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Lewellen Named WGCA National Coach of the Year
4/29/2020 11:06:00 AM | Women's Golf
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Wake Forest women 's golf head coach Kim Lewellen has been named the 2019-20 Golf Pride Grips National Coach of the Year by the Women's Golf Coaches Association.
"This honor is special for many reasons but most importantly because it was awarded by my colleagues!" said Lewellen. "This award reflects those brilliant individuals that surround me at Wake: our administration, my associate head coach Ryan Potter, all our support staff, and most importantly those young ladies that have put their trust in us and show up to work hard each and every day."
In just her first two seasons as the head coach of the Demon Deacons, Lewellen has coached five All-Americans, won the ACC team and individual titles, and finished runner-up at the NCAA Championships. This year, the Deacons had a record-breaking four All-Americans and finished the COVID-19 shortened season ranked No. 1 in the country by Golfstat. They won four team titles and three individual titles in just seven events.
Their first victory of the year came at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in September where Wake finished 17-under, 14 strokes ahead of the next team. All-American freshman Rachel Kuehn took home the individual title from the ANNIKA with a five-shot victory. It was her collegiate debut in the lineup.
The Deacs went on to win their next event, the Lady Paladin Invitational at the end of September by five strokes. Senior All-American Siyun Liu finished in a tie for second place while the rest of the team finished inside the top 25. Closing out the fall, Wake Forest won the team title in match play at the East Lake Cup and sophomore Vanessa Knecht took home the individual stroke play title.
In what ended up being the final event of the season, the Deacons took home the team title at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in March by 26 strokes. Junior All-American Emilia Migliaccio took home the individual title by one stroke. All the Demon Deacons finished inside the top 20 in their best team performance of the year.
The reigning ACC Coach of the Year is no stranger to being at the top in her 16 years as a head coach. She won the LPGA National College Coach of the Year in 2011 while at the University of Virginia, where she was also named the ACC Coach of the year three times over her 11-year tenure with the Cavaliers. She began her collegiate coaching career in 2003 when she spent one season as the head coach of the men's and women's teams at The Citadel. She then went on to be the head coach at East Carolina for two seasons before beginning her tenure at Virginia in 2007.
"This honor is special for many reasons but most importantly because it was awarded by my colleagues!" said Lewellen. "This award reflects those brilliant individuals that surround me at Wake: our administration, my associate head coach Ryan Potter, all our support staff, and most importantly those young ladies that have put their trust in us and show up to work hard each and every day."
In just her first two seasons as the head coach of the Demon Deacons, Lewellen has coached five All-Americans, won the ACC team and individual titles, and finished runner-up at the NCAA Championships. This year, the Deacons had a record-breaking four All-Americans and finished the COVID-19 shortened season ranked No. 1 in the country by Golfstat. They won four team titles and three individual titles in just seven events.
Their first victory of the year came at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in September where Wake finished 17-under, 14 strokes ahead of the next team. All-American freshman Rachel Kuehn took home the individual title from the ANNIKA with a five-shot victory. It was her collegiate debut in the lineup.
The Deacs went on to win their next event, the Lady Paladin Invitational at the end of September by five strokes. Senior All-American Siyun Liu finished in a tie for second place while the rest of the team finished inside the top 25. Closing out the fall, Wake Forest won the team title in match play at the East Lake Cup and sophomore Vanessa Knecht took home the individual stroke play title.
In what ended up being the final event of the season, the Deacons took home the team title at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in March by 26 strokes. Junior All-American Emilia Migliaccio took home the individual title by one stroke. All the Demon Deacons finished inside the top 20 in their best team performance of the year.
The reigning ACC Coach of the Year is no stranger to being at the top in her 16 years as a head coach. She won the LPGA National College Coach of the Year in 2011 while at the University of Virginia, where she was also named the ACC Coach of the year three times over her 11-year tenure with the Cavaliers. She began her collegiate coaching career in 2003 when she spent one season as the head coach of the men's and women's teams at The Citadel. She then went on to be the head coach at East Carolina for two seasons before beginning her tenure at Virginia in 2007.
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