The Women’s Golf Coaches Association announced Monday its Hall of Fame inductees for the Class of 2025.
MaryJo McCloskey and Shauna Taylor will be inducted into the WGCA Coaches Hall of Fame on Monday, Dec. 8 in a ceremony at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
McCloskey is in her 20th season as the head women’s golf coach at George Fox University. She has led the Bruins to 14 consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championship, including nine podium finishes, and captured the program’s first NCAA title in 2023. An eight-time Division III Golf Pride WGCA West Region Coach of the Year, McCloskey has coached two individual NCAA champions, four PING WGCA Players of the Year, three WGCA Freshman of the Year, 33 WGCA All-Americans and 28 WGCA All-American Scholars. McCloskey also served two terms as the Division III Director on the WGCA’s Board of Directors.
In 18 years as the head women’s golf coach at University of Arkansas, Shauna Taylor has led the Razorbacks to 17 consecutive NCAA Regional appearances. The team has gone on to the reach the NCAA Championship nine times, highlighted by three fifth-place finishes. A two-time SEC Coach of the Year, Taylor has coached three individual NCAA champions, including this year with Maria Jose Marin, one PING WGCA Player of the Year, 19 WGCA All-Americans and 46 WGCA All-American Scholars.
McCloskey and Taylor become the 58th and 59th members of the WGCA Coaches Hall of Fame. The WGCA, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches.
