2014 rutgers women's golf media guide

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MEN’S GOLF QUICK FACTSLocation: Piscataway, N.J.Enrollment: 65,000President: Dr. Robert L. BarchiAthletic Director: Julie HermanNickname: Scarlet KnightsSchool Color: ScarletAthletics Website: www.ScarletKnights.comHome Course: Rutgers University Golf CourseConference: BIG EAST Women’s Golf Coach: Maura Ballard (Rutgers ‘88)Assistant Coach: Dr. Jeffrey Sommer (Daemen ‘04)2013 BIG EAST Finish: 8thGolf SID: Kevin LorinczOffice Phone: 732-445-7812Email: [email protected]

OFFICE OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSRutgers, The State University of New JerseyRutgers Athletic Center83 Rockafeller Rd.Piscataway, NJ 08854(732) 445–4200(732) 445–3636 / 3063 – FAX

CREDITSWritten and edited by: Kevin Lorincz & Stephanie MamakasDesign: Nick BlackThis guide has been compiled to assist the media with its cov-erage of the team. Updated results may be obtained through-out the season from the Office of Athletic Communications at (732) 445-4200 or by ac-cessing the Golf Website at www.scarletknights.com

2014 WOMEN’S GOLF SPRING SCHEDULEDate(s) Event LocationFebuary 17-18 Michigan State Central District Invitational Bradenton, Fla.

March 2-4 Kiawah Spring Invitational Kiawah Island, S.C.

March 16-18 Monterey Invitational Monterey, Calif.

April 5-6 Seton Hall Pirate Invitational Bedminster, N.J.

April 20-22 AAC Championship Palm Coast, Fla.

TABLE OF CONTENTSQuick Facts/TOC............................................................................................12014 Schedule ...............................................................................................12014 Spring Preview ..............................................................................2-4Coaching Staff ...........................................................................................5-72014 Scarlet Knights........................................................................... 8-11History/Rutgers Golf Course..........................................................13-14Rutgers University .............................................................................15-20

2014 SPRING ROSTERName Class High School/HometownMelanie Chambers So. Coronado/Henderson, Nev.

Taylor Clark Fr. Utica Academy/Sterling Height, Mich.

Maddy Gedeon Fr. Oakmont/Roseville, Calif.

Samantha Moyal So. Alameda/Alameda, Calif.

Jacquelyn Mullens So. Mendham/Brookside, N.J.

Christina Paulsen So. Immaculate Heart Academy/Ridgewood, N.J.

Gabrielle Sacheli So. Pittsford Mendon/Pittsford, N.Y.

Racquel Zurick So. Notre Dame/West Trenton, N.J.

Women’s Golf Coach: Maura Ballard (22nd season) (Rutgers ‘88)

Assistant Golf Coach: Dr. Jeffrey Sommer (Daemen ‘04)

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E mbarking on its final season in the American Athletic Conference, Rutgers women’s golf prepares for an im-portant spring campaign. Consisting of six sophomores

and two freshmen, the young team hopes to build on the early success in their careers and set a solid foundation for the pro-gram.

“It is exciting that they are all playing at a reasonably good level and they are so young,” Head Coach Maura Ballard said.

“We have [at least] two and a half more years for each one of them, in which they can grow. To show that they are all doing this well so early in their careers holds well for the next couple of years with this group.”

As the team transitions into the Big Ten Conference, Rutgers will rely on the strength and consistency of this young squad. The close relationship between the talent across the roster stands as a strong attribute of the team. In the fall, the scoring averages ranged tightly between 79 and 81, proving that every member can be a factor in competition. “It is important to know that we have several people that are capable of contributing in competition as the top five for us. It does build a lot of natural competitiveness on the team, which makes all of them work a little bit harder because they are each working to earn positions on the team. That works out really well for us,” Coach Ballard explained.

“It shows the potential for growth too. Many of them are ca-

pable of breaking through and shooting into the mid-70s on a regular basis. That is going to happen on any given day to any one of them. I think that is something that we can look for from this group too.”

In order to maintain growth and consistency, the team has been concentrating on eliminating any external factors that could affect their play. Off-season training has focused on vari-ous aspects of the mental game, specifically in the areas of emotional resilience and positive self-talk.

“One of our main things is to just focus on staying in the mo-ment. When you are on the course you have a lot of time to

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think,” sophomore Racquel Zurick (West Trenton, N.J.) ex-plained.

“It is important not to focus on a past shot because you can’t change those things and not to focus on the future because you can’t change what the ending score is either.”

With this mentality, the Scarlet Knights will be able to play to their highest potential. An additional attribute to this team is the tight bond that the players share. The support from each other has helped the group remain driven.

