2012 NCAA CHAMPIONS 1 NCAA MEDALIST 3 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS ALABAMA 17 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS 13 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES Tournament Information NCAA Championships Dates: May 19-24, 2017 Course: Rich Harvest Farms Course Info: Par 72, 6,343/6,261 yards Location: Sugar Grove, Ill. Host: Northern Illinois University Rankings (as of 5-11-17) Golfstat Relative Ranking Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index Alabama Quick Facts Alabama Women s Golf Contact: Todd Bell, Assistant Director tbell@ia.ua.edu 972-825-6686 2nd 2nd Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Enrollment: 37,655 Founded: April 12, 1831 Conference: Southeastern Nickname: Crimson Tide Colors: Crimson and White Home Course: Ol Colony Golf Complex President: Dr. Stuart R. Bell Athletic Director: Greg Byrne Web Site: www.rolltide.com Team Information Head Coach: Mic Potter Years at Alabama: 12th Year Potter s NCAA Championship Appearances: Alabama: 12 (2006-17) Furman: 15 (1983-87, 90, 92-97, 99, 2004-05) Assistant Coach: Susan Rosenstiel Alabama NCAA Appearances: 13 (1987, 2006-17) NCAA Championships: 1 (2012) 2016 NCAA Finish: t12th NCAA Regional Appearances: 19 NCAA Regional Championships: 3 (2011, 13, 17) 2017 Regional Finish: 1st SEC Championships: 3 (2010, 12, 16) 2017 SEC Finish: t2nd 16-17 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/2 16-17 Newcomers: 3 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS LINEUP Rank* Name Class Events Rounds Avg. Low Round Avg. vs. Par 3/3 Cheyenne Knight So. 10 28 70.39 65-1.29 5/12 Lauren Stephenson So. 10 28 70.96 65-0.71 8/6 Kristen Gillman Fr. 10 28 71.11 66-0.57 Lakareber Abe Jr. 8 22 73.86 63 +2.27 Mia Landegren Sr. 10 27 75.96 70 +4.19 *- Golfstat/Golfweek Top 100 No. 2 Alabama Makes 12th Consecutive NCAA Championships Appearance The No. 2-ranked Alabama women s golf team will be making its 12th consecutive appearance - and 13th in program history - at the 2017 NCAA Women s Golf Championships. The Crimson Tide will be one of 24 teams vying for the national championship at this year s tournament, which will be held May 19-24 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. Alabama advanced to this year s tournament by winning the NCAA Athens Regional with 14-shot victory over runner-up Northwestern. The win is the third regional title all-time for the Crimson Tide. Alabama previously captured NCAA East Regional championships in 2011 at Daytona Beach, Fla. and 2013 at Auburn, Ala. Crimson Tide Boasts Three of Nation s Top-10 Golfers Cheyenne Knight is the nation s No. 3-ranked golfer in the latest Golfstat individual statistical rankings. Knight (70.00) is joined in the top 10 by two of her teammates: sophomore Lauren Stephenson (70.96) is fifth and freshman Kristen Gillman (71.11) is eighth. Knight (third), Gillman (sixth) and Stephenson (12th) are also among the leaders in the most recent Golfweek women s rankings. Alabama in the National Rankings The Crimson Tide is No. 2 latest Golfstat Relative Rankings released May 11. Stanford is No. 1 followed by Alabama, Florida, UCLA and Florida State to round out the top five, respectively. The Tide s rating of 70.59 is No. 2 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index released May 11. Arizona State (70.56) tops the Golfweek rankings followed by the Crimson Tide, Stanford (70.66), UCLA (70.80) and Florida (70.82). Alabama Wins NCAA Athens Regional The Alabama women s golf team posted a 7-under par 857 (289-284-284) to win the 2017 NCAA Athens Regional and clinch its 12th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Women s Golf Championships. s Cheyenne Knight (71-71-69/211) and Lauren Stephenson (69-70-72/211) tied for second place at 5-under par. Kristen Gillman (73-70-71/214) tied for fifth at 2-under par. Senior Mia Landegren (76-73-72/221) tied for 24th at 5-over par and junior Lakareber Abe (80-74-77/231) tied for 67th at 15-over par. Alabama Dominates SEC Postseason Awards Cheyenne Knight was named the SEC Player of the Year, while freshman Kristen Gillman was named the league s of the Year. Knight, Gillman and sophomore Lauren Stephenson also earned first team All-SEC honors and Gillman was named to the SEC All- team. Senior Cammie Gray was named to the SEC Community Service Team for the second consecutive year. The All-SEC honor is the second for Knight, who joins Stephanie Meadow (2013, 2014) as the only Crimson Tide women s golfers to earn SEC Player of the Year honors. Gillman joins Jennifer Kirby (2010), Meadow (2011) and Emma Talley (2013) as the fourth SEC of the Year in program history. The first-team selections for Knight, Gillman and Stephenson marks the third time that Alabama has landed three golfers on the All-SEC first team. Camilla Lennarth, Stephanie Meadow and Brooke Pancake were honored in 2011 while Meadow, Pancake and Jennifer Kirby were selected in 2012. Follow The Tide Get all the latest information on the team by following @AlabamaWGolf, on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook. 1
ALABAMA WOMEN'S GOLF ROSTER Name Class Exp. Ht. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Pronunciation Lakareber Abe Jr. 2L 5-5 Angleton, Texas (Texas Connections Acad.) Lah-CARE-ah-bee AH-bay Kristen Gillman Fr. HS 5-6 Austin, Texas (Lake Travis) Cammie Gray Sr. 3L 5-7 Northport, Ala. (Home Schooled) Cheyenne Knight So. 1L 5-6 Aledo, Texas (Aledo) Mia Landegren Sr. 3L 5-4 Bridgewater, Conn. (Shepaug Valley) Nicole Morales Jr. 2L 5-6 Salem, N.Y. ( Jon Jay) Sarah Pabst Fr. HS 5-7 Niceville, Fla. (Collegiate) Lauren Stephenson So. TR 5-3 Lexington, S.C. (Lexington/Clemson) ALABAMA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS FALL 2016 Team Date Tournament Course Site Finish Score Individual Sept. 16-18 Mason Rudolph Championship Vanderbilt Legends Club Franklin, Tenn. 1st 825 (-39) 1st- Knight (-14, 202) Sept. 24-26 Schooner Fall Classic Belmar Golf Club Norman, Okla. 2nd 841 (-11) 6th- Knight (-6, 207) Oct. 14-16 Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational Finley Golf Club Chapel Hill, N.C. 2nd 859 (-5) 2nd- Stephenson (-9, 207) Oct. 28-30 The Landfall Tradition Country Club of Landfall Wilmington, N.C. 6th 881 (+17) T-3rd- Knight (-4, 211) SPRING 2017 Team Date Tournament Course Site Finish Score Individual Feb. 12-14 Northrop Grumman Reg. Challenge Palos Verdes Golf Club Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. 5th 867 (+15) T-5th- Stephenson (-1, 212) March 3-5 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Long Cove Club Hilton Head Island, S.C. 1st 859 (+7) 1st- Knight (-8, 205) March 31-April 2 Bryan National Collegiate Bryan Park Golf Course Browns Summit, N.C. 1st 851 (-13) 1st- Gillman (-8,208) April 7-9 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic University of Georgia GC Athens, Ga. t2nd 303 (+15) 2nd- Gillman (-2, 70) April 21-23 SEC Championship Greystone Golf and CC Birmingham, Ala. t2nd 855 (-9) T-5th- Knight (-5, 211) April 29 Northwestern Quad Match Lakeshore Country Club Glencoe, Ill. N/A* May 8-10 NCAA Regional Championships University of Georgia GC Athens, Ga. 1st 857 (-7) T-2nd- Knight/Stephenson (-5, 211) May 19-24 NCAA Championships Rich Harvest Farms Sugar Grove, Ill. *- Match play tournament. Final round canceled due to inclement weather OVERALL STROKE AVERAGES Player Tourn./Rds Strokes vs. Par Low High Avg. Avg vs. Par Top Finish Cheyenne Knight 10/28 1,961-36 65 76 70.39-1.29 1st - Twice, last Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Lauren Stephenson 10/28 1,987-20 65 82 70.96-0.71 2nd -Twice, NCAA Athens Regional Kristen Gillman 10/28 1,991-16 66 76 71.11-0.57 1st - Bryan National Collegiate Nicole Morales 1/2 147 +3 72 75 73.50 +1.50 t2nd- Samford Spring Shootout* Lakareber Abe 8/22 1,625 +50 63 80 73.86 +2.27 t4th - Mason Rudolph Championship Mia Landegren 10/27 2,057 +113 70 87 75.96 +4.19 t11th - Samford Spring Shootout* Cammie Gray 3/9 693 +48 72 82 77.00 +5.33 t37th- Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational Sarah Pabst 1/2 163 +19 79 84 81.50 +9.50 t40th- Samford Spring Shootout* Individual Totals 10/146 10,624 +161 63 82 72.76 +1.10 1st - 3 times, last Gillman, Bryan National Collegiate Team Scores 10/28 7,998-30 263 296 71.41-1.07 1st - 4 times, last NCAA Athens Regional *- Competed as an individual MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS Player Class Hometown Tournaments Victories Top Five 6-10 11-20 Par or Lower Low 54 Kristen Gillman Fr. Austin, Texas 10 1 6 2 1 20 207 Cheyenne Knight So. Aledo, Texas 10 2 5 3 2 19 202 Lauren Stephenson So. Lexington, S.C. 10 0 5 1 3 18 207 Mia Landegren Sr. Bridgeport, Conn. 9 0 0 0 0 4 220 Lakareber Abe Jr. Angleton, Texas 8 0 1 0 2 7 209 Cammie Gray Sr. Northport, Ala. 3 0 0 0 0 1 223 Nicole Morales Jr. Salem, N.Y. 1 0 1 0 0 1 N/A Sarah Pabst Fr. Niceville, Fla. 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A MISCELLANEOUS ALABAMA CAREER STATISTICS Player Tourn. Rds. Strokes vs. Par Scoring Avg. Wins Top Five 6-10 11-20 Rds. in 60s Low 18 Low 54 All-SEC Cheyenne Knight 21 60 4,284-5 (-0.08) 71.40 3 8 5 2 16 65 202 2016, 17 Lauren Stephenson 10 28 1,987-20 (-0.71) 70.96 0 5 1 3 10 65 207 2017 Kristen Gillman 10 28 1,991-16 (-0.57) 71.11 1 5 2 1 6 66 207 2017 Lakareber Abe 29 85 6,306 +196 (+2.35) 74.18 1 6 1 6 11 63 209 2016 Nicole Morales 16 42 3,357 +186 (+4.43) 76.30 0 1 0 2 1 69 219 -- Mia Landegren 28 78 5,970 +357 (+4.57) 76.54 0 0 0 1 0 71 221 -- Cammie Gray 26 78 6,000 +387 (+5.22) 76.92 0 0 0 0 0 70 221 -- Sarah Pabst 1 2 163 +19 (+9.50) 81.50 0 0 0 0 0 79 N/A -- 2
ALABAMA S RECORD BREAKDOWN (Stroke) Tournaments Played: 10 Team Total Rounds: 28 Average Individual Score Per Round: 72.76 Team Total Strokes: 7,998 Average Team Round: 285.64 Team Low Round: 263* Tournament Championships: 4 (Mason Rudolph Championship, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Bryan National Collegiate, NCAA Athens Regional) Top-Five Team Finishes (including titles): 9 Top 6-10 Team Finishes: 1 Individual Championships: 3 (Knight- Mason Rudolph Championship & Darius Rucker Intercollegiate; Gillman- Bryan National Collegiate) Top 10 Individual Finishes: 23 Top 11-25 Individual Finishes: 13 Team Overall Record: 155-13-2 PERCENTAGE OF ROUNDS COUNTED TOWARD ALABAMA TEAM SCORE Player Total Rounds Played Counted Rounds Percentage Lauren Stephenson 28 28 1.000 Kristen Gillman 28 28 1.000 Cheyenne Knight 28 27.964 Lakareber Abe 22 15.682 Cammie Gray 9 4.444 Mia Landegren 25 10.400 Nicole Morales 0 0.000 Sarah Pabst 0 0.000 ALABAMA GOLFERS CAREER COUNTED ROUNDS Player Total Career Rounds Played Counted Rounds Percentage Kristen Gillman 28 28 1.000 Lauren Stephenson 28 28 1.000 Cheyenne Knight 58 57.983 Lakareber Abe 85 71.835 Mia Landegren 71 47.662 Nicole Morales 39 23.590 Cammie Gray 72 42.583 Sarah Pabst 0 0.000 ALABAMA TOURNAMENT LINEUPS (listed by tournament finish) FALL 2016 UA Finish Mason Rudolph Championship Knight Stephenson/Gillman Abe Landegren 1st- 825* (-39)* Schooner Fall Classic Knight Gillman Abe/Stephenson Landegren 2nd- 841 (-11) Ruth Chris Tar Heel Invitational Stephenson Knight GIllman Gray Landegren 2nd- 859 (-5) Landfall Tradition Knight Stephenson Gillman Landegren Gray 6th- 881 (+17) SPRING 2017 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Stephenson Knight Gillman Abe Gray 5th - 867 (+15) Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Knight Gillman Stephenson Abe Landegren 1st- 859 (+7) Bryan National Collegiate Gillman Stephenson Knight Abe Landegren 1st - 851 (-13) Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic Gillman Knight Abe Stephenson Landegren 2nd - 303 (+15) SEC Championship Knight Gillman Stephenson Landegren Abe 2nd - 855 (-9) NCAA Regionals Knight/Stephenson Gillman Landegren Abe 1st- 857 (-7) NCAA Championships *- School record ALABAMA INDIVIDUALS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index as of 5/11/17) vs. 25 vs. 50 vs. 100 Overall Rank Name Rating Events Sked (Rank) W-L-T W-L-T W-L-T W-L-T 3 Cheyenne Knight 69.48 10 74.14 (61) 32-26-2 86-40-5 157-48-10 739-58-16 6 Kristen Gillman 69.88 10 74.13 (59) 23-33-4 71-52-8 136-65-14 715-79-19 12 Lauren Stephenson 70.48 10 74.12 (57) 23-30-7 70-47-14 135-63-17 701-90-22 Lakareber Abe 72.48 8 74.00 (44) 3-54-3 11-94-9 26-148-10 340-259-29 Mia Landegren 75.64 10 74.64 (155) 2-56-0 6-113-3 13-175-3 299-437-30 Nicole Morales 74.65 1 78.84 (UR) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 37-1-1 Cammie Gray 76.01 3 73.97 (UR) 0-22-0 0-46-0 3-71-1 66-196-9 Sarah Pabst 82.78 1 78.63 (UR) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-34-1 3
