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The Nebraska women’s golf team begins the Breanne Hall-coaching era by opening the 2025 fall season at the Sam Golden Invitational in Corinth, Texas (Sept. 8-9).
The two-day, 54-hole event hosted by the University of North Texas on the 6,343-yard, par-72 layout of the Oakmont Country Club opens with an 8:30 a.m. (CT) shotgun start for two rounds of continuous play on Monday, Sept. 8. Following Monday’s 36 holes, the tournament concludes with the final round on Tuesday, Sept. 9 with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. (CT).
The Huskers will be the only Big Ten Conference representative in a 13-team field that includes 2025 NCAA Regional qualifiers Kansas State, Louisville and Tulsa, along with Missouri, Texas Tech, Central Arkansas, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Texas State, Tulane, UTSA and the hosts from North Texas.
Hall, a three-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year at Illinois State before taking over the top job at Nebraska, will bring a young lineup with her to Texas for her Husker debut.
Danica Lundgren, a sophomore out of Vandegrift High School in Austin, Texas, earned the top spot in the Nebraska lineup. Lundgren posted a 75.70 stroke average over 23 rounds as a true freshman for the Huskers a year ago.
Lundgren joins Hannah Kono as the only Huskers making the trip to Texas who have ever played a round in the Nebraska lineup. Kono, a junior from Enkoping, Sweden, will occupy the No. 5 spot in the Big Red lineup after posting a 74.93 stroke average over 30 rounds in her first season as a Husker in 2024-25.
Kaleigh Babineaux, will join Lundgren as a Husker from Austin, Texas. Babineaux, a true freshman out of Lake Travis High School, will play as an individual outside the Nebraska lineup in her collegiate debut.
The other true freshman on the Nebraska roster, Ailis Tribolet (pronounced AY-liss TRIB-oh-lay), earned a lineup spot in her college debut. Tribolet, who was recently a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship, was the No. 73 player in the nation according to Junior Golf Scoreboard in 2025 after winning the Arizona State Division III Boys Individual title at Valley Christian High School in Chandler in 2024.
Fellow Arizonan Brooke Bream will join Tribolet in the Husker lineup for the first time. Bream, a fifth-year senior from Phoenix, was Nebraska’s No. 3 qualifier for the tournament after finishing second to teammate Lauren Thiele at the Nebraska Women’s Match Play this summer. A second-year graduate student pursuing her MBA from Nebraska, Bream has played in nine rounds outside the Husker lineup in her career.
Transfer Jessica Jolly rounds out the NU lineup in her Husker debut. The sophomore from Rockford, Mich., was an All-Missouri Valley Conference performer a year ago for Hall at Illinois State, helping the Redbirds to the league title and an NCAA Regional trip. Jolly posted a 75.36 stroke average over 33 rounds last season.
Sam Golden Invitational
Corinth, Texas (Host: North Texas)
Oakmont CC (Par 72, 6,343 Yards)
Schedule
Monday, Sept. 8 (Rounds 1 & 2) - 8:30 a.m. (CT) - Shotgun
Tuesday, Sept. 9 (Round 3) - 8 a.m. (CT) - Shotgun
Live Scoring: Scoreboard.clippd.com
The two-day, 54-hole event hosted by the University of North Texas on the 6,343-yard, par-72 layout of the Oakmont Country Club opens with an 8:30 a.m. (CT) shotgun start for two rounds of continuous play on Monday, Sept. 8. Following Monday’s 36 holes, the tournament concludes with the final round on Tuesday, Sept. 9 with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. (CT).
The Huskers will be the only Big Ten Conference representative in a 13-team field that includes 2025 NCAA Regional qualifiers Kansas State, Louisville and Tulsa, along with Missouri, Texas Tech, Central Arkansas, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Texas State, Tulane, UTSA and the hosts from North Texas.
Hall, a three-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year at Illinois State before taking over the top job at Nebraska, will bring a young lineup with her to Texas for her Husker debut.
Danica Lundgren, a sophomore out of Vandegrift High School in Austin, Texas, earned the top spot in the Nebraska lineup. Lundgren posted a 75.70 stroke average over 23 rounds as a true freshman for the Huskers a year ago.
