NCHSAA girls golf championship history: individual and team champions by year
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NCHSAA girls golf championship history: individual and team champions by year

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The first N.C. High School Athletic Association girls golf championship was held in 1969, and the there have been a number of changes since then.

  • There were no NCHSAA championship held from 1980-1986 and none from 1990-1994.
  • There was no team champion crowned in 1979, 1995, 1996, or in the spring of 1997.
  • 1997 was a transitional year in which girls golf moved from spring to fall, meaning it was played twice during that calendar year.
  • There was only one team champion until 2003, when 4A was split from the rest.
  • In 2011, 3A and 1A/2A each got their own championship, making for three team champions every year.
  • During the pandemic-influenced 2020 season, the 2020 championship was actually held in the 2021 calendar year to coincide with the boys golf championship.

Salisbury and Pinecrest have the most total titles, each with six apiece.

There have been two four-time individual champions in Athens Drive’s Jennifer Chang and First Flight’s Katherine Schuster.

Athens Drive has had the most individual champs (seven) and is tied with Reagan with four different individual champs.

NCHSAA Girls Golf Team Championships, By School

Active NCHSAA schools

Athens Drive (3) — 2008 (4A); 2009 (4A); 2011 (4A)
Ardrey Kell (3) — 2010 (4A); 2012 (4A); 2013 (4A)
Cardinal Gibbons (3) — 2014 (3A); 2015 (4A); 2017 (4A)
Cox Mill (1) — 2019 (3A)
Croatan (1) — 2015 (1A/2A)
Currituck County (1) — 2017 (1A/2A)
East Henderson (2) — 2003 (1A/2A/3A); 2004 (1A/2A/3A)
Fike (2) — 2021 (3A); 2022 (3A)
Freedom (1) — 2020 (3A)
Gray Stone Day (1) — 2018 (1A/2A)
Green Hope (1) — 2014 (4A)
Grimsley (2) — 1969 (All classes); 1970 (All classes)
Hoggard (4) — 1974 (All classes); 1976 (All classes); 1977 (All classes); 1978 (All classes)
J.H. Rose (2) — 1988 (All classes); 2000 (All classes)
Lee County (3) — 1997-fall (All classes); 1998 (All classes); 1999 (All classes)
Leesville Road (2) — 2004 (4A); 2005 (4A)
Ledford (3) — 2011 (3A); 2012 (3A); 2013 (3A)
Myers Park (1) — 2006 (4A)
Newton-Conover (2) — 2021 (1A/2A); 2022 (1A/2A)
Northwest Guilford (1) — 2007 (4A)
Oak Grove (1) — 2019 (1A/2A) —
Pine Lake Prep (1) — 2023 (1A/2A)
Pinecrest (6) — 1987 (All classes); 2001 (All classes); 2016 (4A); 2019 (4A); 2022 (4A); 2023 (4A)
Ragsdale (2) — 1971 (All classes); 1972 (All classes)
Reagan (3) — 2018 (4A); 2020 (4A); 2021 (4A)
Richmond (3) — 1989 (All classes); 2002 (All classes); 2003 (4A)
Rockingham County (4) — 2015 (3A); 2016 (3A); 2017 (3A); 2018 (3A)
Salisbury (6) — 2005 (1A/2A/3A); 2006 (1A/2A/3A); 2011 (1A/2A); 2012 (1A/2A); 2013 (1A/2A); 2014 (1A/2A)
South Central (1) — 2023 (3A)
Union Pines (2) — 2007 (1A/2A/3A); 2008 (1A/2A/3A)
West Davidson (1) — 2016 (1A/2A)
West Henderson (2) — 2009 (1A/2A/3A); 2010 (1A/2A/3A)
West Lincoln (1) — 2020 (1A/2A)

Defunct NCHSAA schools

Sanford Central (1) — 1975 (All classes)
Tryon (1) — 1973 (All classes)

Defunct notes — Sanford Central consolidated with other schools into Lee County High School. Tryon High was later consolidated into what is now Polk County High School.

