2012-13 Nebraska Women's Golf Guide

2012-13 WOMEN’S GOLFNEBRASKANEBRASKA


JUNIORSSteffi Neisen, Katelyn Wright

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THREE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES

WOMEN’S GOlf DIRECTORyHead Coach ........................................................................ Robin KrapflGolf Office Secretary ........................................................... Ellen ShuttsGolf Office Phone .......................................................... (402) 472-1415Golf Office Fax ............................................................... (402) 472-2272Golf Office Address: ................................................................................ Bob Devaney Sports Center Room 107F Lincoln, NE 68588-0612

MEDIA RElATIONS DIRECTORyAssistant A.D./Media Relations: Keith Mann ................. (402) 472-2263Women’s Golf Media Relations Contact: Jeff Griesch .... (402) 472-7775 ................................................................................jgriesch@huskers.comMedia Relations Fax Number: ....................................... (402) 472-2005Media Relations Mailing Address: ........................................................... University of Nebraska Media Relations One Memorial Stadium P.O. Box 880123 Lincoln, NE 68588-0123Internet Addresses ......................... Huskers.com / ThisIsNebraska.com

ATHlETIC DEPARTMENT DIRECTORyGeneral Athletic Department Phone ..................................... (402) 472-4224Athletic Director: Tom Osborne.............................................. (402) 472-3011Exec. Assoc. A.D.: Marc Boehm ............................................. (402) 472-3011Sr. Assoc. A.D./Academics: Dennis Leblanc............................ (402) 472-2042Assoc. A.D./Athletic Medicine: Dr. Lonnie Albers .....................(402) 472-2276 Assoc. A.D./Community Relations: Chris Anderson ................. (402) 472-7771Assoc. A.D./Administration: Bob Burton................................ (402) 472-5663Assoc. A.D./Facilities & Events: Butch Hug ............................ (402) 472-1950Assoc. A.D./Capital Projects: John Ingram ............................. (402) 472-1000Assoc. A.D./Football Operations: Jeff Jamrog ....................... (402) 472-3116Assoc. A.D./SWA: Pat Logsdon .............................................. (402) 472-3011Assoc. A.D./Huskers Athletic Fund: Paul Meyers................... (402) 472-2367Assoc. A.D./Compliance: Jamie Vaughn ................................ (402) 472-2042Assoc. A.D./Diversity & Leadership: Jamie Williams ..................... (402) 472-3011Assoc. A.D. /Life Skills: Keith Zimmer ........................................ (402) 472-4616Asst. A.D./Ticketing: Holly Adam ................................................(402) 472-3111 Asst. A.D./HuskerVision: Shot Kleen ..................................... (402) 472-4645Asst. A.D./Media Relations: Keith Mann ............................... (402) 472-2263Asst. A.D./Marketing, Licensing, Concessions: Michael Stephens ................................................................. (402) 472-0775

BOARD Of REGENTSTimothy Clare, J.D. ...................................................................... LincolnRandolph Ferlic, M.D. ................................................................. OmahaChuck Hassebrook .........................................................................LyonsHoward Hawks............................................................................ OmahaJim McClurg, Ph.D. ...................................................................... LincolnBob Phares ......................................................................... North PlatteKent Schroeder, J.D. ...................................................................KearneyBob Whitehouse ....................................................................... PapillionEric Kamler ................................................................. Nebraska-LincolnDevin Bertelsen .......................................................... Nebraska-OmahaCameron Deter ..........................................................Nebraska-KearneyFaisal Ahmed ................................................. Nebraska Medical Center

NOTICE Of NCAA PROBATIONFrom 2007 to 2010 the University of Nebraska unintentionally reimbursed student-athletes for recommended textbooks as well as required textbooks through a failure to properly administer and monitor book scholarships. Only reimbursement for required books is permissible under NCAA rules. As a result, the NCAA placed the University of Nebraska on two-year probation, beginning in January of 2012. The NCAA did not impose additional penalties such as loss of scholarships, forfeiture of games, or a ban on postseason play. Rather, as a condition of probation, Nebraska will continue to educate student-athletes and staff thoroughly on NCAA bylaws and will notify prospective student-athletes of its probationary status.

NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENTThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln does not discriminate based on gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.

TABlE Of CONTENTSGeneral Information/Coaches/Staff ..................................................1-5 Coach Robin Krapfl ...............................................................................2 Assistant Coach Mike Schuchart ...........................................................3 Chip-N Club Boosters ............................................................................3 Athletic Director Tom Osborne .............................................................4 Executive Associate A.D. Marc Boehm .................................................5 Associate A.D./Administration: Bob Burton .........................................5 Associate A.D./SWA: Pat Logsdon ........................................................52012-13 Outlook, Roster & Schedule ................................................6-7Husker Golfers .................................................................................8-14 Steffi Neisen .........................................................................................8Katelyn Wright ......................................................................................9Jackie O’Doherty ................................................................................10Morgan Smejkal ..................................................................................11Cassidy Stelzmiller ..............................................................................12Cassie Deeg/Abbie Hunke ..................................................................13Hannah Luebke/Yoorim Kang .............................................................14adidas .................................................................................................15Big Ten Conference .............................................................................16 Big Ten Opponents .............................................................................172011-12 Season Review .................................................................18-20Husker History ...............................................................................21-29 Year-by-Year Results.......................................................................21-24 All-Time Honors & Awards .................................................................25 All-Time Letterwinners .......................................................................26 Individual & Team Records .................................................................27 Conference History .............................................................................28 Nebraska in the NCAA Championships ...............................................29This is Nebraska .............................................................................30-48

GENERAl INfORMATIONLocation ............................................................................. Lincoln, Neb.Population .................................................................................258,379Enrollment ...................................................................................24,610Founded ........................................................................... Feb. 15, 1869Chancellor ......................................................... Harvey S. Perlman, J.D.President .................................................................... James B. MillikenColors.........................................................................Scarlet and CreamNickname..............................................................Cornhuskers/HuskersConference ................................................................................. Big TenAffiliation ...................................................................... NCAA Division I

UNIVERSITy Of NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GOlf

The mission of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department is to serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans with Integrity, Trust, Respect, Teamwork and Loyalty.

GOlf QUICK fACTSHead Coach/Years. ........................................................Robin Krapfl/252011-12 Top 10 Finishes ................................................................. 9/112011-12 Top Five Finishes............................................................... 5/112011-12 First-Place Finishes ........................................................... 0/11Big Ten Finish ...............................................................................6th/12NCAA Regional Finish ................................................. Did Not CompeteLetterwinners Returning/Lost .......................................................... 2/4

MEDIA INfORMATIONAll student-athlete and coaching staff interviews must be arranged

through Director of Media Relations Operations Jeff Griesch at (402) 472-7775. Generally, the Huskers will practice from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at courses throughout Lincoln. Contact the Media Relations Office to verify practice times and sites. The best time to reach Coach Robin Krapfl for interviews is weekday mornings at (402) 472-1415.

For up-to-date coverage of NU women’s golf, visit Huskers.com, the official website of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department.

In addition to updated results, statistics and meet recaps, you can find photos, player and coach biographies, schedule and roster information and weekly releases. The site also features webcasts produced by the Husker Sports Network of Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and football, along with Sports Nightly, which airs Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m., central time.

ABOUT THIS PUBlICATIONThe 2012-13 Nebraska women’s golf guide was written and designed

by Director of Media Relations Operations Jeff Griesch with editing assistance from Assistant Media Relations Directors Matt Smith and Jeremy Foote. The guide was produced in Adobe InDesign CS4. The covers were created by Jeff Griesch with photography by Scott Bruhn. Photo credits to Scott Bruhn and BreAnna Haessler.

On the cover: The 2012-13 Nebraska women’s golf team - Front row (from left): Steffi Neisen, Katelyn Wright, Cassie Deeg, Jackie O’Doherty. Middle row: Yoorim Kang, Abbie Hunke, Coach Robin Krapfl. Back row: Assistant Coach Mike Schuchart, Hannah Luebke, Cassidy Stelzmiller, Morgan Smejkal.

Junior Steffi Neisen, a two-time NGCA Scholastic All-American, leads the Huskers into the 2012-13 campaign.

11 NCAA REGIONAl TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES

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KRAPfl’S CAREER NUMBERSyear Meets Wins Top five Top 10 Conf. NCAA1987-88 11 0 7 11 5th --1988-89 12 2 6 10 4th --1989-90 11 3 7 10 5th --1990-91 10 0 3 7 3rd --1991-92 10 0 4 8 7th --1992-93 10 0 5 7 4th --1993-94 12 3 6 10 4th --1994-95 12 1 8 10 3rd --1995-96 12 0 5 9 t3rd --1996-97 12 2 6 9 3rd --1997-98 10 1 3 8 6th --1998-99 10 0 3 8 8th --1999-00 13 3 8 12 3rd 19th2000-01 12 1 3 11 5th --2001-02 12 1 3 8 7th --2002-03 13 0 8 11 5th 22nd2003-04 11 2 4 9 10th --2004-05 11 1 2 7 7th --2005-06 13 2 9 11 t4th 20th2006-07 12 3 6 9 4th --2007-08 13 1 4 11 6th --2008-09 11 2 4 8 10th --2009-10 11 0 5 9 8th --2010-11 11 0 2 7 10th --2011-12 11 0 5 9 6th --Totals 286 28 126 229 -- --

A TRADITION Of SUCCESSCoach Robin Krapfl continues to emphasize the principles of

achieving excellence on and off the course in her 26th season as Nebraska's head coach. It shows. Since Krapfl took the reins in 1987, the Huskers have: Earned a nation-leading 61 NGCA Scholastic All-America

honors. In 1992, all five of Krapfl’s starters were honored with this distinction. It was the first time in women’s college golf history that a team had accomplished such a feat. Again in 2003, five Nebraska starters earned Scholastic All-America honors.

Won 97 academic all-conference awards. Produced two NCAA All-Americans, two conference

champions, the 1990 Edith Munson Award winner, a two-time TrueTemper Scholastic Award honoree, one Big 12 Golfer of the Year, one Nebraska Student-Athlete-of-the-Year and 23 all-conference (16 Big Eight, 6 All-Big 12, 1 All-Big Ten) awards.

Qualified for 11 NCAA Regionals. Participated in the first three NCAA Tournaments in school

history with trips in 2000, 2003 and 2006. Regularly finished in the top half of the conference standings. Posted a team GPA of 3.71 in 2006-07, the fifth-highest

team GPA in the nation.Despite the past success of NU's program, Krapfl believes

the best is yet to come.

HUSKERS TAKE AIM AT 12TH NCAA REGIONAl In their first season of Big Ten Conference competition in

2011-12, the Huskers just missed an NCAA Regional berth while finishing sixth at the Big Ten Tournament. Madeleine Sheils earned All-Big Ten honors while tying for third at the Big Ten Championships. She also earned a spot in the NCAA Central Regional as an individual.

Nebraska had its streak of three consecutive NCAA Regional bids end in 2008-09, but the Huskers will focus on earning their 12th regional bid since 1994 in 2012-13.

NU advanced to its third consecutive regional in 2008, qualifying as the No. 17 seed in the NCAA Central Regional in Austin, Texas. The Huskers missed a berth to the fourth NCAA Championships in school history by just one stroke, finishing in a tie for 10th with a score of 903 on the University of Texas Golf Course.

NU qualified for regionals on the heels of a solid sixth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships in Stillwater, Okla. Along with their strong play on the course, all five starters in Nebraska’s lineup earned academic All-Big 12 recognition.

In 2006-07, NU earned a second straight NCAA Regional bid with a fourth-place Big 12 finish. NU claimed three team tournament titles, led by All-Big 12 performer Elli Brown. NU also led the conference with five academic All-Big 12 selections.

ROBIN KRAPflHead Coach (26th Season) Nebraska (1984)

The Huskers produced one of the best seasons in school history in 2005-06, with a 20th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Nebraska also posted its best-ever score at the NCAA Championships by firing a 1,221 over four rounds, 18 strokes better than the 1,239 NU shot at the 2000 NCAA Championships. The final-round 299 was NU’s best NCAA Championships mark in history.

The 2005-06 Huskers finished eighth at the NCAA Central Regional after entering as the No. 15 seed in the 21-team field. The Huskers also tied for fourth at the Big 12 Championships at the Country Club of Lincoln. NU also produced the best team stroke average in school history (304.88).

Stephanie Ruiz earned second-team All-Big 12 honors and finished in a tie for 38th at the 2006 NCAA Championships.

In 2003, the Huskers played host to the NCAA Central Regional, held at Lincoln's Firethorn Golf Club. Nebraska was ranked 19th going into the tournament, but ascended to fifth place to qualify for the NCAA Championships in West Lafayette, Ind. The Huskers closed the season strong by finishing 22nd at the NCAA Championships. NU finished with a four-round total of 1,281 led by Sarah Sasse’s 40th-place showing.

Krapfl, a native of West Point, Neb., has been associated with the Husker program since 1979 when she played collegiate golf for Nebraska (1979-82). A three-year letterwinner, she graduated from Nebraska with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1984.

Krapfl went on to become a PGA Professional at The Country Club of Lincoln, where she worked as an assistant under head professional and former Husker coach Jerry Fisher. Krapfl also worked under Fisher as an assistant for the Huskers from 1984 to 1987. As head coach, Krapfl has guided the Huskers to 28 tournament titles. She is only the third coach in Nebraska women's golf history, following former men's coach Larry Romjue and Fisher.

She is married to Richard Krapfl and the couple has two sons, Robert, born on Oct. 30, 1992, and Ryan, born Aug. 20, 1994.

COACH KRAPfl’S CAREER TITlES (28)1988 Huskie Classic 1989 Michigan State Classic 1989 Husker Classic 1990 Rio Rico Invitational 1990 Mizzou Invitational 1993 Husker Classic 1994 Midwest Classic 1994 UNT/SMU Invitational 1994 Husker Classic 1996 Lady Lion Invitational 1996 Big 12 Fall Preview 1997 Colorado Invitational 1999 Big 12 Fall Preview 1999 Lady Razorback Invitational 2000 Oklahoma Invitational 2000 Alltel Husker Invitational 2001 Heather Farr Memorial 2003 Chip-N Club Invitational 2003 Highlands Ranch Intercollegiate 2004 Chip-N Club Invitational 2005 Chip-N Club Invitational 2006 Baja Invitational 2006 Chip-N Club Invitational 2006 Bronco Invitational 2007 Mountain View Intercollegiate 2008 Bronco Invitational 2008 Chip-N Club Invitational 2008 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational (Tie)

“The short game separates good players from great ones and can be a huge equalizer in team competition. I really stress the importance of practice from 80 yards in.”

HONORS & AWARDS2005 University of Nebraska Combined Campaign

Honorary Chair1993-94 Big Eight Coach of the Year1990-91 Big Eight Coach of the YearTPI Certified Golf Fitness Instructor

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES (3)2006 NCAA Championships (20th/24)2003 NCAA Championships (22nd/24)2000 NCAA Championships (19th/24)

NCAA REGIONAl APPEARANCES (11)2008 NCAA Central Regional (T10th/21) 2007 NCAA West Regional (15th/21) 2006 NCAA Central Regional (8th/21)2003 NCAA Central Regional (5th/21)2002 NCAA Central Regional (19th/21)2001 NCAA Central Regional (10th/21)2000 NCAA West Regional (9th/24)1997 NCAA West Regional (14th/20)1996 NCAA West Regional (T11th/20)1995 NCAA West Regional (12th/20)1994 NCAA West Regional (16th/19)

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The Chip-N Club is the official booster club of Nebraska women’s golf. Each year, the club assists in sponsoring NU’s fall tournament, which is a two-day, 54-hole event. In 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008, Nebraska captured tournament titles at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course. In 2006, the Huskers won a fourth straight team title at Yankee Hill Golf Club. After competing at the Chip-N Club Invitational at Woodland Hills Golf Club in 2007, the Huskers captured the 2008 Chip-N Club crown at

Wilderness Ridge Golf Course. The 2012 event will be played at the Country Club of Lincoln Sept. 10-11. On Aug. 27, the Chip-N Club will also host the 2012 Fastbreakers Women’s Golf Fundraiser Scramble as a qualifier for the Acura Alumni Team Championship.

CHIP-N ClUB ADVISORy BOARDCourtney DokterDana KnopikKayla Knopik Robin KrapflKari Mangan

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CHIP-N ClUB BOOSTERS

SCHUCHART’S HONORSPlayed in Three U.S. OpensPlayed in Four PGA ChampionshipsThree-Time Champion on Nike TourFinished Fifth at 1993 Hardee’s Invitational (PGA Tour event)Nike Tour Championship Winner (1994)Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame Inductee (2010)Three-Time Nebraska PGA Player of the YearMember of National PGA Cup (1992)Nebraska Open Champion (2002, 2003)Nebraska Teacher of the Year (2003)Nebraska PGA Section Club Professional Champion (2003, 2005)Nebraska Amateur of the Year (1984)

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MIKE SCHUCHARTAssistant Coach (11th Season) Nebraska (1985)

Former Husker and professional golfer Mike Schuchart returns for his 11th season as an assistant coach for the women’s golf squad at his alma mater. Schuchart helps the Huskers with all aspects of their games. Schuchart adds years of professional experience to the Husker staff. Schuchart is an 18-year PGA member with extensive playing experience on both the PGA and Nationwide tours. During his time on the Nike Tour, he was a three-time champion, including the 1994 Nike Tour Championship. He has also played in three U.S. Opens and four PGA Championships. He has been named the Nebraska PGA Player of the Year three times and was a member of the National PGA Cup in 1992, which represented the United

States internationally. His best showing on the PGA Tour was a fifth-place finish at the Hardee’s Invitational in 1993. In 2010, Schuchart was inducted into the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame. In addition to playing golf, Schuchart designed the Prairie golf putter MS-1. Developed for fast greens, the putter is shorter from heel to toe and is face balanced. Schuchart lettered for the men’s squad in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. Mike and his wife, Felicia, have a 13-year-old son Keegan. Schuchart and his family reside in Lincoln.



Hall of Fame football coach Tom Osborne has continued to leave a lasting impression on the history of Nebraska Athletics since returning to lead the Husker program as the school’s 13th athletic director on Oct. 16, 2007. Osborne, who led Nebraska to three national championships (1994, 1995, 1997) and 255 victories in his 25 years as the Huskers’ head football coach, has continued to use his impressive leadership skills to guide the NU athletic department as a whole over the past four seasons.

With the core values of integrity, trust, respect, teamwork and loyalty serving as guiding principles for Nebraska’s 23-sport program as a whole, Osborne has made historic decisions to help the University of Nebraska athletic programs for years to come.

In June of 2010, Osborne joined Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman and Big Ten Conference Commissioner Jim Delany to announce the Huskers would join the Big Ten beginning on July 1, 2011. Nebraska’s move to the Big Ten will continue to add University-wide academic opportunities, while providing financial stability for the athletic department for years to come.

Just a few months later, Osborne announced an aggressive expansion plan for the east side of Memorial Stadium that will increase attendance past 90,000 for the first time, while continuing Nebraska’s NCAA record-setting sellout streak. The expansion, which is set for completion before the 2013 football season, will include athletic and academic research components.

In the spring of 2010, the city of Lincoln also received voter approval to begin construction on the 16,000-seat Pinnacle Bank Arena, which will serve as the new competitive home for both Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball programs beginning in 2013-14.

The basketball programs, the wrestling program and many of NU’s other sports also have benefitted from the new Hendricks Training Complex at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The facility, which opened in October of 2011, includes practice and team areas, and greatly expanded athletic medicine and strength training areas.

The Nebraska baseball and softball programs also received a new indoor practice facility that opened in the fall of 2001 at Haymarket Park.

The first step in Osborne’s aggressive building plan for Nebraska’s facilities began in the summer of 2010, as the Huskers broke ground on the Student Life Complex on the west side of Memorial Stadium. The complex, which opened in the fall of 2010, directly benefits every Husker student-athlete with expanded academic resources.

While Osborne has helped initiate landmark moves off the field, he has continued to help coaches and student-athletes focus on Nebraska’s tradition of competitive success.

In 2011-12, 10 Husker teams finished among the top 25 in the nation, including the Nebraska football team’s New Year’s Day appearance in the Capital One Bowl.

One of Osborne’s first major decisions as athletic director was to hire Bo Pelini as the Huskers’ football coach. Pelini, who had spent the 2003 campaign as NU’s defensive coordinator, has energized Nebraska’s storied tradition with four consecutive nine-win seasons. Pelini’s Huskers have finished among the Associated Press top 25 in each of the last three seasons. The football program also contributed three CoSIDA Academic All-Americans to Nebraska’s nation-leading total of 299 all-time, across all sports.

Coach Mark Manning’s Husker wrestling program added a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. On the mat, NU tied for 21st at the NCAA Championships despite entering the season in what appeared to be a rebuilding year.

The tradition-rich NU volleyball program captured the Huskers’ first-ever Big Ten Conference title in any sport in 2011, finishing No. 12 nationally while advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Coach John Cook’s squad has claimed four conference crowns since Osborne’s return to Nebraska.

The Husker women’s gymnastics team led by Coach Dan Kendig added its first Big Ten championship, while finishing eighth nationally in 2012 for its third straight top 10 finish. The Nebraska women’s indoor track and field team contributed another Big Ten title. Coach Gary Pepin’s men added a tie for 11th at the NCAA Championships during the outdoor season for its best team finish since 2003, after tying for 23rd at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The NU men’s and women’s track and field teams have combined for four conference crowns, while producing eight top-20 finishes over the past five years.

The NU women’s basketball team produced one of its best seasons in school history by rolling to a 24-9 record that included a run to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Coach Connie Yori’s Huskers finished No. 17 in the final AP poll and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time since Osborne’s return to Nebraska. The 2010 Huskers ran to the best season in school history with a Big 12 title and an NCAA Sweet 16 berth in 2010.

Coach Scott Jacobson led the Nebraska women’s tennis team to the best season in school history in 2012, posting a school-record 24 wins and No. 16 final ranking. The Huskers advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, marking the third straight season the team has advanced to the postseason. The Husker men’s tennis program added its first two NCAA appearances in school history in 2010 and 2011.

Coach Bill Straub’s bowling team added a third-place finish at the 2012 NCAA Championships, marking the program’s fifth straight top-eight showing. The Husker bowlers claimed the 2009 NCAA title. The Husker softball team made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2009 to 2011, while the Husker women’s golf and baseball programs both earned NCAA Regional bids in 2008.

Osborne made his second coaching hire since his return to Nebraska, when he named two-time Major League All-Star, three-time Gold Glove award winner, and former No. 1 MLB Draft pick Darin Erstad as the baseball team’s new coach on June 2, 2011. Erstad was not only one of the best Husker baseball players in history, he was the starting punter on NU’s 1994 national championship football team coached by Osborne.

OSBORNE AT A GlANCEADMINISTRATIVE ExPERIENCENebraska, Athletic Director 2007-presentU.S Congress, Third District (Nebraska) 2000-06Nebraska, Head Football Coach 1973-97Nebraska, Assistant Head Football Coach 1972Nebraska, Assistant Football Coach 1967-71

EDUCATIONAl lEDGERNebraska, Ph.D. in Educational Psychology 1965Nebraska, M.A. in Educational Psychology 1963Hastings College, B.A. in History 1959

PERSONAl INfORMATIONDate of Birth Feb. 23, 1937 Family Wife: Nancy; Son: Mike; Daughters: Ann and Suzanne

The baseball program responded by posting a 35-23 record in his first season. It marked a five-game improvement in the win column over 2011. Osborne made another high-profile hire with the addition of men’s basketball coach Tim Miles on March 24, 2012. Osborne also hired former Husker Stacy Underwood as NU’s fourth rifle coach on May 24, 2012.

Academically, Nebraska produced eight CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2011-12, increasing its nation-leading total to 299 all-time, across all sports. NU also graduated a school-record 155 student-athletes from August of 2011 through May of 2012.

Before being asked by Chancellor Perlman to return to Nebraska as athletic director in 2007, Osborne served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (Nebraska’s 3rd congressional district) from 2000 to 2006.

He returned to academia following a 2006 gubernatorial bid, serving as a senior lecturer at Nebraska in the College of Business Administration, teaching leadership and business ethics, in the fall of 2007. Osborne also worked as a consultant for local college athletic departments for two years.

Osborne and his wife, Nancy, continue to pour their time and support into the TeamMates mentoring program, which they founded in 1991. TeamMates provides encouragement to school-aged youth to help them graduate from high school and pursue a post-secondary education.

Osborne’s leadership of the TeamMates program began while he was putting the final touches on one of the best coaching careers in college football history. The Hastings, Neb., native, who earned master’s and doctoral degrees in educational psychology from the University of Nebraska, was named NU’s 25th head coach following the 1972 season.