Lundgren joins Hannah Kono as the only Huskers making the trip to Texas who have ever played a round in the Nebraska lineup. Kono, a junior from Enkoping, Sweden, will occupy the No. 5 spot in the Big Red lineup after posting a 74.93 stroke average over 30 rounds in her first season as a Husker in 2024-25.
Kaleigh Babineaux, will join Lundgren as a Husker from Austin, Texas. Babineaux, a true freshman out of Lake Travis High School, will play as an individual outside the Nebraska lineup in her collegiate debut.
The other true freshman on the Nebraska roster, Ailis Tribolet (pronounced AY-liss TRIB-oh-lay), earned a lineup spot in her college debut. Tribolet, who was recently a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship, was the No. 73 player in the nation according to Junior Golf Scoreboard in 2025 after winning the Arizona State Division III Boys Individual title at Valley Christian High School in Chandler in 2024.
Fellow Arizonan Brooke Bream will join Tribolet in the Husker lineup for the first time. Bream, a fifth-year senior from Phoenix, was Nebraska’s No. 3 qualifier for the tournament after finishing second to teammate Lauren Thiele at the Nebraska Women’s Match Play this summer. A second-year graduate student pursuing her MBA from Nebraska, Bream has played in nine rounds outside the Husker lineup in her career.
Transfer Jessica Jolly rounds out the NU lineup in her Husker debut. The sophomore from Rockford, Mich., was an All-Missouri Valley Conference performer a year ago for Hall at Illinois State, helping the Redbirds to the league title and an NCAA Regional trip. Jolly posted a 75.36 stroke average over 33 rounds last season.
Sam Golden Invitational
Corinth, Texas (Host: North Texas)
Oakmont CC (Par 72, 6,343 Yards)
Schedule
Monday, Sept. 8 (Rounds 1 & 2) - 8:30 a.m. (CT) - Shotgun
Tuesday, Sept. 9 (Round 3) - 8 a.m. (CT) - Shotgun
Live Scoring: Scoreboard.clippd.com
Participating Teams (13)
Central Arkansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Middle Tennessee State, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico State, North Texas, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulane, Tulsa, UTSA
Hall Takes Reins of Husker Program as Nebraska’s Sixth Head Coach
With a proven record of helping aspiring young golfers drastically improve their games, first-year Nebraska Head Coach Breanne Hall inherits a roster filled with nine returning Huskers and one transfer who followed her from Illinois State. However, among the 12 golfers on Nebraska’s roster, nine will be in either their first or second seasons as Huskers.
A three-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Hall was named the sixth head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf program on May 15, 2025 after Coach Jeanne Sutherland announced her retirement.
Hall won back-to-back MVC Coach-of-the-Year honors at Illinois State in 2024 and 2025. She led the Redbirds to three NCAA Tournament appearances over the past four seasons and was also the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year.
Hall’s 2025 Illinois State team won the Missouri Valley Conference title by 31 strokes before finishing 11th at the NCAA Columbus Regional. In 2024, Illinois State won the Missouri Valley Conference title by 12 strokes with Ali Schrock sharing the tournament title. The Redbirds went on to finish 12th at the NCAA East Lansing Regional.
The Redbirds earned their first conference title under Hall’s direction in 2022 and their first MVC title in a decade, edging Missouri State by one stroke and capping the year with a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
During her time at Illinois State, Hall coached three MVC Golfers of the Year and 15 all-conference selections. Her teams produced the five best single-season scoring averages in school history over the past five years.
Prior to taking over the top spot at Illinois State, Hall spent a season recruiting a roster before serving as the head coach for two seasons at UNC Asheville (2016-18). As the first head coach in history of the fledgling program, Hall led UNC Asheville to a pair of tournament titles in the first two seasons of the program’s existence. Her team posted a nine-stroke improvement in scoring average from year one to year two.
Husker All-American Kate Smith Competing on 2025 LPGA Tour
Former Husker Kate Smith-Stroh captured her LPGA Tour Card for the 2025 season by tying for 19th at the LPGA Q-Series Final Qualifying Stage in Mobile, Ala., Dec. 10.
