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Tina Barrett ‘88 (Women’s Golf, 1984-88) completed her 18th season on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour in late 2005. She won the 1988 Honda-Broderick Award for Golf, only the second Division II student-athlete to ever win the award at the time. A three-time National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-American (1986-88), Barrett was also named a Small College All-American as a freshman (1985). She was a two-time NGCA National Champion (1986-87), national runner-up (1988), and four-time NCAA National Tournament qualifier (1985-88) -- three-times the Division II top finisher (1985-86, 1988). Barrett was also a three-time GTE-CoSIDA Academic All-American, and NGCA All-Academic selection (1986-88). She still holds the school-record for season scoring average (75.8, 1987-88), and was also previously inducted into the NGCA Hall of Fame (1999).
The 1987 & 1988 Women’s Golf Teams earned National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Division II National Championships, the first-ever national championships at Longwood. Coached by Hall of Fame head coach Dr. Barbara Smith, the 1987 team posted 327-321-309--957 to defeat runners-up Rollins College by 15 strokes at the Evergreen Country Club in Elkhorn, Wisconsin May 4-6, 1987. The Lancers won three tournaments that year while finishing third three times as well among eight top 10 team finishes overall in 10 tournaments, averaging 322.5. The 1988 team defended the title while scoring 312-308-322--942 to easily out-distance runners-up Troy University by 34 strokes at the Dubuque Country Club in Dubuque, Iowa May 2-4, 1988. The Lancers also won three tournaments that year while finishing second two times among eight top 10 team finishes overall in nine tournaments, averaging 319.0. Team members included Tina Barrett ‘88, Leslie Oscovitch Gartner ‘87, Tammy Lohren ‘88, Marcia Melone ‘88, Libby Moore ‘88, Kim Poirier ‘89, Gretchen Pugh ‘88, Leigh Russell Woody ‘88, and the late Ashley Warren Taws ‘90, ‘93. Barrett, Lohren, Melone, Pugh, and Warren Taws played at the 1987 championship, while Barrett, Melone, Pugh, Russell Woody, and Warren Taws competed at the 1988 championship. Barrett (4), Warren Taws (4), Melone (3), and Pugh (2) combined to earn 13 All-America citations during their respective careers, while Barrett also claimed three Academic All-America accolades. Both Dr. Smith and Barrett were inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame as members of the inaugural Class of 2005.
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