42nd) Dayna Burleigh ...... 77-77-77-76=307 (T-85th) Mandi McConnell ...... 82-78-76=236 (T-55th) Heather Rose ...... 80-74-79-77=310 (T-98th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 77-78-87=242 (65th) Rachel Meikle ...... 80-80-78-74=312 (T-107th) Heather Rose ...... 79-84-87=250 (T-74th) Kristen Polanski ...... 85-87-86=258 (81st)

Central District — Parrish, Fla...... 304-313-301=918 (8th/15) Mandi McConnell ...... 76-79-74=229 (T-30th) Heather Rose ...... 74-78-77=229 (T-30th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 77-78-75=230 (T-36th) Rachel Meikle ...... 77-79-75=231 (T-39th) Sara Brown ...... 82-78-80=240 (T-60th)

* competed as an individual Rachel Meikle (right), with head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll, had a career-best second- place finish at the Buckeye Invitational.

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 19 Spartans And The LPGA 2005-06 Michigan State Golf

Emily Bastel Sue Ertl Becky Iverson Bonnie Lauer Barb Mucha Stacy Snider

Emily BASTEL Joyce KAZMIERSKI • In 2003, tied for 54th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Joined the LPGA: 2005 Joined the LPGA: 1968 Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2004 sea- Career Earnings: $55,861 Career Earnings: $330,761 son. • Has appeared in 15 events, making eight cuts. • Totaled more than $330,000 on the LPGA Tour from • Became the first woman to win the Michigan PGA • First career top-10 finish with a 10th place showing at 1968-86. Tournament of Champions in July 2003. the BMO Financial Group Canadian Women’s Open. • Ranked as high as 10th on the LPGA Tour (1973). • Captured the Michigan PGA Women’s Open Champi- • Had a hole-in-one on the par 3, hole 13 at the Canadian • Six career runner-up finishes. onship in July 2004. Open. • Fired career-best 67 in first round of Canadian Open. Bonnie LAUER • Tied for 42nd at the LPGA Corning Classic. Joined the LPGA: 1975 • Tied for 46th at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship. Career Earnings: $539,876 • Member of the FUTURES Tour in 2004 and finished • 1975 LPGA Rookie of the Year. sixth on the money list with five top-five finishes. • Member of the LPGA from 1975-92. • Qualified for the 2004 and 2005 U.S. Women’s Open • Winner of two LPGA tournaments. Championship. • Member of the 2002 U.S. Curtis Cup Team. Barb MUCHA Joined the LPGA: 1987 Sue ERTL Career Earnings: $2,408,987.00 Joined the LPGA: 1982 • Has posted 40 top-10 finishes on the LPGA tour. Career Earnings: $312,700.09 • Has played in seven events in 2005. Allison FOUCH • Member of the LPGA Women’s Golf Senior Tour. • Five-time winner on the LPGA tour. • Turned professional and joined the FUTURES Tour • Competed in 18 events on the FUTURES Tour, posting • Missed the second half of the 2004 season due to injury. after finishing her senior year in May 2004. two top-10 finishes in 2001. • Tied for seventh at the 2003 Chick-Fil-A Charity Cham- • Appeared in 12 events on the FUTURES Tour in 2005. • Finished fourth on the 2000 FUTURES Tour money list. pionship. • Tied for 14th at the Michelob ULTRA FUTURES Char- • 1999 Winner of Hard Labor Creek FUTURES Classic • Recorded hole-in-one during the second round of the ity Golf Classic. • 11-year Member of the LPGA Tour (1982-93) 2001 Standard Register PING. • Appeared in 12 events in 2004, making 10 cuts • Tied for fourth at the 1990 LPGA Championship. • Played in 22 events in 2000, posting five top-20 fin- • Had four top-10 finishes in 2004, including a tie for fourth ishes, including a season-best seventh place at the AFLAC at the Betty Puskar FUTURES Classic and a fifth-place Becky IVERSON Champions. showing at The New Innsbrook C.C. FUTURES Golf Joined the LPGA: 1994 • Earned $103,345 in 18 events in 1999. Classic. Career Earnings: $1,384,952.00 • 1998 LPGA winner of Sara Lee Classic • Qualified for the 2003 U.S. Women’s Open Champion- • Has played in 12 tournaments in 2005. • Earned $307,644 and recorded 11 top-20 finishes in ship as an amateur. • Tied for 30th at the LPGA Corning Classic. 1998. • Best finish in 2004 was a tie for 11th at the Franklin • Totaled seven top-10 finishes in 1997. American Mortgage Championship benefiting Vanderbilt • 1996 LPGA winner of Chick-fil-A Championship. Children’s Hospital, carding a season-low 68 during the • Passed the $1 million career earnings mark on June 1, FUTURES Tour final round. 1996. Current Players • In 2002, tied for ninth at the Kraft Nabisco Champion- • 1994 LPGA winner of State Farm Rail Classic. Allison Fouch ship and tied for 10th at the Williams Championship. • 1992 LPGA winner of inaugural Oldsmobile Classic. Stacy Snider • Tied for fourth at the 2001 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic. • 1990 LPGA winner of Boston Five Classic. • Tied for sixth at the 2001 McDonald’s LPGA Champi- • Prior to joining the LPGA Tour, won six times on the Former Players onship, marking her best-ever finish in a major champi- FUTURES Tour. Jenn Brody onship Faith Egli • Tied for second at the 2000 British Open. Stacy SNIDER Kelly Holland • Finished 29th on the money list in 1999 with $297,973. Joined the LPGA: 2004 Amy Lovisek • Posted four top-10 finishes in 1999, including a tie for Career Earnings: $3,909.00 Lisa Marino second at the Firstar LPGA Classic, where she lost to • Appeared in six tournaments in 2005. Jennifer Mieras-Carfine Rosie Jones on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff. • Tied for 51st at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. • Earned $77,884 and posted five top-20 finishes in 1998. • Made LPGA debut on May 27, 2004, at the Corning Stacy Slobodnik • Set a career-best scoring average of 72.89 in 1998. Classic in Corning, N.Y. Kathy Teichert • Won the 1995 LPGA Friendly’s Classic. • Played in second LPGA Tournament - the Giant Eagle Syd Wells • Has two career holes-in-one on the LPGA Tour. LPGA Classic, July 16-18, 2004.

20 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf Spartan History Mary Fossum Mary Fossum Endowed Scholarship For Women’s Golf Head Coach (1973-97) The Michigan State University Athletics Department announced the re- Golf Coaches Hall of Fame (1998) ceipt of its first-ever fully endowed scholarship on May 9, 2001. MSU Athletics Hall of Fame (2003) A $300,000 anonymous gift was revealed by former MSU Director of Athletics Clarence Underwood to fully fund a scholarship in the Spartan Mary McMillin Fossum was the women’s golf program and will bear the name of longtime head women’s golf first and only head coach in the his- coach Mary Fossum (1973-97). tory of Spartan women’s golf prior to Under Fossum’s guidance, the Spartans won an unprecedented five 1997, coaching from 1973 until her straight Big Ten titles from 1974-78 and played in six consecutive AIAW retirement. For 17 of those years, National Championships (1973-78). The Spartans regained the conference Fossum was part of a unique coach- crown in 1982 and played in the 1982 and 1984 NCAA Championships. ing pair as her husband, Bruce, MSU claimed its third conference runner-up spot under Fossum at the 1987 coached the MSU men’s team for 25 Big Ten Championship. seasons before his retirement in “The Athletics Department is extremely proud and grateful to receive this 1989. generous commitment,” stated Dr. Underwood. “Our women’s golf program Under Fossum’s guidance, the has a strong tradition of excellence and to bear the name of our Hall of Fame Spartans won an unprecedented five coach is certainly most appropriate.” straight Big Ten titles from 1974-78 Under current head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll’s direction, the MSU and played in six consecutive AIAW National Championships (1973-78). The women’s golf team has made seven-straight NCAA Regional appearances Spartans regained the conference crown in 1982 and played in the 1982 and (1999-2005) and five NCAA Championship appearances (2000, 2001, 2002, 1984 NCAA Championships. MSU claimed its third conference runner-up 2004 and 2005). MSU captured the 2001 Big Ten title, its first since the 1982 spot under Fossum at the 1987 Big Ten Championship. season, as Slobodnik was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year. Those accomplishments led to recognition of Fossum as one of the country’s “We have strived to continue the outstanding legacy that Coach Fossum best collegiate golf coaches. She was honored as the first-ever NCAA Mid- established,” said Slobodnik-Stoll. “This gift just puts our program one step west Region Coach of the Year in 1984 and was inducted into the Golf closer to our championship goals.” Coaches Hall of Fame in 1988. Several Spartan athletic teams have benefitted from partially endowed In 1999, Michigan State’s annual fall women’s golf tournament was re- scholarships, but this $300,000 gift insures a full-ride scholarship in perpetuity. named the Mary Fossum Invitational. In January of 1998, Fossum was hon- The guidelines for the Fossum Scholarship provide for the recipient to be a ored by the College Golf Foundation with the Rolex/Gladys Palmer Meritori- student-athlete with high academic standing at MSU, who has completed her ous Service Award for outstanding service and contributions to collegiate junior season of competition. women’s golf. She was inducted into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. “The Ralph Young Fund staff in our Development Office did a superb job 27, 2003. in making this gift a reality,” said Dr. Underwood. “And I truly believe it will A native of Green Bay, Wis., Fossum won the Wisconsin women’s golf influence other alumni and friends to step forward and fund scholarships in championship in 1945, 1946 and 1947. One of the many highlights of her other sports as we look to the future.” career was her match-play victory over Mildred (Babe) Didrikson-Zaharias “The Mary Fossum Golf Scholarship could be just the beginning of a new in the 1946 Women’s Western Amateur semifinals. Fossum was inducted in era in philanthropy for Spartan athletics,” stated Chris Ritrievi, former Director 1990 into the Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame, making her only the fifth woman to of Development for MSU Intercollegiate Athletics. “Although the family wishes achieve that distinction. to remain anonymous, they know how deeply we cherish their loyal generos- Fossum also was involved at the national level, serving as a member of ity.” the NCAA golf committee which guides the national development and administration of women’s collegiate golf. The Fossums, who have four children and nine grandchildren, reside in Okemos.

