The Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholars were announced this week. Junior Devon Atchison represents Wittenberg as a 2018 WGCA All-American Scholar-Athlete.
Jane Hopkinson-Wood closed out a four-year career for the ages on Friday afternoon with a third place finish at the 2018 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship.
Competing as an individual at the 2018 NCAA Division III Championship, Jane Hopkinson-Wood fired a 75 (+2) in the first round of competition on Tuesday.
Four-time NCAC Women’s Player of the Year, Jane Hopkinson-Wood will make her fourth trip to the NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships in as many years as she was named one of six individuals to the field as announced by the NCAA on Monday evening.
Tim Kremchek, ‘81 (and his wife, Hilary, ‘82) have issued a challenge to the Wittenberg Athletic Department. If we can get 220 donors and raise alumni participation by 1%, by April 25, they will give a gift of $25,000 to the athletic department.
Wittenberg senior Jane Hopkinson-Wood cracked the top- five in the individual standings at the primarily Div. II University of Illinois-Spring eld Spring Invite last weekend
Wittenberg women’s golf finished in third place at the 2018 Ashland Invitational over the weekend, as the tournament was cut to one round due to Sunday’s inclement weather.
Hopkinson-Wood tied a program record with an opening round 68 on Saturday, and then turned around and fired a one-over 73 on Sunday to secure another medalist honor, this time by ten strokes.
Wittenberg won by 32 strokes at the Laura Bump Invitational on Sunday, as the Tigers carded a 627 (+51) as a team. Wittenberg dominated the tournament, as the closest NCAC institution to Wittenberg was third place Wooster, who finished 49 strokes off the Tiger’s lead.
Mother Nature got the best of day two of the 2018 Callaway Garden’s Collegiate on Tuesday, as only eight holes of play were completed. Monday’s first round stands as the only carded round of the event, leaving Wittenberg with an eighth-place finish on the women’s side, and a tenth-place finish for the men.
Leotta comes to the Tigers after NCAA stops at Fresno State and the University of Illinois-Springfield, while the PGA-certified professional comes to Springfield with 15 years of experience in player development and golf operations.
Jane Hopkinson-Wood continued her dominant senior campaign, claiming yet another medalist honor, carding rounds of 79-76 for a two-day score of 155 (+7).
Wittenberg came up short of top team-honors by a stroke, as the team fired a two-day score of 617 (+41), one off Washington University who finished at 616 (+40).
In the 14-team field, the Tigers did battle with some of the nation’s best competition, as the tournament has served as a benchmark for where the Tigers stand on the national stage in recent history.