Smith-Stroh, an All-American and Big Ten Champion for Nebraska as a fifth-year senior in 2021, put together five solid rounds in Alabama to finish with a total of 350 (-8) with rounds of 69-71-67-72-71 on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail - Magnolia Grove to secure a spot on the world’s premier women’s golf tour this season.
One of the best golfers in Nebraska history, Smith-Stroh competed on the Epson Tour (2022-24). During the 2023 season, she competed in 22 events and made 19 cuts, while recording four top-10 finishes. She tied for second at the Four Winds Invitational. She added 19 events while making 13 cuts in 2024, including two more top-10 finishes.
She was ranked 33rd in the Race for the Card entering Q-Series Final Qualifying.
Smith-Stroh has earned nearly $100,000 in her first season on the LPGA Tour, including her first career top-10 finish at the Dow Championship in late June. Her tie for 10th at 265 (-15) over four rounds earned her just over $35,000. She added a tie for 18th at 276 (-12) at The Standard Portland Classic in mid-August to take home more than $25,000.
In 14 tournaments in her first season on the LPGA Tour, Smith-Stroh has made six cuts.
The native of Detroit Lakes, Minn., made history during her time at Nebraska. The two-time first-team All-Big Ten award winner stormed to the Big Ten Championship with a school-record 64 (-8) in the final round at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio. She was named a third-team All-American by Golfweek and an honorable-mention All-American by the WGCA before becoming the first Husker to compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup, helping the United States to a title. She was also the first Husker to compete in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2021.
With a proven record of helping aspiring young golfers drastically improve their games, first-year Nebraska Head Coach Breanne Hall inherits a roster filled with nine returning Huskers and one transfer who followed her from Illinois State. However, among the 12 golfers on Nebraska’s roster, nine will be in either their first or second seasons as Huskers.
A three-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Hall was named the sixth head coach of the Nebraska women’s golf program on May 15, 2025 after Coach Jeanne Sutherland announced her retirement.
Hall won back-to-back MVC Coach-of-the-Year honors at Illinois State in 2024 and 2025. She led the Redbirds to three NCAA Tournament appearances over the past four seasons and was also the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year.
Hall’s 2025 Illinois State team won the Missouri Valley Conference title by 31 strokes before finishing 11th at the NCAA Columbus Regional. In 2024, Illinois State won the Missouri Valley Conference title by 12 strokes with Ali Schrock sharing the tournament title. The Redbirds went on to finish 12th at the NCAA East Lansing Regional.
The Redbirds earned their first conference title under Hall’s direction in 2022 and their first MVC title in a decade, edging Missouri State by one stroke and capping the year with a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
During her time at Illinois State, Hall coached three MVC Golfers of the Year and 15 all-conference selections. Her teams produced the five best single-season scoring averages in school history over the past five years.
Prior to taking over the top spot at Illinois State, Hall spent a season recruiting a roster before serving as the head coach for two seasons at UNC Asheville (2016-18). As the first head coach in history of the fledgling program, Hall led UNC Asheville to a pair of tournament titles in the first two seasons of the program’s existence. Her team posted a nine-stroke improvement in scoring average from year one to year two.
Husker All-American Kate Smith Competing on 2025 LPGA Tour
Former Husker Kate Smith-Stroh captured her LPGA Tour Card for the 2025 season by tying for 19th at the LPGA Q-Series Final Qualifying Stage in Mobile, Ala., Dec. 10.
Smith-Stroh, an All-American and Big Ten Champion for Nebraska as a fifth-year senior in 2021, put together five solid rounds in Alabama to finish with a total of 350 (-8) with rounds of 69-71-67-72-71 on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail - Magnolia Grove to secure a spot on the world’s premier women’s golf tour this season.
One of the best golfers in Nebraska history, Smith-Stroh competed on the Epson Tour (2022-24). During the 2023 season, she competed in 22 events and made 19 cuts, while recording four top-10 finishes. She tied for second at the Four Winds Invitational. She added 19 events while making 13 cuts in 2024, including two more top-10 finishes.
She was ranked 33rd in the Race for the Card entering Q-Series Final Qualifying.
Smith-Stroh has earned nearly $100,000 in her first season on the LPGA Tour, including her first career top-10 finish at the Dow Championship in late June. Her tie for 10th at 265 (-15) over four rounds earned her just over $35,000. She added a tie for 18th at 276 (-12) at The Standard Portland Classic in mid-August to take home more than $25,000.
