Indiana University Athletics
Lady Buckeye Notes (4/13/05)
4/13/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Coming off one of its best performances this season, the Indiana women's golf team will return to action when it travels to Columbus, Ohio, to compete at the Lady Buckeye Invitational on April 16-17.
This appearance will mark the fifth time the Hoosiers have appeared at the Lady Buckeye Invite, and the first since 2003. Indiana had its best finish ever in the event that year, placing third overall with a three-round score of 924.
The Field
The event consists of three rounds, 36 holes played on Saturday and the final 18 holes taking place on Sunday. In addition to the Hoosiers, 13 other teams will participate in the tournament. Joining IU will be Eastern Michigan, Iowa, Kent State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Toledo and Western Michigan.
The Hoosiers will enter one team of six golfers, with the top four individual scores counting toward the total score. Making up the Indiana squad is senior Bethany Brunner, juniors Molly Redfearn and Katie Carlson and freshmen Elaine Harris, Stephanie Mayotte and Gennifer Marrs.
Harris Setting The Tone
True freshman Elaine Harris continued her excellent spring season, carding a 158 (81-77) at the Indiana Invitational (April 2-3) to close play in a tie for 16th overall. It marked the best finish in her career, topping her previous best, which was a 40th-place result in IU's last tournament, the UNLV Invitational. The effort was also the third time in four spring events the San Francisco, Calif., native has led her team.
Harris also had an outstanding performance of her young career at the Central District Classic on Feb. 21-22, and was the highlight of the tournament for the Hoosiers. Competing in just her fourth tournament as a collegiate golfer, Harris finished the two-day event with career bests in 18 holes (73), 36 holes (154) and 54 holes (234), smashing her old 54-hole mark by 14 strokes.
Good Golly Miss Molly
Junior Molly Redfearn continues to lead the IU women's golf team on the season. Redfearn has led the Hoosiers in three of the seven tournaments played during the 2004-05 campaign. Most recently, the Racine, Wis., native led IU in the Verizon "Mo"Morial, with a 245 to place in a tie for 38th overall on the challenging 6,255-yard Traditions Golf Course in Houston, Texas. Redfearn also led Indiana in the Kent Youel Invitational (Oct. 26-27) and the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 18-19).
At the UNLV Spring Invitational on March 14-16, Redfearn carded a season-low round of 74 during the final 18 holes of the tournament.
Marrs/Mayotte Make Hoosier Debuts
True freshman Stephanie Mayotte, earned a right to compete in her first collegiate golf tournament, the Central District Classic. Mayotte, a native of Champaign, Ill, finished tournament play with a 262 (83-88-91) to place in 75th. She has competed in each of the three spring tournaments, and averages an 88.18 per 18 holes.
Additionally, redshirt freshman Gennifer Marrs also saw the first action of her collegiate career when she competed at the UNLV Spring Invitational. Competing as an individual, Marrs played five rounds and averaged a 92.80 per round.
Last Time Out
The Indiana women's golf team finished in a tie for 10th overall at the 22nd annual Indiana Invitational. The Hoosiers played impressively, closing with a 318 during Sunday's final round, to finish in a tie for 10th overall with a 645 (327-318). The event was reduced to only two rounds due to heavy rains on Saturday.
"I think there can be a lot of positives taken from this tournament," head coach Clint Wallman said. "We were near the top of the leaderboard for the majority of the Invitational. We also were able to compete with most of the Big Ten teams and showed our ability to play with those high-level teams."
True freshman Elaine Harris continued her excellent spring, carding a 158 (81-77) to close play in a tie for 16th. It marked the best finish in her career, topping her previous best, which was a 40th-place result in IU's last tournament, the UNLV Invitational. It is also the third time in four spring events the San Francisco, Calif., native has led her team.
Senior Bethany Brunner also shot a 158 to finish even with Harris in 16th overall. It was the best result of the 2004-05 campaign for Brunner, topping her previous season best of 24th at the Shootout at the Legends (Oct. 4-5). The Martinsville, Ind., native shot a pair of 79s on the par 72, 6,142-yard Indiana University Golf Course.