TOURNAMENT RESULTS Mason Rudolph Championship - Vanderbilt Legends Club (South Course) Franklin, Tenn. Par 72 6,451 Yards 1. ALABAMA 284-278-263/825 (-39) 1. Cheyenne Knight, Alabama 68-68-67/202 (-14) 2. SMU 288-293-287/868 (+4) 2t. Lauren Stephenson, Alabama 74-68-65/207 (-9) 3. Northwestern 284-296-291/871 (+7) 2t. Kristen Gillman, Alabama 71-68-68/207 (-9) 4. UCF 291-923-292/876 (+12) 4t. Lakareber Abe, Alabama 71-75-63/209 (-7) 5t. Chattanooga 292-295-292/879 (+15) 23t. Mia Landegren, Alabama 75-76-70/221 (+5) 5t. Auburn 289-298-292/879 (+15) Team Finishes: 7. Vanderbilt, 881; 8. Baylor, 883; 9. Virginia, 886; 10. Houston, 888; 11. Tulane, 890; 12. Troy, 897; 13. Michigan State, 909; 14. Middle Tennessee, 918; 15. Yale, 937 Schooner Fall Classic - Belmar Golf Club Norman, Okla. Par 71 5,939 Yards 1. Florida State 270-279-280/829 (-23) 6. Cheyenne Knight, Alabama 66-69-72/207 (-6) 2. ALABAMA 275-282-284/841 (-11) 8t. Kristen Gillman, Alabama 67-73-70/210 (-3) 3. Clemson 281-285-283/849 (-3) 12t. Lakareber Abe, Alabama 69-70-73/212 (-1) 4. Oklahoma 283-285-284/852 (E) 12t. Lauren Stephenson, Alabama 73-70-69/212 (-1) 5. Kent State 292-284-282/858 (+6) 35t. Mia Landegren, Alabama 74-73-75/222 (+9) Team Finishes: 6t. LSU, 871; 6t. Texas A&M, 871; 6t. Notre Dame, 871; 9. Iowa State, 874; 10. Texas State, 888; 11. Kansas, 892; 12. Mississippi State, 894 Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational - Finley Golf Club Chapel Hill, N.C. Par 72 6,379 Yards 1. Wake Forest 282-287-285/854 (-10) 2. Lauren Stephenson, Alabama 68-70-69/209 (-9) 2. ALABAMA 285-284-290/859 (-5) 9t. Cheyenne Knight, Alabama 70-71-73/214 (-2) 3. Arkansas 286-287-287/860 (-4) 15t. Kristen Gillman, Alabama 71-70-76/217 (+1) 4. North Carolina State 288-289-289/866 (+2) 37t. Cammie Gray, Alabama 76-75-72/223 (+7) 5t. South Carolina 292-291-290/873 (+9) 76t. Mia Landegren, Alabama 79-73-80/232 (+16) 5t. Tennessee 294-291-288/873 (+9) Team Finishes: 7. Ohio State, 874; 8. Virginia, 875; 9. North Carolina, 884; 10. Duke, 886; 11. Louisville, 888; 12. Michigan, 894; 13. Vanderbilt, 895; 14. Michigan State, 909; 15. UNC-Wilmington, 916; 16. Rollins (Fla.), 918; 17. LSU, 920; 18. North Carolina (B team), 925 The Landfall Tradition - The Country Club of Landfall Wilmington, N.C. Par 72 6,166 Yards 1t. Wake Forest 288-284-287/859 (-5) 3t. Cheyenne Knight, Alabama 70-70-71/211 (-5) 1t. South Carolina 297-282-280/859 (-5) 11t. Lauren Stephenson, Alabama 71-73-71/215 (-1) 3. Furman 296-284-286/866 (+2) 21t. Kristen Gillman, Alabama 72-76-72/220 (+4) 4. Purdue 291-289-292/872 (+8) 80t. Mia Landegren, Alabama 81-77-78/236 (+20) 5. Oklahoma 284-295-298/877 (+13) 90. Cammie Gray, Alabama 80-78-82/240 (+24) 6. ALABAMA 293-296-292/881 (+17) Team Finishes: 7t. Texas Tech, 882; 7t. North Carolina State, 882; 9. UCF, 886; 10. Iowa, 887; 11. Virginia, 895; 12. Notre Dame, 898; 13. Clemson, 902; 14. North Carolina, 905; 15. Penn State, 915; 16. Michigan State, 917; 17. UNC-Wilmington, 920; 18. Brown, 967 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge - Palos Verdes Golf Club Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Par 71 6,017 Yards 1. USC 285-292-289/856 (+4) 5t. Lauren Stephenson, Alabama 72-67-73/212 (-1) 2. Arizona State 293-282-282/857 (+5) 17t. Cheyenne Knight, Alabama 75-73-70/218 (+5) 3. Duke 287-287-285/859 (+7) 24t. Kristen Gillman, Alabama 76-73-70/219 (+6) 4. Florida 290-275-295/860 (+8) 45t. Lakareber Abe, Alabama 78-71-74/223 (+10) 5. ALABAMA 296-284-287/867 (+15) 72t. Cammie Gray, Alabama 73-79-78/230 (+17) Team Finishes: 6. UNLV, 873; 7. Northwestern, 877; 8t. San Diego State, 879; 8t. Arizona, 879; 10. UCLA, 882; 11t. Oklahoma State, 885; 11t. California, 885; 13. Ohio State, 886; 14. Tennessee, 899; 15. Washington, 908 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate - Long Cove Club Hilton Head Island, S.C. Par 71 6,218 Yards 1. ALABAMA 282-291-286/859 (+7) 1. Cheyenne Knight 68-72-65/205 (-8) 2. Duke 286-287-288/861 (+9) 4. Kristen Gillman 68-71-75/214 (+1) 3. Arizona State 288-288-289/865 (+13) 9t. Lauren Stephenson 71-75-72/218 (+5) 4. South Carolina 289-291-296/875 (+24) 51t. Lakareber Abe 75-73-79/227 (+14) 5. Georgia 292-295-293/880 (+28) 67t. Mia Landegren 78-80-74/232 (+19) Team Finishes: 6. Furman, 883; 7. Baylor, 890; 8. Wake Forest, 892; 9. Oklahoma State, 895; 10. North Carolina, 897; 11. Arkansas; 12. Tennessee, 900; 13. LSU, 903; 14. Auburn, 911; 15. Vanderbilt, 912; 16. Mississippi State, 914; 17. Virginia, 938 Bryan National Collegiate - Bryan Park Champions Course Brown s Summit, N.C. Par 72 6,386 Yards 1. ALABAMA 291-282-278/851 (-13) 1. Kristen Gillman 71-71-66/208 (-8) 2. Georgia 291-287-287/865 (+1) 3t. Lauren Stephenson 69-68-73/210 (-6) 3. Baylor 289-290-288/867 (+3) 16t. Cheyenne Knight 76-76-66/218 (+2) 4t. North Carolina 286-295-291/872 (+8) 21t. Lakareber Abe 75-72-73/220 (+4) 4t. North Carolina State 297-289-286/872 (+8) 49t. Mia Landegren 76-71-81/228 (+12) Team Finishes: 6. South Carolina, 881; 7. Miami (Fla.), 883; 8. Michigan, 885; 9. Wake Forest, 886; 10. Virginia, 897; 11. UCF, 900; 12; Notre Dame, 907; 13. Oregon, 914; 14. Penn State, 918; 15. Georgetown, 925; 16. Colorado State, 929; 17. College of Charleston, 937; 18. North Carolina-Greensboro, 949 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic- University of Georgia Golf Club Athens, Ga. Par 72 6,300 Yards 1. Georgia 297 (+9) 2. Kristen Gillman, Alabama 70 (-2) 2t. ALABAMA 303 (+15) 10. Cheyenne Knight, Alabama 74 (+2) 2t. Denver 303 (+15) 18t. Lakareber Abe, Alabama 77 (+5) 4. Arkansas 304 (+16) 43t. Lauren Stephenson, Alabama 82 (+10) 5t. Auburn 310 (+22) 58. Mia Landegren, Alabama 87 (+15) 5t. Oklahoma State 310 (+22) 5t. USC 310 (+22) (Team Finishes: 8. Daytona State (Fla.), 311; 9. Purdue, 312; 10. South Carolina, 313; 11. Old Dominion, 321; 12. Troy, 328 4
TOURNAMENT RESULTS Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic - Match Play First Round - Alabama defeats USC, 3.5-1.5 Kristen Gillman (Alabama) def. Tiffany Chen (USC), 3-and-2 Cheyenney Knight (Alabama) def. Muni He (USC), 4-and-3 Gabriella Then (USC) def. Lauren Stephenson (Alabama) 5-and-4 Mia Landegren (Alabama) vs. Victoria Morgan (USC), all square thru 15 Lakareber Abe (Alabama) def. Allisen Corpuz (USC), 5-and-4 Semifinals - Alabama defeats Denver, 4-1 Kristen Gillman (Alabama) vs. Mariell Bruun (Denver), all-square Cheyenne Knight (Alabama) def. Lauren Whyte (Denver), 6-and-5 Lauren Stephenson (Alabama) def. Sophie Newlove (Denver), 5-and-4 Mia Landegren (Alabama) vs. Jessica Dreesbeimdieke, (Denver) all-square Lakareber Abe (Alabama) def. Jessica Carty, (Denver) 1-up Finals - Georgia defeats Alabama, 3.5-1.5 Bailey Tardy (Georgia) def. Kristen Gillman (Alabama), 1-up Cheyenne Knight (Alabama) def. Jillian Hollis (Georgia), 1-up Mary Ellen Shuman (Georgia) def. Lauren Stephenson (Alabama), 3-and-2 Mia Landegren (Alabama) vs. Rinko Mitsunaga (Georgia), halved Harang Lee (Georgia) def. Lakareber Abe (Alabama), 1-up through 17 (suspended) SEC Women s Golf Championship - Greystone Golf & Country Club Birmingham, Ala. Par 72 6,202 Yards 1. Florida 284-280-278/842 (-22) 5t. Cheyenne Knight 75-70-66/211 (-5) 2t. ALABAMA 295-285-275/855 (-9) 7t. Kristen Gillman 72-69-71/212 (-4) 2t. Georgia 287-282-286/855 (-9) 13t. Lauren Stephenson 74-72-67/213 (-3) 4. Arkansas 283-287-287/857 (-7) 30t. Mia Landegren 75-74-71/220 (+4) 5t. Texas A&M 282-290-288/860 (-4) 50t. Lakareber Abe 74-80-72/226 (+10) 5t. South Carolina 286-290-284/860 (-4) Team Finishes: 7. Tennessee, 863; 8. LSU, 873; 9. Vanderbilt, 882; 10. Kentucky, 885; 11. Mississippi State, 887; 12. Missouri, 889; 13. Ole Miss, 891; 14. Auburn, 894 Northwestern Quad Match- Lakeshore Country Club Glencoe, Ill. Par 72 6,303 Yards Semifinals - Northwestern defeats Alabama, 3.5-2.5 Brooke Riley (Northwestern) def. Cammie Gray (Alabama), 5-and-4 Lakareber Abe (Alabama) def. Sarah Cho (Northwestern), 2-and-1 Mia Landegren (Alabama) vs. Kacie Komoto (Northwestern), halved Cheyenne Knight (Alabama) def. Stephanie Lau (Northwestern) 2-and-1 Janet Mao (Northwester) def. Lauren Stephenson (Alabama), 3-and-2 Hannah Kim (Northwestern) def. Kristen Gillman (Alabama), 2-up Consolation Match - Alabama vs. Florida State, canceled (weather) NCAA Athens Regional - University of Georgia Golf Club Athens, Ga. Par 72 6,344 Yards 1. ALABAMA 289-284-284/857 (-7) 2t. Cheyenne Knight 71-71-69/211 (-5) 2. Northwestern 293-295-283/871 (+7) 2t. Lauren Stephenson 69-70-72/211 (-5) 3. Michigan State 284-297-291/872 (+8) 5t. Kristen Gillman 73-70-71/214 (-2) 4. Baylor 296-282-299/877 (+13) 24t. Mia Landegren 76-73-72/221 (+5) 5. Clemson 304-282-298/884 (+20) 67t. Lakareber Abe 80-74-77/231 (+15) Team Finishes: 6. North Carolina, 886; 7. Georgia, 889; 8. Tennessee, 890; 9. Augusta (Ga.), 891; 10. Arizona, 894; 11. Princeton, 897; 12. Auburn, 900; 13. Kansas State, 910; 14. UCF, 913; 15. Wake Forest, 919; 16. North Florida, 920; 17. Troy, 923; 18. Quinnipiac, 978 2016-2017 ALABAMA HEAD-TO-HEAD (stroke play only) Bold- NCAA Qualifier Arizona... 2-0 Arizona State... 1-1 Arkansas... 4-0 Auburn... 5-0 Augusta (Ga.)... 1-0 Baylor... 4-0 Brown... 1-0 California... 1-0 Chattanooga... 1-0 Clemson... 3-0 College of Charleston... 1-0 Colorado State... 1-0 Daytona State... 1-0 Denver... 0-0-1 Duke... 2-1 Florida... 0-2 Florida State... 0-1 Furman... 1-1 Georgetown... 1-0 Georgia... 3-1-1 Houston... 1-0 Iowa... 1-0 Iowa State... 1-0 Kansas... 1-0 Kansas State... 1-0 Kent State... 1-0 Kentucky... 1-0 Louisville... 1-0 LSU... 4-0 Miami (Fla.)... 1-0 Michigan... 2-0 Michigan State... 4-0 Middle Tennessee... 1-0 Mississippi State... 3-0 Missouri... 1-0 North Carolina... 5-0 North Carolina State... 3-0 North Carolina-Greensboro... 1-0 North Carolina-Wilmington... 2-0 North Florida... 1-0 Northwestern... 3-0 Notre Dame... 3-0 Ohio State... 2-0 Oklahoma... 1-1 Oklahoma State... 3-0 Old Dominion... 1-0 Ole Miss... 1-0 Oregon... 1-0 Penn State... 2-0 Princeton... 1-0 Purdue... 1-1 Quinnipiac... 1-0 Rollins (Fla.)... 1-0 San Diego State... 1-0 SMU... 1-0 South Carolina... 5-1 Tennessee... 5-0 Texas A&M... 2-0 Texas State... 1-0 Texas Tech...1-0 Troy... 3-0 Tulane... 1-0 UCF... 4-0 UCLA... 1-0 UNLV... 1-0 USC...1-1 Vanderbilt... 4-0 Virginia... 5-0 Wake Forest... 3-2 Washington... 1-0 Yale... 1-0 Total...155-13-2 Record vs. NCAA Field... 39-9 5