In 25 seasons with Osborne at the helm, the Huskers mounted a 255-49-3 record - the sixth-most wins in major college history. Osborne’s .836 winning percentage ranked fifth all-time. His career came to a close with a 42-17 win over No. 3 Tennessee in the 1998 Orange Bowl, when he became the first coach in college football history to retire as a reigning national champion. Following his career, he became one of just four coaches in history to have the mandatory three-year waiting period waived for induction into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in December of 1998.

Osborne’s 1994 and 1995 teams allowed Nebraska to become just the second school in history to post back-to-back perfect national championship seasons (Oklahoma 1955-56). Nebraska put together the best five-year run in college football history from 1993 to 1997, going 60-3 with five straight 11-win seasons.

Osborne led NU to 13 conference crowns, including six of his last seven seasons on the sideline. All 25 of his Husker teams won at least nine games and went to a bowl, while 15 won 10-or-more games.

In the classroom, the NU football program totaled 65 CoSIDA Academic All-America awards in Osborne’s 25 years. In fact, he accumulated more football academic All-Americans in his 25 years as coach than any other football program in the nation has produced in its history.

Prior to becoming head coach, Osborne spent five seasons under Devaney, helping the Huskers win back-to-back national championships in 1970 and 1971. In 1973, Osborne succeeded Devaney, who also served as Nebraska’s Athletic Director from 1967 to 1993.

Osborne and his wife, Nancy, have three adult children, Mike, Ann and Suzanne and four grandchildren.

TOM OSBORNEAthletic Director (Sixth Season) Hastings College (1959)

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A member of the Nebraska Athletic Department since 1979, Pat Logsdon was promoted to senior woman administrator on March 7, 2008, in addition to her duties as associate athletic director for administration. She previously served in the role of assistant athletic director.

Logsdon’s duties include oversight on all administrative issues and operational functions of the Athletic Director’s office; oversight in the areas of administration, athletic medicine, nutrition and the athletic training table, football operations, softball, women’s gymnastics and rifle; developing and implementing administrative policies and procedures, assisting with strategic planning, reviewing and maintaining game and coaching contracts and oversight of the administrative budget.

Previously, Logsdon spent six seasons as NU’s director of football operations, the first female in Division I to serve in that capacity. She handled organization of all recruiting functions, supervised compliance activities and coordinated all football administrative operations, including travel and practice operations. Logsdon served three years as assistant to the director of football operations and 14 seasons as the football recruiting secretary.

Logsdon received a bachelor’s degree in education from Nebraska in 1989

Associate Athletic Director Bob Burton joined the Nebraska athletic department in 1998. He spent 10 years as associate athletic director for compliance/sports administration from 1998 to 2007.

Burton is responsible for the direct administrative supervision to the sports of golf, tennis, men’s gymnastics, track and field, cross country, bowling, wrestling and swimming and diving. He also oversees the operation of Haymarket Park. Working with the Lincoln Saltdogs, he helps set the budget for field and stadium operation costs and create strategic plans for the facility.

Burton is a member of the athletic department’s executive team, which helps set policy, develops short- and long-term goals and objectives, and creates strategic plans for the department. Burton also reviews and monitors compliance with all contracts for the athletic department.

Burton filled a similar position at Oklahoma State as the assistant athletic director for sports administration and compliance from 1993 to 1997. He oversaw OSU’s Olympic sports programs as well as the training and strength and conditioning, wrestling, men’s and women’s track and field and men’s and women’s tennis programs.

Burton came to Nebraska from Texas Tech, where he served as an associate athletic director for compliance for one year. While at Texas Tech, Burton helped complete the NCAA investigation into the Red Raider athletic department and analyzed the entire compliance system at the institution. He also helped identify and implement financial aid and eligibility systems, including changes in personnel and restructuring of the compliance department.

Burton, who was a member of the NCAA Division I women’s soccer committee for three years and was a member of the NCAA Division I bowling committee, served as a legislative administrator for the NCAA from 1989 to 1993. At the NCAA, he was involved in the development of legislation, interpretation of regulations and reviewed legal issues related to the application of the association’s regulations. He served as an NCAA liaison to committees and conducted comprehensive education to several intercollegiate athletic conferences. He has served on the National Association of Athletic Compliance Coordinators Executive Committee and the subcommittee of Big 12 Directors of Compliance.

He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Nebraska in 1985 and his juris doctorate from the Nebraska College of Law in 1989. A native of Falls City, Neb., Burton and his wife, Krista, have a daughter, Elly, and sons Robert Falk, McClain John and Abram Lawslo.

BOBBURTONAssociate A.D.15th SeasonNebraska (1985)

PATlOGSDONAssociate A.D./SWA33rd SeasonNebraska (1989)

A member of the Nebraska Athletics senior administration since May 2003, Marc Boehm (pronounced BAME) serves as executive associate athletic director and is the top assistant to the athletic director. Boehm fulfills the director’s responsibilities in his absence and also serves as the department’s chief operating officer.

Boehm oversees the efforts of several areas within athletics, including marketing, media relations, HuskerVision, facilities and events. Boehm also oversees the Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball programs and the Husker soccer program. He also played a major role in the athletic department’s negotiations for its contract extension with IMG College Sports. To date, it is the largest multi-media rights contract in college athletics.

As the primary administrator for the NU basketball programs, Boehm played an integral role in the hiring of Tim Miles as the Huskers’ new coach in March of 2012.

Boehm has worked to create a fan-friendly atmosphere at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, which has helped Nebraska to record-setting attendance for women’s basketball at the Devaney Center.

Under Boehm’s supervision, Coach Connie Yori’s women’s basketball team enjoyed the best season in school history in 2009-10. The Huskers made their seventh straight postseason trip, advancing to the school’s first NCAA Sweet 16. Yori captured 2010 National Coach-of-the-Year honors by leading the Huskers to a Big 12 record-tying 30-game winning streak and the 2010 Big 12 regular-season title. NU ranked in the top 10 in the final national polls and seventh nationally in home attendance with 7,390 fans per game. In conference play, NU led the league with 11,383 fans per game. The Husker women added their fourth NCAA Tournament trip in the past six seasons in 2012, after running to a runner-up finish at their inaugural Big Ten Tournament.

The men have added four postseason trips during Boehm’s tenure, including a trip to the 2011 Postseason NIT.

Boehm has also played an integral role in the planning of Nebraska’s new Pinnacle Bank Arena for men’s and women’s basketball, which is scheduled to open for the 2013-14 season. He also worked to help develop Nebraska’s new practice facility - the Hendricks Training Complex - which opened at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in October of 2011.

Boehm has also played a part in helping the Nebraska athletic department make a functional transition to the Big Ten Conference in 2011-12.

Boehm was instrumental in conceptualizing and developing the Husker Nation Pavilion, which quickly became the premier pregame event around home football games.

Boehm also took the lead role in obtaining First National Bank and Ameritas as premier sponsors for the Nebraska Athletic Department for a combined deal worth more than $7 million over a three-year period. First National Bank and Ameritas joined Verizon, Pepsi and adidas as premier corporate sponsors for Husker athletics.

Boehm held the same position at Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2003. Boehm assisted in the rise of the Panthers’ basketball program with the men’s team posting back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. During construction of the Panthers’ new athletic facilities, Boehm played a central role in Pitt’s athletic teams moving to the UPMC Sports Performance Complex, Heinz Field and the Petersen Events Center.

Boehm served as interim athletic director at Pittsburgh for nearly five months before coming to Nebraska. During that time, he hired new men’s (Jamie Dixon) and women’s basketball (Agnus Berenato) and soccer (Sue-Moy Chin) head coaches for the Panther program.

Boehm also spent five years as associate executive director of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. He directed and managed a 125-member fund-raising committee of Arizona business people responsible for generating more than $4.5 million in cash and in-kind partnerships. Previously he spent four years as associate executive director and public relations director of the Sun Bowl from 1987 to 1991.

Born in Grand Island, Boehm earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from Kansas State in 1984 and added a master’s degree in sports management from St. Thomas (Fla.) University in 1985. Boehm and his wife, the former Janelle Broderick of Minot, N.D., have three boys, Broderick, Christian and Lukas John.

MARC BOEHMExecutive Associate A.D.10th SeasonKansas State (1984)



yOUNG HUSKERS HOPE TO CONTEND IN BIG TENThe Nebraska women’s golf team will be one of the

youngest in the Big Ten and the nation in 2012-13. Returning starters Steffi Neisen and Katelyn Wright will

lead a nine-player Husker roster that is without any seniors. The remainder of the roster consists of seven freshmen, including four true freshmen and a trio of redshirts.

“This year looks to be a rebuilding year on paper, with only two returning starters and no other players with collegiate experience,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “But the potential is there for us to become a pretty good team. Steffi and Katelyn will need to provide strong leadership on and off the golf course to help our young team grow and develop.”

Neisen has plenty of experience to draw upon as she assumes the role of a leader. The junior from New Prague, Minn., has been in the Husker lineup for 65 consecutive rounds in her first two seasons. She completed her sophomore season with Nebraska’s No. 2 stroke average (76.67) in 2011-12. Her year included a school-record round of 66 at the Mountain View Collegiate on March 23. She notched three top-10 tournament finishes on the year, including a tie for second at the Alamo Invitational, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, when she fired a career-best 214 over three rounds. She closed her second year in Nebraska’s starting lineup by tying for 25th at the 2012 Big Ten Championships.

“I think Steffi is ready and excited to be the leader of this team. In fact, I think she will thrive in this role,” Krapfl said. “She has the personality and drive to be a role model for the younger players. We have been very fortunate the last two years to have great senior leadership for her to learn from and build on.”

A standout in the classroom and in the community, Neisen was honored as a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient, while also earning academic All-Big Ten honors. She also captured NGCA Scholastic All-America recognition for the second straight year.

“As a coach it is exciting when a player suddenly ‘gets it’ and starts blossoming in front of your eyes. We see that happening with Steffi,” Krapfl said. “We have been telling her from day one how good she is and can become, and as her list of accomplishments grows, she is starting to believe.”

Wright was also in the starting lineup throughout the 2011-12 campaign. The junior from Incline Village, Nev., competed in all 33 rounds for the Huskers and continued to shave strokes off her game as the season progressed. She started slow and battled some health issues in the fall, but came on strong in the spring. In one three-tournament stretch, Wright averaged 75.77, including a career-best 218 at the Westbrook Invitational in Peoria, Ariz.

“At the Westbrook tournament Katelyn really showed what she is capable of doing and so much more,” Krapfl said. “Katelyn is a dynamic player. When things are on, she is amazing to watch because she makes it look so easy. Katie has a beautiful golf swing with the length to be able to dominate the course.

“I’m really excited to see what Katelyn will do this year. She has the ability to not only be our most improved player, but also one of the most improved in the Big Ten. When you take a multi-sport athlete like Katie was, it takes a couple of years to catch up with those players who only played golf. But when that athlete breaks out, great things can happen. With Katie’s work ethic, she has put in the time it takes and is ready to break out.”

The remaining spots in Nebraska’s lineup will be filled by freshmen. Second-year Huskers Jackie O’Doherty, Morgan Smejkal and Cassidy Stelzmiller all redshirted in their first seasons in Nebraska’s program in 2011-12.

“All three redshirt freshmen worked extremely hard to expand their games and hone their skills. It is exciting to see players really take advantage of that year to work hard and improve,” Krapfl said. “The three of them really embraced the year away from competition, putting in long hours of tedious practice to be ready to compete this season.”

Steffi Neisen returns to lead the Nebraska lineup in 2012-13. The junior from New Prague, Minn., is a two-year starter for the Huskers and posted Nebraska’s No. 2 stroke average in 2011-12. She is also a two-time NGCA Scholastic All-American.

O’Doherty, a two-time Nebraska Class A state champion at Lincoln East High School, was a three-time Class A all-state pick in golf. She was also a member of the 2011 Four State Team and the 2010 Nebraska Junior Golf All-Star Team. She was also a competitive swimmer and posted better than a 4.0 GPA at Lincoln East. “Jackie is a a great student with a wonderful personality and a good work ethic. She has good length, a solid golf swing and possesses a strong competitive side,” Krapfl said. “She is coming off a hand injury that had her sidelined much of the summer, but it may be a blessing in disguise because she was forced to only work on her short game. It is going to be a battle between the freshmen to see who emerges into a prominent role in the lineup, but I would not be surprised if Jackie captures one of those spots.” Smejkal, a Columbus, Neb., native, was a two-time Class A all-state selection and produced a pair of top-five finishes at the state tournament. She was also a member of the Nebraska Junior Golf All-Star Team in 2009 and 2010, and she was a member of the 2010 and 2011 Nebraska Four State Team. She was also an outstanding basketball player who set Columbus High’s three-point record. “Morgan was recruited as an athlete with potential to develop into a college-level golfer, and she has embraced that goal,” Krapfl said. “We have had quite a few hard-working athletes in my tenure, and Morgan’s work ethic is right up there with the best. You’ve got to love a kid who gives it her all in everything she does. Not only that, she has also embraced what being a great teammate is all about. Morgan has good length, is meticulous in her thought process and hates to lose. As soon as she can get away from thinking too much and just play, she could develop into one heck of a player.” Stelzmiller was a highly regarded recruit from Placerville, Calif., who had success as a junior player. She competed in several major events, including the Women’s Trans. “We headed into last season thinking Cassidy could help us right away, and even though I think she could have, I’m glad she elected to take the year off and develop her game. It is exciting to think of how far she can progress in the next four years,” Krapfl said. “She has excellent length and a great touch on the greens. With a year of maturity, we are hoping for big things from Cassidy.” The final ingredients to Nebraska’s 2012-13 team come from four true freshmen, including two international players. The freshmen will all be given an opportunity to compete for positions in the lineup.

Cassie Deeg could make an immediate impact. The Hugo, Minn., native captured the 2011 Minnesota state title while helping Stillwater Area High School to runner-up team finishes in both 2011 and 2012.

Deeg added a third-place individual Class 3A finish in 2012, and was also the Minnesota Women’s Match Play runner-up.

“Cassie will be pushing those juniors for the top spot in our lineup, which I love,” Krapfl said. “It just makes our team that much better. Cassie is a complete player, with good length, solid play in all areas of the game, and she is a proven winner. Plus she is a quality student with a wonderful personality.”

Another true freshman with an excellent chance to contribute early is Hannah Luebke. One of the top young golfers in Germany, Luebke became the first European player to sign with the Huskers since Catha Fogelberg (Sweden) in 1997-98. A native of Stuttgart, Luebke is the second German to join the Huskers in history, following in the footsteps of Shirin Hornecker (Munich), who played for Nebraska from 1996 to 1998.

Luebke finished second in the BWGW International Match Play and third at the German Youth National Championships. At 6-foot-1, Luebke was also an All-German performer as a middle blocker/outside hitter on the volleyball court in both 2009 and 2010.

“Hannah’s strength lies in her long game,” Krapfl said. “As her short game develops, she will become a formidable force in our lineup. I’ve always enjoyed the cultural exchange that takes place when you add international players to your team, and Hannah’s personality is going to fit right in.”

Another player adding international flavor is Yoorim Kang from Toronto, Ontario. A walk-on, Kang is expected to add depth for the Huskers while she adjusts to the collegiate game.

“I wasn’t really looking to add any players, but I was so impressed with Yoorim’s desire to walk on and prove herself,” Krapfl said. “Anyone who is that motivated deserves a chance. Yoorim has a nice golf swing. She needs to lower her scores consistently, but if she can do that, she may have a chance to be in the battle for a lineup spot. She has played in some good tournaments and has the experience to know what it takes to compete at this level.”

Nebraskan Abbie Hunke rounds out the 2012-13 Husker roster. The walk-on from Snyder, Neb., finished fourth as a senior in the 2011 Nebraska Class B State Tournament for West Point-Beemer/Scribner-Snyder. She also finished eighth

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Katelyn Wright joins Steffi Neisen as one of only two returning players on the Husker roster in 2012-13. Wright posted NU’s No. 4 stroke average in 2011-12.

ROSTER/SCHEDUlE INfORMATION

The Country Club of Lincoln will play host to the 2012 Chip-N Club Invitational, Monday, Sept. 10 and Tuesday, Sept. 11. It will mark the second consecutive season that the Country Club has played host to Nebraska’s annual season-opening invitational. The Huskers finished fourth among a 15-team field in 2011-12.

2012-13 NEBRASKA ROSTERName year Hometown (Previous School)Cassie Deeg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugo, Minn. (Stillwater)Abbie Hunke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Snyder, Neb. (Scribner-Snyder)Yoorim Kang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . Toronto, Ontario, Canada (North Toronto Christian School)Hannah Luebke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuttgart, Germany (Schickhardt Gymnasium)Steffi Neisen** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Prague, Minn. (New Prague)Jackie O’Doherty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RFr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln East)Morgan Smejkal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RFr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Columbus, Neb. (Columbus)Cassidy Stelzmiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RFr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placerville, Calif. (Union Mine)Katelyn Wright** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Incline Village, Nev. (Incline)* Denotes letters earned at Nebraska

Head Coach: Robin Krapfl, 26th Season

2012-13 NEBRASKA SCHEDUlEfAll 2012 Date Event (location) TimeSept. 10-11 Chip-N Club Invitational (Country Club of Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb.) 9/8:30 a.m.Sept. 24-26 The Golfweek Challenge (Vail, Colo.) 9:30 a.m.Oct. 8-10 Prices New Mexico State Invitational (Las Cruces, N.M.) 9:30 a.m.Oct. 15-16 Missouri State/Payne Stewart Memorial (Springfield, Mo.) 8:30 a.m.Oct. 28-30 Alamo Invitational (San Antonio, Texas) 8:30 a.m.

SPRING 2013Date Event (location) TimeFeb. 10-12 Lady Puerto Rico Invitational (Rio Mar, P.R.) 7:30 a.m.Feb. 24-25 Westbrook Invitational (Peoria, Ariz.) 9:30 a.m.March 8-10 Clover Cup (Mesa, Ariz.) 9:30 a.m.April 5-7 SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invitational (Dallas, Texas) 8:30 a.m.April 26-28 Big Ten Championships (French Lick, Ind.) 8 a.m.May 9-11 NCAA Regionals (Auburn, Ala.; Norman, Okla.; Stanford, Calif.) TBAMay 21-24 NCAA Championships (Athens, Ga.) 8 a.m.All dates and times central and subject to change.

at the 2010 Class C State Tournament, after competing her first two years of high school on the boys team.

Hunke enjoyed a strong summer of 2012, competing on the Nebraska Four State Team, while also advancing to the semifinals of the Nebraska Junior Match Play Championships.

An outstanding all-around athlete, Hunke played three years of high school basketball and also competed in softball.

“Abbie is another one of those Nebraska kids who is an athlete, having been an outstanding basketball player in high school,” Krapfl said. “It would probably benefit Abbie to redshirt to give her a year to develop her all-around game, but we are so young you just never know what is going to happen. Abbie has good length, which helps when adjusting to collegiate courses.”

Nebraska’s young squad will be challenged by an outstanding schedule that tees off at its own Chip-N Club Invitational at the Country Club of Lincoln, Sept. 10-11. The Huskers hit the road for the first time by traveling to The Golfweek Challenge in Vail, Colo., Sept. 24-26, where they will face 17 teams from 17 conferences. NU then heads to the Prices New Mexico State Invitational in Las Cruces, N.M., Oct. 8-10. The following week the Huskers will compete in the Missouri State/Payne Stewart Memorial, Oct. 15-16, in Springfield, Mo., before concluding the fall season at the Alamo Invitational in San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 28-30. The spring schedule tees off at Purdue’s Lady Puerto Rico Invitational, Feb. 10-12, in Rio Mar, P.R. NU then journeys to Peoria, Ariz., to compete in the Westbrook Spring Invite, Feb. 24-25. Two weeks later, the Huskers return to Arizona to compete in Notre Dame’s Clover Cup in Mesa, March 8-10. The Huskers close the regular season at the SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invitational, April 5-7, before competing at the 2013 Big Ten Championships in French Lick, Ind., April 26-28. The Huskers will seek their 12th NCAA Regional bid since 1994 when they head to their second Big Ten Tournament. NCAA Regional competitions will be held in Norman, Okla. (Central), Stanford, Calif. (West) and Auburn, Ala. (East), before Athens, Ga., plays host to the NCAA Championships, May 21-24. “Our schedule is set up for our young players to experience success, while challenging them against the nation’s best,” Krapfl said. “I’m excited to see this team develop and grow. They have the talent and the game. When the confidence and belief matches it, great things can happen.



OUTlOOK (2012-13) Steffi Neisen returns as Nebraska’s most experienced golfer in 2012-13. The junior from New Prague, Minn., has competed in all 65 rounds in the Husker lineup the past two seasons with a career 76.89 stroke average. As a sophomore, Neisen capped a strong season as NU’s No. 2 golfer by tying for 25th at the 2012 Big Ten Championships. Neisen has proven that she can go low, notching the best single-round score in school history with a six-under 66 in the second round of the 2012 Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz. She enjoyed a strong summer, tying for second (70-68-138) in stroke play at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Publinks Championships to qualify for the match play portion of the national event for the first time in her career. Neisen’s score trailed only 2012 USC All-American Lisa McCloskey (70-67-137) in Neshanic Station, N.J. As a junior, Neisen will be counted on to provide leadership and consistency at the top of the Husker lineup. “As a coach it is exciting when a player suddenly ‘gets it’ and starts blossoming in front of your eyes. We see that happening with Steffi,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “We have been telling her from day one how good she is and can become, and as her list of accomplishments grows, she is starting to believe.”

SOPHOMORE (2011-12) Neisen ranked second among the Huskers with a 76.67 stroke average while playing in all 33 rounds. She produced five top-25 finishes, including a trio of top-10 showings and the first top-five finish of her career with a tie for second at the 2011 Alamo Invitational to close NU’s fall campaign. Neisen’s performance at the Alamo Invite, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, was capped by a final-round 69 on her way to a career-best 214 tournament total. She opened with an even-par 72 in the first round and a 73 in the second round. Neisen was the Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Nov. 3, 2011). She added a school-record 66 in the second round of the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz., March 23. She had an opening-round 75 and a final-round 74 to finish with the second-best tournament total (215) of her career to tie for seventh. It was Neisen’s third top-10 finish of the season and fourth of her career. Neisen closed the season by tying for 25th at Nebraska’s first-ever Big Ten Tournament. She carded a 230 (76-78-76) over three rounds at the Donald C. Ross Course in French Lick, Ind., April 27-29. Neisen opened the year with a then-career-best tie for sixth (227) at the 2011 Chip-N Club Invitational at the Country Club of Lincoln. Her performance included a then-career-best-matching one-under-par 71 in the second round, which tied eventual champion Felicia Esperecueta for the best round of the tournament. Neisen managed a 34th-place finish (235) at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invite in Sammamish, Wash., Oct. 3-5. She tied for 50th (78-79-82-239) at the Lady Northern Invite in French Lick, Ind., Oct. 10-11. Neisen tied for 26th (77-81-76) a week later at the Hoosier Fall Invitational in Carmel, Ind., to help the Huskers to a fourth-place team finish in a 13-team field. After closing the fall with her career performance at the Alamo Invite, she opened the spring by tying for 48th (78-77-80-235) at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, Feb. 12-14. She added a tie for 40th (72-80-73-225) at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz., Feb. 26-27. Neisen bounced back with her third top-15 effort of the year by tying for 13th (73-78-79-230) in the BYU at Entrada Classic in St. George, Utah, March 19-20. She finished 50th (83-84-79-246) at the Ohio State Spring Invite, April 21-22, before bouncing back at the Big Ten Tournament.

STEffI NEISENJunior (Two Letters) New Prague, Minn. (New Prague)

fRESHMAN (2010-11)Neisen competed in the Husker lineup in all 32 rounds as a rookie

and produced NU’s No. 3 stroke average (77.13) on the year. Her average ranked third all-time among Husker freshmen.

Neisen closed her freshman campaign by tying for 28th (72-74-80-226) at the 2011 Big 12 Championships in Columbia, Mo. She closed each of the first two days among the top 10 players in the 60-player field.

During the fall, Neisen notched Nebraska’s second-best stroke average (77.07) trailing only junior Madeleine Sheils. Neisen’s performance in the fall included a season-best tie for ninth (77-73-73-223) at the Dale McNamara Invite in Owasso, Okla. She added a tie for 15th (75-74-81-230) at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite in Lawrence, Kan., after opening her career with a tie for 29th (76-79-155) at the rain-shortened Chip-N Club Invite at Wilderness Ridge in Lincoln.

After struggling to a tie for 64th (78-79-81-238) at the Johnie Imes Invite in Columbia, Mo., Neisen bounced back with her best performance at the Dale McNamara Invite. She closed the fall campaign by tying for 51st (74-79-80-233) at the Alamo Invite.

Neisen produced her best round and three-round tournament score of the season at the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz., in late-March. Her season-best 54-hole score of 222 (77-74-71) included a season-best final-round 71 to tie for 30th.