Junior Katie Carlson also competed well, closing play with a 163 (82-81), which resulted in a tie for 38th overall. Freshmen Stephanie Mayotte (88-87/175) and Gennifer Marrs (98-91/189) closed out the Hoosiers, finishing in a tie for 94th and 107th, respectively.
Coach Clint Wallman's Thoughts
On the team's state of mind after the good play at the Indiana Invitational:
"I think the girls are optimistic. It was obviously out best tournament of the year in terms of our team in terms of individual scoring. It also gave us the confidence to compete in our conference. We need to be patient, make every stroke count and playing within ourselves."
On the chance to compete against seven Big Ten teams:
"It is a very good way for us to have a barometer of where we are as a golf team. Going into this year, I am not sure we had a lot of optimism to compete with the Big Ten teams, and we have shown recently that we can do that."
On the five-day break in between the Lady Buckeye Invite and the Big Ten Championship:
"I don't think it will affect us negatively at all. In fact, I think it is going to be a good thing. We will be fresh off of a competition and take a look at what adjustments we need to make. Then, we will have to go for it at the conference championship."
Next Up
The Cream and Crimson will compete at the 2005 Big Ten Championship in Ann Arbor, Mich. on April 22-24.
Hoosiers Having Career Years
Last fall, several IU golfers came on strong and accomplished new career bests.
In the Shootout at the Legends on Oct. 4-5, junior Katie Carlson shot a career-best round of 78 in the final 18 holes. The Livonia, Mich., native also recorded her career-best 54-hole performance with a 239 (81-80-78), shattering her old mark of 266 set at the Indiana Invitational last spring. Senior Bethany Brunner also carded a career-low 73 on the final 18 holes in the Shootout's second round as well.
Junior Molly Redfearn blazed the course at the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 18-19) to a career-best tournament performance with a 226 (75-75-76) en route to a second-place tie with Illinois State's Katie Laehn. The effort shattered each of her personal-best marks, eclipsing her previous career-low of 77 set at the 2002 Wolverine Invitational and the 2002 Legends Shootout. Her 36-hole tally of 150 also bettered her previous standard of 157 set at the 2002 Lady Northern Invitational and the 2002 Legends Shootout. Additionally, her total of 226 demolished her former best tournament outing at the 2002 Legends when she fired a 234. Last, her second-place tie crushed her highest placement of a 23rd-place tie at the 2002 Wolverine Invitational.
Three Signed To NLI
Indiana women's golf head coach Clint Wallman announced the signing of three future prospects for the women's golf team. Tara Boone (Huntington, Ind./Huntington North HS), Tiffany Hockensmith (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South HS) and Amber Lindgren (Kokomo, Ind./Western HS) have all signed a National Letter of Intent to play golf at Indiana beginning in the 2005-06 campaign.
"I am extremely excited about the signing of this year's class," women's golf head coach Clint Wallman said. "The state of Indiana has a tremendous amount of golf talent and one of the key ingredients to our future success is to tap that talent. Being able to sign Indiana State Junior Champions Tiffany Hockensmith and Amber Lindgren as well as Tara Boone, who is a two-time All State player is a big plus for our program."
Boone will come to Indiana from Huntington North High School where she earned all-state honors in 2003 and 2004, as well as all-conference honors in each of her four seasons. During her senior season, Boone won three tournaments for the Vikings, including the Indiana Sectionals, marking the third consecutive year she claimed sectional medalist honors. Boone was named team MVP and played at the No. 1 spot all four years. Throughout high school, Boone claimed 13 event titles.
Hockensmith is a product of Bloomington South High School, where she was tabbed the 2003 Mountain Dew Player of the Year and was one of eight females selected to the Tri-State Challenge team in 2003 and 2004. The talented performer from Bloomington, Ind., competed well in many tournaments during her high school career, highlighted by capturing the 2003 Indiana Girls State Juniors championship, as well as winning the Plantations Junior Golf Tournament in 2004. Additionally, Hockensmith was a sectional medalist in 2003 and was named 2003 team MVP.
