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Morningside College Women's Golf
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Morningside College

Morningside College Women's Golf

NAIA Division 1 Sioux City, IA Private

Academic Snapshot

Acceptance Rate

71%

Avg SAT

910

Enrollment

1,166

Team Information

Sport

Golf

Gender

Women's

Division

NAIA Division 1

Location

Sioux City, IA

Coaching Staff (1)

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Todd Sapp

Head Coach

Sapp took over the Mustangs' men's and women's golf programs as head coach in August 2008. Sapp was named the 2015-16 GPAC Women's Golf Coach of the Year after he guided the Mustangs to a second place finish in the GPAC standings and their first-ever national tournament appearance as a team at the NAIA Women's Golf National Championship. The Mustangs won six tournament championships during the 2015-16 campaign, including two of the four GPAC Qualifier tourneys. Sapp helped lead the Mustang men to a NAIA National Tournament appearance in 2010 and to GPAC runner-up finishes in the 2009-10 and 2012-13 campaigns. Sapp is one of the top amateur players in the Siouxland area with an impressive resume that includes over 50 tournament championships. Sapp is a five-time Jividen Cup champion as well as a three-time Nebraska Great Plains champion and a three-time Rivercade, Nebraska Governor Cup champion, and Sioux City men's city tournament champion. He is also a past Iowa Lake Creek Amateur and a Nebraska Open Amateur winner and has been the city champion in Sioux City and Lincoln, Neb. Sapp has also participated on both the Nebraska and Iowa Amateur State Cup teams. Sapp designed and constructed Whispering Creek Golf Course in Sioux City. Whispering Creek hosted the 2006 Iowa State Amateur and was named the Iowa Golf Associations 2007 18-Hole Course of the Year. He played collegiately at the University of Nebraska, where he graduated in 1983. He is a 1979 graduate of Sioux City North High School.   Assistant Coach Lauren Fitts Lauren Fitts joined the Mustangs as a graduate assistant coach following a decorated playing career at GPAC rival Dakota Wesleyan. Fitts, a 2016 Dakota Wesleyan graduate, ranks as one of the greatest golfers in the history of the GPAC as a four-time GPAC individual medalist and four-time GPAC Womens Golfer of the Year. She led the Tigers to four GPAC championships and four NAIA National Tournament appearances. Her best finish at the NAIA National Tournament came as a junior when she finished 15th in the individual field to earn all-tourney honors. She carded a 69 at the Heritage Classic in Louisville, Ky., as a junior to tie the Dakota Wesleyan 18-hole scoring record and also tied the Tigers 36-hole scoring record with a 146 at the event. Fitts was a five-year letter winner during her prep career at Brookings High School, where she helped lead the team to South Dakotas 2009 Class AA state championship. She finished sixth at the state tourney as a junior and eighth as a senior. Head Coach Todd Sapp E-Mail: Todd Sapp took over the Mustangs' men's and women's golf programs as head coach in August 2008. Sapp was named the 2015-16 GPAC Women's Golf Coach of the Year after he guided the Mustangs to a second place finish in the GPAC standings and their first-ever national tournament appearance as a team at the NAIA Women's Golf National Championship. The Mustangs won six tournament championships during the 2015-16 campaign, including two of the four GPAC Qualifier tourneys. Sapp helped lead the Mustang men to a NAIA National Tournament appearance in 2010 and to GPAC runner-up finishes in the 2009-10 and 2012-13 campaigns. Sapp is one of the top amateur players in the Siouxland area with an impressive resume that includes over 50 tournament championships. Sapp is a five-time Jividen Cup champion as well as a three-time Nebraska Great Plains champion and a three-time Rivercade, Nebraska Governor Cup champion, and Sioux City men's city tournament champion. He is also a past Iowa Lake Creek Amateur and a Nebraska Open Amateur winner and has been the city champion in Sioux City and Lincoln, Neb. Sapp has also participated on both the Nebraska and Iowa Amateur State Cup teams. Sapp designed and constructed Whispering Creek Golf Course in Sioux City. Whispering Creek hosted the 2006 Iowa State Amateur and was named the Iowa Golf Associations 2007 18-Hole Course of the Year. He played collegiately at the University of Nebraska, where he graduated in 1983. He is a 1979 graduate of Sioux City North High School.   Assistant Coach Lauren Fitts Lauren Fitts joined the Mustangs as a graduate assistant coach following a decorated playing career at GPAC rival Dakota Wesleyan. Fitts, a 2016 Dakota Wesleyan graduate, ranks as one of the greatest golfers in the history of the GPAC as a four-time GPAC individual medalist and four-time GPAC Womens Golfer of the Year. She led the Tigers to four GPAC championships and four NAIA National Tournament appearances. Her best finish at the NAIA National Tournament came as a junior when she finished 15th in the individual field to earn all-tourney honors. She carded a 69 at the Heritage Classic in Louisville, Ky., as a junior to tie the Dakota Wesleyan 18-hole scoring record and also tied the Tigers 36-hole scoring record with a 146 at the event. Fitts was a five-year letter winner during her prep career at Brookings High School, where she helped lead the team to South Dakotas 2009 Class AA state championship. She finished sixth at the state tourney as a junior and eighth as a senior.

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