Abbreviation | WGCA |
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Formation | 1983 |
Purpose | To promote women's intercollegiate golf |
Headquarters | Coral Springs, Florida |
Board President | Angie Ravaioli-Larkin |
Website | community |
Formerly called | National Golf Coaches Association |
The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA), formerly known as the National Golf Coaches Association, [1] is an organization formed in 1983 to promote women's intercollegiate golf. The vision of WGCA since its inception has been "to encourage the playing of intercollegiate golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition".
The WGCA has a membership of over 400 coaches of NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, and NJCAA [2] collegiate programs. [1]
WHCA is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors and the headquarters is located in Coral Springs, Florida.
The WGCA gives out many awards, [3] including:
In addition, they also recognize All-Americans as well as scholar-athlete All-Americans and a panel of 33 coaches in the country vote for the rankings for DI, II & III each week.
Formed in 1986, the WGCA Hall of Fame [4] consists of a Coaches Hall of Fame [5] and a Players Hall of Fame. [6]
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