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 21 The Emily Bastel Record Book 2005-06 Michigan State Golf

One of MSU’s most-decorated golfers ... closed 2000-01: Named to the All-Big Ten Team for third career as the MSU record holder in career scor- consecutive year ... set a then MSU single-season ing average at 75.75 ... one of four players in record with a 75.24 stroke average ... finished in Spartan history to record rounds in the 60s ... one the top 15 in 11 of the 13 tournaments to lead the of just two Spartans to have been named to the All- Spartans ... played in all 13 events ... won the Big Ten Team for four consecutive years (Kasey Indiana Invitational, after carding a 223 ... led the Gant 1998-2001 is the other) ... selected to the team at the prestigious Liz Murphey Invitational, 2002 U.S. Curtis Cup, becoming just the second placing 12th after shooting a three-round total of Spartan golfer (Bonnie Lauer, 1974) to earn the 77-76-75=228 ... tied for 14th at the NCAA West prestigious honor ... chosen to represent the United Regional with a three-round total of 76-71-76=223 States at the World University Games in Malaysia ... MSU’s top finisher at the NCAA Championship, in October ... participated at the 2002 U.S. Open placing tied for 13th with a four-day total of 294 ... Championships ... a four-year letterwinner. shot a 70 on the final day ... Academic All-Big Ten 2001-02: Earned All-America second-team hon- for second straight year ... helped lead MSU to its ors becoming the first Spartan golfer since 1985 to first Big Ten Championship since 1982, placing tied earn All-America honors ... Big Ten Women’s Golf for 10th with a four-day total of 76-75-79-78=308. Athlete of the Year ... became the first Spartan golfer Summer 2000: Advanced to the quarterfinals of to earn the honor ... named to the All-Big Ten team the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Champi- for a fourth consecutive year ... Academic All-Big onship in Aberdeen, N.C., before falling to Jenna Ten ... named the MSU George Alderton Female Daniels, 3-2. Athlete of the Year ... set MSU single-season record 1999-2000: Posted a record-setting year in her with a 74.81 stroke average ... finished in the top sophomore campaign ... became MSU’s first official In 2002, Emily Bastel became the first Spar- 15 in 10 of the 12 tournaments ... selected as Golf player to take medalist honors at the Big Ten Cham- tan golfer since Bonnie Lauer in 1974 to make World’s National College Player of the Week (March pionship ... named to the All-Big Ten team for a the U.S. Curtis Cup team. She had the op- 29) after setting a Spartan 54-hole school-record second straight season ... named the MSU George portunity to meet Arnie Palmer during the with a 214 (69-74-71) at the USF Waterlefe Invita- Alderton Female Athlete of the Year, the first golfer competition. tional ... won the Indiana Invitational the following ever to earn the honor ... Academic All-Big Ten ... hole-in-one Oct. 23 at the Notre Dame Invitational. week, after carding a 219 (74-75-70) ... tied for team’s top player with a then MSU-record 75.76 High School: A three-time all-state and four-time second at the Lady Buckeye Invitational ... led the stroke average ... played in all 13 events ... posted All-Northwest Ohio selection at Upper Sandusky team at the prestigious Liz Murphey Invitational, a career-best score of 69 in the second round of HS ... a two-time All-Northern Ohio League selec- placing 12th after shooting a three-round total of the Big Ten Championship, good for a second place tion and the two-time Lake Erie Player of the Year 77-76-75=228 ... tied for 14th at the NCAA West tie on the Spartan chart for low round ... named to ... led the team to the league championship as a Regional with a three-round total of 76-71-76=223. Golfweek/Sagrin All-Midwest District First Team. senior with a 39.0 stroke average ... the 1996 state Summer 2001: Advanced to the semifinals of the Summer 1999: Won the Ohio State Amateur. junior champion ... advanced to the second round U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship in Wichita, 1998-99: Enjoyed a phenomenal rookie season of the 1997 USGA Girls Junior Championship ... Kan., before falling to Meredith Duncan, 3-1 ...... named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, NGCA National Honor Society. won Ohio Amateur Championship. Midwest District Freshman of the Year and earned Personal: Born Aug. 6, 1980 ... daughter of David a spot on the All-Big Ten Team ... named to and Debbie Bastel ... father is a golf professional, Golfweek/Sagrin All-Midwest District Second Team while mother is a golf course manager ... father ... led Michigan State with a 77.36 stroke average, played collegiate golf at Bowling Green, as did her the second-best average in school history ... fin- aunt, Linda Bastel Powers, and her cousin, Nick ished in the top 20 in 10 of 12 tournaments, the top Myers ... uncle, Buddy Powers, was the former 10 eight times and the top five five times ... led hockey coach at Bowling Green ... major was mar- Michigan State in six tournaments, including each keting. of the last three and five of the last six ... MSU’s top finisher at Big Tens (sixth with a four-round 310) and the NCAA East Regional (tied for 41st with a three-round 229) ... best finish was second at the Mary Fossum Invita- Bastel’s Career Statistics tional, one stroke behind Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 18 36 54 Best Finish 1998-99 33 2,553 77.36 71 151 225 2nd - Fossum medalist Kasey Gant ... 1999-2000 39 2,955 75.76 69 153 223 1st - Big Ten earned three third-place 2000-01 37 2,784 75.24 70 142 217 1st - Indiana finishes ... recorded a 2001-02 37 2,768 74.81 69 146 214 1st - USF, Indiana Totals 146 11,060 75.75

22 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf All-American Allison Fouch

Owns the second-lowest career average in MSU Women’s North and South Amateur Championship history with a 76.49 average ... Currently, playing ... second at the Michigan Women’s Open Champi- on the FUTURES Tour. onship. 2003-04: Earned All-America Honorable Mention 2002-03: Selected to the All-Big Ten Second Team status to become the eighth Spartan golfer to re- ... Academic All-Big Ten ... competed in all 11 events ceive the honor ... All-Big Ten First-Team honoree ... her 76.82 stroke average was 10th best in Spar- ... became just the fourth Spartan to earn All-Big tan single-season history ... posted four top-20 fin- Ten honors at least three times in her career ... ishes ... led MSU to its highest finish of the season Academic All-Big Ten ... finished with a 75.00 stroke (third) at the Mary Fossum Classic by firing a 75- average - second best in Spartan single-season 72-74=221 ... finished second after losing a sud- history ... six top-10 finishes, including five top-five den death playoff ... tied for seventh at the Give showings ... her five top-five showings pace MSU ‘Em Five Intercollegiate (76-75-72) ... carded a ... took medalist honors in back-to-back events (Bad- 75-75-74=224 on her way to a 17th-place finish at ger Invitational - Sept. 12-14 and Fossum Invita- the SunTrust Invitational ... MSU’s top finisher at tional - Sept. 20-21) ... placed fifth at the Central the Big Ten Championships, placing tied for 11th District with a 224 (74-76-74) ... earned Big Ten with a 303 (79-76-72-76) ... the 303 ranks tied for Golfer of the Week honors after a fourth-place show- 10th on MSU’s low 72-hole tournament score ... ing at the Lady Gator Invitational with a 219 (69- tied for 41st at the NCAA Central Regional with a 78-72) ... fired a 69 in the opening round at the 236 (81-77-78). 2000-01: Led the Spartans to their first conference Lady Gator Invitational for the third lowest-18 hole Summer 2002: Traveled to Taipei in August to championship since 1982 with a career-best sec- score in school history ... her 219 is the 11th best compete in the World University Games where she ond-place finish ... fired a 70 on day two at the low 54-hole tournament score ... also shot a 219 placed second ... shot a 154 at the Grand Rapids conference championships, her first competitive (70-75-74) at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic FUTURES Classic. round under par as a Spartan ... posted biggest for an 11th-place finish ... placed 11th at the Boiler- 2001-02: Earned All-Big Ten honors ... one of turnaround at NCAA West Regional ... tied for 71st maker Invitational with a 231 (78-76-77) ... tied for three Spartans to play in all 13 events ... posted after day one with an 82 and finished the West 11th at the Big Ten Championships with MSU’s ninth-best single-season average (76.43) ... had Regional tied for 29th, after carding a 74-74 the last 17th-lowest 72-hole tournament score (307) ... tied 10 top-20 finishes, including four in the top 10 and two days ... appeared in 10 events and one as an for fourth at the 2004 NCAA Central Regional Cham- two in the top five ... captured medalist honors for individual ... finished in the top-20 four times, in- pionships with a 221 (73-74-74), marking the best- the first time in collegiate career at the Pine Needles cluding two top-10 finishes ... Academic All-Big Ten ever finish by a Spartan in regional play ... tied for Invitational (74-71=145), leading MSU to its first ... NGCA Academic All-American. 16th with a 291 (70-72-73-76) at the NCAA Cham- tournament win of season ... holds the second spot Summer 2000: Ashworth Midwest Collegiate Ama- pionships ... her 291 was the second-lowest 73- in Spartan records for a low 36-hole tournament teur Series Player of the Year ... won Grand Rap- hole tournament score in school history and her score (145) ... led the Spartans to a fifth-place fin- ids City Championship. 16th-place showing was the second-best finish by ish at the TRW Regional Challenge with an eighth- 1999-2000: Redshirt year. a Spartan in a national championship ... MSU’s place finish, shooting a 76-76-68=220 ... tied with High School: Earned four letters in high school, Chester Brewer Leadership Award winner. former Spartan Kasey Gant for the lowest 18-hole the first two at West Catholic before finishing up at Summer 2003: Qualified for U.S. Women’s Open score with a career-best 68 in the final round of the East Grand Rapids ... three-time all-area and all- Championship ... advanced to match play at the TRW ... tied for 14th at the NCAA Fall Preview (75- state and two-time all-conference and Super Team Women’s Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Ama- 72=147), the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate (69- selection ... team was undefeated as a senior and teur Championships ... competed in the 101st 79-80=228) and the Big Ten Championship (78- won the state title ... medalist at the state tournament 76-79-80=313) ... tied for second at the as a junior and in the top three two other times ... Central District Classic, firing a 72-72- twice won her conference tournament and twice 73=217, a score that ties for fifth in Spar- won the city title ... also lettered in softball and bowl- tan history for a low 54-hole tournament ing ... earned the U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete Award. score ... placed 10th at the NCAA Cen- Personal: Born Dec. 11, 1980 ... daughter of Jerry tral Regional. and Sue Fouch ... father played football and base- Summer 2001: Qualified for the U.S. ball in college ... major was chemistry. Women’s Amateur Champion- Fouch’s Career Statistics ship, earning Year Rounds Strokes Avg. 18 36 54 Best Finish 2000-01 31 2,418 78.00 70 148 225 T2 - Big Ten co-medalist 2001-02 37 2,828 76.43 68 145 217 1 - Pine Needles honors with a 2002-03 33 2,535 76.82 72 154 221 2 - Mary Fossum Allison Fouch finished second at the 2002 World Uni- 73. 2003-04 37 2,775 75.00 69 144 219 1 - Badger & Fossum versity Games in Taipei. Totals 138 10,556 76.49

