John Crooks and Michele Redman are going into the NGCA Hall of
Fame
The National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) will induct John
Crooks, Women's golf coach at Campbell University and Leta
Lindley and Michele Redman into the NGCA Hall of Fame at their
upcoming Hall of Fame Induction Banquet to be held Tuesday,
January 10, 2006, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Crooks becomes the 39th member of the Coaches Hall of Fame and
Lindley and Redman become the 47th and 48th members of the
Players Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony, with master of
ceremonies Kay Cockerill of The Golf Channel, will take place
during the 2006 NGCA Member Convention at the Caesar's Tahoe
Hotel.
Now in his 15th year in charge of the women's program at
Campbell University, Crooks is one of the top collegiate golf
coaches in the country. During his tenure, Crooks has led the
women's team to eight conference titles and 11 NCAA Regional
appearances. He guided the Lady Camels to three-consecutive
Atlantic Sun Conference championships from 1996-98 and again in
2001, '02 and '04.
Crooks has been named conference coach of the year 12 times for
either the men's or women's program in the last 15 years. He was
named Atlantic Sun Women's Golf Coach of the Year for the
second-straight season in 2002 and again in '04. His women's
teams have won 49 tournaments.
Entering the 2005-06 season Crooks ranks second among all active
Division I women's coaches in tournament victories with 49,
trailing only Dan Brooks of Duke (89). His women have won a
tournament in all 14 years in which he has served as head coach.
Coach Crooks has directed 98 golfers to all-conference honors
during his tenure and 100 individuals to all-academic honors. In
2004-05, Crooks' women earned an at-large berth to the NCAA East
Regional and finished 11th, its best showing since 1997. The
team won four tournaments, the program's most in five years.
A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., and a Buies Creek resident
Crooks played at the University of Houston under legendary coach
Dave Williams. He is a former USGA Junior Amateur Champion who
competes regularly in major state and national amateur
championships. He won the 2001 North and South Senior Amateur
Championship by five strokes after carding a 73-72-71--216 at
Pinehurst Nos. 8, 5 and 2.