Lindgren will also remain in the state of Indiana, where she was a four-time letterwinner at Western High School. In 2004, Lindgren played her way to the individual championship of the Indiana Girls State Tournament, where she also finished runner-up in 2003, on her way to receiving the Indiana Golf Tour Player of the Year honors. In addition, the Huntington, Ind., product was named as a Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) second team All-American. She averaged a 73.9 as a junior and 74.4 as a senior, including a career-low round of 67 in the final qualifying round of the Girls State Juniors at the Players Club in Muncie, Ind. She was also a four-year All-Conference, All-Sectional, All-Regional and All-State performer, as well as a member of the National Honor Society.
IU Inks New Mexico Standout Shannon Johnson
Shannon Johnson, an experienced and decorated golfer who played for three seasons at the University of New Mexico, will transfer to play golf at Indiana. Johnson, who will play her senior season for the Hoosiers, is eligible to compete in the fall of 2005.
Johnson started in all 11 tournaments last season, receiving Mountain West All-Conference honors for a second consecutive year. She finished the campaign ranked No. 85 in the nation by Golf Week and No. 90 by Golfstat.
The Sioux Falls, S.D., native had a career-best finish at the 2004 Mountain West Championship, placing second overall with a personal-best three-under par 213. She also made her debut at the NCAA Championship, carding a 20-over par 308 to tie for 93rd. She finished the year with an average of 75.38 per round and five top-20 finishes.
In 2003, Johnson earned her first MWC All-Conference honors. She averaged 77.9 per 18 holes, which ranked ninth in the MWC. Johnson opened the season by tying for eighth overall with a 223 at the Dick McGuire Invite. She also shot a season-low 71 in the second round of the UNLV Collegiate Showdown.
In addition to the all-conference accolades she received while at UNM, Johnson was also a member of the MWC All-Academic Team and named as a National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Academic All-American in 2003. She has six top-10 finishes in her career, and has finished in the top 20 on 11 different occasions.
Prior to coming to New Mexico, Johnson earned all-state honors in each of her four years at O'Gorman High School. Additionally, she was tabbed the 2000 and 2001 South Dakota Junior Golfer of the Year.
This appearance will mark the fifth time the Hoosiers have appeared at the Lady Buckeye Invite, and the first since 2003. Indiana had its best finish ever in the event that year, placing third overall with a three-round score of 924.
The Field
The event consists of three rounds, 36 holes played on Saturday and the final 18 holes taking place on Sunday. In addition to the Hoosiers, 13 other teams will participate in the tournament. Joining IU will be Eastern Michigan, Iowa, Kent State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Toledo and Western Michigan.
The Hoosiers will enter one team of six golfers, with the top four individual scores counting toward the total score. Making up the Indiana squad is senior Bethany Brunner, juniors Molly Redfearn and Katie Carlson and freshmen Elaine Harris, Stephanie Mayotte and Gennifer Marrs.
Harris Setting The Tone
True freshman Elaine Harris continued her excellent spring season, carding a 158 (81-77) at the Indiana Invitational (April 2-3) to close play in a tie for 16th overall. It marked the best finish in her career, topping her previous best, which was a 40th-place result in IU's last tournament, the UNLV Invitational. The effort was also the third time in four spring events the San Francisco, Calif., native has led her team.
Harris also had an outstanding performance of her young career at the Central District Classic on Feb. 21-22, and was the highlight of the tournament for the Hoosiers. Competing in just her fourth tournament as a collegiate golfer, Harris finished the two-day event with career bests in 18 holes (73), 36 holes (154) and 54 holes (234), smashing her old 54-hole mark by 14 strokes.
Good Golly Miss Molly
Junior Molly Redfearn continues to lead the IU women's golf team on the season. Redfearn has led the Hoosiers in three of the seven tournaments played during the 2004-05 campaign. Most recently, the Racine, Wis., native led IU in the Verizon "Mo"Morial, with a 245 to place in a tie for 38th overall on the challenging 6,255-yard Traditions Golf Course in Houston, Texas. Redfearn also led Indiana in the Kent Youel Invitational (Oct. 26-27) and the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 18-19).