In 14 tournaments in her first season on the LPGA Tour, Smith-Stroh has made six cuts.
The native of Detroit Lakes, Minn., made history during her time at Nebraska. The two-time first-team All-Big Ten award winner stormed to the Big Ten Championship with a school-record 64 (-8) in the final round at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio. She was named a third-team All-American by Golfweek and an honorable-mention All-American by the WGCA before becoming the first Husker to compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup, helping the United States to a title. She was also the first Husker to compete in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2021.
Former Husker Bouvet Playing on 2025 Ladies European Tour
Former Husker Vanessa Bouvet claimed her Ladies European Tour (LET) card for the 2025 season with a top-20 finish at the Lalla Aicha Q-School in Morocco, Dec. 16-20.
Bouvet, who competed at Nebraska from 2018-19 to 2021-22, put together an impressive five-round total of 353 (-10) at the Royal Golf Marrakech and Al Maaden Golf Marrakech in Morocco to finish in a six-way tie for 19th among 101 players who advanced to the final stage of qualifying in the European Q-School.
Playing out of her home country of France, Bouvet opened with rounds of 70 and 69 before settling for a 76. She bounced back with a 70 before closing with a final-round 68 to secure her LET card.
As a Husker senior in 2021-22, Bouvet tied for 24th at the Big Ten Championship. She played out of the top of the lineup and finished with a team-best 73.17 stroke average during the fall with four top-20 finishes. She closed the year with a 74.67 average over 27 rounds. She had six career top-10 finishes as a Husker.
A big hitter who called both France and Brunei home before coming to Nebraska, Bouvet burst onto the collegiate scene as a freshman by posting a 75.79 average over 24 rounds for the Huskers. Off the course, Bouvet was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. She earned her bachelor’s degree as an advertising and public relations major from Nebraska in May of 2022.
Former Husker Vanessa Bouvet claimed her Ladies European Tour (LET) card for the 2025 season with a top-20 finish at the Lalla Aicha Q-School in Morocco, Dec. 16-20.
Bouvet, who competed at Nebraska from 2018-19 to 2021-22, put together an impressive five-round total of 353 (-10) at the Royal Golf Marrakech and Al Maaden Golf Marrakech in Morocco to finish in a six-way tie for 19th among 101 players who advanced to the final stage of qualifying in the European Q-School.
Playing out of her home country of France, Bouvet opened with rounds of 70 and 69 before settling for a 76. She bounced back with a 70 before closing with a final-round 68 to secure her LET card.
As a Husker senior in 2021-22, Bouvet tied for 24th at the Big Ten Championship. She played out of the top of the lineup and finished with a team-best 73.17 stroke average during the fall with four top-20 finishes. She closed the year with a 74.67 average over 27 rounds. She had six career top-10 finishes as a Husker.
A big hitter who called both France and Brunei home before coming to Nebraska, Bouvet burst onto the collegiate scene as a freshman by posting a 75.79 average over 24 rounds for the Huskers. Off the course, Bouvet was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. She earned her bachelor’s degree as an advertising and public relations major from Nebraska in May of 2022.
Kono Hoping to Make Step Forward in Second Season as Husker
Hannah Kono produced Nebraska’s No. 2 stroke average (74.93) in her first year as a Husker in 2024-25. The transfer from Oakland University earned four top-25 finishes as a Husker, after finishing sixth at the 2024 Horizon League Championship.
Kono fired a career-best 213 (-3) to lead Nebraska with a tie for 21st individually at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 23-24).
Kono’s performance included career-best first and second rounds of 70 (-2) on the 6,248-yard layout of the Vistas Course at the Westbrook Village Golf Club.
Kono closed the fall with a then-career-best 218 (+2) to finish 16th at the Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables, Fla. The native of Enkoping, Sweden, put together consistent rounds of 73, 72 and 73 on the par-72, 6,175-yard layout at the Biltmore Golf Club to earn her best finish as a Huskers.
She opened her Husker career with a tie for 18th at the Badger Invitational with a 224.