PLAYER CAREER ROUND-BY-ROUND Lakareber Abe Junior t4th Mason Rudolph Championship 71-75-63#/209 (-7) t12th Schooner Fall Classic 69-70-73/212 (-1) t45th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 78-71-74/223 (+10) t51st Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 75-73-79/227 (+14) t21st Bryan National Collegiate 75-72-73/220 (+4) t18th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 77/77 (+5) t50th SEC Championship 74-80-72/226 (+10) t67th NCAA Athens Regional 80-74-77/231 (+15) #- School record low round 1st Mason Rudolph Championship 67-68-69/204 (-12) t52nd Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 73-79-76/228 (+12) t24th The Landfall Tradition 74-69-77/220 (+4) t4th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 69-70-75/214 (+2) t36th Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship 74-75-74/223 (+7) t23rd Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 70-76-75/221 (+8) t4th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 71 (-1) t4th PING/ASU Invitational 72-71-74/217 (+1) t5th SEC Championship 70-74-71/215 (-1) t24th NCAA Shoal Creek Regional 79-75-76/230 (+14) t66th NCAA Championships 78-74-74-74/300 (+12) 2014-15 t14th Mason Rudolph Championship 69-75-77/221 (+5) t18th Annika Intercollegiate 72-76-69/217 (+1) t17th Tar Heel Invitational 76-72-71/219 (+3) t4th The Landfall Tradition 70-74-69/213 (-3) t24th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 72-74-77/223 (+10) 85th Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 82-86-75/243 (+30) t57th PING/ASU Invitational 68-75-82/225 (+9) t42nd SEC Championship 79-74-74/227 (+11) t15th NCAA Raleigh Regional 76-73-73/222 (+6) t69th NCAA Championships 76-80-83-77/316 (+28) Kristen Gillman t2nd Mason Rudolph Championship 71-68-68/207 (-9) t8th Schooner Fall Classic 67-73-70/210 (-3) t15th Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 71-70-76/217 (+1) t21st The Landfall Tradition 72-76-72/220 (+4) t24th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 76-73-70/219 (+6) t4th Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 68-71-75/214 (+1) 1st Bryan National Collegiate 71-71-66/208 (-8) 2nd Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 70/70 (-2) t7th SEC Championship 72-69-71/212 (-4) t5th NCAA Athens Regional 73-70-71/214 (-2) Cammie Gray Senior t37th Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 76-75-72/223 (+7) 90th The Landfall Tradition 80-78-82/240 (+24) t72nd Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 73-79-78/230 (+17) Junior t47th Mason Rudolph Championship 75-76-73/224 (+8) t39th Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 72-77-77/226 (+10) 41st The Landfall Tradition 78-71-75/224 (+8) t61st Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 79-76-80/235 (+22) t50th PING/ASU Invitational* 80-74-73/227 (+11) *- Competed as an individual 2014-15 t36th Mason Rudolph Championship 73-75-78/226 (+10) t40th Annika Intercollegiate 74-74-75/223 (+7) t59th Tar Heel Invitational 75-78-77/230 (+14) t61st The Landfall Tradition 79-73-74/226 (+10) t81st Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 84-77-80/241 (+28) t30th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 80 (+8) t34th PING/ASU Invitational 76-75-70/221 (+5) 70th SEC Championship 83-83-83/249 (+33) t48th NCAA Raleigh Regional 75-81-73/229 (+13) t62nd NCAA Championships 82-76-76-81/315 (+27) 2013-14 Redshirt 65th Dale McNamara Fall Preview 78-73-78/229 (+19) t72nd Mason Rudolph Championship 76-78-81/235 (+19) t45th Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 76-72-77/225 (+9) t82nd The Landfall Tradition* 87-80-77/244 (+28) t30th Lady Puerto Rico Classic 72-74-80/226 (+11) t77th Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate 75-79-75/229 (+13) t66th NCAA Central Regional 76-78-79/233 (+17) 121st NCAA Championships 79-79-74-78/310 (+30) *- Competed as an individual Cheyenne Knight 1st Mason Rudolph Championship 68-67-67/202% (-14)% 6th Schooner Fall Classic 66-69-72/207 (-6) t9th Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 70-71-73/214 (-2) t3rd The Landfall Tradition 70-70-71/211 (-5) t17th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 75-73-70/218 (+5) 1st Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 68-72-65/205 (-8) t16th Bryan National Collegiate 76-76-66/218 (+2) 10th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 74/74 (+2) t5th SEC Championship 75-70-66/211 (-5) t2nd NCAA Athens Regional 71-71-69/211 (-5) %- School record 54-hole total and score vs. par t7th Mason Rudolph Championship 69-73-72/214 (-2) t14th Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 72-76-73/221 (+5) t16th The Landfall Tradition 72-74-72/218 (+2) t8th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 70-76-69/215 (+2) t42nd Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship 76-74-74/224 (+8) 1st Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 67-74-72/213 (E) t22nd Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 74 (+2) t4th PING/ASU Invitational 72-70-70/212 (-4) 3rd SEC Championship 72-71-69/212 (-4) t15th NCAA Shoal Creek Regional 77-74-77/228 (+12) t4th NCAA Championships 69-69-71-73/282 (-6) 6
PLAYER CAREER ROUND-BY-ROUND Mia Landegren Senior t23rd Mason Rudolph Championship 75-76-70/221 (+5) t35th Schooner Fall Classic 74-73-75/222 (+9) t76th Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 79-73-80/232 (+16) t80th The Landfall Tradition 81-77-78/236 (+20) t11th Samford Spring Shootout* 79-72/152 (+8) t67th Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 78-80-74/232 (+19) t49th Bryan National Collegiate 76-71-81/228 (+12) 58th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 87/87 (+15) t24th NCAA Athens Regional 80-74-77/231 (+5) *- Competed as an individual Junior t65th The Landfall Tradition 79-76-76/231 (+15) 2014-15 t45th Mason Rudolph Championship 76-81-71/228 (+12) t42nd Annika Intercollegiate 75-72-77/224 (+8) t56th Tar Heel Invitational 76-77-76/229 (+13) t41st The Landfall Tradition 74-74-74/222 (+6) t50th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 74-78-76/228 (+15) t39th Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 73-78-75/226 (+13) t30th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 80 (+8) t73rd PING/ASU Invitational 74-75-81/230 (+14) t20th SEC Championship 73-73-75/221 (+5) t63rd NCAA Raleigh Regional 75-79-78/232 (+16) 80th NCAA Championships 88-78-81-78/325 (+37) 2013-14 t21st Lady Bulldog Individual* 81-76/157 (+13) t59th Lady Puerto Rico Classic* 78-78-77/233 (+17) t77th Darius Rucker Intecollegiate 79-78-79/236 (+23) t22nd Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 75 (+3) t79th NCAA Central Regional 78-75-82/235 (+19) t105th NCAA Championships 77-77-74-76/304 (+24) *- Competed as an individual Nicole Morales Junior t2nd Samford Spring Shootout* 75-72/147 (+3) *- Competed as an individual t35th The Landfall Tradition 75-72-74/221 (+5) t33rd Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship 77-76-69/222 (+6) t17th Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 74-75-71/220 (+7) t29th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 75 (+3) t14th PING/ASU Invitational 72-74-73/219 (+3) t27th SEC Championship 74-76-74/224 (+8) t24th NCAA Shoal Creek Regional 78-75-77/230 (+14) 83rd NCAA Championships 78-81-79-76/314 (+26) 2014-15 t79th PING/ASU Invitational* 78-74-80/232 (+16) t54th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 85 (+13) t70th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 78-77-78/233 (+20) t55th The Landfall Tradition 77-72-76/225 (+9) 86th Tar Heel Invitational 81-84-73/238 (+22) t55th Annika Intercollegiate 74-85-73/232 (+16) t71st Mason Rudolph Championship 83-81-76/240 (+24) *- Competed as an individual Sarah Pabst t40th Samford Spring Shootout* 84-79/163 (+19) *- Competed as an individual Lauren Stephenson t2nd Mason Rudolph Championship 74-68-65/207 (-9) t12th Schooner Fall Classic 73-70-69/212 (-1) 2nd Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 68-70-69/207 (-9) t11th The Landfall Tradition 71-73-71/215 (-1) t5th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 72-67-73/212 (-1) t9th Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 71-75-72/218 (+5) t3rd Bryan National Collegiate 69-68-73/210 (-6) t43rd Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 82/82 (+10) t13th SEC Championship 74-72-67/213 (-3) t2nd NCAA Athens Regional 69-70-72/211 (-5) 7
HEAD COACH MIC POTTER MIC POTTER Head Coach CORTLAND STATE, 1977 12th Year Alabama head coach Mic Potter added national champion to his resume in 2012 and begins his 12th season with the Crimson Tide and 33rd overall with another talented roster for the season. Potter already had established a Hall-of-Fame legacy before he arrived in Tuscaloosa thanks to his impressive work building Furman into a national power but his work over the past 11 years at Alabama has been historic, culminating with the school's first national championship in 2012. Three seasons later, Potter helped guide Emma Talley to the individual NCAA Championship to cap off the 2014-15 season, making her the first NCAA medalist in the program s history. Potter, who came to the Capstone after 22 years at Furman, led the Tide to its second NCAA appearance in program history in his first year at Alabama and repeated the feat in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. His 2012 national championship and 11 straight NCAA Championships berths only reaffirmed his status as one of the most accomplished coaches in women's collegiate golf. His reclamation project in Tuscaloosa is one of the most impressive turnarounds in collegiate golf history. With the recent success, the honors continue to pile up for Potter, who helped the Crimson Tide develop into a national power in the ultra-competitive SEC. The veteran coach has won 14 Conference Coach of the Year awards, including six in the SEC. Throughout his career, Potter has developed a reputation for being an excellent teacher of the game as well as a builder of elite college programs. His studentathletes consistently have performed at a high level both in the classroom and on the course, with several carrying that level of excellence into the professional ranks. Potter's former players who have gone on to careers in the LPGA include the legendary Dottie Pepper (who starred for his Furman teams) and several recent Alabama players, namely Kathleen Ekey, Jenny Suh, Brooke Pancake and Jennifer Kirby. The season saw the Crimson Tide win its third Southeastern Conference championship under Potter and qualify for an 11th-consecutive NCAA Championships berth. Cheyenne Knight was named the NCAA of the Year by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and a First Team All-American by the WGCA and Golfweek. Senior Emma Talley was tabbed a First Team All-American by the WGCA and joined Knight as a first team SEC allconference honoree. The 2014-15 season marked the 10th consecutive NCAA berth for the Crimson Tide. Alabama finished 14th overall at the NCAA Championships. But the highlight of the season was undoubtedly Talley s triumph to claim the individual crown, finishing three-under par for the tournament to bring home the NCAA title. She was named a first team All-American by both the WGCA and Golfweek. Talley also earned the Honda Award for women s golf, the second player in program history to do so (Pancake, 2012). Lakareber Abe was selected to the 2015 SEC All- Team. Stephanie Meadow led the 2013-14 team that finished ninth at the NCAA Championships and won The Landfall Tradition. Meadow became the school's all-time leading scorer and the program's first four-time First Team All-American. She was also named the SEC Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second time. She was named the NCAA Elite 89 Award winner. Talley garnered honorable mention All-America honors and helped lead the United States to victory at the Curtis Cu while Meadow played for the Great Britain and Ireland team. The Crimson Tide's 2012-13 season was another for the