CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Former Sun Devil golfer Kellee Booth will be inducted into the WGCA Players Hall of Fame in December, the Women's Golf Coaches Association announced today.
Booth is one of three golfers included in the 2019 class, joined by Liz Janangelo of Duke and Caroline Keggi of New Mexico. They are the 76th, 77th and 78th members of the WGCA Players Hall of Fame and will be officially inducted on Sunday, December 8. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas.
2019 – Kellee Booth
2018 – Heather Bowie Young
2015 – Melissa Luellen
2009 – Wendy Ward
2008 – Amy Fruhwirth
2001 – Pia Nilsson
1994 – Linda Vollstedt
1989 – Cathy Gaughan Mant
1989 – Carol Sorenson Flenniken
1987 – Jane Bastanchury Booth
1986 – Joanne Gunderson Carner
A member of three National Championship teams while at Arizona State (1995, '97, '98), Kellee Booth was an integral part of one of the most successful eras in the history of Women's collegiate golf. A mainstay in the Sun Devil lineup for four years from 1995-98, Booth left Tempe as one of most decorated golfers to ever wear the Maroon & Gold.
The 2010 Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame inductee was a four-time All-American, earning First Team honors in 1995, 1996, & 1998. Booth remains one of only two Sun Devils to be named a four-time All-American. In addition to the All-American honors, Booth took home the 1998 Honda Award, given to the best collegiate female golfer. She was also awarded the 1997 Dinah Shore Award and the 1998 Marilyn Smith award, as well as the 2000 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Nancy Lopez Award given to the top amateur from the previous year.
In her final year at ASU, Booth won the 1999 South Atlantic Amateur, Doherty Cup, Women's Western Amateur and Trans National Amateur. Booth represented her country as a member of the 1996 and 1998 U.S. Curtis Cup and World Amateur teams. She got it done on and off the field, as she was a three-time Academic All-American (1996-98) and four-time Pac-10 All-Conference First Team selection.
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
The WGCA most prestigious honor is induction into the WGCA Coaches and Players Hall of Fame. Formed in 1986 with eight Charter Players and five Charter Coaches, new Hall of Fame members are inducted each year in December during the WGCA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the WGCA Member Convention. Arizona State legend Joanne Gunderson Carner was one of the eight Charter members of the Players Hall of Fame.
Booth is one of three golfers included in the 2019 class, joined by Liz Janangelo of Duke and Caroline Keggi of New Mexico. They are the 76th, 77th and 78th members of the WGCA Players Hall of Fame and will be officially inducted on Sunday, December 8. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas.
The Hall of Fame honor comes just weeks after the 1994-95 undefeated Sun Devil Women's Golf team she was a part of was inducted into the Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame. Booth's teammate on the 1994-95 team, Wendy Ward, was previously inducted into the WGCA Hall of Fame in 2009. This is the second consecutive year a former Sun Devil has been honored by the WGCA, as Heather Bowie Young (1993-95) was one of three members of the 2018 class. Booth becomes the 11th individual with Sun Devil ties to be inducted into the WGCA Players or Coaches Hall of Fame. Among those 11, she has a special connection to one, as her mother Jane Bastanchury Booth was inducted in 1987.This year's WGCA Players Hall of Fame inductees include Kellee Booth, Liz Janangelo and Caroline Keggi!
— Women's Golf Coaches (@WGCAGOLF) October 29, 2019
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2019 – Kellee Booth
2018 – Heather Bowie Young
2015 – Melissa Luellen
2009 – Wendy Ward
2008 – Amy Fruhwirth
2001 – Pia Nilsson
1994 – Linda Vollstedt
1989 – Cathy Gaughan Mant
1989 – Carol Sorenson Flenniken
1987 – Jane Bastanchury Booth
1986 – Joanne Gunderson Carner
A member of three National Championship teams while at Arizona State (1995, '97, '98), Kellee Booth was an integral part of one of the most successful eras in the history of Women's collegiate golf. A mainstay in the Sun Devil lineup for four years from 1995-98, Booth left Tempe as one of most decorated golfers to ever wear the Maroon & Gold.
The 2010 Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame inductee was a four-time All-American, earning First Team honors in 1995, 1996, & 1998. Booth remains one of only two Sun Devils to be named a four-time All-American. In addition to the All-American honors, Booth took home the 1998 Honda Award, given to the best collegiate female golfer. She was also awarded the 1997 Dinah Shore Award and the 1998 Marilyn Smith award, as well as the 2000 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Nancy Lopez Award given to the top amateur from the previous year.
In her final year at ASU, Booth won the 1999 South Atlantic Amateur, Doherty Cup, Women's Western Amateur and Trans National Amateur. Booth represented her country as a member of the 1996 and 1998 U.S. Curtis Cup and World Amateur teams. She got it done on and off the field, as she was a three-time Academic All-American (1996-98) and four-time Pac-10 All-Conference First Team selection.
At Arizona State she followed in the footsteps of her mother, Jane Bastanchury Booth, who helped lay the foundation for the Sun Devil Women's Golf program. Jane and Kellee make up the only mother-daughter combination in the Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame thanks to their outstanding contributions to Arizona State.Tonight at the #CurtisCup - Carol S. Thompson, Jane Booth, Martha Lang and Kellee Booth discuss their best memories. pic.twitter.com/D5MCKf1c3v
— USGA (@USGA) June 3, 2014
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
The WGCA most prestigious honor is induction into the WGCA Coaches and Players Hall of Fame. Formed in 1986 with eight Charter Players and five Charter Coaches, new Hall of Fame members are inducted each year in December during the WGCA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the WGCA Member Convention. Arizona State legend Joanne Gunderson Carner was one of the eight Charter members of the Players Hall of Fame.