Neisen opened the spring by tying for 46th (78-78-75-231) at the 33-team Kiawah Island Intercollegiate in February. She followed with a tie for 56th (83-78-73-234) at the UNLV Spring Invite in Boulder Creek, Nev., March 7-9. She tied for 39th (82-75-81-238) at the BYU Entrada Classic in St. George, Utah, March 21-22. She closed the regular season with a three-round total of 238 (81-79-78) to tie for 51st at the Baylor Spring Invite, April 11-12.

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR One of the most accomplished junior golfers in Minnesota, Neisen came to Nebraska as a four-time first-team all-stater. She competed at the varsity level for six seasons at New Prague High School, leading the team to its first-ever state team championship as a senior in the spring of 2010. The five-time Missota Conference Player of the Year finished in the top seven at the Class AAA (state’s largest) State Tournament each of her final four seasons. A four-time first-team Class AAA (Minnesota’s largest) selection, Neisen was the state runner-up at New Prague High School in 2009. She finished four strokes out of first at the 2009 championships in June, closing her two rounds at 155 on the par-73, 5,809-yard layout at Bunker Hills Golf Course in Coon Rapids, Minn. Neisen was a medalist in more than 50 high school tournaments. She posted the state’s best stroke average (73.5) over her junior and senior seasons for Coach Matt Shetka at New Prague. She also holds the Missota Conference individual record with a round of 69. As a junior golfer, Neisen competed at the 2008 USGA Publinks Championship in Erin Hills, Wis. She earned top-10 finishes in AJGA, Pepsi Little People, PGA Junior Series events and several Minnesota Junior Girls Championships. She was the youngest player among the top-10 finishers at the Minnesota State Women’s Amateur in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Neisen was also a three-time member of both the Minnesota-Wisconsin Cup team and the Minnesota-Manitoba Cup team. Her swing coach is Chris Baisch. She was also a member of National Honor Society.

HONORS & AWARDS Tied for Second in Stroke Play at U.S. Publinks Championship (2012) U.S. Publinks Championship Match Play Qualifier (2012) U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship Participant (2011) U.S. Publinks Championship Participant (2011, 2012) Four Career Top-10 Finishes (3 in 2011-12) Seven Career Top-25 Finishes (5 in 2011-12) School-Record Round of 66 (2012 Mountain View, 2nd) Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Nov. 3, 2011) No. 3 Stroke Average by a Freshman in NU History (2011) No. 4 Stroke Average by a Sophomore in NU History (2012) Tied for 25th at Big Ten Championships (2012)Tied for 28th at Big 12 Championships (2011)NGCA Scholastic All-American (2011, 2012) Academic All-Big Ten (2012) Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2011; Spring 2012)Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2010; Spring 2011) Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2012)Four-Time First-Team All-Minnesota (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

NEISEN’S CAREER BESTSBest finish ............................................T2nd (Alamo, 2011)Best Event (Strokes) ...............................214 (Alamo, 2011) low Round .......................*66 (Mountain View, 2nd, 2012)low first Round ..........72 (Three Times, Westbrook, 2012)low Second Round ..................*66 (Mountain View, 2012)low Third Round ......................................69 (Alamo, 2011)Season Rounds Under Par ... 3 (Mountain View, 2nd-66, 2012)Career Rounds Under Par ................................................. 4

*school record

NEISEN’S CAREER STATISTICSyear Rounds Strokes Average low2010-11 32 2,468 77.13 712011-12 33 2,530 76.67 66Totals 65 4,998 76.89 66

PERSONAl Steffi is the daughter of Chris and Angie Neisen, and has a younger sister, McKenzie, and a younger brother, Thomas. Neisen made an early commitment to the Husker golf program, choosing Nebraska before her junior season of high school in 2009. She received offers from several Big Ten and Big 12 schools. Steffi is majoring in pre-social science education at Nebraska, and earned NGCA Scholastic All-America honors in 2011 and 2012. She was an academic All-Big Ten selection in 2012, and claimed spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2011-12. She was also a two-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

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OUTlOOK (2012-13) Katelyn Wright is one of two returning starters to the Husker lineup in 2012-13, joining fellow junior Steffi Neisen. Wright improved throughout her sophomore season and competed in all 33 rounds. She capped her first full season in the NU lineup by finishing 48th at the Big Ten Championships. Wright will try to continue to shave strokes off her game while becoming more consistent in the heart of the Husker lineup. “I’m really excited to see what Katelyn will do this year. She has the ability to not only be our most improved player, but also one of the most improved in the Big Ten,” Coach Robin Krapfl said. “When you take a multi-sport athlete like Katie was, it takes a couple of years to catch up with those players who only played golf. But when that athlete breaks out, great things can happen. With Katie’s work ethic, she has put in the time it takes and is ready to break out.”

SOPHOMORE (2011-12) Wright was a regular in the Nebraska lineup as a sophomore, competing in all 33 rounds. The Incline Village, Nev., native showed steady improvement, posting the Huskers’ No. 5 stroke average (79.06). She produced a breakthrough effort in NU’s second spring tournament by tying for 15th with a career-best 218 (73-74-71) at the Westbrook Spring Invite in Peoria, Ariz., Feb. 26-27. Her final-round 71 was a career best. She continued to build momentum by tying for 21st with a 234 (80-78-76) in the BYU at Entrada Classic in St. George, Utah, March 19-20. She added a tie for 58th with a 230 (79-76-75) at the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz., March 23-24. Wright added NU’s No. 2 finish at the Ohio State Spring Invite to close the regular season. Her 239 (77-85-77) over three rounds tied for 35th. She closed the season by tying for 48th (84-80-73-237) at the 2012 Big Ten Tournament on the Ross Course in French Lick, Ind. Her final-round 73 was the third-best round of the tournament by a Husker, trailing only a pair of 71s by Madeleine Sheils. Over her final 15 rounds of the spring, Wright produced a 77.20 stroke average. Wright opened the year by tying for 38th (82-82-79-243) at the Chip-N Club Invitational at the Country Club of Lincoln, Sept. 12-13. She added a tie for 55th (87-78-81-246) at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invite in Sammamish, Wash., Oct. 3-5, before tying for 47th (81-79-78-238) at the Lady Northern in French Lick, Ind., Oct. 10-11. She followed with a tie for 55th (83-78-84-245) at the Hoosier Fall Invite in Carmel, Ind., Oct. 17-18, before closing the fall campaign with a 231 to tie for 51st at the Alamo Invite, Oct. 30-Nov. 1. Her effort in San Antonio included a second-round 72. Wright opened the spring campaign by finishing 80th (80-85-84-249) at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, Feb. 12-14.

fRESHMAN (2010-11)Wright posted an 80.08 stroke average in 25 rounds as a

freshman. She competed inside the Husker lineup in the spring at the BYU Entrada Classic in St. George, Utah, March 21-22. She tied for 48th (83-81-77-241) in the 82-player field in Utah, while her final-round 77 counted toward Nebraska’s best team score of the 54-hole event. She added a lineup appearance at the Mountain View Collegiate later the same week in Tucson, Ariz. Wright produced

KATElyN WRIGHTJunior (Two Letters) Incline Village, Nev. (Incline)

a three-round score of 235 (78-82-75) to finish in a tie for 79th.Wright closed the regular season by tying for 10th (87-82-169)

at the 49-player Creighton Golf Classic in Omaha. She produced her best tournament with a season-best 228 (77-74-77) to tie for 32nd at the Alamo Invite to close the fall.

Wright opened the spring by tying for 93rd (81-80-79-24) while playing as an individual in a 33-team field at the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate. She also competed as an individual outside the NU lineup at the UNLV Spring Invite in Boulder City, Nev., where she tied for 52nd. Her three-round score of 232 included a season-best 73 in the final round. She opened her career with a 74 in the first round of the Chip-N Club Invitational. Playing as an individual, Wright finished the rain-shortened event at 156 in a tie for 36th.

Wright earned a lineup spot at Nebraska’s second tournament of the season, but struggled to a tie for 62nd (88-82-86-256) at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational in Lawrence, Kan. She did not travel to the Johnie Imes Invite in Columbia, Mo., but joined the team as an individual at the Dale McNamara Invite in Owasso, Okla. She finished 71st (82-80-83-245).

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR Wright enjoyed a stellar prep career at Incline High School in Nevada for Coach Joe Humasti. In October of 2010, Wright became just the second high school player in the history of Nevada to win four consecutive individual state titles. She won the 2009 Class 2A crown by 26 strokes with a two-under-par 142 over two rounds at the Genoa Lakes Golf Club. Her final-round 70 came in cold, rainy conditions and included a sizzling 33 on the front nine. In 2008, she won the title by a staggering 28 strokes over just two rounds, to help Incline to a state runner-up finish as a team. Wright’s stroke average for her senior season was a 72, and she led the Highlanders to their first state team title since 2002, crushing runner-up Battle Mountain by 108 strokes. As a junior golfer, Wright was a four-time qualifier for the Callaway Junior World Championships and was a three-time member of the Junior America’s Cup team. She was also twice named the captain of that team. She was the 2008 Nevada Junior Amateur champion, and was the runner-up at the 2008 Nevada Women’s Amateur. A talented all-around athlete, Wright was a member of two state championship teams (track and golf, 2009), while adding six individual state crowns (four in golf, two in track). Wright was a first-team Class 2A all-state pick as a point guard on the Incline basketball team. She was an all-region selection, team MVP and earned four varsity basketball letters. She also lettered three times in track, where she helped Incline to the 2009 Class 2A state team title. Wright scored 36 points for the Highlanders, claiming a state title as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team, while adding runner-up honors in the 400, 800 and 4x100-meter relay. As a sophomore in 2008, Wright was named the track team’s MVP after helping the 4x100-meter relay capture a state title, while adding a runner-up finish as a member of the 4x400-meter relay. Off the course, Wright was the Incline Student Body President in 2009-10, after serving as the junior class vice president in 2008-09. She was also a member of the National Honor Society.

HONORS & AWARDS Three Career Top-25 Finishes (2 in 2011-12) Tied for 48th at Big Ten Championships (2012) Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall, 2010; Spring 2011) Three-Time Member of Junior America’s Cup Team (Two-Time Captain, 2008, 2009) Four-Time Nevada Class 2A State Champion (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Callaway Junior World Championship Qualifier (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Nevada State Women’s Amateur Runner-Up (2008) Nevada State Junior Amateur Champion (2008)

WRIGHT’S CAREER BESTSBest finish ..................T10th (Creighton Golf Classic, 2011)Best Event (Strokes) ....................... 218 (Westbrook, 2012) low Round ................................ 71 (Westbrook, 3rd, 2012)low first Round ............................... 73 (Westbrook, 2012)low Second Round ..................................72 (Alamo, 2011)low Third Round .............................. 71 (Westbrook, 2012)Season Rounds Under Par .......... 1 (Westbrook, 3rd, 2012)Career Rounds Under Par ................................................. 1

WRIGHT’S CAREER STATISTICSyear Rounds Strokes Average low2010-11 25 2,002 80.08 732011-12 33 2,609 79.06 71Totals 58 4,611 79.50 71

PERSONAl The daughter of Ron and Shelly Wright (Godeken), Katelyn has one younger brother, Jordan. Katelyn is majoring in journalism and merchandising, clothing and design at Nebraska. She earned spots on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll during the fall of 2010 and the spring of 2011. Katelyn’s mother, Shelly was a two-time All-Big Eight golfer for the Huskers in 1983 and 1984. Her father, Ron, is also a Nebraska graduate. Wright chose Nebraska over Baylor, Wyoming and Nevada, among many others.



OUTlOOK (2012-13) Two-time Nebraska Class A state champion Jackie O’Doherty will contend for a spot in the Husker lineup after taking a redshirt season in her first year at Nebraska in 2011-12. O’Doherty possesses solid length and focused on improving her short game during her redshirt season, while also establishing a solid foundation in the classroom. “Jackie is a a great student with a wonderful personality and a good work ethic. She has good length, a solid golf swing and possesses a strong competitive side,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She is coming off a hand injury that had her sidelined much of the summer, but it may be a blessing in disguise because

JACKIE O’DOHERTyRedshirt Freshman Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln East)

she was forced to only work on her short game. It is going to be a battle between the freshmen to see who emerges into a prominent role in the lineup, but I would not be surprised if Jackie captures one of those spots.”

REDSHIRT (2011-12) O’Doherty redshirted in her first season at Nebraska. In the classroom, O’Doherty earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2011-12.

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR As a senior at Lincoln East, O’Doherty cruised to a nine-stroke win at the 2010 Class A state tournament in Norfolk, despite being sidelined for a month with a torn rib muscle. Her two-day total of 151 came with winds gusting to 35 mph in the final round, when she managed a 76. As a junior in 2009, she helped Lincoln East and Coach Brian Bullington to a third-place finish with a 156 over two rounds in Norfolk. She won the title by eight strokes.

HONORS & AWARDS Fifth at Nebraska Women’s Stroke Play (2012) Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2011; Spring, 2012) Two-Time Nebraska Class A State Champion (2009, 2010) Nebraska Girls State Stroke Play Runner-up (2010) Member of Nebraska Four State Team (2011) Nebraska Junior All-Star Team (2010) Three-Time Nebraska Class A All-State (2008, 2009, 2010)

O’Doherty was the runner-up at the Nebraska Girls State Stroke Play tournament at the Wayne Country Club in 2010, when she registered a hole-in-one. She also won the first flight at the Nebraska Girls Match Play Championships in 2010. The 2008 and 2010 Heartland Conference champion, O’Doherty was a three-time Class A all-state pick in golf. She was also a member of the 2011 Four State Team and the 2010 Nebraska Junior Golf All-Star Team. O’Doherty also earned three letters in swimming, qualifying for the Class A state championships in the 200 freestyle in 2010. O’Doherty produced better than a 4.0 GPA and was a member of the National Honor Society and Honor Roll.

PERSONAl The daughter of David O’Doherty and Patty Edwards, Jackie was born Aug. 24, 1993, in Omaha, Neb. She has one younger sister, Elizabeth. Jackie is majoring food science and technology at Nebraska. She chose Nebraska over Kansas State.

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OUTlOOK (2012-13) A two-time Nebraska Class A all-state selection at Columbus High School, Morgan Smejkal (pronounced SMAY-kal) redshirted in her first season with the Huskers in 2011-12. Smejkal made major strides in her transition from the high school to collegiate game and is expected to contend for time in Nebraska’s lineup in 2012-13. “Morgan was recruited as an athlete with potential to develop into a college-level golfer, and she has embraced that goal. We have had quite a few hard-working athletes in my tenure, and Morgan’s work ethic is right up there with the best,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “You’ve got to love a kid who gives it her all in everything she does. Not only that, she has also embraced

MORGAN SMEJKAlRedshirt Freshman Columbus, Neb. (Columbus)

what being a great teammate is all about. Morgan has good length, is meticulous in her thought process and hates to lose. As soon as she can get away from thinking too much and just play, she could develop into one heck of a player.”

REDSHIRT (2011-12) Smejkal redshirted in her first season at Nebraska. In the classroom, Smejkal earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2011-12.

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR A two-time Class A All-State pick and a four-time state qualifier, Smejkal captured medalist honors at seven of her 11 tournaments before finishing fourth as an individual at the 2010 Class A state tournament in Norfolk. As a junior in 2009, she tied for fifth at the Class A state tournament. She produced the No. 2 and No. 5 season scoring averages in Columbus High School history, while setting the school record for best round with a 72. In addition to her success in high school golf for Coach Anne Robertson, Smejkal was also a member of the Nebraska Junior Golf All-Star Team in 2009 and 2010, and she was a member of the Nebraska Four State Team in 2010 and 2011.

HONORS & AWARDS Tied for Second at Nebraska Women’s Stroke Play (2012) Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2011; Spring, 2012) Two-Time Nebraska Class A All-State (2009, 2010) Two-Time Nebraska Junior Golf All-Star (2009, 2010) Member of Nebraska Four State Team (2010, 2011)

Along with earning four letters in golf, Smejkal was a standout for the Columbus High School girls basketball team. As a junior in 2009-10, Smejkal earned all-state and All-Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference honors. She also holds the Discoverers record for most three-pointers made in a season. Smejkal is also a first degree black belt in Taekwondo. A member of the National Honor Society, Smejkal was an honor roll student and a two-time academic all-conference pick in golf. She also earned academic all-conference accolades in basketball in 2010. Smejkal performed well over the summer, tied for second at the 2012 Nebraska Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at the Oakland Golf Club.

PERSONAl The daughter of Joel and Andrea Smejkal, Morgan was born Dec. 7, 1992, in Columbus. She has a younger brother, Parker. Morgan is a biological sciences major a Nebraska. She earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2011-12. Smejkal chose Nebraska over Wichita State, South Dakota State, Creighton, Miami and South Dakota.



OUTlOOK (2012-13) Following a redshirt season in her first year at Nebraska, Cassidy Stelzmiller will contend for a spot in the Husker lineup as a redshirt freshman in 2012-13. One of the top young players in the state of California in 2011, Stelzmiller ranked among the top 400 players in the Golfweek/Sagarin girls ratings before signing with Nebraska. Her length, solid putting skills and her ability to improve during her redshirt season could help the Huskers this year. “We headed into last season thinking Cassidy could help us right away, and even though I think she could have, I’m glad she

CASSIDy STElzMIllERRedshirt Freshman Placerville, Calif. (Union Mine)

elected to take the year off and develop her game. It is exciting to think of how far she can progress in the next four years,” Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said. “She has excellent length and a great touch on the greens. With a year of maturity, we are hoping for big things from Cassidy.”

REDSHIRT (2011-12) Stelzmiller redshirted in her first season at Nebraska. In the classroom, Stelzmiller earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2011-12.

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR Ranked as one of the top 400 players nationally in the GolfWeek/Sagarin girls ratings in the fall of 2010, Stelzmiller advanced to the First Flight consolation final at the WWGA Junior National Match Play Championship in 2009. She competed at the California Junior Girls Stroke Play Championship and at the 80th Women’s Trans Match Play Championship in the summer of 2010. She also competed at the Women’s Trans in 2009.

HONORS & AWARDS Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2011; Spring, 2012) GolfWeek/Sagarin Top 400 (Fall 2010) Consolation Finalist at WWGA Junior National Match Play (2009)

As a senior at Union Mine High School, Stelzmiller led the Diamondbacks to their first Sac-Joaquin Section divisional championship with a tournament-best round of 79. She won individual medalist honors by 12 strokes. Union Mine advanced to the California Interscholastic Federation Section Masters Golf Tournament, where it finished second as a team to qualify for the CIF/NCGA Northern California Championship at Stockton Country Club for the first time in school history. Stelzmiller led the Diamondbacks with a 78. The 2009 Sierra Valley Conference MVP, Stelzmiller led Union Mine to a 32-match winning streak in Sierra Valley action.

PERSONAl The daughter of Morris and Mary Ann Stelzmiller, Cassidy was born in Placerville, Calif. Cassidy has three older sisters, Chelsea, Madeleine and Megan. Chelsea was a senior on the UC Davis golf team in 2010-11. Cassidy is an international business major at Nebraska. She chose Nebraska over UC Davis.

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OUTlOOK (2012-13) Nebraska native Abbie Hunke (Hun-kee) joins the Huskers as a walk-on in 2012-13. Hunke earned all-state honors after finishing fourth at the Nebraska Class B State Tournament in 2011 for a West Point-Beemer/Scribner-Snyder combined team. Hunke, who attended Scribner-Snyder High School, enjoyed a solid summer by advancing to the Nebraska Junior Match Play

ABBIE HUNKEFreshman Snyder, Nebraska (Scribner-Snyder)

semifinals and finishing sixth at the Nebraska Women’s Stroke Play. She also played on Nebraska’s Four State Team. “Abbie is another one of those Nebraska kids who is an athlete, having been an outstanding basketball player in high school,” Krapfl said. “It would probably benefit Abbie to redshirt to give her a year to develop her all-around game, but we are so young you just never know what is going to happen. Abbie has good length, which helps when adjusting to collegiate courses.”

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR Hunke finished fourth at the Nebraska Class B State Championships in the fall of 2011. She captured the district title after also winning the East Husker Conference individual crown for the second straight year. She led a West Point-Beemer/Scribner-Snyder combined team to the East Husker title. Hunke

HONORS & AWARDS Fourth at Nebraska Class B State Tournament (2011) Nebraska Junior State Match Play Semifinalist (2012)Sixth at Nebraska’s Women’s Stroke Play (2012) Member of Nebraska Four State Team (2012) Tied for Fifth at Nebraska Junior Stroke Play (2011)

also finished eighth at the Class C state tournament in 2010, after competing for the Scribner-Snyder boys in 2008 and 2009. A solid all-around athlete, Hunke was a 5-5 guard on Scribner-Snyder’s girls basketball team. She was a three-year letterwinner in basketball and played softball in high school. Hunke produced a strong summer of 2012, advancing to the semifinals of the Nebraska Junior Match Play, while finishing sixth at the Nebraska Women’s Amateur Stroke Play. She was also a member of the Nebraska Four State Team. Hunke was the salutatorian of her high school senior class. PERSONAl Abbie is the daughter of Jeff and Missy Hunke and was born in Fremont, Neb., on June 12, 1994. Abbie has two younger sisters, Hannah and Livia. Abbie is majoring in pre-health sciences.

OUTlOOK (2012-13) The 2011 Class 4AAA state champion, Cassie Deeg will join fellow Minnesotan Steffi Neisen on the 2012-13 Husker roster. Deeg captured the 2011 individual state title while helping

CASSIE DEEGFreshman Hugo, Minn. (Stillwater Area)

Stillwater Area High School to a runner-up team finish under Coach Michael O’Rourke. Stillwater added another runner-up finish in 2012, while Deeg took third individually. Deeg was a five-time top-20 finisher at the Minnesota high school state championships, including a seventh-place finish in 2010, a 12th-place showing in 2009 and a 20th-place effort as an eighth-grader in 2008. Deeg was a six-time Suburban East All-Conference selection (2007-12) on the course. “Cassie will push our juniors for the top spot in our lineup, which I love,” Coach Robin Krapfl said. “It just makes our team that much better. Cassie is a complete player, with good length, solid play in all areas of the game, and she is a proven winner. Plus she is a quality student with a wonderful personality.”

HONORS & AWARDS Minnesota Class 4AAA State Champion (2011) Five Top-20 Finishes at Minnesota State Championships (2008-12) Six-Time Suburban East All-Conference (2007-12) Minnesota Junior Player of the Year (2011)Minnesota Match Play Champion (2011) Minnesota Publinks Champion (2011) Minnesota Junior State Girls Champion (2008)

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR On the Junior circuit, Deeg was the 2011 Minnesota Golf Association Junior Player of the Year and 2011 Minnesota state champion. She was the 2011 Minnesota Match Play champion and the 2011 Publinks champion. She was also the Minnesota Women’s Match Play runner-up in 2012. In 2008, she was the Junior State Girls champion. Her state titles qualified her for the National Junior Girls tournaments in both 2008 and 2011. Deeg was also an honor roll student.

PERSONAl Cassie is the daughter of Len and Katie Deeg and was born in St. Paul, Minn., on Oct. 1, 1993. Cassie has an older brother, Peter, and an older sister, Amy. Cassie has not declared a major. She chose Nebraska over Illinois, Idaho and Missouri State.



OUTlOOK (2012-13) Yoorim Kang was the final addition to the Nebraska roster for the 2012-13 season. A walk-on from Toronto, Ontario, Kang has competed against some of Canada’s top players during her prep career. “I wasn’t really looking to add any players, but I was so impressed with Yoorim’s desire to walk-on and prove herself,” Nebraska Coach Krapfl said. “Anyone who is that motivated deserves a chance. Yoorim has a nice golf swing. She needs to

yOORIM KANGFreshman Toronto, Ontario, Canada (North Toronto Christian School)

lower her scores consistently, but if she can do that, she may have a chance to be in the battle for a lineup spot. She has played in some good tournaments and has the experience to know what it takes to compete at this level.”

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR A member of Team Ontario, Kang has been a regular competitor in Golf Association of Ontario tournaments. She closed 2011 teaming with Meghan McDougall to win the Ontario Women’s Four-Ball Championship with a three-under-par 69 at Sleepy Hollow Golf and Country Club in Stoufville. Kang added a seventh-place finish at the Juvenile Girls’ Championship at the Loyalist Country Club with a three-round total of 238. She added a trip to the quarterfinals in the GAO Junior Girls’ Match Play at the Barcovan Golf Club.

HONORS & AWARDS Ontario Women’s Match Play Quarterfinalist (2010) Can-Am Junior Matches Team Member (2011)

In 2010, she was a quarterfinalist in the Ontario Women’s Match Play Championship. Kang was one of eight Canadians from Ontario to compete in the Can-Am Junior Team Matches in March of 2011 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. She also tied for 22nd at the Royal Canadian Golf Association’s CN Future Links Ontario Championship in Huntsville in 2011.