Kono fired a career-best 213 (-3) to lead Nebraska with a tie for 21st individually at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz. (Feb. 23-24).
Kono’s performance included career-best first and second rounds of 70 (-2) on the 6,248-yard layout of the Vistas Course at the Westbrook Village Golf Club.
Kono closed the fall with a then-career-best 218 (+2) to finish 16th at the Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables, Fla. The native of Enkoping, Sweden, put together consistent rounds of 73, 72 and 73 on the par-72, 6,175-yard layout at the Biltmore Golf Club to earn her best finish as a Huskers.
She opened her Husker career with a tie for 18th at the Badger Invitational with a 224.
Thiele Takes 2025 Nebraska Women’s Match Play Championship
Lauren Thiele defeated Husker teammate Brooke Bream 1 up in the final to capture the 102nd Nebraska Women’s Match Play title at Hillcrest Country Club in Lincoln on July 31.
In a championship match that was delayed by morning rain in Lincoln, Bream was 2 up through 10 holes before Thiele won three straight holes to take her first lead of the match through 13. Bream answered with a win on No. 14 to square the match, before Thiele regained the lead with a win on No. 15. The Husker duo matched each other stroke for stroke on the final three holes, as Thiele claimed her first Women’s Match Play championship.
Lauren, a Wahoo native, follows in the family footsteps of her older sisters, Hannah (2016) and Lindsey (2023), as a Nebraska Women’s Match Play champion. Lauren was also the Nebraska Girls Match Play Champion in 2021.
Bream, a redshirt senior for the Huskers in 2025-26, played outstanding golf throughout the tournament to earn a spot in the final. She advanced to the finals with a win over fellow Husker Arden Louchheim in the semifinals, while Thiele rallied to defeated another fellow Husker, Olivia Lovegrove.
Lohrbach Storms to Nebraska Women’s Amateur Title
In a championship match that was delayed by morning rain in Lincoln, Bream was 2 up through 10 holes before Thiele won three straight holes to take her first lead of the match through 13. Bream answered with a win on No. 14 to square the match, before Thiele regained the lead with a win on No. 15. The Husker duo matched each other stroke for stroke on the final three holes, as Thiele claimed her first Women’s Match Play championship.
Lauren, a Wahoo native, follows in the family footsteps of her older sisters, Hannah (2016) and Lindsey (2023), as a Nebraska Women’s Match Play champion. Lauren was also the Nebraska Girls Match Play Champion in 2021.
Bream, a redshirt senior for the Huskers in 2025-26, played outstanding golf throughout the tournament to earn a spot in the final. She advanced to the finals with a win over fellow Husker Arden Louchheim in the semifinals, while Thiele rallied to defeated another fellow Husker, Olivia Lovegrove.
Lohrbach Storms to Nebraska Women’s Amateur Title
Husker women’s golfer Eden Lohrbach fired a final-round 69 (-3) to rally from a five-stroke deficit on her way to a four-shot victory over Omaha’s Katie Ruge on June 5 at the 51st Nebraska Women’s Amateur Championship at the Beatrice Country Club.
Lohrbach, a sophomore from Ames, Iowa, entered the final round at 151 after an even-par 72 (June 3) and a second-round 79 (June 4). Ruge held the tournament’s top spot through the first 36 holes after rounds of 70 and 76 to sit at 146 (+4).
But Lohrbach wasted little time in storming to the top of the leader board on the final day, recording four birdies on the front nine to overcome a bogey on No. 1 to take the turn with a three-under-par 33. That was enough to account for the nine-stroke swing as Ruge struggled with four bogeys and two double-bogeys on the front nine to head to the back at 42 (+9).
Lohrbach maintained her four-stroke lead with an even-par 36 on the back to finish with a three-round total of 220 (+4), while Ruge closed at 224 (+8).
In addition to Lohrbach’s title, Husker teammates Olivia Lovegrove (Lincoln) and Arden Louchheim (Park City, Utah) tied for third at 226 (+9). Lauren Thiele (Wahoo) added a top-10 finish by taking eighth at 231 (+15), while sisters Brooke and Mackenzie Bream tied for 13th at 232 (+16).
Sophomores Hoping to Make Splash in Second Seasons as Huskers
A five-player sophomore class should make qualifying for each tournament extraordinarily competitive for Nebraska this season.
