THE RECORD BOOK University of Illinois 2017-18 WOMEN’S GOLF TABLE OF CONTENTS COACHING STAFF Head Coach Renee Slone ................................ 2-3 Assistant Coach Jenny Coluccio ............................. 4 MEET THE FIGHTING ILLINI Your 2017-18 Fighting Illini ................................ 5 Dana Gattone ......................................... 6-7 Ali Morallos ........................................... 8-9 Tristyn Nowlin ....................................... 10-11 Grace Park ......................................... 12-13 Chayanid Prapassarangkul............................. 14-15 Pailin Ruttanasupagid ................................ 16-17 Bing Singhsumalee................................... 18-19 2017-17 ILLINOIS WOMEN’S GOLF ROSTER Name Year Hometown/Previous School MOST RECENTLY Dana Gattone Sr. Addison, Ill./Saint Viator 2017-18 Fall Outlook .................................... 20 Ali Morallos Fr. Lakewood, Calif./Woodrow Wilson Classical 2017-18 Statistics ...................................... 21 Tristyn Nowlin So. Richmond, Ky./Madison Central Grace Park Sr. San Jose, Calif./Cupertino ALL-TIME PROGRAM RECORDS/RESULTS Chayanid Prapassarangkul Sr. Bangkok, Thailand/Shrewsbury International Pailin Ruttanasupagid Sr. San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines All-Time Records..................................... 22-24 Bing Singhsumalee Jr. Naperville, Ill./Waubonsie Valley Individual & Team Honors and Awards.................... 25-26 All-Time Results ..................................... 27-29 Head Coach: Renee Slone, 12th season All-Time Big Ten Tournament Results........................ 30 Assistant Coach: Jenny Coluccio, fifth season All-time Letterwinners // Illini Spring Classic Results ........... 31 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION FIGHTING ILLINI QUICK FACTS Women’s Golf Contact ............... .Kevin Cole Location................ Urbana-Champaign, Ill. 2016 Big Ten Finish ................ T-Seventh Email........................... kpcole2illinois.edu Founded.............................. 1867 2016 NCAA Regional Finish.............. Ninth Office Phone........................ 217-300-1503 Enrollment........................... 44,942 Letterwinners Returning / Lost............. 7/1 Cell Phone.......................... 847-644-2928 Nickname ...................... Fighting Illini Newcomers............................... 1 Colors ...................... Orange and Blue First Year of Women’s Golf ............. 1974-75 Conference ......................... Big Ten Home Course ........... Stone Creek Golf Club Sports Information Director ............................. Kent Brown President..................... Timothy Killeen Par/Yardage........ Black Tees: 72 / 7,118 Associate Director .................................. Derrick Burson Chancellor...................... Robert Jones . Blue Tees: 72 / 6,536 Assistant Directors ..... Jenny Dewar, Derek Neal, Brett Moore, Libby Knight Athletics Director............... Josh Whitman . White Tees: 72 / 5,842 Interns .................... Kevin Cole (GA), Chad Beyler, Grace Duggan . .Women’s Championship Tees: 72 / 6,246 Office Manager ..................................... Jennifer Fisher New Media/Creative Services ............ Adam Marantz/Eddie Diazmunoz Head Coach ................... Renee Slone Assistant Coach ................ Jenny Coluccio Athletics Communication Phone ....................... (217) 333-1391 Years at Illinois ............. 12th season Years at Illinois .................. Fifth Season Website........................................ FIGHTINGILLINI.com Alma Mater................... Illinois ’02 Alma Mater.................... Drury ‘07 Twitter ................................. www.twitter.com/IlliniWGolf Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Facebook . www.facebook.com/IlliniWgolf Office Phone ............. 217-333-8610 Office Phone ............. 217-244-4491 Instagram............................ www.instagram.com/IlliniWGolf Office Fax................ 217-244-9758 Mailing Address ............................ Athletics Communication Mailing Address .......... 1700 South Fourth St. ............................... 