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5/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.-- Less than two hours after the Duke women's golf team registered their third straight and fifth overall NCAA Championship on Friday, the Blue Devils attended the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) banquet at the Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach, Fla., where sophomore Amanda Blumenherst brought home four awards and Head Coach Dan Brooks earned NGCA National Coach of the Year.
At the banquet, Blumenherst was crowned the Ping NGCA Player of the Year, , received the Golfstat Cup, was selected first team All-America and NGCA All-East Region. Among other awards given out, senior Anna Grzebien and sophomore Jennie Lee were selected NGCA Second Team All-America, Grzebien received All-East Region honors and Brooks was crowned East Region Coach of the Year.
Blumenherst, a native of Scottsdale, Ariz., collected a school-record 71.00 stroke average to go along with four victories, seven top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments. She was ranked atop the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index all season and now owns 21 top-10 finishes in only two years with the Blue Devils, which ranks tied for eighth on Duke's career charts. Blumenherst joined current LPGA money leader Lorena Ochoa as the only Division I golfer to win the Golfstat Cup on two different occasions.
Earning her second straight PING NGCA College Player of the Year award, Blumenherst became the first Blue Devil to earn two National Player of the Year honors and only the fourth golfer in history to win-- Ochoa (2001, 2002), Marisa Baena (1996, 1997) and Wendy Ward (1994, 1995). Blumenherst fired an NCAA record-tying nine-under-par, 63, during the final round of the NCAA East Regional. She joined Liz Janangelo, a four-time All-America at Duke, and Katherine Hull of Pepperdine as the only three golfers to shoot a nine-under-par ledger in college. On the season, Blumenherst posted 20 rounds of even or under par and counted 29.5 of 31 rounds played for the Blue Devils.
Blumenherst was also recognized as a student-athlete with a 3.50 grade point average or higher in Division I women's golf.
Earning her third straight All-America honor on the evening was Grzebien, which finished tied for sixth in the NCAA Championship. Grzebien, who is from Narragansett, R.I., completed her season with a 73.77 stroke average, five top-10 and seven top-20 finishes in 11 tournaments. She also totaled a career-best 15 rounds of even or under par and played her best at the end with four consecutive top 10 finishes to close out her career. Grzebien was a two-time first team All-America as a sophomore and junior.
After posting her second straight top 10 finish in the NCAA Championship on Friday, Lee earned second team All-America accolades. For the season, she notched a 73.26 stroke average to go along with four top-five, five top-10 and seven top-20 finishes. She counted 84 percent of her rounds during the season and posted a career-best 13 rounds of even or under par. As a freshman, Lee earned honorable mention All-America accolades.
Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks was awarded the NGCA East Region Coach of the Year for the eighth time and National Coach of the Year for the fifth time after leading the Blue Devils to seven victories this season, his 12th straight ACC Championship and his fifth NCAA title on Friday. Brooks is the Division I women's golf all-time wins leader and now owns 101 career victories. He has previously won National Coach of the Year honors in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005.
With his five NCAA titles, Brooks owns more championships at Duke than any coach and the Blue Devils became the first golf team to win three straight titles since Arizona State captured championships from 1992-95.
Duke will return Blumenherst, Lee, Jennifer Pandolfi and Alison Whitaker for 2007-08 campaign and will welcome in one stellar recruit ? Kim Donovan. The Blue Devils will once again be expected to be in the mix take home another National Championship.
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PING NGCA Division I Player of the Year
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke University
Division I Freshman of the Year
Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State University
Golfstat Cup
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke University
Division I Kim Moore Spirit Award
Jennifer Shipley, Fresno State University
Dinah Shore Trophy Award
Stacy Lewis, University of Arkansas
Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award
Marci Turner, University of Tennessee
Division I National Coach of the Year
Dan Brooks, Duke University
Division I Regional Coaches of the Year
East Region: Dan Brooks, Duke University
Central Region: Jeanne Sutherland, Texas A&M University
West Region: Melissa Luellen, Arizona State University
Duramed FUTURES Tour NGCA Division I All-American Teams
1st Team
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke University
Jacqui Concolino, Vanderbilt University
Sandra Gal, University of Florida
Maria Hernandez, Purdue University
Taylor Leon, University of Georgia
Stacy Lewis, University of Arkansas
Pernilla Lindberg, Oklahoma State University
Paola Moreno, USC
Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State University
Jennifer Osborn, Arizona State University
Alison Walshe, University of Arizona
Caroline Westrup, Florida State University
2nd Team
Christel Boeljon, Purdue University
Misun Cho, Pepperdine University
Mari Chun, Stanford University
Jodi Ewart, University of New Mexico
Anna Grzebien, Duke University
Kay Hoey, Long Beach State University
Tiffany Joh, UCLA
Ashley Knoll, Texas A&M University
Jennie Lee, Duke University
Azahara Munoz, Arizona State University
Rachel Newren, Brigham Young University
Stephanie Sherlock, University of Denver
Leah Wigger, University of Virginia
Honorable Mention
Amanda Goins, Wake Forest University
Nicole Hage, Auburn University
Hannah Jun, UCLA
Catherine Matranga, Texas Christian University
Belen Mozo, USC
Nicole Smith, University of Tennessee
Jenny Suh, University of Alabama
Lauren Todd, Stanford University
Marci Turner, University of Tennessee
Whitney Wade, University of Georgia
NGCA All-Region Teams
East Region
Sydnee Michaels, UCLA
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke University
Tiffany Joh, UCLA
Nicole Hage, Auburn University
Caroline Westrup, Florida State University
Cindy LaCrosse, University of Louisville
Adrienne White, University of Louisville
Nannette Hill, Wake Forest University
Anna Grzebien, Duke University
Kathleen Ekey, Furman University
Lene Krog, East Carolina University
Central Region
Jacqui Concolino, Vanderbilt University
Paola Moreno, USC
Belen Mozo, USC
Stacy Lewis, University of Arkansas
Taylor Leon, University of Georgia
Alison Walshe, University of Arizona
Catherine Matranga, Texas Christian University
Elaine Harris, Indiana University
Elin Emanuelsson, Texas Christian University
Pamela Ontiveros, Oral Roberts University
West Region
Pernilla Lindberg, Oklahoma State University
Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State University
Mari Chun, Stanford University
Rachel Newren, Brigham Young University
Misun Cho, Pepperdine University
Juliana Murcia, Arizona State University
Amanda Johnson, Oklahoma State University
Jodi Ewart, University of New Mexico
Stephanie Sherlock, University of Denver
Azahara Munoz, Arizona State University
Catherina Wang, Stanford University
Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana, Stanford University
Jayvie Agojo, Pepperdine University
Kay Hoey, Long Beach State University
About the National Golf Coaches Association
The National Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The NGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the NGCA represents over 400 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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