Florida State University Women's Golf

Bonds energy and enthusiasm for elevating the success and storied tradition of the Florida State program is rivaled by few coaches in all of collegiate golf.  During her first six seasons as Florida States head womens golf coach, Bond has coached two All-Americans, two regional champions, eight All-ACC selections, 19 All-ACC Academic Honor Roll selections with 39 academic honors, 12 players who have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and four who have been named to the All-America Scholar Athlete team. As the Seminoles head coach, she has led Florida State to six consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament appearances a streak that brings the programs current school-record streak to 11 consecutive NCAA appearances entering the 2016-17 season. With her student-athlete first approach, her love of the game of golf, her unbridled love for Florida State University and her ability to recruit top-level talent, Bond constantly works to take the Seminole womens golf program to a higher level.  That higher level is in the classroom, her relationships with her players, and Florida States success on the golf course have all allowed her program to become recognized as one of the top all-around programs in all of college golf. The Seminole womens golf team is recognized as a star among stars as Florida State is annually celebrated as one of the top athletic programs in the nation.  Florida State has finished in the top 25 in the Directors Cup in each of the last eight years. In her six seasons at Florida State, the Seminoles have played in six NCAA Championship tournaments, produced the schools first two NCAA Regional Champions (Maria Salinas in 2012 and Matilda Castren in 2016), earned three All-American honors (Matilda Castren in 2014, Salinas in 2011 and 2013), earned nine All-ACC selections (Salinas in 2011 and 2012, Jessica Negron in 2013, Castren in 2014 and 2016, Alex Milan in 2014, Lydia Gumm in 2015 and Kim Metraux in 2016) and had 16 players earn All-ACC Academic honors. As a player Bond earned a spot on the ACCs 50th Anniversary team, as an assistant coach she helped the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournament appearances.  As Florida States head coach she has led the Seminoles to six NCAA Championship appearances in her first six years as the head coach of the Seminoles. Throughout her playing career at Florida State, she played as one of the Seminoles top players (she was named Florida States team MVP in 1997, 1998 and 1999), played with a number of touring professionals (including LPGA major winner and current Golf Channel analyst Karen Stupples) and has coached many of Florida States recent greats including the only four-time golf All-American in school history (Caroline Westrup).  While achieving success during her career as a player and a coach, Bond has never lost sight of her ultimate goal: the success and achievements of her student-athletes. In her 11 seasons as a Seminole coach (five as an assistant and six as the head coach), every student-athlete who has played golf at Florida State has earned her bachelors degree and every one played on at least two NCAA Tournament teams during their careers.  The Seminoles are among the NCAA leaders with a perfect APR rating during the first six seasons of Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State. RETURNING HOME Amy Bond joined the long and illustrious list of Florida State alumni who have returned to coach their alma mater when she was named the Seminoles' head coach on June 25, 2010. She returned to her Seminole roots after an outstanding playing career at Florida State (1995-99) during which she finished in 30th place in the 1999 NCAA Championship Finals and a five-year career as an assistant coach (2001-06) when she helped lead the Seminoles to the NCAA Championships three times. Bond is one of three Florida State University alumni who are current head coaches at their alma mater joining Jennifer Hyde (women's tennis) and Mike Martin (baseball). FIRST SIX YEARS AT FLORIDA STATE Florida State head coach Amy Bond has guided each of her first six Seminole teams to the NCAA Tournament.  Including her four years as a Seminole player (1996-99), her five years as a Seminole assistant coach (2002-06) and five as Florida States head coach, Bond has participated in 13 of 15 NCAA Regional Championships while wearing the Garnet and Gold.  The Seminoles will look to play in their school record 12th consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament in 2017. FLORIDA STATE EARNED OUTSTANDING SUCCESS IN 2016 Florida State finished the 2015-16 season ranked 19th nationally by Golfstat, 24th nationally by Golfweek, finished 15th nationally in the NCAA Division I Championship Finals, finished in second at the NCAA Division I Shoal Creek Regional, won team championships in the fall 2015 Jacksonville Classic and the spring 2016 Florida State Match-Up, finished in the top five of nine of its 13 matches, had two players earn NCAA Shoal Creek All-Region honors (Matilda Castren and Kim Metraux) and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Kim Metraux).  Academically, the Seminoles had each member of its team named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll, saw four players named to the ACC All-Academic Womens Golf Team (Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim and Morgane Metraux) and had two players (Kim and Morgane Metraux) named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete team. 2014 WAS A SPECIAL SEASON AT FLORIDA STATE Amy Bond led Florida State to its ninth consecutive NCAA Regional Championship, to the team championship at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate, had one player earn All-American honors (Matilda Castren), and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Alex Milan) in 2014.  In earning All-ACC honors, Castren established a school record for low stroke average in a single season with her 71.83 scoring mark. Florida States team victory at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate was the first team championship by the Seminoles since the 2010 season when it won the Bryan National Collegiate championship. BOND AS A TOURNAMENT HOST Bonds passion for growing the game of golf has increased her desire to plan and host large-scale tournaments at Florida State.  She hosted the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2014, a 24-team event that showcased the best in womens collegiate golf for the first time in school history.  Bond will play host to the fifth Annual Florida State Match-Up in February of 2016 as she continues to attract high level competition to the city of Tallahassee on an annual basis.  Bond and the Seminoles will host the NCAA Tallahassee Regional in 2018. SUCCESS AT PRINCETON Bond was successful in her first head coaching position at Princeton (2006-10) as she guided the Tigers to eight tournament victories and top four finishes in four Ivy League championship tournaments. The Tigers finished in second place in the Ivy league championship in 2007. Bond coached Susannah Aboff to consecutive Ivy League individual championships in 2008 and 2009.  It marked only the third time in league history that a player had won consecutive individual conference championships. Aboff earned All-Ivy League honors three times during her career in becoming just the second player in school history to be named to the all-league team three times in her career. During her four seasons at Princeton, only the Tigers and Harvard performed consistently well in the conference championship by finishing in the top four of the team championship from 2007-10. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT FLORIDA STATE During her first six seasons as the head coach at Florida State, she has continued the tradition of recruiting talented players and outstanding student-athletes to Tallahassee.  Her list of top recruits includes Matilda Castren, who earned All-American Second Team Honors in 2014, and four players who have been named to the WGCA All-America Scholar Athlete team.  Kim and Morgane Metraux, two of the top rising amateur players in the world, were also recruited by Bond to attend Florida State.  In five years as an assistant coach at Florida State, Bond helped recruit four players who earned All-ACC honors a total of eight times and formed the nucleus of two top 20 ranked teams. The Seminoles finished in a tie for 16th nationally in 2006 and in a tie for 19th nationally in 2004. She was also instrumental in recruiting Caroline Westrup - the only four-time All-American and four-time All-ACC selection in school history. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT PRINCETON During her four seasons at Princeton, Bond coached/recruited two players (Susannah Aboff and Kelly Shon) who qualified to play in at least one NCAA Regional Championship each and five players who earned All-Ivy League honors a total of 11 times. Aboff won eight individual tournament championships during her career and finished in a tie for 23rd place at the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2009 - the third highest NCAA regional finish in school history. Shon played in the 2011 and 2012 US Women's Open and was ranked No. 4 nationally among junior golfers at the time she was recruited.  She is still the highest ranked junior recruit to ever attend an Ivy League institution.  Shon earned All-American Honorable Mention Honors from the Womens Golf Coaches Association in 2013, played in the 2013 NCAA East Regional Championship and the 2013 NCAA National Championship, was named the Ivy League Golfer of the Year and won Ivy League Championship in 2013. PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Bond has recruited and coached seven players who have played, or who are currently playing professional golf. She recruited and coached Kristin Tamulis (Florida State) who is currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She also recruited and coached four-time All-American Caroline Westrup (Florida State) who earned her LPGA Tour Card for the 2014 season (and who played in the 2013 U.S. Open), another who is playing on the LPGA Tour (Lacey Agnew), two who earned success on the Symetra Tour (Jaclyn Burch and Macarena Silva), one who is playing on the Symetra Tour (Alex Milan), one (Maria Salinas) on the European Tour and three players (Susannah Aboff, Marlowe Boukis and Michelle Grilli) who began their professional careers on the LPGA Symetra Tour. SEMINOLES AT THE 2013 U.S. WOMENS OPEN Bond and the Seminoles were well represented at the 2013 U.S. Womens Open at Sebonack Golf Club with four of the top players in the history of the program Karen Stupples, Kristin Tamulis, Macarena Silva and Caroline Westrup all playing in the event.  Prior to the event, Bond said of the one of the greats foursomes in program history: This is a great week for each of the four players and for the Florida State womens golf program.  To have four of our players in the U.S. Open in the same year is exciting and illustrates the rich tradition of our program.  I am very happy for Karen, who I have known for so many years and for Kris, Maca and Caroline who I had the good fortune of coaching during their careers at Florida State.  Playing in the U.S. Open is an awesome accomplishment for all of them and I couldnt be happier for all of them. BOND ON THE NATIONAL SCENE Bond is the immediate past President of the Womens Golf Coaches Association; she served as the President of the organization from 2013-16.  She has served in a number of positions on the national governing board after serving the organization as its treasurer beginning in 2008.  Bond began on the WGCA Board as its treasurer (2008-12), served as its vice president (2012-13) and then as its President (2013-16).  The WGCA was formed in 1983 as an organization to promote participation in women's collegiate 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. ACADEMIC ACCOLADES Academic success is the cornerstone of Florida States program under Amy Bond.  In 2016, every member (10) of the Seminole womens golf team was named to the ACC Honor Roll, four players were named to the All-ACC Academic team and two were named All-American Scholar Athletes by the WGCA.  The womens golf team earned the highest grade point average (3.591) of the Seminoles 22 athletics team in 2016.  During Bonds first six seasons as Florida States head coach, the Seminoles have totaled 42 ACC Honor Roll selections, 20 players have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and six players have been named to the All-American Scholar team.  The Seminoles individual success has certainly translated into team success during Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State.  The Seminoles team was lauded by the NCAA for attaining a perfect multi-year Academic Performance Rate score of 1000 for the latest measuring period in 2014-15.  