CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The 2020-21 season for the Geneva College women's golf program saw the team achieve tremendous improvement in just its second season, and on Wednesday the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) recognized the Golden Tornadoes as the most improved program in NCAA Division III, awarding Geneva the Mark Laesch Award.

The Mark Laesch Awards are presented each year to the teams that showed the greatest improvement from the previous season in adjusted stroke average, with a team in each of the NCAA's three divisions receiving recognition.  Geneva improved by 101.96 strokes from its inaugural season.

The Golden Tornado women's golf program, which was only started in 2019 under the direction of Head Coach Andrew Fee, jumped all the way from seventh place at the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships in its first season, to second place at the PAC Championships last season.  Geneva's top four finishers at the PAC Championships were all freshmen.

Coach Fee has also begun the task of building a men's program as well, with the men set to kickoff their first season of varsity competition in the NCAA this fall.


Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 145 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. Geneva has one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world. Geneva was founded and is governed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and is a founding member of both the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and IACE (International Association for Christian Education).