Jackie Tobian-Steinman (2008) - Hall of Fame

Jackie Tobian-Steinman

Induction:
2008

Jackie Tobian-Steinmann has been called one of the original pioneers of women's collegiate golf. Tobian-Steinmann coached the UCLA women's golf team for 22 years (1977-99). Her teams won five conference titles and a national championship in 1991 after a runner-up finish in 1990. UCLA finished in the Top 10 nationally 12 times, won 43 tournaments and qualified for the NCAA Championship 14 straight seasons (1984-97), a school record. She recruited and coached Kay Cockerill, who was awarded a NCAA Post-graduate Scholarship, won two U.S. Women's Amateur Championships and was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. Tobian-Steinmann was one of the founders of the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) and the first president of an organization that continues to serve collegiate women's golf. During her coaching career, Tobian-Steinmann received lifetime memberships to the LPGA and NGCA. She was named LPGA Coach of the Year, Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Regional Coach of the Year and twice was selected National Coach of the Year. She is a two-time winner of the Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award -- the highest award given by her peers for her contribution to collegiate golf. Tobian-Steinmann coached the U.S. Collegiate Golf Team and was inducted into the National Collegiate Golf Hall of Fame. Twenty-eight of her UCLA golfers became professionals, and she coached 16 All-Americans, as well as fellow UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame golf coach Carrie (Leary) Forsyth and current UCLA golf coach Alicia Um Holmes.

* Accomplishments listed above were at the time of induction.