1700 S. Fourth Street ..................... Champaign, IL 61820 ............................... Champaign, IL 61820 2017-18 ILLINOIS WOMEN’S GOLF // 1 COACHING STAFF RENEE SLONE HEAD COACH // 12TH SEASON Former Fighting Illini great Renee Slone completed her 11th season as the University of Illinois head women’s golf coach in 2016-17. Slone was named the third women’s golf coach in school history on June 8, 2006. She replaced her former coach and mentor Paula Smith, who retired at the conclusion of the 2006 season after 28 years directing the UI golf program. Slone, formerly Renee Heiken, played for the Illini from 1990-93 and is the most decorated golfer in UI history. The 2016-17 season rewrote many of the program’s records, highlighted by the best team scoring average in program history (296.21), a berth in the NCAA Albuquerque Regional, and the best team single-round score in program history (281, -7). The team recorded eight top-five finishes during the season, including four top-three finishes. Stephanie Miller finished her Illini career with the top career average in program history (75.32), besting the mark that had been held by Slone for nearly 25 years. Freshmen Swing Liu and Tristyn Nowlin became just the third and fourth Illini golfers to be named All-Big Ten as rookies. Coach Slone with Jan Prapassarangkul The 2015-16 season generated great excitement for the years to follow, as Slone saw an Illini team that wouldn’t lose anyone to graduation close the season with four-consecutive top-five team finishes in addition to the best showing at the Big Ten Championship since the 1994-95 season. Freshman Bing Singhsumalee tied the school record for best 18-hole round at 6-under par in her debut round with the Illini. Singhsumalee went on to become just the second Illini named All-Big Ten following her first collegiate season. Slone oversaw the team post the lowest team round season stroke average in school history at 296.79, a mark nearly three strokes better than the previous record. During the 2014-15 season, Slone led the Fighting Illini crew to a Big Ten- best six “Golfer of the Week” accolades. The Illinois unit also rewrote a slew of individual and team records over the course of the season in Slone’s ninth season as head coach. Illinois won back-to-back tournament titles for the first time since the fall of 1993. During the 2013-14 season, Slone welcomed new assistant coach Jenny Coluccio as a new era for Illinois golf was underway. In the fall, the Orange and Blue finished in the top-five in each of the five tournaments they competed in and rose as high as No. 22 in the polls. The Illini missed out on the crown at the Minnesota Invitational by a single stroke but responded with a victory at the Diane Thomason Invitational followed by another win, this time at the Hoosier Invitational. In the spring, at the Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate, The 2015-16 team at the Big Ten Championships Samantha Postillion battled to a career best second place finish. Illinois tied its highest finish in the past 19 seasons with a fifth place outing at the Big history, carding a three-under 285. Later in the fall, the Illini shot a one-over Ten Championships. Both Stephanie Miller and Ember Schuldt competed at 281 during the Challenge at Onion Creek, the seventh lowest team round in the NCAA Central Regional where they finished T-51st and T-66th respectively. school history. In 2012-13, Coach Slone helped develop rookie Samantha Postillion into In 2009-10, Illinois won its first tournament since the 2007-08 season at a contender while guiding the experienced junior Ember Schuldt to a good the UC Spring Invitational, shooting the sixth lowest 54-hole tournament year. Illinois’ season was highlighted by a third-place finish at the Wolverine total (893) in the program’s history. At the Big Ten Championships, the Illini Invitational, in which Schuldt and Michelle Mayer finished in the top 10, and made program history finishing the 72-hole tournament with a total of 1230, the fifth-straight victory over Illinois State at the Illinois Challenge in February. the lowest score to date. Not only did Slone coach Illinois to record breaking team finishes, but each individual golfer posted or tied her career low round In 2011-12, Illinois earned a berth to regionals for the second year in a row and experienced her career low 54-hole tournament total during the 2009-10 and fourth time in school history, tying for 14th at the NCAA West Regional. The season. Illini placed fifth at the Big Ten Championships, which was the program’s best finish since 2002 and top showing at the conference tournament under Slone. In the 2008-09 season, the Illini boasted the ninth-lowest season scoring The Orange and Blue won a team title to start off the spring and recorded eight average (315.09) in school history with a youthful lineup, including seven top-five team finishes. The Illini also twice set the team school record for a freshmen, one sophomore and one senior. The team made history at the 54-hole tournament total and turned in the top two individual tournament and season-opening tournament, sending five freshmen to the event for the first team single round performances in school history. time in the program’s history. The 2010-11 season was full of milestones. The Illini advanced to the NCAA During the 2007-08 season, Slone coached the Illini to