The Florida State womens golf team has achieved a perfect APR in each of Bonds season as Florida States head coach.  Calculated over the four most recent years of data, the multi-year APR is a real-time measurement of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing in every NCAA Division I sports team. Bond developed her academic achievement philosophy as a player at Florida State as she was named an Academic All-American in 1998 and 1999 and earned ACC Academic Honor Roll accolades three times during her playing career (1996, 98, 99). Bonds teams in both 2015 and 2016 were presented with the Golden Torch at Florida States annual Black Tie student-athlete gala for the team with the highest GPA.  Bonds 2015 team finished the 2015 spring semester with 12 players earning a 3.0 grade point average or higher.  The women's golf team was the only team at Florida State to accomplish that feat during the spring 2015 academic semester.  The Seminoles earned a cumulative GPA of 3.591 during the 2015-16 fall and spring semesters. TOP 50 PLAYER IN ACC HISTORY Bond was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary team in 2002 along with Seminole greats Karen Stupples and Louise Wright. Bond was a 1998 All-ACC selection and the Seminoles' top player from 1996-99. She earned 10 top-10 finishes during her career and was named the Seminoles' Most Valuable Player each year during her career. Bond competed in the NCAA Championship tournament in 1999 and played in three NCAA regional tournaments while finishing in the top 20 in four consecutive ACC Championship tournaments. She was an All Region selection in 1999 and was the medalist at the 1998 Ryder/Florida State Championship tournament. COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAMPIONS The Seminoles women's golf team has won 13 of the last 15 Athletic Director's Cups for Service at Florida States annual Golden Nole Banquet.  The Athletic Director's Cup for Service is presented annually and is the most prestigious award given to the Seminole student-athletes. It goes to the team that contributes the most service hours to the community over the course of an entire year. The Seminoles won the Athletic Director's Cup for Service in each of Bond's five years as an assistant coach and in four of her first six seasons as the Seminoles' head coach. PERSONAL An Ocala, Fla., native, Bond earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Florida State in 1997 before earning her master's degree in sport administration from Florida State in 1999.  Bonds twin brother, Tommy, is the Director of Athletics and head baseball coach at Trinity Catholic in Ocala, Fla.  Tommy led Trinity Catholic to the 4A state championship in 2014.  (updated Oct. 25, 2016) President, Women's Golf Coaches Association of America (2013-16) Six straight NCAA Championship appearances Nine tournament wins (Three at Florida State) Three All-Americans/Five All-Regional Selections 16 All-ACC Academic Selections Features: Bond Leads Florida State To Nationals / Video: 36 Holes With The Noles/ Paint it Pink 2016 /   First as a player, then an assistant coach, and now in her seventh season as its head coach, Amy Bonds energy and enthusiasm for elevating the success and storied tradition of the Florida State program is rivaled by few coaches in all of collegiate golf.  During her first six seasons as Florida States head womens golf coach, Bond has coached two All-Americans, two regional champions, eight All-ACC selections, 19 All-ACC Academic Honor Roll selections with 39 academic honors, 12 players who have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and four who have been named to the All-America Scholar Athlete team. As the Seminoles head coach, she has led Florida State to six consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament appearances a streak that brings the programs current school-record streak to 11 consecutive NCAA appearances entering the 2016-17 season. With her student-athlete first approach, her love of the game of golf, her unbridled love for Florida State University and her ability to recruit top-level talent, Bond constantly works to take the Seminole womens golf program to a higher level.  That higher level is in the classroom, her relationships with her players, and Florida States success on the golf course have all allowed her program to become recognized as one of the top all-around programs in all of college golf. The Seminole womens golf team is recognized as a star among stars as Florida State is annually celebrated as one of the top athletic programs in the nation.  Florida State has finished in the top 25 in the Directors Cup in each of the last eight years. In her six seasons at Florida State, the Seminoles have played in six NCAA Championship tournaments, produced the schools first two NCAA Regional Champions (Maria Salinas in 2012 and Matilda Castren in 2016), earned three All-American honors (Matilda Castren in 2014, Salinas in 2011 and 2013), earned nine All-ACC selections (Salinas in 2011 and 2012, Jessica Negron in 2013, Castren in 2014 and 2016, Alex Milan in 2014, Lydia Gumm in 2015 and Kim Metraux in 2016) and had 16 players earn All-ACC Academic honors. As a player Bond earned a spot on the ACCs 50th Anniversary team, as an assistant coach she helped the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournament appearances.  As Florida States head coach she has led the Seminoles to six NCAA Championship appearances in her first six years as the head coach of the Seminoles. Throughout her playing career at Florida State, she played as one of the Seminoles top players (she was named Florida States team MVP in 1997, 1998 and 1999), played with a number of touring professionals (including LPGA major winner and current Golf Channel analyst Karen Stupples) and has coached many of Florida States recent greats including the only four-time golf All-American in school history (Caroline Westrup).  While achieving success during her career as a player and a coach, Bond has never lost sight of her ultimate goal: the success and achievements of her student-athletes. In her 11 seasons as a Seminole coach (five as an assistant and six as the head coach), every student-athlete who has played golf at Florida State has earned her bachelors degree and every one played on at least two NCAA Tournament teams during their careers.  The Seminoles are among the NCAA leaders with a perfect APR rating during the first six seasons of Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State. RETURNING HOME Amy Bond joined the long and illustrious list of Florida State alumni who have returned to coach their alma mater when she was named the Seminoles' head coach on June 25, 2010. She returned to her Seminole roots after an outstanding playing career at Florida State (1995-99) during which she finished in 30th place in the 1999 NCAA Championship Finals and a five-year career as an assistant coach (2001-06) when she helped lead the Seminoles to the NCAA Championships three times. Bond is one of three Florida State University alumni who are current head coaches at their alma mater joining Jennifer Hyde (women's tennis) and Mike Martin (baseball). FIRST SIX YEARS AT FLORIDA STATE Florida State head coach Amy Bond has guided each of her first six Seminole teams to the NCAA Tournament.  Including her four years as a Seminole player (1996-99), her five years as a Seminole assistant coach (2002-06) and five as Florida States head coach, Bond has participated in 13 of 15 NCAA Regional Championships while wearing the Garnet and Gold.  The Seminoles will look to play in their school record 12th consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament in 2017. FLORIDA STATE EARNED OUTSTANDING SUCCESS IN 2016 Florida State finished the 2015-16 season ranked 19th nationally by Golfstat, 24th nationally by Golfweek, finished 15th nationally in the NCAA Division I Championship Finals, finished in second at the NCAA Division I Shoal Creek Regional, won team championships in the fall 2015 Jacksonville Classic and the spring 2016 Florida State Match-Up, finished in the top five of nine of its 13 matches, had two players earn NCAA Shoal Creek All-Region honors (Matilda Castren and Kim Metraux) and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Kim Metraux).  Academically, the Seminoles had each member of its team named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll, saw four players named to the ACC All-Academic Womens Golf Team (Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim and Morgane Metraux) and had two players (Kim and Morgane Metraux) named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete team. 2014 WAS A SPECIAL SEASON AT FLORIDA STATE Amy Bond led Florida State to its ninth consecutive NCAA Regional Championship, to the team championship at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate, had one player earn All-American honors (Matilda Castren), and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Alex Milan) in 2014.  In earning All-ACC honors, Castren established a school record for low stroke average in a single season with her 71.83 scoring mark. Florida States team victory at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate was the first team championship by the Seminoles since the 2010 season when it won the Bryan National Collegiate championship. BOND AS A TOURNAMENT HOST Bonds passion for growing the game of golf has increased her desire to plan and host large-scale tournaments at Florida State.  She hosted the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2014, a 24-team event that showcased the best in womens collegiate golf for the first time in school history.  Bond will play host to the fifth Annual Florida State Match-Up in February of 2016 as she continues to attract high level competition to the city of Tallahassee on an annual basis.  Bond and the Seminoles will host the NCAA Tallahassee Regional in 2018. SUCCESS AT PRINCETON Bond was successful in her first head coaching position at Princeton (2006-10) as she guided the Tigers to eight tournament victories and top four finishes in four Ivy League championship tournaments. The Tigers finished in second place in the Ivy league championship in 2007. Bond coached Susannah Aboff to consecutive Ivy League individual championships in 2008 and 2009.  It marked only the third time in league history that a player had won consecutive individual conference championships. Aboff earned All-Ivy League honors three times during her career in becoming just the second player in school history to be named to the all-league team three times in her career. During her four seasons at Princeton, only the Tigers and Harvard performed consistently well in the conference championship by finishing in the top four of the team championship from 2007-10. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT FLORIDA STATE During her first six seasons as the head coach at Florida State, she has continued the tradition of recruiting talented players and outstanding student-athletes to Tallahassee.  Her list of top recruits includes Matilda Castren, who earned All-American Second Team Honors in 2014, and four players who have been named to the WGCA All-America Scholar Athlete team.  Kim and Morgane Metraux, two of the top rising amateur players in the world, were also recruited by Bond to attend Florida State.  In five years as an assistant coach at Florida State, Bond helped recruit four players who earned All-ACC honors a total of eight times and formed the nucleus of two top 20 ranked teams. The Seminoles finished in a tie for 16th nationally in 2006 and in a tie for 19th nationally in 2004. She was also instrumental in recruiting Caroline Westrup - the only four-time All-American and four-time All-ACC selection in school history. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT PRINCETON During her four seasons at Princeton, Bond coached/recruited two players (Susannah Aboff and Kelly Shon) who qualified to play in at least one NCAA Regional Championship each and five players who earned All-Ivy League honors a total of 11 times. Aboff won eight individual tournament championships during her career and finished in a tie for 23rd place at the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2009 - the third highest NCAA regional finish in school history. Shon played in the 2011 and 2012 US Women's Open and was ranked No. 4 nationally among junior golfers at the time she was recruited.  She is still the highest ranked junior recruit to ever attend an Ivy League institution.  