“If someone is having a bad day, people are ready to push it for-ward and to encourage everyone to be the best that they can be. One of the great things is that we do mesh well together. We encourage each other to do well and to keep pushing,” said Zurick.

By having each other to lean on, the group can achieve their biggest goals. It is also important that each member shares a common focus in regards to the team’s anticipated accom-plishments.

“We all know that we are focusing on the same goal of being able to not only better ourselves, but to better our team in or-der to create the foundation for the future and to make the program even better as a Big Ten team.”

The young squad is ready to embrace the season as they strive for success in all areas of the game. By maintaining consisten-cy in shooting, focusing on emotional resilience and preserving team support, the Scarlet Knights are set to construct a solid base for the program this season and for seasons to come.

Rutgers begins its spring campaign at the Michigan State Dis-trict Invitational on Feb. 17-18 in Bradenton, Fla. The team will then travel to Kiawah Island, S.C. for the Kiawah Spring Invita-tional. After the Monterey Invitational in Monterey, Calif., the squad will head to Bedminster, N.J. for the Seton Hall Pirate In-vitational. The Scarlet Knights wrap up the season at the AAC Championship in Palm Coast, Fla. on Apr. 20 -22.

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MULLENS

CHAMBERS

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MAURA BALLARD is in her 22nd season men-toring Rutgers Univer-sity golf. After serving as head coach for the men’s and women’s teams and overseeing the opera-tions and recruitment for both, she is now focused solely on the women’s squad.

Ballard knows what it takes to succeed “On the Banks” as a student-athlete. A 1988 graduate of Rutgers College with a BA in Economics, she relies on the experience she gained as a letterwinner for the Scarlet Knights golf team from 1984-1987. The 2005 BIG EAST Men’s Golf Coach of the Year brings not only her competitive experi-ence to her athletes, but also great knowledge of the game of golf as well as familiarity with the University.

A former “Futures Tour” player, Ballard had quite an extensive competitive golf career. She was runner-up in the 2009 New Jersey State Women’s Amateur Championship to Sherry Her-man, who won the 2009 U.S. Senior Women’s Championship. In 2008, Ballard won the Garden State Pinehurst Championship with partner Ann Probert. She also won the 1992 New Jersey State Amateur Championship, the 1991 WMGA Better Ball with partner Mary Eichhorn, and the 1988 Garden State Stroke Play Championship. As a Scarlet Knight golfer, she won the 1986 Yale Invitational, and had several other top-three finishes while earning MVP honors all four years. In 1994, Ballard was induct-ed into the Somerville (NJ) High School Athletic Hall of Fame for her accomplishments in tennis, basketball and golf.

“We are students first,” states Ballard. “That is why we are here, to earn a degree. My goal is for my athlete’s academic success and athletic prowess to grow hand in hand during their careers on the banks.”

It is evident that Ballard’s vision for the team is working. Since joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1997, her athletes have earned BIG EAST All-Academic honors 103 times. The men’s golf team has won 17 tournaments, placed second 12 times, and 12 players have won individual titles. Brent Pittman (ENG ’05) earned All American Scholar honors while leading his team to the 2005 NCAA East Regional. On the women’s side, Lau-ren Huhnerkoch, Jeanne Waters and Elisa Mateer were named All-America Scholars by the National Golf Coaches Association in 2008, 2010 and 2012, respectively. In Waters Ballard’s 13 years at the helm of the women’s golf team, they have won five tournaments, placed second 15 times, and eight players have won individual titles.

In addition to their success in the classroom and on the links, the women’s golf team has earned honors servicing the com-munity as well. The team earned the “Athlete’s for Life” award from New Jersey Blood Services in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 for having 100 percent team participation in their blood drives on campus.

During the summer, Coach Ballard directs two-week-long Nike Junior Golf Camps. The campers are housed in the air-cooled, three-bedroom suites on the Busch Campus, and practice and play each day is held at the Rutgers University Golf course, also on the Busch Campus.

Ballard’s positive attitude and focused demeanor has resulted in her athlete’s referring to her as the “eternal optimist.” When asked about that, she responds, “They may kid around about it, but I take it as a very high compliment. I want to be a continual source of inspiration for my team members.”

Ballard resides in Flemington, N.J., with her husband, Bob, a 1981 Rutgers graduate. Ballard carries a 3 handicap at Rari-tan Valley Country Club where she has been the women’s club champion several times over the past three decades.

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MAURA BALLARDHEAD COACH • 22ND SEASON


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DR.JEFFREY SOMMER is in his second season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Rutgers women’s golf team.

