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TABLE OF CONTENTS CREDITS: The 2011-12 Arizona Wildcat women’s golf me- Quick Facts/General Information ...............................................2 dia guide was designed and edited by Assistant SID Molly Head Coach Laura Ianello ..............................................................3 O’Mara. Photos by Luke Adams and J&L Photography. Assistant Coach Justin Silverstein ..............................................3 The Wildcats ...................................................................................4-7 Record Book .................................................................................8-14 1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................. WOMEN’S GOLF STAFF ..................................................... Location ....................................................................... Tucson, Ariz. Head Coach .......................................Laura Ianello, 2nd Season Founded ......................................................................................1885 Email ......................................................lauram@arizona.edu Enrollment ..............................................................................38,000 Offi ce Phone ......................................................520-621-5777 Conference .............................................................................Pac-12 Assistant Coach ........................Justin Silverstein, 2nd Season Affi liation ...............................................................NCAA Division I Email ....................................justin.silverstein@arizona.edu Colors .................................................................Cardinal and Navy Offi ce Phone ......................................................520-621-9236 Nickname ............................................................................ Wildcats WOMEN’S GOLF ROSTER .................................................. UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL ................................................. Name Year-Exp. Hometown/High School Interim President .....................................Dr. Eugene G. Sander Clemence FR-HS Marseille, France Phone ...............................................................(520) 621-5511 Abrahamian (Lacordaire/Institut des Sciences Appliques) Faculty Representative .........................................Jory Hancock Haley Andreas SO-1L Pacifi c Grove, Calif. (Pacifi c Grove HS)) Athletic Director ..........................................................Greg Byrne Kyndall Ardoin JR-2L Gibsland, La. (Glenbrook HS) Athletic Department Phone ............................ (520) 621-4622 Isabelle Boineau SR-3L Marseille, France (CNED) Ticket Offi ce Phone .............................................(520) 621-2287 Manon Gidali FR-HS Paris, France (Notre Dame de Boulogne) Nikki Koller SR-3L Lewisburg, Ky. (Russellville HS) MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION .................................. Margarita Ramos SR-3L Mexico City, Mexico Media Relations Director .........................Tom Duddleston, Jr. (Xavier College Preparatory) Women’s Golf Contact ...........................................Molly O’Mara Paige Spiranac FR-HS Scottsdale, Ariz. Offi ce Phone ..................................................(520) 621-4283 (Mesa Distance Learning Program) Cell Phone ....................................................... (520) 444-1068 Andrea Vilarasau FR-HS Sant Cugat Del Valles, Spain (Tecnic-Eulalia) Email ......................................................... [email protected] Media Relations Mailing Address ......................... McKale 106 WOMEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE ............................................. University of Arizona Date Event Location Tucson, AZ 85721-0096 Sept. 23-25 Fall Preview Franklin, Tenn. Media Relations Phone ..................................... (520) 621-4163 Oct. 3-4 Windy City Intercollegiate Chicago, Ill. Media Relations Fax ............................................(520) 621-2681 Oct. 21-23 Pac-12/SEC Challenge Knoxville, Tenn. Internet Site ...............................................ArizonaWildcats.com O31-N2 Betsy Rawls Invitational Austin, Texas Feb. 5-7 Arizona Wildcat Invitational Oro Valley, Ariz. Feb. 20-21 UNLV Invitational Las Vegas, Nev. March 18-20 Battle at Rancho Bernardo Rancho Bernardo, Calif. M30-A1 ASU PING Invitational Tempe, Ariz. April 16-17 Pacifi c Coast Intercollegiate San Francisco, Calif. April 27-29 Pac-12 Championships Pullman, Wash. May 10-12 NCAA Regional Championships TBA May 22-25 NCAA Championships Franklin, Tenn. 2011 RECAP ....................................................................... Pac-10 Finish .................................................................................2nd NCAA West Regional Finish ......................................................5th NCAA Finish .................................................................................15th 2 Head Coach Laura Ianello the 2000 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. She also played Third Season in the 2001, 2002 and 2004 U.S. Women’s Open, the 2002 Curtis Cup and represented the U.S. at the 2000 and 2002 World Ama- Laura Ianello was named the head teur Championship. For three seasons (2000-03), she was ranked coach for Arizona Wildcat women’s golf in the top 10 in Golfweek magazine’s amateur rankings. on May 26, 2010 after three seasons as She earned her degree in physical education from the Uni- the top assistant coach in the program. versity of Arizona in 2007 and married Jeff Ianello in the summer “Laura Ianello brings great energy of 2009. to our women’s golf program,” Arizona Athletics Director Greg Byrne said. “As an Assistant Coach Justin Silverstein alum, she understands how important Second Season our history is and future successes are. She also has a great un- derstanding of what it takes to reach that level and she works Justin Silverstein is in his second sea- hard to bring the right players to Tucson.” son as an assistant coach with Arizona In her fi rst full season as head coach of her alma mater, the Wildcat women’s golf. Wildcats won two tournaments, earned top-three fi nishes at In 2010-11, the Wildcats won two eight events and earned a runner-up fi nish at the fi nal Pac-10 tournaments, earned top-three fi nishes Championships. With a top-eight fi nish at the NCAA Regional at eight events and earned a runner-up Championships, UA earned a spot at the NCAA Championships fi nish at the fi nal Pac-10 Championships. in College Station, Texas. With a top-eight fi nish at the NCAA Re- Individually, junior Isabelle Boineau won two tournament gional Championships, UA earned a spot at the NCAA Champi- titles and was named an NGCA second-team All-American and onships in College Station, Texas. NGCA All-West Region. On the season, she had eight top 10 fi n- “Justin Silverstein is a great golfer and brings a lot of knowl- ishes and one top 20 fi nish. Boineau carded a low round of 69 (- edge and experience to our players,” Arizona head coach Laura 3) and a low tournament of 212 (-4). She also collected 17 rounds Ianello said. “I’m excited to have a fellow Wildcat on staff and he’s at or below par. a great fi t for our program.” From the Pac-10, Boineau earned fi rst-team honors, junior Silverstein is no stranger to Arizona Athletics. He previously Margarita Ramos was placed on the second team and senior spent the 2009-10 season as a volunteer assistant with the UA Alejandra Llaneza and sophomore Kyndall Ardoin were named men’s team, helping the squad post four top-fi ve fi nishes and honorable mention. Academically, junior Nikki Koller was named earn an NCAA West Regional berth. second team Pac-10 All-Academic. Ardoin and Llaneza were An Arizona men’s golf letterman from 2005-09, he posted a named honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic. 74.83 career scoring average. His low round as a collegian was a Prior to being named head coach, Ianello helped guide the 69, though he was limited to just two career appearances due to Wildcats to a fi fth place fi nish at the 2010 NCAA Women’s Golf a wrist injury. Championships in her fi nal act as an assistant coach. The Wild- An accomplished prep golfer, Silverstein helped Torrey Pines cats regained a considerable amount of their previous luster in High School to a pair of state titles and was a four-time all-con- 2009-10, winning three tournaments including back-to-back ference selection. He also participated in the 2003 United States postseason wins at the Pac-10 Championships and the NCAA Amateur Championship in Oakmont, Pa. West Regional Championships. Prior to joining the coaching ranks, he was employed by the “Arizona is my alma mater and there is no other place I would I.R.I. Golf Group. A native of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., he earned his want to coach,” Ianello said. “We expect to succeed and we have degree in regional development with a minor in business in May high expectations to continue doing what we do best and that 2009. is to win championships.” Before joining the coaching ranks, Ianello spent the previ- ous fi ve seasons playing professionally on the LPGA Tour, Fu- tures Tour and the West Coast Ladies Golf Tour. Her best season was 2004 in which she fi nished 147th on the LPGA Tour money list. Ianello ranked eighth on the 2003 Futures Tour with a 72.1 stroke average and three top-10 fi nishes. She played for the Wildcats from 1998-2003 as Laura Myer- scough and was a part of one NCAA Championship (2000) and three Pac-10 Championship (2000, 2001, 2002) teams during her fi ve seasons