Women's Golf
Dwyer, Judy
Judy Dwyer
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- jwd212@lehigh.edu
- Phone:
- 610-758-5220
- Alma Mater:
- Fifth season
Judy Dwyer enters her fifth season as head coach of the Lehigh women’s golf program. Dwyer, a long-time member of Saucon Valley Country Club, returned to Lehigh in June of 2012 after previously serving as an assistant coach for the Mountain Hawks from 2008 to 2010. Dwyer led the Mountain Hawks to the inaugural Patriot League Championship in her first season as a head coach.
Last season, Dwyer led the Mountain Hawks to runner-up finishes in two of their first eight tournaments and a third place finish at the Patriot League Championship. Three of the six golfers on Lehigh’s roster earned All-Patriot League honors, led by freshman Aileen Jeong, who became Dwyer’s second Patriot League Rookie of the Year. Junior Elizabeth McGarrigle and freshman Reagan Jahn also garnered all-league distinction with McGarrigle also named to the Academic All-Patriot League team.
The 2014-15 season saw Dwyer’s Mountain Hawks post three runner-up tournament finishes including a second place finish at the Patriot League Championship. Senior Alyssa Scheyd capped her career by finishing third overall at the league championship to earn first team all-league honors. Nicole Feierberg finished fourth to earn her second straight all-league nod, while Kelly Moylan capped her career by becoming a three-time All-Patriot League performer. Moylan also represented the Mountain Hawks on the Academic All-Patriot League team.
Seven Mountain Hawks were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, while the women’s golf program earned the NCAA APR Public Recognition Award for the third consecutive year.
In 2013-14, Dwyer guided the Mountain Hawks to a pair of spring tournament team titles. Lehigh won the Warner University Invitational over spring break and later captured the Red Flash Invitational. Senior Crystal Lee became Dwyer and Lehigh’s second consecutive Patriot League Championship individual medalist and Outstanding Golfer of the Year as Lehigh finished third in a tight three-team race at the league championship at Saucon Valley Country Club. Lee earned first team All-League honors, while Kelly Moylan and Nicole Feierberg earned spots on the second team.
Off the course five student-athletes were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
The 2012-13 golf season saw Lehigh finish in the top half of four of its eight multi-day tournaments. Dwyer’s first season began with a sixth place finish in the 15 team Bucknell Invitational, and ended with the Mountain Hawks winning the four-team Patriot League Championship on the same Bucknell Golf Course.
Four players earned All-Patriot League honors, including Chelsea Michalek ’13, the tournament’s individual medalist who was named Outstanding Golfer of the Year. In addition to the four All-League performers, Feierberg was named Rookie of the Year following her eighth-place individual finish.
The Mountain Hawks were also strong academically, with six players named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, including Ginette Schapira ’13, who was named the first Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women’s golf.
Dwyer is a five-handicap and has over 30 years of regional and national playing experience. She has captured 13 Club Championships in her career, spanning three different clubs: Saucon Valley Country Club, Lehigh Country Club in Allentown, and the Lost Tree Club in North Palm Beach, Florida. The 2013 winner of the Lehigh Country Club women’s championship, Dwyer has won past club championships at both Saucon Valley CC and the Lost Tree Club. She has played in events hosted by associations including the Eastern Women’s Golf Association, the USGA, the Pennsylvania State Women’s Golf Association, and the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia. Dwyer was an alternate for the 2010 U.S. Senior Women’s Open and has played in several national events in Florida as well.
Dwyer served on the Executive Board for the Pennsylvania State Women’s Golf Association from 2008-2011 and has extensive experience working with various golf committees at Saucon Valley C.C. Among her duties, Dwyer served as a rules official for the State Women’s Amateur and ran a Junior Clinic at the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open at Saucon Valley C.C. that drew more than 100 junior golfers. She also serves as Executive Board Director for the Women’s TransNational, which is one of largest national women’s golf amateur tournaments in the world.
Saucon Valley Country Club is where Dwyer’s coaching career began as she served as an assistant coach for six years with the SVCC’s Junior Colonial Golf Team for junior girls and boys 18 and under. Dwyer’s daughter Katie played collegiately at Georgetown and served as a team captain for the Hoyas, and has previously served on the Mountain Hawks’ coaching staff as well. Dwyer also assisted the Georgetown women’s golf team as a practice player and volunteer assistant travel coach. In her first stint at Lehigh, Dwyer helped lead the Mountain Hawks to a first-place finish in the five-team Kutztown Invitational in 2008 and a second-place finish at the 2008 Rutgers Invitational. Lehigh also tied for second at the 2009 ECAC Championship, while Dwyer guided the Mountain Hawks through a head coaching change in the 2010 spring season. Dwyer spent the 2011-12 school year as the women’s golf coach at the Benjamin School in Jupiter, Florida.
Lehigh is currently one of six Patriot League institutions that sponsor varsity women’s golf, along with Boston University, Bucknell, Holy Cross and Navy and Richmond. The Spiders joined the league as an associate member in July 2014 giving the league the six institutions necessary to earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Championship.
