Golf

Regular Season Record: Four 1st-place finishes; one 2nd-place finish; three 3rd-place finishes
Division I, Region I Tournament: 8th
Metro Tournament: 6th
Coach: Melissa Gaffney

Team Awards
Most Improved: Hollis Ann Newbill
Coach’s Award: Elizabeth Pennington and Liza Jackson
Most Valuable Golfer: Elly Welsh

Regular Season Record: Two 1st-place finishes; five 2nd-place finishes; four 3rd-place finishes
Division I, Region I Tournament: 6th 
Metro Tournament: 5th 
Coach: Melissa Gaffney

Team Awards
Newcomer of the Year: Elly Welsh
Most Improved: Abby Wall and Mary Eiserloh
Coach’s Award: Elizabeth Pennington 
Most Valuable Golfer: Michelle Lorio

Regular Season Record: Seven 1st-place finishes
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Anna Heine, 1st (73-71)
Division I, Region I Tournament: 3rd
Anna Heine, 2nd, 74
Metro Tournament: 1st
Claire Harrington, 3rd (87)
Coach: Brad Buras 

Team Awards
Coach's Award: Claire Harrington
Most Valuable Golfer: Anna Heine

Regular Season Record: Seven 1st-place finishes; one 2nd-place finish
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Anna Heine, 6th (80-77)
Division I, Region II Tournament: 2nd
Anna Heine, 2nd, 77
Metro Tournament: 1st
Anna Heine, 1st, 73
Claire Harrington, 6th, 94
Coach: Brad Buras 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Anna Heine (Player of the Year), Claire Harrington 

Team Awards
Coach's Award: Claire Harrington
Most Valuable Golfer: Anna Heine

Regular Season Record: Four 1st-place finishes; two 2nd-place finishes; one 4th-place finish
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 4th
Jessica Varner, 5th (81-82)
Division I, Region II Tournament: 2nd
Jessica Varner, 1st (tie), 74
Metro Tournament: 1st
Jessica Varner, 2nd, 78 
Coach: Brad Buras

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Jessica Varner, Maria Gough 

Team Awards
Four-Year Letter Winner: Jessica Varner
Coach’s Award: Maria Gough
Most Valuable Golfer: Jessica Varner 

Individual Accomplishments
Jessica Varner signed scholarship papers and will play golf at Centenary College.

Regular Season Record: Six 1st-place finishes; two 2nd-place finishes; three 4th-place finishes
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Jessica Varner, 10th, 81-91 (172)
Grayson Boullion, 15th, 94-89 (183)
Division I, Region II Tournament: 1st
Jessica Varner, 1st (tie), 83
Metro Tournament: 2nd
Jessica Varner, 5th, 81 
Coach: Brad Buras

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Jessica Varner (Most Improved), Grayson Boullion
LHSAA/Exxon Mobil All-Academic All-State Team: Grayson Boullion 

Team Awards
4-Year Letter Winner: Grayson Boullion
Coach’s Award: Grayson Boullion
Most Valuable Golfer: Jessica Varner

Regular Season Record: 9-3
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Taylor Thompson, 2nd, 84-80 (164)
Jessica Varner, 10th, 86-91 (177)
Olivia Locascio, 14th, 99-93 (192)
Division I, Region II Tournament: 2nd
Taylor Thompson, 2nd, 84
Olivia Locascio, 8th, 90
Jessica Varner, 12th, 98
Metro Tournament: 1st
Taylor Thompson, 5th, 83
Jessica Varner, 87
Coach: Brad Buras 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Olivia LoCascio, Jessica Varner, Taylor Thompson, Grayson Boullion, Mary-Grace Pollet
LHSAA/Exxon Mobil All-Academic All-State Team: Taylor Thompson 

Team Awards
4-Year Letter Winner: Mary-Grace Pollet
Coach’s Award: Jessica Varner
Most Improved Golfer: Grayson Boullion
Most Valuable Player: Taylor Thompson 

Individual Accomplishments
Taylor Thompson signed scholarship papers to play golf at Centenary College.

LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 4th
Taylor Thompson, 9th, 91-91 (182)
Jessica Varner, 14th, 93-102 (195)
Olivia Locascio, 15th, 97-101 (198)
Division I, Region II Tournament: 2nd
Taylor Thompson, 1st, 76
Olivia Locascio, 94
Jessica Varner, 97
Metro Tournament: 1st
Coach: Brad Buras 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Taylor Thompson, Olivia Locascio, Jessica Varner
All-Metro Coach of the Year: Brad Buras 

Team Awards
Most Valuable Golfer: Taylor Thompson
Coach’s Award: Olivia LoCascio
Newcomer Award: Jessica Varner

LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 1 player qualified as medalist
Taylor Thompson, 22nd, 96-93 (189)
Coach: Holly Randow. She retired at the end of the 2011 season after 21 years as head coach. 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Taylor Thompson 

Team Awards
Most Valuable Golfer: Taylor Thompson
Coach’s Award: Sarah Clark
Newcomer Award: Grayson Boullion
Spirit Award: Elise Abshire

LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2 players qualified as medalists
Division I, Region II Tournament: 5th
Lakyn LeMaire, 9th, 93
Jordan Mathies, 10th, 97
Metro Tournament: 5th
Coach: Holly Randow 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Sarah Clark, Lakyn LeMaire 

Team Awards
Most Improved: Lakyn LeMaire and Jordan Mathies
Coach’s Award: Mary-Grace Pollet
Most Valuable Golfer: Sarah Clark

LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Heather Lott, 4th, 74-79 (153)
Division I, Region II Tournament: 1st
Heather Lott, 1st, 69
Michelle Morris, 4th, 80
Metro Tournament: 1st
Heather Lott, 1st, 71
Michelle Morris, 5th, 83
Lauren Hubicz, 10th, 92
Coach: Holly Randow 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Heather Lott (Metro Player of the Year), Michelle Morris, Lauren Hubicz 

Team Awards
4-Year Letter Winner: Michelle Morris
Coach’s Award: Michelle Morris
Most Valuable Golfer: Heather Lott 

Individual Accomplishments
Heather Lott signed scholarship papers to play golf at the University of Kentucky.

LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 1st
Kirby Baker, 1st, 148
Heather Lott, 2nd, 150
Michelle Morris, 14th
Division I, Region II Tournament: 1st
Heather Lott, 1st, 68
Kirby Baker, 2nd, 77
Michelle Morris, 4th, 82
Metro Tournament: 1st
Heather Lott, 2nd, 72
Kirby Baker, 4th, 76
Michelle Morris, 7th, 84
Coach: Holly Randow 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Heather Lott (Outstanding Player), Kirby Baker, Michelle Morris, Lauren Hubicz
All-Metro Coach of the Year: Holly Randow 

Team Awards
4-Year Letter Winner: Kirby Baker
Coach’s Award: Heather Lott
Most Valuable Golfer: Kirby Baker 

Individual Accomplishments
Kirby Baker signed scholarship papers to play golf at St. Edward’s University.

Regular Season Record: 12-1
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 1st
Two-day team total of 286 set a new state tournament record
Heather Lott, 1st, 71-70 (141)
Kirby Baker, 2nd, 74-71 (145)
Top 25 finishers: Michelle Morris, Lauren Hubicz
Division I, Region II Tournament: 1st
Kirby Baker, 1st, 71
Heather Lott, 2nd, 73
Metro Tournament: 2nd
Kirby Baker, 2nd, 71
Heather Lott, 3rd, 76
Michelle Morris, 6th, 87
Coach: Holly Randow 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Kirby Baker, Heather Lott, Michelle Morris 

Team Awards
Most Improved Golfer: Lauren Hubicz
Captain’s Award: Kirby Baker
Most Valuable Golfers: Kirby Baker, Heather Lott 

Individual Accomplishments
Heather Lott won the Texas Junior Golf Tour’s first invitational of the 2007-2008 season with a two-day total of 150 (75-75).
Kirby Baker is the 2007 Louisiana Girls’ State Amateur Champion.

Regular Season Record: 12-1
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Kirby Baker, 3rd place, 74-78 (152)
Anne Elizabeth Davis, 11th place, 84-90 (174)
Division I, Region II Tournament: 1st
Kirby Baker, 76
Anne Elizabeth Davis, 84
Melissa Morrison, 87
Michelle Morris, 93
Nita-Marie LeBlanc, 94
Metro Golf Tournament: 1st
Kirby Baker, 2nd place, 76
Anne Elizabeth Davis, 3rd place, 78
Nita-Marie LeBlanc, 5th place
Melissa Morrison, 8th place
Coach: Holly Randow 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Kirby Baker (Golfer of the Year), Ann Elizabeth Davis, Nita-Marie LeBlanc, Melissa Morrison 

Team Awards
Newcomer of the Year: Michelle Morris
Captain’s Awards: Anne Elizabeth Davis, Nita-Marie LeBlanc, Melissa Morrison, Mallory McKnight
Coach’s Award: Anne Elizabeth Davis
Outstanding Golfer: Kirby Baker

