John Crooks And Michele Redman Are Going Into The Ngca Hall Of Fame

John Crooks and Michele Redman are going into the NGCA Hall of Fame

Summary: The National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) will induct John Crooks, Women's golf coach at Campbell University and Leta Lindley and Michele Redman into the NGCA Hall of Fame at their upcoming Hall of Fame Induction Banquet to be held Tuesday, January , , in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

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Article Body: The National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) will induct John Crooks, Women's golf coach at Campbell University and Leta Lindley and Michele Redman into the NGCA Hall of Fame at their upcoming Hall of Fame Induction Banquet to be held Tuesday, January , , in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Crooks becomes the th member of the Coaches Hall of Fame and Lindley and Redman become the th and th members of the Players Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony, with master of ceremonies Kay Cockerill of The Golf Channel, will take place during the NGCA Member Convention at the Caesars Tahoe Hotel.

Now in his th year in charge of the women's program at Campbell University, Crooks is one of the top collegiate golf coaches in the country. During his tenure, Crooks has led the women's team to eight conference titles and NCAA Regional appearances. He guided the Lady Camels to three-consecutive Atlantic Sun Conference championships from - and again in , and .

Crooks has been named conference coach of the year times for either the men's or women's program in the last years. He was named Atlantic Sun Women's Golf Coach of the Year for the second-straight season in and again in . His women's teams have won tournaments.

Entering the - season Crooks ranks second among all active Division I women's coaches in tournament victories with , trailing only Dan Brooks of Duke (). His women have won a tournament in all years in which he has served as head coach. Coach Crooks has directed golfers to all-conference honors during his tenure and individuals to all-academic honors. In -, Crooks' women earned an at-large berth to the NCAA East Regional and finished th, its best showing since . The team won four tournaments, the program's most in five years.

A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., and a Buies Creek resident Crooks played at the University of Houston under legendary coach Dave Williams. He is a former USGA Junior Amateur Champion who competes regularly in major state and national amateur championships. He won the North and South Senior Amateur Championship by five strokes after carding a -- at Pinehurst Nos. , and .