JACKS CHAMPIONSHIP CULTURE
LEADERSHIP > CULTURE > BEHAVIOR = RESULTS
MISSION
- Growth and support for success as a golfer, student, and person
- Representing JACKS with pride
VISION
- Graduate from NAU with an exceptional experience
- Prepare for a professional life after college
- Compete for Big Sky Conference Championship #10
- GolfStat National Ranking inside top-100 (2021-22 #114)
- Live by JACKS every day
CORE PRINCIPLES: JACKS
JOY
Enthusiastic - Good Vibes - Grateful
- Positive energy every day
- Express and show gratitude
- Pleasure to be around
ACCOUNTABLE
Responsible - Punctual - Great Choices
- Hold yourself, teammates and coaches responsible for actions
- Be open-minded and detail oriented
COMPETITIVE
Confident - Fearless - Patient
- Motivated to improve and be your best ambitious, hard-working self
- Getting better vs. comparison
- Refines you vs. defines you
- Expectation of summer competition
KONNECTED
Trustworthy - Empathetic - Teamwork
- One team, working together
- Compassionate, supportive, caring, and respectful
SUCCESS
Commitment - Improvement - Excellence
- Achievement through daily refinement, small steps, persistence, and fulfillment
- Process over outcome
ATHLETIC FACILITIES
JENNIFER MARIE WILSON STRENGTH & CONDITIONING CENTER
WORKOUT REGIMEN
(workout days & times may vary based on class schedules)
FALL
- Tuesday - 6-7 a.m.
- Friday - 6-7 a.m.
- Additional day during offseason
SPRING
- Wednesday - 7-8 a.m.
- Friday - 9-10 a.m.
EXERCISE PHILOSOPHY
VISION: SAVAGELY TRAIN, PERFORM FREE
MICHAEL E. NESBITT ATHLETIC TRAINING CENTER
- 8,000 square foot sports medicine and hydrotherapy area
- 16 treatment areas, eight taping tables
- Over 1,500 square feet of rehabilitation and office spaces
- Mental health counseling office
- Examination room in the facility
- The most modern injury prevention and recovery technology including full-body & lower-body recovery systems, zero gravity treadmill and hydrotherapy pools
WISEMAN FUELING STATION
- Fully stocked with nutritional resources for student-athletes
- Seating and table space available
- Walk-in cooler and food preparation space to provide ultimate efficiency in meeting nutritional needs
- Refrigerated bar including fresh fruit and yogurt, smoothie machines, warmers for snacks, toasting stations and other grab-and-go snacks
FRANCI AND SCOTT FREE LUMBERJACK ACADEMIC CENTER
- Learning specialists and tutoring support
- Computer lab with 25 laptops
- Free access to school supplies and printing
- Academic advisement specific to athletes
- Priority enrollment
- 7,000 square feet of meeting room and study space
- White board walls for group study
ROLLE ACTIVITY CENTER
GOLF COURSES
FLAGSTAFF
- Forest Highlands Golf Club
- Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club
- Pinewood Country Club
- Aspen Valley Golf Club
- Pine Canyon Golf
- Continental Golf Club
SEDONA
PRACTICE REGIMEN
PRACTICE STRUCTURE
SUCCESS ON THE COURSE
2021-22 SEASON
PAST SUCCESS
Big Sky Championships (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2022)
Big Sky Individual Champions
- Ekaterina Malakhova (2022)
- Sofia Anokhina (2017)
- Stephanie Kim (2010)
- Sophia Choi (2005)
- Lauren Gray (2004)
- Louise Davis (1997)
- Eleanor Pilgrim (1996, 1998)
Big Sky Player of the Year
- Sofia Anokhina (2017)
- Stephanie Kim (2010, 2011)
- Sophia Choi (2006, 2007, 2008)
- Lauren Gray (2004)
- Louise Davis (1997)
- Eleanor Pilgrim (1996, 1998)
Big Sky Freshman of the Year
- Savana Bezdicek (2013)
- Stephanie Kim (2010)
All-Big Sky First Team
- Eliska Kocourkova (2022)
- Ekaterina Malakhova (2021, 2022)
- Sofia Anokhina (2017, 2018)
- Savana Bezdicek (2013)
- Kaitlen Parsons (2012, 2014)
- Stephanie Kim (2010, 2011, 2013)
- Alexa Kim (2010, 2011)
- Ali Carter (2006, 2007, 2009)
- Sophia Choi (2005-2008)
- Tiina-Maija Peltokoski (2002)
- Lauren Gray (2002-2004)
- Ingrid Mollard (1999, 2000)
- Hannah-Riikka Kuitunen (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003)
- Dianne Overstreet (1997)
- Eleanor Pilgrim (1996, 1997, 1998)
- Lesley McClurg (1996, 1997, 1998)
- Louise Davis (1996, 1997, 1998)
- Bobbi Brandon (1996, 1997, 1998)
PAST SUCCESS
NAU Hall of Fame
Eleanor Pilgrim (1995-1999)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011
- Member of NAU's inaugural golf team
- Part of three team titles at Big Sky Championship
- 1996 & 1998: Big Sky Individual Champion & Player of the Year
- Three-time All-Big Sky First Team
- Five individual tournament titles (T1 with Sofia Anokhina)
Louise Davis (1996-2000)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005
- Part of three team titles at Big Sky Championship
- 1997 Big Sky Individual Champion & Player of the Year
- Three-time All-Big Sky First Team
- First WGCA All-American Scholar from NAU (1997-98 & 1998-99)
PAST SUCCESS
Sofia Anokhina (2015-18)
Sofia played for NAU in 2015-2018 and is the most accomplished player in the program, leading most stats in school history:
- Career scoring average: 73.81
- Career par or better rounds: 32
- Career wins: 5 (tied with Eleanor Pilgrim)
- Season wins: 4 (2016-17)
- National Ranking: 52 (2016-17)
- Par 3 Scoring: 3.0084 (2017-18)
- Par 4 Scoring: 4.0867 (2016-17)
- Par 5 Scoring: 4.8599 (2016-17)
- Low 54 hole total: -12 (2016-17) (won the Red Rocks Invitational by nine strokes)
MEET THE TEAM
MEET THE COACHES
BRAD BEDORTHA
HEAD COACH
- Originally from Oregon, Coach Bedortha is a 1990 graduate of Ferris State University where he was an All-Conference golfer and three-year letterwinner, helping the Bulldogs win league titles in 1988 and 1989.
- Prior to coming to NAU in 2008, Coach Bedortha served as the head men and women’s coach at Ferris State starting in 2000.
- Since he took over the NAU golf program in Spring 2008, the Lumberjacks have been consistent contenders for the Big Sky Championship.
- Bedortha’s teams have won four Big Sky titles, finished in the top three in nine of the 13 conference tournaments he has coached and in the top five in all but one year.
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