The Bulls begin play Sunday in Madison, Wisconsin in the first tournament under new head coach AJ Newell
Tournament: Badger Invitational
Schedule/Dates: September 8-10
Location: Madison, Wis.
Course: University Ridge Golf Course (Par 72, 6,297 yards)
Follow: Live scoring | Twitter @USFWGolf
TAMPA, FLA., September 6, 2024 – South Florida women’s golf opens the 2024-25 season when the program tees off in the Badger Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin. The Bulls, coming off consecutive NCAA Regional appearances, are led by first-year head coach AJ Newell.
The Badger Invitational is the first of the four events on the Bulls Fall slate. USF will compete in a 13-team field featuring: Augusta, Delaware, FIU, Iowa, Nebraska, Rutgers, Sam Houston, St. Thomas, South Dakota State, UTSA, Wisconsin, and Yale
Leading the charge for the Bulls is head coach AJ Newell, who is entering her first season with the Bulls. A Tampa native, Newell takes over the Bulls’ program following a successful three-year stint as assistant coach at the University of Michigan, where she helped lead the Wolverines to three-straight NCAA Regional appearances, a 2022 Big Ten title, and the 2022 NCAA Championship Finals.
Competing for the Bulls are returning senior Léonor Medeiros, along with newcomers freshman
Annabel Collis, graduate student Kenzie Heba, freshman Valentina Bosselmann, and junior Alice Webb. Freshman Cherie Marley will compete as an individual.
THE BULLS
Head coach AJ Newell has announced the following lineup for USF:
- Léonor Medeiros (Sr./Palmela, Portugal)
- Annabel Collis (Fr./Wales)
- Kenzie Heba (Gr./St. Augustine, FL)
- Valentina Bosselmann (Fr./Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Alice Webb (Jr./Bournemouth, England)
Individual: Cherie Marley (Fr./York, England)
QUOTING HEAD COACH AJ NEWELL
“I am really proud of our team’s effort in preparing for this event. Being competitive is at the heart of this team, and I am looking forward to competing for South Florida together this week! University Ridge will be a great test of golf and a great event to kick off our season!”
ABOUT USF WOMEN’S GOLF
Tampa native AJ Newell, a former LPGA Tour Player and NCAA All-American, was named head coach of USF women’s golf by Vice President for Athletics Michael Kelly on June 3, 2024.
Newell will look over leadership of the Bulls’ program following a successful three-year stint as assistant coach at the University of Michigan, where she helped lead the Wolverines to three-straight NCAA Regional appearances, a 2022 Big Ten title, and the 2022 NCAA Championship Finals.
In the record-setting 2023-24 campaign, the Bulls won three times and finished in the top four in nine of 10 events. The three wins are the most in a season since four 2011-12. USF finished third in the American Athletic Conference Championship, which equals the best finish in the tournament in program history. In 2022-23 and 2023-24, the Bulls played in back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2001-02. Senior standout Melanie Green, the AAC Conference Player of the Year in 2023-24, an all-conference performer in each of her four seasons, was named to the WGCA 2023-24 Division I All-American second team. Green qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional as an individual and was named a 2023 All-American Honorable Mention. Green and the Bulls reached the NCAA Regional as a team in 2023, marking the program’s first postseason appearance in 11 years. Follow @USFWGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.
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