BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- Campbell was one of 63 schools and a total of 324 participants selected to participate in three NCAA regional tournaments. CU finished 13th in the 21-school field at the West Regional, which was held at the Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club in St. George, Utah.

The regional appearance was the 10th in the last 11 years for Campbell and the 13th time a CU team or individual has advanced to post-season play in head coach John Crooks' 16-year tenure. CU made its fourth-straight NCAA regional showing after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference title three times (2004, 2006, 2007) in the last four seasons.

"It's such an honor to be grouped with some of the most-recognized names in the NCAA," said Crooks, who was named Atlantic Sun women's coach of the year for the eighth time.

Campbell won five tournaments this year, including its eighth Atlantic Sun championship. Campbell's top four individuals were named to the A-Sun all-conference teams. Two-time A-Sun player of the year and tournament individual champ Alejandra Shaw was joined on the all-conference first team by junior Maite Ortiz de Pinedo. Belen Diaz Cisneros and Mary Mattson were named to both the A-Sun second-team and all-freshman unit. Each of the four also won an individual tourney crown during the 2006-07 season.

CU opened the season with an 11th-place showing at the Cougar Classic, then a runner-up finish at Nebraska's Chip-N Club Invitational. The Camels followed with four-consecutive team victories at the Shoot-out at the Legends (Indiana), Richmond Spider Fall Invitational, College of Charleston Palmetto Intercollegiate and the Fighting Camel Spring Classic.

During that stretch of four tournament wins, Mattson (Legends) and Diaz Cisneros (Richmond) both won their first collegiate events (in only their third outings on the Division I level). Ortiz de Pinedo claimed her second collegiate title at the Fighting Camel Spring Classic.

The Fighting Camels finished the year ranked 37th in the nation in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. In Golfstat's NCAA head-to-head rating, CU stood 41st in the nation. Campbell's first-year duo of Diaz Cisneros and Mattson were rated ninth nationally in the final Golfstat Freshman Class Impact Ranking.

Shaw, who became just the fourth multiple winner of the A-Sun individual title in the 18-year history of the event, led the Atlantic Sun in scoring average (74.3), a figure that ranked 56th nationally.

A native of Vina del Mar, Chile, Shaw gained A-Sun all-conference and all-tournament honors for the third-consecutive season and was named A-Sun Golfer of the Month twice. On Apr. 11 at Keith Hills No. 1, she set an Atlantic Sun Championship – and school – record for the lowest 54-hole score (4-under-par 212). She has finished among the top 11 individuals seven times in 10 tournaments – including three top-five showings – in 2006-07.

Last fall, Shaw represented Chile and fellow Camel Veronika Falathova played for Slovakia in the World Amateur Team Championship. Shaw was the 2007 and 2006 A-Sun Player of the Year and 2004 A-Sun Freshman of the Year. She also was named Campbell's Outstanding Female Athlete for the second-consecutive year.

Shaw and Ortiz de Pinedo became the 15th and 16th individuals in the history of the league to earn A-Sun all-conference women's golf honors three times in their careers. Shaw is a three-time, first-team selection, while Ortiz de Pinedo gained second-team honors both in 2005 and 2006.

A junior from Valladolid, Spain, Ortiz de Pinedo ranked third among A-Sun players and 169th nationally in scoring average (76.0). She tied for runner-up honors (74-76-76—226) at the A-Sun Championship to earn all-tournament recognition and produced seven top-20 showings in 12 events. Ortiz de Pinedo won the Fighting Camel Spring Classic and was named A-Sun women's golfer of the month in February.

Diaz Cisneros joined Ortiz de Pinedo and Shaw on the A-Sun all-tournament team after finishing fifth (75-75-78—228) in the league championship. The Buenos Aires, Argentina product owned the sixth-best stroke average (76.5) in the Atlantic Sun and had seven top-20 finishes in 11 outings. She won the Richmond Spider Fall Invitational, which was only her third outing on the Division I level and was named A-Sun women's golfer of the month for October.

Mattson produced a 76.6 stroke average, eighth-best in the league, and along with Ortiz de Pinedo, played all 32 rounds for the Lady Camels. Like Diaz Cisneros, Mattson also won her third collegiate outing – the Shoot-out at the Legends. The product of Ijamsville, Md., had seven top-20 finishes, including a ninth-place tie at the A-Sun Championship. She placed among the top 10 individuals four times in seven events during the spring.

A National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame member, Crooks has been named league coach of the year eight times since Campbell joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in July 1994. He was also named Big South Conference women's coach of the year twice and has been recognized as men's conference coach of the year a total of four times (once in the A-Sun) during his 17-year tenure at the University.

Crooks has 56 career women's tournament coaching victories and stands seventh on the all-time Division I charts in the category. Among active women's Division I coaches, he trails only Dan Brooks of Duke in career tourney wins.