Shon earned All-American Honorable Mention Honors from the Womens Golf Coaches Association in 2013, played in the 2013 NCAA East Regional Championship and the 2013 NCAA National Championship, was named the Ivy League Golfer of the Year and won Ivy League Championship in 2013. PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Bond has recruited and coached seven players who have played, or who are currently playing professional golf. She recruited and coached Kristin Tamulis (Florida State) who is currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She also recruited and coached four-time All-American Caroline Westrup (Florida State) who earned her LPGA Tour Card for the 2014 season (and who played in the 2013 U.S. Open), another who is playing on the LPGA Tour (Lacey Agnew), two who earned success on the Symetra Tour (Jaclyn Burch and Macarena Silva), one who is playing on the Symetra Tour (Alex Milan), one (Maria Salinas) on the European Tour and three players (Susannah Aboff, Marlowe Boukis and Michelle Grilli) who began their professional careers on the LPGA Symetra Tour. SEMINOLES AT THE 2013 U.S. WOMENS OPEN Bond and the Seminoles were well represented at the 2013 U.S. Womens Open at Sebonack Golf Club with four of the top players in the history of the program Karen Stupples, Kristin Tamulis, Macarena Silva and Caroline Westrup all playing in the event.  Prior to the event, Bond said of the one of the greats foursomes in program history: This is a great week for each of the four players and for the Florida State womens golf program.  To have four of our players in the U.S. Open in the same year is exciting and illustrates the rich tradition of our program.  I am very happy for Karen, who I have known for so many years and for Kris, Maca and Caroline who I had the good fortune of coaching during their careers at Florida State.  Playing in the U.S. Open is an awesome accomplishment for all of them and I couldnt be happier for all of them. BOND ON THE NATIONAL SCENE Bond is the immediate past President of the Womens Golf Coaches Association; she served as the President of the organization from 2013-16.  She has served in a number of positions on the national governing board after serving the organization as its treasurer beginning in 2008.  Bond began on the WGCA Board as its treasurer (2008-12), served as its vice president (2012-13) and then as its President (2013-16).  The WGCA was formed in 1983 as an organization to promote participation in women's collegiate 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. ACADEMIC ACCOLADES Academic success is the cornerstone of Florida States program under Amy Bond.  In 2016, every member (10) of the Seminole womens golf team was named to the ACC Honor Roll, four players were named to the All-ACC Academic team and two were named All-American Scholar Athletes by the WGCA.  The womens golf team earned the highest grade point average (3.591) of the Seminoles 22 athletics team in 2016.  During Bonds first six seasons as Florida States head coach, the Seminoles have totaled 42 ACC Honor Roll selections, 20 players have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and six players have been named to the All-American Scholar team.  The Seminoles individual success has certainly translated into team success during Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State.  The Seminoles team was lauded by the NCAA for attaining a perfect multi-year Academic Performance Rate score of 1000 for the latest measuring period in 2014-15.  The Florida State womens golf team has achieved a perfect APR in each of Bonds season as Florida States head coach.  Calculated over the four most recent years of data, the multi-year APR is a real-time measurement of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing in every NCAA Division I sports team. Bond developed her academic achievement philosophy as a player at Florida State as she was named an Academic All-American in 1998 and 1999 and earned ACC Academic Honor Roll accolades three times during her playing career (1996, 98, 99). Bonds teams in both 2015 and 2016 were presented with the Golden Torch at Florida States annual Black Tie student-athlete gala for the team with the highest GPA.  Bonds 2015 team finished the 2015 spring semester with 12 players earning a 3.0 grade point average or higher.  The women's golf team was the only team at Florida State to accomplish that feat during the spring 2015 academic semester.  The Seminoles earned a cumulative GPA of 3.591 during the 2015-16 fall and spring semesters. TOP 50 PLAYER IN ACC HISTORY Bond was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary team in 2002 along with Seminole greats Karen Stupples and Louise Wright. Bond was a 1998 All-ACC selection and the Seminoles' top player from 1996-99. She earned 10 top-10 finishes during her career and was named the Seminoles' Most Valuable Player each year during her career. Bond competed in the NCAA Championship tournament in 1999 and played in three NCAA regional tournaments while finishing in the top 20 in four consecutive ACC Championship tournaments. She was an All Region selection in 1999 and was the medalist at the 1998 Ryder/Florida State Championship tournament. COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAMPIONS The Seminoles women's golf team has won 13 of the last 15 Athletic Director's Cups for Service at Florida States annual Golden Nole Banquet.  The Athletic Director's Cup for Service is presented annually and is the most prestigious award given to the Seminole student-athletes. It goes to the team that contributes the most service hours to the community over the course of an entire year. The Seminoles won the Athletic Director's Cup for Service in each of Bond's five years as an assistant coach and in four of her first six seasons as the Seminoles' head coach. PERSONAL An Ocala, Fla., native, Bond earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Florida State in 1997 before earning her master's degree in sport administration from Florida State in 1999.  Bonds twin brother, Tommy, is the Director of Athletics and head baseball coach at Trinity Catholic in Ocala, Fla.  Tommy led Trinity Catholic to the 4A state championship in 2014.  (updated Oct. 25, 2016) President, Women's Golf Coaches Association of America (2013-16) Six straight NCAA Championship appearances Nine tournament wins (Three at Florida State) Three All-Americans/Five All-Regional Selections 16 All-ACC Academic Selections Features: Bond Leads Florida State To Nationals / Video: 36 Holes With The Noles/ Paint it Pink 2016 /   First as a player, then an assistant coach, and now in her seventh season as its head coach, Amy Bonds energy and enthusiasm for elevating the success and storied tradition of the Florida State program is rivaled by few coaches in all of collegiate golf.  During her first six seasons as Florida States head womens golf coach, Bond has coached two All-Americans, two regional champions, eight All-ACC selections, 19 All-ACC Academic Honor Roll selections with 39 academic honors, 12 players who have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and four who have been named to the All-America Scholar Athlete team. As the Seminoles head coach, she has led Florida State to six consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament appearances a streak that brings the programs current school-record streak to 11 consecutive NCAA appearances entering the 2016-17 season. With her student-athlete first approach, her love of the game of golf, her unbridled love for Florida State University and her ability to recruit top-level talent, Bond constantly works to take the Seminole womens golf program to a higher level.  That higher level is in the classroom, her relationships with her players, and Florida States success on the golf course have all allowed her program to become recognized as one of the top all-around programs in all of college golf. The Seminole womens golf team is recognized as a star among stars as Florida State is annually celebrated as one of the top athletic programs in the nation.  Florida State has finished in the top 25 in the Directors Cup in each of the last eight years. In her six seasons at Florida State, the Seminoles have played in six NCAA Championship tournaments, produced the schools first two NCAA Regional Champions (Maria Salinas in 2012 and Matilda Castren in 2016), earned three All-American honors (Matilda Castren in 2014, Salinas in 2011 and 2013), earned nine All-ACC selections (Salinas in 2011 and 2012, Jessica Negron in 2013, Castren in 2014 and 2016, Alex Milan in 2014, Lydia Gumm in 2015 and Kim Metraux in 2016) and had 16 players earn All-ACC Academic honors. As a player Bond earned a spot on the ACCs 50th Anniversary team, as an assistant coach she helped the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournament appearances.  As Florida States head coach she has led the Seminoles to six NCAA Championship appearances in her first six years as the head coach of the Seminoles. Throughout her playing career at Florida State, she played as one of the Seminoles top players (she was named Florida States team MVP in 1997, 1998 and 1999), played with a number of touring professionals (including LPGA major winner and current Golf Channel analyst Karen Stupples) and has coached many of Florida States recent greats including the only four-time golf All-American in school history (Caroline Westrup).  While achieving success during her career as a player and a coach, Bond has never lost sight of her ultimate goal: the success and achievements of her student-athletes. In her 11 seasons as a Seminole coach (five as an assistant and six as the head coach), every student-athlete who has played golf at Florida State has earned her bachelors degree and every one played on at least two NCAA Tournament teams during their careers.  The Seminoles are among the NCAA leaders with a perfect APR rating during the first six seasons of Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State. RETURNING HOME Amy Bond joined the long and illustrious list of Florida State alumni who have returned to coach their alma mater when she was named the Seminoles' head coach on June 25, 2010. She returned to her Seminole roots after an outstanding playing career at Florida State (1995-99) during which she finished in 30th place in the 1999 NCAA Championship Finals and a five-year career as an assistant coach (2001-06) when she helped lead the Seminoles to the NCAA Championships three times. Bond is one of three Florida State University alumni who are current head coaches at their alma mater joining Jennifer Hyde (women's tennis) and Mike Martin (baseball). FIRST SIX YEARS AT FLORIDA STATE Florida State head coach Amy Bond has guided each of her first six Seminole teams to the NCAA Tournament.  Including her four years as a Seminole player (1996-99), her five years as a Seminole assistant coach (2002-06) and five as Florida States head coach, Bond has participated in 13 of 15 NCAA Regional Championships while wearing the Garnet and Gold.  The Seminoles will look to play in their school record 12th consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament in 2017. FLORIDA STATE EARNED OUTSTANDING SUCCESS IN 2016 Florida State finished the 2015-16 season ranked 19th nationally by Golfstat, 24th nationally by Golfweek, finished 15th nationally in the NCAA Division I Championship Finals, finished in second at the NCAA Division I Shoal Creek Regional, won team championships in the fall 2015 Jacksonville Classic and the spring 2016 Florida State Match-Up, finished in the top five of nine of its 13 matches, had two players earn NCAA Shoal Creek All-Region honors (Matilda Castren and Kim Metraux) and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Kim Metraux).  Academically, the Seminoles had each member of its team named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll, saw four players named to the ACC All-Academic Womens Golf Team (Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim and Morgane Metraux) and had two players (Kim and Morgane Metraux) named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete team. 2014 WAS A SPECIAL SEASON AT FLORIDA STATE Amy Bond led Florida State to its ninth consecutive NCAA Regional Championship, to the team championship at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate, had one player earn All-American honors (Matilda Castren), and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Alex Milan) in 2014.  In earning All-ACC honors, Castren established a school record for low stroke average in a single season with her 71.83 scoring mark. Florida States team victory at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate was the first team championship by the Seminoles since the 2010 season when it won the Bryan National Collegiate championship. BOND AS A TOURNAMENT HOST Bonds passion for growing the game of golf has increased her desire to plan and host large-scale tournaments at Florida State.  She hosted the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2014, a 24-team event that showcased the best in womens collegiate golf for the first time in school history.  