University of South Florida Women's Golf

Babcock earned All-America honors in 2012 and was a four-time Academic All-American at Barry University. Babcock is also a member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association for Teaching and Club Professionals (LPGA T&CP), as well as a certified TPI Level I.

Kornegay Quick Hits Career Recap Ninth season at USF Asst. coach at South Carolina, Winthrop and LSU Four-year letterman at Ole Miss Coaching Accomplishments at USF 2012 BIG EAST Coach of the Year  2010 BIG EAST Coach of the Year 24 Academic All-America Winners Seven tournament titles at USF Eight individual tournament winners at USF Personal LPGA T+CP Class-A member Graduated from Ole Miss in 2001 Originally from Savannah, Ga. WGCA Member VP of American Coaches Committee The 2015-16 season is Marci Kornegays ninth as head coach of the University of South Florida womens golf program. In her tenure, the Bulls have earned top-five finishes at four BIG EAST Championships, including the program's first BIG EAST championship in 2012, and consecutive top-five finishes at the American Athletic Conference Championship. The Bulls have won seven tournament titles, had a student-athlete win an individual tournament title eight times and earn an individual NCAA Regional bid three times. The Bulls also advanced to the NCAA Regionals as a team under Kornegay for the first time in 2012. Kornegay helped guide Ashley Burke to an all-conference award and NCAA Regional berth in 2014-15, setting the stage for big things to come in the next few years. As a team, USFs 298.4 scoring average was the lowest in program history and it was a nine-stroke improvement from the 2013-14 season. The Bulls posted nine top-10 finishes in 10 events last season. Kornegay has helped develop eight USF players that have pursued professional golf careers. Two of Kornegays former players, Christina Jones and Kylene Pulley, obtained status to play on the LPGA Duramed FUTURES Tour as professionals and are currently playing their way onto the LPGA Tour. Shena Yang and Kelli Pry played in their first LPGA event last summer. Off the course, Kornegay has made sure her student-athletes excel in the classroom, earning a combined total of 24 WGCA Academic All-America awards. The Bulls also maintain the second-highest GPA among all USF athletic programs. The 2011-12 team was one for the ages. The team advanced to the NCAA Regionals after holding off Notre Dame by one stroke to capture the program's first BIG EAST Championship. Kornegay also captured her second BIG EAST Coach of the Year Award and mentored the BIG EAST Player of the Year in Christina Miller. Kornegay helped lead the team to multiple team and individual tournament titles. The 2010-11 team finished in the top-five in three tournaments, including a third-place finish at the BIG EAST Championships. Sophomore Shena Yang continued to play exceptionally well, earning an individual title at the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge, placing in the top 10 in seven of 11 starts and earning her second bid to the NCAA East Regional in as many seasons.  She also posted a scoring average of 73.6, which broke her own school record set as a freshman in 2009-10. Kornegay, who had five years of collegiate coaching experience prior to USF, joined the Bulls from South Carolina, where she had been an assistant coach since 2004.  Her time at South Carolina was marked by success both on and off the course. In 2007 USC earned a fourth-place finish in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and earned a top 25 Golfstat ranking.  In both 2005 and 2006, the team was recognized as the NGCA All-Scholar Team of the Year. The team also set a new school record for highest combined grade point average in 2005 by posting a 3.832 GPA.  With Kornegay on the coaching staff, a Gamecock was honored with the 2006 Dinah Shore Trophy and another player was recognized as the 2006 SEC Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Prior to her time at South Carolina, Kornegay was the associate head golf coach at Winthrop University in 2003-2004, where she was the co-tournament director of three tournaments. She coached three Presidential Scholars and a handful of Big South Conference selections while working with both the mens and womens squads.  As a one-year assistant at Louisiana State University during the 2002-03 season, Kornegay served as the tournament director of the NCAA East Regional in 2002 and coached players with accolades such as the Dinah Shore Trophy, the Nancy Lopez Award, USGA Amateur Champion, the Womens Western Amateur Champion and the North-South Amateur Champion. Kornegays coaching philosophy is to develop and foster an environment for athletic, academic and social success. She wants to ensure that the student-athlete has competitive success as well as a positive overall collegiate experience upon graduating. Kornegay has placed a great emphasis on team values that include accountability, care, integrity, respect, leadership and engagement in the program. Prior to coaching, Kornegay was a four-year letter winner at the University of Mississippi. She appeared on the SEC Academic Honor Roll in all four years, highlighted by a spot on the Deans List in 2001. She was the team captain and won team leadership awards in 2000 and 2001. Prior to Ole Miss, Kornegay attended Savannah Christian High School (Savannah, Ga.),  The Bulls head coach is a Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Certified Golf Fitness Instructor and an LPGA Class A teaching professional and a member of the Womens Golf Coaches Association.  Before obtaining her LPGA T&CP Membership, Kornegay earned medalist honors at the 2004 USGA Mid-Am Qualifying and participated in the 2005 Southern Womens Amateur. I will prepare each student-athlete with the necessary tools to compete at the highest level and to graduate with confidence to lead. I will maintain a positive team culture for student-athlete success by focusing on positive reinforcement, innovation, honesty, and growth through the game of golf. I will promote to the public the values of our team, the university, and the NCAA with loyalty and integrity. The best interest of our team is my priority; as a member of this team, it requires a commitment to trust in my leadership. USF womens golf will represent the ideal student-athlete by developing outstanding young women who excel in all aspects of college life. As a student, we will abide by academic integrity and pursue degrees with high honor. As an athlete, we will compete with intensity and play by the rules. As student-athletes, we will promote the game of golf and serve our community as loyal ambassadors to our USF family. Upon graduation, we will have prepared ourselves to live as winners and lead as champions.