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 23 Former Spartans Joan Garety and Stacy Snider 2005-06 Michigan State Golf Joan Garety Stacy Snider 2000 Rolex Achievement Award Won her first professional tournament, the $100,000 On the eve of the 2000 U.S. Open in Pebble Beach, Calif., former Spartan Detroit Newspapers Tourna- golfer Joan Garety was honored as one of two recipients of the Rolex Achieve- ment of Champions on July ment Award. 23, 2003, at Boyne Mountain Since 1996, Rolex Watch U.S.A and the College Golf Foundation have Resort ... in doing so, became the first female or amateur to paid tribute to past participants in the world of collegiate golf who have achieved win this prestigious tourna- excellence in their chosen careers. The man and woman honored annually ment ... owns the fourth-low- by Rolex and the CGF as the Rolex Achievement winners are unique in their est career average in Spar- character and accomplishments. The spirit of this award honors both their tan history (77.43). professional successes and their contributions to society, made either as a 2001-02: Selected to the direct result of their career, or through humanitarian efforts. 2002 All-Big Ten Team for a In recognition of Joan’s achievement she received a Rolex watch, while second-straight year ... played in all 13 events ... her Rolex made a $2,500 donation to the Michigan State women’s golf program. 76.30 stroke average ranked Joan graduated summa cum laude from MSU in 1979 with a bachelor’s seventh on MSU’s single- degree in accounting. She was selected as a recipient of the Financial Execu- season chart ... seven top- tive Institute Award of the Detroit Chapter for the Outstanding Undergraduate 20 finishes, including two in the top five ... captured the tournament title with a Business Administration Student and received the MSU Board of Trustees 216 (72-71-73) at the Central District Classic ... tied for fifth at the Verizon Award for the highest overall grade-point average. “Mo”morial ... MSU’s top finisher at the Big Ten Championships, placing sixth As a four-year letterwinner and two-time co-captain, she won eight tour- with a 309 ... MSU’s top player at the NCAA Championships, finishing tied for 27th. naments and helped lead the Spartans to four-straight Big Ten Conference Summer 2001: Reached the semifinals of the Michigan Women’s Amateur titles. Championship ... advanced to the round of 64 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur She won the State of Michigan Women’s Amateur title in 1982 and 1997 Championship. and was twice selected as the Golf Association of Michigan Amateur Woman 2000-01: Named to the 2001 All-Big Ten Team for the first time ... played in all Player of the Year - in 1997 and 1999. She was inducted into the Michigan 13 events ... had a 76.41 average for the season - the sixth-lowest in school Golf Hall of Fame in 2005. history ... fourth at the 2001 Big Ten Championships ... led the Spartans with Garety began her finance career as an auditor for Arthur Andersen LLP six top-five finishes ... finished in the top-20 seven times ... won first individual title at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational ... set the MSU 54-hole tournament score and became a certified public accountant in 1981. Since 1986, she has worked at 216 (71-71-74) at the Big Ten/Big 12 Shoot-out ... MSU Tee Club Most with Meijer, Inc., where she currently is Vice-President Finance & Treasurer. Improved Player award. In 1988, Garety was the recipient of the Nell Jackson Outstanding Alumna Summer 2000: Michigan Women’s Amateur champion ... Michigan Open low Award for outstanding career accomplishments and in April of 2000, was amateur after shooting a 222 (78-72-72). honored as the Alumni Scholar-Athlete Award winner. 1999-2000: Competed in all 13 tournaments, posting a 77.71 average that A former president of the MSU Women’s Varsity Alumni Club, she is also a was third best on the team ... her season average is tied for ninth best in member of the Golf Association of Michigan Club Relations Committee. Garety Spartan history ... finished in the top 20 eight times and in the top 10 twice ... best finish was a tie for eighth at the Waterlefe/USF Invitational (78-75-76=229) is a member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and the ... tied for 10th at the Lady Buckeye Fall Invitational with a score of 229 ... American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Since 1995, she has been posted the team’s best finish at the TRW Regional Challenge with a 223, good a member of the MSU Athletic Council, which has advisory responsibilities for a tie for 15th ... MSU Tee Club Most Improved Player award. over the activities of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Summer 1999: Co-medalist in qualifying for the Michigan State Amateur with a 74 ... won the Grand Rapids Women’s City Tournament. 1998-99: Played in all 33 rounds with a 79.70 average ... produced five top 20 finishes, including two in the top 10 ... best individual finish came in the first tournament of her collegiate career, a fourth-place finish at the Mary Fossum Invitational ... finished the year strong, posting top-20 finishes in the final regular-season tournament (tied for 13th at the Lady Buckeye) and the Big Ten Championship (tied for 12th) ... MSU’s No. 3 finisher at the NCAA East Regional, where she fired a three-round 232. High School: Earned all-state, all-conference and all-area honors each of her four years at Grandville HS ... team captain and team MVP all four years ... twice named Michigan’s Miss Golf ... finished first at the state championship as a junior and senior ... captured medalist honors at the Buick Junior Open, the Kalamazoo Invitational and the Traverse City Invitational ... finished 10th at the McDonald’s Betsy Rawls Girls National Championship ... ranked No. 29 in Former Spartan star Joan Garety, joined by her parents Pat national girls rankings by Golf Week. and Jan, is presented with the 2000 Rolex Achievement Award Personal: Born Dec. 18, 1979, in Grand Rapids ... daughter of Larry and from PGA great Arnold Palmer. Judy Snider.

24 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf Honors and Awards

All-Americans Midwest District 1973 ...... Bonnie Lauer (AIAW) Freshman of the Year 1978 ...... Sue Ertl (AIAW) (selected by the Golf Coaches Association) 1982 ...... Syd Wells (HM) 1999 ...... Emily Bastel 1983 ...... Syd Wells (2nd Team) 1984 ...... Barb Mucha (HM) Golfweek/Sagrin All-Midwest District 1985 ...... Lisa Marino (HM) 2002 ...... Emily Bastel (2nd Team) 1999 ...... Kasey Gant (1st Team) 2004 ...... Allison Fouch (HM) ...... Emily Bastel (2nd Team) 2000 ...... Emily Bastel (1st Team) All-Big Ten ...... Kasey Gant (1st Team) 1982 ...... Nina Spatafora Midwest Coach of the Year ...... Lisa Speaker ...... Syd Wells 1984 ...... Mary Fossum 1983 ...... Syd Wells 1999 ...... Stacy Slobodnik 1984 ...... Barb Mucha World University Games 1985 ...... Kathy Teichert Kasey Gant was the first MSU golfer to earn ...... Paige Green All-Big Ten honors for four-straight years. 1987 ...... Lisa Marino ...... Lisa Marino 1998 ...... Kasey Gant 1986 ...... Lisa Marino 2002 ...... Allison Fouch 1987 ...... Lisa Marino 2004 ...... Sarah Martin ...... Faith Egli Curtis Cup 1988 ...... Faith Egli ...... Kelly Holland 1974 ...... Bonnie Lauer 1991 ...... Jenny Hecht 2002 ...... Emily Bastel 1996 ...... Jenn Kangas Academic All-Big Ten 1998 ...... Kasey Gant 1999 ...... Emily Bastel 1986 ...... Lisa Marino ...... Kasey Gant 1987 ...... Chris Clark 2000 ...... Emily Bastel ...... Sarah Fort ...... Kasey Gant ...... Becky Iverson 2001 ...... Emily Bastel ...... Jan Lesperance ...... Kasey Gant ...... Lisa Marino ...... Stacy Snider 1988 ...... Chris Clark 2002 ...... Emily Bastel ...... Sarah Fort Allison Fouch earned All-America Honorable ...... Allison Fouch ...... Kelly Holland Mention honors in 2004...... Stacy Snider ...... Becky Iverson 2003 ...... Allison Fouch (2nd team) 1989 ...... Sarah Fort 2004 ...... Allison Fouch 1991 ...... Gina Yoder ...... Ann Marie Kersten (2nd team) ...... Natalie Zapata ...... Sarah Martin (2nd team) 1992 ...... Gina Yoder 1993 ...... Gina Yoder Big Ten Coach of the Year 1994 ...... Julie Campbell 2001 ...... Stacy Slobodnik ...... Jenn Kangas 1995 ...... Julie Campbell Big Ten Golfer of the Year ...... Jenn Kangas 2002 ...... Emily Bastel ...... Amy Loviscek 1996 ...... Julie Campbell Big Ten Freshman of the Year ...... Jenn Kangas 1998 ...... Kasey Gant ...... Amy Loviscek 1999 ...... Emily Bastel ...... Lori Schlissberg 2003 ...... Dayna Burleigh 1997 ...... Ellen Bishop In 2002, Emily Bastel became the first MSU ...... Julie Campbell golfer to be selected as the Big Ten Golfer of ...... Amy Loviscek the Year...... Meggan Schumaker

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 25 Honors and Awards 2005-06 Michigan State Golf

1998 ...... Ellen Bishop Big Ten Sportsmanship Award ...... Tricia Gregory Presented annually by the Big Ten Conference for each ...... April Holly sport based on sportsmanship and community service...... Meggan Schumaker Winner who observes the rules at all times and be fair 1999 ...... Ellen Bishop and respectful to their opponent at all times. 2003 ...... Allison Fouch ...... Meggan Schumaker 2004 ...... Allison Fouch 2000 ...... Emily Bastel 2005 ...... Kristen Polanski 2001 ...... Emily Bastel ...... Allison Fouch George Alderton Female ...... Ann Marie Kersten Athlete of the Year 2002 ...... Emily Bastel Presented annually to the top female athlete at MSU ...... Allison Fouch 2000 ...... Emily Bastel ...... Ann Marie Kersten 2002 ...... Emily Bastel ...... Jessica Till 2003 ...... Allison Fouch Big Ten Medal of Honor ...... Jennifer Johnson Presented annually to a male and female student-ath- ...... Ann Marie Kersten lete at each conference institution for academic and ...... Sarah Martin Stacy Snider was a two-time All-Big Ten athletic excellence ...... Jessica Till honoree. 1982 ...... Lisa Speaker 2004 ...... Dayna Burleigh 1987 ...... Lisa Marino ...... Allison Fouch ...... Jennifer Johnson Dr. James Feurig ...... Ann Marie Kersten Achievement & Service Award 2005 ...... Dayna Burleigh Presented annually to a graduating senior for athletic and academic success and involvement in community ...... Kristen Polanski and school acitivities ...... Heather Rose 1978 ...... Joan Garety 1983 ...... Syd Wells NGCA Scholar-Athlete 1985 ...... Lisa Marino Chester Brewer Leadership 1987 ...... Becky Iverson Award 1993 ...... Gina Yoder Presented annually to a graduating senior for distin- 1996 ...... Julie Campbell guished performance in athletics and scholarship and 1997 ...... Julie Campbell possessing a high degree of leadership...... Amy Loviscek 2004 ...... Allison Fouch ...... Ellen Bishop ...... Meggan Schumaker MSU Freshman of the Year 1998 ...... April Holly Becky Iverson was an NGCA Academic All- Formerly presented to the top freshman female student-athlete at MSU ...... Ellen Bishop American in 1987. 1984 ...... Lisa Marino ...... Meggan Schumaker 1999 ...... Ellen Bishop MSU Sportswoman of the Year ...... Meggan Schumaker Formerly presented to the student-athlete who best com- 2001 ...... Allison Fouch bined athletic and academic achievement and gener- 2002 ...... Jessica Till ated respect for women’s athletics ...... Ann Marie Kersten 1978 ...... Sue Ertl 2003 ...... Jessica Till 1987 ...... Lisa Marino ...... Ann Marie Kersten 2004 ...... Ann Marie Kersten MSU Athletics Hall of Fame ...... Allison Fouch 1992 ...... Bonnie Lauer 2005 ...... Kristen Polanski Lisa Marino is one of the most decorated 1993 ...... Joyce Kazmierski ...... Heather Rose golfers in Spartan history. A member of the 2001 ...... Sue Ertl National Golf Coaches Association Players 2003 ...... Mary Fossum Hall of Fame, Marino was named the MSU Sportswoman of the Year in 1987. She is pic- tured with Hall of Fame coach Mary Fossum and former athletics director Doug Weaver.