record books as the program captured its second SEC championship and second NCAA East Regional title. Alabama won a school-record seven events, including six of eight on the spring schedule. Potter was named the SEC Coach of the Year and the SkyCaddie WGCA East Region Coach of the Year. The 2012-13 team saw three players garner All- America honors, with Meadow a consensus first-team selection. Talley was a second-team pick by the NGCA and Jennifer Kirby earned honorable mention accolades. Meadow also became the first Alabama player to earn SEC Player of the Year honors and the third in conference history to also be named the SEC Scholar- Athlete of the Year in the same season. Talley became the third Tide golfer to earn league of the Year honors. Hannah Collier garnered second team All-SEC recognition, along with Talley and Kirby. The team's first win of the 2012-13 season came at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, when they tied for first with Florida. The Tide then posted wins at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, the Gator Women's Invitational and the PING/ASU Invitational along with SECs and NCAA Regional Championship. The 2011-12 team captured its national title with a one-stroke victory over Southern California at the Vanderbilt Legends Club. The Crimson Tide spent most of that season ranked second in the polls and finished third in the SEC before tying for fourth at the NCAA East Regional leading up to NCAAs. The Tide earlier posted team victories at the SEC/Pac-12 Challenge, the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. Alabama finished second on three other occasions and finished outside the top four only once in 2011-12. The 2011-12 season saw three Alabama players, Pancake, Kirby and Meadow, earn First Team All- America honors. Pancake won the Honda Award, presented to the nation's top collegiate golfer, while also being named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the third time, the SEC Female Athlete of the Year and the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American of the Year. Pancake (United States) and Meadow (Great Britain and Ireland) also participated in the Curtis Cup at Nairn in Scotland to cap the historic 2011-12 season. Alabama's 2010-11 team turned in an outstanding season as the Crimson Tide continued its climb into the elite of women's collegiate golf. The Tide spent the entire season in the top five with a school-record five wins -- NCAA Fall Preview, Tar Heel Invitational, Lady Puerto Rico Classic, Liz Murphey Classic and the NCAA East Regional - before tying for eighth at the NCAA Championship. Two Alabama players captured medalist honors during the 2010-11 season. Meadow, then a freshman, had a school-record three wins (Lady Puerto Rico Classic, Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate and NCAA East 8 Regional). Pancake won the Tar Heel Invitational in the fall of 2010 with an 11-under-par 206 while the team set the school record with a 28-under-par 836. Meadow and Pancake were selected as 2011 First Team All-Americans while Camilla Lennarth garnered third-team honors. The Tide also had three first team All-SEC selections (Meadow, Pancake and Lennarth) and one second-team choice (Kirby). Potter was named the 2011 SEC Coach of the Year, Pancake the Student- Athlete of the Year and Meadow was the Co- of the Year. The 2010 SEC Championship was a springboard for the program's best NCAA Championship finish to date, a third-place showing that was only four shots off the winning score. Alabama also captured a team win at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. The Tide had three players finish in the top 15 individually at the 2010 NCAAs, with Kirby tied for seventh, Pancake 12th and Lennarth tied for 13th. That trio garnered All-America honors, with Lennarth earning second-team accolades while Kirby and Pancake were honorable mention selections. Lennarth and Kirby also were First Team All-SEC selections, with Kirby adding the 2010 SEC of the Year. Pancake was a Second Team All-SEC selection and the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She also was honored with the NCAA Elite 88 Award at the NCAA Championship as the player in the field with the highest grade-point average (4.0). Potter was named the SEC and NGCA East Region Coach of the Year. Potter's 2009-10 team set several school records. Lennarth set the single-season scoring record with a 72.59 average and Kirby broke the freshman scoring mark with a 73.06 average, shattering the mark of 74.06 set by Pancake in 2008-09. The team set a 54-hole scoring record with a 4-under-par 848 to clinch the SEC Championship. Two Alabama NCAA scoring records also fell with the Tide posting a 5-over-par 1,157 over 72 holes at the NCAA Championship on the Dye Course at Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C., and Kirby's individual 72-hole scoring mark of 4-under 284. Potter's 2008-09 team was a fixture in the top 10 nationally. The Tide finished the year 11th at the NCAA Championships while being ranked eighth in the final NGCA Coaches' Poll and seventh in the Golfweek/ Sagarin Performance Index. The Tide captured their fifth tournament victory under Potter's guidance in 2009 at the First Market Bank Intercollegiate. Alabama also tied for second at the SEC Championships and then was runner-up at the NCAA East Regional. The Tide's fifth trip to the NCAA Finals in 2009 produced another improvement with an 11th-place finish. Alabama had two players, Ekey and Lennarth, earn first team All-SEC honors in 2009 while Pancake was selected to the league's All- Team and awarded second team All-SEC recognition. Ekey and Lennarth garnered 2009 honorable mention All- America accolades, with Ekey, Lennarth and Pancake all earning NGCA All-East Region honors. The 2007-08 season saw Alabama put together what was the program's most successful season to date. The Tide earned its third straight berth to the NCAAs and finished 12th at the 2008 NCAA Championship. Alabama won three tournaments in 2007-08, including the Crimson Tide Classic in record-breaking fashion. The Tide turned in a school-record 54-hole score of 861 (-3) at the Ol' Colony Golf Club. Alabama shot a final-round score of 279 (-9), also a school record. Five Tide golfers finished in the top 10 with Ekey carding a school record and women's course record score of 65 (-7) to finish with a 54-hole score of 203 (-13) and medalist honors. The Crimson Tide also earned tournament titles at the 2007 Wildcat Fall Invitational with a score of 889 and at the 2008 Lady Puerto Rico Classic. After the Classic, Sarah Sturm was named the Golf World
HEAD COACH MIC POTTER MIC POTTER BY THE NUMBERS 69 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS 38 NGCA ALL-AMERICANS 36 NGCA ALL-SCHOLAR ATHLETES 27 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 25 NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES 15 CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 11 TOP 10 NCAA FINISHES 8 CONFERENCE FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR 3 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (2011, 2013, 2017) 3 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP (2010, 2013, 2016) 1 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (2012) National Player of the Week. Ekey went on to earn All-American honors in her first season at the Capstone (2008) and broke Suh's single-season record for stroke average by posting a 73.30. The 2006-07 campaign saw the Tide take another step forward in the development of the program under Potter's guidance. Alabama recorded five top-five finishes, including a runner-up showing at the Derby Invitational. For the second straight year the Crimson Tide earned a berth in the NCAA East Regional and finished seventh to advance to the NCAA Championship Finals for only the third time. Suh earned honorable mention All- America honors and became a two-time, first team All- SEC honoree after averaging 73.88 strokes per round. Potter made an impact from the start. In his first season (2005-06), the legendary coach led his team to a tournament championship in his very first outing by winning Alabama's own Ann Rhoads Invitational. The 2005-06 team also recorded two top-five finishes during the spring season. After qualifying for the 2006 NCAA East Regional, the Crimson Tide put together a postseason run by defeating Virginia in a playoff to advance to the school's second-ever NCAA Championship. Suh earned first team NGCA All-America honors in 2005-06 after shattering the school record at the time with a 73.44 stroke average. Looking back on Potter's resume, it comes as no surprise that he had his first Tide team competing for a national championship. On June 17, 2005, The University of Alabama named the 1994 NGCA Hall of Fame honoree as its new women's golf coach. By doing so, the Crimson Tide added one of the most illustrious names in women's golf to its golf heritage. Potter proved to be one of the collegiate golf's outstanding teachers and coaches while guiding Furman, a school competing in the Southern Conference, to national prominence in his 22-year tenure with the Paladins. He also served for 10 years as Furman's Director of Intercollegiate Golf. Potter guided Furman to 15 NCAA Championship berths and six top-10 national finishes, including an NCAA runner-up performance in 1987. He has yet to coach a season in which his team has not reached NCAA Regional competition, a streak dating back to 1993, the first season in which the regional format was established. Potter's coaching accomplishments stand alone as an indication of the abilities of the Tide's mentor. In addition to these outstanding achievements, his players have recorded astounding success at both the collegiate level and in the professional ranks. The ability to build and maintain a program certainly are among Potter's strengths when considering the amazing run of success he had throughout his The Mic Potter File Hired: June 17, 2005 Education: Cortland State, 1977 Coaching Experience: Furman, 1982-2005; Alabama, 2005-present Postseason Appearances: Alabama (2006-present); Furman (1983-87; 1989-2005) NCAA Championships: Alabama (2012) Denise Kileen Jen Hanna Dottie Pepper Caroline Blaylock Ashli Price-Bunch Diana D Alessio Joan Delk Sara Anne Timms- Mcgetrick LPGA Players Coached: Maggie Will Brandi Jackson Sara Johnston- Sargent Kathleen Ekey Jenny Suh Brooke Pancake Baldwin- Jennifer Kirby Stephanie Meadow Hannah Collier career at Furman. Potter took the school, with an approximate enrollment of 2,500 students, into the upper tier of women's golf schools, leading the Paladins to unprecedented heights. Potter was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year eight times and led his Furman teams to 36 tournament titles while his Tide teams have captured 27 tournament wins, which puts him among the leaders for all active women's golf coaches with 63 total victories. To put that remarkable statistic in perspective, the Alabama women's golf program had won only 19 team tournament titles through the beginning of the 2005-06 season, a span of 31 years. Led by Potter, the Paladins won 10 Southern Conference Championships since the tournament's inception in 1994, including the 2004-05 championship. Potter has coached 38 WGCA All-Americans, 36 WGCA All-Scholar Team selections, 66 all-conference selections, seven players to 17 first team All-SEC awards, 14 conference players of the year and seven conference freshmen of the year. One of the most important standards of success for any coach in major collegiate athletics is the ability to place players into the professional ranks while guiding them to a degree. Measuring Potter by these standards again places him among the very best in the nation. Since Potter's arrival at Alabama, six of his players have earned their LPGA Tour card, with Hannah Collier, Kathleen Ekey, Jennifer Kriby, Stephanie Meadow and Brooke 9 Pancake all full-time members in 2016. Meadow finished third at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open and earned her LPGA Tour card for the 2015 season. In 2016, Potter added an Olympian to the list of his former players as Meadow represented Ireland in the inaugural women's Olympic golf tournament at the 2016 Games in Rio. In the exceedingly competitive LPGA atmosphere, Potter's former players have enjoyed long, successful careers in professional golf. Through the end of the 2016 season, former Potter pupils had amassed 90-plus seasons on tour. Pepper - a former Furman standout and Paladin Hall-of-Famer - had an illustrious LPGA career, winning 17 events, including the 1992 and 1999 Kraft Nabisco Championships. She earned more than $5 million in career winnings before ending her 20-year professional career in 2003. By any standard, Potter has proven to be one of the best women's golf coaches in the nation for more than three decades. He has built successful programs and maintained that standard by recruiting and cultivating talented players who advance to the professional ranks and obtain their degrees. A 1977 graduate of Cortland State University, Potter majored in physical education while earning four varsity letters: three in soccer and one in golf. He is married to the former Kim O'Branski of Ithaca, N.Y. The couple has two sons, Ryan and Corey, and two granddaughters, Anna and Caroline.
