Girls Golf
2024
PGA National High School Invitational Champions
Frisco, Texas
2024 Season Highlights
2023 Season Highlights
Mission
Lady Eagles Golf Program Mission Statement
Santa Margarita Catholic High School endeavors to bring the person and teachings of Jesus Christ to this time and place through a holistic and nurturing educational experience. This is reflected in the Lady Eagles Golf Program, which seeks to encourage in its golfers, a positive sense of self-worth, self-discipline, personal responsibility, successful interpersonal relationships, and a commitment to Gospel values. We strive to honor the tradition and integrity of the game of golf and promote the highest standards of personal character and leadership in all areas of competition and life.
Education is a priority over Athletics
Attitude & Effort are everything
God comes first in your life
Loyalty to your teammates
Ethics, Honesty and Integrity
Sportsmanship
Varsity Schedule
Junior Varsity Schedule
Rosters
Coaches
JILL Daniels-HEGNA - Head Varsity Coach
email: HEGNAJ@smhs.org
Coach Jill Hegna has developed one of the most highly competitive and respectable HS girls’ golf programs in CA. She has passionately coached golf at SMCHS for 19 years. As Director of girls’ golf and Head Varsity coach for 13 seasons, she has led our Lady Eagles to greater heights, achieving the following:
1-National PGA High School Championship (2024) | 2-State Championships (2022 & 2023) | 2-SCGA CIF Regional Championships (2022 & 2023) | 1- CIF-SS Division 1 Team Championship | 7-Trinity League Championships | 6-Undefeated Seasons | 6 season tournament championships | Overall combined record of 317-47 | Overall combined League record 183-29.
Under Coach Hegna’s leadership numerous Individual Player Champions have also been won. Many SM players have continued their golf dreams by attending prominent colleges and competing at the collegiate level.
Coach Hegna was selected as the 2023 OC Register Coach of the Year. Her other role at SMCHS is Associate Dean of Students.
Coach graduated from Saint Anthony’s HS in Long Beach, CA. She attended LBCC for a year, then transferred to Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO on a volleyball scholarship. She received her bachelor’s degree in physical education K-12 and then attended Kansas University Graduate School. Coach Hegna has taught and coached various sports at the elementary and secondary levels while living in Colorado, Kansas, Connecticut and California.
Coach has three daughters who played golf and graduated from SMCHS: Megan Hickey-Barbosa ’04, Lauren Hickey-Fleiner ’07 and Katy Hickey-Miller ’09. Coach loves spending time with her family-6 grandchildren, friends and time on the golf course.
Combined Overall and League Record
Ralph Torres- JV Blue Head Coach
Coach Torres enters his second year with the Santa Margarita golf coaching staff as the JV Blue Girls Golf Head Coach. He has numerous years of coaching youth athletics including baseball, basketball, soccer and softball. Torres played baseball at UCSB before transferring to UC Berkeley where he received his Bachelor’s Degree. He also has an MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA. Coach Torres is married with two kids. Zach is starting his Freshman year at San Diego St University where is pursuing a degree in Business. Jillian is a Junior at SM where she also plays on the softball team.
Hailey Archuletta- JV Blue/ Gold assistant Coach
Coach Hailey Archuleta graduated from Santa Margarita in 2015 and is currently the sports medicine teacher on campus and an assistant varsity softball coach. This will be her first season with our golf program! Coach Archuleta played softball at Syracuse University where she earned her bachelor’s degree. Following undergrad she went on to obtain her Masters in Sport and Performance Psychology from California Baptist University. In recent years she has developed a love for golf and is excited to help grow the game. Hobbies include watching tennis, playing pickleball and spending time outside.
Alumnae
Our alumnae went on to continue their golf careers at universities all across the country. Below is a list of our outstanding student-athletes.
- Arizona State: Kellee Booth ’94
- Indiana University: Megan Mulhaupt ’01
- Princeton: Alexis Etow ’03
- Cal State San Marcos: Christina Austin ’03
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: Madison Butler ’04
- Wheaton College: Kristin Torok ’04
- Santa Clara University: Kathy Suarez ’06
- Wofford College: Tarah Taylor ’09
- Chico State: Alex Bush ’09
- San Diego State: Amy Alston ’11
- Cal State Monterey: Kelsey Hummer ’11
- Regis University: Lauren Hundley ’11
- Cal State Monterey: Kelly Dapper ’13
- Palomar College: Deanna Bird ’14
- Dartmouth College: Catharine Roddy ’15
- Amherst College: Morgan Yurosek ’16
- Chapman University: Brooke Leet ’17
- Merrimack College: Justine Cook ’19
- College of the Holy Cross: Bridget Hayden ’20
- Butler University: Gianna Medica ’21
- Sacred Heart University: Maya Robilio ’21
- Chapman University: Nicole Chang '22
- University of Missouri: Jade Zamora '22
- Stanford University: Leigh Chien ‘24
History
OUR TEAMS TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Trinity/Serra/Sea View League Champions:
1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Undefeated Championship Seasons:
2003, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
CIF Championship Finalists:
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
CIF Championship Runner Up:
2000, 2010, 2022
Trinity League Player of the Year
- 2023 Emily Song
- 2022 Leigh Chien
- 2020 Ryan Bullock
- 2015 Rylie Edwards
- 2010 Amy Alston
- 2009 Amy Alston
Serra League Player of the Year
- 2005 Kathy Suarez
- 2004 Kathy Suarez
- 2003 Madison Butler
- 2001 Alexis Etow
CIF/SCGA
SO CAL rEGIONAL TEAM ChampionS
- 2023
- 2022
CIF/SCGA
SO CAL Individual Champion
- 2023 Donina Zhou
- 2022 Leigh Chien
- 1993 Kellee Booth
- 1992 Kellee Booth
CIF-Ss Division 1 TEAM ChampionS
- 2023
CIF state team champions
- 2023
- 2022
CIF STATE Individual Champion
- 2022 Angela Liu
GIRLS GOLF HISTORY
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