26 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf Honors and Awards

NGCA Players Hall of Fame 1986 ...... Joyce Kazmierski 1987 ...... Bonnie Lauer 1988 ...... Sue Ertl 1992 ...... Barb Mucha 1997 ...... Lisa Marino

NGCA Coaches Hall of Fame 1988 ...... Mary Fossum

Michigan Golf Hall of Fame 2002 ...... Mary Fossum 2003 ...... Joyce Kazmierski 2005 ...... Joan Garety Kasey Gant (left) and Emily Bastel earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in back- Nell Jackson Distinguished to-back seasons. Alumna Award Syd Wells was a two-time All-American. Presented to a graduate of at least five years for accomplishments following graduation 1998 ...... Joan Garety

Board of Trustees Award 1979 ...... Joan Garety

Michigan Women’s Amateur Champions 1970 ...... Bonnie Lauer 1971 ...... Bonnie Lauer 1972 ...... Bonnie Lauer 1975 ...... Susie Conlin 1982 ...... Joan Garety 1984 ...... Lisa Marino 1985 ...... Lisa Marino 1986 ...... Lisa Marino Nina Spatafora earned All-Big Ten honors in 1987 ...... Becky Iverson In 2003, Dayna Burleigh became the third 1982. 1988 ...... Kelly Holland Spartan golfer to earn Big Ten Freshman of 1992 ...... Paige Green the Year honors. 1996 ...... Stacy Slobodnik 1997 ...... Joan Garety 1998 ...... Stacy Slobodnik 2000 ...... Stacy Snider 2003 ...... Sarah Martin 2005 ...... Mandi McConnell

Former MSU golf coach Mary Fossum was Faith Egli was a two-time All-Big Ten hon- inducted in the Michigan State Athletics Hall oree (1987 and 1988). of Fame in Sept., 2003.

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 27 Honors and Awards 2005-06 Michigan State Golf

Michigan State Team Awards 2003...... Jessica Till 2004...... Ann Marie Kersten Low Average 2005...... Kristen Polanski 1991...... Jenny Hecht Leadership Award 1992...... Carolyn Nodus 1993...... Gina Yoder 1993...... Stacy Slobodnik 1994...... Jenn Kangas 1994...... Stacy Slobodnik 1995...... Jenn Kangas 1995...... Jenn Kangas 1996...... Jenn Kangas 1996...... Jenn Kangas 1997...... Julie Campbell 1997...... Julie Campbell 1998...... Kasey Gant 1998...... Meggan Schumaker 1999...... Emily Bastel 1999...... Kellie Dennis 2000...... Emily Bastel 2000...... Kasey Gant 2001...... Emily Bastel 2001...... Kasey Gant 2002...... Emily Bastel 2002...... Emily Bastel 2003...... Allison Fouch 2003...... Allison Fouch 2004...... Allison Fouch 2004...... Allison Fouch 2005...... Mandi McConnell 2005...... Dayna Burleigh

Best First-Year Player Jenn (Kangas) Brody was a two-time Michi- All-Time Captains 1991...... Stacy Slobodnik gan State Leadership Award Winner in Sue Ertl, Karen Escott, Joan Garety .....1977-78 1992...... Jill Boring 1995 and 1996. Suzanne Conlin, Sue Ertl ...... 1978-79 1993...... Jenn Kangas Ann Atwood ...... 1979-80 1994...... Amy Loviscek Nina Spatafora ...... 1980-81 1995...... Jaime Martin Beth Sierra, Nina Spatafora, 1996...... Ellen Bishop Lisa Speaker ...... 1981-82 1997...... Meggan Schumaker Alison Sellers, Syd Wells ...... 1982-83 1998...... Kasey Gant Barb Mucha, Kathy Teichert ...... 1983-84 1999...... Emily Bastel Kathy Teichert...... 1984-85 2000...... Jessica Till 2001...... Allison Fouch Lisa Marino ...... 1985-86 2002...... N/A Lisa Marino ...... 1986-87 2003...... Dayna Burleigh Faith Egli, Kelly Holland ...... 1987-88 2004...... Heather Rose Sarah Fort ...... 1988-89 2005...... Sara Brown Jenny Hecht ...... 1989-90 Jenny Hecht ...... 1990-91 Most Improved Player Jennifer Mieras, Sandy Sosnowski...... 1991-92 1991...... Natalie Zapata Stacy Slobodnik, Gina Yoder ...... 1992-93 1992...... Jennifer Mieras Stacy Slobodnik ...... 1993-94 1993...... Jill Boring Jennifer Kangas...... 1994-95 1994...... Kara Packwood Julie Campbell, Jenn Kangas...... 1995-96 1995...... Jenn Kangas Lori Schlissberg Jenny Hecht served as the team captain 1996...... Amy Loviscek Julie Campbell ...... 1996-97 1997...... Kellie Dennis from 1989-91. 1998...... Meggan Schumaker NOTE: Captains no longer selected. 1999...... Kellie Dennis 2000...... Stacy Snider 2001...... Stacy Snider 2002...... Jessica Till 2003...... Jennifer Johnson 2004...... Rachel Meikle 2005...... Rachel Meikle

Tom Anderson Academic Award 1991...... Gina Yoder 1992...... Gina Yoder 1993...... Gina Yoder 1994...... Julie Campbell 1995...... Julie Campbell 1996...... Julie Campbell 1997...... Ellen Bishop 1998...... Meggan Schumaker 1999...... Meggan Schumaker 2000...... Kari Prochazka Head Coach Stacy Slobodnik was a three- 2001...... Jessica Till Julie Campbell was a three-time Tom Ander- year (1992-94) varsity letterwinner and served 2002...... Jessica Till son Academic Award winner. as a team captain as a junior and a senior.

28 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf All-Time Letterwinners

A A A J J J Ann Atwood (Bloomington, Ind.) ...... 1977, 79, 80 Jennifer Johnson (Okemos, Mich.) ...... 2003

B B B K K K Jan Bailey (Birmingham, Mich.) ...... 1976 Jennifer Kangas (L’Anse, Mich.) ...... 1993, 94, 95, 96 Linda Baryames (Lansing, Mich.) ...... 1981 Ann Marie Kersten (Oak Harbor, Mich.) ... 2001, 02, 03, 04 Emily Bastel (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) .. 1999, 2000, 01, 02 Linda Kowalski (Sturgis, Mich.) ...... 1989 Manono Beamer (Hawaii) ...... 1974 Stephene Benkert (Grand Ledge, Mich.) ...... 1995 L L L Ellen Bishop (New Castle, Ind.) ...... 1996, 97, 98, 99 Bonnie Lauer (Walled Lake, Mich.) ...... 1973 Jill Boring (Grand Blanc, Mich.) ...... 1992, 93, 94 Janice Lesperance (Bay City, Mich.) .. 1985, 86, 87, 88 Lisa Brown (Grand Rapids, Mich.) ...... 1980 Amy Loviscek (Flushing, Mich.) ...... 1994. 95, 96, 97 Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) ...... 2005 Mia Browning (Highland Park, Mich.) ...... 1989 M M M Dayna Burleigh (Horsham, Pa.) ...... 2003, 04, 05 Beth Magee (Huntington Woods, Mich.) ... 1984, 85, 86 Lisa Marino (Allen Park, Mich.) ...... 1984, 85, 86, 87 C C C Jaime Martin (Gahanna, Ohio) ...... 1995 Julie Campbell (Skaneateles, N.Y.) ... 1994, 95, 96, 97 Sarah Martin (Grosse Ile, Mich.) ...... 2001, 02, 03, 04 Chris Clark (Tecumseh, Mich.)...... 1987, 88 Mandi McConnell (Grand Blanc, Mich.) ...... 04, 05 Karyn Colbert (Jackson, Mich.) ...... 1979 Rachel Meikle (Fort Wayne, Ind.) ...... 04, 05 Suzanne Conlin (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ...... 1977, 78, 79 Jennifer Mieras (Kentwood, Mich.) .... 1989, 90, 91, 92 Shellie Morton (Detroit, Mich.) ...... 2000 D D D Anne Marie Motzenbecker (W. Bloomfield, Mich.) .. 1989, 90 Sarah Martin (Grosse Ile, Mich.) earned four Kellie Dennis (Jackson, Mich.) ...... 1997, 98, 99 Barb Mucha (Cleveland, Ohio) ...... 1983, 84 letters in golf from 2001-04.

E E E N N N Stacy Snider (Grand Rapids, Mich.) .. 1999, 2000, 01, 02 Faith Egli (Alpena, Mich.) ...... 1985, 86, 87, 88 Carolyn Nodus (Mason, Mich.) ...... 1990, 91, 92 Sandy Sosnowski (Troy, Mich.)...... 1989, 90, 91, 92 Sue Ertl (Ionia, Mich.) ...... 1976, 77, 78, 79 Nina Spatafora (St. Clair Shores, Mich.) .. 1979, 80, 81, 82 Karen Escott (Rochester, Mich.) ...... 1975, 76, 77, 78 O O O Lisa Speaker (Livonia, Mich.) ...... 1979, 80, 81, 82 June Oldman (Hanover, Mich.) ...... 1974, 75, 76 T T T F F F Kelly Ovington (Cincinnati, Ohio) ...... 1992 Allison Fouch (Grand Rapids, Mich.) ... 2001, 02, 03, 04 Sheila Tansey (Grand Ledge, Mich.) ...... 1976, 77, 78 Sarah Fort (Connersville, Ind.) ...... 1986,88, 89 P P P Kathy Teichert (St. Johns, Mich.) ...... 1982, 83, 84, 85 Nikki Franklin (Jackson, Mich.) ...... 1995, 96, 97 Kara Packwood (Troy, Mich.) ...... 1993, 94 Jessica Till (Fort Wayne, Ind.) ...... 2000, 02, 03 Lorraine Palmer (Monroe, Mich.) ...... 1987 G G G Randi Paporello (Mt. Pleasant, Mich.) ...... 1984 V V V Kasey Gant (Fort Wayne, Ind.) ...... 1998, 99, 2000, 01 Carol Peterson (Lansing, Mich.) ...... 1975 Cynthia Vollmer (Birmingham, Mich.) ...... 1976 Joan Garety (Caro, Mich.)...... 1975, 76, 77, 78 Sue Peterson (Ludington, Mich.) ...... 1989 Pat Gray (Caro, Mich.) ...... 1981 Kristen Polanski (Livonia, Mich.) ...... 2005 W W W Paige Green (Parchment, Mich.)...... 1984, 85 Denise Wait ...... 1974 Tricia Gregory (Spring Lake, Mich.) ...... 1998 R R R Sydney Wells (Menominee, Mich.) ... 1980, 81, 82, 83 Patti Griffin (Birmingham, Mich.) ...... 1981 Laurie Rederstorf (Muskegon, Mich.) ...... 1983, 84 Diane Whitman (Rockford, Mich.) ...... 1981, 82, 83 Erin Roe (Martinsville, Ind.) ...... 2000 H H H Heather Rose (Chillicothe, Ohio) ...... 2004, 05 Y Y Y Stacie Harriger (Laingsburg, Mich.) ...... 1992, 93 Gina Yoder (Nappanee, Ind.) ...... 1990, 91, 92, 93 Jenny Hecht (South Bend, Ind.) ...... 1988, 89, 90, 91 S S S Sally Yoder (Charlotte, Mich.)...... 1981, 82, 83 Kelly Holland (Lansing, Mich.) ...... 1985, 86, 87, 88 Lori Schlissberg (East Lansing, Mich.) ... 1993, 94, 95, 96 April Holly (Royal Oak, Mich.) ...... 1998 Meggan Schumaker (Columbia City, Ind.) 1997, 98, 99 Z Z Z Denise Hunyadi ...... 1974 Alison Sellers (Quincy, Ill.)...... 1980, 81, 82, 83 Natalie Zapata (La Paz, Bolivia) ...... 1990, 91 Patricia Sidley ...... 1974 I I I Beth Sierra (East Lansing, Mich.) ...... 1979, 81, 82 Becky Iverson (Gladstone, Mich.)...... 1986, 87, 88 Stacy Slobodnik (Kentwood, Mich.) ...... 1992, 93, 94 Current players in italics. Linda Smith (Marshall, Mich.)...... 1976, 77