NCHSAA Girls Golf Individual Champions, By School

Asheville (1) — 2018, Ana Tsiros (3A)
Athens Drive (7) — 2009, Katherine Perry (4A); 2012, Sarah Bae (4A); 2013, Emilia Migliaccio (4A); 2014, Jennifer Chang (4A); 2015, Jennifer Chang (4A); 2016, Jennifer Chang (4A); 2017, Jennifer Chang (4A)
Ardrey Kell (1) — 2008, Allison Emrey (4A)
Broughton (2) — 1988, Kim Byham (All classes); 2005, Julie Saleeby (4A)
C.B. Aycock (2) — 2011, Tara Simmons (3A); 2012, Tara Simmons (3A)
Cary (1) — 1997-spring, Melissa McCabe (All classes)*
Chapel Hill (2) — 2015, Gina Kim (3A); 2016, Gina Kim (3A)
Christ the King (1) — 2023, Malerie Lague (1A/2A)
Clinton (1) — 2016, Amy Wooten (1A/2A)
Concord (1) — 2005, Cydney Clanton (1A/2A/3A)
Cox Mill (1) — 2019, Elizabeth Lohbauer (3A)
East Henderson (3) — 2002, Blair Lamb (All classes); 2003, Blair Lamb (1A/2A/3A); 2004, Blair Lamb (1A/2A/3A)
East Wake (1) — 1995, Corey Driver (All classes)
Eastern Alamance (3) — 2020, Emily Mathews (3A); 2021, Emily Mathews (3A); 2022, Emily Mathews (3A)
Elkin (1) — 2013, Annika Winebarger (1A/2A)
First Flight (4) — 2017, Katherine Schuster (1A/2A); 2018, Katherine Schuster (1A/2A); 2019, Katherine Schuster (1A/2A); 2020, Katherine Schuster (1A/2A)
Gray Stone Day (1) — 2021, Katelyn Griggs (1A/2A)
Green Hope (1) — 2000, Chris Brady (All classes)
Grimsley (3) — 1969, Kathy Sinopoli (All classes); 1971, Kathy Sinopoli (All classes); 1974, Maureen Long (All classes)
Harnett Central (2) — 1987, Jessica Wood (All classes); 1999, Adrienne Millican (All classes)
Hickory (1) — 1997-spring, Erin Massey (All classes)*
High Point Central (2) — 1972, Kathy Sapugh (All classes); 1973, Kathy Sapugh (All classes)
Hoggard (2) — 1976, Carla Daniel (All classes); 1977, Lee Whittemore (All classes)
Lee County (2) — 2013, Siranon Shoomee (3A); 2014, Siranon Shoomee (3A)
Leesville Road (1) — 2004, Jennifer O’Connor (4A)
Mount Tabor (1) — 2010, Kristi Ingram (4A)
Myers Park (1) — 2022, Elizabeth Rudisil (4A)
Newton-Conover (2) — 1978, Lucy Lofland (All classes); 1979, Lucy Lofland (All classes)
Northeastern (1) — 1970, Priscilla Pilgrim (All classes)
Northern Nash (3) — 1997-spring, Ashley Leonard (All classes)*; 1997-fall, Ashley Leonard (All classes); 1998, Ashley Leonard (All classes)
Northwest Guilford (1) — 2023, Leah Edwards (4A)
Page (1) — 2006, Julia Strandburg (4A)
Pine Forest (1) — 1997-spring, Lauren Robinson (All classes)*
Pine Lake Prep (1) — 2022, Caroline Johnson (1A/2A)
Pinecrest (2) — 2001, Josie Shinn (All classes); 2019, Jaclyn Kenzel (4A)
Porter Ridge (3) — 2006, Courtney Gunter (1A/2A/3A); 2007, Courtney Gunter (1A/2A/3A); 2008, Courtney Gunter (1A/2A/3A)
Reagan (4) — 2011, Victoria Allred (4A); 2018, Sasha Hayes (4A); 2020, Macy Pate (4A); 2021, Morgan Ketchum (4A)
Richmond (1) — 2003, Whitney Wright (4A)
Riverside (1) — 1996, Ashley Durham (All classes)
Rockingham County (1) — 2017, Hailey Joy (3A)
Rocky Mount (1) — 1989, Meredith Tucker (All classes)
Salisbury (4) — 2011, Isabella Rusher (1A/2A); 2012, Isabella Rusher (1A/2A); 2014, Grace Yatawara (1A/2A); 2015, Grace Yatawara (1A/2A)
Sanderson (1) — 1975, Susan Cary (All classes)
South Brunswick (1) — 2023, Jillian Fatkin (3A)
Wakefield (1) — 2007, Courtney McKim (4A)
West Henderson (2) — 2009, Kayla Sciupider (1A/2A/3A); 2010, Kayla Sciupider (1A/2A/3A)

*This was the only time co-individual champs were crowned, due to a different format. Predetermined playoff format was to use handicap holes and play it off on the scorecard. Based on that format, Cary’s Melissa McCabe was first, Lauren Robinson of Pine Forest second, Northern Nash’s Ashley Leonard third (going to the fifth handicap hole to decide second and third) and Hickory’s Erin Massey fourth. However, quad-champions were declared.