Four-time Iowa high school player of the year Eden Lohrbach was a regular in Nebraska’s lineup as a true freshman in 2024-25, finishing with a 75.85 stroke average over 27 rounds. She was also NU’s top finisher at the Big Ten Championship.
Lincoln Christian High School graduate and 2022 Nebraska state champion Olivia Lovegrove came on strong late in the season and finished with a 75.64 stroke average over 11 rounds. She contributed a pair of rounds for the Big Red at the Big Ten Championship.
Another 2025 true freshman, Danica Lundgren posted a solid 75.70 stroke average over 23 rounds. Lundgren’s first collegiate season included a Husker season-best 207 (-9) at the PDI Intercollegiate hosted by UCF early in the spring.
Third-year Husker Mackenzie Bream adds a fourth returning sophomore to Nebraska’s class, while Illinois State transfer Jessica Jolly hopes to make an instant impact on the Husker lineup.
Jolly earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in her first college season under Coach Breanne Hall at ISU, after tying for 17th individually at the MVC Championship. Jolly went on to tie for 62nd individually at the NCAA Columbus Regional before making the decision to follow Hall to Nebraska.
The four-time all-state performer from Rockford, Mich., posted four top-10 individual tournament finishes on her way to a 75.00 stroke average over 30 rounds at Illinois State last season.
Lohrbach, a sophomore from Ames, Iowa, entered the final round at 151 after an even-par 72 (June 3) and a second-round 79 (June 4). Ruge held the tournament’s top spot through the first 36 holes after rounds of 70 and 76 to sit at 146 (+4).
But Lohrbach wasted little time in storming to the top of the leader board on the final day, recording four birdies on the front nine to overcome a bogey on No. 1 to take the turn with a three-under-par 33. That was enough to account for the nine-stroke swing as Ruge struggled with four bogeys and two double-bogeys on the front nine to head to the back at 42 (+9).
Lohrbach maintained her four-stroke lead with an even-par 36 on the back to finish with a three-round total of 220 (+4), while Ruge closed at 224 (+8).
In addition to Lohrbach’s title, Husker teammates Olivia Lovegrove (Lincoln) and Arden Louchheim (Park City, Utah) tied for third at 226 (+9). Lauren Thiele (Wahoo) added a top-10 finish by taking eighth at 231 (+15), while sisters Brooke and Mackenzie Bream tied for 13th at 232 (+16).
Sophomores Hoping to Make Splash in Second Seasons as Huskers
A five-player sophomore class should make qualifying for each tournament extraordinarily competitive for Nebraska this season.
Four-time Iowa high school player of the year Eden Lohrbach was a regular in Nebraska’s lineup as a true freshman in 2024-25, finishing with a 75.85 stroke average over 27 rounds. She was also NU’s top finisher at the Big Ten Championship.
Lincoln Christian High School graduate and 2022 Nebraska state champion Olivia Lovegrove came on strong late in the season and finished with a 75.64 stroke average over 11 rounds. She contributed a pair of rounds for the Big Red at the Big Ten Championship.
Another 2025 true freshman, Danica Lundgren posted a solid 75.70 stroke average over 23 rounds. Lundgren’s first collegiate season included a Husker season-best 207 (-9) at the PDI Intercollegiate hosted by UCF early in the spring.
Third-year Husker Mackenzie Bream adds a fourth returning sophomore to Nebraska’s class, while Illinois State transfer Jessica Jolly hopes to make an instant impact on the Husker lineup.
Jolly earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in her first college season under Coach Breanne Hall at ISU, after tying for 17th individually at the MVC Championship. Jolly went on to tie for 62nd individually at the NCAA Columbus Regional before making the decision to follow Hall to Nebraska.
The four-time all-state performer from Rockford, Mich., posted four top-10 individual tournament finishes on her way to a 75.00 stroke average over 30 rounds at Illinois State last season.
Talented Freshman Appear Ready to Make Instant Impact with Big Red
Ailis Tribolet and Kayleigh Babineaux round out the Husker roster as a pair of highly touted true freshmen looking to push for immediate lineup time. Tribolet, the 2024 Arizona Interscholastic Association Division III Boys state individual champion, fired a 63 (-9) in the final round of the state tournament to claim the title with a 36-hole score of 132 (-12). Perhaps even more impressively, Tribolet qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship following her freshman season of high school in 2022.
