Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 14 .........................................................................Laura Hoskin 15 ........................................................................... Kie Purdom INTRO 1 16. ............................................................... Maria Toennessen 1 ......................................................................... Table of Contents 2 .......................................................................... Quick Facts/Staff FALL 2016 REVIEW 19 3 ........................................................................................... Roster 17 ............................................................................ Fall Review 18 ......................................................................... Fall Statistics COACHES AND STAFF 4-7 19 ........................................................Fall Tournament Results 4 .............................................................Head Coach Kory Henkes 5 ............................................................Assistant Coach Drew Belt PROGRAM HISTORY 20-32 6 ................................................................................Support Staff 20 ............................................................All-Americans/All-SEC 21 ............................................................ NCAA Championships ADMINISTRATION 8-9 22 ................................................................. Tournament Titles 7 ............................Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter/Athletics Committee 23 ....................................................................... Team Records 8 ....................................Athletics Director Ross Bjork/Senior Staff 24 .................................................................Individual Records 26-28 ................................................................All-Time Results 2016 REBELS 10-23 29 ........................................................................ Letterwinners 9 ......................................................................................... Seniors 30 .............................................................. Professional Rebels 10 ........................................................................ Madisen Bentley 11 .............................................................................. Martina Flori 12 ................................................................................ Katy Harris 13. ...............................................................Pi-Lillebi Hermansson CREDITS ON THE COVER Featured on the cover of the 2017 Ole Miss Women’s Fact Book are EDITORS: ALEX SIMS AND JESSICA POOLE seniors Madisen Bentley (left)and Maria Toennessen (right). Cover design by Dan Pellegrino. PHOTOGRAPHY: Joshua McCoy, Jessica Poole, players and their families. © COPYRIGHT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI The 2017 Ole Miss Women’s Golf Fact Book was published by the University of Mississippi Athletics Communications Office and designed by Connor Hennessey and Alex Sims using Adobe InDesign CS3 and Adobe Photoshop CS3. All contents of this issue are copyrighted 2015 by the University of Mississippi. Reproduction without written permission is strictly prohibited. 1 Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Location: Oxford, Mississippi Associate AD/Communications: Kyle Campbell Founded: Nov. 6, 1848 Communications Specialist (Women’s Golf Contact): Jessica Poole Enrollment: 21,260 Office Number: (662) 915-7896 Nickname: Rebels FAX Number: (662) 915-7006 Colors: Cardinal Red and Navy Blue Email: [email protected] Conference: Southeastern Communications Assistant (Women’s Golf Contact): Alex Sims Chancellor: Dr. Jeffrey Vitter Office Number: (662) 915-7522 Athletics Director: Ross Bjork Cell Number: (515) 720-2260 Executive Associate AD/SWA: Lynnette Johnson Email: [email protected] Home Course: Ole Miss Golf Course Communications Specialist: Kim Ling Communications Specialist: Joey Jones WOMEN’S GOLF STAFF Communications Specialist: Daniel Snowden Head Coach: Kory Henkes Communications Specialist: Jessica Poole Alma Mater: South Carolina, 2004 Communications Specialist: Adam Kuffner Year at Ole Miss: Second Communications Specialist: Brandon Lee Assistant Coach: Drew Belt Senior Staff Assistant: Ashley Mangrum Alma Mater: Ferris State, 2004 Mailing Address: Year at Ole Miss: Second 908 All-American Drive Athletic Trainer: Meredith Pendergast Oxford, MS 38655 Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning: Matt Turner Athletics Web Site: www.OleMissSports.com Golf Office Phone: (662) 816-4653 University Web Site: www.OleMiss.edu Golf FAX Number: (662) 234-8376 Athletics Twitter: @OleMissSports Golf Senior Staff Assistant: Sally Worsham Women’s Golf Twitter: @OleMissWGolf Phone Number: (662) 915-7241 Head Coach Kory Henkes Twitter: @KoryThompson1 Assistant Coach Drew Belt Twitter : @DrewBeltPGA 2016-17 TEAM INFORMATION Facebook: www.facebook.com/OleMissWGolf Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/3 www.facebook.com/OleMissSports Top Players: Katy Harris, Maria Toennessen, Madisen Bentley 2 2016-17 ROSTER 2016-17 ROSTER NAME YR-EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Madisen Bentley SR-2L University Place, Wash. (Portland State) Martina Flori SO-1L Montecatini Terme, Italy (Liceo Don Bosco) Katy Harris JR-TR St. Simons Island, Ga. (Mercer) Pi-Lillebi Hermansson FR-HS Djursholm, Sweden Laura Hoskin JR-1L Arrowtown, New Zealand (Oregon State) Kie Purdom FR-HS Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay HS) Maria Toennessen JR-2L Grimstad, Norway (Norwegian School for Top Athletics) Head Coach: Kory Henkes (South Carolina 2004) Assistant Coach: Drew Belt (Ferris State, 2004) 3 Head Coach Kory Henkes KORY HENKES Head Coach Kory Henkes was named head coach of the Ole Miss women’s golf team closed the season ranked No. 33 nationally with eight top-five finishes in on June 22, 2015 and is amid her second season at the helm of the Ole their nine tournaments, including earning top billing at the 2014 Rebel 4 KORY HENKES FILE3 Miss program in 2016-17. Intercollegiate and the Lady Pirate Invitational. In total, Henkes guided her GRU Augusta squads to 17 top-five tournament finishes and 38 top- PERSONAL • Wife to Kenneth Hansen Henkes In the 2016 fall season, scores continued to fall for the Rebels under 10 individual performances with two medalist honors. • Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thompson Henkes. On Oct. 25, 2016, Katy Harris became the first individual medal- • Sister of Kyle Thompson, PGA ist for Henkes in Oxford. Harris shot 4-under to win the Palmetto Inter- Prior to her appointment at GRU Augusta, Henkes spent two years as collegiate. Ole Miss cracked the top 60 of the national rankings over the the head coach at Charleston Southern. In her first season with the Buc- EDUCATION early season and enter the spring with high expectations. caneers, they claimed the 2010 Big South Championship while setting • University of South Carolina, 2004 a new league championship record for lowest 54-hole total. Under the • Titleist Perfomance Institute, 2010 In her first season, Henkes led the Ole Miss squad to new heights, high- tutelage of Henkes, Olivia Jordan-Higgins captured medalist honors at lighted by a seventh-place finish at the SEC Championship, which was the 2010 conference tournament and cracked the top 100 in the na- PLAYING EXPERIENCE the best finish for the Rebels since 2010 and the third best finish in tional rankings (96th) while being nominated for NCAA Woman of the •Four time letter winner (USC) from 2002 to 2004. program history. The Rebels also took runner-up honors at the 2016 Year. The Lady Bucs registered the most improved GPA (3.51) among all •Served as caddie on the LPGA to Kristy McPherson Rebel Intercollegiate. In total, the Rebels set 10 new team or individual Charleston Southern athletic programs as well as the highest team GPA. •Caddied for her brother, Kyle Thompson on the PGA Tour. records in Henkes’ first year at Ole Miss and saw scoring averages go They were also recognized by the NGCA for having one of the top-25 down significantly across the board. team GPAs in the nation. COACHING/TEACHING EXPERIENCE •2015-Present: Ole Miss Head Coach Henkes came to Oxford after a four-year stint as head coach at GRU Au- A 2004 graduate of South Carolina, Henkes is no stranger to the rigors •2011-2015: GRU-Augusta Head Coach gusta. Henkes brings six years of head coaching experience to Ole Miss. of the SEC and was a member of South Carolina’s 2002 SEC Champion- •2009-2011: Charleston Southern Head Coach ship team and a four-year letterwinner for the Gamecocks from 2002-04. •2008: LPGA caddy Henkes was successful in building GRU Augusta into a perennial top-25 program over the course of her four years at the helm. The Jaguars ad- Henkes spent time on the LPGA Tour serving as a caddy to Kristy HONORS vanced to the NCAA Regionals in three of Henkes’ four years and played McPherson, who finished in the top 50 on the money list in 2008 and •Charleston City Amateur Champion (2011) at the Raleigh regional this past season. Henkes also guided two indi- also caddied for her older brother Kyle, who earned his PGA Tour card •SEC Champion (2002) viduals at the NCAA Regional in Casey Kennedy and Natalie Wille in 2013. for 2012 by finishing 15th on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2011. •National Golf Coaches Association All-Academic (2002, 2003, 2004) •SEC Acadmic Honor Roll (2001,2002, 2003, 2004) Under Henkes’ watch, the Jaguars achieved their highest ranking in pro- gram history, checking in at No. 21 in the fall of