Hall of Fame
When varsity women's golf joined the fray during the 2005-06 academic year, the Gators wasted little time before proving their mettle on the course. The team of Jaime Elizabeth Reints '09, Katherine A. Hoffman '09, Lauren Torso Orkis '09, Lisa Coleman Sullivan '08, Erin D. Shaffer, Jennifer Vota Burda '06, Alison Eve Bruckner '09, assistant coach Jack Steiger, and head coach Jeff Groff, established themselves as a contender by winning four of their first five tournaments during the fall portion of the season and two more events in the spring.
In their first-ever tournament, Baldwin Wallace University's Lady Yellow Jacket Fall Invitational, the Blue and Gold topped the eight-team field with a 14-stroke victory. In a 25-stroke win at the Penn State Behrend Fall Invitational on September 22, Bruckner became the first women's golfer to claim medalist honors with a round of 73. Allegheny broke into the national rankings by the end of the fall half of the schedule.
Despite being a first-year program, AC was one of only 10 teams selected to compete in the 2006 Division III Championships, the first of seven consecutive NCAA bids for the Gators. Allegheny concluded its debut season with a ninth-place showing at the four-round national championship in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.
