Athletics Department. Women's Golf Records
The Demon Deacons Women's Golf Team began intercollegiate play in 1971. Golf, alongside basketball, field hockey, and volleyball were among the first intercollegiate sports offered to the women students at Wake Forest. Marge Crisp, the first full-time female faculty member at Wake Forest served as the first women's golf coach. The women's golf program at Wake Forest has since grown into a highly competitive program that recruits student-athletes from all over the country and internationally. This collection contains records and materials that document the early years of the program as well as it's more recent activities. Materials include seasonal files that are comprised of rosters, schedules, invitational records and results as well as media guides. Also in cluded are player and coach files that primarily contain correspondence and some graphic media.
Biographical and Historical Note
Wake Forest fielded its first intercollegiate women's golf team in 1971. Wake Forest University fielded its inaugural intercollegiate women's golf team in 1971. Golf was among the earliest sports at the institution to award athletic scholarships to female athletes. Alongside women's basketball and volleyball, the golf team played under the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). The team was also a member of the state AIAW chapter, the North Carolina AIAW (NCAIAW). Following the dissolution of the AIAW, the women's golf team began competing under the governance of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
In response to the mandates of Title IX, Marjorie (Marge) Crisp was appointed Director of Women's Athletics, a position she held until 1974. Crisp was also the first full-time female faculty member at the university. She retired from teaching in 1977 but continued coaching golf until 1983. Amy Geithner, a pioneering member of the women's golf team and one of the first female student-athletes at Wake Forest to receive an athletic scholarship, succeeded Crisp as the women's golf coach in 1983. Geithner resigned from the position in 1985. She was succeeded by Mary Beth McGuirr, who served as head coach from 1985 to 1988.
In 1988, Dianne Dailey joined Wake Forest as both the women's golf coach and the Director of Women's Athletics. In 1999, she resigned from her administrative role to focus on coaching and remained in that role until 2018. Over her 30-year coaching career, Dailey led the Demon Deacons women's golf team to four ACC titles, thirty team championships, thirty-eight individual titles, and fifteen appearances in the NCAA Championships. She was named ACC Coach of the Year four times and received the LPGA Coach of the Year award in 2001.
Since Dailey's retirement, the women's golf program has been led by Kim Lewellen. During her tenure, Lewellen has secured one NCAA championship, two ACC titles, and has been recognized as NCAA Coach of the Year in 2023 and ACC Coach of the Year in 2019, 2022, and 2024.
Individual title winners include Stephanie Neill, Marta Prieto, Emilia Migliaccio, Cheyenne Woods, Michelle Shin, and Rachel Kuehn and Brenda Corrie-Kuehn.
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Collection Overview
This collection documents the historical and current activities of the Wake Forest University women's golf team. These materials originated in the Office of the Director of Women's Athletics and cover the early years of intercollegiate play for the Demon Deacon Women's Golf Team. Materials in this collection include rosters, media guides, adminstrative files, and correspondence. Materials in this colection originated in the offices of the former women's golf coaches and cover the expanse of the women's golf team.
Common abbreviations found in this collection include the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the North Carolina Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NCAIAW), the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), and the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA).
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 3 series. Series 1. Season and administrative materials. Series 2. Player and coach materials and Series. 3 Publications.
Series 1. Administrative and seasonal materials primarily relate to general operations and seasonal management such as scheduling, correspondence, facilities, as well as funding and budget information. Series 2. Student-athlete and coach files primarily contain correspondence and biographical information during the season as well as post-graduate activities of former players and include materials such as newspaper clippings and correspondence. Series 3. Publications includes printed media guides/season prospectus guides. In-season tournament and invitational materials can be found in Series 1.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by Ashelee Gerald Hill, 2025 August
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- This collection is open for use.
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- Preferred Citation
- Athletics. Women's Golf Records (RG21.10w), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest Univervisty, Wonston-Salem, NC, USA.