Dr. Sommer received his Doctor of Physical Ther-apy degree from Daemen College in 2004. Since that time he has worked in a variety of practice settings throughout NJ,

including private practices in Springfield and Bernardsville, the out-patient orthopedic department at St. Barnabas Ambula-tory Surgical Center, and Home Care for Muhlenberg Hospital. In 2008, Dr Sommer opened his own practice in Somerville, NJ. Elite Advantage Physical Therapy specializes in treating ortho-pedic injuries across the lift-span. As a Board Certified Ortho-pedic Physical Therapy Specialist, certified by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, Dr. Sommer has in-depth knowledge of orthopedic injuries and surgeries, which allows all patients to experience an evidence-based practice model designed to facilitate the fastest return to function. Dr. Som-mer combined his Physical Therapy knowledge with his NSCA Strength and Conditioning Specialist certification and created

a series of sport-performance training programs designed to maximize power, speed, agility, and reduce the risk of non-con-tact injury for athletes.

In addition to his Physical Therapy credentialing, Dr. Sommer is a Level 3 Certified Golf Fitness Instructor from the Titleist Performance Institute and has a Level 2 K-Vest certification. The Fairway F.I.T. golf performance program at Elite Advantage combines unique biomechanical screening to identify physical restrictions and uses the K-Vest system for 3D biomechanical assessment of movement dysfunction in the golf swing. From the Fairway F.I.T. findings a custom exercise program is de-veloped to address physical limitations that lead to common swing faults. Real-time K-Vest 3D biofeedback exercises also give golfers a unique learning and training experience.

The combination of orthopedic Physical Therapy knowledge and proper lifting and training techniques have enabled Dr. Sommer to create unique and creative programs for both rehabilitation and performance clients. Dr. Sommer has worked with athletes of all ability levels and is excited to bring a unique perspective and customized training programs for the Rutgers Women’s Golf Team.

DR. JEFFREY SOMMERVOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH • SECOND SEASON

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MELANIE CHAMBERSSOPHOMORE HENDERSON, NEV.

Second-year sophomore from the silver state ... has competed in 11 events playing 27 rounds.

FALL 2013: Saw action at the Rut-gers Women’s invitational, carding a

158 (75-83) to tie for 28th out of 112 competitors.

FALL 2012: Competed in all five events, playing in 12 rounds... Placed 17th at the Bucknell Invitational with a 235 (76-81-78) and totaled 30 pars... Finished tied for 19th out of 45 with a 159 (80-79) at the Lehigh Invitational...Tied for 21st out of 119 at the Rutgers Invitational with a 157 (78-79)...Tied for 56th out of 87 at the Yale Intercollegiate with a 244 (83-75-86)

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Coronado High School in Henderson, NV…Four-year varsity golf letterwinner and three-year captain under head coach Joe Sawaia…Had a 74.4 scoring average as a senior…Helped team qualify for Nevada 4A State Championship all four years…Four-time Coronado Golf Team MVP…Four-time First Team All State and First Team Sunrise Re-gion selection…Three-time Coronado HS Scholar Athlete…Two-time CHS Athlete of the Month…Helped CHS cheerleading team win a National Championship… Placed 13th with a 313 (83-76-77-77) at the 2011 Trusted Choice Big “I” National Championship…A 2011 Nevada State Junior Champion 2011 with a 147 (72-75), also won in 2008…Seven-time Callaway Junior World Golf Champion-ship (2005-11)…Finished in the top 20 at the 2010 First Tee Open at Pebble Beach…Competed for Team Southern Nevada in the Girls Junior Americas Cup (2009,2010) and the Mary Cave Cup (2008)…Finished in the top 10 of three AJGA out of the three tournaments played…Shot a 6-under 66 at the 2010 Black Mountain Golf & Country Club in Southeast Division High School Tournament.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Mark and Hayley Chambers…Very tal-ented musician attending the Mason Gross School of the Arts...

TAYLOR CLARKFRESHMAN STERLING HEIGHT, MICH.

True freshman from the Great Lake State…Was ranked No. 3 in Michigan among junior golf recruits…Qualified for the 2013 US Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship in Nor-man, Okla.