Regular Season Record: 10-1
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Gretchen Balhoff, 5th place, 81-77 (158)
Jessica Brian, 9th place, 84-77 (161)
Kirby Baker, 14th place
Christine Melancon, 22nd place
Anne Elizabeth Davis, 23rd place
Division I, Region II Tournament: 1st
Metro Golf Tournament: 2nd
Coach: Holly Randow 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Gretchen Balhoff, Jessica Brian, Christine Melancon, Anne Elizabeth Davis, Kirby Baker 

Team Awards
4-Year Letter Winner: Jessica Brian
Most Improved Golfer: Anne Elizabeth Davis
Captain’s Awards: Gretchen Balhoff, Jessica Brian and Christine Melancon
Newcomer of the Year: Kirby Baker
Coach’s Award: Gretchen Balhoff
Outstanding Golfer Award: Jessica Brian 

Individual Accomplishments
Kirby Baker was named the Advocate’s Star of Stars for Golf.

    
LHSAA Division I State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Gretchen Balhoff, 6th place, 84-83 (167)
Top 20: Jessica Brian, Christine Melancon
Division I, Region II Tournament: 1st
Jessica Brian, 2nd place, 77
Gretchen Balhoff, 3rd place, 82
Top 10: Melissa Morrison, Christine Melancon, Nita-Marie LeBlanc
Metro Golf Tournament: 1st
Junior Gretchen Balhoff, 1st place, 77
Junior Jessica Brian, 3rd place, 87
Junior Christine Melancon, 5th place, 89
Coach: Holly Randow 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Gretchen Balhoff (player of the year), Jessica Brian
All-Metro Second Team: Christine Melancon 

Team Awards
Captain’s Awards: Camille Broome, Whitney Salazar
Coach’s Award: Jessica Brian
Outstanding Golfer: Gretchen Balhoff

LHSAA Division I, Class 5A-4A State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Jayme Houston, 2nd place, 83-78 (161)
Jessica Brian, 6th place, 86-87 (173)
Gretchen Balhoff, 9th place, 84-91 (175)
Division I, Region II Tournament: 1st
Metro Golf Tournament: 1st
Coach: Holly Randow 

Post-Season Honors
All-Metro: Jayme Houston, Gretchen Balhoff, Jessica Brian
All-Metro Second Team: Christine Melancon, Camille Broome 

Team Awards
Most Improved: Gretchen Balhoff
Coach’s Award: Jessica Brian
Outstanding Golfer: Jayme Houston

LHSAA Division I, Class 5A-4A State Golf Tournament: 5th
Coach: Holly Randow 

Team Awards
4-Year Letter Winner: Elizabeth Earle
Captain’s Award: Elizabeth Earle
Most Improved: Jessica Brian
Coach’s Award: Jayme Houston
Outstanding Golfer: Theresa Cascino

Coach: Holly Randow

Team Awards
Most Improved: Elizabeth Earle
Coach’s Award: Turner Benoist, Emily Robichaux
Most Valuable Golfer: Jayme Houston

LHSAA Division I, Class 5A-4A State Golf Tournament: 1st
Ashley Thompson, 2nd
Coach: Holly Randow 

Team Awards
Coach’s Award: Amanda DeRouen
Most Valuable Golfer: Ashley Thompson

LHSAA Division I, Class 5A-4A State Golf Tournament: 14th
Coach: Holly Randow 

Team Awards
Most Valuable Golfer: Ashley Thompson

Coach: Holly Randow

Team Awards
Most Valuable Golfer: Karen Fortenberry

Coach: Holly Randow

Team Awards
Most Valuable Golfer: Karen Fortenberry

LHSAA Division I, Class 5A-4A State Golf Tournament: 6th
Coach: Holly Randow 

Team Awards
4-Year Letter Winner: Keli Kane
Coach’s Award: Jessica Abernathy
Most Valuable Golfer: Keli Kane

Coach: Holly Randow

Team Awards
Coach’s Award: Jamie Purpera
Most Valuable Golfer: Keli Kane

LHSAA Division I, Class 5A-4A State Golf Tournament: 2nd
Coach: Holly Randow 

Team Awards
4-Year Letter Winner: Jennifer Abernathy
Coach’s Award: Keli Kane
Most Valuable Golfer: Jennifer Abernathy 

Individual Accomplishments
Jennifer Abernathy walked on and played for the LSU women’s golf team.

Coach: Holly Randow

Team Awards
Coach’s Award: Keli Kane
Most Valuable Golfer: Jennifer Abernathy

Coach: Holly Randow

Team Awards
Most Valuable Golfer: Jennifer Abernathy

Coach: Holly Randow

Team Awards
Most Valuable Golfer: Jennifer Abernathy

First golf team established at SJA.