ALABAMA WOMEN'S GOLF BIOS 5-5 Junior LAKAREBER ABE Angleton, Texas (Texas Connections) Accolades School record-holder, low round (63) School record-holder, low round vs. par (-9) Third Team All-American () Second Team All-SEC () SEC All- Team (2014-15) Junior Fifth on the team in scoring average (73.86) and average vs. par (+2.27)... has finished under par in six career tournaments, including her first two outings this season... tied for 67th at the NCAA Athens Regional with a 15-over par 231... defeated Northwestern s Sarah Cho, 2-and-1 in the semifinals at the Northwestern Quad Match on April 29... tied for 50th at the SEC Championships with a 10-over par 226... tied for 18th in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a five-over par 77... defeated Allisen Corpuz of USC, 5-and-4 in the quarterfinals and Jessica Carty of Denver, 1-up in the semifinals before falling to Georgia s Harang Lee, 1-up in the championship match at the Liz Murphey... tied for 16th at the Bryan National Collegiate with a fourover par 220 (75-72-73)... tied for 51st at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a 14-over par 227 (75-73- 79)... opened the spring season with a 10-over par 223 (78-71-74) to finish tied for 45th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge... fired a one-under par 212 (69-70-73) to finish in a tie for 12th with teammate Lauren Stephenson at the Schooner Fall Classic, Sept. 24-25... opened the season with a fourth place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship Sept. 16-18, carding a seven-under par 209 (71-75-63) that included a school-record 63 in the final round... the 9-under par round is also a school record... as a team, the Tide set a school best with a 39-under par 825 to win the tournament. Ranked No. 25 in the country in the final Golfweek/ Sagarin Performance Index... Golfweek 2016 Third Team All-America selection... also a Second Team All-Southeastern Conference selection... her 73.22 stroke average ranked third on the team... led the team with four top five finishes and top 10 finishes for the year... counted towards the team score in 29 of 32 rounds (.906)... finished with a 12-over par 300 to finish tied for 66th at the NCAA Championships... shot a 14-over par 230 at the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional to finish in a tie for 24th... carded a 1-under 215 to finish in a tie for fifth at the SEC Championship... won the individual title and guided the team to victory at the Mason Rudolph Championship thanks to shooting a 12-under 204... named the Golfweek Player of the Week following her win at the Mason Rudolph... posted a 1-over 217 to tie for 7th in the PING/ASU Invitational... defeated UCLA s Lydia Choi 3-and-2 in the championship match to help the Tide claim the team title at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic... carded a 1-under 71, tying for fourth, in the lone round of stroke play at the Liz Murphey... finished tied for 23rd at 221 (+8) at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate... fired a 7-over 223 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship... tied for fourth at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge with a one-over 214 to begin the spring portion of the schedule... carded a 4-over 220 to tie for 24th at the Landfall Tradition... finished the Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational with a 12-over par 228. 2014-15 Named to the Southeastern Conference All- team, just the seventh player in UA history to achieve the feat second on the team with a 75.03 scoring average played in 10 tournaments for the Crimson Tide, missing the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic due to injury was UA s top finisher in two tournaments had one top-five finish and five top-20 showings recorded eight rounds of par or lower, which was second on the team 27 of 31 rounds (87.1 percent) counted toward the team score had four rounds in the 60s carded a 6-over 222 at the NCAA Raleigh (N.C.) Regional to tie for 15th... helped the Tide advance to its 10th straight NCAA Championships... recorded nine birdies in three rounds... shot 28-over 316 at the NCAA Championships to tie for 69th... tied for 42nd at the SEC Championship with an 11-over 227 shot a 9-over 225 to place 57th at the PING/ASU Invitational, in the process setting a new 18-hole low round with a first round 4-under 68 tied for 24th to start the spring season at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and carded a 10-over 223 garnered first collegiate top-five finish and best 54-hole performance at The Landfall Tradition by finishing tied for fourth, shooting 70-74-69 for a 3-under 213 opened collegiate career with a 3-under 69 in the first round of the Mason Rudolph Championship and was the Crimson Tide s top finisher tying for 14th with a 5-over 221 finished tied for 18th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and tied for 17th at the Tar Heel Invitational. Prep and Personal The nation s No. 3 recruit for 2014 by Golfweek ranked third among 2014 recruits by AJGA Polo Golf rankings and 13th overall 2013 Rolex Junior All- American advanced to round of 32 at the 2014 U.S. Women s Amateur Championship finished 12th at the 2014 Rolex Girls Junior Championship runnerup at the 2013 USGA Junior Girls Championship and at the 2013 Goodman Networks Junior at Traditions garnered a 12th-place finish at the 2013 Scott Robertson Memorial tied for 14th at the 2013 PING Invitational attended the Jim McLean Junior Academy in Fort Worth, Texas, where she was coached by Justin Poynter graduated from Angleton High School daughter of Daudi and Fiora Abe... sister, Tezira, is a senior at the University of Texas and a member of the Longhorns women s golf team... majoring in accounting. 10 Abe s Personal Bests Collegiate Debut: 2014 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 18: 63*- 2016 Mason Rudolph Championship (third round) Low 18 vs. Par: -9*- 2016 Mason Rudolph Championship (third round) Low 54: 204-2015 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 54 vs. Par: -12-2015 Mason Rudolph Championship Victories: 1; 2015 Mason Rudolph Championship Career Top-Five Finishes: 6, last 2016 Mason Rudolph Championship Tournaments Under Par: 6, last 2016 Schooner Fall Classic *- School record 5-6 KRISTEN GILLMAN Austin, Texas (Lake Travis) Accolades SEC of the Year (2017) First Team All-SEC (2017) SEC All- Team (2017) SEC of the Year... 2017 First Team All-SEC and First Team SEC All- selection... WGCA of the Year candidate... ranked eighth in the latest Golfstat rankings and sixth in the most recent Golfweek rankings... rated 14th nationally in score vs. par... third on the team in scoring average (71.11) and average vs. par (-0.57)... leads the team in rounds of par or better with 20 in 28 rounds played in... tied with Cheyenne Knight and Lauren Stephenson for the team lead in top five finishes with five... has finished in the top 25 in all 10 outings this season, in the top 10 seven times and in the top five five times... has finished under par in six of 10 outings this season... tied for fifth at the NCAA Athens Regional with a 2-uder par 214... fell to Northwestern s Hannah Kim, 2-up in the semifinals at the Northwestern Quad Match on April 29... tied for seventh at the SEC Championships with a 4-under par 212 that included a second round 69, her sixth round in the 60s this season... finished second in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a two-under par 70... defeated USC s Tiffany Chan, 3-and-2 in the quarterfinals and finished all-square with Denver s Mariell Bruun in the semifinals before falling to Georgia s Bailey Tardy, 1-up in the championship match at the Liz Murphey... won her first collegiate tournament with an eight-under
ALABAMA BIOS par 208 (71-71-66) at the Bryan National Collegiate... her final round 66 is a new career low for 18 holes and her 208 is a new Bryan National Collegiate record for low 54... finished fourth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a one-over par 214 (68-71-75)... tied for 24th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge with a six-over par 219 (76-73-70)... tied for 21st with a four-over par 220 at The Landfall Tradition... tied for 15th with a one-over par 217 at the Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational... finished in a tie for eighth at the Schooner Fall Classic Sept. 24-25 after carding a three-under par 210 (67-73-70), giving her two top 10 finishes in her first two collegiate tournaments... her first round four-under par 67 is personal best single round score and equals her personal best score vs. par for a single round... has finished under par in both tournaments this season... tied for second with teammate Lauren Stephenson in her collegiate debut at the Mason Rudolph Championship Sept. 16-18... shot a nine-under par 207 (71-68-68)... as a team, the Tide set a school best with a 39-under par 825 to win the tournament. Prep and Personal One of the most-decorated junior golfers in the country... won the U.S. Women s Amateur as a 16-year-old in 2014, defeating the No. 2, 4, 7 and 10-ranked amateurs in match play on her way to the title... was also the medalist during the qualifying rounds of the event... advanced to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur in 2015 and the Round of 32 in 2016... finished seventh in the 2015 Ladies British Amateur... finished sixth in the golf competition at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto and was a member of the silver medal-winning U.S. women s team... won the 2014 Junior PGA Championship with a record-low 16-under par 268 to win by 11 strokes... won individual champion honors at the 2016 Toyota Junior Golf World Championship as she helped lead the U.S. to the team title... posted a 3-0 match play record to help the U.S. win the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup... member of the U.S. team that won the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup in St Leon-Rot, Germany, the first win for the Americans on foreign soil in the event... earned First Team Rolex All-America honors in 2014 and second-team recognition in 2013... 