PERSONAl Yoorim is the daughter of Hyejin Kim and BongGi Kang and was born in Busan, South Korea on Dec. 15, 1994. She has one older sister, Serim. Yoorim is majoring in business management at Nebraska.

OUTlOOK (2012-13) One of the top young golfers in Germany, Hannah Luebke becomes the first European player to sign with the Huskers since Catha Fogelberg (Sweden) in 1997-98. Luebke, a native of Stuttgart, is also just the second German to join the Huskers in history, following in the footsteps of Shirin Hornecker (Munich), who played for Nebraska in 1996-97 and 1997-98. “Hannah’s strength lies in her long game,” Krapfl said. “As her short game develops, she will become a formidable force in our

HANNAH lUEBKEFreshman Stuttgart, Germany (Schickhardt Gymnasium)

lineup. I’ve always enjoyed the cultural exchange that takes place when you add international players to your team, and Hannah’s personality is going to fit right in.”

HIGH SCHOOl/AMATEUR Luebke placed third at the German Youth National Championships and first at the state youth team championships. She also placed second at the BWGW International Match Play. Her high school did not sponsor golf, but she competed for the Stuttgarter Golf Club Solitude in the second Bundesliga in 2010 and 2011 for Coach Heiko Burkhardt. An outstanding all-around athlete, Luebke competed in volleyball, tennis and track and field at Schickhardt Gymnasium. At 6-foot-1, Luebke was an All-German performer as a middle

HONORS & AWARDSSecond at BWGW International Match Play Third at German Youth National Championships

blocker/outside hitter in both 2009 and 2010. She was a three-time first-team all-state volleyball player in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She was also a three-time regional champion in the heptathlon in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

PERSONAl Hannah is the daughter of Rolf and Ulrike Luebke and was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 28, 1993. She has an older brother, Lars. Hannah is majoring in international business at Nebraska. She chose Nebraska over Kansas State, UNC-Greensboro, Old Dominion and Troy State.

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Formed more than 116 years ago, the Big Ten Conference is an association of world-class academic institutions with shared values and goals. Since its inception in 1896, the pursuit and attainment of academic excellence has been the priority for every member institution. However, maintaining the conference’s status as one of the preeminent athletic conference’s in the country also endures as an important component of the Big Ten student-athlete experience. Recognized as one of intercollegiate sports’ most successful undertakings, the Big Ten strives for success from its student-athletes not only on the field and in the classroom, but around the world as well.

ACADEMICSAll Big Ten Universities have been granted Tier One Status by the Carnegie Foundation

for the Advancement of Teaching, a distinction awarded to just over 100 universities in the country. Big Ten schools have produced more than 1,400 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, more than any other conference, including 36 in the last academic year.

The Big Ten leads all conferences with the highest number of ranked graduate school programs among the top 25 according to U.S. News and World Report in 2012. The Big Ten ranks first with 30 top-25 programs in the fields of law, medicine (research and primary care), business and engineering.

SUCCESSfUl PROGRAMSDuring the 2011-12 season, the Big Ten claimed seven team national championships,

including titles for Illinois men’s gymnastics, Minnesota women’s ice hockey, Northwestern women’s lacrosse, Ohio State fencing and synchronized swimming, Penn State wrestling and Wisconsin men’s cross country.

The Big Ten led all conferences with national titles in 12 different NCAA-sponsored championships from 2002-03 to 2011-12. Over that time period, the Big Ten produced championships in cross country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

STUDENT-ATHlETE OPPORTUNITIESBig Ten universities provide over $136 million in direct financial aid to more than 10,000

student-athlete, more than any conference.The Big Ten sponsors 25 official conference sports, 12 for men and 13 for women. The

26th conference sport, men’s ice hockey, will begin in 2013.

TElEVISION ExPOSUREThe Big Ten’s media agreements with CBS Sports, ABC/ESPN, FOX Sports and the Big Ten

Network (BTN) provide the conference with its greatest television exposure ever. Nearly 1,000 Big Ten events are produced and distributed nationally on an annual basis.

In 2006, the Big Ten created the first national conference-owned television network. The Big Ten Network launched on Aug. 30, 2007, and now is in its sixth year of operation. It is available to 75 million homes in the United States and Canada, through agreements with more than 300 cable, satellite and telco providers. It is also available in 20 countries.

ATTENDANCEBig Ten fans are some of the nation’s most supportive, with more than 10 million patrons

attending conference home contests during the 2011-12 seasons for football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball alone.

HONORING lEGENDS. BUIlDING lEADERS.The mission of the Big Ten Conference has always been to excel athletically without

compromising the priority our member institutions assign to their academic standards and to their commitment to student academic success. We seek to celebrate the many accomplishments of Big Ten student-athletes while continuously reinforcing each of our member institutions’ high academic standards. Striking that important balance between academics and athletics is integral to the Big Ten’s identity, and the Big Ten’s “Honor Legends. Building Leaders” campaign links directly to the Big Ten mission.

BIG TEN ADMINISTRATIONCommissioner ............................................................................................... James E. DelanyDeputy Commissioner ......................................................................................Brad TravioliaChief Communications Officer ............................................................................ Diane DietzSenior Associate Commissioner-Television Administration ......................... Mark D. RudnerAssociate Commissioner-Men's Basketball ....................................................... Rick BoyagesAssociate Commissioner-Championships .........................................................Wendy FallenAssociate Commissioner-Compliance ...............................................................Chad HawleyAssociate Commissioner-Governance .......................................................... Jennifer HeppelAssociate Commissioner-Basketball Operations ......................................... Andrea WilliamsAssociate Commissioner - Technology ..................................................... Mike McComiskeyAssistant Commissioner - Communications ...................................................... Scott Chipman

BIG TEN COMMUNICATIONS STAffChief Communications Officer ............................................................................ Diane DietzAssistant Commissioner - Communications ................................................... Scott ChipmanAssociate Director of Communications .................................................Valerie Todryk KrebsAssistant Director of Communications ............................................................... Dan MihalikRobert Hammel Communications Intern (M&W Golf) ...............................Stephen VillatoroRobert Hammel Communications Intern ...................................................Sarah Andreychik

CONTACT THE BIG TEN OffICE1500 West Higgins RoadPark Ridge, IL, 60068-6300Phone: (847) 696-1010Fax: (847) 696-1150www.bigten.org

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BIG TEN CONfERENCE

The French Lick Resort - Donald Ross Golf Course will be the host course for the 2013 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships in French Lick, Ind., April 26-28. It will mark the second straight year that Nebraska has competed at the Big Ten Championships in Indiana. The Huskers finished sixth in their inaugural appearance at the Big Ten Tournament in 2012.

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Founded: ............................................................................1896Commissioner:...........................................................Jim DelanyChief Communications Officer: ........................................Diane DietzAssistant Commissioner - Communications: .......Scott ChipmanAssociate Director: .................................... Valerie Todryk KrebsAssistant Director: ...................................................Dan MihalikWomen’s Golf Contact: ................................... Stephen VillatoroE-mail ....................................................... [email protected] Ten Phone: ................................................... (847) 696-1010Mailing Address: .......................................... 1500 West Higgins Road......................................................... Park Ridge, Ill. 60068-6300Website: .......................................................... www.bigten.org

IllINOIS fIGHTING IllINILocation: ............................................... Urbana-Champaign, Ill.Enrollment: .....................................................................42,326Colors: ............................................................. Orange and BluePresident: ........................................................Robert A. EasterAthletic Director: ................................................. Mike ThomasHead Coach: .......................................................... Renee SloneHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (217) 333-8610Home Course: .........................................Stone Creek Golf ClubBig Ten Finish: .....................................................................FifthNCAA Finish: ................... Tied for 14th at NCAA West RegionalTop Returnee: ..................................................... Ember SchuldtGolf SID: ............................................................... Derek BursonGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (217) 333-0933Golf SID E-mail: ...........................................burson@illinois.eduWebsite: ................................................ www.fightingillini.com

INDIANA HOOSIERSLocation: ....................................................... Bloomington, Ind.Enrollment: .....................................................................40,354Colors: ........................................................ Cream and CrimsonPresident: ....................................................Michael McRobbieAthletic Director: ...................................................... Fred GlassHead Coach: ....................................................... Clint WallmanHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (812) 855-7543Home Course: ........................... Indiana University Golf CourseBig Ten Finish: .................................................................... 12thNCAA Finish: ..................................................... Did Not QualifyTop Returnee: .........................................................Rosie DaviesGolf SID: .......................................................Melanie SchneiderGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (812) 856-2939Golf SID E-mail: ............................................ms48@indiana.eduWebsite: .................................................. www.iuhoosiers.com

IOWA HAWKEyESLocation: ............................................................Iowa City, IowaEnrollment: .....................................................................30,893Colors: ................................................................ Black and GoldPresident: ...............................................................Sally MasonAthletic Director: .......................................................Gary BartaHead Coach: ...................................................... Megan MenzelHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (319) 335-9257Home Courses: ..........................................Finkbine Golf CourseBig Ten Finish: ..................................................................... 10thNCAA Finish: ..................................................... Did Not QualifyTop Returnee: ...................................................... Kristi Cardwell Golf SID: ............................................................. Kyle SoldwischGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (319) 335-9411Golf SID E-mail: ............................... [email protected]: ...........................................www.hawkeyesports.com

MICHIGAN WOlVERINESLocation: .........................................................Ann Arbor, Mich.Enrollment: .....................................................................41,942Colors: ............................................................... Maize and BluePresident: ................................................... Mary Sue ColemanAthletic Director: ................................................ Dave BrandonHead Coach: .......................................................... Cheryl StacyHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (734) 615-6928Home Course: .................... University of Michigan Golf Course Big Ten Finish: ................................................................. FourthNCAA Finish: ............................. 16th at NCAA Central RegionalTop Returnee: ...........................................................Yugene LeeGolf SID: ................................................................ Tom WywrotGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (734) 763-4423Golf SID E-mail: .........................................twywrot@umich.eduWebsite: .....................................................www.mgoblue.com

MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANSLocation: ..................................................... East Lansing, Mich.Enrollment: .....................................................................47,965Colors: ............................................................ Green and WhitePresident: ....................................................Lou Anna K. SimonAthletic Director: .....................................................Mark HollisHead Coach: .............................................Stacy Slobodnik-StollHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (517) 432-1438Home Course: ........................... Forest Akers West Golf CourseBig Ten Finish: ..................................................................... FirstNCAA Finish: ...............................20th at NCAA ChampionshipsTop Returnee: ................................................... Caroline PowersGolf SID: ..................................................................Ben PhlegarGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (517) 355-2271Golf SID E-mail: [email protected]: .............................................. www.msuspartans.com

MINNESOTA GOlDEN GOPHERSLocation: .....................................................Minneapolis, Minn.Enrollment: .....................................................................50,883Colors: ............................................................Maroon and GoldPresident: ..............................................................Dr. Eric KalerAthletic Director: ........................................... Norwood TeagueHead Coach: ...................................................Michele RedmanHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (612) 625-6063Home Course: ....... Tournament Players Club of the Twin CitiesBig Ten Finish: ..................................................................EighthNCAA Finish: ...............................19th at NCAA ChampionshipsTop Returnee: .........................................Banchalee TheinthongGolf SID: .................................................................. Matt SlieterGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (612) 625-4389Golf SID E-mail: ............................................... [email protected]: ............................................. www.gophersports.com

NORTHWESTERN WIlDCATSLocation: ................................................................Evanston, Ill.Enrollment: .......................................................................8,367 Colors: ............................................................Purple and WhitePresident: .......................................................Morton SchapiroAthletic Director: ..................................................... Jim PhillipsHead Coach: ....................................................... Emily FletcherHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (847) 467-2296Home Course: .....................................................Multiple ClubsBig Ten Finish: ............................................................... SeventhNCAA Finish: ........................ 16th at NCAA Southeast RegionalTop Returnee: .....................................................Lauren WeaverGolf SID: ............................................................ Betsy GolomskiGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (847) 467-3274Golf SID E-mail: [email protected]: .....................................................www.nusports.com

OHIO STATE BUCKEyESLocation: .......................................................... Columbus, OhioEnrollment: .....................................................................56,064Colors: ..............................................................Scarlet and GrayPresident: ...........................................................E. Gordon GeeAthletic Director: .................................................Eugene SmithHead Coach: ....................................................Therese HessionHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (614) 292-3809Home Course: ..................................................... Scarlet CourseBig Ten Finish: ....................................................................ThirdNCAA Finish: .............................. 22nd at NCAA ChampionshipsTop Returnee: ................................................... Rachel RohannaGolf SID: ............................................................. Kendra WillardGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (614) 292-0088Golf SID E-mail: ...........................................willard.57@osu.eduWebsite: .....................................www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com

PENN STATE NITTANy lIONSLocation: ..................................................... University Park, Pa.Enrollment: .....................................................................42,294Colors: ............................................................... Blue and WhitePresident: ....................................................... Rodney EricksonActing Director of Athletics: ............................. David M. JoynerHead Coach: ................................................... Denise St. PierreHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (817) 863-2396Home Course: ................... Penn State Blue and White CoursesBig Ten Finish: .................................................................... 11thNCAA Finish: ..................................................... Did Not QualifyTop Returnee: .................................................. Christina VostersGolf SID: ......................................................... Susan BedsworthGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (814) 865-1757Golf SID E-mail: ................................................ [email protected]: ............................................... www.gopsusports.com

PURDUE BOIlERMAKERSLocation: .................................................... West Lafayette, Ind.Enrollment: .....................................................................39,726Colors: ......................................................... Old Gold and BlackPresident: .....................................................France A. CordovaAthletic Director: ............................................. Morgan J. BurkeHead Coach: ....................................................... Devon BrouseHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (765) 494-4311Home Course: ......................... Birck Boilermaker Golf ComplexBig Ten Finish: ................................................................ SecondNCAA Finish: ............................. Ninth at NCAA ChampionshipsTop Returnee: ...................................... Laura Gonzalez-EscallonGolf SID: ................................................................... Sara WhiteGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (765) 494-6235Golf SID E-mail: .................................... [email protected]: ............................................. www.purduesports.com

WISCONSIN BADGERSLocation: ............................................................. Madison, Wis.Enrollment: .....................................................................42,099Colors: ......................................................... Cardinal and WhiteInterim Chancellor: .................................................. David WardAthletic Director: ..................................................Barry AlvarezHead Coach: ....................................................... Todd OehrleinHead Coach Phone: .......................................... (608) 265-3117Home Course: .............................. University Ridge Golf CourseBig Ten Finish: ................................................................... NinthNCAA Finish: ..................................................... Did Not QualifyTop Returnee: ................................................ Lindsay DanielsonGolf SID ..................................................................... Tam FlarupGolf SID Phone: ................................................. (608) 263-5502Golf SID E-mail: ....................................... [email protected]: ................................................. www.uwbadgers.com



Madeleine Sheils captured All-Big Ten honors on the course and in the classroom with an outstanding 2011-12 season. The senior from Boise, Idaho, became the first Husker in history to earn All-Big Ten honors with her tie for third at the 2012 Big Ten Championships in French Lick, Ind. The four-time NGCA Scholastic All-American also earned an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA Central Regional.

SHEIlS lEADS HUSKERS IN fIRST BIG TEN SEASON Seniors Madeleine Sheils, Kayla Knopik and Katie Keiser led a relatively experienced Nebraska women’s golf team to a successful first season of Big Ten competition in 2011-12. The Huskers worked their way onto the bubble for an NCAA Regional berth late in the season, before coming up short. Nebraska, which closed the team portion of its season with a sixth-place finish at the 12-team 2012 Big Ten Championships in French Lick, Ind., produced nine top-10 tournament finishes on the year, including five top-five showings. In Coach Robin Krapfl’s 25th season at the helm of the Husker program, Sheils produced one of the best individual seasons by a Husker in the past decade. The senior from Boise, Idaho, earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Central Regional in Columbus, Ohio, after capturing All-Big Ten honors. Sheils produced 10 top-25 individual tournament finishes on the year, including seven top-10 performances. She captured a tournament title at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash., Oct. 3-5, with a three-round total of 214 that included a career-best 67 in the final round. She added a career-best three-round score of 212 to take sixth at the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz., March 23-24. Sheils tied for third at the Big Ten Championships with a three-round score of 218 on a challenging layout at the Ross Course. Her performance in Indiana included a pair of one-under-par 71s in the second and third rounds. For the season, Sheils played nine of her 36 rounds at or below par. She finished in a tie for 75th at the NCAA Central Regional, but was in the hunt for a bid to the NCAA Championships through the first two rounds before struggling in the final round. A four-time NGCA Scholastic All-American and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar as a senior, Sheils led the Huskers with a 74.67 stroke average in 2011-12 - the third-best single-season average in school history. Her career 76.88 stroke average ranked No. 2 in the Nebraska record book. “Maddie was a tremendous worker, a great leader and an outstanding representative of the Nebraska women’s golf program for four years,” Krapfl said. “She deserved all the success she had at Nebraska because she was willing to put in the work to become the best golfer she could be. She was also an outstanding person, and I think that will be the legacy that she leaves with our future teams.” Knopik, a fifth-year senior from Papillion, Neb., provided the Huskers with the best year of her career in 2011-12. Her 76.88 stroke average ranked third on the team, and she closed her career with a strong 17th-place finish at the Big Ten Championships. She produced five top-25 finishes on the year, including a tie for sixth at the Huskers’ season-opening Chip-N Club Invitational at the

Country Club of Lincoln, Sept. 12-13. She added a tie for 13th with a career-best 219 at the Alamo Invitational in San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 30-Nov. 1. Knopik’s performance at the Alamo included a career-best second-round 69. “Kayla was a steady performer in our lineup her junior and senior seasons and competed at three conference tournaments for us,” Krapfl said. “She was a great example of the kind of improvement you can make as a golfer if you set your mind to your goals and work extremely hard to accomplish them.” Keiser joined Sheils and Knopik in Nebraska’s Big Ten Tournament lineup after also appearing at the Big 12 Championships in 2011. Keiser, a Gothenburg, Neb., native, competed in six tournaments in the Husker lineup as a senior to earn her second NU letter after transferring to Nebraska from Winthrop. While the seniors led Nebraska in 2011-12, a trio of sophomores played major roles in the Husker fortunes. Steffi Neisen remained one of the top players in the NU lineup for the second straight season by finishing with a 76.67 stroke average on the year. The New Prague, Minn., native produced five top-25 tournament finishes, including a tie for 25th at the Big Ten Championships to close her season. She added a career-

best tie for second with a career-best 214 at the Alamo Invitational. Neisen also tied for seventh at the Mountain View Collegiate after notching a Nebraska single-round record with a six-under-par 66 in the second round. She opened the season with a tie for sixth with Knopik at the Chip-N Club Invitational. Also a standout in the classroom, Neisen joined

2011-12 NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAl STROKE AVERAGESGolfer Strokes Rounds AverageMadeleine Sheils ............................... 2,688 ...................... 36 ................................. 74.67Steffi Neisen ...................................... 2,530 ...................... 33 ................................. 76.67Kayla Knopik ...................................... 2,460 ...................... 33 ................................. 76.88Shelby Martinek ................................ 1,660 ...................... 21 ................................. 79.05Katelyn Wright ................................... 2,609 ...................... 33 ................................. 79.06Katie Keiser ........................................ 2,194 ...................... 27 ................................. 81.26Remylee Molyneux ............................ 1,224 ...................... 15 ................................. 81.60Team ...............................................9,159 ..................... 33 ............................. 305.06

Sheils on the NGCA Scholastic All-America team for the second straight season, while also earning academic All-Big Ten honors. “Steffi has had two of the best freshman and sophomore seasons in Nebraska history, and she just continues to grow in both skill and confidence,” Krapfl said. “It will be exciting to see her continue to grow and blossom into a leadership role for our team as her career continues at Nebraska.” Katelyn Wright was also a regular in the Husker lineup in 2011-12. The sophomore from Incline Village, Nev., shaved strokes off her game throughout the season. She enjoyed a solid spring that included a 15th-place finish with a career-best 218 at the Westbrook Spring Invitational. Wright added a tie for 21st in the BYU at Entrada Classic, before capping her season with a tie for 48th as NU’s No. 4 finisher at the Big Ten Championships. Her performance in Indiana included a final-round 73. Remylee Molyneux rounded out the Husker lineup at the 2012 Big Ten Championships. The sophomore from Thousand Oaks, Calif., stepped into a lineup spot in Nebraska’s final two tournaments of the spring after freshman Shelby Martinek’s season-ending wrist injury. Molyneux finished her only conference tournament appearance in 64th after also closing in 64th at the Ohio State Spring Invitational to close the regular season. Martinek competed in seven tournaments on the year, including five inside the Husker lineup, but made her final appearance of the year at the Westbrook Spring Invitational, Feb. 26-27. She tied for 21st with a career-best 221 over three rounds in Peoria, Ariz. “I was proud of the way our team worked and competed throughout the year,” Krapfl said. “I thought our seniors did a great job of leading our team and putting us in a position to succeed. I was also pleased with the progress that both Steffi and Katelyn made during the season. The examples our seniors set for both Steffi and Katelyn in leadership will form the foundation for the future success of our program.”

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2011-12 INDIVIDUAl RESUlTSMADElEINE SHEIlSTournament .......................................................... Results ..................................................PlaceChip-N Club Invitational ............................................77-77-75-229 ............................................ 10thEdean Ihlanfeldt Invitational ....................................73-74-67-214 ...............................................1stLady Northern Invitational .......................................79-70-78-227 .......................................... T18thHoosier Fall Invitational ............................................77-76-72-225 ............................................ T4thAlamo Invitational ....................................................73-69-84-226 .......................................... T37thLady Puerto Rico Classic ...........................................72-76-72-220 .............................................. 8thWestbrook Invitational .............................................74-74-73-221 ...........................................T21stBYU at Entrada Classic ..............................................76-76-73-225 ............................................ T6thMountain View Collegiate ........................................69-73-70-212 .............................................. 6thOhio State Spring Invitational ...................................76-81-76-233 .......................................... T17thBig Ten Tournament ..................................................76-71-71-218 ............................................ T3rdSeason Totals ............................................................................................. 2,450 Strokes/33 Rounds2011-12 Stroke Average ............................................................................................................74.24Season Low Round ....................................................................................67 (Edean Ihlanfeldt, 3rd)Top Five Finishes ......................................................................................................................... 2/11Top 10 Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 7/11Top 20 Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 9/11 STEffI NEISENTournament .......................................................... Results ..................................................PlaceChip-N Club Invitational ............................................78-71-78-227 ............................................ T6thEdean Ihlanfeldt Invitational ....................................82-80-73-235 ............................................ 34thLady Northern Invitational .......................................78-79-82-239 .......................................... T50thHoosier Fall Invitational ............................................77-81-76-234 .......................................... T26thAlamo Invitational ....................................................72-73-69-214 ........................................... T2ndLady Puerto Rico Classic ...........................................78-77-80-235 .......................................... T48thWestbrook Invitational .............................................72-80-73-225 .......................................... T40thBYU at Entrada Classic ..............................................73-78-79-230 .......................................... T13thMountain View Collegiate ........................................75-66-74-215 ............................................ T7thOhio State Spring Invitational ...................................83-84-79-246 ............................................ 50thBig Ten Tournament ..................................................76-78-76-230 .......................................... T25thSeason Totals ............................................................................................. 2,530 Strokes/33 Rounds2011-12 Stroke Average ............................................................................................................76.67Season Low Round ..................................................................................... 66 (Mountain View, 2nd)Top Five Finishes ......................................................................................................................... 1/11Top 10 Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 3/11Top 20 Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 4/11

KAylA KNOPIKTournament .......................................................... Results ..................................................PlaceChip-N Club Invitational ............................................75-77-75-227 ............................................ T6thEdean Ihlanfeldt Invitational ....................................80-80-81-241 .......................................... T48thLady Northern Invitational .......................................74-75-80-229 .......................................... T23rdHoosier Fall Invitational ............................................77-77-DQ-154 ............................................. DQAlamo Invitational ....................................................75-69-75-219 .......................................... T13thLady Puerto Rico Classic ...........................................79-80-80-239 .......................................... T59thWestbrook Invitational .............................................76-77-75-228 .......................................... T49thBYU at Entrada Classic ..............................................78-75-77-230 .......................................... T13thMountain View Collegiate ........................................74-74-75-223 ......................................... T32ndOhio State Spring Invitational ...................................81-81-81-243 ............................................ 46thBig Ten Tournament ..................................................75-75-77-227 ............................................ 17thSeason Totals ............................................................................................. 2,460 Strokes/32 Rounds2011-12 Stroke Average ............................................................................................................76.88Season Low Round ................................................................................................... 69 (Alamo, 2nd)Top Five Finishes ......................................................................................................................... 0/11Top 10 Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 1/11Top 20 Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 4/11

KATElyN WRIGHTTournament .......................................................... Results ..................................................PlaceChip-N Club Invitational ............................................82-82-79-243 .......................................... T38thEdean Ihlanfeldt Invitational ....................................87-78-81-246 ............................................ 55thLady Northern Invitational .......................................81-79-78-238 .......................................... T47thHoosier Fall Invitational ............................................83-78-84-245 .......................................... T55thAlamo Invitational ....................................................77-72-82-231 ...........................................T51stLady Puerto Rico Classic ...........................................80-85-84-249 ............................................ 80thWestbrook Invitational .............................................73-74-71-218 ............................................ 15thBYU at Entrada Classic ..............................................80-78-76-234 ...........................................T21st

Mountain View Collegiate ........................................79-76-75-230 .......................................... T58thOhio State Spring Invitational ...................................77-85-77-239 .......................................... T35thBig Ten Tournament ..................................................84-80-73-237 .......................................... T48thSeason Totals ............................................................................................. 2,609 Strokes/33 Rounds2011-12 Stroke Average ............................................................................................................79.06Season Low Round ............................................................................................ 71 (Westbrook, 3rd)Top Five Finishes ......................................................................................................................... 0/11Top 10 Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 0/11Top 20 Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 1/11

KATIE KEISERTournament .......................................................... Results ..................................................PlaceChip-N Club Invitational ............................................83-82-80-245 .......................................... T45thLady Northern Invitational .......................................82-84-80-246 ............................................ 64thHoosier Fall Invitational* ..........................................82-83-78-243 ........................................... 52ndLady Puerto Rico Classic* .........................................84-87-82-253 ........................................... 82ndWestbrook Invitational* ...........................................78-80-76-234 ...........................................T61stBYU at Entrada Classic ..............................................79-83-75-237 .......................................... T30thMountain View Collegiate ........................................77-82-85-244 ............................................ 86thOhio State Spring Invitational ...................................89-82-80-251 .......................................... T58thBig Ten Tournament ..................................................84-78-79-241 .......................................... T57thSeason Totals ............................................................................................. 2,194 Strokes/27 Rounds2011-12 Stroke Average ............................................................................................................81.26Season Low Round ...................................................................................... 75 (BYU at Entrada, 3rd)Top Five Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 0/9Top 10 Finishes ............................................................................................................................. 0/9Top 20 Finishes ............................................................................................................................. 0/9*competed as an individual outside NU lineup

Senior Kayla Knopik produced the best season of her career by finishing with Nebraska’s third-best stroke average (76.88) in 2011-12. Knopik’s 17th-place finish at the Huskers’ first Big Ten Championships, trailed only Madeleine Sheils among the Huskers.