The No. 73 recruit in the nation according to Junior Golf Scoreboard, Tribolet bypassed a chance to repeat as an Arizona state champion as a senior when she chose to compete in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship. She advanced to the quarterfinals of the national event.
Babineaux won the Foresight Sports Long Drive Challenge as part of the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championships in 2024. The Austin Lake Travis High School graduate spent her first two prep seasons at Cherokee Trail High School in Colorado before moving to Texas. She finished eighth at the Colorado Class 5A state tournament as a sophomore in 2023.
Husker NCAA Tradition
Kelli Ann Strand’s 2024 NCAA Cle Elum Regional bid marked the fourth straight year Nebraska women’s golf had at least one player at NCAA Regionals. Her tie for 24th was NU’s best regional finish since 2008.
In 2023, Nebraska qualified as a team to the NCAA Raleigh Regional, marking NU’s 13th all-time NCAA Regional berth.
The Huskers, who finished ninth at the 12-team NCAA Raleigh Regional, also competed at the 2021 Columbus Regional, tying for 15th in an 18-team field.
In 2022, Kirsten Baete represented Nebraska at the NCAA Stanford Regional.
NU’s highest regional finish came with a fifth-place finish in a 21-team field at the 2003 NCAA Central Regional at Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln. The Huskers advanced to NCAA Championship appearances in 2000 (19th), 2003 (22nd) and 2006 (20th).
Nebraska NCAA Regional Teams: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021, 2023.
Ailis Tribolet and Kayleigh Babineaux round out the Husker roster as a pair of highly touted true freshmen looking to push for immediate lineup time. Tribolet, the 2024 Arizona Interscholastic Association Division III Boys state individual champion, fired a 63 (-9) in the final round of the state tournament to claim the title with a 36-hole score of 132 (-12). Perhaps even more impressively, Tribolet qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship following her freshman season of high school in 2022.
The No. 73 recruit in the nation according to Junior Golf Scoreboard, Tribolet bypassed a chance to repeat as an Arizona state champion as a senior when she chose to compete in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship. She advanced to the quarterfinals of the national event.
Babineaux won the Foresight Sports Long Drive Challenge as part of the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championships in 2024. The Austin Lake Travis High School graduate spent her first two prep seasons at Cherokee Trail High School in Colorado before moving to Texas. She finished eighth at the Colorado Class 5A state tournament as a sophomore in 2023.
Husker NCAA Tradition
Kelli Ann Strand’s 2024 NCAA Cle Elum Regional bid marked the fourth straight year Nebraska women’s golf had at least one player at NCAA Regionals. Her tie for 24th was NU’s best regional finish since 2008.
In 2023, Nebraska qualified as a team to the NCAA Raleigh Regional, marking NU’s 13th all-time NCAA Regional berth.
The Huskers, who finished ninth at the 12-team NCAA Raleigh Regional, also competed at the 2021 Columbus Regional, tying for 15th in an 18-team field.
In 2022, Kirsten Baete represented Nebraska at the NCAA Stanford Regional.
NU’s highest regional finish came with a fifth-place finish in a 21-team field at the 2003 NCAA Central Regional at Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln. The Huskers advanced to NCAA Championship appearances in 2000 (19th), 2003 (22nd) and 2006 (20th).
Nebraska NCAA Regional Teams: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021, 2023.
Huskers Set Pace in Classroom
Nebraska leads the Big Ten and ranks second in NCAA Division I with 373 College Sports Communicators Academic All-Americans all-time across all sports. The Huskers also lead all schools in history with 18 NCAA Impact Award winners.
Nebraska women’s golf leads the nation with 100 WGCA Scholastic All-Americans since 1989, including two in 2024-25.
Husker women’s golf has owned a 100 percent graduation success rate for 20 consecutive years.
Nebraska women’s golf leads the nation with 100 WGCA Scholastic All-Americans since 1989, including two in 2024-25.
Husker women’s golf has owned a 100 percent graduation success rate for 20 consecutive years.