2014 South Texas PGA Junior Golfer of the Year... four-time all-state selection as a member of the golf team at Lake Travis... 6A individual state champion as a senior in 2016... member of three state championship teams at Lake Travis... played in four professional events as an amateur while in high school - 2014 Evian Championship, 2015 U.S. Women s Open, 2015 British Women s Open and the 2015 LPGA Classic... daughter of Mark and Laura Gillman... born Sept. 22, 1997 in Austin, Texas... majoring in communications. Gillman s Personal Bests Collegiate Debut: 2016 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 18: 66-2017 Bryan National Collegiate (third round) Low 18 vs. Par: -6-2017 Bryan National Collegiate (third round) Low 54: 207-2016 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 54 vs. Par: -9-2016 Mason Rudolph Championship Victories: 1; 2017 Bryan National Collegiate Career Top-Five Finishes: 3, last 2017 2017 Bryan National Collegiate Tournaments Under Par: 4, last 2017 SEC Championship 5-7 Senior CAMMIE GRAY Northport, Ala. (Home Schooled) Senior Named to the SEC Community Service Team for the second year in a row... seventh on the team in scoring average (77.00) and average vs. par (+5.33)... dropped a 5-and-4 decision to Northwestern s Brooke Riley in the semifinals at the Northwestern Quad Match on April 29... shot a 17-over par 230 (73-79-78) to finish tied for 72nd at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge to open the spring portion of the season... shot a 24-over par 240 in Alabama s final tournament of the fall at The Landfall Tradition... made her season debut at the Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational and finished in a tie for 37th with a seven-over par 223. Junior Named to the SEC Community Service Team... averaged a career-best 75.73 per round... shot a 235 (+22) at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge... carded an 8-over 224 at the Landfall Tradition... recorded a 10-over 226 at the Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational, including shooting even par in the opening round...finished tied for 47th at the season-opening Mason Rudolph Championship with an 8-over 224, contributing to the team s score on the final day of the tournament. 2014-15 Started for Alabama in 10 of 11 tournaments and averaged 77.27 strokes per round 21 of 29 rounds (72.4 percent) counted toward the team score tied for 48th at the NCAA Raleigh (N.C.) Regional... shot rounds of 75-81-72 for a 13-over 229... finished second on the team and 62nd overall at the NCAA Championships with a 27-over 315 put together her finest career 54-hole performance at the PING/ ASU Invitational with a 5-over 221, also set her low 18-hole in the final round with a 2-under 70, which was the first under-par round of her career finished tied for 30th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate which was the highest finish of the season also added one match play victory during the match play portion of the Liz Murphey, as she defeated Auburn s Jamie Yun 4-and-3 set a new 54-hole best at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate with a 7-over 223 while finishing tied for 40th had her best finish of the fall season at the Mason Rudolph Championship tying for 36th with a 54-hole total of 226. 11 2013-14 Redshirt Started seven events for Alabama in 2013-14 while playing in eight total tournaments and 21 rounds... returned to the starting lineup for the NCAA Central Regional Championship where she counted in two of three rounds as the Crimson Tide finished second to advance to its ninth straight NCAA Championship... compiled a 77.24 scoring average... started the first three tournaments of the fall for Alabama... finished 65th at the Dale McNamara Fall Preview in her first career event, shooting 78-73-78 for a 19-over 229... tied for 72nd at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a 19-over 235... was 45th at the Tar Heel Invitational at 9-over 225, which is the best 54-hole score of the season... played as an individual at The Landfall Tradition, finishing tied for 82nd... returned to the starting lineup in the spring and posted the best finish of the season with a tie for 30th, carding an 11-over 226 after rounds of 72-74-80... made her return to the lineup at the NCAA Central Regional Championship at Karsten Creek and finished tied for 66th at 17-over 233... her first round 76 and finalround 79 both counted toward the Alabama team total... shot 74 in the third round to count to the team score at the 2014 NCAA Championships at the Tulsa (Okla.) Country Club... opened with back-to-back 79s and shot 78 in the final round for a 30-over 310. 2012-13 Redshirted during her first year at the Capstone. Prep and Personal Won the 2012 Alabama Women s Stroke Play Championship... qualified for the 2010 U.S. Girls Junior... 2011 Alabama Girls Junior runner-up... posted a 17th-place finish at the 2011 AJGA Girls Championship with a 224 total... top finish on the AJGA Tour was fourth place at the 2011 Junior at Steelwood... represented the SJGT in the 2011 Nike Cup... represented Alabama in the 2012 Southeastern Challenge Matches... finished 13th at the 2011 Junior at Oxmoor Valley... won the 2011 Bud Burns Dixie Junior Invitational... won the Vestavia Junior Classic in 2011 and finished second at both the 2011 Highland Oaks Junior and the 2012 Ross Bridge Junior Classic... captured three straight wins on the Southern Junior Golf Tour in 2010... began the run with a win at the 2010 Southern Junior Tour Ridge Classic, then won the Brad Willis Memorial and finished the year with a victory at the Shoals Junior Classic... daughter of Alan and Shannon Gray... has one sister, Kate Shannon, who was an All-American swimmer at Alabama, a brother Seaborn, who attended Alabama and two brothers, Stabler and Hampton, who both played football at Alabama... her father Alan played quarterback at Alabama for coach Paul Bear Bryant... graduate student working on a masters in marketing. Gray s Personal Bests Collegiate Debut: 2013 Dale McNamara Fall Preview Low 18: 70-2015 PING/ASU Invitational Low 18 vs. Par: -2-2015 PING/ASU Invitational Low 54: 221-2015 PING/ASU Invitational Low 54 vs. Par: +5-2013 PING/ASU Invitational
ALABAMA BIOS 5-6 CHEYENNE KNIGHT Aledo, Texas (Aledo) Accolades School record-holder, low 54 (202) School record-holder, low 54 vs. par (-14) SEC Player of the Year (2017) First Team All-SEC (2017) SEC Golfer of the Week (3-8-17) WGCA of the Year () First Team All-American () First Team All-SEC () SEC All- Team () SEC Player of the Year and First Team All-SEC selection... WGCA Player of the Year candidate... ranked third in both the Golfstat and Golfweek rankings released May 11... rated third nationally in score vs. par... earned SEC Golfer of the Week honors for her performance at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate March 3-5... leads the team in scoring average (70.39) and score vs. par (-1.29)... second on team in rounds of par or better with 19 in 28 rounds played in... tied with Lauren Stephenson for the team lead in rounds in the 60s with 10... tied with Stephenson and Kristen Gillman for the team lead in top five finishes with five... finished under par in seven of 10 outings this season... posted eight top 10 finishes in 10 tournaments played in... has 10 underpar tournaments in her career and three individual championships... tied for second at the NCAA Athens Regional with teammate Lauren Stephenson at 5-under par (211)... defeated Northwestern s Stephanie Lau, 2-and-1 in the semifinals at the Northwestern Quad Match on April 29... tied for fifth at the SEC Championships with a 5-under par 211 that included a final-round 66... finished 10th in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a two-over par 74... was 3-0 in the match play rounds at the Liz Murphey, defeating USC s Muni He, 4-and-3, Denver s Lauren Whyte, 6-and-5 and Georgia s Jillian Hollis, 1-up... tied for 16th at the Bryan National Collegiate after shooting a two-over par 218 (76-76-66)... earned medalist honors for the third time in her career with a win at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, firing an eightunder par 205 (58-72-65) for the win... her third round 65 is a career low and ties for the third-lowest round in school history... the 205 is the second-lowest 54-hole total of her career, just behind her school-record 202 at this season s Mason Rudolph Championship... opened the spring season with a tie for 17th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge with a five-over par 218 (75-73-70)... tied for third and was Alabama s top finisher at The Landfall Tradition with a five-under par 211... tied for ninth at the Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational with a two-under par 214... Alabama s top finisher at the Schooner Fall Classic Sept. 24-25... fired a six-under par 207 (66-69-72) to finish in sixth place... her first round 66 at the Schooner Fall Classic is a new personal best and the five-under par score also equals a personal low vs. par for a single round... has posted scores of 69 or lower in five of her first six rounds this season... opened the season in record-setting fashion with school-record 14-under par 202 (68-67- 67) to win individual honors at the Mason Rudolph Championship Sept. 16-18... her victory helped lead Alabama to a school- and tournament-record 39-under par 825 as the Tide cruised to its second consecutive Mason Rudolph title... the two rounds of 67 equaled her previous single round best... the tournament championship is the second of her career and the top five finish is her fifth in 12 appearances with the Tide. Women s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) 2016 of the Year... WGCA 2016 First Team All- American... Golfweek 2016 First Team All-American... Ranked No. 8 in the country in the final Golfweek/ Sagarin Performance Index... First Team All-SEC and First Team SEC All- selection... finished her freshman year with the fifth-lowest average score vs. par in school history at 0.47... her 72.78 per round average led the team and ranked fifth all-time at Alabama... fired 12 par or lower rounds this season... at or below par in six of seven rounds at the SEC and NCAA Championships for a combined 10-under in the two tournaments... shot a school 72-hole record 282 to finish tied for fourth at the NCAA Championships... shot a 12-over par 224 to finish in a tie for 15th at the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional... posted the top score for Alabama at the SEC Championship with a 4-under 212 to finish third overall and equal her season-low tournament... earned SEC Golfer of the Week honors on April 13 after she tied for fourth at the PING/ ASU Invitational with a season-best 4-under 212... earned SEC Women s Golfer of the Week on Feb. 10 and March 9... cruised past Georgia s Rinko Mitsunaga 7-and-5 in the semifinals of Liz Murphey to help the team reach the championship, where she was edged out by UCLA s Bethany Wu by one hole... held a two-hole lead through 16 against Denver s Katharina Baratta when the Tide clinched the victory... claimed the individual title at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with an even-par 213 (67-74-72), with her opening round 67 the lowest of her rookie campaign... carded an 8-over 224 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship... fired