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Steffi Neisen produced the fourth-best stroke average by a sophomore in Nebraska history in 2011-12, while ranking second on the team with her 76.67 average. Neisen has started 65 consecutive rounds in the Nebraska lineup to open her career, after producing the third-best stroke average by a freshman in school history (77.13) over 32 rounds in 2010-11.

REMylEE MOlyNEUxTournament .......................................................... Results ..................................................PlaceChip-N Club Invitational* ..........................................79-82-83-244 ......................................... T42ndBYU at Entrada Classic* ............................................80-88-84-252 .......................................... T54thMountain View Collegiate* ......................................71-80-77-228 .......................................... T50thOhio State Spring Invitational ...................................89-80-85-254 ............................................ 64thBig Ten Tournament ..................................................82-81-83-246 ............................................ 64thSeason Totals ............................................................................................. 1,224 Strokes/15 Rounds2011-12 Stroke Average ............................................................................................................81.60Season Low Round ...................................................................................... 71 (Mountain View, 1st)Top Five Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 0/5Top 10 Finishes ............................................................................................................................. 0/5Top 20 Finishes ............................................................................................................................. 0/5*competed as an individual outside NU lineup

SHElBy MARTINEKTournament .......................................................... Results ..................................................PlaceChip-N Club Invitational* ..........................................78-82-82-242 .......................................... T35thEdean Ihlanfeldt Invitational ....................................83-85-81-249 .......................................... T58thLady Northern Invitational* .....................................80-75-88-243 .......................................... T59thHoosier Fall Invitational ............................................80-71-79-230 .......................................... T18thAlamo Invitational ....................................................74-70-89-233 .......................................... T57thLady Puerto Rico Classic ...........................................81-81-80-242 .......................................... T69thWestbrook Invitational .............................................76-72-73-221 ...........................................T21stSeason Totals ............................................................................................. 1,660 Strokes/21 Rounds2011-12 Stroke Average ............................................................................................................79.05Season Low Round ....................................................................................................70 (Alamo, 3rd)Top Five Finishes ........................................................................................................................... 0/7Top 10 Finishes ............................................................................................................................. 0/7Top 20 Finishes ............................................................................................................................. 1/7*competed as an individual outside NU lineup

2011-12 NEBRASKA TEAM RESUlTSTournament ........................................................................................................Place/Teams (Score)Chip-N Club Invitational (Country Club of Lincoln) .......................................... 4th/15 (312-307-307-926)Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (Sammamish, Wash.) ....................................... T7th/12 (318-312-302-932)Lady Northern Invitational (French Lick, Ind.) ............................................... 11th/12 (312-303-311-939)Hoosier Fall Invitational (Carmel, Ind.) ............................................................ 4th/13 (311-302-311-924)Alamo Invitational (San Antonio, Texas) .......................................................... 5th/14 (294-280-310-884)Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico) ....................................... 14th/15 (309-314-312-935)Westbrook Invitational (Peoria, Ariz.).............................................................. 7th/12 (295-297-290-882)BYU at Entrada Classic (St. George, Utah) ....................................................... 3rd/12 (306-307-301-914)Mountain View Collegiate (Tucson, Ariz.) ........................................................ 5th/15 (295-289-294-878)Ohio State Spring Invitational (Columbus, Ohio) ............................................. 9th/11 (317-324-312-953)Big Ten Championships (French Lick, Ind.) ...................................................... 6th/12 (309-302-297-908)Season Totals ................................................................................................... 10,067 Strokes/33 Rounds2011-12 Team Stroke Average ........................................................................................................ 305.06Season Low Round ................................................................................ 280 (Alamo, 2nd-school record)Season Low (54 Holes) ............................................................................................ 878 (Mountain View) Tournament Titles ............................................................................................................................. 0/11Top Five Finishes ................................................................................................................................ 5/11Top 10 Finishes .................................................................................................................................. 9/11

INDIVIDUAl CAREER-BEST ROUND Golfer ......................................................................................................... * school record (Round)Steffi Neisen ........................................................................................... *66 (2012 Mountain View, 2nd)Madeleine Sheils ..................................................................................... 67 (2011 Edean Ihlanfeldt, 3rd)Katie Keiser ................................................................................................ 69 (2011 Mountain View, 3rd)Kayla Knopik ........................................................................................................... 69 (2011 Alamo, 2nd)Shelby Martinek ..................................................................................................... 70 (2011 Alamo, 2nd)Remylee Molyneux .....................................................................................71 (2012 Mountain View, 1st)Katelyn Wright .................................................................................................. 71 (2012 Westbrook, 3rd)

INDIVIDUAl CAREER-BEST TOURNAMENT Golfer .........................................................................................................................Three RoundsMadeleine Sheils ............................................................................................ 212 (2012 Mountain View)Steffi Neisen ................................................................................................................. 214 (2011 Alamo)Katelyn Wright ....................................................................................................... 218 (2012 Westbrook)Kayla Knopik ................................................................................................................. 219 (2011 Alamo)Shelby Martinek .................................................................................................... 221 (2012 Westbrook)Remylee Molyneux ......................................................................................... 228 (2012 Mountain View)Katie Keiser ..................................................................................................... 228 (2011 Mountain View)

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1975-76 finish Meet Total Rounds4th/12 Regional Tournament n/a n/a5th/14 Missouri Invitational 704 n/a2nd/8 Illinois Invitational 704 n/a1st/6 Big Eight Tournament 684 n/a22nd/35 AIAW Nationals 683 n/a

1976-77 7th/19 Susie Maxwell Berning 665 327-3382nd AIAW Region 6 n/a n/a 5th/7 Sooner Invitational 1,051 349-360-3424th/6 Big Eight Tournament 705 352-353

1977-78 fall 14th/18 Susie Maxwell Berning 1,032 332-349-3516th/16 AIAW Region 6 709 361-348Spring 6th/15 Illinois Invitational 711 365-3465th/6 Big Eight Tournament 675 344-3312nd/8 Minnesota Invitational 705 342-363

1978-79 fall 1st/6 Omaha Invitational 336 3365th/11 Iowa State Invitational 677 343-3345th/18 AIAW Region 6 671 337-3343rd/8 Kansas Invitational 707 368-3396th/13 Missouri Invitational 674 340-334Spring 1st/5 Wichita State Invitational 707 368-3392nd/3 Kansas Invitational 352 352 4th/7 Big Eight Tournament 1,023 333-345-3655th/12 Minnesota Invitational 696 n/a

1979-80 fall 18th/21 Susie Maxwell Berning 982 317-335-3306th/13 Iowa State Golf Invitational 669 336-3335th/8 AIAW Region 6 672 337-3354th/9 Kansas Invitational 708 356-3525th/12 Missouri Invitational 675 339-336Spring 10th/13 Texas A&M Invitational 1,090 370-374-346n/a Lamar Invitational 1,012 351-326-3351st/9 Iowa Invitational 646 318-3285th/7 Big Eight Tournament 991 334-333-324n/a Minnesota Invitational 670 343-327

JERRy fISHER (1979-87)The second head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team,

Jerry Fisher led the Huskers to 12 tournament titles, including the 1980-81 AIAW Region Six championship and the 1983 Big Eight Tournament championship. He spent eight seasons as Nebraska's head coach.

In addition to his Husker head coaching duties, Fisher served as the head golf pro at the Country Club of Lincoln from 1972 to 1987.

1980-81 fall n/a Susie Maxwell Berning 977 322-337-3181st/13 Iowa State Invitational 627 315-3122nd/6 Kansas Invitational 659 329-3301st/9 Missouri Invitational 658 334-3241st Iowa Invitational 629 311-3181st AIAW Region 6 622 314-308Spring 21st/21 Betsy Rawls Invitational 1,049 362-339-348n/a Rayburn Invitational 1,004 330-338-336n/a Lamar Invitational 957 324-319-3144th/10 Sooner Invitational 949 321-315-3114th/7 Big Eight Tournament 972 330-322-320

1981-82 fall 17th/21 Susie Maxwell Berning 971 317-322-3322nd/11 Iowa State Invitational 949 317-315-3172nd/6 Kansas Invitational 988 339-328-3212nd/10 Missouri Invitational 954 313-320-32111th/15 Torneo Femenil De Golf 956 321-327-308Spring 1st/3 Spring Break Tournament 932 312-319-3013rd/9 Sooner Invitational 969 337-324-3081st/10 Iowa Invitational 941 310-313-3184th/7 Big Eight Tournament 992 329-331-332

1982-83 fall T15th/18 Susie Maxwell Berning 974 334-311-3292nd/9 Iowa State Invitational 987 331-330-3263rd/7 Kansas Invitational 975 322-330-3231st/6 Missouri Invitational 948 323-324-30111th/12 Torneo Femenil De Golf 944 314-308-322Spring 2nd/4 Iowa Spring Fling n/a n/a2nd/6 Iowa Invitational 977 331-310-3362nd/7 Missouri Invitational 320 3201st/7 Big Eight Tournament 958 322-317-319

1983-84 fall 13th/16 Susie Maxwell Berning 974 334-311-3295th/19 Lady Northern 937 305-311-3212nd/6 Missouri Invitational 971 322-331-3181st/8 Kansas Invitational 965 331-319-315Spring 16th/18 South Alabama Invitational 1,013 337-358-3184th/8 Oklahoma Invitational 1,012 338-339-3351st/6 Wichita State Invitational 998 326-345-3272nd/6 Kansas State Invitational 989 342-329-3182nd/7 Big Eight Tournament 959 326-326-317

1984-85 fall 5th/15 Susie Maxwell Berning 975 334-325-3329th/15 OSU Cowgirl 986 329-325-3323rd/7 Panther Invitational 950 316-325-3094th/8 Kansas Invitational 676 335-3412nd/9 Missouri Invitational 984 335-335-314Spring 4th/4 Rayburn Invitational 1,020 330-350-3404th/7 Oklahoma Invitational 999 332-333-3448th/16 Illinois Invitational 1,023 339-353-3315th/10 Purdue Invitational 997 340-319-338T5th/7 Big Eight Tournament 1,027 335-345-347

1985-86 fall 3rd/6 Minnesota Invitational 978 326-327-32510th/12 OSU Cowgirl 1,017 338-338-341

yEAR-By-yEAR RESUlTSlARRy ROMJUE (1975-79)

The first head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team, Larry Romjue guided the program to a successful start in its first four seasons. Under Romjue, the Huskers won the 1975-76 Big Eight Conference title, qualified for the 1976 AIAW Championships and finished second at the AIAW Region Six meet in 1977. Romjue retired in 2001 after 31 seasons as the men’s coach.



15th/18 Tulsa Invitational 682 332-35011th/15 Alabama Invitational 661 323-338Spring 4th/6 Iowa Invitational 677 340-3376th/9 North Texas Lady Eagle 655 320-3355th/12 Susie Maxwell Berning 1,002 330-338-3343rd/8 Kansas State Classic 710 367-3433rd/7 Big Eight Tournament 955 328-311-316

1986-87 fall 3rd/10 Cyclone Golf Classic 982 323-330-32912th/12 All College Kickoff 971 324-325-3221st/8 Northern Iowa Invitational 971 328-331-3126th/12 Duke Fall Invitational 981 321-329-3314th/12 Kansas Jayhawk Invitational 998 327-330-341Spring 5th/14 North Texas State Invitational 649 326-32313th/14 Susie Maxwell Berning 1,062 355-357-3506th/12 Missouri Invitational 668 342-326T5th/7 Big Eight Tournament 989 335-322-322

1987-88 fall 4th/9 Iowa State Invitational 993 327-331-3355th/8 Iowa Invitational 1,065 326-351-3627th/9 Brigham Young Invitational 1,016 341-341-33410th/10 Kickoff Classic 1,020 350-331-3393rd/5 Minnesota Invitational 670 343-3272nd/8 Kansas Invitational 994 330-332-332Spring 5th/11 North Texas Lady Eagle 644 322-3229th/12 Oklahoma Invitational 1,017 345-329-3432nd/9 Nebraska Invitational 952 325-322-3057th/14 USA-Gulf Shores Invitational 958 317-318-3235th/7 Big Eight Tournament 1,011 335-324-352

1988-89 fall 2nd/9 Iowa State Invitational 646 322-3246th/13 Ohio State Invitational 961 317-313-33113th/17 Lady Tar Heel Invitational 983 321-327-33515th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 989 326-332-3311st/7 Northern Illinois Invitational 642 318-3249th/11 U.S. International Invitational 983 327-343-313Spring 7th/12 Utah-Dixie Classic 943 314-308-3214th/10 USF-Summerfield Invitational 957 327-314-3164th/7 Rainbow Wahine Classic 949 313-322-3149th/12 Lady Paladin 332 3321st/6 Husker Golf Invitational 964 329-326-3094th/7 Big Eight Tournament 964 329-326-309

1989-90 fall 3rd/9 Hawkeye Invitational 954 316-315-3238th Kickoff Classic 1,013 338-336-3391st/13 Spartan fall Invitational 933 317-307-3095th/16 Buckeye Classic 956 320-306-330Spring 3rd/17 North-South Collegiate 973 320-331-322T7th/17 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 952 312-324-316

12th/14 South Carolina Invitational 981 333-320-3281st/9 Rio Rico-Hawkeye 925 311-308-3061st/7 Missouri Invitational 615 304-3115th/7 Big Eight Tournament 968 320-324-3246th/13 Southern Intercollegiate 974 339-316-319

1990-91 fall 8th/10 Cyclone Invitational 681 345-3364th/8 Minnesota Invitational 993 330-329-33410th/18 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 958 322-321-315T13th/16 Dick McGuire Golf Invitational 1,002 335-337-33019th/19 Lady Buckeye Invitational 1,083 360-335-388Spring 10th/18 North-South Invitational 1,029 354-324-3516th/19 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 969 326-326-317T11th/13 South Carolina Invitational 983 321-332-3302nd/5 Husker Golf Classic 965 324-311-3303rd/7 Big Eight Tournament 975 317-332-326

1991-92 fall2nd/12 Cyclone Golf Classic 636 313-3239th/17 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 958 322-321-3154th/18 Spartan Invitational 932 311-315-30611th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 968 322-324-3223rd/12 Hawkeye Invitational 975 325-318-332Spring9th/18 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational 1,002 336-335-3318th/14 Rainbow Wahine Classic 952 322-314-3163rd/7 Husker Golf Invitational 950 322-314-31414th Southern Intercollegiate 990 332-334-3247th/7 Big Eight Tournament 977 329-327-321

1992-93 fall 2nd/5 Husker Invitational 956 319-316-3219th/12 Oregon Golf Invitational 987 324-325-3385th/8 Cyclone Invitational 700 349-3517th/12 Lady Buckeye 1,008 338-334-33614th/18 Lady Kat Invitational 981 332-322-327Spring 5th/15 Utah-Dixie Classic 959 323-313-32314th/16 Rainbow Wahine Classic 988 329-325-3345th/11 Susie Maxwell Berning 977 330-321-326T12th/19 Southern Intercollegiate 996 340-334-3224th/7 Big Eight Tournament 1,007 339-340-328

1993-94 fall 12th/16 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 1,012 339-336-3371st/7 Husker Classic 925 312-309-3048th/16 Memphis State Invitational 979 333-322-3248th/14 Lady Kat Invitational 964 321-317-3262nd/9 Marilynn Smith/Jayhawk 943 323-304-316Spring T4th/14 Guadalajara Invitational 945 319-317-309T1st/4 Midwest Golf Classic 628 314-3146th/19 Utah-Dixie Classic 947 314-318-3151st/8 UNT/SMU Invitational 627 314-3138th/20 Southern Intercollegiate 967 324-315-3284th/7 Big Eight Championships 939 315-314-31016th/19 NCAA West Regionals 933 313-312-308

1994-95 fall 4th/12 Gopher Invitational 969 328-322-3195th/17 Diet Coke-Roadrunner Classic 944 318-312-3145th/14 Memphis Intercollegiate 960 322-323-3151st/13 Husker Golf Classic 936 315-311-31012th/20 Lady Kat Invitational 965 321-328-316Spring9th/18 UCLA Bruin Classic 941 312-311-3187th/12 River Wilderness Intercollegiate 640 318-3225th/18 Utah-Dixie Classic 649 319-310

ROBIN KRAPfl (1987-PRESENT)The third head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf team, Robin

Krapfl has led the Huskers to 28 tournament victories, 11 NCAA Regional appearances and the program’s only three NCAA Tournament berths in 2000, 2003 and 2006. Krapfl, a two-time Big Eight Coach of the Year, is in her 26th season as Nebraska's head coach after serving as the NU women’s golf assistant coach for three years.

yEAR-By-yEAR RESUlTS

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yEAR-By-yEAR RESUlTS2nd/17 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 926 304-305-3174th/19 Rainbow Wahine Classic 937 318-308-3113rd/8 Big Eight Championships 985 338-328-31912th/20 NCAA West Regionals 916 297-311-308

1995-96 fall 2nd/17 Chip-N Club Invitational 948 318-311-3194th/18 Nike Northwest 918 305-308-30511th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 934 307-316-31110th/16 Diet Coke Invitational 958 328-313-3172nd/14 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite 958 310-313-3357th/23 San Diego State Fall Classic 649 333-316Spring 3rd/14 Monica Welsh Memorial 960 318-323-31916th/24 Fripp Island/Ben Hogan 684 347-3376th/19 Rainbow Wahine Classic 940 314-312-3146th/17 Utah-Dixie Classic 954 324-318-312T3rd/8 Big Eight Championships 974 334-335-305T11th/20 NCAA West Regionals 961 306-324-331

1996-97fall1st/7 lady lion Invitational 605 304-3012nd/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 948 317-320-3118th/18 Lady Tar Heel Invitational 939 318-311-3101st/12 Big 12 Preview 909 300-296-3132nd/14 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite 955 321-317-3178th/19 Roadrunner Invitational 974 341-315-318Spring T13th/18 UCLA Bruin Invitational 1,006 338-339-32911th/15 Betsy Rawls Invitational 964 331-311-32210th/25 Rainbow Wahine Classic 976 334-321-3212nd/18 Utah-Dixie Classic 919 310-296-3133rd/12 Big 12 Championships 945 313-311-32114th/20 NCAA West Regionals 909 301-302-306

1997-98 fall 2nd/7 Chip-N Club Invitational 909 307-297-3052nd/12 Jeannine McHaney Classic 906 298-309-29914th/18 Dick McGuire Invitational 939 321-306-3121st/13 Colorado Invitational 887 296-292-2996th/12 Big 12 Preview 951 318-310-323Spring 12th/18 UCLA Bruin Classic 637 322-3159th/14 Betsy Rawls Classic 985 333-327-3257th/20 Rainbow Wahine Classic 935 307-312-3168th/24 Utah-Dixie Classic 627 323-3046th/12 Big 12 Championships 936 322-315-299

1998-99 fall 4th/20 Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic 914 305-310-2992nd/15 Chip-N Club Invitational 889 297-285-3077th/12 Big 12 Preview 941 309-313-3197th/15 Legends Shootout 923 301-309-31312th/18 Rainbow Wahine Classic 917 307-312-298Spring 6th/15 Jeannine McHaney Classic 965 322-325-31810th/13 Casa de Campo 976 316-324-33611th/16 South Carolina Invitational 637 320-3175th/20 Utah-Dixie Classic 929 305-312-3128th/12 Big 12 Championships 929 316-309-304

1999-2000 fall 1st/12 Big 12 Preview 906 298-303-3051st/13 lady Razorback Invitational 604 298-3069th/15 Heather Farr Memorial 614 309-3054th/13 Jeannine McHaney Classic 936 307-313-3167th/14 Rainbow Wahine Classic 949 318-319-312Spring 4th/16 Midwest Classic 948 318-315-3155th/16 Texas A&M GTE “Mo” Morial 942 302-321-319

4th/15 Green Wave Classic 940 308-310-3226th/13 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 945 315-312-3181st/13 Susie Maxwell Berning 930 322-302-3063rd/12 Big 12 Championships 920 300-306-3149th/24 NCAA West Regional 899 298-302-29919th/24 NCAA Tournament 1,239 310-311-302-316

2000-01 fall 1st/17 Alltel Husker Invitational 901 298-303-30010th/21 NCAA Fall Preview 620 304-316T10th/15 Mary Fossum Invite 315 31510th/12 Big 12 Fall Preview 940 315-315-3109th/15 Shootout at The Legends 904 300-299-3057th/18 Price’s “Give ‘em Five Fund” 918 302-306-310Spring 11th/18 Midwest Classic 952 318-319-3154th/4 Texas Challenge 307 3076th/12 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 916 311-294-311T10th/18 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 951 320-307-3243rd/15 Susie Maxwell Berning 911 307-302-3025th/12 Big 12 Championships 958 341-306-31110th/21 NCAA Central Regional 946 319-306-321

2001-02 fall 7th/13 Chip-N Club Invitational 922 311-310-3017th/14 Pioneer Highlands Ranch 615 303-31215th/16 Big 12 Invitational 988 331-324-3331st/13 Heather farr Memorial 592 301-29112th/17 Alabama Capstone Intercollegiate 1,007 344-332-331Spring 12th/14 Central District Invitational 938 314-305-3162nd/16 Sam Houston State Invitational 971 319-315-337T10th/18 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 932 319-301-312T7th/20 Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout 633 323-310T3rd/15 Susie Maxwell Berning 916 312-307-2977th/12 Big 12 Championships 952 322-314-31619th/21 NCAA Central Regional 998 339-333-326

2002-03 fall T3th/17 Ram Fall Classic 896 299-290-3074th/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 922 310-305-3077th/13 Fossum Invitational 940 311-315-31414th/20 Price's "Give 'em Five Fund" 938 313-307-3185th/11 adidas Invitational 918 310-316-3012nd/19 Pat Bradley Invitational 920 311-302-307Spring 5th/15 Central District Invitational 927 314-305-301T10th/19 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 631 316-315T4th/17 Dr. Thompson Invitational 933 317-310-306T5th/13 Lady Boilermaker Invitational 937 311-320-3065th/12 Big 12 Championships 926 311-307-3085th/21 NCAA Central Regional 928 312-298-31822nd/24 NCAA Championships 1,281 320-333-314-314

2003-04 fall 3rd/9 Embassy Suites/Tyson Invitational 896 311-303-3061st/12 Chip-N Club Invitational 904 307-297-3001st/8 Highlands Ranch Intercollegiate 613 311-3029th/18 Shootout at the Legends 908 302-298-3082nd/12 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 935 306-313-316T6th/14 adidas Fall Classic 911 302-302-307Spring1st/2 Iowa State (Dual match) 307 30710th/15 Central District Invitational 939 306-316-31715th/17 Spartan Invitational 957 322-310-32514th/19 Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout 967 319-315-3337th/17 Mountain View Collegiate 909 307-293-30910th/12 Big 12 Championships 622 315-307