At the UNLV Spring Invitational on March 14-16, Redfearn carded a season-low round of 74 during the final 18 holes of the tournament.
Marrs/Mayotte Make Hoosier Debuts
True freshman Stephanie Mayotte, earned a right to compete in her first collegiate golf tournament, the Central District Classic. Mayotte, a native of Champaign, Ill, finished tournament play with a 262 (83-88-91) to place in 75th. She has competed in each of the three spring tournaments, and averages an 88.18 per 18 holes.
Additionally, redshirt freshman Gennifer Marrs also saw the first action of her collegiate career when she competed at the UNLV Spring Invitational. Competing as an individual, Marrs played five rounds and averaged a 92.80 per round.
Last Time Out
The Indiana women's golf team finished in a tie for 10th overall at the 22nd annual Indiana Invitational. The Hoosiers played impressively, closing with a 318 during Sunday's final round, to finish in a tie for 10th overall with a 645 (327-318). The event was reduced to only two rounds due to heavy rains on Saturday.
"I think there can be a lot of positives taken from this tournament," head coach Clint Wallman said. "We were near the top of the leaderboard for the majority of the Invitational. We also were able to compete with most of the Big Ten teams and showed our ability to play with those high-level teams."
True freshman Elaine Harris continued her excellent spring, carding a 158 (81-77) to close play in a tie for 16th. It marked the best finish in her career, topping her previous best, which was a 40th-place result in IU's last tournament, the UNLV Invitational. It is also the third time in four spring events the San Francisco, Calif., native has led her team.
Senior Bethany Brunner also shot a 158 to finish even with Harris in 16th overall. It was the best result of the 2004-05 campaign for Brunner, topping her previous season best of 24th at the Shootout at the Legends (Oct. 4-5). The Martinsville, Ind., native shot a pair of 79s on the par 72, 6,142-yard Indiana University Golf Course.
Junior Katie Carlson also competed well, closing play with a 163 (82-81), which resulted in a tie for 38th overall. Freshmen Stephanie Mayotte (88-87/175) and Gennifer Marrs (98-91/189) closed out the Hoosiers, finishing in a tie for 94th and 107th, respectively.
Coach Clint Wallman's Thoughts
On the team's state of mind after the good play at the Indiana Invitational:
"I think the girls are optimistic. It was obviously out best tournament of the year in terms of our team in terms of individual scoring. It also gave us the confidence to compete in our conference. We need to be patient, make every stroke count and playing within ourselves."
On the chance to compete against seven Big Ten teams:
"It is a very good way for us to have a barometer of where we are as a golf team. Going into this year, I am not sure we had a lot of optimism to compete with the Big Ten teams, and we have shown recently that we can do that."
On the five-day break in between the Lady Buckeye Invite and the Big Ten Championship:
"I don't think it will affect us negatively at all. In fact, I think it is going to be a good thing. We will be fresh off of a competition and take a look at what adjustments we need to make. Then, we will have to go for it at the conference championship."
Next Up
The Cream and Crimson will compete at the 2005 Big Ten Championship in Ann Arbor, Mich. on April 22-24.
Hoosiers Having Career Years
Last fall, several IU golfers came on strong and accomplished new career bests.
In the Shootout at the Legends on Oct. 4-5, junior Katie Carlson shot a career-best round of 78 in the final 18 holes. The Livonia, Mich., native also recorded her career-best 54-hole performance with a 239 (81-80-78), shattering her old mark of 266 set at the Indiana Invitational last spring. Senior Bethany Brunner also carded a career-low 73 on the final 18 holes in the Shootout's second round as well.
Junior Molly Redfearn blazed the course at the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 18-19) to a career-best tournament performance with a 226 (75-75-76) en route to a second-place tie with Illinois State's Katie Laehn. The effort shattered each of her personal-best marks, eclipsing her previous career-low of 77 set at the 2002 Wolverine Invitational and the 2002 Legends Shootout. Her 36-hole tally of 150 also bettered her previous standard of 157 set at the 2002 Lady Northern Invitational and the 2002 Legends Shootout. Additionally, her total of 226 demolished her former best tournament outing at the 2002 Legends when she fired a 234. Last, her second-place tie crushed her highest placement of a 23rd-place tie at the 2002 Wolverine Invitational.
