UW’s Mulflur honored as top coach; 4 Huskies are named All-Americans

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Updated: June 30, 2015

After a remarkable season for the Husky women’s golf team, head coach Mary Lou Mulflur was named National Coach of the Year by Golfweek. The publication also had four of the five UW players on their All-America teams.

Mulflur was honored after the Dawgs won a program record and national-leading six tournaments over the 2014-15 seasons, despite losing two of their top players to the pros after the fall. The Dawgs were ranked No. 1 with wins in three of four tournaments after the fall, but then lost SooBin Kim and Yan Jing to the LPGA Tour.

Mulflur refocused her team that was left with just five players, the minimum to compete in college golf. The Dawgs did not skip a beat, winning three more times in the spring to set a program record. In the postseason, UW qualified for the NCAA Championships, but were still considered an underdog. The Dawgs responded by finishing eighth in the stroke play version on the championship, advancing to match play where they finished tied for fifth.
The Dawgs had a balanced roster all season, resulting in four players earning spots on the Golfweek All-America teams. Charlotte Thomas and Jennifer Yang were named to the Third Team, while Eimi Koga and Ying Luo were named Honorable Mention.

Thomas was the Dawgs top player at the NCAA Championships, finishing tied for 12th and winning her match against USC by a dominant score of 6&5. Yang was the Pac-12 Golfer of the Month for March, including winning her first collegiate tournament, The Bay Area Invite.

Koga and Luo were consistent performers with 12 top-10s between them.