2004-05 fall 1st/8 Chip-N Club Invitational 937 306-306-32516th/18 Jeannine McHaney Invitational 632 311-3216th/18 Price's "Give 'Em Five" Invitational 928 302-309-3178th/19 Lady Razorback Invitational 935 323-305-3074th/18 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate 889 307-290-292Spring12th/15 Central District Invitational 925 306-310-30913th/17 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 969 302-334-33311th/18 UNLV Spring Invitational 955 329-309-317T6th/15 Mountain View Collegiate 888 301-299-2887th/16 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 942 314-313-3157th/12 Big 12 Championships 942 305-324-313

2005-06 fall 7th/18 Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic 897 296-300-3011st/10 Chip-N Club Invitational 902 295-300-3072nd/12 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 890 297-285-3084th/16 Lady Razorback Invitational 911 298-313-3004th/19 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate 914 310-303-301Spring1st/7 Baja Invitational 927 309-309-3094th/14 Central District Invitational 914 307-303-30411th/18 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 979 330-329-3202nd/15 Mountain View Collegiate 885 297-295-2934th/17 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 906 306-291-309T4th/12 Big 12 Championships 927 307-297-3238th/21 NCAA Central Regional 922 313-298-31120th/24 NCAA Championships 1,221 311-305-306-299

2006-07 fall 3rd/11 Badger Invitational 934 321-318-2951st/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 929 317-306-3067th/15 Kentucky Wildcat Invitational 948 327-307-3141st/17 Bronco Invitational 884 296-292-296T9th/17 Derby Invitational 615 310-305Spring1st/2 vs. Missouri (Dual Match) 313 31313th/14 Central District Invitational 946 320-316-3104th/16 Red Rocks Invitational 624 321-30313th/18 UNLV Invitational 894 298-298-2981st/17 Mountain View Collegiate 866 287-285-2944th/12 Big 12 Championships 936 312-307-31715th/21 NCAA West Regional 951 328-309-314

2007-08 fall 4th/18 Chip-N Club Invitational 911 310-306-2956th/18 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 907 298-303-3066th/13 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 613 303-310

yEAR-By-yEAR RESUlTS1st/13 Bronco Invitational 946 318-300-3282nd/20 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate 909 314-301-294Spring9th/15 Central District Invitational 927 314-308-30513th/15 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial 1,010 334-338-33816th/17 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 661 319-342T6th/17 Mountain View Collegiate 895 296-299-3002nd/13 BYU Dixie Classic 894 300-299-2958th/12 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 951 321-322-3086th/12 Big 12 Championships 968 326-317-325T10th/21 NCAA Central Regional 903 294-306-303

2008-09 fall 1st/13 Chip-N Club Invitational 884 298-295-291T1st/16 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 926 307-312-3075th/13 McHaney/Morehead Invitational 922 312-303-3074th/20 Lady Pirate Intercollegiate 917 305-303-3097th/16 The Challenge at Wolfdancer 938 318-312-308Spring12th/18 Aztec Spring Invitational 947 299-332-31617th/43 Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic 928 309-314-30510th/19 UNLV Spring Invitational 917 330-288-2999th/19 Mountain View Collegiate 901 290-302-30915th/15 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 977 322-324-33110th/12 Big 12 Championships 953 315-314-324

2009-10 fall 2nd/14 Chip-N Club Invitational 889 304-290-2956th/13 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 922 320-299-3032nd/20 Heather Farr Memorial 894 295-311-2884th/12 Alamo Invitational 302 30211th/21 The Challenge at Onion Creek 871 290-292-289Spring17th/17 UCF Challenge 945 312-315-3168th/18 UNLV Spring Invitational 896 295-296-3065th/19 Northern Migration 916 304-307-3057th/15 Lady Gator Invitational 902 306-293-3038th/12 Big 12 Championships 919 305-309-305

2010-11fall13th/15 Chip-N Club Invitational 627 314-313 4th/12 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational 918 303-301-31415th/15 Johnie Imes Invitational 943 320-314-30914th/16 Dale McNamara Invitational 938 311-313-31410th/14 Alamo Invitational 914 306-301-307Spring5th/33 Kiawah Island Intercollegiate 910 307-302-30111th/15 UNLV Spring Invitational 911 314-304-293T8th/15 BYU Entrada Classic 932 314-315-30310th/18 Mountain View Collegiate 898 308-306-28410th/18 Baylor Spring Invitational 935 317-304-31410th/12 Big 12 Championships 909 297-298-314

2011-12fall4th/15 Chip-N Club Invitational 926 312-307-307 T7th/12 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational 932 318-312-30211th/12 Lady Northern Invitational 939 312-303-3114th/13 Hoosier Fall Invitational 924 311-302-3115th/14 Alamo Invitational 884 294-280-310Spring14th/15 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 935 309-314-3127th/12 Westbrook Invitational 882 295-297-2903rd/12 BYU Entrada Classic 914 306-307-3015th/15 Mountain View Collegiate 878 295-289-2949th/11 Ohio State Spring Invitational 953 317-324-3126th/12 Big Ten Championships 908 309-302-297

Stephanie Ruiz earned second-team All-Big 12 honors in 2006, before tying the school record for the best NCAA Championships score with her 301 over four rounds on the Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.

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The first NCAA All-American in Nebraska women’s golf history, Joanne Brooks was one of the best golfers ever to compete for the Huskers.

When Brooks completed her eligibility after the 1993 season, she held nearly every NU individual school record. She earned All-Big Eight Conference and academic All-Big Eight honors three times. Brooks won the Edith Munson Award given to the nation’s top student-athlete, was named an

NGCA Scholastic All-American in 1990, 1991 and 1992, and was named to Nebraska’s 25 Women of Distinction List in April 2000.

A native of Tauranga, New Zealand, Brooks also served as president of Nebraska’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

COSIDA ACADEMIC All-AMERICANHeidi Wall (Stark) .....................................................................1996

EDITH MUNSON AWARDThe Edith Munson Award is given annually to the nation’s top student-athlete. A golfer must earn both All-America and All-Scholar Golf team honors. Joanne Brooks .........................................................................1990

TRUE TEMPER SCHOlASTIC AWARDStephanie Flood .............................................................1993, 1994

NEBRASKA STUDENT-ATHlETE Of THE yEARKari Mangan ............................................................................1986

NGCA SCHOlASTIC All-AMERICANSAnn Guiberson ..................................................... 1989, 1990, 1992Joanne Brooks ..................................................... 1990, 1991, 1992Stephanie Hupp ................................................... 1991, 1992, 1993Stephanie Flood ................................................... 1992, 1993, 1994Kim Lefler ............................................................ 1992, 1993, 1994Rochelle Brotsky ......................................................................1993Melissa Odell .................................................................1994, 1995Heidi Wall (Stark) ...........................................................1995, 1996Maureen Regan .......................................................................1996Rachelle Tacha ..................................................... 1996, 1997, 1998Elizabeth Bahensky ..............................................1998, 1999, 2000Amanda Sutcliffe ...........................................................2001, 2002Amy Roux.................................................................................2001Jackie Beste ............................................... 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry) ......................................................2003Merynn Ito ........................................................... 2003, 2004, 2005Stephanie Schaefer ........................................................2003, 2004Sarah Sasse ..............................................................................2003Chelsea Gehring ......................................................................2005Allison Stewart .......................................... 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008JC Stevenson .............................................. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010Kate White .....................................................................2007, 2008Rachel Hanigan ........................................................................2009Madeleine Sheils ....................................... 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012Charlotte Wendner ........................................................2009, 2010Steffi Neisen ..................................................................2011, 2012

BIG 12 GOlfER Of THE yEARSarah Sasse ..............................................................................2003

All-BIG TEN CONfERENCE Madeleine Sheils .....................................................................2012

All-BIG 12 CONfERENCE Sarah Sasse .......................................................... 2000, 2001, 2003Stephanie Ruiz .........................................................................2006Elli Brown.................................................................................2007Charlotte Wendner ..................................................................2009

All-BIG EIGHT CONfERENCENan Circo .................................................................................1978Jane Deeter .............................................................................1979Jan Stanard ....................................................................1981, 1983Cathy Nelson .................................................................1982, 1983Shelly Godeken ..............................................................1983, 1984Jean Gilpin ...............................................................................1986Kari Mangan ..................................................................1985, 1986Laura Gunia .............................................................................1987Ann Guiberson ...............................................................1988, 1992Joanne Brooks ..................................................... 1989, 1990, 1991Stephanie Flood .......................................................................1991Kim Lefler ................................................................................1994Michelle Patterson...................................................................1995Rachelle Tacha .........................................................................1996

BIG TEN GOlfER Of THE WEEKMadeleine Sheils ......................................................... Oct. 6, 2011Madeleine Sheils ....................................................... Oct. 19, 2011Steffi Neisen ................................................................Nov. 3, 2011

BIG 12 GOlfER Of THE MONTHSarah Sasse .................................................................... April, 2003Stephanie Ruiz .........................................................February, 2006Elli Brown..............................................................September, 2006Kate White ................................................................ October, 2006

NEBRASKA’S NCAA All-AMERICANS

BIG EIGHT GOlfER Of THE MONTHMolly Mullin ............................................................February, 1995Heidi Wall (Stark) .........................................................March, 1995Rachelle Tacha ............................................................... April, 1996

BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOlARSteffi Neisen ............................................................................2012Madeleine Sheils .....................................................................2012

ACADEMIC All-BIG TEN CONfERENCESteffi Neisen ............................................................................2012Madeleine Sheils .....................................................................2012

ACADEMIC All-BIG 12 CONfERENCERachelle Tacha ...............................................................1997, 1998Elizabeth Bahensky ..............................................1998, 1999, 2000Susie Kiene ..............................................................................1998Hanne Nyquist .........................................................................1998Amy Roux................................................... 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001Catha Fogelberg ......................................... 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002Sarah Sasse ................................................ 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003Amanda Sutcliffe ....................................... 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002Amanda Krane ...............................................................2001, 2002Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry) ............................................2003, 2005Merynn Ito ........................................................... 2003, 2004, 2005Stephanie Ruiz ...............................................................2003, 2004Stephanie Schaefer ........................................................2003, 2004Jackie Beste ......................................................... 2004, 2005, 2006Sara Sackett ......................................................... 2004, 2005, 2006Chelsea Gehring ............................................................2005, 2006Allison Stewart .................................................... 2005, 2007, 2008Elli Brown............................................................. 2006, 2007, 2008Chrissie McArdle............................................................2006, 2007Andrea Carlson (Dunagan) ......................................................2007Megan Place ..................................................................2007, 2009JC Stevenson ........................................................ 2008, 2009, 2010Charlotte Wendner ..............................................2008, 2009, 2010Kate White ...............................................................................2008Mary Kate Bird ..................................................... 2009, 2010, 2011Rachel Hanigan ........................................................................2009Madeleine Sheils ...........................................................2010, 2011Kayla Knopik ............................................................................2011

ACADEMIC All-BIG EIGHT CONfERENCE Francee Kopecky......................................................................1988Melissa Busskohl .....................................................................1989Susan Daugherty ................................................. 1989, 1990, 1991Ann Guiberson ..................................................... 1989, 1990, 1992Joanne Brooks ..................................................... 1990, 1991, 1992Stephanie Hupp .............................................................1991, 1993Stephanie Flood ................................................... 1992, 1993, 1994Kari Clesson .............................................................................1993Kim Lefler ......................................................................1993, 1994Melissa Odell .................................................................1994, 1995

Michelle Patterson...............................................1994, 1995, 1996Rachelle Tacha ...............................................................1995, 1996Heidi Wall ......................................................................1995, 1996Maureen Regan .......................................................................1996

BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDSteffi Neisen ............................................................................2012

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITORSJan Stanard ..............................................................................1982Joanne Brooks .........................................................................1989Heidi Wall (Stark) .....................................................................1996Rachelle Tacha .........................................................................1996Elizabeth Bahensky ..................................................................2000Catha Fogelberg .......................................................................2000Amy Roux.................................................................................2000Sarah Sasse .......................................................... 2000, 2001, 2003Amanda Sutcliffe .....................................................................2000Beth Anne Bryson (Cherry) ......................................................2003Merynn Ito ...............................................................................2003Stephanie Ruiz ...............................................................2003, 2006Stephanie Schaefer ..................................................................2003Elli Brown.................................................................................2006Chrissie McArdle......................................................................2006Sara Sackett .............................................................................2006Allison Stewart ........................................................................2006*Nebraska competed as a team at the 1976 AIAW Championships, and Nan Circo tied for 33rd at the 1977 AIAW Championships.

All-TIME HONORS & AWARDSS a r a h S a s s e b e c a m e

Nebraska's first women's golfer to receive first-team All-America honors in 2003. One of 11 golfers to make the list of All-Americans, Sasse was the only Big 12 golfer selected.

In addition, Sasse earned n u m e r o u s o t h e r h o n o r s throughout her career. She was the 2003 Big 12 Player of the Year, a 2003 Scholastic All-American, the 2003 April Big

12 Golfer of the Month, a three-time All-Big 12 honoree, a four-time academic All-Big 12 pick and a three-time NCAA participant. She also holds the individual school record for the 36- and 54-hole scores with 138 and 209 strokes, respectively.

The Lincoln, Neb., native graduated from Nebraska in 2003 with a degree in marketing.

Joanne Brooks 1989-92

Honorable-mention, 1992

Sarah Sasse 1998-2003

First-team, 2003

Sarah Sasse captured first-team All-America honors while leading Nebraska to the NCAA Championships in 2003.



All-TIME lETTERWINNERSAAdams, Jenny ......................................................... 1985-86

BBahensky, Elizabeth .................................1997-98-99-2000Becker, Melissa ............................................1994-95-96-97Beste, Jackie ................................................2003-04-05-06Bird, Mary Kate ............................................2008-09-10-11Brooks, Joanne ............................................1989-90-91-92Brotsky, Rochelle .........................................1992-93-94-95Brown, Elli....................................................2005-06-07-08Busskohl, Melissa ........................................1988-89-90-91

CCirco, Nanette .................................................. 1976-77-78Cherry (Bryson), Beth Anne ................................2002-03-04-05Clesson, Kari ...............................................1991-92-93-94Cook, Nodjya ..............................................1987-88-89-90

DDavis, Kimberly ............................................................1982Deeter, Jane .................................................1976-77-78-79Denbeck, Deb ........................................................ 1976-77Doerr, Gretchen ................................................ 1996-97-98Dougherty, Susan ........................................1987-88-89-90Dunagan (Carlson), Andrea ................................2004-05-06-07

EElgert, K.C. ......................................................... 1999-2000

fFlood, Stephanie ..........................................1991-92-93-94Fogelberg, Catha......................................1999-2000-01-02

GGehring, Chelsea .........................................2003-04-05-06Gilpin, Jean ..................................................1983-84-85-86Gleadall, Natalie ..........................................................2009Godeken, Shelly ...........................................1981-82-83-84Guiberson, Ann ............................................1988-89-90-92Gunia, Laura ................................................1984-85-86-87

HHallett, Molly ......................................................... 1995-96Hanigan, Rachel ..................................................... 2008-09Harder, Julie. ................................................................2003Hergert, Mary Sue ............................................ 1979-80-81Hornecker, Shirin ................................................... 1996-97Houston, Janet L. ................................................... 1983-84Hupp, Stephanie ..........................................1990-91-92-93Huston, Mimi C. ..................................................... 1977-78

IIto, Merynn ..................................................2002-03-04-05

KKeiser, Katie ........................................................... 2011-12Kemper, Kelly ......................................................... 1993-94Kiene, Susie .................................................................1997Kniffin, Carolyn ...................................................... 1986-87Knopik, Kayla ...............................................2009-10-11-12Kopecky, Frances .............................................. 1986-87-88Krane, Amanda ................................................. 2000-01-02

lLefler, Kim ....................................................1991-92-93-94 MMadsen, Alysen ...........................................1988-89-90-91Mangan, Kari A. ...........................................1983-84-85-86McArdle, Chrissie .........................................2004-05-06-07Merwald, Julie .............................................................1979Miller, Lori....................................................1980-81-82-83Molyneux, Remylee ............................................... 2011-12Morrissey, Catherine M. ..............................1977-78-79-80Mullin, Molly ...............................................1993-94-95-96

NNeisen, Steffi ......................................................2011-12Nelson, Catherine A. ....................................1981-82-83-84Noerrlinger, Dawn .......................................1987-88-89-90Nyquist, Hanne ...................................................... 1997-98

OO’Neill, Katie ..................................................... 1985-86-87Odell, Melissa ..............................................1991-93-94-95

PPapes, Lisa ...................................................................1984Patterson, Michelle L. ..................................1993-94-95-96Place, Megan ...............................................2006-07-08-09

RReed, Debbie ...............................................................1976Regan, Maureen ............................................... 1995-96-97Rist, Anne M. ...............................................................1991

A four-year letterwinner for Nebraska from 1988 to 1992, Ann Guiberson was the Huskers’ first NGCA Scholastic All-American.

Roberts, Carin L. ..........................................1980-81-82-83Roux, Amy................................................1998-99-2000-01Ruiz, Stephanie ............................................2002-03-04-06

SSackett, Sara ................................................2002-04-05-06Sasse, Sarah .............................................1999-2000-01-03Schaefer, Stephanie .....................................2001-02-03-04Scherer (Krapfl), Robin ...................................... 1980-81-82Schorgl, Carolyn ................................................ 2009-10-11Schuler, Sonia ........................................................ 1994-96Sharpee, Erin ...............................................................2010Sheils, Madeleine ........................................2009-10-11-12Slattery, Sharon ..................................................... 1976-77Smedberg, Laurel ............................................. 1976-77-78Stanard, Jan .................................................1980-81-82-83Steen, Nancy J. ............................................1983-84-85-86Stevenson, JC ...............................................2007-08-09-10Stewart, Allison ...........................................2005-06-07-08Sturdevant, Sydney ......................................................2008Sutcliffe, Amanda ....................................1999-2000-01-02

TTacha, Rachelle ............................................1995-96-97-98Tobin, Peggy ................................................1986-87-88-89

WWall, Heidi J. ..................................................... 1994-95-96Wall, Kathy ...................................................1985-86-87-88Weekes, Elizabeth W....................................................1979Wendner, Charlotte .....................................2007-08-09-10White, Kate ............................................................ 2007-08Woodard, Denise ........................................................1996Wright, Katelyn ..................................................2011-12

yYoung, Becky ...............................................................1991

A four-year letterwinner for the Huskers, Kari Mangan was a two-time All-Big Eight selection and the Nebraska Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 1986.

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INDIVIDUAl & TEAM RECORDSTEAM RECORDS18-HOlE SCORE .................................................................................................... 280Alamo Invitational (second round); (Madeleine Sheils, Kayla Knopik, Shelby Martinek, Katelyn Wright, Steffi Neisen), Oct. 31, 2011

36-HOlE SCORE .................................................................................................... 572Mountain View Collegiate (287-285); (Elli Brown, Kate White, Chrissie McArdle, Allison Stewart, JC Stevenson), March 24, 2007

54-HOlE SCORE .................................................................................................... 866Mountain View Collegiate (287-285-294); (Elli Brown, Kate White, Chrissie McArdle, Allison Stewart, JC Stevenson), March 24-25, 2007

NEBRASKA All-TIME TEAM VICTORIES1976 Big Eight Tournament ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6841978 Omaha Invitational ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3361979 Wichita State Invitational ................................................................................................................................................... 368-339=7071980 Iowa Invitational ................................................................................................................................................................. 318-328=6461980 Iowa State Invitational ........................................................................................................................................................ 315-312=6271980 Missouri Invitational ........................................................................................................................................................... 334-324=6581980 Iowa Invitational ................................................................................................................................................................. 311-318=6291980 AIAW Region 6 Championship ............................................................................................................................................ 314-308=6221982 Spring Break Tournament ............................................................................................................................................312-319-301=9321982 Missouri Invitational ....................................................................................................................................................323-324-301=9481983 Big Eight Tournament ..................................................................................................................................................322-317-319=9581983 Kansas Invitational .......................................................................................................................................................331-319-315=9651984 Wichita State Invitational ............................................................................................................................................326-345-327=9981986 Northern Iowa Invitational ..........................................................................................................................................328-331-312=9711988 Northern Illinois Invitational ............................................................................................................................................... 318-324=6421989 Husker Golf Invitational ...............................................................................................................................................309-304-305=9181989 Spartan Fall Invitational ...............................................................................................................................................317-307-309=9331990 Rio Rico-Hawkeye ........................................................................................................................................................311-308-306=9251990 Missouri Invitational ........................................................................................................................................................... 304-311=6151993 Husker Classic ..............................................................................................................................................................312-309-304=9251994 Midwest Golf Classic........................................................................................................................................................... 314-314=6281994 UNT/SMU Invitational ......................................................................................................................................................... 314-313=6271994 Husker Golf Classic ......................................................................................................................................................315-311-310=9361996 Lady Lion Invitational .......................................................................................................................................................... 304-301=6051996 Big 12 Fall Preview .......................................................................................................................................................300-296-313=9091997 Colorado Invitational ...................................................................................................................................................296-292-299=8871999 Big 12 Preview .............................................................................................................................................................298-303-305=9061999 Lady Razorback Invitational ................................................................................................................................................ 298-306=6042000 Oklahoma/Susie Maxwell Berning Classic ...................................................................................................................322-302-306=9982000 Alltel Husker Invitational .............................................................................................................................................298-303-300=9012001 Heather Farr/CU Invitational .............................................................................................................................................. 301-291=5922003 Chip-N Club Invitational ...............................................................................................................................................307-297-300=9042003 Highlands Ranch Intercollegiate ......................................................................................................................................... 311-302=6132004 Chip-N Club Invitational ...............................................................................................................................................306-306-325=9372005 Chip-N Club Invitational ...............................................................................................................................................295-300-307=9022006 Baja Invitational ...........................................................................................................................................................309-309-310=9282006 Chip-N Club Invitational ...............................................................................................................................................317-306-306=9292006 Bronco Invitational ......................................................................................................................................................296-292-296=8842007 Mountain View Collegiate ...........................................................................................................................................287-285-294=8662007 Bronco Invitational ......................................................................................................................................................318-300-328=9462008 Chip-N Club Invitational ...............................................................................................................................................298-295-291=8842008 Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational ............................................................................................................... (tie) 307-312-307=926

Nebraska won the 2005 Chip-N Club Invitational at the Wilderness Ridge Golf Course. The Huskers captured four consecutive Chip-N Club titles from 2003 to 2006

INDIVIDUAl SCHOOl RECORDS

18-HOlE SCORE ............................66

STEffI NEISENMountain View Collegiate (second round) Tucson, Ariz. March 23, 2012

SARAH SASSEPtarmigan Ram Fall Classic Fort Collins, Colo. Sept. 9, 2002

54-HOlE SCORE .......................... 209SARAH SASSEPtarmigan Ram Fall Classic Fort Collins, Colo.Sept. 9-10, 2002

72-Hole Score .............................. 301

ElIzABETH BAHENSKyNCAA Championships Sunriver, Ore.May 27, 2000

STEPHANIE RUIzNCAA Championships Columbus, OhioMay 26, 2006

36-HOlE SCORE .......................... 138



2012 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPSfrench lick, Ind., April 27-29 Rk. Team Total1. Michigan State .................. 298-292-295-885 (+21)2. Purdue .............................. 310-294-291-895 (+31)3. Ohio State ......................... 298-297-303-898 (+34)4. Michigan ........................... 305-294-301-900 (+36)5. Illinois ............................... 304-300-302-906 (+42)6. Nebraska ......................... 309-302-297-908 (+44)7. Northwestern ................... 307-304-306-917 (+53)8. Minnesota......................... 318-301-299-918 (+54)9. Wisconsin ......................... 318-303-307-928 (+64)10. Iowa .................................. 319-301-309-929 (+65)11. Penn State......................... 309-312-313-934 (+70)12. Indiana .............................. 334-311-299-944 (+80)

Rachelle Tacha won the Big Eight individual championship in 1996, the league’s final season. Tacha also qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1996.