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 29 NCAA Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf

In 2005, the Spartans made their seventh-straight 2005 ...... 304-301-299-302=1,206 (17th) trip to the NCAA Regionals under head coach Stacy Sara Brown ...... 71-77-74-75=297 (T27th) Slobodnik-Stoll and advanced to the NCAA Champion- Mandi McConnell ...... 76-73-70-78=297 (T27th) ships for the fifth time in the last six years. Dayna Burleigh ...... 77-77-77-76=307 (T85th) MSU had its best-ever showing at the NCAA’s tying Heather Rose...... 80-74-79-77=310(T98th) for 12th place in 2001, while Emily Bastel was MSU’s Rachel Meikle...... 80-80-78-74=312 (T107th) top individual finisher, placing tied for 13th. In 2000, MSU placed tied for 20th in its first NCAA Championship Individual NCAA Championship Appearances team appearance since 1984. The 1982 squad was the Syd Wells-1983 ...... 82-78-76-76=311 (T41st) first team to qualify for the NCAA Championships finish- Lisa Marino-1985 ...... 76-80-87-86=339 ing tied for 18th, while the 1984 team finished 16th.

NCAA Championship Appearances - 7 1982 ...... 329-316-323-314=1,282 (18th) Lisa Speaker ...... 82-78-80-72=312 (T30th) Alison Sellers...... 81-80-77-77=315 (T39th) Allison Fouch finished tied for 16th Syd Wells ...... 81-78-86-84=329 (T88th) at the 2004 NCAA Championships NCAA Regional Appearances - 7 and fourth at the 2004 NCAA Central Nina Spatafora ...... 85-80-83-91=339 (T100th) 1999 ...... 304-304-307=915 (11th) Regional Championships. Beth Sierra ...... 85-91-83-81=340 (T104th) Emily Bastel ...... 75-76-78=229 (T41st) Kasey Gant ...... 77-76-78=231 (T55th) 1984 ...... 331-324-315-332=1,302 (16th) Stacy Snider ...... 76-75-81=232 (T57th) Barb Mucha ...... 81-77-74-77=309 (T21st) Kellie Dennis ...... 76-83-76=235 (T67th) Lisa Marino ...... 82-79-78-82=321 (T63rd) Ellen Bishop ...... 85-77-75=237 (T77th) Kathy Teichert ...... 82-83-82-87=334 (T84th) Paige Green ...... 86-85-81-86=338 (T92nd) 2000 ...... 299-302-305=906 (6th) Laurie Rederstorf ...... 92-89-87-92=360 (T102nd) Kasey Gant ...... 70-75-78=223 (T13th) Emily Bastel ...... 77-78-73=228 (T28th) 2000 ...... 303-310-314-313=1,240 (T20th) Stacy Snider ...... 76-81-73=230 (T40th) Emily Bastel ...... 72-78-73-77=300 (T21st) Jessica Till ...... 76-75-81=232 (T52nd) Kasey Gant ...... 75-73-79-75=302 (T29th) Erin Roe ...... 81-74-84=239 (T89th) Stacy Snider ...... 78-78-80-79=315 (T91st) Erin Roe ...... 78-82-82-85=327 (T115th) 2001 ...... 304-298-299=901 (3rd) Lisa Speaker was MSU’s top finisher Jessica Till ...... 81-81-83-82=327 (T115th) Kasey Gant ...... 73-73-73=219 (T6th) at the 1982 NCAA Championship as Emily Bastel ...... 76-71-76=223 (T14th) she tied for 30th. 2001 ...... 310-300-304-296=1,210 (T12th) Allison Fouch...... 82-74-74=230 (T29th) Emily Bastel ...... 75-75-75-70=294 (T13th) Stacy Snider ...... 75-80-76=231 (T33rd) Kasey Gant ...... 78-73-73-71=295 (17th) Sarah Martin ...... 80-80-81=241 (T68th) Allison Fouch...... 77-75-79-75=306 (T60th) Stacy Snider ...... 80-77-78-81=316 (T98th) 2002 ...... 310-327-295=932 (8th) Sarah Martin ...... 80-85-87-80=332 (118th) Allison Fouch...... 80-79-70=229 (10th) Stacy Snider ...... 75-81-77=233 (T22nd) 2002 ...... 305-297-311-289=1,202 (19th) Jessica Till ...... 76-83-76=235 (T35th) Stacy Snider ...... 79-73-73-70=295 (T27th) Emily Bastel ...... 80-84-72=236 (T39th) Emily Bastel ...... 77-72-79-70=298 (T45th) Sarah Martin ...... 79-84-77=240 (T53rd) Allison Fouch...... 75-79-79-75=308 (T95th) Sarah Martin ...... 74-81-80-74=309 (T99th) 2003 ...... 320-301-326=947 (17th) Jessica Till ...... 81-73-85-77=316 (T114th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 78-73-82=231 (T24th) Allison Fouch...... 81-77-78=236 (T41st) 2004 ...... 302-310-298-305=1,215 (24th) Jessica Till ...... 81-78-82=241 (T63rd) Allison Fouch...... 70-72-73-76=291 (T16th) Sarah Martin ...... 82-76-85=243 (T72nd) Ann Marie Kersten ...... 79-78-77-75=309 (T101st) Jennifer Johnson ...... 88-75-84=247 (T84th) Sarah Martin ...... 75-83-72-70=310 (T107th) Sophomore Sara Brown (above) and Dayna Burleigh ...... 82-83-76-76=317 (T116th) teammate Mandi McConnell led MSU Heather Rose...... 78-77-84-78=317 (T116th) at the 2005 NCAA Championships as both players finished tied for 27th.

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2004 ...... 302-303-301=906 (3rd) Allison Fouch...... 73-74-74=221 (T4th) Sarah Martin ...... 76-76-77=229 (T17th) Heather Rose...... 82-73-76=231 (T27th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 75-80-77=232 (T31st) Ann Marie Kersten ...... 78-84-74=236 (T49th)

2005 ...... 300-307-302=909 (7th) Sara Brown ...... 72-79-75=226 (T20th) Heather Rose...... 79-72-75=226 (T20th) Rachel Meikle ...... 75-74-81=230 (T37th) Mandi McConnell ...... 74-82-77=233 (T56th) Dayna Burleigh ...... 82-83-75=240 (T89th)

Individual NCAA East Regional Appearances The 1999 squad earned the school’s first-ever Jenn Kangas-1996 ...... 77-75-86=238 (T54th) berth in the NCAA Regional Championships. Kasey Gant placed tied for 13th at the 2000 NCAA Regional and tied for sixth at the 2001 NCAA Regional.

MSU had its best-ever showing at the 2001 NCAA Championships, placing tied for 12th (left). The 2001 Championships were held at the Mission Inn & Tennis Resort in Howey-in-the- Hills, Fla.

MSU (right) placed 17th at the 2005 NCAA Champion- Stacy Snider led MSU at the 2002 ships. The 2005 NCAA NCAA Championships, placing tied Championships were for 27th. played at Sunriver Resort in Oregon.

The 2002 Spartans (left) made their third-straight trip to the Barb Mucha tied for 21st at the 1984 NCAA Championships. NCAA Championships.

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 31 AIAW Championship History 2005-06 Michigan State Golf

The Michigan State women’s golf program has a 1977 ...... 345-331-332-328=1,336 (22nd) rich and storied past. Under the direction of head coach Sue Ertl ...... 76-78-83-83=320 (T-33rd) Mary Fossum, MSU advanced to six AIAW Champi- Karen Escott ...... 90-84-82-79=335 (T-96th) onships including a best-ever fourth-place finish in Sue Conlin ...... 91-82-81-90=344 (T-135th) 1973. Joan Garety ...... 89-90-86-82=347 (T-146th) Prior to the AIAW Championships, MSU had two Sheila Tansey ...... 90-87-87-84=348 (T-149th) individuals win the Women’s Collegiate Golf Tourna- ment. Joyce Kazmierski won the crown in 1966, while 1978 ...... 318-321-311-312=1,262 (11th) Shirley Sport was the medalist in 1947. Sue Ertl ...... 81-76-72-77=306 (T-17th) Joan Garety ...... 82-81-79-74=316 (T-53rd) AIAW Championship Appearances - 6 Sue Conlin ...... 75-82-79-83=319 (T-67th) 1973 ...... N/A (4th) Karen Escott ...... 87-82-81-78=328 (T-82nd) Bonnie Lauer ...... N/A (1st) Sheila Tansey ...... 80-86-84-86=336 (T-85th)

1974 ...... N/A (9th) Individual AIAW Appearances Sue Ertl-1979 ...... 78-79-88=245 1975 ...... 345-341-345-337=1,368 (12th) Sue Conlin-1979 ...... 85-82-85=252 Joan Garety ...... 84-82-85-82=333 Joyce Kazmierski won the Women’s June Oldman ...... 84-84-91-81=340 Women’s Collegiate Golf Tournament Collegiate Golf Tournament in 1966. Karen Escott ...... 89-86-88-83=346 Joyce Kazmierski-1966...... 1st The tourney pre-dated AIAW Champi- Sue Soper ...... 88-89-81-91=349 Shirley Spork-1947 ...... 1st onship play. Carol Peterson ...... 85-86-99-92=362

1976 ...... 328-333-318-334=1,313 (8th) Sue Ertl ...... 79-79-76-83=317 Karen Escott ...... 80-86-74-84=324 Joan Garety ...... 84-86-83-83=336 June Oldman ...... 86-84-83-83=336 Sheila Tansey ...... 85-82-85-87=339

Sue Ertl participated in four straight AIAW Championships.