Bond will play host to the fifth Annual Florida State Match-Up in February of 2016 as she continues to attract high level competition to the city of Tallahassee on an annual basis.  Bond and the Seminoles will host the NCAA Tallahassee Regional in 2018. SUCCESS AT PRINCETON Bond was successful in her first head coaching position at Princeton (2006-10) as she guided the Tigers to eight tournament victories and top four finishes in four Ivy League championship tournaments. The Tigers finished in second place in the Ivy league championship in 2007. Bond coached Susannah Aboff to consecutive Ivy League individual championships in 2008 and 2009.  It marked only the third time in league history that a player had won consecutive individual conference championships. Aboff earned All-Ivy League honors three times during her career in becoming just the second player in school history to be named to the all-league team three times in her career. During her four seasons at Princeton, only the Tigers and Harvard performed consistently well in the conference championship by finishing in the top four of the team championship from 2007-10. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT FLORIDA STATE During her first six seasons as the head coach at Florida State, she has continued the tradition of recruiting talented players and outstanding student-athletes to Tallahassee.  Her list of top recruits includes Matilda Castren, who earned All-American Second Team Honors in 2014, and four players who have been named to the WGCA All-America Scholar Athlete team.  Kim and Morgane Metraux, two of the top rising amateur players in the world, were also recruited by Bond to attend Florida State.  In five years as an assistant coach at Florida State, Bond helped recruit four players who earned All-ACC honors a total of eight times and formed the nucleus of two top 20 ranked teams. The Seminoles finished in a tie for 16th nationally in 2006 and in a tie for 19th nationally in 2004. She was also instrumental in recruiting Caroline Westrup - the only four-time All-American and four-time All-ACC selection in school history. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT PRINCETON During her four seasons at Princeton, Bond coached/recruited two players (Susannah Aboff and Kelly Shon) who qualified to play in at least one NCAA Regional Championship each and five players who earned All-Ivy League honors a total of 11 times. Aboff won eight individual tournament championships during her career and finished in a tie for 23rd place at the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2009 - the third highest NCAA regional finish in school history. Shon played in the 2011 and 2012 US Women's Open and was ranked No. 4 nationally among junior golfers at the time she was recruited.  She is still the highest ranked junior recruit to ever attend an Ivy League institution.  Shon earned All-American Honorable Mention Honors from the Womens Golf Coaches Association in 2013, played in the 2013 NCAA East Regional Championship and the 2013 NCAA National Championship, was named the Ivy League Golfer of the Year and won Ivy League Championship in 2013. PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Bond has recruited and coached seven players who have played, or who are currently playing professional golf. She recruited and coached Kristin Tamulis (Florida State) who is currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She also recruited and coached four-time All-American Caroline Westrup (Florida State) who earned her LPGA Tour Card for the 2014 season (and who played in the 2013 U.S. Open), another who is playing on the LPGA Tour (Lacey Agnew), two who earned success on the Symetra Tour (Jaclyn Burch and Macarena Silva), one who is playing on the Symetra Tour (Alex Milan), one (Maria Salinas) on the European Tour and three players (Susannah Aboff, Marlowe Boukis and Michelle Grilli) who began their professional careers on the LPGA Symetra Tour. SEMINOLES AT THE 2013 U.S. WOMENS OPEN Bond and the Seminoles were well represented at the 2013 U.S. Womens Open at Sebonack Golf Club with four of the top players in the history of the program Karen Stupples, Kristin Tamulis, Macarena Silva and Caroline Westrup all playing in the event.  Prior to the event, Bond said of the one of the greats foursomes in program history: This is a great week for each of the four players and for the Florida State womens golf program.  To have four of our players in the U.S. Open in the same year is exciting and illustrates the rich tradition of our program.  I am very happy for Karen, who I have known for so many years and for Kris, Maca and Caroline who I had the good fortune of coaching during their careers at Florida State.  Playing in the U.S. Open is an awesome accomplishment for all of them and I couldnt be happier for all of them. BOND ON THE NATIONAL SCENE Bond is the immediate past President of the Womens Golf Coaches Association; she served as the President of the organization from 2013-16.  She has served in a number of positions on the national governing board after serving the organization as its treasurer beginning in 2008.  Bond began on the WGCA Board as its treasurer (2008-12), served as its vice president (2012-13) and then as its President (2013-16).  The WGCA was formed in 1983 as an organization to promote participation in women's collegiate 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. ACADEMIC ACCOLADES Academic success is the cornerstone of Florida States program under Amy Bond.  In 2016, every member (10) of the Seminole womens golf team was named to the ACC Honor Roll, four players were named to the All-ACC Academic team and two were named All-American Scholar Athletes by the WGCA.  The womens golf team earned the highest grade point average (3.591) of the Seminoles 22 athletics team in 2016.  During Bonds first six seasons as Florida States head coach, the Seminoles have totaled 42 ACC Honor Roll selections, 20 players have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and six players have been named to the All-American Scholar team.  The Seminoles individual success has certainly translated into team success during Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State.  The Seminoles team was lauded by the NCAA for attaining a perfect multi-year Academic Performance Rate score of 1000 for the latest measuring period in 2014-15.  The Florida State womens golf team has achieved a perfect APR in each of Bonds season as Florida States head coach.  Calculated over the four most recent years of data, the multi-year APR is a real-time measurement of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing in every NCAA Division I sports team. Bond developed her academic achievement philosophy as a player at Florida State as she was named an Academic All-American in 1998 and 1999 and earned ACC Academic Honor Roll accolades three times during her playing career (1996, 98, 99). Bonds teams in both 2015 and 2016 were presented with the Golden Torch at Florida States annual Black Tie student-athlete gala for the team with the highest GPA.  Bonds 2015 team finished the 2015 spring semester with 12 players earning a 3.0 grade point average or higher.  The women's golf team was the only team at Florida State to accomplish that feat during the spring 2015 academic semester.  The Seminoles earned a cumulative GPA of 3.591 during the 2015-16 fall and spring semesters. TOP 50 PLAYER IN ACC HISTORY Bond was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary team in 2002 along with Seminole greats Karen Stupples and Louise Wright. Bond was a 1998 All-ACC selection and the Seminoles' top player from 1996-99. She earned 10 top-10 finishes during her career and was named the Seminoles' Most Valuable Player each year during her career. Bond competed in the NCAA Championship tournament in 1999 and played in three NCAA regional tournaments while finishing in the top 20 in four consecutive ACC Championship tournaments. She was an All Region selection in 1999 and was the medalist at the 1998 Ryder/Florida State Championship tournament. COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAMPIONS The Seminoles women's golf team has won 13 of the last 15 Athletic Director's Cups for Service at Florida States annual Golden Nole Banquet.  The Athletic Director's Cup for Service is presented annually and is the most prestigious award given to the Seminole student-athletes. It goes to the team that contributes the most service hours to the community over the course of an entire year. The Seminoles won the Athletic Director's Cup for Service in each of Bond's five years as an assistant coach and in four of her first six seasons as the Seminoles' head coach. PERSONAL An Ocala, Fla., native, Bond earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Florida State in 1997 before earning her master's degree in sport administration from Florida State in 1999.  Bonds twin brother, Tommy, is the Director of Athletics and head baseball coach at Trinity Catholic in Ocala, Fla.  Tommy led Trinity Catholic to the 4A state championship in 2014.  (updated Oct. 25, 2016) President, Women's Golf Coaches Association of America (2013-16) Six straight NCAA Championship appearances Nine tournament wins (Three at Florida State) Three All-Americans/Five All-Regional Selections 16 All-ACC Academic Selections Features: Bond Leads Florida State To Nationals / Video: 36 Holes With The Noles/ Paint it Pink 2016 /   First as a player, then an assistant coach, and now in her seventh season as its head coach, Amy Bonds energy and enthusiasm for elevating the success and storied tradition of the Florida State program is rivaled by few coaches in all of collegiate golf.  During her first six seasons as Florida States head womens golf coach, Bond has coached two All-Americans, two regional champions, eight All-ACC selections, 19 All-ACC Academic Honor Roll selections with 39 academic honors, 12 players who have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and four who have been named to the All-America Scholar Athlete team. As the Seminoles head coach, she has led Florida State to six consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament appearances a streak that brings the programs current school-record streak to 11 consecutive NCAA appearances entering the 2016-17 season. With her student-athlete first approach, her love of the game of golf, her unbridled love for Florida State University and her ability to recruit top-level talent, Bond constantly works to take the Seminole womens golf program to a higher level.  That higher level is in the classroom, her relationships with her players, and Florida States success on the golf course have all allowed her program to become recognized as one of the top all-around programs in all of college golf. The Seminole womens golf team is recognized as a star among stars as Florida State is annually celebrated as one of the top athletic programs in the nation.  Florida State has finished in the top 25 in the Directors Cup in each of the last eight years. In her six seasons at Florida State, the Seminoles have played in six NCAA Championship tournaments, produced the schools first two NCAA Regional Champions (Maria Salinas in 2012 and Matilda Castren in 2016), earned three All-American honors (Matilda Castren in 2014, Salinas in 2011 and 2013), earned nine All-ACC selections (Salinas in 2011 and 2012, Jessica Negron in 2013, Castren in 2014 and 2016, Alex Milan in 2014, Lydia Gumm in 2015 and Kim Metraux in 2016) and had 16 players earn All-ACC Academic honors. As a player Bond earned a spot on the ACCs 50th Anniversary team, as an assistant coach she helped the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournament appearances.  As Florida States head coach she has led the Seminoles to six NCAA Championship appearances in her first six years as the head coach of the Seminoles. Throughout her playing career at Florida State, she played as one of the Seminoles top players (she was named Florida States team MVP in 1997, 1998 and 1999), played with a number of touring professionals (including LPGA major winner and current Golf Channel analyst Karen Stupples) and has coached many of Florida States recent greats including the only four-time golf All-American in school history (Caroline Westrup).  While achieving success during her career as a player and a coach, Bond has never lost sight of her ultimate goal: the success and achievements of her student-athletes. In her 11 seasons as a Seminole coach (five as an assistant and six as the head coach), every student-athlete who has played golf at Florida State has earned her bachelors degree and every one played on at least two NCAA Tournament teams during their careers.  