FALL 2013: Competed in all five events, playing 14 rounds … Had a 79.79 stroke average … Fin-ished tied for 37 out of 89 competitors in her collegiate debut at the Bucknell Women’s Invitational with a 245 (85-80-80) …

Tied for 50th out of 92 at the Nittany Lion Women’s Invitational, carding a 235 (74-83-78) … Carded an 160 (81-79) at the Rutgers Women’s Invitational to tie for 36th out of 112.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2013 graduate of Utica (Michigan) Academy for International Studies…Was a four-year varsity golf letterwin-ner…Maintained a 73.4 scoring average during her senior year, the second lowest in the state…Earned all-league, all-county and all-academic honors all four years…Selected to the All-State Dream Team as a senior…Competed in the Division I High School State Championships for four consecutive years, earning two top-10 finishes under head coach Anthony Adamo…Runner-up at Division I High School State Championships her senior year with a 149 (74-45)…Placed 6th as a junior, 12th as a sophomore and 13th as a freshman…Medaled at the 2012 Macomb County Invi-tational with a score of 69, tying the tournament records and setting a new school record…Earned All-State as a junior and a sophomore…Was All-State Honorable Mention as a freshman…Earned Academic All-State Honorable Mention her senior year…Was named the Macomb County MVP in 2012…Earned a 6th place finish at the PGA Junior Series during summer of 2012…Qualified for the Callaway Junior World Tournament at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Matt and Patti Clark…Interested in Sport & Recreation Management….Started her own business called “Fashion with a Passion,” where she designed and mar-keted a purse with all of the profits going to the Gift of Life Foundation of Michigan…Was featured in Styleline Magazine and was on a news segment on Fox 2 Detroit…Grew up playing ice hockey in homemade skating rinks in her backyard during the cold Michigan winters.

MADDY GEDEONFRESHMAN ROSEVILLE, CALIF.

True freshman from the Golden State…Was ranked No. 26 in Califor-nia among junior golf recruits.

FALL 2013: Competed in four events, playing 11 rounds … Had a 79.91 stroke average … Finished tied for 47th out of 88 in her collegiate

debut at Yale Women’s Fall Intercollegiate with a 238 (82-76-80) … Carded a 240 (79-80-81) at the Nittany Lion Women’s Invi-tational to tie for 65th out of 92 competitors.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2013 graduate of Oakmont High School in Roseville, California, where she was a four-year varsity golf let-terwinner…Three-time league MVP and four-time team MVP…Boasted a 1.97 scoring differential and four top-10 tournament finishes in 11 tries…Became the first Oakmont golfer to qualify for state competition…Won the JNTC-Spring Series IV, carding a 80-71…Finished 2nd out of 30 at the AJGA-Preseason Junior at Mira Vista, with a 75-78…Placed first at the AJGA Stonehenge Junior Open, shooting a 72-70-75…Named all-league and Scholar Athlete of the Year four years in a row…Participated in the IB (International Baccalaureate) program… Maintained a 4.0 GPA

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or higher all four years.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Nabil and Faten Gedeon…Interested in majoring in Business…Started playing golf at age eight when her older brother, David, started playing in high school.

SAMANTHA MOYALSOPHOMOREALAMEDA, CALIF.

Second-year sophomore from the west coast…The 2010 Northern Cali-fornia Girls Junior Amateur Cham-pion...Has competed in 15 events, playing 39 rounds.

FALL 2013: Competed in all five events, playing in 14 rounds … Had a 79.71 stroke average … Carded a 243 (80-81-82) at the Nittany Lion Women’s Invita-tional … Finished tied for 16th out of 88 competitors at the Yale Women’s Fall Intercollegiate, carding a 226 (78-77-71) … Tied for 49th out of 96 with a 231 (79-75-77) at the Hoosier Fall Invita-tional.

FALL 2012: Competed in five events, playing in 12 rounds...Placed 27th at the Bucknell Invitational with a 240 (82-80-78)...Finished tied for 33rd out of 45 competitors at the Lehigh Invi-tational with a 165 (75-90)...Tied for 68th out of 87 competitors at the Yale Intercollegiate, carding a 252 (83-77-92).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Alameda (Calif.) HS…A four-year varsity letter winner and team captain as a senior under head coach Stephen Burnett…Shot a career-best 66 to win the 2010 ACCAL Championship and was named ACCAL Player of the Year…Won the 2010 NCGA Championship at Spyglass Hill over former RU teammate Kortnie Maxoutopoulis with rounds of 75 and 74…Shot 72 at the sectional championship, helping Alameda to the Northern California championship…Has placed in the top 10 in several Northern California Junior Tour events…Finished fourth at Castlewood, where she shot 73-78, and seventh at the Nor-Cal Junior Championship, where she carded 78-73….As a se-nior had a scoring differential on junior golf scoreboard of 2.94.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Raphy and Linda Moyal…Interested in international business…Started golfing in 8th grade with her father. Was also a very competitive swimmer…and a black belt in Karate

JACQUELYN MULLENSSOPHOMOREBROOKSIDE, N.J.

