The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hattori to be inducted in the Women’s Golf Coaches Association Players Hall of Fame
11.13.2015 | Women's Golf
Hattori was a four-time All-American at Texas from 1988 to 1991.
AUSTIN, Texas – Longhorn Michiko Hattori will be inducted into the Women's Golf Coaches Association Players Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Dec. 8, the organization announced on Friday.
Michiko Hattori was among the most decorated amateur and collegiate golfers in history. At age 16 in 1985 she became the third-youngest and only Japanese born, champion of the U.S. Women's Amateur, and in 1986 became the first golfer to win medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Amateur and U.S. Girls' Junior in the same year.
Her storied collegiate career at the University of Texas included 10 individual titles. Hattori was named the PING WGCA Player of the Year in 1989. She was the 1990 recipient of the Honda-Broderick Award for Golf. Among her achievements included finishing in the top ten in 38 of 40 events in which she competed during her four years at Texas. Hattori had three individual top-ten finishes at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship, was a four time first-team WGCA All-American, and four time Southwest Conference Player of the Year.
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. Hattori will join Annika Sorenstam as the 65th and 66th members of the WGCA Players Hall of Fame.
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents nearly 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
