History

A great team atmosphere helped shape this team all season. With 3 returners and mixing in 3 new freshman the team played solid all year. Finishing in the top 10 in 8 events and winning 3 events highlighted with the Plains District Championship which qualified the team for the National Championship. Plains District was highlighted with 4 of the top golfers finishing 1-4, with Rylin Davidson being crowned the district Champion. Lauren Brown, Beatriz Pinheiro, Skyler Benjamin, Jennifer Cho and Olivia Holyoak-Church all earned ICCAC All-Academic First Team while Davidson earned 2nd team honors.

Returning a core nucleus to this eyar team in Baylie Byke and Wen-Yi Hung, The Reivers added 4 key players to help compete for the year. Pyke had another great season winning 4 events and being names ICCAC Player of the week 7 sperate times including Plains District Champion. She also picked up Plains player of the year honors. The team won 3 events and finished runner-up in 3 events. Pyke, Hung, Freshman Charlie Maxwell and Beatriz Penheiro earned 1st team ICCAC honors. Pyke, Hung, Maxwell, Penheiro, Lauren Brown earned 1st Team All-Academic for Region XI while Rylin Davidson earned 2nd team. Brown, Hung and Pinheiro earned NJCAA All-Academic 1st team honors while Brooklyn Currin earned 3rd team honors.

It was a rebuilding year for the Reivers, having lost 4 of the top 5 players from the year before. The Reivers ranked as high as 8^th in the nation and finished the season 10^th in the final rankings. Although it was a rebuilding year the Reivers still had some good results, recording 5 team Championships in tournaments.  As well as 7 1^st Place individual finishes (Baylie Pyke-4, Madi Schlaepfer-3). Pyke was the Plains District Individual Champion. All 5 players earned Academic All-Region XI honors (Pyke, Schlaepfer, Brook Diekemper, Winnie Hung & Marley Richter). Pyke, Schlaepfer and Richter earned 1^st team All-Region XI playing honors while Diekemper and Hung earned 2^nd team.

Building on the previous year’s (2020-2021) performance this year's Reiver team once again improved within the National Rankings. The women finished 3^rd at the National Championship, which improved their highest finish within program history. This year's squad set the scoring record at this event with a total team score of 1278, which was 42 strokes better than the previous record! The Reivers finished in the top 3 in all their events, winning 5 events which included the Plains District Championships, led by Sophomore Luisa Gibson and earning her second consecutive year of All-American Honors. Gibson placed in the top 10 in all tournaments for this season and earned Player of the Year once again for the ICCAC conference. Sophomore Seira Kubo also had a solid season, and like Gibson, Kubo also earned All-American honors for the 2nd consecutive season. Transfer players Katie Graham (Redlands CC) and Madi Schlaepfer (William Penn University) also played a big part in this team’s success. All 4 of these players earned First Team All-Region XI Honors. Sophomore Katie Schweers earned 2^nd team All-Region XI Honors. Gibson, Kubo, Schlaepfer, Schweers and Sophomore Sam Doughty earned Academic All- Region XI 1^st team honors. Academic All-American honors went to Gibson, Schlaepfer, and Schweers.

The 2020-2021 season marks one of the best seasons the Reiver women have had since the program started. Not necessary with recorded broke but with the consistency shown on the golf course itself. Finishing 1^st place in 5 separate events as well as 2^nd place finishes in 2 other events along with the highest finish at the National Championships (4^th place), proved to be a successful year. The Reivers were led by Freshman Luisa Gibson, a Scotland player and Seira Kubo from Japan. Both combined to win 6 events and finish in the top 10 in all others. Gibson edged out Kubo for Region XI Play of the Year honors by claiming the individual Region XI Championship. Both were All-American selections based on their finish at the National Championships (Gibson-9^th, Kubo-15^th). Fellow Freshman Holly Elliott and Katie Schweers helped contribute to the team’s success as well as Sophomore Maya Northcutt. Schweers earned Region XI 1^st team honors while Elliott and Northcutt earned 2^nd team honors. Gibson, Kubo, Elliot and Schweers were also selected as Academic All-Region XI honors. Academic All-American honors went to Gibson & Schweers

The year of ‘VIRUS’!!!! The season was marked short do to the National Pandemic that was known as COVID-19. For most colleges around the country, which included Iowa Western, the only part of the season played was the fall season. During this season Iowa Western performed at a high level. Playing in 5 events, the Iowa Western women never finished lower than 3^rd place as a team (winning 2 events and finishing 2^nd in 2 other events). Sophomore Emily Spies provided the leadership, finishing top 5 in 4 events and 7^th in the 5^th event. Fellow sophomore, Marisa Weeks, and Freshman Maya Northcutt finished in the top 10 in 4 events. Spies, Weeks, Freshman-Abby Depperschmidt, and Luisa Gibson all earned Academic All-Region 1^st team honors. Sophomore Kassy Vest earned Academic All-Region 2^nd team honors.

The Reiver Women ‘bookended’ their season by starting off taking 1^st place at  Mt. Mercy University Invite and ended their season taking the Regional XI Championship. The Region XI win marked the 10^th straight season that the Reivers had won the event. Lisa Lied had a great season by winning 2 events and being runner-up in 3 others. Along with Lied being named to the Region XI first team, Kim Park and Emily Spies joined her on the 1st team. Freshman Kassy Vest was selected to the 2^nd team and Marisa Weeks was named Honorable Mention. The Ladies went into the NJCAA National Championship tournament, played in Daytona Beach, FL, ranked 10^th and ended up with a strong 7^th place finish. Sarah Blaylock and Lied finished the season capturing Academic All-American Honors

The Reiver Women had to battle through a lot of adversity throughout the season. What started out as an 8 person team quickly dwindled to a 5 person team by the end of the year. However, the women hung together as a team and continued their dominance within Region XI. They captured the Regional Championship for the 9^th straight season while outdistancing their next opponent by 53 strokes! Cassidy Evreniadis claimed ‘Player of the Year’ for the Region while Lisa Lied was voted First Team. Kim Park claimed 2^nd Team honors and Payton Schmidt made the Honorable Mention Team. Cassidy and Lisa finished the year playing well at the National Championships in Mesa, AZ and earned All-American Honors.