Multiple individual champs

Four-time champions (2)

  1. Jennifer Chang, Athens Drive (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 — all 4A)
  2. Katherine Schuster, First Flight (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 — all 1A/2A)

Three-time champions (4)

  1. Ashley Leonard, Northern Nash (1997-spring, 1997-fall, 1998 — each for all classes)
  2. Blair Lamb, East Henderson (2002, 2003, 2004 — first was all-classes, last two were 1A/2A/3A)
  3. Courtney Gunter, Porter Ridge (2006, 2007, 2008 — all 1A/2A/3A)
  4. Emily Mathews, Eastern Alamance (2020, 2021, 2022 — all 3A)

Two-time champions (9)

  1. Kathy Sinopoli, Grimsley (1969, 1971 — both all classes)
  2. Kathy Sapugh, High Point Central (1972, 1973 — both all classes)
  3. Lucy Lofland, Newton-Conover (1978, 1979 — both all classes)
  4. Kayla Sciupider, West Henderson (2009, 2010 — both 1A/2A/3A)
  5. Isabella Rusher, Salisbury (2011, 2012 — both 1A/2A)
  6. Tara Simmons, C.B. Aycock (2011, 2012 — both 3A)
  7. Siranon Shoomee, Lee County (2013, 2014 — both 3A)
  8. Grace Yatawara, Salisbury (2014, 2015 — both 1A/2A)
  9. Gina Kim, Chapel Hill (2015, 2016 — both 3A)

Schools with the more than three different individuals as champs (removing repeats)

  • Athens Drive (4) — Katherine Perry, Sarah Bae, Emilia Migliaccio, Jennifer Chang
  • Reagan (4) — Victoria Allred, Sasha Hayes, Macy Pate, Morgan Ketchum

NCHSAA Girls Golf Team Championships, By Year

1969: Grimsley
1970: Grimsley
1971: Ragsdale
1972: Ragsdale
1973: Tryon
1974: Hoggard
1975: Sanford Central
1976: Hoggard
1977: Hoggard
1978: Hoggard
1979-1986: none
1987: Pinecrest
1988: J.H. Rose
1989: Richmond
1990-1994: none
1995-1997-spring: only individual championships
1997-fall: Lee County
1998: Lee County
1999: Lee County
2000: J.H. Rose
2001: Pinecrest
2002: Richmond
2003: Richmond, East Henderson
2004: Leesville Road, East Henderson
2005: Leesville Road, Salisbury
2006: Myers Park, Salisbury
2007: Northwest Guilford, Union Pines
2008: Athens Drive, Union Pines
2009: Athens Drive, West Henderson
2010: Ardrey Kell, West Henderson
2011: Athens Drive, Ledford, Salisbury
2012: Ardrey Kell, Ledford, Salisbury
2013: Ardrey Kell, Ledford, Salisbury
2014: Green Hope, Cardinal Gibbons, Salisbury
2015: Cardinal Gibbons, Rockingham County, Croatan
2016: Pinecrest, Rockingham County, West Davidson
2017: Cardinal Gibbons, Rockingham County, Currituck County
2018: Reagan, Rockingham County, Gray Stone Day
2019: Pinecrest, Cox Mill, Oak Grove
2020: Reagan, Freedom, West Lincoln
2021: Reagan, Fike, Newton-Conover
2022: Pinecrest, Fike, Newton-Conover
2023: Pinecrest, South Central, Pine Lake Prep

Consecutive titles, title streaks

Back-to-back

  1. Grimsley (1969, 1970)
  2. Ragsdale (1971, 1972)
  3. Richmond (2002, 2003)
  4. East Henderson (2003, 2004)
  5. Leesville Road (2004, 2005)
  6. Salisbury (2005, 2006)
  7. Union Pines (2007, 2008)
  8. West Henderson (2009, 2010)
  9. *Cardinal Gibbons (2014, 2015)
  10. Reagan (2020, 2021)
  11. Fike (2021, 2022)
  12. Newton-Conover (2021, 2022)
  13. Pinecrest (2022, 2023)

*more than one classification

Three-peat

  1. Hoggard (1976, 1977, 1978)
  2. Lee County (1997-fall, 1998, 1999)
  3. Ledford (2011, 2012, 2013)

Four-peat

  1. Salisbury (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
  2. Rockingham County (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Other title runs