Second-year sophomore…Garden State Produc...Has competed in sev-en events, playing in 18 rounds.

FALL 2013: Competed in all five events, playing 14 rounds … Had a

79.86 stroke average … Tied for 24th out of 88 competitors at the Yale Women’s Fall Intercollegiate, carding a 231 (77-75-79) … Carded a 152 (80-72) at the Rutgers Invitational to finish tied for 8th out of 112 entries.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of West Morris Mendham HS in Brookside, N.J., where she was a four-year varsity golf letter winner...Helped the team win the 2010 Girls Conference Cham-pionship under head coach Rich Attonito...Also helped the boys’ team win the 2009 Conference Championship...Earned coaches award two years in a row...Had a 40.0 stroke average as a se-nior team captain...Also a two-year varsity volleyball letter win-ner and one-year varsity swimming letter winner...was the 2010 Women’s Club Championship Runner-Up and the 2011 Women’s Club Champion as a member of the Roxiticus Golf Club.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Patty and Chuck Mullens...Intends on majoring in exercise science.

CHRISTINA PAULSENSOPHOMORERIDGEWOOD, N.J.

Transfer from Jacksonville Universi-ty … Played in 10 tournaments over her two years with JU … In 2012, re-ceived High Academic Honors in the Atlantic Sun Conference

JACKSONVILLE: Member of the Jacksonville women’s golf team for two years … Competed in nine tournaments as a freshman, posting an 81.54 stroke av-erage … Tied for 26th at the JU Courtyard Classic with a 236 (81-77-78) … Carded a 230 (81-73-76) at the Web.com Intercol-legiate … Competed in one tournament as a sophomore, carding a 236 (74-79-83) at the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic … Received High Academic Honors in the Atlantic Sun Conference during the 2012 season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Immaculate Heart Acade-my … Four-year varsity golf letterwinner … Served as a team cap-tain, with a nine-hole average of 38.7 … Two-time Bergen County Women’s Champion (2011 and 2012) … Two-time Farleigh Dick-inson Champion (2011 and 2012) … Earned the title of Bergen County Golfer of the Year in two consecutive years (2011 and



2012) … Named First Team All-State in 2011 and 2012 … Mem-ber of First Team All-Bergen County for four consecutive years (2009-2012) … Maintained Honor Roll in academics throughout all four years … Has also participated in skiing competitions … Competed for the Ridgewood Country Club, earning a top-eight finish at the Women’s Western Junior.

PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Ann-Britt Paulsen … Intends on majoring in Sport Management … Dual citizen of the United States and Sweden.

GABRIELLE SACHELISOPHOMOREPITTSFORD, N.Y.

Second-year sophomore from the Empire State...Has competed in 12 events “On the Banks,” playing 32 rounds...A member of the 2012-13 Big East All-Academic Team.

FALL 2013: Competed in all five events, playing 14 rounds … Tied for 8th out of 89 competitors at the Bucknell Women’s Invitational, carding a 231 (74-83-74) … Carded a 239 (76-74-89) at the Yale Women’s Fall Intercol-legiate … Tied for 57th out of 112 entries at the Rutgers Invita-tional, scoring a 163 (81-82).

SPRING 2013: Competed in all 5 events, playing 13 rounds…Tied for 23rd out of 83 entries at the Brown BEAR Invitational, carding a 160 (81-79).

FALL 2012: Played in two events, playing five rounds…Finished tied for 11th out of 119 competitors at the Rutgers Invitational, carding a 153 (77-76).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Pittsford (N.Y.) Mendon HS…Six-year varsity golf letterwinner…Awarded 2011 MVP honors under head coach Joan Leroy…Five-time All County Golf Team Honoree (2007-11)…Five-time All Greater Rochester Girls Golf Honoree (2007-11)…Placed fifth at the 2011 New York State Pub-lic High School Girls Golf Championship in SUNY-Delhi…Member of the 2011 and 2012 NYSPHSAA State Championship teams…Six-time Monroe County League Champion (2006-11)…Awarded the 2011 Monroe League Sportsmanship Award…Ranked first in match scoring average (37.5) and match points average (11) in her senior year…Placed in the top three in nine tournaments…Medalist honoree in five out of ten events…Maintained a 1.4 USGA Handicap Index…Named an All Greater Rochester Scholar Athlete (2009-11)…Also a member of the varsity cheerleading team…Member of the National Honor Society (2009-11)…Three-time Rochester International LGPA Pro-Am Tournament Partici-pant (2008-10) amongst professionals Daniel Downey, Kristie McPherson, and Nicole Jeray…Four-time women’s club match play champion (2009-12) as a member of the Irondequoit Coun-try Club.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Robert and Debbie Sacheli….Enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences

RACQUEL ZURICKSOPHOMOREWEST TRENTON, N.J.