The 1973 Spartan golf squad placed fourth at the AIAW National Championship. MSU was led by Bonnie Lauer (back row, fourth player from left), as she took medalist honors in the championship event. Joan Garety participated in four straight AIAW Championships.

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Champion MSU MSU Top Spartan/ Year Site Champion Strokes Finish Strokes Medalist/Strokes Strokes - Place 2005 Ann Arbor, Mich. Ohio State 900 3rd 933 Kristen White (OSU)/222 Heather Rose/227- t-4th 2004 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State 1,199 3rd 1,227 Danah Ford (IND)/287 Sarah Martin/305 - t-8th 2003 Iowa City, Iowa Ohio State 1,194 5th 1,234 Karen Dennison (IND)/294 Allison Fouch/303 - t-11th Allison Hanna (OSU)/294 2002 Champaign, Ill. Ohio State 1,220 4th 1,251 Mollie Fankhauser (OSU)/304 Stacy Snider/309 - 6th 2001 Minneapolis, Minn. Michigan State 1,219 1st 1,219 Mollie Fankhauser (OSU)/301 Allison Fouch/303 - t-2nd 2000 Madison, Wis. Purdue 1,167 2nd 1,197 Emily Bastel (MSU)/288 Emily Bastel/288 - 1st 1999 W. Lafayette, Ind. Ohio State 1,239 3rd 1,258 Erin Carney (IND)/301 Emily Bastel/310 - 6th 1998 University Park, Pa. Indiana 1,196 9th 1,253 Erin Carney (IND)/299 Kasey Gant/302 - t-7th 1997 East Lansing, Mich. Ohio State 1,246 7th 1,307 Amy Langhals (OSU)/305 Kellie Dennis/322 -14th 1996 Bloomington, Ind. Indiana * 946 T-9th 1,015 Erika Wicoff (IND)/226 Jenn Kangas/235 - 4th 1995 Ann Arbor, Mich Indiana 1,240 11th 1,335 Erika Wicoff (IND)/292 Jenn Kangas/326 - t-23rd 1994 Columbus, Ohio Wisconsin 1,254 5th 1,309 Erika Wicoff (IND)/305 Stacy Slobodnik/323 - t-14th 1993 Iowa City, Iowa Ohio State 1,240 6th 1,294 Renee Heiken (ILL)/ Jenn Kangas/324 - t-21st 1992 Champaign, Ill. Indiana 1,292 8th 1,387 Becky Biehl (ILL)/317 Carolyn Nodus/333 - t-17th 1991 Madison, Wis. Iowa 1,238 4th 1,271 Renee Heiken (ILL)/299 Jennifer Mieras/314 - 11th 1990 Minneapolis, Minn. Minnesota 1,253 8th 1,361 Shannon Hardesty (IND)/298 Jenny Hecht/333 - 25th 1989 West Lafayette, Ind. Indiana 1,232 8th 1,309 Kate Hughes (MINN)/307 Jenny Hecht/326 - 21st 1988 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State 1,248 4th 1,287 Kate Hughes (MINN)/306 Faith Egli/319 - t-9th 1987 East Lansing, Mich Indiana 1,211 2nd 1,241 Michele Redman (IND)/297 Kelly Holland/303 - t-2nd 1986 Ann Abor, Mich Indiana 1,250 4th 1,318 Sarah DeKraay (IND)/313 Lisa Marino/314 - t-2nd 1985 Bloomington, Ind. Ohio State 1,245 3rd 1,287 Cheryl Stacy (OSU)/297 Lisa Marino/315 - t-4th 1984 Iowa City, Iowa Ohio State 922 5th 987 Cheryl Stacy (OSU)/224 Barb Mucha/237 - t-5th 1983 Champaign, Ill. Ohio State 898 3rd 941 Cathy Kratzert (OSU)/214 Syd Wells/223 - 2nd 1982 Minneapolis, Minn. Michigan State 922 1st 922 Cathy Kratzert (OSU)/226 Syd Wells; Nina Spatafora/ 227 - t-2nd 1981 West Lafayette, Ind. Ohio State 915 2nd 954 Karin Mundinger (OSU)/225 Beth Sierra/238 - t-9th 1980 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State 594 2nd 645 Rose Jones (OSU)/144 Lisa Brown/159 - t-9th 1979 East Lansing, Mich. Ohio State 625 3rd 668 Kelly Trent (OSU)/152 Sue Ertl/160 - t-4th 1978 Bloomington, Ind. Michigan State # 311 T-1st 311 Sue Ertl (MSU)/75 Sue Ertl/75 - t-1st Minnesota 311 Julie Gumlie (MINN)/75 1977 Champaign, Ill. Michigan State 631 1st 631 Sue Ertl (MSU)/150 Sue Ertl/150 - 1st 1976 West Lafayette, Ind. Michigan State 663 1st 663 -- Sue Conlin/163 - t-2nd 1975 Columbus, Ohio Michigan State 713 1st 713 June Oldman (MSU)/166 June Oldman/166 - 1st 1974 Columbus, Ohio Michigan State 726 1st 726 -- Manono Beamer/178 - t-3rd

* rain-shortened to 54 holes # rain-shortened to 18 holes NOTE: The Big Ten did not officially sanction women’s sports until 1982. Big Ten Medalist * Championships from 1981-84 - 54-hole medal play; 1985-present - 72-hole medal play. 1975 ...... June Oldman 1977 ...... Sue Ertl 1978 ...... Sue Ertl 2000 ...... Emily Bastel

Big Ten Runners-Up * 1976 ...... Sue Conlin 1982 ...... Nina Spatafora ...... Syd Wells 1983 ...... Syd Wells 1986 ...... Lisa Marino 1987 ...... Kelly Holland 2001 ...... Allison Fouch * Women’s golf did not become an official Big Ten championship until 1982. The Spartan golf team has won seven Big Ten Championships. MSU won five straight titles from 1974-1978 before the Big Ten sanctioned women’s sports. The 1982 squad (above) captured the school’s first “official” Big Ten Championship in Minne- apolis. MSU won the 2001 title (right), the June Sue Emily school’s first title since 1982. Oldman Ertl Bastel

Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 33 Fossum/Central District Tournaments 2005-06 Michigan State Golf

Michigan State women’s golf will host a pair of tournaments in 2005-06 -- the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 17-18) at Forest Akers West Golf Course and the Central District Classic (Feb. 20-21) at River Wilderness Country Club in Parrish, Fla. This fall marks the 23rd annual Mary Fossum Invitational. Formerly known as the Spartan Fall Classic, it is a tribute to the former Michigan State women’s golf coach. Fossum’s career at MSU spanned three decades (1973-97), and she was key in MSU’s rise to the upper echelon of women’s collegiate golf. During her tenure, MSU captured six Big Ten titles, including an unprecedented five in a row from 1974-78. With Fossum at the helm, the Spartans played in six consecutive AIAW National Championships (1973-78) and two NCAA National Championships (1982, 1984). The 2006 season marks the sixth year of the Central District Classic. State, which hosts the event at the River Wilderness Country Club, in Parrish, Fla., The tournament , which attracts some of the top teams from around the country, is played at par 72, 6,009-yards.

2005 Mary Fossum Invitational Information Dates: Sept. 17-18, 2005 Course: Forest Akers West Golf Course, East Lansing, Mich. Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,237 Format: 36-18=54 Field (15): Eastern Michigan, Illinois, Illinois State, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Kent State, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Princeton, Southern Methodist, Toledo and Wisconsin.

2006 Central District Classic Information Dates: Feb. 20-21, 2006 Course: River Wilderness Golf Club, Parrish, Fla. Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,099 Format: 36-18=54 Field (14): Baylor, Illinois State, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisiana State, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Southern Methodist and Texas Tech.

All-Time Winners of the Mary Fossum Invitational Winner (Score) Medalist, School (Score) MSU Finish Top MSU Finisher (Score/Finish) 1978 Alabama (626) Peggy Kirsch, Alabama (152)* 3rd (653) Sue Ertl (160/T-6th) 1979 Ohio State (921) Rose Jones, Ohio State (226) 4th (980) Nina Spatafora (239/12th) 1980 Ohio State (616) Julie Zemnrodt, Kentucky (145) 8th (653) Syd Wells (158/11th) 1981 Michigan State (910) Tamie Green, Marshall (218) 1st (910) Syd Wells (223/2nd) 1982 Penn State (909) Syd Wells, Michigan State (221) 2nd (913) Syd Wells (221/1st) 1983 Ohio State (926) Nancy Harris, Minnesota (223) 4th (950) Kathy Teichert (227/3rd) 1984 Indiana (901) Sarah DeKraay, Indiana (224) 2nd (911) Kathy Teichert (226/2nd) 1985 Michigan State (921) Lisa Marino, Michigan State (225) 1st (921) Lisa Marino (225/1st) 1988 Ohio State (903) Debbie Silverberg, Ohio State (223) 6th (963) Becky Iverson (226/5th) 1989 Nebraska (933) Joanne Brooks, Nebraska (222) 2nd (963) Jenny Hecht (238/5th) 1990 Penn State (947) Nicole Jeray, Northern Illinois (231) 5th (960) Jenny Hecht (236/5th) 1991 Northern Illinois (902) Nicole Jeray, Northern Illinois (223)* 8th (944) Jennifer Mieras (233/T-17th) 1992 Ohio State (633) Tami Dougan, Ohio State (152) 3rd (640) Carolyn Nodus (155/2nd) 1993 Indiana (614) Erika Wicoff, Indiana (145) 7th (646) Amy Loviscek (159/T-14th) 1995 Wisconsin (950) Heather Hoffmann, Northwestern (224) 3rd (958) Jenn Kangas (237/9th) 1997 Indiana (909) Kasey Gant, Michigan State (216) 2nd (934) Kasey Gant (216/1st) 1998 Michigan State (895) Kasey Gant, Michigan State (224) 1st (895) Kasey Gant (224/1st) 1999 Indiana (901) Julee Sovesky, Ohio (222) 4th (934) Emily Bastel (230/T-10th) 2000 Minnesota (296) Kim Benedict, Michigan (70) 4th (302) Stacy Snider (74/T-10th) 2001 Cancelled Due to 9/11 tragedy 2002 Kent State (907) Sarah Sassey, Nebraska (221)* 3rd (916) Allison Fouch (221/T-1st) 2003 Michigan State (901) Allison Fouch, Michigan State (222)* 1st (901) Allison Fouch (222/1st) 2004 Michigan (919) Brianna Broderick, Michigan (219) 2nd (925) Kristen Polanski (230/T-6th) *- won in a playoff