NEBRASKA IN CONfERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

2012 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPSIndividual Results Rk. Golfer, Team Total1. Laura Gonzalez, Purdue .............. 78-69-69-216 (E)2. Yugene Lee, Michigan ............... 75-72-70-217 (+1)T3. Madeleine Sheils, Nebraska ....76-71-71-218 (+2)T3. Caroline Powers, Michigan St. .. 72-73-73-218 (+2)T3. Lindsey Solberg, Michigan St. ... 73-70-75-218 (+2)T3. Rachel Rohanna, Ohio State ..... 74-71-73-218 (+2)T7. Chelsea Harris, Iowa ................. 78-70-72-220 (+4)T7. Jackie Shepherd, Minnesota ..... 73-73-74-220 (+4)9. Nora Lucas, Illinois .................... 72-75-74-221 (+5)T10. Paula Reto, Purdue ................... 76-75-72-223 (+7)T10. Hailey Koschmann, Illinois ........ 78-70-75-223 (+7)T10. Meagan Bauer, Michigan .......... 74-72-77-223 (+7)13. Elyse Archambault, Penn St. ..... 74-76-74-224 (+8)T14. Victoria Scherer, Purdue ........... 76-73-76-225 (+9)T14. Alyssa Ferrell, Michigan St. ....... 79-73-73-225 (+9)T14. Lauren Grogan, Michigan.......... 78-73-74-225 (+9)17. Kayla Knopik, Nebraska .........75-75-77-227 (+11)T25. Steffi Neisen, Nebraska .........76-78-76-230 (+14)T48. Katelyn Wright, Nebraska ......84-80-73-237 (+21)T57. Katie Keiser, Nebraska ...........84-78-79-241 (+25)64. Remylee Molyneux, Nebraska ....82-81-83-246 (+30)

BIG EIGHT TEAM/INDIVIDUAl CHAMPIONSyear ........................Champion ............................................... NU finish ................................................................ Individual Champion1976.....................Nebraska (684) ...................................1st (684) ...................................... Lindsey Wetzel (Oklahoma, 164)1977.....................Oklahoma State (671).........................4th (705) ................................Patty Zimmer (Oklahoma State, 158)1978.....................Oklahoma (653) ..................................5th (675) ...................................Alicia Ogrin (Oklahoma State, 154)1979.....................Oklahoma State (949).........................4th (1,023) ................................Alicia Ogrin (Oklahoma State, 232)1980.....................Oklahoma State (930).........................5th (991) ................................... Val Skinner (Oklahoma State, 225)1981.....................Oklahoma (922) ..................................4th (972) ............................. Dorea Mitchell (Oklahoma State, 227)1982.....................Oklahoma State (917).........................4th (992) ................................... Val Skinner (Oklahoma State, 216)1983.....................Nebraska (953) ...................................1st (953) .................................Janice Burba (Oklahoma State, 233)1984.....................Oklahoma State (934).........................2nd (959) ................................. Robin Hood (Oklahoma State, 224)1985.....................Oklahoma State (934).........................6th (1,027) ..................................Lisa Stone (Oklahoma State, 231)1986.....................Oklahoma State (924).........................3rd (955) .................................. Robin Hood (Oklahoma State, 220)1987.....................Oklahoma State (912).........................6th (989) ...................................Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 228)1988.....................Oklahoma State (944).........................5th (1,011) ................................Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 234)1989.....................Oklahoma State (935).........................4th (964) ...................................Eva Dahloff (Oklahoma State, 229)1990.....................Kansas (936) .......................................5th (968) ...........................Marnie McGuire (Oklahoma State, 230)1991.....................Oklahoma (943) ..................................3rd (975) ........................................Cathy Stevens (Oklahoma, 232)1992.....................Oklahoma State (914).........................7th (977) ............................... Arantxa Sison (Oklahoma State, 220)1993.....................Iowa St. (945) .....................................4th (1,007) ...............................Shelley Finnestad (Iowa State, 232)1994.....................Oklahoma State (919).........................4th (939) ........................ Charlotta Eliasson (Oklahoma State, 221)1995.....................Oklahoma State (937).........................3rd (985) .................................. Amy Weeks (Oklahoma State, 226)1996.....................Oklahoma State (946).........................T-3rd (974) ..................................... Rachelle Tacha (Nebraska, 227)Team Titles by School: Oklahoma State, 14; Oklahoma, 3; Nebraska, 2; Kansas, 1; Iowa State, 1

BIG 12 TEAM/INDIVIDUAl CHAMPIONS1997.....................Texas (924) .........................................3rd (945) ..............................................Heather Bowie (Texas, 212)1998.....................Texas A&M (919) ................................6th (936) ......................................... Isabelle Ros (Texas A&M, 225)1999.....................Oklahoma State (906).........................8th (929) ................................Maria Boden (Oklahoma State, 219)2000.....................Oklahoma (916) ..................................3rd (920) ..........................................Amelia Moses (Missouri, 222)2001.....................Oklahoma State (925).........................5th (958) ................................Maria Boden (Oklahoma State, 227)2002.....................Oklahoma State (909).........................7th (952) .........................Emma Zackrisson (Oklahoma State, 223)2003.....................Oklahoma State (909).........................5th (926) ............................................ Sarah Sasse (Nebraska, 220)2004.....................Texas (592/36 Holes) ..........................10th (622) ..........................Annie Thurman (Oklahoma State, 137)2005.....................Oklahoma State (900).........................7th (942) .................Annie Thurman-Young (Oklahoma State, 212)2006.....................Texas A&M (899) ................................T-4th (927) ......................................Ashley Knoll (Texas A&M, 215)2007.....................Texas A&M (911) ................................4th (936) ........................................ Amanda Costner (Kansas, 221)2008.....................Oklahoma State (912).........................6th (968) ............................Jaclyn Sweeney (Oklahoma State, 225)2009.....................Oklahoma State (909).........................10th (953) ................................ Ashley Freeman (Texas A&M, 225)2010.....................Texas A&M (896) ................................8th (919) ......................... Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State, 210)2011.....................Texas (872) .........................................10th (909) ......................................... Madison Pressel (Texas, 208)

BIG TEN TEAM/INDIVIDUAl CHAMPIONS2012.....................Michigan State (885) ..........................6th (908) .......................................... Laura Gonzalez (Purdue, 216)Team Titles by School: Ohio State, 11; Indiana, 7; Purdue, 5; Michigan State, 5; Minnesota, 1; Iowa, 1; Wisconsin, 1

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDSTeamLowest Winning Score (54 Holes) ....................................885 ........................................Michigan State, 2012 (298-292-295)Lowest Winning Score (72 Holes) ....................................1,158 ..........................................Purdue, 2010 (289-292-294-294)Largest Margin of Victory (54 Holes) ...............................41 ........................................................................ Ohio State, 1983Largest Margin of Victory (72 Holes) ...............................58 ............................................................................. Indiana, 1986

INDIVIDUAlLowest Winning Score (54 Holes) ....................................214 ............................ Cathy Kratzert, Ohio State, 1983 (73-69-72)Lowest Winning Score (72 Holes) ....................................280 ...........................Laura Gonzalez, Purdue, 2010 (71-70-70-69)Lowest Score, One Round ................................................65 ...........................................Ashley Bauer, Michigan, 2010 (2nd)Lowest Score, After Two Rounds .....................................139 ......................................Ashley Bauer, Michigan, 2010 (74-65)Lowest First-Round Score ................................................67 ..................................................... Stacy Orschell, Purdue, 2000Lowest Second-Round Score ...........................................65 .................................................... Ashley Bauer, Michigan, 2010 Lowest Third-Round Score ...............................................66 ................................................ Maria Hernandez, Purdue, 2008Lowest Score, After Three Rounds...................................210 ................................ Ashley Bauer, Michigan, 2010 (74-65-71)Lowest Fourth-Round Score ............................................69 ................................................ Maria Hernandez, Purdue, 2008..................................................................................................................................................Laura Gonzalez, Purdue, 2010.........................................................................................................................................................Kris Yoo, Wisconsin, 2011Nebraska’s first season in the Big Ten Conference was 2012. The first Big Ten Team Championship was conducted in 1982. A 54-hole tournament was held in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1996 and 2012. A 72-hole tournament was held from 1985 through 1995 and from 1997 through 2011.

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1990 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSArthur Hills Golf CourseHilton Head, S.C., May 23-26Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 TotalJoanne Brooks 75 81 79 79 314

1996 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSLa Quinta Resort and Club, Dunes CourseLa Quinta, Calif., May 22-25Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 TotalHeidi Stark 78 86 84 78 326Rachelle Tacha 83 77 78 78 316

2000 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSCrosswater Golf ClubSunriver, Ore., May 24-27Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 TotalElizabeth Bahensky 79 78 68 76 301Catha Fogelberg 79 78 75 82 314Amy Roux 79 80 81 81 321Sarah Sasse 74 75 78 77 304Amanda Sutcliffe 78 85 85 84 332Team (Count Four) 310 311 302 316 1,239NU Finish: 19th/24

2001 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSMission Inn, El Campeon CourseHowey-In-The-Hills, Fla., May 22-25Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 TotalSarah Sasse 79 75 81 75 310

2003 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSBirck Boilermaker Golf CourseWest Lafayette, Ind., May 20-23Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 TotalSarah Sasse 75 79 75 78 307Stephanie Ruiz 82 85 77 77 321Stephanie Schaefer 78 84 81 81 324Merynn Ito 85 85 81 78 329Beth Anne Cherry 92 89 90 91 362Team (Count Four) 320 333 314 314 1,281NU Finish: 22nd/24

2006 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSThe Scarlet CourseColumbus, Ohio, May 23-26Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd. 4 TotalStephanie Ruiz 72 76 78 75 301Chrissie McArdle 82 78 75 76 311Elli Brown 76 74 77 82 309Sara Sackett 81 77 76 75 309Allison Stewart 87 88 78 73 326Team (Count Four) 311 305 306 299 1,221NU Finish: 20th/24

1994 NCAA WEST REGIONAlChampionship Golf Course of New MexicoAlbuquerque, N.M., May 12-14Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalStephanie Flood 77 82 78 237Kim Lefler 80 76 77 233Melissa Odell 77 82 77 231Michelle Patterson 80 85 78 243Heidi Wall 79 77 76 232Team (Count Four) 313 312 308 933NU Finish: 16th/19

1995 NCAA WEST REGIONAlRandolph North Park Golf CourseTucson, Ariz., May 11-13Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalMolly Mullin 76 81 75 232Michelle Patterson 76 80 76 232Maureen Regan 82 80 83 245Rachelle Tacha 75 74 78 227Heidi Wall 70 77 79 226Team (Count Four) 297 311 308 916NU Finish:12th/20

1996 NCAA WEST REGIONAlThe Champions Club Golf CourseOmaha, Neb., May 9-11Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalMolly Mullin 81 81 80 242Michelle Patterson 83 87 85 255Maureen Regan 81 91 89 261Heidi Stark 73 79 81 233Rachelle Tacha 71 77 85 233Team (Count Four) 306 324 331 961NU Finish: 11th/20

1997 NCAA WEST REGIONAlRandolph North Park Golf CourseTucson, Ariz., May 8-10Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalHanne Nyquist 74 76 76 226Elizabeth Bahensky 75 76 76 227Shirin Hornecker 73 79 78 230Rachelle Tacha 79 76 76 231Maureen Regan 79 74 79 232Team (Count Four) 301 302 306 909NU Finish: 14th/20

2000 NCAA WEST REGIONAlKarsten Golf CourseTempe, Ariz., May 8-10Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalElizabeth Bahensky 76 76 77 229Catha Fogelberg 77 76 73 226Amy Roux 73 76 75 224Sarah Sasse 72 74 74 220Amanda Sutcliffe 84 81 85 250Team (Count Four) 298 302 299 899NU Finish: 9th/24

2001 NCAA CENTRAl REGIONAlBirck Boilermaker Golf CourseWest Lafayette, Ind., May 10-12Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalSarah Sasse 76 72 78 226Amy Roux 80 76 79 235Catha Fogelberg 82 76 83 241Amanda Sutcliffe 81 82 81 244Amanda Krane 89 85 86 260Team (Count Four) 319 306 321 946NU Finish: 10th/21

2002 NCAA CENTRAl REGIONAlForest Akers West Golf CourseEast Lansing, Mich., May 9-11Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalCatha Fogelberg 85 81 78 244Merynn Ito 85 79 84 248Beth Anne Cherry 84 89 80 253Stephanie Ruiz 85 84 84 253Amanda Sutcliffe 85 92 87 264Team (Count Four) 339 333 326 998NU Finish: 19th/21

2003 NCAA CENTRAl REGIONAlFirethorn Golf CourseLincoln, Neb., May 8-10Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalSarah Sasse 73 75 74 222Merynn Ito 77 71 80 228Stephanie Schaefer 81 75 80 236Stephanie Ruiz 82 77 84 243Beth Anne Cherry 81 78 87 246Team (Count Four) 312 298 318 928NU Finish: 5th/21

2006 NCAA CENTRAl REGIONAlThe Traditions ClubBryan, Texas, May 11-13Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalStephanie Ruiz 78 76 74 228Allison Stewart 79 70 81 230Chrissie McArdle 77 75 79 231Elli Brown 79 77 77 233Sara Sackett 80 77 83 240Team (Count Four) 313 298 311 922NU Finish: 8th/21

2007 NCAA WEST REGIONAlThe Entrada at Snow Canyon Golf ClubSt. George, Utah, May 10-12Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalElli Brown 81 77 75 233Chrissie McArdle 79 82 80 241Kate White 83 77 81 241JC Stevenson 85 79 78 242Allison Stewart 88 76 83 247Team (Count Four) 328 309 314 951NU Finish: 15th/21

2008 NCAA CENTRAl REGIONAlThe University of Texas Golf CourseAustin, Texas, May 8-10Golfer Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 TotalJC Stevenson 73 72 75 220Elli Brown 72 79 72 223Kate White 73 86 74 233Charlotte Wendner 76 80 82 238Allison Stewart 82 75 88 245Team (Count Four) 294 306 303 903NU Finish: T10th/21

NEBRASKA NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAl RECORDS (72 HOlES)

Elizabeth Bahensky owns six NU NCAA Tournament records, including best single-round (68) and final score (301).

NEBRASKA IN NCAA COMPETITIONLowest Final Score: .......................................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)/Stephanie Ruiz (2006) ............................................301Lowest Score After One Round: ....................................... Stephanie Ruiz (2006) ..........................................................................................72Lowest Score After Two Rounds: ..................................... Stephanie Ruiz (2006) ........................................................................................148Lowest Score After Three Rounds:..................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000) .................................................................................225Lowest Single-Round Score: ............................................ Elizabeth Bahensky (2000, Third Round) .............................................................68Lowest Second-Round Score: .......................................... Elli Brown (2006) .................................................................................................74Lowest Third-Round Score: .............................................. Elizabeth Bahensky (2000) ...................................................................................68Lowest Fourth-Round Score: ........................................... Allison Stewart (2006) .........................................................................................73Best Finish: ...................................................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000) ............................................................................. T25thLowest Stroke Average: ................................................... Elizabeth Bahensky (2000)/Stephanie Ruiz (2006) .........................................75.25

TEAM NCAA REGIONAl SCORES

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES

*Scores from Jan Stanard’s individual NCAA appearance in 1982 are unavailable.

This is Nebraska


The 2006 Nebraska women’s golf team (main photo) enjoyed one of the best seasons in school history by

finishing 20th at the NCAA Championships. Steph Ruiz (bottom left) matched the best four-round NCAA

Tournament score in school history with a 301.

Sarah Sasse (bottom middle) made history in 2003 when she earned first-team All-America honors for the Huskers. Sasse was also named the Big 12 Conference Golfer of the Year and led the 2003 Huskers (top right) to a 22nd-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Sasse went on to be a competitor on the Golf Channel’s “Big Break III” in 2005.

The 2000 Huskers (middle right) posted the best NCAA Championship finish in school history by taking 19th.

Heidi Wall (bottom right) captured CoSIDA Academic All-America honors for the Huskers in 1996. The Lincoln native

helped NU to three straight NCAA Regional appearances from 1994 to 1996.

This is Nebraska

ebraska continues to add to its impressive tradition of success in women’s golf. In 2012,

Madeleine Sheils became the first golfer in Husker history to earn All-Big Ten honors by taking third in Nebraska’s first-ever Big Ten Tournament. Sheils, who went on to compete at the NCAA Central Regional in Columbus, Ohio, capped one of the top careers in school history as a four-time NGCA Scholastic All-American.

In 2008, the Huskers earned their 11th trip to the NCAA Regional Championships, just missing a bid to the 24-team NCAA Championships. The Huskers have finished among the top 24 teams in the nation three times in the past 13 seasons. In 2006, the Huskers posted the best NCAA Championship score in school history, while finishing 20th at the event.

Entering her 26th season at the helm of the Nebraska women’s golf program, Coach Robin Krapfl has guided the Huskers to 28 tournament titles, 11 NCAA Regional appearances and all three of the school’s NCAA Tournament bids.

Husker women’s golfers epitomize Nebraska’s commitment to success in athletics, academics and life. Husker golfers have captured a nation-leading 61 NGCA Scholastic All-America honors. The Husker women’s golf team is also one of NU’s most active teams in the community.

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Top: Nebraska Student-Athletes of the Year Ashley Miller (left) and Tyler Hitchler (right) earned multiple All-America awards for the Husker track and

field program.

Bottom: An All-Big 12 selection on the course and in the classroom, Elli Brown earned her bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in December of 2008.

aCaDeMiC sUCCessThe success of Nebraska student-athletes reaches far beyond athletic competition. More Husker student-athletes have been selected to CoSIDA Academic All-America teams (299) than any other school in the nation, and Nebraska has produced more NCAA Top Eight Award winners (16) than any other school. As it enters its second season of Big Ten Conference competition in 2012-13, Nebraska continues to set the standard for the approximately 1,400 NCAA member institutions.

The Husker football team leads all individual sport programs in the nation with 102 all-time CoSIDA Academic All-America awards. The Penn State football program ranks second among all sports nationally with 60 all-time academic All-Americans. In fact, Nebraska's 102 football academic All-Americans would rank among the top 25 schools (all sports, all divisions) in the nation in the number of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans.The NU volleyball program has captured more academic All-America awards (36) than any other women’s team in the nation, while the Husker softball program ranks second on that list with 29 selections. Nebraska also ranks among the top 10 schools in the nation in CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in baseball, women's basketball and men’s and women’s track and field/cross country. Over the past two years, the men's and women's track and field programs have produced 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans - the most in the nation during that span.

huskers build on academic Tradition in 2011-12Husker student-athletes produced another stellar year at the University of Nebraska, continuing NU’s tradition of academic success. Nebraska increased its nation-leading total of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all sports to 299 with a Big Ten Conference-leading eight honorees in 2011-12. A total of 190 Husker student-athletes

captured academic All-Big Ten honors, while Huskers earned 667 spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll during the fall and spring semesters.

The Nebraska football team led an impressive showing in the classroom for the Huskers, as Austin Cassidy, Rex Burkhead and Sean Fisher all claimed CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Cassidy, who became the 24th Husker football player in history to be a two-time academic All-American, earned first-team honors as a senior safety. Cassidy was joined on the first team by Burkhead, who rolled to 1,357 rushing yards as a junior I-back in 2011. Fisher, a junior linebacker, added second-team

CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades. A total of 47 Husker football players earned bachelor's degrees in 2011-12, while 27 Huskers earned academic All-Big Ten awards.

Track and field All-Americans Tyler Hitchler and Ashley Miller led an impressive season for Coach Gary Pepin’s program. Hitchler, an All-American on and off the track during his career, claimed Nebraska’s Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Year award. A first-team All-American in the discus in 2012, Hitchler was also NU's male recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor. A two-time Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award winner and a four-time member of the Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Hitchler was accepted into medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Miller, a three-time All-American on the track, was a co-captain of both the NU women's cross country and track and field teams in 2011-12. The 2011 CoSIDA Academic All-American was NU's female recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor and the women's track and field team's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner. The track and field program added a trio of 2012 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, led by senior Bjorn Barrefors who became just the 13th Husker in history across all sports to be a three-time academic All-American. The multi-eventer from Stockholm, Sweden, was joined on the 2012 first team by senior Nate Polacek, who earned a spot on the academic All-America team for the second straight season. Junior distance runner Brett Grieb added a third-team CoSIDA Academic All-America award.

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Top: Two-time academic All-Big 12 selection Megan Place earned her degree from Nebraska in 2009. Since 1988, Nebraska has averaged more than four academic all-conference selections per year.

Bottom: Kayla Knopik earned her bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in May of 2012. The Papillion, Neb., native was a finance major at Nebraska and claimed first-team academic All-Big 12 honors in 2011. She was also a member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring of 2012 after finishing 17th at the Big Ten Championships.

The Nebraska wrestling team also produced a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans for the first time in program history. Heavyweight Tucker Lane claimed first-team honors to close his career as a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American. Lane, who also earned a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship worth $7,500, was joined by second-team academic All-American Josh Ihnen. The junior added All-America honors on the mat as well for the Huskers in 2012.

Lane was joined by softball’s Nikki Haget, Hitchler and Miller in earning NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships for the Huskers in 2011-12.

Across all sports, Nebraska student-athletes claimed 190 academic All-Big Ten selections, just two shy of its Big 12-record-setting total of 192 in 2010-11. The Husker baseball (17), women's tennis (7), bowling (4) and women's rifle (4) teams all led the Big Ten in academic All-Big Ten selections, while the NU football (27), softball (10) and men's golf teams (6) all ranked second among conference schools.

Over the past four years, Nebraska has claimed nearly 740 academic all-conference certificates across all sports. Huskers also earned 667 spots on the first Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, which recognizes student-athletes who produce 3.0 or better grade-point averages in the fall or spring semesters. Husker student-athletes also produced 92 perfect 4.0 GPA semesters during the 2011-12 academic year.

The hard work, dedication and commitment of Nebraska’s student-athletes in the classroom resulted in a record-setting 155 current or former student-athletes earning degrees from August of 2011 through May of 2012.

Each spring Nebraska hosts its annual Student-Athlete Recognition Banquet to honor Huskers who have earned either a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA or have earned a 3.0 or higher GPA in the previous calendar year. In the spring of 2012, Husker student-athletes earned 321 academic honors medallions.

Nebraska’s 2011-12 academic highlights• 299 All-Time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all sports (leads nation)

102 Football Academic All-Americans (leads all sports, all time)36 Volleyball Academic All-Americans (leads all women’s sports, all time)29 Softball Academic All-Americans (No. 2 among all women’s sports, all time)

• Eight CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (5 first-team, 2 second-team, 1 third-team)First-Team: Rex Burkhead (Football), Austin Cassidy (Football), Tucker Lane (Wrestling), Bjorn Barrefors (Men’s Track & Field), Nate Polacek (Men’s Track & Field) Second-Team: Sean Fisher (Football), Josh Ihnen (Wrestling)Third-Team: Brett Grieb (Men’s Track & Field)

• Four NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Winners ($7,500) Tucker Lane (Wrestling); Nikki Haget (Softball); Tyler Hitchler (Track & Field); Ashley Miller (Track & Field/Cross Country)

• 190 Academic All-Big Ten Selections Across All Sports (3.0 GPA)

• 667 Student-Athletes Honored on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Fall and Spring Honor Rolls (3.0 GPA or above)

• 92 Student-Athletes Earned Perfect 4.0 GPAs in either the Fall or Spring Semester

• School-Record 155 Student-Athletes Earned Degrees from August 2011 through May 2012 (August 2011--16; December 2011--57; May 2012--82)

• Male Student-Athlete of the Year - Tyler Hitchler, Men’s Track & Field (Nutrition Science)

• Female Student-Athlete of the Year - Ashley Miller, Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country (Dietetics)

• Men’s Herman Award Winner - Men’s Golf (3.509 GPA in 2011)

• Women’s Herman Award Winner - Women’s Tennis (3.644 GPA in 2011)

• Life Skills Team Award Winners - Football, Women's Swimming & Diving

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The Nebraska aCaDeMiC eXPerieNCeFrom the day student-athletes decide the University of Nebraska is the right place to be, the athletic academic counseling unit provides personal and academic support to ensure that student-athletes will get the most out of their years as Huskers. Featuring one of the most innovative and comprehensive academic support systems in the country, Nebraska is dedicated to helping its student-athletes become outstanding leaders in their chosen fields. The academic support team is comprised of 13 full-time staff members and a tutorial staff of approximately 75 tutors addressing all subject areas.

academic Counseling Eight academic counselors and three assistant academic counselors are in place to monitor daily academic progress, receive consistent course feedback, assist with the advising/registration process and monitor continuing eligibility and progress toward graduation. Essentially, academic counselors assist student-athletes in navigating the University of Nebraska system.

Tutorial supportA tremendous resource for all academic abilities, unlimited tutorial support is available from day one up to college graduation. Subject and mentor tutors help provide academic support and study strategies to be successful. Supplemental Instruction, a sub-component of the tutorial program, provides targeted group review sessions to help ease the transition to college academics while improving study strategies and building academic self-esteem.

study hallNebraska’s study hall program is housed in the D.J. Sokol Enrichment Center within the Student Life Complex. Student-athletes attend a supervised, flex-time study hall that features day, evening and weekend hours. Each student-athlete is required to complete a specific number of study hours each week as determined by their academic counselor and/or coach. In addition, weekly study hall reports are provided to the coaching staff. Additional performance-based or tutor-based study hall may also be determined by the academic counselor.