a 2-over 215 at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge to place in a tie for eighth in the individual standings... shot a 2-over 218 at the Landfall Tradition, finishing tied for 16th... recorded a 5-over 221 at the Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational to finish tied for 14th...began her collegiate career with a 2-under 214 at the Mason Rudolph Championship to tie for seventh place. Prep and Personal Earned Honorable Mention Rolex Junior All-America honors in 2014... Won the Texas 4A state golf individual title in 2014... claimed the Texas 5A state golf individual crown in 2015 as a senior... member of the 2014 USA Today All-USA Girls Golf Team... selected as the North Texas High School Golf Coaches Association Player of the Year for 2015... qualified for match play at the 2014 USGA Girls Junior Championship after finishing 38th during stroke play... won the 2014 American Junior Golf Association s 12 Valero Texas Open with a 4-under 212... finished fifth at the 2014 Rolex Girls Junior Championship... placed third at the 2014 AJGA Thunderbird Invitational... majoring in public relations. Knight s Personal Bests Collegiate Debut: 2015 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 18: 65-2017 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (third round) Low 18 vs. Par: -6- Three times, last 2017 SEC Championship (third round) Low 54: 202*- 2016 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 54 vs. Par: -14*- 2016 Mason Rudolph Championship Victories: 3, last 2017 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Career Top-Five Finishes: 7; last 2017 SEC Championship Tournaments Under Par: 10, last 2017 SEC Championship *- School record 5-4 Senior MIA LANDEGREN Bridgewater, Conn. (Shepaug Valley) Senior Sixth on the team in scoring average (75.96) and average vs. par (+4.19)... tied for 24th at the NCAA Athens Regional with a 5-over par 221... halved her match with Northwestern s Kacie Komoto in the semifinals at the Northwestern Quad Match on April 29... tied for 30th at the SEC Championship with a career low 4-over par 220... finished 58th in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a 15-over par 87... finished all-square with USC s Victoria Morgan, Denver s Jessica Dreesbeimdieke in the first two rounds of match play at the Liz Murphey and halved her championship round match with Georgia s Rinko Mitsunaga... tied for 49th at the Bryan National Collegiate with a 12-over par 228 (76-71-81)... competed as an individual at the Samford Spring Shootout on Feb. 13 and finished tied for 11th with a eight-over par 152 (79-73)... tied for 67th at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a 19-over par 232 (78-80-74)... tied for 80th with a 20-over par 236 at The Landfall Tradition... tied for 76th with a 16-over par 232 at 232 at the Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational... fired a nine-over par 222 (74-73-75) to finish in a tie for 35th at the Schooner Fall Classic Sept. 24-25... shot a five-over par 221 (75-76-70) to finish in a tie for 23rd place at the Mason Rudolph Championship Sept. 16-18... her two-under par 70 is a new personal best round while her five-over par 221, equal her previous
ALABAMA BIOS tournament best at Alabama... as a team, the Tide set a school best with a 39-under par 825 to win the tournament. Junior Recorded a 15-over 231 in her lone tournament of the year at the Landfall Tradition. 2014-15 Started all 11 tournaments for Alabama, averaging 76.41 strokes per round, shaving almost a stroke off her average from the previous year counted in 28 of 32 (87.5 percent) rounds played for the Crimson Tide s team score set new 18- and 54-hole lows with a 71 at the Mason Rudolph and a 221 at the SEC Championships had one top-20 individual finish and two rounds of par or lower finished 80th at the NCAA Championships with a 72-hole total of 325... tied for 63rd at the NCAA Raleigh (N.C.) Regional with a 16-over 232... tied for 20th at the SEC Championship while setting her career low 54-hole performance at 5-over 221 with rounds of 73-73-75 finished t30th during the stroke play portion of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a round of 80 and collected one match play win against Stanford by defeating Mariah Stackhouse 1 up carded rounds of 73-78-75 at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and placed 39th with a 13-over 226 in the first tournament of the spring she finished tied for 50th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge with a 228 (15-over) shot three straight rounds of 74 to finish at 222, and tie for 41st at The Landfall Tradition finished tied for 56th at the Tar Heel Invitational at 13-over 229 tied for 42nd at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and with her second round 72 collected her second round of par or lower placed 45th at the Mason Rudolph Championship and recorded her lowest 18-hole score during the final round with a 71, which was also her first collegiate round of par or better. 2013-14 Opened the spring by competing in the Lady Bulldog Individual Championship and Lady Puerto Rico Classic after missing all of the fall season... finished with a 77.50 scoring average... counted toward the team score in 8-of-11 rounds (72.7)... averaged 6.19 strokes over par per round... shot 13-over 157 in the 36-hole Lady Bulldog Individual to finish tied for 21st... tied for 59th as an individual at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic after shooting 17-over 233 (78-78-77)... made her first start in the Alabama lineup at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at the Long Cove Club where she shot 23-over 236 (79-78-79)... shot 3-over 75 in the qualifying round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and then went 1-1-1 in match play, defeating Denver s Isabel Southard 4 and 2, halving her match with Mississippi State s Mary Langdon Gallagher and falling 4-and-2 to Auburn s Victoria Trapani... returned to the lineup for the NCAA Central Regional where she won the team s qualifier to earn a spot on the team... finished tied for 79th at Karsten Creek (Stillwater, Okla.) with a 19-over 235 (78-75-82)... counted in all four rounds of the NCAA Championships, helping the Crimson Tide finish ninth... opened NCAAs with back-to-back 77 s at the Tulsa (Okla.) Country Club... shot a tournament-best and season-low 74 in the third round and closed out her freshman season with a final-round 76. Prep and Personal Hails from Bridgewater, Conn., where she won the 2012 Connecticut State Women s Amateur in August of 2012 with a tournament-record 2-over-par 146 holds dual citizenship in the United States and Sweden (her father s country of origin) and helped the Swedish National Team win the 2012 European Girls Championship, after a fourth-place finish in 2011 attended Shepaug Valley High School, which does not have a girls golf team, so she played the No. 1 position for the boys team and served as the captain earned All-State honors at the CIAC Boys Division IV Golf Championship, after finishing fourth in the state in 2012 helped lead Shepaug Valley win the New England High School Championship as a freshman captured the 2012 AJGA Killington Junior Golf Championship that included a 6-under 64 en route to the victory the 64 was tied for the lowest score in a 2012 AJGA event placed second at the 2012 FCWT Red Tails, carding a 2-under 142 after rounds of 72 and 70 posted a third-place finish at the 2011 Connecticut State Women s Amateur and 11th at the Connecticut Women s Open where she was third among amateurs qualified to play in the 2011 U.S. Women s Public Links Championships at Bandon Dunes in Oregon helped the Swedish National Team win the 2009 and 2010 Tinius Cup represented the state of Connecticut in the 2011 United States Team Championship and finished 11th individually in the 2011 German Girls Open Amateur daughter of Erik and Patti Landegren and is a triplet, along with sisters Emma and Hanna majoring in communications. Landegren s Personal Bests Collegiate Debut: 2014 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Low 18: 70-2016 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 18 vs. Par: -2-2016 Mason Rudolph Championship (third round) Low 54: 220-2017 SEC Championship Low 54 vs. Par: +4-2017 SEC Championship 5-6 Junior NICOLE MORALES Salem, N.Y. (Jon Jay) Junior Competed as an individual at the Samford Spring Shootout on Feb. 13 and tied for second with a threeover par 147 (75-72). Ranked No. 125 in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index... boasted a 75.00 per round stroke average, which ranked fifth on the team... shot a 26-over par 314 and finished 83rd at the NCAA Championships... carded a 14-over part 230 to finish tied for 24th at the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional... posted an 8-over 224 to tie for 27th at the SEC Championship... shot a season-low 3-over 219 to tie for 14th at the PING/ ASU Invitational... rallied back to beat UCLA s Louise Ridderstrom 2-and-1 to help Alabama clinch the team victory at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic... defeated Denver s Sophie Newlove by a 5-and-3 margin in the opening round of match play and was all square with Georgia s Jillian Hollis through 15 holes in the semifinals of match play at Liz Murphey... finished with a round of 75 (+3) at the Liz Murphey in the only round of stroke play... carded a 7-over 220, which included a final round of even par, to finish in a tie for 17th at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate... fired a 69 in the final round at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship to tie for 33rd overall at 222 (+6)... recorded a 5-over 221 to tie for 35th in her first tournament of the year at the Landfall Tradition. 2014-15 Played in seven tournaments on the season with a 78.16 scoring average had one round of par or lower nine of 16 rounds counted toward the team score competed as an individual once during the spring at the PING/ASU Invitational and tied for 79th at 16-over 232 tied for 54th during the stroke play portion of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a round of 13-over 85 halved a match against Auburn s Victoria Trapani (All Square) to earn half a point during match play for the Crimson Tide finished with a 54-hole score of 20-over 233 to kick off the spring season at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge tied for 55th (9-over 225) at The Landfall Tradition where she shot her best round of the fall, an even-par 72 during the second round carded a 16-over 232 at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and finished tied for 55th. Prep and Personal Rated as the consensus No. 1 recruit in 2014 by Golfweek and the Polo Junior Golf Rankings two-time Rolex Junior first team All-American (2012 and 2013) tied for 14th at the 2014 ANNIKA Invitational won medalist honors at the 2013 Thunderbird International Junior Championship finished 13th in stroke play at the 2013 U.S. Women s Amateur, before advancing to the round of 32 in match play posted three top-five finishes in 2013 at the PING Invitational (t4th), Rolex Tournament of Champions (t4th) and the Polo Golf Junior Classic (t3rd) finished 10th at the 2013 TaylorMade adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook tied for 11th at the 2013 ANNIKA Invitational finished second at the 2012 Junior Orange Bowl Championship hails from South Salem, N.Y. played at Lake Mary Prep in Florida coached by Cheryl Anderson at the Mike Bender Golf Academy... attended Jon Jay High School in Salem, N.Y.... daughter of Miguel and Barbara Morales... majoring in communications studies. Morales Personal Bests Collegiate Debut: 2014 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 18: 69-2016 Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship Low 18 vs. Par: -3-2016 Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship Low 54: 219-2016 PING/ASU Invitational Low 54 vs. Par: +3-2016 PING/ASU Invitational 13