All-Time Winners of the Central District Classic Date Winner (Score) Medalist, School (Score) MSU Finish Top MSU Finisher (Score/Finish) Oct. 23-24, 2000 Northwestern (916) Ashley Lowery, Ohio State (225) 5th (947) Emily Bastel (234/T-14th) Feb. 25-26, 2002 Michigan State (296) Stacy Snider, Michigan State (216) 1st (296) Stacy Snider, Michigan State (216) Feb. 24-25, 2003 Ohio State (909) Kristen White, Ohio State (218) 10th (938) Sarah Martin (233/23rd) Feb. 23-24, 2004 Louisiana State (903) Christa Spedding, Texas A&M (220) 2nd (906) Allison Fouch (224/5th) Feb. 21-22, 2005 Missouri (879) Amy Schmucker, Michigan (216) 8th (918) Mandi McConnell (229/T-30th) Heather Rose (229/T-30th)

34 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf Spartan/Misc. Records

Season Average (min. 30 rounds played) Allison Fouch 70 Big Ten Championship 4/27/01 Player Avg. Strokes Rnds. Year Kasey Gant 70 NCAA Regional 5/11/00 1. Emily Bastel 74.81 2,786 37 2001-02 Emily Bastel 70 Big Ten Champ. 4/30/00 2. Allison Fouch 75.00 2,775 37 2003-04 Emily Bastel 70 Big 10/Big 12 Shoot. 10/12/99 3. Emily Bastel 75.24 2,784 37 2000-01 Kellie Dennis 70 Lady Northern 9/27/98 4. Emily Bastel 75.76 2,955 39 1999-2000 Meggan Schumaker 70 Mary Fossum Invt. 9/12/98 5. Kasey Gant 75.83 2,275 30 1999-2000 Kasey Gant 70 Mary Fossum Invt. 9/14/97 6. Syd Wells 75.92 2,771 36.5 1982-83 Kathy Teichert 70 MSU Invitational 9/21/84 7. Sarah Martin 76.22 2,820 37 2003-04 Syd Wells 70 MSU Invitational 9/25/81 8. Kasey Gant 76.27 2,822 37 2000-01 9. Stacy Snider 76.30 2,823 37 2001-02 Low 36-Hole Tournament Score 10. Stacy Snider 76.41 2,827 37 2000-01 Player Score Tournament Dates 11. Allison Fouch 76.43 2,828 37 2001-02 1. Allison Fouch 73-71=144 Badger Invitational 9/12-14/03 12. Allison Fouch 76.82 2,535 33 2002-03 Sue Ertl 73-71=144 Indiana Invitational 10/7-8/77 13. Mandi McConnell 76.97 2,848 37 2004-05 3. Allison Fouch 74-71=145 Pine Needles Invt. 11/5-6/01 Dayna Burleigh 76.97 2,309 30 2003-04 4. Emily Bastel 71-75=146 NCAA Fall Preview 9/24-26/01 15. Rachel Meikle 77.29 2,396 31 2004-05 5. Allison Fouch 75-72=147 NCAA Fall Preview 9/24-26/01 16. Sara Brown 77.30 2,860 37 2004-05 6. Sarah Martin 73-75=148 Badger Invitational 9/12-14/03 17. Emily Bastel 77.36 2,553 33 1998-99 Kasey Gant 74-74=148 Wolverine Invt. 10/3-4/98 18. Ann Marie Kersten 77.38 2,631 34 2003-04 Sue Ertl 72-76=148 Cincinnati Invt. 4/14-15/78 19. Heather Rose 77.43 2,865 37 2004-05 9. Emily Bastel 78-71=149 Lady Buckeye Invt. 4/20/02 20. Lisa Marino 77.44 2,633 34 1986-87 Emily Bastel 79-70=149 Pine Needles Invt. 11/5-6/01 21. Kasey Gant 77.46 2,711 35 1997-98 Sue Ertl 73-76=149 Illinois State Invt. 9/15-16/78 12. Sue Ertl 74-76=150 Big Ten Champ. Spring 1977 Career Average (min. 30 rounds played) Player Avg. Strokes Rnds. Years Low 54-Hole Tournament Score 1. Emily Bastel 75.75 11,060 146 1998-2002 Player Score Tournament Dates 2. Allison Fouch 76.49 10,556 138 2000-2004 1. Emily Bastel 69-74-71=214 USF Waterlefe Invt. 3/18-19/02 3. Kasey Gant 76.78 10,365 135 1997-2001 2. Stacy Snider 72-71-73=216 Central District 2/25-26/02 4. Sara Brown 77.30 2,860 37 2004-SA Stacy Snider 71-71-74=216 Big 10/Big 12 10/9-10/00 5. Stacy Snider 77.43 11,228 145 1998-2002 Kasey Gant 71-75-70=216 Mary Fossum Invt. 9/13-14/97 6. Dayna Burleigh 77.53 7,520 97 2002-SA 5. Emily Bastel 73-72-72=217 Central District 2/25-26/02 7. Mandi McConnell 77.57 4,111 53 2003-SA Allison Fouch 72-72-73=217 Central District 2/25-26/02 8. Heather Rose 77.64 5,745 74 2003-SA Emily Bastel 72-70-75=217 Big 10/Big 12 10/9-10/00 9. Rachel Meikle 77.75 3,421 44 2003-SA 8. Ann Marie Kersten 70-76-72=218 Liz Murphey Classic 3/26-28/04 10. Barb Mucha 77.98 4,952 63.5 1982-84 Dayna Burleigh 71-73-74=218 SunTrust Inv. 3/9-11/03 11. Lisa Marino 78.25 12,051 154 1983-87 Stacy Snider 74-73-71=218 Pine Needles 11/6-8/00 12. Sarah Martin 78.52 10,365 132 2000-2004 11. Rachel Meikle 72-74-73=219 Buckeye Invitational 4/16-17/05 13. Syd Wells 78.96 9,673 122.5 1979-83 Allison Fouch 70-75-74=219 Liz Murphey Classic 3/26-28/04 14. Jessica Till 79.76 8,933 112 1999-2003 Allison Fouch 69-78-72=219 Gator Invite 3/7-9/04 15. Ann Marie Kersten 79.91 8,071 101 2000-2004 Emily Bastel 74-75-70=219 Indiana Invt. 4/6-7/02 16. Jenn Kangas 80.25 8,587 107 1992-96 Kasey Gant 69-78-72=219 USF Waterlefe Invt. 3/20-21/00 17. Kelly Holland 80.56 11,520 143 1984-88 Kasey Gant 68-74-77=219 Big 10/Big 12 10/12-13/98 18. Faith Egli 80.62 10,723 133 1983-87 Barb Mucha 72-75-72=219 Lady Northern 9/30-10/2/83

Low 18-Hole Score Low 72-Hole Tournament Score Player Score Tournament Date Player Score Tournament Dates 1. Allison Fouch 68 TRW Regional Challenge 2/13/02 1. Emily Bastel 78-69-71-70=288 Big Ten Champ. 4/28-30/00 Kasey Gant 68 Big 10/Big 12 Shoot. 10/12/98 2. Allison Fouch 70-72-73-76=291 NCAA Champ. 5/18-22/04 3. Allison Fouch 69 Gator Invitational 3/7/04 3. Emily Bastel 75-75-74-70=294 NCAA Champ. 5/22-25/01 Emily Bastel 69 USF Waterlefe Invt. 3/18/02 4. Stacy Snider 79-73-73-70-295 NCAA Champ. 5/21-24/02 Allison Fouch 69 Mercedes Benz Intercoll. 10/12/01 Kasey Gant 78-73-73-71=295 NCAA Champ. 5/22-25/01 Stacy Snider 69 Lady Buckeye Invt. 4/22/01 6. Kasey Gant 76-71-74-75=296 Big Ten Champ. 4/28-30/00 Emily Bastel 69 Big Ten Champ. 4/28/00 Kasey Gant 69 Waterlefe/USF Invt. 3/20/00 Kasey Gant 69 Big 10/Big 12 Shoot. 10/11/99 Kasey Gant 69 Lady Kat Invt. 10/10/97 11. Mandi McConnell 70 NCAA Championship 5/19/05 Rachel Meikle 70 Liz Murphey Collegiate 3/27/05 Allison Fouch 70 NCAA Championship 5/18/04 Ann Marie Kersten 70 Indiana Invitational 4/3/04 Allison Fouch 70 Liz Murphey Classic 3/26/04 Ann Marie Kersten 70 Liz Murphey Classic 3/26/04 Dayna Burleigh 70 Big Ten Championship 4/25/03 Emily Bastel 70 NCAA Championship 5/25/01 Kasey Gant 70 Indiana Invitational 4/8/01 The Spartans shot a school record 288 on the final day of the Pine Emily Bastel 70 Big 10/Big 12 Shoot. 10/9/00 Needles Invitational en route to the championship title in 2000.

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7. Sara Brown 71-77-74-75=297 NCAA Champ. 5/17-20/05 Tournament Records Mandi McConnell 76-73-70-78=297 NCAA Champ 5/17-20/05 9. Emily Bastel 77-72-79-70=298 NCAA Champ. 5/21-24/02 Most Wins In A Season 10. Emily Bastel 72-78-73-77=300 NCAA Champ. 5/24-27/00 1. 4 - Lisa Marino, 1985-86 11. Kasey Gant 75-73-79-75=302 NCAA Champ. 5/24-27/00 (Ferris State Invitational, Lady Northern, Spartan Invitational, Huskie Fall Golf Kasey Gant 72-77-78-75=302 Big Ten Champ. 5/1-3/98 Classic) 13. Allison Fouch 79-76-72-76=303 Big Ten Champ. 4/25-27/03 2. 3 – Joan Garety, 1974-75 Allison Fouch 78-70-76-79=303 Big Ten Champ. 4/27-29/01 (Central Michigan, Spartan Invitational, Penn State) Kelly Holland 77-76-76-74=303 Big Ten Champ. 5/8-10/87 3 – Lisa Marino, 1984-85 Stacy Snider 74-75-80-75=304 Big Ten Champ. 4/27-29/01 (Wolverine Invitational, Illini Spring Classic, Lady Boiler Classic) 17. Sarah Martin 74-77-80-74=305 Big Ten Champ. 4/23-25/04 3 – Barb Mucha, 1983-84 Dayna Burleigh 70-81-75-79=305 Big Ten Champ. 4/25-27/03 (Illinois State Invitational, Wolverine Invitational, Ohio State Invitational) Stacy Snider 73-76-78-78=305 Big Ten Champ. 4/28-30/00 3 – Syd Wells, 1982-83 20. Allison Fouch 77-75-79-75=306 NCAA Champ. 5/22-25/01 (Illinois State Invitational, Wolverine Invitational, Spartan Invitational) 6. 2 - Allison Fouch, 2003-04 Low 18-Hole Team Score (Badger Invitational, Mary Fossum Invitational) Score Tournament (team members) Date 2 – Kasey Gant, 1998-99 1. 288 Pine Needles 11/8/00 (Mary Fossum Invitational, Wolverine Invitational) (E. Bastel, K. Gant, S. Martin, S. Snider) 2 – Kasey Gant, 1997-98 2. 289 NCAA Championship 5/24/02 (Spartan Invitational, Lady Kat Invitational) (E. Bastel, A. Fouch, S. Martin, S. Snider) 2 – Kelly Holland, 1987-88 3. 290 Big Ten Championship 4/28/00 (Susie Berning Classic, Iowa Invitational) (E. Bastel, K. Gant, E. Roe, J. Till) 2 – Sue Ertl, 1978-79 290 Big 10/Big 12 Shootout 10/11/99 (Illinois State Invitational, Purdue Invitational) (K. Gant, E. Bastel, S. Snider, J. Till) 2 – Joan Garety, 1977-78 5. 291 Lady Northern Invitational 9/11/04 (Central Michigan Invitational, Bowling Green Invitational) (McConnell, Brown, Rose, Polanski, Meikle, Wells) 2 – Sue Ertl, 1976-77 6. 292 Central District Classic 2/25/02 (Big Ten Championship, Michigan State Invitational) (S. Snider, E. Bastel, A. Fouch, A. Kersten) 292 TRW Regional Challenge 2/13/02 2 – Joan Garety, 1975-76 (A. Fouch, S. Snider, S. Martin, E. Bastel) (Purdue Invitational, Spartan Invitational) 292 Big Ten/Big 12 Shootout 10/12/98 2 – Emily Bastel, 2001-02 (K. Gant, K. Dennis, M. Schumaker, S. Snider) (USF Waterlefe, Indiana)