The Seminoles are among the NCAA leaders with a perfect APR rating during the first six seasons of Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State. RETURNING HOME Amy Bond joined the long and illustrious list of Florida State alumni who have returned to coach their alma mater when she was named the Seminoles' head coach on June 25, 2010. She returned to her Seminole roots after an outstanding playing career at Florida State (1995-99) during which she finished in 30th place in the 1999 NCAA Championship Finals and a five-year career as an assistant coach (2001-06) when she helped lead the Seminoles to the NCAA Championships three times. Bond is one of three Florida State University alumni who are current head coaches at their alma mater joining Jennifer Hyde (women's tennis) and Mike Martin (baseball). FIRST SIX YEARS AT FLORIDA STATE Florida State head coach Amy Bond has guided each of her first six Seminole teams to the NCAA Tournament.  Including her four years as a Seminole player (1996-99), her five years as a Seminole assistant coach (2002-06) and five as Florida States head coach, Bond has participated in 13 of 15 NCAA Regional Championships while wearing the Garnet and Gold.  The Seminoles will look to play in their school record 12th consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament in 2017. FLORIDA STATE EARNED OUTSTANDING SUCCESS IN 2016 Florida State finished the 2015-16 season ranked 19th nationally by Golfstat, 24th nationally by Golfweek, finished 15th nationally in the NCAA Division I Championship Finals, finished in second at the NCAA Division I Shoal Creek Regional, won team championships in the fall 2015 Jacksonville Classic and the spring 2016 Florida State Match-Up, finished in the top five of nine of its 13 matches, had two players earn NCAA Shoal Creek All-Region honors (Matilda Castren and Kim Metraux) and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Kim Metraux).  Academically, the Seminoles had each member of its team named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll, saw four players named to the ACC All-Academic Womens Golf Team (Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim and Morgane Metraux) and had two players (Kim and Morgane Metraux) named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete team. 2014 WAS A SPECIAL SEASON AT FLORIDA STATE Amy Bond led Florida State to its ninth consecutive NCAA Regional Championship, to the team championship at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate, had one player earn All-American honors (Matilda Castren), and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Alex Milan) in 2014.  In earning All-ACC honors, Castren established a school record for low stroke average in a single season with her 71.83 scoring mark. Florida States team victory at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate was the first team championship by the Seminoles since the 2010 season when it won the Bryan National Collegiate championship. BOND AS A TOURNAMENT HOST Bonds passion for growing the game of golf has increased her desire to plan and host large-scale tournaments at Florida State.  She hosted the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2014, a 24-team event that showcased the best in womens collegiate golf for the first time in school history.  Bond will play host to the fifth Annual Florida State Match-Up in February of 2016 as she continues to attract high level competition to the city of Tallahassee on an annual basis.  Bond and the Seminoles will host the NCAA Tallahassee Regional in 2018. SUCCESS AT PRINCETON Bond was successful in her first head coaching position at Princeton (2006-10) as she guided the Tigers to eight tournament victories and top four finishes in four Ivy League championship tournaments. The Tigers finished in second place in the Ivy league championship in 2007. Bond coached Susannah Aboff to consecutive Ivy League individual championships in 2008 and 2009.  It marked only the third time in league history that a player had won consecutive individual conference championships. Aboff earned All-Ivy League honors three times during her career in becoming just the second player in school history to be named to the all-league team three times in her career. During her four seasons at Princeton, only the Tigers and Harvard performed consistently well in the conference championship by finishing in the top four of the team championship from 2007-10. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT FLORIDA STATE During her first six seasons as the head coach at Florida State, she has continued the tradition of recruiting talented players and outstanding student-athletes to Tallahassee.  Her list of top recruits includes Matilda Castren, who earned All-American Second Team Honors in 2014, and four players who have been named to the WGCA All-America Scholar Athlete team.  Kim and Morgane Metraux, two of the top rising amateur players in the world, were also recruited by Bond to attend Florida State.  In five years as an assistant coach at Florida State, Bond helped recruit four players who earned All-ACC honors a total of eight times and formed the nucleus of two top 20 ranked teams. The Seminoles finished in a tie for 16th nationally in 2006 and in a tie for 19th nationally in 2004. She was also instrumental in recruiting Caroline Westrup - the only four-time All-American and four-time All-ACC selection in school history. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT PRINCETON During her four seasons at Princeton, Bond coached/recruited two players (Susannah Aboff and Kelly Shon) who qualified to play in at least one NCAA Regional Championship each and five players who earned All-Ivy League honors a total of 11 times. Aboff won eight individual tournament championships during her career and finished in a tie for 23rd place at the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2009 - the third highest NCAA regional finish in school history. Shon played in the 2011 and 2012 US Women's Open and was ranked No. 4 nationally among junior golfers at the time she was recruited.  She is still the highest ranked junior recruit to ever attend an Ivy League institution.  Shon earned All-American Honorable Mention Honors from the Womens Golf Coaches Association in 2013, played in the 2013 NCAA East Regional Championship and the 2013 NCAA National Championship, was named the Ivy League Golfer of the Year and won Ivy League Championship in 2013. PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Bond has recruited and coached seven players who have played, or who are currently playing professional golf. She recruited and coached Kristin Tamulis (Florida State) who is currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She also recruited and coached four-time All-American Caroline Westrup (Florida State) who earned her LPGA Tour Card for the 2014 season (and who played in the 2013 U.S. Open), another who is playing on the LPGA Tour (Lacey Agnew), two who earned success on the Symetra Tour (Jaclyn Burch and Macarena Silva), one who is playing on the Symetra Tour (Alex Milan), one (Maria Salinas) on the European Tour and three players (Susannah Aboff, Marlowe Boukis and Michelle Grilli) who began their professional careers on the LPGA Symetra Tour. SEMINOLES AT THE 2013 U.S. WOMENS OPEN Bond and the Seminoles were well represented at the 2013 U.S. Womens Open at Sebonack Golf Club with four of the top players in the history of the program Karen Stupples, Kristin Tamulis, Macarena Silva and Caroline Westrup all playing in the event.  Prior to the event, Bond said of the one of the greats foursomes in program history: This is a great week for each of the four players and for the Florida State womens golf program.  To have four of our players in the U.S. Open in the same year is exciting and illustrates the rich tradition of our program.  I am very happy for Karen, who I have known for so many years and for Kris, Maca and Caroline who I had the good fortune of coaching during their careers at Florida State.  Playing in the U.S. Open is an awesome accomplishment for all of them and I couldnt be happier for all of them. BOND ON THE NATIONAL SCENE Bond is the immediate past President of the Womens Golf Coaches Association; she served as the President of the organization from 2013-16.  She has served in a number of positions on the national governing board after serving the organization as its treasurer beginning in 2008.  Bond began on the WGCA Board as its treasurer (2008-12), served as its vice president (2012-13) and then as its President (2013-16).  The WGCA was formed in 1983 as an organization to promote participation in women's collegiate 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. ACADEMIC ACCOLADES Academic success is the cornerstone of Florida States program under Amy Bond.  In 2016, every member (10) of the Seminole womens golf team was named to the ACC Honor Roll, four players were named to the All-ACC Academic team and two were named All-American Scholar Athletes by the WGCA.  The womens golf team earned the highest grade point average (3.591) of the Seminoles 22 athletics team in 2016.  During Bonds first six seasons as Florida States head coach, the Seminoles have totaled 42 ACC Honor Roll selections, 20 players have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and six players have been named to the All-American Scholar team.  The Seminoles individual success has certainly translated into team success during Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State.  The Seminoles team was lauded by the NCAA for attaining a perfect multi-year Academic Performance Rate score of 1000 for the latest measuring period in 2014-15.  The Florida State womens golf team has achieved a perfect APR in each of Bonds season as Florida States head coach.  Calculated over the four most recent years of data, the multi-year APR is a real-time measurement of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing in every NCAA Division I sports team. Bond developed her academic achievement philosophy as a player at Florida State as she was named an Academic All-American in 1998 and 1999 and earned ACC Academic Honor Roll accolades three times during her playing career (1996, 98, 99). Bonds teams in both 2015 and 2016 were presented with the Golden Torch at Florida States annual Black Tie student-athlete gala for the team with the highest GPA.  Bonds 2015 team finished the 2015 spring semester with 12 players earning a 3.0 grade point average or higher.  The women's golf team was the only team at Florida State to accomplish that feat during the spring 2015 academic semester.  The Seminoles earned a cumulative GPA of 3.591 during the 2015-16 fall and spring semesters. TOP 50 PLAYER IN ACC HISTORY Bond was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary team in 2002 along with Seminole greats Karen Stupples and Louise Wright. Bond was a 1998 All-ACC selection and the Seminoles' top player from 1996-99. She earned 10 top-10 finishes during her career and was named the Seminoles' Most Valuable Player each year during her career. Bond competed in the NCAA Championship tournament in 1999 and played in three NCAA regional tournaments while finishing in the top 20 in four consecutive ACC Championship tournaments. She was an All Region selection in 1999 and was the medalist at the 1998 Ryder/Florida State Championship tournament. COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAMPIONS The Seminoles women's golf team has won 13 of the last 15 Athletic Director's Cups for Service at Florida States annual Golden Nole Banquet.  The Athletic Director's Cup for Service is presented annually and is the most prestigious award given to the Seminole student-athletes. It goes to the team that contributes the most service hours to the community over the course of an entire year. The Seminoles won the Athletic Director's Cup for Service in each of Bond's five years as an assistant coach and in four of her first six seasons as the Seminoles' head coach. PERSONAL An Ocala, Fla., native, Bond earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Florida State in 1997 before earning her master's degree in sport administration from Florida State in 1999.  Bonds twin brother, Tommy, is the Director of Athletics and head baseball coach at Trinity Catholic in Ocala, Fla.  Tommy led Trinity Catholic to the 4A state championship in 2014.  (updated Oct. 25, 2016) President, Women's Golf Coaches Association of America (2013-16) Six straight NCAA Championship appearances Nine tournament wins (Three at Florida State) Three All-Americans/Five All-Regional Selections 16 All-ACC Academic Selections Features: Bond Leads Florida State To Nationals / Video: 36 Holes With The Noles/ Paint it Pink 2016 /   First as a player, then an assistant coach, and now in her seventh season as its head coach, Amy Bonds energy and enthusiasm for elevating the success and storied tradition of the Florida State program is rivaled by few coaches in all of collegiate golf.  