Women's Golf
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- lharling@indiana.edu
- Phone:
- (812) 855-8024
Lauren Harling completed her eighth season as an assistant coach for her alma mater in 2018-19 before being named as the women's golf head coach at Yale University starting with the 2019-20 season.
Harling’s efforts helped guide the Hoosiers to three NCAA Regional appearances (2013, 2016, 2019). The postseason success was highlighted by a trip to the NCAA Championship at The Blessings Golf Club in Arkansas in 2019, where the Hoosiers finished 21st as a team. It marked the Hoosiers first appearance in the championship since Harling helped IU get there as a player in 2007. IU advanced to the national championship after a sixth place finish at the NCAA East Lansing Regional.
In 2017-18, Indiana posted all top ten finishes in nearly every tournament played highlighted by a second-place finish at the Fresno State Classic. Junior Erin Harper took home medalist honors while IU had seven top 10 finishes. Freshman Mary Parsons (73.31) finished with the best single season stroke average in program history. Parsons also set a new 18-hole score of 66 at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational on Oct. 7, 2018.
In 2015-16, senior Camille Chevalier was named Second Team All-Big Ten and earned WGCA All-American Scholar accolades. In addition, Chevalier's scoring average of 73.61 set a new IU record for best single-season scoring average in program history and her career scoring average (75.65) ranks fifth all-time in IU history. The Hoosiers also set the program record for best team score at a 54-hole tournament with a score of 847 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. At that tournament, Chevalier and Ana Sanjuan matched the IU record for best 18-hole score, as both came in with 67 to become the fourth and fifth players in team history to shoot 67.
Harling helped mentor Elizabeth Tong to her second NCAA appearance in 2015, as the senior qualified as an individual, where she would finish T31st. That season, she posted six Top 25 finishes and matched her career best single-round score of 68 on four different occasions. She would receive First Team All-Big Ten honors following the season, becoming the first IU golfer on the first team since 2006.
The 2013-14 season saw the Hoosiers post four top 10 team finishes during the year, led by a second place showing at the IU Fall Kickoff. Individually, the top performer was Ana Sanjuan, who registered a scoring average of 76.20 for the year and carded five Top 25 finishes.
In 2012-13 Harling helped direct the program back to the NCAA postseason for the first time since 2010, as they qualified for the NCAA Central Regional in Norman, Okla. The Hoosiers climbed seven spots from their previous Big Ten Championship finish and posted their best showing since 2010, placing fifth in 2013. Overall Indiana recorded nine top-five finishes as a team, including team titles at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, IU Fall Kickoff and Indiana Invitational.
She is a member of Women Leaders in College Sports, Alliance of Women Coaches, and the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and graduated from the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy in 2016. In addition, Harling completed her Master’s in Public Affairs from IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs in May 2018.
Harling returned to IU in 2011 after spending one year as Director of College Placement for Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy on Hilton Head Island, S.C. Harling's duties included advising the academy's students, who represent 28 countries and 30 states, as they prepare to play golf at the collegiate level. She also helped facilitate communication and planning between the Academy's students and college coaches. Part of her position was to heighten awareness of college golf recruiting through online webinars, newsletters and social media.
Prior to that she served as an instructor at Hank Haney IJGA from June 2009 through July 2010.
In 2008-09, Harling served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Hoosiers while completing her degree. She graduated from IU in 2008 with a bachelor of science in business.
Harling joined the Hoosier golf family in the spring of 2007 as a transfer from North Carolina State, where she spent her freshman and sophomore years. She had an immediate impact with Indiana, helping the Hoosiers make the 24-team NCAA Championship field in 2007, IU's first NCAA Championship appearance since 1998. In 2008, Harling and the Hoosiers advanced to the postseason for the second-straight year, appearing in the NCAA East Regional in Athens, Georgia.
Individually, Harling tied for 21st at the 2007 Big Ten Championships and tied for 21st at the 2007 NCAA Central Regional with a three-round score of 225.
As a senior, Harling competed in all 12 events, with the highlight coming at the 2008 Mountain View Invitational as she won her first-ever collegiate individual title with a three-round score of 215 (-1). Indiana also took home the team title at that event. She also tied for 23rd at the Big Ten Championships that season, one of five top-25 finishes, and earned a pair of Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors.
In her two seasons at N.C. State, Harling played in eight tournaments, highlighted by a tie for 35th at the NCAA East Regional in 2005. She was named the team's Most Improved Player for 2004-05 and was an ACC Scholar Athlete.