Three Signed To NLI
Indiana women's golf head coach Clint Wallman announced the signing of three future prospects for the women's golf team. Tara Boone (Huntington, Ind./Huntington North HS), Tiffany Hockensmith (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South HS) and Amber Lindgren (Kokomo, Ind./Western HS) have all signed a National Letter of Intent to play golf at Indiana beginning in the 2005-06 campaign.
"I am extremely excited about the signing of this year's class," women's golf head coach Clint Wallman said. "The state of Indiana has a tremendous amount of golf talent and one of the key ingredients to our future success is to tap that talent. Being able to sign Indiana State Junior Champions Tiffany Hockensmith and Amber Lindgren as well as Tara Boone, who is a two-time All State player is a big plus for our program."
Boone will come to Indiana from Huntington North High School where she earned all-state honors in 2003 and 2004, as well as all-conference honors in each of her four seasons. During her senior season, Boone won three tournaments for the Vikings, including the Indiana Sectionals, marking the third consecutive year she claimed sectional medalist honors. Boone was named team MVP and played at the No. 1 spot all four years. Throughout high school, Boone claimed 13 event titles.
Hockensmith is a product of Bloomington South High School, where she was tabbed the 2003 Mountain Dew Player of the Year and was one of eight females selected to the Tri-State Challenge team in 2003 and 2004. The talented performer from Bloomington, Ind., competed well in many tournaments during her high school career, highlighted by capturing the 2003 Indiana Girls State Juniors championship, as well as winning the Plantations Junior Golf Tournament in 2004. Additionally, Hockensmith was a sectional medalist in 2003 and was named 2003 team MVP.
Lindgren will also remain in the state of Indiana, where she was a four-time letterwinner at Western High School. In 2004, Lindgren played her way to the individual championship of the Indiana Girls State Tournament, where she also finished runner-up in 2003, on her way to receiving the Indiana Golf Tour Player of the Year honors. In addition, the Huntington, Ind., product was named as a Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) second team All-American. She averaged a 73.9 as a junior and 74.4 as a senior, including a career-low round of 67 in the final qualifying round of the Girls State Juniors at the Players Club in Muncie, Ind. She was also a four-year All-Conference, All-Sectional, All-Regional and All-State performer, as well as a member of the National Honor Society.
IU Inks New Mexico Standout Shannon Johnson
Shannon Johnson, an experienced and decorated golfer who played for three seasons at the University of New Mexico, will transfer to play golf at Indiana. Johnson, who will play her senior season for the Hoosiers, is eligible to compete in the fall of 2005.
Johnson started in all 11 tournaments last season, receiving Mountain West All-Conference honors for a second consecutive year. She finished the campaign ranked No. 85 in the nation by Golf Week and No. 90 by Golfstat.
The Sioux Falls, S.D., native had a career-best finish at the 2004 Mountain West Championship, placing second overall with a personal-best three-under par 213. She also made her debut at the NCAA Championship, carding a 20-over par 308 to tie for 93rd. She finished the year with an average of 75.38 per round and five top-20 finishes.
In 2003, Johnson earned her first MWC All-Conference honors. She averaged 77.9 per 18 holes, which ranked ninth in the MWC. Johnson opened the season by tying for eighth overall with a 223 at the Dick McGuire Invite. She also shot a season-low 71 in the second round of the UNLV Collegiate Showdown.
In addition to the all-conference accolades she received while at UNM, Johnson was also a member of the MWC All-Academic Team and named as a National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Academic All-American in 2003. She has six top-10 finishes in her career, and has finished in the top 20 on 11 different occasions.
Prior to coming to New Mexico, Johnson earned all-state honors in each of her four years at O'Gorman High School. Additionally, she was tabbed the 2000 and 2001 South Dakota Junior Golfer of the Year.
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