Lamar University Women's Golf

Steward was named Lamar University womens golf coach July 2, 2015, and immediately made an impact, leading LU to the 2016 Southland Conference Championship title, and earning Southland Conference Coach of the Year accolades. Steward comes to Beaumont after spending the previous seven seasons as the womens head coach at IPFW where she guided the Mastodon program to its most successful run in school history. IPFW continued its improvement under Stewards guidance culminating in record-setting seasons her final two years. The Mastodons recorded the lowest stroke average in program history during the 2013-14 season, and posted their highest finish at the Summit League Championships. IPFW followed that up by setting a new school record for low stroke average this past year. Stewards teams accounted for four of the top-five team scores in school history for 18, 36 and 54 holes. During the 2013-14 campaign, Steward coached IPFW to its first tournament win in program history at the 2014 Bulldog Florida Invitational, along with the programs first individual medalist in Brenna Sherwood. Under Stewards guidance, former IFPW golfer Allison Curtis set an all-time program record for lowest season average, and Ashton Taft became the first Mastodon womens golfer named to the Summit League All-Tournament team. A certified LPGA golf instructor, Stewards athletes have also proven themselves in the classroom. She has coached 12 WGCA Academic All-Americans through the 2013-14 season, and has four athletes who were nominated for those honors following the 2014-15 campaign. IPFW was recognized for posting one of the top-10 team GPAs in the country following the 2012-13 season. In addition to her role as golf coach at IPFW, Steward was also active in the community. She established an annual scholarship donation and increased the programs presence within the Fort Wayne community. Originally from Mystic, Conn., Steward played high school golf on the boys team at Fitch Senior High School. She won the New England High School Girls Championship, and was named all-state and All-New England during her senior season. Steward started her collegiate career at Boston College, where she averaged 79.62 strokes per round, finishing inside of the top-10 in five of her 11 tournaments. She transferred to Miami after her opening college season and played her final three collegiate seasons with the Hurricanes. During her time in Miami, Steward was ranked 33rd nationally according to Golfstat. A former team captain, Steward was named Academic All-ACC while recording the lowest two and three-round tournament scores in program history as a junior. Steward graduated with a bachelors degree from the University of Miami in 2008. She has completed work toward a masters degree in organizational leadership and higher education administration. Jessica Steward was named Lamar University womens golf coach July 2, 2015, and immediately made an impact, leading LU to the 2016 Southland Conference Championship title, and earning Southland Conference Coach of the Year accolades.

Ashley Goh enters her first season as the graduate assistant for the Cardinal women's golf program. Goh is a native of Johor Bahru, Malaysia. She attended Central Michigan University from 2020-2024 where she earned second team All-MAC honors during the 2022-23 season after she finished fourth at the MAC Championship with a three-day score of 221. She also earned Academic All-MAC, College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and Scholar All-America Team by the Women's Golf Coaches Association honors in 2024. Goh's final round score of 68 at the MAC Championship tied the program record while it was also a career low. Her fourth-place finish was the best by a CMU player in the program's history. She averaged a team-best 74.8 scoring average as a senior as she wrapped up the season with third straight top 10 finish at the MAC Championship, placing sixth overall. She finished tied for ninth in 2022. Goh ranked in the top three in scoring on the team consistently throughout her career. She was invited to play in the prestigious PGA Works Collegiate Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. in 2024. The event brings together minority collegiate golfers from across the country at one of the nation's top facilities that also hosts The Players Championship. As a junior, she was the 2019 Singapore Golf Association Junior Open champion while she placed second at the Malaysian Golf Association Penang Amateur Open, third in the TSM Golf Challenge and third in both the Malaysian Amateur Open and Malaysian Amateur. Goh graduated from CMU with a bachelor of arts degree majoring in interior design.