BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell University women's golf coach John
Crooks has announced the signing of Lisbeth Brooks and Johanne
Svendsen to athletics grants-in-aid.
Brooks is ranked among the top-150 high school seniors in the class
of 2011 by the Junior Golf Scoreboard. Svendsen has been a member
of the Danish National Junior Team since 2008. They will join the
Fighting Camel program in the fall of 2011.
A senior at Waunakee (Wisc.) High School, Brooks led her team to
the 2010 state sectional, regional and conference championship
while earning first-team all-state recognition. She is a four-time
all-conference performer and three-time league player of the
year.
Brooks also was named to the academic all-state team by the
Wisconsin High School Golf Coaches Association. Last summer, she
won a singles match as Wisconsin captured a fifth-straight
Wisconsin-Minnesota Cup championship.
A native of Roskilde, Denmark, Svendsen has been selected to play
in the European Young Masters (twice), the British Junior Open and
Girls European Tam Championship. She was also a member of the
Danish Junior Golf Academy from 2006-08.
In 2010, Svendsen finished among the top-10 individuals five times
in Danish tournaments, including a fourth-place showing at the
Ladies Royal Season Final. She won the Girls Faxe Kondi season
final in 2007 and finished second in the 2008 Rudersdal Open.
Now in his 21st year as the men's head golf coach and 20th in
charge of the women's program at Campbell University, John Crooks
is one of the top collegiate golf coaches in the country. In
January 2006, the Winston-Salem, N.C., native was inducted into the
National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
During his tenure, Crooks has led the women's team to 10 conference
titles and 14 NCAA Regional appearances. His women's teams have
earned regional berths 11 times in the last 13 years.
Crooks has also directed the Camel men to five conference
championships, including the 1999 and 2009 Atlantic Sun Conference
titles, plus three Big South Conference crowns. The Campbell men
made their first NCAA Regional team appearance in 2009 after CU
individuals earned regional berths on four previous occasions.
Named conference coach of the year 14 times for either the men's or
women's program in the last 20 years, Crooks' men's teams have
claimed 39 team titles and his women have won 61 tournaments.
Coach Crooks has directed 125 golfers to all-conference honors
during his tenure and 166 individuals to all-academic honors. He
has mentored dozens of professionals, including PGA Tour member
David Mathis and multiple FUTURES Tour members.
Campbell opens the spring segment of its 2010-11 schedule Feb.
20-21 at the Kiawah Island (S.C.) Classic.