ALABAMA BIOS 5-7 SARAH PABST Niceville, Fla. (Collegiate High School) Competed as an individual at the Samford Spring Shootout on Feb. 13 and tied for 40th with a 19-over par 163 (84-79). Prep and Personal Member of four district and two regional championship teams at Niceville High School... competed for Niceville for four years while studying at Collegiate High School... member of state runner-up team in 2015... helped set a school record for lowest team round (291) at the 2015 state high school regional tournament... Individual district champion as a junior in 2014... equaled school individual scoring record for nine holes with a 32 in 2014... four-time all-area selection... member of Emerald Coast Junior Golf Tour Team that won the Florida Team State Championship in 2015... shot a career-low round of 69 at the 2015 AJGA Chateau Elan tournament in 2015... recorded a careerbest 230 for 54 holes at the 2015 Florida Junior Tour Amateur Championships... recorded a career-best 299 for 72 holes at the 2016 Optimist International Junior Championships... daughter of Gary and Denise Pabst... born Sept. 3, 1997 in Buckhead, Ga.... majoring in pre-business Pabst s Personal Bests Collegiate Debut: 2017 Samford Spring Shootout Low 18: 79-2017 Samford Spring Shootout (second round) Low 18 vs. Par: +7-2017 Samford Spring Shootout (second round) 5-3 LAUREN STEPHENSON Lexington, S.C. (Clemson/Lexington) Accolades First Team All-SEC (2017) First Team All-Southeastern Conference selection... ranked fifth in the Golfstat rankings and 12th Golfweek rankings released May 11... rated seventh nationally in score vs. par... second on the team in scoring average (70.96) and score vs. par (-0.71)... has eight top 12 finishes in 10 outings this season... tied with Cheyenne Knight and Kristen Gillman for the team lead in top-five finishes with five this season... tied with Knight for the team lead in rounds in the 60s with 10... third on the team with 18 rounds of par or better this season... finished under par in a team-high eight of 10 tournaments this season... tied for second at the NCAA Athens Regional with teammate Cheyenne Knight at 5-under par (211)... dropped a 3-and-2 decision to Northwestern s Janet Mao in the semifinals at the Northwestern Quad Match on April 29... tied for 13th at the SEC Championships with 3-under par 213 that included a final round 67... tied for 43rd in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Invitational with a 10-over par 82... dropped a 5-and-4 decision to USC s Gabriella Then then rallied to defeat Denver s Sophie Newlove, 5-and-4 in the semifinals of match play at the Liz Murphey before falling to Georgia s Mary Ellen Shuman, 3-and-2 in the championship match... tied for third at the Bryan National Collegiate with a six-under par 210 (69-68-73)... tied for ninth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a five-over par 218 (71-75-72), her fourth top-10 finish in six outings this season... opened the spring with a one-under par 212 (72-67-73) to finish tied for fifth at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge... tied for 11th at The Landfall Tradition with a one-under par 215... finished second at the Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational with a nine-under par 207 to equal her season low tournament score set at the Mason Rudolph Championship... tied for 12th with teammate Lakareber Abe with a one-under par 212 (73-70-69) at the Schooner Fall Classic Sept. 24-25... has finished under par in four of her six rounds and both tournaments to begin the season... tied for second with teammate Kristen Gillman in her Alabama debut at the Mason Rudolph Championship... shot a personal-best nine-under par 207 (74-68-65)... the third round 65 is a personal best and ties for the second-lowest round in school history... as a team, the Tide set a school best with a 39-under par 825 to win the tournament. Clemson University Ranked No. 71 in final 2016 Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index... first Clemson women s golfer in school history to reach the NCAA Women s Tournament... finished fifth at the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional... one of just four women to score 75 or better in all three rounds... led all 96 players in par four scoring average with a 4.10 figure... led Clemson in rounds in the 60s with four and rounds at par or better with 12... ranked No. 69 in the nation by Golfstat and No. 70 by Golfweek... did not miss a tournament or a round... best finish came at Yale in the fall when she was co-medalist with a 211 score, two under par... best tournament vs. par was at Briar s Creek in the spring when she had seven under par 209... that was second best 54 hole score in Clemson history... Clemson s top player in three of the last four tournaments of the year... her score counted towards Clemson s team score in 29 of 30 rounds... was Clemson s low scorer in a team-high 12 rounds, and was Clemson s best player in six of their 10 tournaments... tied for team lead in top 10 finishes with three, all in the top five her +1.43 stroke average vs. par was second best in Clemson history for a single season. Prep and Personal A First Team Rolex Junior All-American in 2014, she was honorable mention in 2012 and 2013... ranked as heigh as eighth in the Polo Junior rankings... won six AJGA titles over her career... second in the Golfweek Class of 2015 juniors... played for the United States team in the Toyota Junior World Cup Series in summer of 2015... finished fourth in the stroke play and reached the quarterfinals of the North-South Amateur at Pinehurst #2 in July, 2015... won AJGA Girls Championship and the Wells Fargo Junior Classic in 2014... tied for sixth in the Thunderbird International Junior... second at the Polo Junior Golf Classic in 2014... qualified for the U.S. Girls Junior Championship three times... won individual title as a junior and senior... finished fifth in the Boys state 4A championship as a senior with a 147... named to the girls and boys South Carolina 4A All-State teams, believed to be the first person to do that in history of South Carolina high school golf... named all-state in girls division five times... finished 20th at the Boys state championship as a junior... won the AJGA Girls Championship by three shots in September of 2014... appeared in Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd after shooting back-to-back course record scores of 66 at Hartsville Country Club... reached the Final 32 of 2014 US Women s Amateur... instructor is Kenny Britt, who also instructed Dustin Johnson when he was a youth... majoring in communications. Stephenson Career Bests Collegiate Debut: 2015 Cougar Classic Alabama Debut: 2016 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 18: 65-2016 Mason Rudolph Championship (third round) Low 18 vs. Par: -7-2016 Mason Rudolph Championship (third round) Low 54: 207 2, last 2016 Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational Low 54 vs. Par: -9-2, last 2016 Ruth s Chris Tar Heel Invitational Career Victories: 1-2015 Yale Intercollegiate Career Top-Five Finishes: 7 Alabama Top-Five Finishes: 4, last 2017 Bryan National Collegiate Career Tournaments Under Par: 9 Alabama Tournaments Under Par: 7, last 2017 Bryan National Collegiate 14
ALABAMA AT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT 13 Head Coach Mic Potter led the Crimson Tide to the program s first NCAA Championship in 2012. His team will be making its 13th consecutive NCAA appearance at this year s tournament. Alabama s 2012 team (left to right), assistant coach Susan Rosenstiel, Courtney McKim, Brooke Pancake, Hannah Collier, Stephanie Meadow, Jennifer Kirby and head coach Mic Potter. Much has changed in collegiate golf since the Crimson Tide s Eleanor Dudley won the first collegiate championship in 1941. Most notably, there are now women s golf teams. Alabama formed its first women s team in 1974. In 1982, the NCAA finally got into the business of women s athletics and hosting nationals, and that year there were two national tournaments with Tulsa winning both the AIAW and NCAA team titles. The NCAA took over the administering championship starting in 1983. Alabama captured its first NCAA Championship in women s golf in 2012, joining a prestigious list of champions. The young women who compile the elite roster of national champions are some of the most famous names in professional golf. The medalist roll call includes: Nancy Lopez (Tulsa, 1976); Patty Sheehan (San Jose State,1980); Annika Sorenstam (Arizona, 1991). AIAW NATIONALS (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) YEAR COACH FINISH/ SCORE SITE 1975 Ann Marie Lawler 7th of 19/1,310 Tucson, Ariz. 1976 Bob Montgomery 17th of 37/649 East Lansing, Mich. 1977 Bob Montgomery 23rd of 26/1,346 Oahu, Hawai i 1978 Conrad Rehling 20th of 26/972 Cypress Gardens, Fla. 1979 Conrad Rehling 18th of 27/965 Stillwater, Okla. 1980 Lynn Kurth 18th of 28/947 Albuquerque, N.M. 1981 Lynn Kurth 22nd of 25/970 Athens, Ga. AIAW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS YEAR GOLFER FINISH SCORE 1975 Martha Jones 3rd 303 1979 Peggy Kirsch 9th 305 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES (12) YEAR COACH FINISH SITE 1987 Dick Spybey 9th of 17 Albuquerque, N.M. Score: 299-309-304-295/1,207 2006 Mic Potter 24th of 24 Columbus, Ohio Score: 307-317-310-314/1,248 2007 Mic Potter 23rd of 24 Daytona Beach, Fla. Score: 314-319-319-311/1,263 2008 Mic Potter t12th of 24 Albuquerque, N.M. Score: 296-311-306-302/1,215 2009 Mic Potter 11th of 24 Owings Mills, Md. Score: 305-302-311-299/1,217 2010 Mic Potter 3rd of 24 Wilmington, N.C. Score: 289-288-294-286/1,157 2011 Mic Potter t8th of 24 Bryan, Texas Score: 301-303-297-292/1,193 2012 Mic Potter 1st of 24 Franklin, Tenn. Score: 286-285-306-294/1,171 2013 Mic Potter 7th of 24 Athens, Ga. Score: 288-284-301-316/1,189 2014 Mic Potter 9th of 24 Tulsa, Okla. Score: 305-285-289-282/1,161 2015 Mic Potter 14th of 24 Bradenton, Fla. Score: 310-307-310-299/1,226 2016 Mic Potter t12th of 24 Eugene, Ore. Score: 300-292-290-291/1,173 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS YEAR GOLFER FINISH SCORE 1983 Susan Ladd DNC (Injury) N/A 1985 Lois Ledbetter t45 307 1989 Judi Schneider t27 309 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES (18) 1993 (East) Score/Finish 950/17th of 18 (316-313-321) 1994 (East) Score/Finish 964/13th of 19 (328-322-314) 1997 (East) Score/Finish 971/14th of 19 (322-330-319) 1998 (East) Score/Finish 938/t15th of 19 (313-312-313) 1998 (East) Score/Finish 965/15th of 21 (317-313-335) 2002 (East) Score/Finish 924/19th of 21 (308-312-304) 2004 (East) Score/Finish 961/18th of 21 (311-318-332) 2006 (East) Score/Finish 887/8th of 21 (295-293-299) 2007 (East) Score/Finish 868/7th of 21 (287-289-292) 2008 (Central) Score/Finish 896/6th of 21 (304-293-299) 2009 (East) Score/Finish 866/2nd of 21 (284-291-291) 2010 (West) Score/Finish 890/t3rd of 24 (295-300-295) 2011 (East) Score/Finish 866/1st of 24 (287-284-295) 2012 (East) Score/Finish 879/t4th of 24 (292-297-290) 2013 (East) Score/Finish 844/1st of 24 (277-277-290) 2014 (Central) Score/Finish 892/2nd of 24 (295-297-300) 2015 (East) Score/Finish 888/t4th of 18 (294-295-299) 2016 (Shoal Creek) Score/Finish 906/4th of 18 (306-300-302) 15