Dwyer is a graduate of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a BS in Finance. She and her husband successfully own and operate TransEdge Truck Centers with three locations throughout the state of Pennsylvania.
Last season, Dwyer led the Mountain Hawks to runner-up finishes in two of their first eight tournaments and a third place finish at the Patriot League Championship. Three of the six golfers on Lehigh’s roster earned All-Patriot League honors, led by freshman Aileen Jeong, who became Dwyer’s second Patriot League Rookie of the Year. Junior Elizabeth McGarrigle and freshman Reagan Jahn also garnered all-league distinction with McGarrigle also named to the Academic All-Patriot League team.
The 2014-15 season saw Dwyer’s Mountain Hawks post three runner-up tournament finishes including a second place finish at the Patriot League Championship. Senior Alyssa Scheyd capped her career by finishing third overall at the league championship to earn first team all-league honors. Nicole Feierberg finished fourth to earn her second straight all-league nod, while Kelly Moylan capped her career by becoming a three-time All-Patriot League performer. Moylan also represented the Mountain Hawks on the Academic All-Patriot League team.
Seven Mountain Hawks were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, while the women’s golf program earned the NCAA APR Public Recognition Award for the third consecutive year.
In 2013-14, Dwyer guided the Mountain Hawks to a pair of spring tournament team titles. Lehigh won the Warner University Invitational over spring break and later captured the Red Flash Invitational. Senior Crystal Lee became Dwyer and Lehigh’s second consecutive Patriot League Championship individual medalist and Outstanding Golfer of the Year as Lehigh finished third in a tight three-team race at the league championship at Saucon Valley Country Club. Lee earned first team All-League honors, while Kelly Moylan and Nicole Feierberg earned spots on the second team.
Off the course five student-athletes were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
The 2012-13 golf season saw Lehigh finish in the top half of four of its eight multi-day tournaments. Dwyer’s first season began with a sixth place finish in the 15 team Bucknell Invitational, and ended with the Mountain Hawks winning the four-team Patriot League Championship on the same Bucknell Golf Course.
Four players earned All-Patriot League honors, including Chelsea Michalek ’13, the tournament’s individual medalist who was named Outstanding Golfer of the Year. In addition to the four All-League performers, Feierberg was named Rookie of the Year following her eighth-place individual finish.
The Mountain Hawks were also strong academically, with six players named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, including Ginette Schapira ’13, who was named the first Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women’s golf.
Dwyer is a five-handicap and has over 30 years of regional and national playing experience. She has captured 13 Club Championships in her career, spanning three different clubs: Saucon Valley Country Club, Lehigh Country Club in Allentown, and the Lost Tree Club in North Palm Beach, Florida. The 2013 winner of the Lehigh Country Club women’s championship, Dwyer has won past club championships at both Saucon Valley CC and the Lost Tree Club. She has played in events hosted by associations including the Eastern Women’s Golf Association, the USGA, the Pennsylvania State Women’s Golf Association, and the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia. Dwyer was an alternate for the 2010 U.S. Senior Women’s Open and has played in several national events in Florida as well.
Dwyer served on the Executive Board for the Pennsylvania State Women’s Golf Association from 2008-2011 and has extensive experience working with various golf committees at Saucon Valley C.C. Among her duties, Dwyer served as a rules official for the State Women’s Amateur and ran a Junior Clinic at the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open at Saucon Valley C.C. that drew more than 100 junior golfers. She also serves as Executive Board Director for the Women’s TransNational, which is one of largest national women’s golf amateur tournaments in the world.
Saucon Valley Country Club is where Dwyer’s coaching career began as she served as an assistant coach for six years with the SVCC’s Junior Colonial Golf Team for junior girls and boys 18 and under. Dwyer’s daughter Katie played collegiately at Georgetown and served as a team captain for the Hoyas, and has previously served on the Mountain Hawks’ coaching staff as well. Dwyer also assisted the Georgetown women’s golf team as a practice player and volunteer assistant travel coach. In her first stint at Lehigh, Dwyer helped lead the Mountain Hawks to a first-place finish in the five-team Kutztown Invitational in 2008 and a second-place finish at the 2008 Rutgers Invitational. Lehigh also tied for second at the 2009 ECAC Championship, while Dwyer guided the Mountain Hawks through a head coaching change in the 2010 spring season. Dwyer spent the 2011-12 school year as the women’s golf coach at the Benjamin School in Jupiter, Florida.
Lehigh is currently one of six Patriot League institutions that sponsor varsity women’s golf, along with Boston University, Bucknell, Holy Cross and Navy and Richmond. The Spiders joined the league as an associate member in July 2014 giving the league the six institutions necessary to earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Championship.
Dwyer is a graduate of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a BS in Finance. She and her husband successfully own and operate TransEdge Truck Centers with three locations throughout the state of Pennsylvania.
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