Second-year sophomore from the Garden State...Has competed in nine events, playing in 23 rounds.

FALL 2013: Saw action in four tour-naments, playing 11 rounds … Com-

peted at the Bucknell Women’s Invitational, finishing tied for 49th out of 89 entries with a 250 (85-88-77).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Notre Dame HS…A three-time Mercer County Golf Champion, winning the event sopho-more through senior seasons…Captured the 2012 Central Jersey High School Golf League Championship in 2012…Was a four-year varsity golf letter winner under head coaches Joe Cag-giano and Joan Pilkington…Also a three-year varsity field hockey letter winner and team captain as a senior…Home club is Moun-tain View Golf Course…Won the New Jersey Women’s Golf Asso-ciation Girls Junior Championship at Hawk Point shooting 74.

PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Sherrie Zurick.


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RUTGERS WOMEN’S GOLF HISTORYThe Rutgers women’s golf team has enjoyed its share of suc-cess in the BIG EAST and ECAC. The team has competed in the prestigious BIG EAST Conference since 1995.Women’s golf be-came an intercollegiate sport at Rutgers in 1977 led by 17-year head coach Jan Unger. Unger’s dedication to the women’s pro-gram in those early years laid the solid foundation for the pro-gram’s current success. The women’s program has produced a plethora of top-flight players. Rutgers’ current head coach Maura Ballard, the first coach to head both the RU men’s and women’s golf programs, was a top player for RU from 1984-1987. Cheri Rice, who starred at Rutgers from 1993-1997, was a four-time MVP and a holder of seven individual school records. Rice is currently a Class A, LPGA Teaching and Club Professional. Cheryl Simmeth Anderson (‘91), LPGA teaching pro at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, NY, has been named one of the top 50 LPGA teachers in the nation. Other top players who have joined the professional ranks are Michelle Melia (’96), Gia Bocra (’98) and Rita Arora (’97).

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY GOLF COURSEThe Rutgers University Golf Course was founded in 1961 with the construction of the present day 18-hole layout that was ex-pertly designed by Hal Purdy, a noted golf architect. The course was officially opened May 29, 1963. Today, the par-71 Rutgers Golf Course (par-72 for women) can be stretched to 6,337 yards and features a course rating of 70.5 and a slope of 130. Over the past decade, the Rutgers Golf Course has undergone exten-sive renovations and updates, which include a modern irriga-tion system, the addition of several bunkers and the planting of many trees, including a host of impressive evergreens. Once a rather wide-open tract, today’s Rutgers Golf Course features a host of tree-lined holes, featuring undulating greens and water that comes into play on five holes. A round of golf at the Rut-gers Golf Course offers a panoramic view of a plethora of aca-demic buildings, including the world famous Waksman Institute of Microbiology, a stately structure that rests to the left of the first fairway. Every golfer who enjoys the Rutgers Golf Course can also gaze at several athletic-related complexes. To the left of the fifth and sixth hole offers a view of the Indoor Bubble, in which the Rutgers football team trains during inclement weath-er. Rising majestically to the left of the sixth green is Rutgers Stadium, the home of the Scarlet Knight football team. The Rutgers Golf Course features a newly-expanded driving range,

and a 12,000 square foot short game practice facility and put-ting green.

Jill Jerauld, a former Futures Tour and European Tour player, joined the Rutgers University Golf Course as the Course Pro/Manager in November 2001. She is the only female Profes-sional Golf Association (PGA) - certified head pro in the state of New Jersey. For 10 years prior to joining Rutgers University Golf Course, she was the head pro at Blueberry Hill Golf Course in Russell, PA. Since Jerauld took over management of the Rut-gers University Golf Course, she has successfully implemented a pace-of-play system that has decreased the time of an aver-age round of golf by as much as one hour. DID YOU KNOW? Every hole at the Rutgers Golf Course is named for a tree that can be found on the course and that the par-3 11th hole, named Sour Gum, is home to the oldest Japa-nese sour gum tree in the state.

