Slobodnik-Stoll Qualifies for USGA Women's Mid-Amateur
8/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Aug. 15, 2008
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's golf head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll qualified for the 2008 USGA Women's Mid-Amateur yesterday during sectional qualifying at Barton Hills Country Club in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Women's Mid-Amateur will also be held at Barton Hills, taking place on Sept. 6-11.
Slobodnik-Stoll shot a five-over par 77, which was enough to make her one of the seven qualifiers from the sectional location.
Slobodnik-Stoll is the reigning GAM Women's Player of the Year, having also taking home the honor in 1996 and 1998. This summer, she won her fourth-straight GAM Mid-Amateur champion. In addition, she has been the state amateur champion on two occasions (1996, 1998) and has qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship four times (1994, 1996, 1998, 2001).
The 1994 Michigan State graduate and two-time team captain just completed her 11th season as heaad coach of her alma mater. Slobodnik-Stoll has led the Spartans to nine-straight NCAA Regionals, and has twice been named the Big Ten Women's Golf Coach of the Year, after leading MSU to the conference tournament title in 2001 and 2007.