CORAL SPRINGS, Florida (June 5, 2023) – Keilee Bessho, assistant women’s golf coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps has been recognized as the 2022-23 Golf Pride WGCA Assistant Coach of the Year for Division III women’s golf.
Keilee Bessho helped lead CMS to a third-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships in her first season on the coaching staff, up from ninth place a season ago. The Athenas competed with a young roster in the postseason, with two first-years, two sophomores and a junior in their top five, and Bessho was instrumental in helping that young group break team scoring records for 18 holes, 36 holes and 54 holes, as well as the first two 67s individually in program history.
Bessho joined the Athenas after a successful stint at SCIAC rival Redlands as both a player and a coach. She helped the Bulldogs to a No. 2 national ranking as a coach in 2021-22 and finished 13th at nationals as a player in 2019, helping Redlands finish in tenth place.
About the Women’s Golf Coaches Association The Women’s Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 700 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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