1993-94: On July 30, 1993, Eastern Kentucky University
added women's golf to its intercollegiate athletics. Long time women's
tennis coach Sandy Martin takes the position of head coach. September 11,
1993 marked the team's first competition at the University of Dayton golf
tournament. Eastern's first year of play was highlighted by the play of
Beverly Brockman. She won three tournaments and the Ohio Valley Conference
Championship. Eastern ends the season by placing second at the OVC Tournament
1994-95: The team increases its size to nine palyers.
Once again the Colonels are led by Beverly Brockman's three wins. Eastern
finishes the season with its second consecutive runnerup finish in the
OVC Tournament
1995-96: Eastern wins its first ever Ohio Valley Conference
Championship team title and Beverly Brockman wins the conference individual
title for the second time in three years. Freshman Julie Borne is the conference
runnerup behind Brockman. The team consists of eight players and four players
are recruited to bring the roster to 11 for the 1996-97 season.
1996-97: Beverly Brockman finishes her EKU career with her third
Ohio Valley Conference individual title in leading the Colonels to a second
place finish in the annual OVC Tourney. Eastern enjoyed a very successful
spring season which included winning its own nine-team Lady Colonel Classic
and placing among the top five teams in all but one of the six tournaments
in which EKU competed.
1997-98: Paced by sophomore Jackie Biro's third place individual
finish, EKU placed second at the annual Ohio Valley Conference golf tournament
in April, this year held at the Colonels' Arlington Golf Course. Other
EKU players in the top 10 were sophomore Krissie Kirby who placed eighth
and junior Julie Bourne who finished 10th. Eastern also enjoyed an excellent
Fall season in 1997 that saw the Colonels finish second in the EKU Invitational,
fourth in both the Tennessee Tech Classic and the Lady Falcon Invitational
at Bowling Green State University and sixth in the Racer/Hilltopper Classic.
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