During her first six seasons as Florida States head womens golf coach, Bond has coached two All-Americans, two regional champions, eight All-ACC selections, 19 All-ACC Academic Honor Roll selections with 39 academic honors, 12 players who have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and four who have been named to the All-America Scholar Athlete team. As the Seminoles head coach, she has led Florida State to six consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament appearances a streak that brings the programs current school-record streak to 11 consecutive NCAA appearances entering the 2016-17 season. With her student-athlete first approach, her love of the game of golf, her unbridled love for Florida State University and her ability to recruit top-level talent, Bond constantly works to take the Seminole womens golf program to a higher level.  That higher level is in the classroom, her relationships with her players, and Florida States success on the golf course have all allowed her program to become recognized as one of the top all-around programs in all of college golf. The Seminole womens golf team is recognized as a star among stars as Florida State is annually celebrated as one of the top athletic programs in the nation.  Florida State has finished in the top 25 in the Directors Cup in each of the last eight years. In her six seasons at Florida State, the Seminoles have played in six NCAA Championship tournaments, produced the schools first two NCAA Regional Champions (Maria Salinas in 2012 and Matilda Castren in 2016), earned three All-American honors (Matilda Castren in 2014, Salinas in 2011 and 2013), earned nine All-ACC selections (Salinas in 2011 and 2012, Jessica Negron in 2013, Castren in 2014 and 2016, Alex Milan in 2014, Lydia Gumm in 2015 and Kim Metraux in 2016) and had 16 players earn All-ACC Academic honors. As a player Bond earned a spot on the ACCs 50th Anniversary team, as an assistant coach she helped the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournament appearances.  As Florida States head coach she has led the Seminoles to six NCAA Championship appearances in her first six years as the head coach of the Seminoles. Throughout her playing career at Florida State, she played as one of the Seminoles top players (she was named Florida States team MVP in 1997, 1998 and 1999), played with a number of touring professionals (including LPGA major winner and current Golf Channel analyst Karen Stupples) and has coached many of Florida States recent greats including the only four-time golf All-American in school history (Caroline Westrup).  While achieving success during her career as a player and a coach, Bond has never lost sight of her ultimate goal: the success and achievements of her student-athletes. In her 11 seasons as a Seminole coach (five as an assistant and six as the head coach), every student-athlete who has played golf at Florida State has earned her bachelors degree and every one played on at least two NCAA Tournament teams during their careers.  The Seminoles are among the NCAA leaders with a perfect APR rating during the first six seasons of Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State. RETURNING HOME Amy Bond joined the long and illustrious list of Florida State alumni who have returned to coach their alma mater when she was named the Seminoles' head coach on June 25, 2010. She returned to her Seminole roots after an outstanding playing career at Florida State (1995-99) during which she finished in 30th place in the 1999 NCAA Championship Finals and a five-year career as an assistant coach (2001-06) when she helped lead the Seminoles to the NCAA Championships three times. Bond is one of three Florida State University alumni who are current head coaches at their alma mater joining Jennifer Hyde (women's tennis) and Mike Martin (baseball). FIRST SIX YEARS AT FLORIDA STATE Florida State head coach Amy Bond has guided each of her first six Seminole teams to the NCAA Tournament.  Including her four years as a Seminole player (1996-99), her five years as a Seminole assistant coach (2002-06) and five as Florida States head coach, Bond has participated in 13 of 15 NCAA Regional Championships while wearing the Garnet and Gold.  The Seminoles will look to play in their school record 12th consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament in 2017. FLORIDA STATE EARNED OUTSTANDING SUCCESS IN 2016 Florida State finished the 2015-16 season ranked 19th nationally by Golfstat, 24th nationally by Golfweek, finished 15th nationally in the NCAA Division I Championship Finals, finished in second at the NCAA Division I Shoal Creek Regional, won team championships in the fall 2015 Jacksonville Classic and the spring 2016 Florida State Match-Up, finished in the top five of nine of its 13 matches, had two players earn NCAA Shoal Creek All-Region honors (Matilda Castren and Kim Metraux) and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Kim Metraux).  Academically, the Seminoles had each member of its team named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll, saw four players named to the ACC All-Academic Womens Golf Team (Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim and Morgane Metraux) and had two players (Kim and Morgane Metraux) named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete team. 2014 WAS A SPECIAL SEASON AT FLORIDA STATE Amy Bond led Florida State to its ninth consecutive NCAA Regional Championship, to the team championship at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate, had one player earn All-American honors (Matilda Castren), and had two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Alex Milan) in 2014.  In earning All-ACC honors, Castren established a school record for low stroke average in a single season with her 71.83 scoring mark. Florida States team victory at the Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate was the first team championship by the Seminoles since the 2010 season when it won the Bryan National Collegiate championship. BOND AS A TOURNAMENT HOST Bonds passion for growing the game of golf has increased her desire to plan and host large-scale tournaments at Florida State.  She hosted the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2014, a 24-team event that showcased the best in womens collegiate golf for the first time in school history.  Bond will play host to the fifth Annual Florida State Match-Up in February of 2016 as she continues to attract high level competition to the city of Tallahassee on an annual basis.  Bond and the Seminoles will host the NCAA Tallahassee Regional in 2018. SUCCESS AT PRINCETON Bond was successful in her first head coaching position at Princeton (2006-10) as she guided the Tigers to eight tournament victories and top four finishes in four Ivy League championship tournaments. The Tigers finished in second place in the Ivy league championship in 2007. Bond coached Susannah Aboff to consecutive Ivy League individual championships in 2008 and 2009.  It marked only the third time in league history that a player had won consecutive individual conference championships. Aboff earned All-Ivy League honors three times during her career in becoming just the second player in school history to be named to the all-league team three times in her career. During her four seasons at Princeton, only the Tigers and Harvard performed consistently well in the conference championship by finishing in the top four of the team championship from 2007-10. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT FLORIDA STATE During her first six seasons as the head coach at Florida State, she has continued the tradition of recruiting talented players and outstanding student-athletes to Tallahassee.  Her list of top recruits includes Matilda Castren, who earned All-American Second Team Honors in 2014, and four players who have been named to the WGCA All-America Scholar Athlete team.  Kim and Morgane Metraux, two of the top rising amateur players in the world, were also recruited by Bond to attend Florida State.  In five years as an assistant coach at Florida State, Bond helped recruit four players who earned All-ACC honors a total of eight times and formed the nucleus of two top 20 ranked teams. The Seminoles finished in a tie for 16th nationally in 2006 and in a tie for 19th nationally in 2004. She was also instrumental in recruiting Caroline Westrup - the only four-time All-American and four-time All-ACC selection in school history. RECRUITING SUCCESS AT PRINCETON During her four seasons at Princeton, Bond coached/recruited two players (Susannah Aboff and Kelly Shon) who qualified to play in at least one NCAA Regional Championship each and five players who earned All-Ivy League honors a total of 11 times. Aboff won eight individual tournament championships during her career and finished in a tie for 23rd place at the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2009 - the third highest NCAA regional finish in school history. Shon played in the 2011 and 2012 US Women's Open and was ranked No. 4 nationally among junior golfers at the time she was recruited.  She is still the highest ranked junior recruit to ever attend an Ivy League institution.  Shon earned All-American Honorable Mention Honors from the Womens Golf Coaches Association in 2013, played in the 2013 NCAA East Regional Championship and the 2013 NCAA National Championship, was named the Ivy League Golfer of the Year and won Ivy League Championship in 2013. PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Bond has recruited and coached seven players who have played, or who are currently playing professional golf. She recruited and coached Kristin Tamulis (Florida State) who is currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She also recruited and coached four-time All-American Caroline Westrup (Florida State) who earned her LPGA Tour Card for the 2014 season (and who played in the 2013 U.S. Open), another who is playing on the LPGA Tour (Lacey Agnew), two who earned success on the Symetra Tour (Jaclyn Burch and Macarena Silva), one who is playing on the Symetra Tour (Alex Milan), one (Maria Salinas) on the European Tour and three players (Susannah Aboff, Marlowe Boukis and Michelle Grilli) who began their professional careers on the LPGA Symetra Tour. SEMINOLES AT THE 2013 U.S. WOMENS OPEN Bond and the Seminoles were well represented at the 2013 U.S. Womens Open at Sebonack Golf Club with four of the top players in the history of the program Karen Stupples, Kristin Tamulis, Macarena Silva and Caroline Westrup all playing in the event.  Prior to the event, Bond said of the one of the greats foursomes in program history: This is a great week for each of the four players and for the Florida State womens golf program.  To have four of our players in the U.S. Open in the same year is exciting and illustrates the rich tradition of our program.  I am very happy for Karen, who I have known for so many years and for Kris, Maca and Caroline who I had the good fortune of coaching during their careers at Florida State.  Playing in the U.S. Open is an awesome accomplishment for all of them and I couldnt be happier for all of them. BOND ON THE NATIONAL SCENE Bond is the immediate past President of the Womens Golf Coaches Association; she served as the President of the organization from 2013-16.  She has served in a number of positions on the national governing board after serving the organization as its treasurer beginning in 2008.  Bond began on the WGCA Board as its treasurer (2008-12), served as its vice president (2012-13) and then as its President (2013-16).  The WGCA was formed in 1983 as an organization to promote participation in women's collegiate 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. ACADEMIC ACCOLADES Academic success is the cornerstone of Florida States program under Amy Bond.  In 2016, every member (10) of the Seminole womens golf team was named to the ACC Honor Roll, four players were named to the All-ACC Academic team and two were named All-American Scholar Athletes by the WGCA.  The womens golf team earned the highest grade point average (3.591) of the Seminoles 22 athletics team in 2016.  During Bonds first six seasons as Florida States head coach, the Seminoles have totaled 42 ACC Honor Roll selections, 20 players have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and six players have been named to the All-American Scholar team.  The Seminoles individual success has certainly translated into team success during Bonds head coaching tenure at Florida State.  The Seminoles team was lauded by the NCAA for attaining a perfect multi-year Academic Performance Rate score of 1000 for the latest measuring period in 2014-15.  The Florida State womens golf team has achieved a perfect APR in each of Bonds season as Florida States head coach.  