MentoringMany student-athletes meet with a mentor on a weekly basis to assist in making a smooth transition from high school to college. Mentors collect syllabi, gather and report academic progress information and teach academic success strategies.

educational assessmentsAssessments are administered upon the request of the student-athlete, academic counselor, or coach to determine student strengths and areas for improvement. Results allow academic counselors to develop a personalized academic support program and to determine if more in-depth testing is warranted. When additional assessments are necessary, referrals are made to a consulting psychologist who conducts the assessments. If it is determined that a student-athlete has a learning disability, appropriate accommodations are made through the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.

student-athlete Orientation The academic staff coordinates New Student-Athlete Orientation to help newcomers adjust to the multiple demands of being a college student-athlete. Presentations are made by academic counselors, compliance officials, NU faculty and administrators, business/community professionals and student-athletes.

Personal CounselingStudent-athletes will find a supportive and caring environment at Nebraska. Transitional issues, stress management, time management, academic focus and problem resolution are all addressed in a proactive manner throughout the year. If necessary, counseling referrals are also made to designated practitioners.

Computer resourcesStudent-athletes enjoy a new state-of-the art computer lab and technology center with 58 computers and professional supervision. Laptops are also available during team travel. Student-athletes have the benefit of ongoing education and assistance from a full-time computer technician.

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Nebraska LiFe skiLLs - serViNG LeaDersThe Nebraska Life Skills program is committed to providing proactive education, resources and support throughout college and beyond, best preparing Husker student-athletes for life after sports. Services foster transition, retention, responsible decision-making, leadership, volunteerism and career development.

Nebraska has long been considered a pioneer in life skills support and programming. In 1998, Nebraska was one of five Division I schools nationally to win the prestigious Program of Excellence Award recognizing a strong commitment to total person development. In 2005, Keith Zimmer, Associate A.D. for Life Skills, was the recipient of the Dr. Gene Hooks Award recognizing him as the top life skills administrator in the country.

Life skills ComponentsProactive educationhusker Life seminar – All incoming student-athletes complete a 13-week fall semester seminar addressing a variety of life skills topics ranging from leadership to money to relationships and study skills. Team Workshops – Campus and community experts facilitate team-specific life skills education workshops. student-athlete assemblies – Meetings featuring remarks from Athletic Director Tom Osborne and nationally recognized life skills trainers.

Personalized support/individual sessionsresume Development – Each student-athlete is assigned a Life Skills counselor who assists in the creation of a personalized resume for the student-athlete. Periodic follow-up meetings will take place through graduation to ensure a well-rounded college experience and marketability to realize career goals.

Community OutreachNebraska student-athletes combine to impact over 100,000 people statewide on an annual basis. Team service requirement – Each team participates in a minimum of two service projects per year. school Outreach – Individuals participate in numerous school outreach campaigns in both classroom and assembly settings. hospital Visits – Huskers are frequent hospital visitors providing cheer and encouragement to a variety of patients. Miscellaneous Outreach – Outreach requests are received daily from the entire state requesting involvement from Husker student-athletes. Mentoring Programs – Typically requires one hour of service per week serving as a youth mentor.

Leadership/CitizenshipLife Skills promotes leadership development and provides recognition opportunities for extraordinary citizenship. student-athlete advisory Committee – Elected team representatives from each of the 23 sports serve as the “voice” of the entire student-athlete population discussing student-athlete welfare, legislation and service events. herO Leadership award – Individual recognition to Huskers who have consistently went above and beyond serving as an exemplary role-model. heart and soul award – Presented annually to the top senior student-athlete leaders for extraordinary service throughout their college careers. brook berringer Citizenship Team – Annual “Good Works” team honoring football players for dedicated service in memory of late Husker Brook Berringer. Nebraska Football Uplifting athletes - A newly recognized UNL student organization initiated in 2012, Nebraska football players and UNL student leaders work collaboratively to raise funds and awareness for those with rare diseases. Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead was named the 2012 recipient of the National Rare Disease Champion Award for his mentoring of Jack Hoffman. Life skills award of excellence – Presented to the single men’s and women’s team with the highest point total in the life skills team competition.

Career Commitment In addition to the creation of a personalized resume and game plan, the following career resources are available to every Husker. student-athlete Career Fair – Attended by approximately 25 companies. Networking Night – Former Husker student-athletes and other professionals thriving in their chosen career fields share valuable insights with sophomore student-athletes. assessments – On-line assessments to help individuals discover talents and match with a major and career. Practical experience – Programs in place to facilitate shadowing and internship placements. Job Preparation – Expert advice on cover letter writing, interviewing skills and evaluating the job offer.

Postgraduate assistanceCommitment to helping student-athletes pursue postgraduate plans and scholarships. Career Nights – Learn from the experts to gain valuable insight on timelines, application procedures, entrance requirements, personal essays and more. scholarships – Seniors in their final season of athletic eligibility can apply for numerous postgraduate awards.

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aThLeTiC MeDiCiNeProviding expert care to more than 600 Husker student-athletes, Nebraska features one of the most well-trained and highly skilled athletic medicine staffs in the country.

Under the guidance of Director of Athletic Medicine Dr. Lonnie Albers and Head Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist Jerry Weber, the 2012-13 Nebraska athletic medicine staff consists of five doctors, two therapist/athletic trainers, eight athletic trainers and six graduate assistant athletic trainers.

Nebraska’s team of orthopaedists is led by Chief of Staff Dr. Pat Clare, a nationally respected orthopaedic surgeon with more than 30 years of service to Husker athletics.

Above: Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Athletic Medicine Dr. Lonnie Albers coordinates the care of Husker student-athletes by using some of the best on-site technology in collegiate athletics.

The Athletic Medicine Center features a hydrotherapy area that includes a three-level laned pool, which allows student-athletes across all of Nebraska’s sports to work out simultaneously. The Hydroworx 1000 Treadmill Pool is equipped with two cameras underwater for evaluation and assessment, while hot and cold plunge tanks are also available to the Huskers.

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The medical facilities at Nebraska have long been among the nation’s best, and NU’s athletic medicine center within the Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex will keep the Huskers on the front line of technology for decades to come. In addition to Nebraska’s North Stadium facility, the NU Coliseum, the Bob Devaney Sports Center and Haymarket Park all feature athletic medicine areas. The Devaney Center’s Athletic Medicine facility underwent an extensive expansion as part of the Hendricks Training Complex addition in 2011.

Using the best on-site medical equipment and resources in college athletics, the Nebraska athletic medicine staff provides Husker student-athletes with highly skilled medical care throughout the year.

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Nebraska’s Sports Nutritionists Lindsey Remmers and Scott Trausch work with all 23 of Nebraska’s sports by educating athletes on topics such as increasing lean body mass, losing body fat, staying hydrated, nutritional strategies for competition, maximizing recovery following workouts and supplement use. Athletes are given individualized nutrition plans that can be applied in Nebraska’s Performance Buffet at the Lewis Training Table, which was remodeled and expanded in the 2010 season. In addition to utilizing the Lewis Training Table each day for lunch and dinner, student-athletes also have access to fueling stations near strength and conditioning areas to provide fluids and nutritional foods before and after workouts to maximize performance and recovery.

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Nebraska's top facilities are not limited to the women’s golf program. Nearly every Husker sport enjoys a venue that ranks among the nation's best.

Nebraska provides its student-athletes top-notch game-day and practice atmospheres in every sport. In 2012-13, the Nebraska men’s and women's basketball and wrestling programs benefitted from the addition of the Hendricks Training Complex at the Devaney Center. The new facility includes new practice courts and a wrestling room along with expanded strength and conditioning and athletic medicine areas.

The baseball and softball teams began working out in the Haymarket Park Indoor Practice Facility in the fall of 2011.

Top left: Memorial Stadium is packed for every home game and features a giant HuskerVision replay board.

Middle: Nebraska’s teams compete in some of the nation’s finest facilities in front of large crowds. The Huskers are also committed to improving their facilities on an annual basis, including the new Hendricks Training Complex, which opened in the fall of 2011, and Pinnacle Bank Arena (top right) is set to open in 2013-14 for Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball. The Devaney Center is also being renovated to become the new home of Nebraska volleyball in 2013.

Bottom left: Hawks Field at Haymarket Park provides the Huskers with the finest baseball stadium in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska shares its home ballpark with the Lincoln Saltdogs, an independent minor league team.

Bottom left and right: The Osborne Athletic Complex provides Nebraska student-athletes with top-notch training facilities. The main entrance to the Osborne Athletic Complex and Traditions Lobby features an impressive waterfall and a wall that honors those who contributed to the massive project, as well as memorabilia and trophies from all of Nebraska’s bowl games.

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Nebraska’s NaTiONaL POWer

Outside hitter Gina Mancuso captured first-team AVCA All-America honors while helping the Nebraska volleyball team to the school's first-ever Big Ten Conference championship in 2011. The tradition-rich Nebraska volleyball team has won three NCAA titles in its history, while capturing four conference titles in the past five seasons.

One of the nation’s premier athletic programs, Nebraska is dedicated to and successful in all 23 of its varsity sports. Nebraska has won a total of 24 team national championships since 1970, including five football titles, eight men’s gymnastics championships, five bowling crowns, three volleyball titles and three women’s track and field championships. In 2011-12, 10 Husker teams finished among the top 25 in their respective sports, including the Nebraska football team which posted its fourth straight nine-win season.

The Husker football team also led a list of 14 Husker squads that advanced to NCAA postseason competition in 2011-12, as Bo Pelini's team made a New Year's Day appearance in the 2012 Capital One Bowl. The national power Husker bowling team took third at the 2012 NCAA Championships. The NU women's gymnastics team finished eighth nationally for its third straight top-10 NCAA finish after claiming its first Big Ten title. The NU wrestling team notched its fifth straight top-16 NCAA finish by tying for ninth at nationals, while the men's gymnasts added a No. 10 NCAA finish. The NU men's track and field team contributed a tie for 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships - the team's best finish since 2003. The Husker men also tied for 23rd at the NCAA Indoor Championships, while the Husker women won the program's first Big Ten crown. The tradition-rich volleyball program won the school's first-ever Big Ten title in any sport while finishing 12th nationally and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The NU women’s tennis team produced the best season in school history in 2012, posting a school-record 24 wins and No. 16 final ITA ranking. The Huskers produced their third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, where they came up just short of their first NCAA Sweet 16 trip. The Husker women's basketball team ran to the second-highest win total in school history with 24 victories, while adding a runner-up finish in their first Big Ten Tournament. NU posted their second-highest final Associated Press national ranking by finishing the year at No. 17.

While Nebraska’s teams performed at the high levels, individual Husker athletes also earned national honors. On the gridiron, linebacker Lavonte David claimed All-America honors while being named the Big Ten's Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year. Alfonzo Dennard was named the Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year, while Brett Maher became the first player to win the conference's punter and place-kicker of the year awards in the same season since 2001. Chad Wright claimed a national championship in the men's discus. Overall in 2011-12, 30 Husker student-athletes combined to capture 39 All-America awards across all sports. As a testament to Nebraska’s national recruiting prowess, the All-Americans came to NU from 12 states and five foreign countries. The Cornhusker state showed its success in keeping the best and brightest of its future leaders at home, as nine All-Americans came from the state of Nebraska.

Top: Chad Wright claimed the national title in the men's discus at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The sophomore from Kingston, Jamaica earned his second All-America award while becoming the 77th NCAA individual champion in the history of the Husker track and field program.

Bottom: The Nebraska women’s track and field team captured the 2012 Big Ten Indoor title. It was NU’s 104th track and field conference crown in history. The Husker men added a pair of top-25 NCAA team finishes in 2012, including a tie for 11th at the NCAA outdoor meet.

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Middle left: Mary Weatherholt powered Nebraska to the best women's tennis season in school history in 2012. The All-Big Ten pick from Prairie Village, Kan., earned a trip to the NCAA Singles Championship, after leading NU to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and a final No. 16 national ranking.

Bottom left: James Green captured All-America honors for the Nebraska wrestling team in 2012. The 157-pound freshman from New Jersey helped the Huskers to a tie for ninth at the NCAA Championships for their fifth consecutive top-16 finish at nationals.

Top right: Jordan Hooper became the first sophomore in Nebraska women's basketball history to earn AP All-America honors after claiming a first-team All-Big Ten award for the Huskers in 2012. Hooper, an Alliance, Neb., native became the first sophomore in Husker history to reach 1,000 career points.

Bottom right: Lavonte David captured first-team All-America honors after claiming the Big Ten's Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker-of-the-Year award in 2011. The native of Miami, Fla., was chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.

Top left: The Nebraska women’s gymnastics team captured its first Big Ten title while finishing eighth at the 2012 NCAA Championships. Sophomore Emily Wong was the Big Ten all-around champion, while Jessie DeZiel was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Dan Kendig added Big Ten Coach-of-the-Year honors to the Husker hardware haul, which included eight NCAA All-America awards in 2012.

Nebraska’s Top 25 National Finishes in 2011-12Bowling 3rdWomen’s Gymnastics 8thWrestling 9th (Tie)Men’s Gymnastics 10thMen’s Outdoor Track & Field 11th (Tie)Volleyball 12thWomen's Tennis 16thWomen's Basketball 17thMen’s Indoor Track & Field 23rd (Tie)Football 24th

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On July 1, 2011, the University of Nebraska became an official member of the Big Ten Conference, increasing the Big Ten’s membership to 12 institutions for the first time in conference history. The addition of Nebraska marked the Big Ten’s first expansion since Penn State University joined the conference in June of 1990. The Big Ten Conference is a union of 12 world-class academic institutions – who share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. The conference’s 100-plus years of history, strong tradition of competitive intercollegiate athletic programs, vast and passionate alumni base, and consistent leadership in innovations position the Big Ten and its entire community firmly on the Big Stage.

The Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness in all aspects of its student-athletes’ lives, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that each individual has the opportunity to live a Big Life.

big Ten Conference highlights• Big Ten universities provide approximately $136 million in direct financial

aid to nearly 10,000 men and women student-athletes who compete for 25 championships.

• Conference institutions sponsor broad-based athletic programs with 298 teams. Other than the Ivy League, the Big Ten has the most broad-based athletic programs in the United States.

• Big Ten fans are some of the nation’s most supportive, with nearly 10 million patrons attending conference home contests for football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball during 2011-12. In 2011, the Big Ten set new records for overall football attendance and surpassed the six-million mark for all games for the first time. During the 2011 volleyball campaign, the Big Ten led the nation with a total attendance of nearly 420,000. The Big Ten led the country in average attendance for the 36th straight season.

• Over the last 33 seasons, the conference has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 nationally in football, men’s basketball and wrestling attendance.

• The Big Ten leads all conferences with more than 4.5 million living alumni and 320,000 undergraduate students.

• Based on the U.S. Census projected population for 2010, the nine-state Big Ten region accounts for approximately 70 million people, which ranks second only to the Big East and well ahead of the ACC, SEC, Pac-10 and Big 12.

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big Ten Women’s Golf Facts• Every school in the Big Ten Conference fields a women’s golf team. Big Ten Championships

in women’s golf are held at designated home courses on a rotating basis. The Ross Course in French Lick, Ind., played host to the 2012 Big Ten Championships, and French Lick is set to host the tournament again in 2013.

• Nebraska finished sixth in its first-ever Big Ten Tournament appearance in 2012. Madeleine Sheils became the first Husker to earn All-Big Ten honors after finishing third at the conference championship. She also earned a spot as an individual in the NCAA Central Regional at the Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.

• Purdue captured the 2010 NCAA women’s golf championship and added an NCAA runner-up finish in 2011. The Boilermakers have finished in the top 10 at seven consecutive NCAA Championships, but finished second at the Big Ten Tournament to Michigan State in both 2011 and 2012.

• Ohio State leads the Big Ten with 11 conference women’s golf titles, while Indiana has claimed seven. Michigan State has captured five crowns, including the 2011 and 2012 titles, while Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa have each earned one championship.

• The Big Ten played host to two of the three NCAA Regionals in 2012, as both Ohio State (Central) and Penn State (East) served as host schools. In 2011, eight Big Ten Conference schools advanced to the NCAA Tournament field. Last season, Purdue, Michigan State and Ohio State all earned trips to the NCAA Tournament.

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Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne (left) joined Big Ten Commissioner James Delany (middle) and UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman (right) as the Huskers were announced as the newest member of the league starting in 2011-12.

big Ten NetworkHeadquartered in Chicago, the Big Ten Network is the first internationally

distributed television network dedicated to covering one of America’s premier collegiate conferences.

With more than 350 live sports events, and virtually all of them in high definition, the Big Ten Network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country. The network is on the air 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The network is available to an estimated 80 million households, through agreements with more than 300 cable/satellite affiliates. In 2011, every Big Ten home football game was nationally televised. Including road and neutral games, 98 percent (94 of 96) of Big Ten games were televised nationally and the other two road games appeared on ESPN3.com.

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• The Big Ten’s media agreements with CBS, ABC/ESPN, Fox and BTN provide the conference with its greatest television exposure ever.

• In 2006, the Big Ten created the first national conference-owned television network devoted to the athletic and academic programs of a single conference. The Big Ten Network launched on Aug. 30, 2007, and became the first new network in cable or satellite television history to reach 30 million homes in its first 30 days.

• Since the current media agreements began in 2007-08, every home football and men’s basketball game has been produced while women’s basketball has received more coverage than any other conference.

• The Big Ten’s new media agreements have resulted in the broadcast of nearly 1,000 events nationally and regionally on an annual basis, compared to 300 events in the final year of the previous agreements.

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offers collegiate golf competition at the

highest level, with impressive support

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As one of the nation’s premier public institutions, the University of Nebraska is committed to undergraduate learning and world-class research. Quality instruction is emphasized in Nebraska’s 157 undergraduate majors, which are spread through nine undergraduate colleges.

Nebraska, which officially joined the Big Ten Conference on July 1, 2011, is a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a consortium of Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago, which has generated unique opportunities for students and faculty by sharing expertise, leveraging resources and collaborating on programs.

The University of Nebraska was chartered by the Nebraska Legislature in 1869 as the state’s public university and land-grant institution. Founded in Lincoln, the University of Nebraska was expanded in 1968 into a state educational system now comprising four campuses under the guidance of a Board of Regents and a central administration.

To discover more about the University of Nebraska visit unl.edu. To learn more about Nebraska athletics, visit Huskers.com and ThisIsNebraska.com.

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“The Big Ten is a historically prestigious and stable academic community of scholars and

students. The Big Ten, known for its athletic prowess, is highly regarded for its academic

and research enterprises. There is nothing but upside for UNL to join the Big Ten.”

Harvey PerlmanUniversity of Nebraska Chancellor

at the June 11, 2010 press conference announcing UNL’s move to the Big Ten Conference

Large photo: The Torn Notebook sculpture is a focal point for students and alumni.

Bottom left: The Nebraska Student Union is the meeting place on campus where students can spend a little down time between classes. It has study areas and a food court.

Bottom middle: The Esther L. Kaufmann Center houses the Jeffery S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management.

Bottom right: The new, 30,000-square foot Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center is the nation’s largest multicultural center attached to a student union.

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Featuring the advantages of an urban setting, the city of Lincoln is home to the University of Nebraska campus, and is only minutes away from the scenic beauty and wide open spaces of America’s Heartland. Living in Lincoln enables Nebraska student-athletes to enjoy the benefits of city life, while residing in a community that consistently ranks among the nation’s best in overall quality of life.• Also known as the Star City, Lincoln sports a population of nearly 260,000, making it the

third largest city in the Big Ten.• Lincoln was voted the No. 2 U.S. City in Quality of Life in the Gallup-Healthways Well-

Being Index in 2011.• Forbes.com ranked Lincoln as one of the nation’s “Most Livable Cities” while ranking it

fifth-best for business and careers in 2010. Forbes also ranked Lincoln as the fifth safest city in the United States.

• Lincoln was listed as a “Best Sport City” by the Sporting News in 2009.• RelocateAmerica.com ranked Lincoln as one of its Top 10 College Towns in 2010.• The city of Lincoln consistently lists one of the lowest crime rates in the nation.• Lincoln’s Public School system was recently ranked as one of the top five in the nation by

Expansion Management magazine.• With more than 6,000 acres of parks, including 10 lakes, 11 municipal swimming pools,

more than 80 miles of biking and hiking trails and 12 public golf courses, Lincoln offers more park land per capita than any other city in the United States.

• Lincoln is a three-hour drive away from Kansas City, as well as a day trip to Chicago, Minneapolis and Denver.

Canopy Street is an eight block expansion of Lincoln’s popular Historic Haymarket District, which will include over $498 million dollars of private and public investment, including the new 15,300-seat Pinnacle Arena, over 6,000 new parking stalls, a new hotel, retail, office, and several different housing options.

The state capital of Nebraska, Lincoln is a growing city that features activities for citizens of all ages and interests. Lincoln is a scenic city including the Sunken Gardens in the middle of town. The Sunken Gardens features an annual floral display of more than 30,000 plants. The Haymarket District is full of entertainment and dining options and is just blocks from the UNL Campus. The historic state capitol building provides the centerpiece of the downtown area, and famed “O” Street provides numerous options for nightlife and entertainment for UNL students.

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Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha, is less than an hour’s drive from Lincoln and has a population of nearly 800,000. Omaha is home to CenturyLink Center (top), TD Ameritrade Park (above), the NCAA College World Series, the world-renowned Henry Doorly Zoo (bottom) and the Joslyn Art Museum (bottom)

Prominent People with Nebraska TiesGrover Cleveland Alexander, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher • Fred astaire, dancer and actor • Max Baer, boxer • Marlon Brando, Academy Award-winning actor • William Jennings Bryan, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Representative, Democratic Party nominee for president 1896, 1900, and 1908 • Warren buffett, investor; Forbes Magazine’s 2008 richest Man in the World • Richard N. Cabela, entrepreneur, founder of Cabela’s sporting store • Johnny Carson, comedian • Joba Chamberlain, Professional baseball player for the New York Yankees • Dick Cheney, 46th U.S. Vice-president • Brian Duensing, Professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins • Henry Fonda, Academy Award-winning actor • Bob Gibson, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals • Alex Gordon, Professional baseball player for the Kansas City Royals • amy heidemann, karmin lead singer • Marg helgenberger, actress • Peter Kiewit, contractor, investor and philanthropist • Jaime King, actress • Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner • Larry the Cable Guy, comedian • Malcolm X, civil rights leader • Nick Nolte, actor, producer • Edwin Perkins, inventor of Kool-Aid, philanthropist • andy roddick, tennis star, 2003 U.s. Open Champion • Gale Sayers, Football Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears • Elliott Smith, singer-songwriter • Hilary Swank, 2-time Academy Award-winning actress • Gabrielle Union, actress • James Valentine, Maroon 5 guitarist • Paula Zahn, Former News anchor for CNN

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The Nebraska women’s golf team practices at two of the finest facilities in the Midwest. Wilderness ridge (top) is a public course that opened in 2001, and ranks among the top courses in the area. in addition to a demanding championship layout, Wilderness ridge features one of the top practice facilities in Nebraska. The most frequent home of Nebraska’s annual Chip-N Club invitational has been Wilderness ridge.

For the second straight year, the Country Club of Lincoln (middle right) will play host to the 2012 Chip-N Club invitational, sept. 10-11. The Country Club was also the site of the 2006 big 12 Championships.

in recent years, Woodland hills and Yankee hill Golf Club (bottom left) have also served as the home of the Chip-N Club invite. Firethorn Golf Club (bottom right) is a Pete Dye design and is regularly ranked among the top 100 courses in the United states.

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FRESHMENAbbie Hunke, Yoorim Kang, Hannah Luebke, Cassie Deeg

Date Meet Location TimeSept.10-11 Chip-NClubInvitational CountryClubofLincoln 9/8:30a.m.Sept.24-26 TheGolfweekChallenge Vail,Colo. 9:30a.m.Oct.8-10 PricesNewMexicoStateInvitational LasCruces,N.M. 9:30a.m.Oct.15-16 MissouriState/PayneStewartMemorial Springfield,Mo. 8:30a.m.Oct.28-30 AlamoInvitational SanAntonio,Texas 8:30a.m.Feb.10-12 LadyPuertoRicoInvitational RioMar,PuertoRico 7:30a.m.Feb.24-25 WestbrookInvitational Peoria,Ariz. 9:30a.m.March8-10 CloverCup Mesa,Ariz. 9:30a.m.April5-7 SMU/DallasAthleticClubInvitational Dallas,Texas 8:30a.m.April26-28 BigTenChampionships FrenchLick,Ind. 8a.m.May9-11 NCAARegionals Auburn,Ala.;Norman,Okla.;Stanford,Calif. TBAMay21-24 NCAAChampionships Athens,Ga. TBA

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All times central and subject to change. For updated schedule information, please visit Huskers.com.

RedshirtFreshmenJackieO’Doherty,CassidyStelzmiller,MorganSmejkal

Documents

2012-13 Nebraska Women's Golf Guide