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Head Women's Golf Coach, University of Arizona

Laura Ianello

Laura Ianello

Ianello was named the head coach on May 26, 2010 after three seasons as the top assistant coach in the program

After winning the 2000 NCAA championship as a player, Arizona alum Laura Ianello led the 2018 women's golf team to a national championship.

Under Ianello's leadership the Cats have reached the NCAA Regionals in nine seasons with seven trips to the NCAA Championships, as well as one conference championship in 2015. In that time frame the Wildcats have had nine All-Americans, 22 members of the All Pac-12 team, 24 members of the Pac-12 All-Academic team, a Freshman of the Year and a Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

In 2019, Ianello was named Pac-12 Co-Coach of the Year after leading the Cats to the NCAA semifinals for the second year in a row. The Wildcats fell to eventual champion, Duke, on the 18th hole of the final match. Ianello's squad had three WGCA All-Americans.

In 2017, the Wildcats had two individual winners in Haley Moore at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate and Wanasa Zhou at the Mountain View Collegiate. The Cats won the Mountain View Collegiate by 21 strokes, while Zhou set a new Wildcat record for lowest 54 hole score with 203 strokes (-13). Haley Moore was named a WGCA second-team All-American, while Moore and Quihuis were named to the All Pac-12 First Team. Zhou was named the Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Wildcats reached the NCAA Regionals at UGA Golf Course, finishing tenth.

Arizona finished the 2016 season tying for ninth at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The Wildcats won the Windy City Collegiate Classic as well as the Wildcat Invitational throughout the season.

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