Calculated over the four most recent years of data, the multi-year APR is a real-time measurement of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing in every NCAA Division I sports team. Bond developed her academic achievement philosophy as a player at Florida State as she was named an Academic All-American in 1998 and 1999 and earned ACC Academic Honor Roll accolades three times during her playing career (1996, 98, 99). Bonds teams in both 2015 and 2016 were presented with the Golden Torch at Florida States annual Black Tie student-athlete gala for the team with the highest GPA.  Bonds 2015 team finished the 2015 spring semester with 12 players earning a 3.0 grade point average or higher.  The women's golf team was the only team at Florida State to accomplish that feat during the spring 2015 academic semester.  The Seminoles earned a cumulative GPA of 3.591 during the 2015-16 fall and spring semesters. TOP 50 PLAYER IN ACC HISTORY Bond was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary team in 2002 along with Seminole greats Karen Stupples and Louise Wright. Bond was a 1998 All-ACC selection and the Seminoles' top player from 1996-99. She earned 10 top-10 finishes during her career and was named the Seminoles' Most Valuable Player each year during her career. Bond competed in the NCAA Championship tournament in 1999 and played in three NCAA regional tournaments while finishing in the top 20 in four consecutive ACC Championship tournaments. She was an All Region selection in 1999 and was the medalist at the 1998 Ryder/Florida State Championship tournament. COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAMPIONS The Seminoles women's golf team has won 13 of the last 15 Athletic Director's Cups for Service at Florida States annual Golden Nole Banquet.  The Athletic Director's Cup for Service is presented annually and is the most prestigious award given to the Seminole student-athletes. It goes to the team that contributes the most service hours to the community over the course of an entire year. The Seminoles won the Athletic Director's Cup for Service in each of Bond's five years as an assistant coach and in four of her first six seasons as the Seminoles' head coach. PERSONAL An Ocala, Fla., native, Bond earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Florida State in 1997 before earning her master's degree in sport administration from Florida State in 1999.  Bonds twin brother, Tommy, is the Director of Athletics and head baseball coach at Trinity Catholic in Ocala, Fla.  Tommy led Trinity Catholic to the 4A state championship in 2014. 

Ducks tutelage, both Seminole teams have become perennial leaders in national rankings and course statistics as well as in the production of All-Americans and All-ACC performers, as he has helped raise the profiles of both programs to the levels necessary to compete as top collegiate programs on an annual basis. Duck plays an integral role in the successes of both programs including the mens national ranking of No. 1 and the womens national finish of 15th during the 2016 season.  Duck has helped coach both programs into the NCAA Tournament in each of his first five years while working with All-Americans and All-ACC honorees on both teams. In his first five seasons at Florida State, the men have produced seven All-Americans, 12 All-ACC selections, two ACC Golfers of the Year (Brooks Koepka in 2012 and Hank Lebioda in 2016) and two ACC Freshmen of the Year while the women have produced two All-Americans and seven All-ACC performers. During each of his five seasons, the Seminole men and the Seminole women have appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times each with the men finishing in ninth in the team standings in the 2012 NCAA Championship finals and 11th in the 2015 NCAA Championship finals and the women finishing in 15th at the 2016 NCAA Championship Finals.  The men have finished in second (twice) and third once and the women have finished third once and have earned two fourth place finishes in their respective ACC Championships. Ducks work with Florida States players has led to incredible individual success in his first five seasons in Tallahassee.  His teaching abilities and coaching philosophies have helped accelerate the careers of two of the top mens players in school history Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger as well as four of the top performers on the womens team Matilda Castren, Lydia Gumm, Maria Salinas and Jessica Negron.  Koepka was named the ACC Golfer of the Year in 2012 and was a three-time All-ACC selection while Berger earned All-ACC honors and played for the United States Palmer Cup team in 2013.  Duck also worked with Seminole All-America Hank Lebioda who earned All-America honors in 2015 and 2016, was the 2013 ACC Freshman of the Year, a four-time All-ACC selection and was a member of the 2014 United States Palmer Cup Team.  Castren earned All-American honors in 2014, is a two-time All-ACC honoree and holds the record for lowest stroke average in school history.  Gumm was an All-ACC selection in 2015, Salinas finished in a tie for first in the NCAA Central Regional and earned All-America honors in 2012 and Negron earned All-ACC honors in 2013. Duck has helped coach the Florida State men to 13 tournament championships in his first five seasons in Tallahassee.  The Seminoles won four consecutive tournaments, earned six overall team championships and were the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Golf championships in 2015.  Duck helped the Seminole women win three team championships and finish in second place at the 2016 NCAA Shoal Creek Regional. The Seminoles both the men and the women have been ranked among the nations top 30 teams throughout his first four seasons at Florida State.  The men were ranked as high as No. 1 in 2015 while the women were ranked as high as No. 16 in 2016. COACHING EXPERIENCE Duck is one of the rising stars in collegiate coaching.  He was the acting head coach at Augusta State in 2002, served the Jaguars as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2001-02 season and was an assistant coach for the program during the 2002-03 season.  During his tenure as the acting coach at Augusta State, the Jaguars were ranked as high as No. 9 nationally. COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE Duck enjoyed a standout career at Augusta State (1998-01) where he earned All-America honors as a sophomore (1999) and led the Jaguars to three NCAA Championship appearances (1998, 1999, 2001). He is one of the top golfers in the storied history of the Augusta State program and remains listed prominently in the record book 15 years after his playing career ended. Duck is ranked second in school history for lowest stroke average by a freshman (73.22) (which stood as the school record for nearly 15 years).  It is an average that still ranks in the top 15 in school history.   His career stroke average of 73.86 is ranked 14th in school history. During his career he earned 12 top-10 and 28 top-20 individual finishes. COLLEGIATE COACHING EXPERIENCE Ducks ability to communicate with the players he coaches is illustrated by the success those players have earned on the golf course.  In in first five seasons at Florida State he has worked with 10 All-Americans, 19 All-ACC honorees, two ACC Golfers of the Year and three ACC Freshmen of the Year.  Each of the ten teams (five mens and five womens) he has helped coach at Florida State has played in the NCAA Tournament and both teams have been ranked in the nations top 20 during the first five years of his tenure in Tallahassee. 2016 WAS A SPECIAL YEAR FOR THE SEMINOLE WOMEN Duck helped the Seminole women finish the 2015-16 season ranked 19th nationally by Golfstat, 24th nationally by Golfweek, finish 15th nationally in the NCAA Division I Championship Finals, finish second at the NCAA Division I Shoal Creek Regional, win team championships at the fall 2015 Jacksonville Classic and the spring 2016 Florida State Match-Up, finish in the top five of nine of its 13 matches, have two players earn NCAA Shoal Creek All-Region honors (Matilda Castren and Kim Metraux) and have two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Metraux). 2015 WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN PROGRAM HISTORY Duck helped the Seminole mens golf team to the best season in program history in 2015.  The Seminoles finished 11th in the final standings at the NCAA Mens Golf Championships, finished in second place in the ACC Championships, earned a program-best national ranking of No. 1 during the season, were the No. 1 seed in the NCAA mens Golf Championship tournament, had three players earn All-American honors (third time in school history three players earned All-American honors in the same season) and set a single-season school record with six tournament wins. 2014 WAS A BANNER YEAR Ducks coaching efforts in 2014 helped the Seminole men to a second place finish in the ACC championship, a fifth place finish in the NCAA Raleigh Regional and an appearance in the NCAA Championship Finals for the third consecutive year.  He helped coach one All-American, the ACC Freshman of the Year and All-ACC selections Jack Maguire and Hank Lebioda.  The Seminole men won the USF Invitational as they posted the best single round team and tournament score in team history in winning the championship.  Duck helped coach freshman Matilda Castren who earned All-American Second Team and All-ACC Honors and who was the runner-up for ACC Player and Rookie of the Year honors as well as All-ACC selection Alex Milan. SUCCESS OF BROOKS KOEPKA Duck worked with All-American Brooks Koepka during his final season as a Seminole (2011-12).  He was named the ACC Player of the Year and led the Seminoles to a ninth place finish at the NCAA Championship finals in 2012.  Koepka earned his PGA Tour card for the 2014-15 season as he finished in a tie for fourth place at the 2014 U.S. Open a finish which also earned him an invitation to play in the 2015 Masters Championship.  Koepka enjoyed his best professional season in 2015 as he finished in the top 10 at both the Open Championship (tied for 10th) and the PGA Championship (tied for fifth) and set a record for a Florida State player with a 13-under par score in finishing in a tie for fifth at the 2015 PGA Championship.  Koepka won the championship of the 2015 Phoenix Open for his first PGA Tour victory. SUCCESS OF DANIEL BERGER Duck coached Daniel Berger, the 2016 FedEx St. Jude tournament champion on the PGA Tour, during his stellar two-year career as a Seminole.  Berger won two individual titles (the spring 2013 Gator Invitational and the spring 2013 Seminole Invitational), was a two-time First-Team All-American, was named to the All-Nicklaus Team, the All-ACC Team and the Ping All Region team as a sophomore during his career at Florida State.  He led the ACC in stroke average and carded his career low score of 65 during the spring of his sophomore season.  Berger was named the 2015 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. ON COURSE COACHING Because he has played and coached at such high levels, Duck is known as a players coach.  His ability to help each student-athlete create long-term training schedules and encourage them to work towards those goals on a daily basis has helped create a teaching environment that has fostered the recent successes of both the Seminoles mens and womens programs. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY AS A PLAYER Duck led Augusta State (now Georgia Regents University) to three NCAA Championship tournament appearances and helped the Jaguars to a seventh place finish as a senior. The seventh place finish was the best in program history at the time. With the foundation put in place by Duck and his teammates, the Jaguars won the NCAA Titles in 2010 and 2011. SUCCESS IN PROFESSIONAL WORLD Duck enjoyed a successful career as a manager of professional golfers for the Hambric Sports Group (2003-2012) before accepting his current assistant coaching position at Florida State. Based in London, Duck was the supervisor of the European Division of Hambric Stellar Golf. He was a player manager who oversaw public relations and marketing for seven clients including 1988 Masters champion Sandy Lyle, 2005 European Tour Rookie of the Year Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, former Augusta State All-American Oliver Wilson and Francesco Molinari. PERSONAL Duck is married to the former Michelle Digsby. The couple has two daughters, Annabel (nine) and Hannah (six). He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from Augusta State in 2001. A native of Northampton, England, he represented Great Britain-Ireland as a member of the 1998 Palmer Cup team. Duck played in the 1997 European Amateur Championship and finished tied as the runner-up with Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald.

