WOMEN'S GOLF PREVIEW

WOMEN'S GOLF PREVIEW

2009 Olivet College Women's Golf Preview
The Olivet College women’s golf team has won three straight Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) championships. If the Comets are going to make a run for a fourth championship in 2009, everyone on the team is going to have to contribute.

The Comets return four golfers, including three who were a part of a last year’s championship starting five. Leading the way is senior Megan Rimmel (Ithaca), a two-time first-team All-MIAA selection. Overall in three years at Olivet, she has posted an 84.2 stroke average in 72 total rounds, which ranks third all-time at Olivet.

Junior Amber Conrad (Battle Creek/Harper Creek) is another two-time first-team All-MIAA selection. After averaging 85.8 strokes as a freshman, she lowered her average to 81.3 strokes last year. Her career stroke average is 83.6.

Conrad and Rimmel also earned 2009 National Golf Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region honors. Each have also recorded their career-best round of 74 strokes at the Zollner Golf Course in Angola, Indiana.

Sophomore Lauren Campbell (Fenton) made an immediate impact last year during her first season at Olivet. During the fall, she earned second-team All-MIAA honors, posting an 85.2 stroke average. In the spring, she had an 87.7 average.

After alternating in and out of the lineup each of the last two years, junior Abby Wheeler (Grayling) is going to get the chance to have a larger impact for the team. She played 17 rounds last year, averaging 88.6 strokes.

Freshman Lanette Porter (Detroit/Finney) rounds out the Olivet roster.