JoJo Robertson
	Hometown: Roswell, N.M. Position: Head Coach Experience: 3rd Season Education: Oklahoma State University

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After two seasons at the helm of the Texas Tech women's golf program, JoJo Robertson has returned the Lady Raiders to national prominence with back-to-back NCAA Regional selections.

The fourth head coach in school history, Robertson was named to the post on June 25, 2009, inheriting a young squad in the process that had missed the postseason the previous season.

Youth didn't derail the squad in her first season, however, as the Lady Raiders advanced to the NCAA East Regional as the No. 14 seed and came a few strokes short of qualifying for the NCAA Championships. The squad finished in a tie for ninth place overall, falling one place short of qualifying for the national tournament.

Robertson did have one player advance to the NCAA Championships as an individual in Rosalyn Kim after the senior placed third at the regional round.

The Lady Raiders finished the 2009 season with a top 10 finish in all but one tournament, while claiming the Heather Farr/CU Memorial Tournament title, only the second event in Robertson's tenure. The squad wrapped the season with six top-five finishes, while two players, Gabby Dominguez and Alex Gibson, won individual titles en route to the Lady Raiders posting 10 top-10 individual performances.

After returning her entire lineup minus Kim in 2011, Tech advanced once again to the NCAA East Regional where the Lady Raiders struggled out of the gate before eventually finishing in 16th place. Alex Gibson, Tech's lone senior on last year's team, helped lead the Lady Raiders to their second tournament title under Robertson at the Baylor Invitational. Gibson also finished with the individual crown. The squad finished with nine top 10 finishes as a team on the year, including six top-five finishes.

Four of Tech's five players in its lineup were listed as either freshmen or sophomores, which hopefully sets the Lady Raiders up nicely for a run in 2012 at only the second NCAA Championships berth in school history.

The Lady Raiders' future should be bright under Robertson as Tech officials broke ground following the 2010-11 season on a $3.7 million clubhouse and team facility project that will further enhance already one of the top golf facilities in the nation, The Rawls Course.

Robertson, who has regional ties and played collegiate golf at Oklahoma State, helped lead Purdue to back-to-back Big Ten Championships. The Roswell, N.M., native also was instrumental in Purdue's four-straight top-10 NCAA Championship finishes, including runner-up and fourth-place finishes in 2007 and 2008.

Under Robertson's tutelage, Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year and Purdue women's golfer Maria Hernandez won the 2009 NCAA Championship and the 2008 and 2009 conference individual titles. In just her second season, the 2006 squad turned in one of the most successful seasons in program history that culminated in the NCAA Championships. The Boilermakers won a school-record six tournaments, including the Big Ten Championship and the NCAA West Regional Championship.

The 1995 and 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links champion, Robertson enjoyed a distinguished collegiate career at Oklahoma State, which included three team conference championships. Her amateur career included a ranking of No. 11 in Golfweek Magazine's Female Amateur List in 1997 as well as being named one of the top 10 amateurs by Golf Digest. Robertson participated in the 1997 and 1998 U.S. Women's Opens, making the cut in 1998. Additionally, in 1998, she was a member of the United States Curtis Cup team.

Prior to joining the collegiate ranks as a coach, Robertson was an assistant professional at Spring River Golf Course in Roswell from 1999-2000. While playing on the Futures Professional Tour from 2000-02, she was also an assistant professional at the New Mexico Military Institute Golf Course through 2004.