CONTACT INFORMATIONRutgers University Golf Course 777 Hoes Lane West Piscataway, NJ 08854-8022732/445-2637 (pro shop)

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16 2 0 1 4 R U T G E R S W O M E N ’ S G O L F M E D I A G U I D E2014 RUTGERS MEN’S LACROSSE MEDIA GUIDE

ROBERT L. BARCHI is the 20th president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Since beginning his tenure on September 1, 2012, President Barchi has been overseeing prepara-tions for integrating into Rutgers most units of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, as outlined in the recently adopted New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act. He has begun work on a university strategic plan (the first in more than 15 years) and was part of a statewide coalition of university, business, and labor leaders urging voter support of a $750 million bond act for higher education construction, which was approved by a wide margin in November. President Barchi announced on November 20, 2012 that all inter-collegiate athletic teams on Rutgers’ New Brunswick campus will join the Big Ten Conference at a date to be determined.

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DR. ROBERT L. BARCHIPRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

From 2004 to 2012, Dr. Barchi served as president of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, nationally regarded as a top university dedicated to health sciences education and research. Prior to Jefferson, he was provost and chief academic officer of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution founded in 1740. There, he had responsibility for Penn’s 12 schools, all academic programs, athletics, students, and faculty.

Dr. Barchi was born in Philadelphia but spent his formative years not far from Rutgers in Westfield, N.J. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Georgetown University, and Ph.D. and M.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed specialty training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and holds board certifica-tion in neurology. Throughout his career, Dr. Barchi has been active as a teacher and as an NIH-funded researcher in the fields of neuroscience and neurology, and he has published extensively in his field. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his pioneering research on the structure and function of voltage-gated ion channels in nerve and muscle, and on the role these critical molecules can play in human disease. He was also elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians and named a fellow of the American Association for the Advance-ment of Science, the American Neurological Association, and the American Academy of Neurology.

In 1972, Dr. Barchi began his academic ca-reer as a faculty member at Penn. Within a decade, he rose to become the David Ma-honey Professor of Neurological Sciences. Between 1983 and 1996, he served as direc-tor of the Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences—an interdisciplinary, university-wide entity that he expanded to become the focus for Penn’s growth in neuroscience, encompassing the intellectual activities of more than 120 faculty members. Dr. Barchi

founded the Department of Neuroscience at Penn and served as its first chair; he also served as chair of the Department of Neurol-ogy. He was named the Fairhill Professor in 2002, a position that he still holds in emeri-tus status.

The University of Pennsylvania named Dr. Barchi as its provost and chief academic officer in 1999, and he served in this capac-ity until 2004. As provost, Dr. Barchi had re-sponsibility for the university’s 12 schools and their academic programs and budgets and Penn’s intercollegiate athletics program, as well as for Penn’s students and faculty. During his tenure, he worked with president Judith Rodin to reassert the primacy of the academic mission in the direction of the uni-versity. He recruited new leadership to nine of the 12 schools at Penn and established a number of universitywide interdisciplinary educational and research institutes. He also led the university through a comprehensive strategic planning process.

As president of Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Barchi oversaw a period of tremendous growth. The university established three new schools—including the Jefferson School of Pharmacy, which graduated its first class in May 2012, and the Jefferson School of Popu-lation Health, the only school in the nation to offer a master’s degree in chronic care management. Overall student enrollment increased by 51 percent and annual degrees awarded rose by 54 percent. Dr. Barchi also expanded the reach of the campus, inaugu-rating the Partnership in Healthcare Educa-tion, an academic affiliation with the Uni-versity of Delaware that offers dual-degree programs between the two institutions.

Other accomplishments at Jefferson include successful implementation of an ambitious strategic plan that integrated the univer-sity’s clinical, education, and research mis-sions; a comprehensive facilities master plan that supports those missions; and a major fundraising campaign that provides the resources necessary for success. Dur-ing Dr. Barchi’s tenure, Jefferson established 22 new endowed professorships and 50 endowed scholarships, helping to ensure a healthy and diverse community of fac-ulty and students. The university surpassed $300 million in fundraising under his leader-ship, twice the amount raised during the pre-ceding eight-year period.

During his presidency, Dr. Barchi also over-saw the transformation of Jefferson’s urban environment into a vibrant university cam-pus. A coordinated construction program,

coupled with improved landscape design and signage, helped provide visitors and the Jef-ferson community a sense of place and con-nectedness to the compact urban campus in the heart of the city’s historic district.

Dr. Barchi is married to Francis Harper Barchi, a tenure-track faculty member of the Rut-gers School of Social Work. Before coming to Rutgers, she was a senior fellow in the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylva-nia, where she was engaged in education and research activities relating to international research ethics. Francis Barchi holds a Ph.D. in social welfare, a master’s in bioethics, and a master’s in nonprofit leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a bach-elor’s degree from Smith College. She is the former executive vice president of the Dana Foundation in New York, a post she assumed following a 20-year span as president of her own company, which provided protocol and strategic communication services for inter-national clients. Francis Barchi’s research focuses on the social and behavioral factors that influence women’s health in southern Africa. In 2009, she completed the first ma-jor quantitative study on women’s autonomy and gender-based violence in Botswana, and she is the principal investigator on a study in that country examining the extent to which women’s understanding of HPV and cervi-cal cancer influences their decision-making about prevention and treatment. She is cur-rently part of a team responsible for ethics training of health professionals in Botswana, Tanzania, and Guatemala.

