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Seminoles' Bond Named As National Coach Of The Year Finalist
5/15/2024 2:04:00 PM | Women's Golf
TALLAHASSEE – Amy Bond, who will lead the nationally ranked Florida State Women's Golf team into the NCAA Division I Championship Finals beginning Friday for the school-record eighth consecutive year, has been named as a finalist for the 2023-24 Division I Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year Presented by Golf Pride Watch List. It marks the fourth consecutive year Bond has been named as a finalist for the WGCA National Coach of the Year Award.
Bond is a National Coach of the Year finalist for the fourth consecutive year. She is one of just six coaches who have been named to the National Coach of the Year watch list in each of the last four seasons.
Bond, the winningest women's golf coach in school history, is in her 14th season as the head coach at Florida State. She has won 20 tournament championships, coached two Olympians, three ACC Golfers of the Year, 26 All-ACC selections and 17 All-Americans during her tenure at Florida State.
"It's great to be recognized by your peers for this award," said Bond. "I credit our players and our assistant coaches at Florida State for building our program into an annual national championship contender. We are looking forward to a great week here at nationals."
Bond and her Seminoles enter championship week with three of the best national finishes in school history in the last three seasons: Ninth in 2021, fifth in 2022, and fifth in 2023. The three consecutive top finishes mark the first three times the Seminoles have finished inside the top 10 in the final standings at the NCAA Championship Finals. Under Bond, the Seminoles are one of only three schools in the nation (Florida State, Stanford, and Texas A&M) that have advanced to match play at the NCAA Championship finals in both of the last two years.
The Seminoles are one of only four teams in the nation that has played in each of the last eight NCAA Championship Finals. The Seminoles are joined by Southern California, Stanford, and Texas in an elite group of programs that have played during the final week of the season in each NCAA Championship since 2016.
Bond led the Seminoles to the team championship at the IJGA Country Club Collegiate in February to five top-five team finishes this spring. The Seminoles finished in fifth place at the NCAA Las Vegas Regional Championship to advance to the NCAA Division I Championship Finals. Under Bond's tutelage, the Seminoles have finished in the top-five in each of their last eight regional championships including regional championships at Louisville in 2021 and at Tallahassee in 2022.
Division I Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year Presented by Golf Pride Watch List
Amy Bond, Florida State
Greg Allen, Vanderbilt University
Kalen Anderson, University of South Carolina
Dan Brooks, Duke University
Gerrod Chadwell, Texas A&M University
Dana Dormann, San Jose State University
Charlie Ewing, Mississippi State University
Missy Farr-Kaye, Arizona State University
Emily Fletcher, Northwestern University
Laurie Gibbs, Pepperdine University
Kory Henkes, University of Mississippi
Kelley Hester, Clemson University
Kim Lewellen, Wake Forest University
Melissa Luellen, Auburn University
Lauren Mason, Southern Methodist University
Ryan Murphy, University of Texas
Aimee Neff, University of North Carolina
Derek Radley, University of Oregon
Garrett Runion, Louisiana State University
Ria Scott, University of Virginia
Justin Silverstein, University of Southern California
Shauna Taylor, University of Arkansas
Alicia Um Holmes, UCLA
Anne Walker, Stanford University
Bond is a National Coach of the Year finalist for the fourth consecutive year. She is one of just six coaches who have been named to the National Coach of the Year watch list in each of the last four seasons.
Bond, the winningest women's golf coach in school history, is in her 14th season as the head coach at Florida State. She has won 20 tournament championships, coached two Olympians, three ACC Golfers of the Year, 26 All-ACC selections and 17 All-Americans during her tenure at Florida State.
"It's great to be recognized by your peers for this award," said Bond. "I credit our players and our assistant coaches at Florida State for building our program into an annual national championship contender. We are looking forward to a great week here at nationals."
Bond and her Seminoles enter championship week with three of the best national finishes in school history in the last three seasons: Ninth in 2021, fifth in 2022, and fifth in 2023. The three consecutive top finishes mark the first three times the Seminoles have finished inside the top 10 in the final standings at the NCAA Championship Finals. Under Bond, the Seminoles are one of only three schools in the nation (Florida State, Stanford, and Texas A&M) that have advanced to match play at the NCAA Championship finals in both of the last two years.
The Seminoles are one of only four teams in the nation that has played in each of the last eight NCAA Championship Finals. The Seminoles are joined by Southern California, Stanford, and Texas in an elite group of programs that have played during the final week of the season in each NCAA Championship since 2016.
Bond led the Seminoles to the team championship at the IJGA Country Club Collegiate in February to five top-five team finishes this spring. The Seminoles finished in fifth place at the NCAA Las Vegas Regional Championship to advance to the NCAA Division I Championship Finals. Under Bond's tutelage, the Seminoles have finished in the top-five in each of their last eight regional championships including regional championships at Louisville in 2021 and at Tallahassee in 2022.
Division I Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year Presented by Golf Pride Watch List
Amy Bond, Florida State
Greg Allen, Vanderbilt University
Kalen Anderson, University of South Carolina
Dan Brooks, Duke University
Gerrod Chadwell, Texas A&M University
Dana Dormann, San Jose State University
Charlie Ewing, Mississippi State University
Missy Farr-Kaye, Arizona State University
Emily Fletcher, Northwestern University
Laurie Gibbs, Pepperdine University
Kory Henkes, University of Mississippi
Kelley Hester, Clemson University
Kim Lewellen, Wake Forest University
Melissa Luellen, Auburn University
Lauren Mason, Southern Methodist University
Ryan Murphy, University of Texas
Aimee Neff, University of North Carolina
Derek Radley, University of Oregon
Garrett Runion, Louisiana State University
Ria Scott, University of Virginia
Justin Silverstein, University of Southern California
Shauna Taylor, University of Arkansas
Alicia Um Holmes, UCLA
Anne Walker, Stanford University
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