National Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) is an organization formed in 1983 to promote women's intercollegiate golf. The vision of WGCA since its inception has been "to encourage the playing of intercollegiate golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition".
About
The NGCA has a membership of over 400 coaches of NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA collegiate programs.
NGCA is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors and the headquarters is located in Coral Springs, Florida.
Awards
The NGCA gives out many awards,[1] including:
- NGCA National Coach of the Year
- NGCA Assistant Coach of the Year
- Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award
- NGCA Founders Award
- PING Player of the Year
- NGCA Freshman of the Year
- Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award
- Dinah Shore Trophy Award
- Golfstat Cup Award
- Kim Moore Spirit Award
In addition, they also recognize All-Americans as well as scholar-athlete All-Americans and a panel of 33 coaches in the country vote for the rankings for DI, II & III each week.
Hall of fame
Formed in 1986, the NGCA Hall of Fame[2] consists of a Coaches Hall of Fame[3] and a Players Hall of Fame.[4]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Overview: Honors & Awards. NGCA website. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ NGCA Hall of Fame webpage. NGCA website. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ↑ Coaches Hall of Fame Inductees. NGCA website. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ↑ NGCA Player Hall of Fame members. NGCA website. Retrieved 2010-11-09. See also: World Golf Hall of Fame#Women.