As an avocation, President Barchi is an ex-pert in the history and mechanical develop-ment of clocks and watches. In addition to collecting and conserving examples of these timepieces from the 17th and 18th centuries, he designs and constructs his own precision clocks in his basement machine shop.

The Barchis, who have four adult children and one young dog, spend their leisure time at their home in coastal Maine where they are avid boaters and hikers.

/// PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY ///


JULIE HERMANN leads Rutgers Athletics transition in 2014 to the nation’s premier academic and athletic conference, the Big Ten. Hermann came to Rutgers after serving previously as the executive senior associate director of athletics for the University of Louisville.

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Hermann spent 15 years at Lou-isville as the Cardinals built one of the nation’s most competitive athletic programs across the board. Following a national search, Her-mann was selected from a pool of 63 candidates. She is the first woman to serve in this capacity at Rutgers and will become the second female athletic director in Big Ten history. “It’s a pleasure to welcome Julie Hermann to the Rutgers com-munity,” said President Robert L. Barchi. “She is one of the most respected athletics administra-tors in the country and she was deeply involved in moving Louis-ville from Conference USA to the BIG EAST and from the BIG EAST to the Atlantic Coast Confer-ence. Her 15 years of leadership experience will be an invaluable asset to the university as we prepare to enter the Big Ten.” One of the primary goals set by Hermann is to create a best-in-class student-athlete care sys-tem. She is committed to devel-oping programs to support both

athletic and academic pursuits after building one of the nation’s premier systems for student-athletes at Louisville (L-Care). Hermann served in a supervisory capacity of U of L athletics as the university garnered the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball national championship; two BCS Bowl wins; two NCAA women’s basket-ball national championship ap-pearances (2013 and 2009) and one NCAA men’s soccer College Cup national championship ap-pearance (2010). Since joining the BIG EAST in 2005, the Car-dinals claimed 64 conference titles.

Hermann oversaw 20 sports at Louisville, marketing, academ-ics, sports performance, sports medicine, student development and athletic development. She worked to cultivate support for many of the U of L athletic ven-ues that allowed the Cardinals to enjoy one of the nation’s big-gest and best building booms in college sports. Before joining U of L, Hermann served as an assistant coach for USA Volleyball, helping the national team to a silver medal finish at the World University Games in 1997.

Prior to that she served as head women’s volleyball coach at the University of Tennessee for six seasons. Under her watch, the Lady Vols advanced to the NCAA

Tournament for the first time in a decade. Hermann is immediate past president of the National Asso-ciation of Collegiate Women Ath-letics Administrators. She is the former chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee. Hermann has served on numer-ous boards, including the Frazier Rehab Institute, the Louisville Sports Commission and the Ken-tucky Sports Commission. Hermann and her partner Dr. Les-lie Danehy are the proud parents of a seven year-old son, Aidan.

JULIE HERMANNDIRECTOR OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

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JASON BAUMSenior Associate Athletic Director

Communications

SARAH BAUMGARTNERSenior Associate Athletic Director

Development

SHAWN TUCKERAssistant Athletic Director

Student -Athlete Development

SCOTT WALKERExecutive Director of Academic

Support Services

NICK OJEAAssociate Athletic Director

Compliance

JANINE PURCAROChief Financial Officer

JOHN TERNYILASenior Associate Athletic Director

Finance

DR. ROBERT MONACOAssociate Athletic Director

Sports Medicine

KATHLEEN HICKEYSenior Associate Athletic Director

Olympic Sports

DOUGLAS KOKOSKIESenior Associate Athletic Director

Facilities, Operations & Events

BRIAN COLVINAssociate Director of Athletics

Finance & Administration

GEOFF BROWNSenior Associate Athletic Director

Chief Marketing Officer

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DATE(S) EVENT LOCATION

Febuary 17-18 Michigan State Central District Invitational Bradenton, Fla.

March 2-4 Kiawah Spring Invitational Kiawah Island, S.C.

March 16-18 Monterey Invitational Monterey, Calif.

April 5-6 Seton Hall Pirate Invitational Bedminster, N.J.

April 20-22 AAC Championship Palm Coast, Fla.

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