Hole-In-One In Competition Most Wins In A Career Karen Escott ...... May, 1978 1. 9 – Lisa Marino, 1983-87 Southern Intercollegiate Tournament, Athens, Ga. 2. 8 – Joan Garety, 1974-78 8th Hole - 156 yards - 6 iron 3. 6 – Sue Ertl, 1975-79 4. 5 – Kasey Gant, 1997-2001 5 – Syd Wells, 1979-83 Sue Ertl ...... June, 1979 AIAW National Championship, Stillwater, Okla.

Ann Atwood ...... March 21, 1980 Women’s Collegiate Spring Invt., Durham, N.C. 17th Hole - 135 yards - 6 iron

Faith Egli...... Sept. 21, 1986 Ford Collegiate Invitational, Atlanta, Ga. 6th Hole - 150 yards - 7 iron

Jennifer Mieras ...... April, 1992 Lisa Marino (1984-87) Boilermaker Invitational, West Lafayette, Ind. still holds the school record for wins in a Emily Bastel ...... Oct. 23, 1998 career (nine) and wins Notre Dame Invitational, Bonita Bay, Fla. in a season (four). In addition, she earned honorable mention All-America honors in 1985, in addition to being a three-time All- Big Ten selection Emily Bastel Karen Escott Jennifer Mieras (1985-1987).

36 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 2005-06 Michigan State Golf All-Time Tournament Titles

MSU has captured 82 tournament Big Ten Championship titles since the program’s inception in Columbus, Ohio (April 25-26) 1972-73. The 1974-75, 1975-76 713 (36 holes) and 1976-77 squads hold the school record with eight tournament titles in Spartan Invitational a single-season. Since the 1998-99 East Lansing, Mich. (May 2-3) season, MSU has won 16 tourna- 699 (36 holes) ments. 1975-76 (8) 1972-73 (2) Illinois State Invitational Collegiate Spring Golf Invite Normal, Ill. (Sept. 19-20) 856 (36 holes) Bloomington, Ind. (April) The 1976-77 team won eight tournaments, including a Big Ten Cham- 367 (18 holes) Central Michigan Invitational pionship. Midwest Golf Championship Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (Sept. 26-27) Champaign, Ill. 678 (36 holes) Central Michigan Invitational 1977-78 (6) 688 (36 holes) Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (Sept. 24-25) Illinois State Invitational MAIAW Championship 672 (36 holes) Normal, Ill. (Sept. 16-17) Bowling Green, Ohio (Oct. 3-4) 1973-74 (4) 323-334=657 324-299=623 Midwest Regional Tournament Purdue Invitational Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (Sept. 21-22) West Lafayette, Ind. (Oct. 1-2) Central Michigan Invitational Indiana Invitational 676 (36 holes) 311-299=610 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (Sept. 23-24) Bloomington, Ind. (Oct. 10-11) 491 (27 holes) 664 (36 holes) Indiana Invitational MAIAW Championship Bloomington, Ind. (Oct. 5-6) East Lansing, Mich. (Oct. 8-9) Purdue Invitational Spartan Invitational 685 (36 holes) 330-333=663 W. Lafayette, Ind. (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) East Lansing, Mich. (Oct. 17-18) 312-320=633 510 (27 holes) Spartan Invitational Illini Invitational East Lansing, Mich. (Oct. 19-20) Champaign, Ill. (April 15-16) MAIAW Championship Purdue Invitational 709 (36 holes) 299-311=610 Huntington, W.V. (Oct. 14-15) West Lafayette, Ind. (April 10) 341-350=691 320 (18 holes) Big Ten Championship Big Ten Championship Columbus, Ohio (April 26-27) Champaign, Ill. (April 21-22) Cincinnati Invitational Big Ten Championship 370-356=726 631 Middletown, Ohio (April 14-15) West Lafayette, Ind. (April 23-24) 312-308=620 637 (36 holes) 1974-75 (8) Michigan State Invitational East Lansing, Mich. (April 29-30) Big Ten Championship Iowa State Invitational Ohio State Invitational 333-331=664 Bloomington, Ind. (April 22-23) Ames, Iowa (Sept. 27-28) Columbus, Ohio (May 14-15) Bowling Green Invitational 311 (18 holes) (T-1st) 681 (36 holes) 663 (36 holes) Bowling Green, Ohio (May 13-14) 307-315=622 Central Michigan Invitational 1976-77 (8) 1978-79 (2) Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (Oct. 4-5) Illinois State Invitational Illinois State Invitational 716 (36 holes) Normal, Ill. (Sept. 15-16) Normal, Ill. (Sept. 17-18) 315-318=633 313-317=630 Midwest Invitational (Oct. 18-19) Bowling Green Invitational 890 (36 holes) Bowling Green, Ohio (May 4-5) 329-316=645 Spartan Invitational East Lansing, Mich. (Oct. 25) 1980-81 (3) 342 (18 holes) Illinois State Invitational Normal, Ill. (Sept. 12-13) Central Michigan Invitational 316-328=644 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (April 18-19) 523 (27 holes) Indiana Invitational Bloomington, Ill. (Oct. 17-18) Bowling Green Invitational 312 (18 holes) Bowling Green, Ohio (April 16) 383 (18 holes) Spartan Invitational The 1977-78 team won six tournaments, including the MAIAW East Lansing, Mich. (April 24-26) Championship and the Big Ten Championship. 321-312-311=944

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Illini Summerfield Classic 2001-02 (3) Tampa, Fla. (March 29-30) Pine Needles Invitational 306-303-307=916 Pinehurst, N.C. (Nov. 5-6) 303-300=603 Iowa Invitational Iowa City, Iowa (April 22-23) Central District Classic 322-326-321=969 Parrish, Fla. (Feb. 25-26) 296-292-296=884 1991-92 (1) Lady Topper Invitational USF Waterlefe Invitational Bowling Green, Ky. (March 28-29) Tampa, Fla. (March 18-19) 316-311=627 293-301-308=902 In 2001, MSU captured the Big Ten Championship for 1994-95 (2) 2003-04 (3) the first time since the 1982 season. Ferris State Invitational Badger Invitational Big Rapids, Mich. (Sept. 17-18) Madison, Wis. (Sept. 12-14) 1981-82 (3) Wolverine Invitational 314-308=622 303-305=608 Illinois State Invitational Ann Arbor, Mich. (Oct. 20-21) Normal, Ill. (Sept. 11-12) 328-318=646 Southern Illinois Invitational Mary Fossum Invitational 305-317-304=926 Carbondale, Ill. (March 25-26) East Lansing, Mich. (Sept. 20-21) Illini Spring Classic 310-333=643 299-302-300=901 Spartan Invitational Savoy, Ill. (April 12-13) East Lansing, Mich. (Sept. 25-26) 951 (54 holes) 1998-99 (3) Boilermaker Invitational 298-305-307=910 Mary Fossum Invitational W. Lafayette, Ind. (April 17-18) 1985-86 (4) East Lansing, Mich. (Sept. 12-13) 299-303-316=918 Big Ten Championship Ferris State Invitational 302-293-300=895 Minneapolis, Minn. (April 30-May 1) Big Rapids, Mich. (Sept. 13-14) 2004-05 (1) 308-310-304=922 942 (54 holes) Lady Northern Lady Buckeye Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. (Sept. 25-27) Columbus, Ohio (April 16-17) 1982-83 (1) Spartan Invitational 322-319-306=947 293-295-298=886 Illinois State Invitational East Lansing, Mich. (Sept. 27-28) Normal, Ill. (Sept. 10-11) 314-300-307=921 Wolverine Invitatonal 313-304-308=925 Ann Arbor, Mich. (Oct. 3-4) Huskie Fall Golf Classic 316-310=626 1983-84 (5) DeKalb, Ill. (Oct. 11-12) Illinois State Invitational 330-323-320=973 1999-2000 (2) Normal, Ill. (Sept. 9-10) Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 321-306-319=946 Lady Buckeye Invitational W. Springs, Fla. (March 13-14) Columbus, Ohio (April 13-14) 310-298=608 Wolverine Invitational 327-327-328=982 Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 16-18) Waterlefe/USF Invitational 319-313-318=950 1986-87 (2) Sarasota, Fla. (March 20-21) Ferris State Invitational 299-302-294=895 Ferris State Invitational Big Rapids, Mich. (Sept. 12-13) Big Rapids, Mich. (Oct. 7-8) 314-307=621 2000-01 (4) 320-325=645 Pine Needles Invitational Lady Boiler Classic Pinehurst, N.C. (Nov. 6-8) Bowling Green Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. (April 12-13) 307-295-288=890 Bowling Green, Ohio (Oct. 21-22) 322-312-326=960 315-308=623 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 1987-88 (4) Orlando, Fla. (March 12-13) Illinois Invitational Ferris State Invitational 306=306 Champaign, Ill. (April 13-14) Big Rapids, Mich. (Sept. 11-12) 953 (54 holes) 306-308-320=934 Indiana Invitational Bloomington, Ind. (April 7-8) 1984-85 (3) Northern Illinois Invitational 314-313-295=922 Ferris State Invitational DeKalb, Ill. (Oct. 9-10) Big Rapids, Mich. (Sept. 14-15) 322-308=630 Big Ten Championship 307-301-296=904 Minneapolis, Minn. (April 27-29) 302-300-309-308=1,219

38 Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships