2017-18 WOMEN’S GOLF OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (L to R): Stacy Snider, Lexie Long, Adeena Shears, Alex Wright, Jaclyn Lee, Rio Watanabe, Niki Schroeder, Alanis Sakuma, Sofia Seldemirova, Therese Hession ROSTER QUICK FACTS Name Yr. Hometown Previous School Big Ten Championships (16) ...............................1979*, 80*, 81*, Jaclyn Lee Jr. Calgary, Alberta Central Memorial H.S. ................. 83, 84, 85, 88, 93, 97, 99, 2002, 03, 04, 05, 14,15, 16 Lexie Long So. Dublin, Ohio Coffman, H.S. ......................................*Big Ten Conference does not recognize Alanis Sakuma Fr. Kapolei, Hawaii Island Pacific Academy Big Ten Individual Medalists ..................................................... 13 Niki Schroeder Jr. Avon Lake, Ohio Avon Lake H.S. NCAA Tournament Appearances .............................................. 28 Sofia Seldemirova Fr. Sofia, Bulgaria Russian School NCAA Championships Appearances ........................................ 21 Adeena Shears So. Parkersburg, W.Va. Parkersburg South H.S. All-Americans ........................................................................... 18 Rio Watanabe r-Sr. Kamagaya City, Japan Bentleigh Secondary All-Big Ten Selections .............................................................. 70 Alex Wright So. Midlothian, Va. IMG Academy All-American Scholars .............................................................. 48 Academic All-Big Ten Selections ........................................... 121 Head Coach: Therese Hession (Souther Methodist ‘79) Facility .... ..............The Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet) Assistant Coach: Stacy Snider (Michigan State ‘03) Yardage .............................................................................. 6,228 Par ............................................................................................ 71 Rating/Slope ................................................................... 76.1/142 SCHEDULE EAST & WEST MATCH PLAY CHALLENGE NORTHROP GRUMMAN REGIONAL CHALLENGE LADY BUCKEYE SPRING INVITATIONAL Sept. 17-19 | Madison, Wis. Feb. 11-13 | Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Apr. 14-15 | Columbus, Ohio Course: University Ridge Golf Course Course: Palos Verdes Golf Club Course: OSU Golf Club-Scarlet Course WINDY CITY COLLEGIATE WESTBROOK SPRING INVITATIONAL BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Oct. 2-3 | Highland Park, Ill. Feb. 25-26 | Peoria, Ariz. Apr. 20-22 | Cincinnati, Ohio Course: Northmoor Country Club Course: Westbrook Village Golf Club Course: TPC River’s Bend TAR HEEL INVITATIONAL CLOVER CUP NCAA REGIONAL Oct. 13-13 | Chapel Hill, N.C. March 16-18 | Mesa, Ariz. May 7-9 | TBA Course: Finley Golf Course Course: Longbow Golf Club Course: TBA BATTLE AT THE BEACH CLEMSON INVITATIONAL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Nov. 3-5 | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico March 23-25 | Sunset, S.C. May 18-23 | Stillwater, Okla. Course: Club Campestre San Jose Golf Course Course: The Reserve at Lake Keowee Course: Karsten Creek Golf Club 1 2017-18 WOMEN’S GOLF OHIO STATE BUCKEYES THERESE HESSION HEAD COACH 27TH SEASON SOUTHERN METHODIST ‘79 Therese Hession has served as head women’s golf coach at The Ohio State University for the past 26 seasons, crafting a storied legacy in Buckeye lore. The Indianapolis native has built the strong OSU golf tradition to even greater heights. Hession has led Ohio State to 10 Big Ten Championships, including back-to-back-to-back in 2014-16 and seven of the last 16 overall. Her success reaches a national level as well, advancing to the NCAA Regionals in 24 of the last 26 years (23 straight), and making 16 NCAA Championships appearances. top-30 in the Golfweek preseason rankings. The most recent national spotlight stint extended into the NCAA Quarterfinals as Hession’s 2017 Buckeyes advanced to match play as the No. 4 seed. Ohio The Buckeyes enjoyed perhaps their best season in school history in 2002-03. State’s fourth-place stroke play standing tied for the highest in school history Hession guided the team to fourth place at the NCAA championships, the highest at the NCAA Championships. finish in the program’s history. In addition, Ohio State captured its eighth overall and second-consecutive Big Ten championship. Three Buckeyes were honored with Hession’s efforts and impressive results have not gone unnoticed. She was First Team All-Big Ten selections and Hession was named the conference’s coach inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in the Class of 2015 and of the year. The season also marked the first time in school history Ohio State has been named the National Coach of the Year twice (2014 by Golfweek boasted two All-Americans in one season in Lindsay Knowlton and Kristen White. and 1997 by the National Golf Coaches Association). She’s been tabbed as Big Ten Coach of the Year on seven