  1. Hoggard 3 titles in four years (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978)
  2. Athens Drive 3 titles in four years (2008, 2009, 2011)
  3. Ardrey Kell 3 titles in four years (2010, 2012, 2013)
  4. Cardinal Gibbons 3 titles in four years (2014, 2015, 2017)
  5. Reagan 3 titles in four years (2018, 2020, 2021)

Miscellaneous facts

Schools who have won boys golf and girls golf titles in same calendar year

TBD

Schools who have swept boys golf and girls golf titles in same athletic year

TBD

Schools who won the state title and had the individual champ also

  1. Grimsley 1969
  2. Hoggard 1976
  3. Hoggard 1977
  4. Pinecrest 2001
  5. Richmond 2003
  6. East Henderson 2003
  7. Leesville Road 2004
  8. East Henderson 2004
  9. Athens Drive 2009
  10. West Henderson 2009
  11. West Henderson 2010
  12. Salisbury 2011
  13. Salisbury 2012
  14. Salisbury 2014
  15. Rockingham County 2017
  16. Reagan 2018
  17. Pinecrest 2019
  18. Cox Mill 2019
  19. Reagan 2020
  20. Reagan 2021

Championship records

Lowest team scores (using lowest three, must be 40 or lower)

  1. 434 — Reagan, 2021
  2. 449 — Pinecrest, 2023
  3. 449 — Cardinal Gibbons, 2021
  4. 450 — Pinecrest, 2019
  5. 454 — Cardinal Gibbons, 2017
  6. 455 — Rockingham County, 2017
  7. 458 — Athens Drive, 2009
  8. 458 — Reagan, 2018

Lowest 18-hole round (must be 67 or lower)

  1. 65 — Morgan Ketchum, Reagan 2021
  2. 66 — Emily Mathews, Eastern Alamance, 2022
  3. 67 — Blair Lamb, East Henderson, 2003
  4. 67 — Siranon Shoomee, Lee County, 2014
  5. 67 — Ellie Hildreth, Hoggard, 2021
  6. 67 — Elizabeth Rudisill, Myers Park, 2022 R1
  7. 67 — Elizabeth Rudisill, Myers Park 2022 R2

Lowest 36-hole round (must be 140 or lower)

  1. 134, Elizabeth Rudisill, Myers Park, 2022
  2. 136, Blair Lamb, East Henderson, 2003
  3. (tie) 138, Blair Lamb, East Henderson, 2002 / 138, Siranon Shoomee, Lee County, 2014
  5. (tie) 139, Emily Mathews, Eastern Alamance, 2022 / 139, Katherine Schuster, First Flight, 2018 / 139, Gina Kim, Chapel Hill, 2015 / 139, Jennifer Chang, Athens Drive, 2017
  9. (tie) 140, Morgan Ketchum, Reagan, 2021 / 140, Blair Lamb, East Henderson, 2004

Lowest championship marks per classification

4A Team — 434, Reagan 2021
4A Individual — 134, Elizabeth Rudisill, Myers Park 2023
3A Team — 455, Rockingham County 2017
3A Individual — 138, Siranon Shoomee, Lee County 2014
1A/2A Team — 474, Salisbury 2013
1A/2A Individual — 139, Katherine Schuster, First Flight 2018

Courses that have hosted NCHSAA championships

Beacon Ridge, West End: Times hosted — 1; Most recent — 2020.
Finley GC, Chapel Hill: Times hosted — 19; Most recent — 2000
Foxfire Resort*: Times hosted — 15; Most recent — 2023.
Gates Four, Fayetteville: Times hosted — 1; Most recent — 2003.
Keith Hills GC, Buies Creek: Times hosted — 2; Most recent — 2007.
Longleaf, Southern Pines: Times hosted — 15; Most recent — 2022.
Pinehurst No. 1: Times hosted — 5; Most recent — 2020.
Pinehurst No. 3: Times hosted — 1; Most recent — 2018.
Pinehurst No. 5: Times hosted — 4; Most recent — 2021.
Pinehurst No. 6: Times hosted — 8; Most recent — 2023.
Pinehurst No. 8: Times hosted — 2; Most recent — 2020.
Stonebridge GC, Monroe: Times hosted — 1; Most recent — 2023.
The Pit Golf Links, Aberdeen: Times hosted — 1; Most recent — 2004.
Whispering Pines GC: Times hosted — 1; Most recent — 2005.
Woodlake CC, Vass: Times hosted — 2; Most recent — 1999.

*Foxfire has had multiple courses host: West, Grey, and Red.

Source: highschoolot.com