Maggio on the Seminoles coaching staff during the 2015-16 fall and spring seasons.  Matilda Castren finished as the co-champion of the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional, Castren and Kim Metraux earned All-ACC honors and Florida State finished third in stroke average in the incredible competitive ACC.  A pair of Seminoles Matilda Castren (three individual wins) and Lydia Gumm (her first career individual win) earned individual championships and Morgane Metraux set the school record for best win and lowest school in an NCAA regional championship.  Maggio came to Florida State after one year as an assistant coach at Baylor (2014-15) and one season as an assistant coach at Houston (2013-14).  She helped coach the Baylor womens golf team to a second place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships.  As a standout player, she won the Big 12 Championship and earned All-Big 12 honors at Texas A&M in 2012. Maggio helped coach Florida State to the fourth round of the 2016 NCAA Championship Finals as she helped the Seminoles to the cusp of match play to decide the national champion.  The Seminoles qualified for the finals with a second place finish at the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional Championship the highest regional finish in school history.  Florida States regional finish advanced it to the championship finals for the first time since 2010 and for the 10 time in school history.  Maggio is no stranger to success in the NCAA Championship Finals and she helped coach Baylor to within one hole of the NCAA Title in 2015. She coached the Bears to a national runner-up finish at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla., in May of 2015.  The Bears fell to Stanford on the first extra hole of a playoff to finish second and earn Baylors highest NCAA finish in the sport of womens golf.  Baylor defeated Tennessee in the national quarterfinals and Duke in the semifinals to reach the national championship match.  Baylor and Stanford split the first four matches before Stanford clinched the national championship on the 19 hole of the final match. Maggio began her coaching career at the University of Houston where she was an assistant coach during the inaugural season for the Cougar womens golf team during the 2013 and 2015 fall and spring seasons.  She worked with head coach Gerrod Chadwell and flourished as a staff with only three golfers on their roster.  With only three golfers, the Cougars were ineligible to compete as a team.  Maggio helped coach sophomore Raegan Bremer to All-AAC honors and an individual victory in the Houston Baptist University Husky Invitational during the spring of 2014. Maggio forged a successful collegiate playing career at both LSU (2010 and 2011) and at Texas A&M (2012 and 2013).  During her first two seasons at LSU, she helped lead the Tigers to the team championships at the 2009 NGCA Match Play and 2010 Mason Rudolph tournaments.  During her two seasons at Texas A&M, Maggio won the 2012 Big 12 Championship, earned All Big 12 and All Big 12 Tournament honors in 2012 and was named to the 2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll.  Individually she earned individual championships at the 2012 Big 12 Championship and the fall 2012 Liz Murphey Fall Preview. Maggio enjoyed a stellar junior career before beginning her collegiate playing career.  She earned All-American honors by the American Junior Golf Association and was ranked No. 9 nationally in the AJGA in 2009.  Maggio was a two-time Arkansas state champion (2006 and 2007) and earned All-State honors in each of her four seasons on the girls varsity golf team.  In 42 high school matches she was a medalist 37 times and was the runner-up in the other five events. Maggio earned her Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Communications and Journalism from Texas A&M in 2013. Maggio helped Florida State finish the 2015-16 season ranked 19 nationally by Golfstat, 24 nationally by Golfweek, 15 nationally in the NCAA Division I Championship Finals, second at the NCAA Division I Shoal Creek Regional, win team championships at the fall 2015 Jacksonville Classic and the spring 2016 Florida State Match-Up, finish in the top five of nine of its 13 matches, have two players earn NCAA Shoal Creek All-Region honors (Matilda Castren and Kim Metraux) and have two players earn All-ACC honors (Castren and Metraux). Maggio helped lead Baylor to a second place finish in the NCAA Championship Finals in her only season with the Bears in 2015.  The Bears finished third in stroke play and missed winning a national championship in match play against Stanford by one stroke.  Baylor won four events during the regular season as it captured the team championships at the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge, the Texas San-Antonio Tri Match, the Big 12 tournament and the NCAA San Antonio Regional Championship.  Maggio helped coach senior Hayley Davis to three individual championships and All-American First Team honors in 2015.  Davis was the first All-American First Team selection in Baylor history.  Davis and teammate Dylan Kim both earned All-American honors in 2015.  Both Davis and Kim also earned All-Big 12 honors and Kim was named the 2015 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. Maggio joined the University of Houston Womens Golf program as a volunteer assistant coach in the summer of 2013. She was promoted to full-time assistant coach in February 2014.  At Houston, Maggio worked under head coach Gerrod Chadwell.  The coaching duo led the program through its inaugural season with only three participating players, making the Cougars ineligible to compete as a team. However, Raegan Bremer won the individual title at the 2014 HBU Husky Invitational, and she went on to earn a pair of The American Golfer of the Week awards and was named to the All-American Athletic Conference Team. The trio of golfers combined to record 13 top-25 individual finishes in 26 events. Maggio began her career at LSU and completed her career as an All-Big 12 selection at Texas A&M.  She averaged 75.40 strokes in 14 events during her career at LSU (2009 and 2010).  Maggio helped lead the Tigers to the team championship at the fall 2010 Mason Rudolph Championship and earned her best finish as a Tiger tied for eighth at the fall 2009 NGCA Match Play Championship.  At the Match Play Championship, she finished in a tie for eighth in stroke play and was undefeated, 3-0, in match-play.   Maggio transferred to Texas A&M for her junior and senior seasons and flourished as a golfer in College Station.  She was a two-time All-Big 12, a two-time All-Big 12 Tournament team selection and was named the Big 12 Golfer of the Month in April of her junior season.  She was named the National Golfer of the Week by GolfWeek in October of 2012.  Maggio averaged 74.86 strokes in 18 career events as an Aggie including a single-season career low 74.85 strokes per round as a junior.  She won the Big 12 championship, earned All-Big 12 honors and was named to the All Big 12 Tournament teams as a senior in 2013.  She helped Texas A&M advance to the NCAA Championship Finals during her junior season and the NCAA Regional Championships in both her junior and senior seasons.  The Aggies finished in a tie for 16 place at the 2012 NCAA Championship Finals.  Maggio won the individual championship at the 2012 Big 12 Tournament and won the individual title at the Liz Murphey Fall preview during the 2012-13 season. Maggio earned her bachelors degree in agricultural communications and journalism and was named to the 2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll.  During her first season at Florida State, all 10 members of the Seminole womens golf team were named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll while four members of the team were named to the ACC All-Academic Womens Golf team and two were named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Athlete team. Maggio enjoyed a standout junior golf career and is still considered to be one of the top high players in the history of the state of Arkansas.  She was named the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Arkansas Women's Golf Association Player of the Year, was the state junior match play champion (2005 and 2006) and the state junior stroke champion (2004 and 2005).  Maggio won the 2007 Valero Texas Open Championship and the 2008 Bubba Conlee event as she earned nine top 10 finishes and five top five finishes in AJGA events.  She was a four-time qualifier for U.S. Girls Junior Open championship and finished in a personal best tied for ninth in both 2007 and 2008.  Maggio graduated from Conway High School as one of the most decorated athletes in school history as a star golfer and a star basketball player.  She was named the golfer of the year in each of her four high school seasons by the Conway Democrat.

Santiago has been a member of the athletics staff at Florida State since 2007 when she became a member of the Athletic Academic Support Unit.  She was promoted to the position of Associate Director of the Academic Support Unit before becoming the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance in 2009.  She served the department in that capacity until 2012 when she began working with the National Championship track and field teams. Santiago previously worked as the Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development at Georgia State University, as well as spending four years as a high school teacher before coming to Florida State. A native of Sarasota, Florida, Santiago earned her undergraduate degree in English from Villanova University and a Masters in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2001, she married Matt Balog. The couple has four children: Tauara, 32, Alexander,12,  Nicolas, 10 and six-year old Lucas.