The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hall of Honor
- Induction:
- 2025
- Class:
- 1984
The 1984 Southwest Conference individual champion and SWC Player of the Year who went on to a 16-year career on the LPGA Tour, Nancy Ledbetter Ramsbottom was a four-year letterwinner on the Forty Acres under legendary Women’s Golf coach Pat Weis. Originally from Birmingham, Ala., Ramsbottom finished second in the 1980 Alabama high school state championship and earned MVP honors three straight years while at Berry High School. She learned the game of golf from her father, Robert, who had been a PGA teaching professional. As a sophomore at Texas, Ramsbottom placed fifth individually at the 1982 AIAW National Tournament while leading the Longhorns to a runner-up finish in the team standings. During her junior season in 1982-83, she recorded four top-10 individual performances including the victory at the Houston Baptist Invitational and an eighth-place showing at the Southwest Conference Championship. As a senior, Ramsbottom won the SWC individual title and paced the Longhorns to a 27-stroke victory in the team standings at the league championship. Her 54-hole score of 216 (70-73-73) at the SWC Championship ranked as the second-best three-round total at the time in program history. Ramsbottom was named the SWC Player of the Year and claimed a spot on the Coaches’ All-America team, becoming the school’s first All-American since the 1978 season. Ramsbottom and fellow All-SWC performer Sherri Steinhauer paced the Longhorns to three team victories on the year and an 11th-place showing at the 1984 NCAA Championship. Ramsbottom earned her bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Texas in Fall 1984. She was later named to the Southwest Conference All-Decade Second Team for the 1980s. Ramsbottom went on to have a successful 16-year career on the LPGA TOUR. She finished second at the McCall’s Classic in 1994, third in the JAL Big Apple Classic in 1994 and third at the Corning Classic in 1996 and still ranks among the leaders in career holes-in-one on the LPGA Tour with five. Ramsbottom coached the high school golf team at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, Va., from 2012-16. She resides in Richmond and has two daughters, Abbey and Sarah, and one son, Joey. Ramsbottom is an avid pickleball player and enjoys traveling with her children.