occasions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, Hession, a former LPGA Tour professional, became the seventh head coach in 2005, 2014). the program’s history in 1991. In her inaugural season, she led the Buckeyes to a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten championships--three places better than Student-athletes have earned many prestigious awards on the course and the previous year. In just her second season, Hession struck gold, winning in the classroom under the tutelage of Hession. During her tenure, Buckeye five regular season tournaments and claiming the 1993 conference title, Ohio golfers have been honored with 11 All-American and 63 All-Big Ten selections, State’s first championship since 1988. The Buckeyes would go on to place fifth six Big Ten Player of the Year and seven Big Ten Freshman of the Year laurels. at the NCAA East Regional, advancing them to their first NCAA Championship A strong proponent of education, Hession’s student-athletes have racked up appearance in five years. academic awards as well. She has mentored 42 All-American Scholars, 163 OSU Scholar-Athletes and a total of 114 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. A full-time professional golfer for 11 years, Hession competed in more than 250 LPGA tournaments during her illustrious career. She was among the Top Hession, a former president of the National Golf Coaches Association, was 150 in all-time LPGA career money-winners when she concluded her career in inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2004. That organization also tabbed her as a 1991. Hession also willingly gave her time to charity during her playing career, Region Coach of the Year three straight seasons (1996-98), the 2010 Gladys participating in more than 150 pro-celebrity charitable events. Palmer Meritorious Service Award and 2005 Founders Award recipient. As a collegiate player for Southern Methodist University, Hession led the Mustangs The Scarlet & Gray rode a three-year winning streak at the Big Ten to a national championship in 1979 while earning All-America laurels. She Championships (2014-16) under the watchful eye of Hession. The latest graduated with honors, acquiring a bachelor’s degree in business administration. marked a conference-best 14th B1G title since 1982. The ‘15-16 Buckeyes In January of 1980, after just three months on the Women’s Professional Golf also reached the NCAA Championships, paced by Rio Watanabe earning a Tour, she earned her LPGA tour card. share of 16th place overall on the individual leaderboard. Ohio State averaged 293.72 in 39 team rounds played, crushing the previous school record by An Indianapolis native, Hession is a member of the Fellowship of Christian nearly three strokes. Athletes Golf Ministry advisory staff. An avid participant in charity programs, she was the recipient of the 1989 LPGA Tour Samaritan Award. The 2014-15 Buckeyes were crowned champions of the Big Ten for the second straight season. The ‘15 crown was a monumental victory, marking the 100th QUICK FACTS tournament title in program history. Hession has been at the helm for 46 of • Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind. the 101 all-time tournament triumphs by Ohio State. • High School: Ladywood St. Agnes • Alma Mater: Southern Methodist ‘79 In 2013-14, Hession directed Ohio State to a share of seventh place at the NCAA Championships (fourth-highest NCAA finish in school history) with a Playing Career: LPGA Tour 1980-91 ... Southern Methodist University 1976-79 ... trio of freshmen atop the lineup. Her second career National Coach of the captain of the 1979 AIAW National Championship Team ... First Team All-America Year campaign also included a three-round total of 838 at the Westbrook in 1979 ... Indiana state amateur champion in 1977 ... Ladywood St. Agnes High Spring Invitational to shatter the program’s 54-hole record previously set School 1971-75 ... Indiana state high school champion in 1973 ... Indiana state in May 2005 by 18 strokes. The ‘13-14 Buckeyes continued to rewrite the junior champion in 1973 ... team high school champions in 1974. record books in the postseason as the team’s 1,158-stroke total at the NCAA Championships is also an all-time OSU mark, the best 72-hole score ever Playing Highlights: Competed in seven U.S. Women’s Opens ... career best finishes posted by the Buckeyes. Hession’s charges won three spring tournaments, of fourth place at the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic and the Mastercard LPGA Pro-Am. including a co-Big Ten Championship. All this from a team ranked outside the 2 2017-18 WOMEN’S GOLF OHIO STATE BUCKEYES STACY SNIDER ASSISTANT COACH SECOND SEASON MICHIGAN STATE ‘03 Stacy Snider became a Buckeye in August 2016, donning the Scarlet & Gray as the program’s assistant coach, and immediately enjoyed one of the greatest seasons in program history. In her first Ohio State campaign,