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LPGA 2022 Section Of The Year Award Winners Ashaunta Epps and Mackenzie Mack

by AAGD Staff
(L-R) Ashaunta Epps and Mackenzie Mack

August 23, 2022 – The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Professionals membership has selected the recipients of the annual section winners. Among the roster are LPGA Professionals Ashaunta Epps and Mackenzie Mack.

Ashaunta Epps joined the LPGA in 2017 and currently serves as LPGA Professionals Southeast Section President. Epps is only the second Black American to hold the office in 44 years. Epps is Director of Golf for theĀ A Perfect Swing Golf AssociationĀ and previously served as the LPGAā€™s Southeast Section Secretary. She also serves as an instructor for theĀ LPGA Leadership Academy, the LPGA Golf Academy, and is an LPGA/USGA Girls Golf Site Director. The African American Golfers Hall of Fame Inductee has been recognized nationally as an Outstanding Leader in Golf by theĀ African American Golferā€™s DigestĀ and won countless local and national golf competitions.

Mackenzie Mack Mackenzie, a current resident of Carlsbad, CA, was awarded a full golf scholarship to Indiana State University (ISU) where she became the first Black woman to compete as a member of the Womenā€™s Golf Team. Graduating ISU in 2010 with a major in Marketing and minors in Finance and Spanish and achieved magna cum laude honors, she received a Masterā€™s in Business Administration (MBA) from the ISU Scott College of Business in 2011. In July 2022, after successfully completed the Leadership Rotational Program at Callaway Golf Mack stepped into her new role as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Engagement.

The full list of sectional winners includes:

 Central Section Teacher of the YearNicole Cavarra
  Coach of the YearKimberley Self
  Professional of the YearKelli McKandless
  Junior Golf LeadershipCourtney Mahon
   
 International SectionTeacher of the YearSilvina Fino
 Professional of the YearSo Hyun Oh
  Junior Golf LeadershipSatomi Sugiyama
   
 Midwest Section Teacher of the YearJanean Murphy
  Coach of the YearDebbie Williams-Hoak
  Professional of the YearLori Atsedes
  Junior Golf LeadershipEmily Burns
   
 Northeast Section Teacher of the YearGia Liwski
  Coach of the YearErika DeSanty
  Professional of the YearMarissa Kulig Crow
  Junior Golf LeadershipLinda Gaudi
   
 Southeast Section Teacher of the YearKatie Detlefsen Dahl
  Coach of the YearKelley Hester
  Professional of the YearAshaunta Epps
  Junior Golf LeadershipMegan Johnston
   
 Western Section Teacher of the YearJessica Quayle
  Coach of the YearKathryn Barrett
  Professional of the YearMackenzie Mack
  Junior Golf LeadershipTaronne Atley

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