Athletics Hall of Fame
Beth St. Thomas-Thompson was the first individual national champion in UW-Whitewater women's athletics history, leading the Warhawks to the first team championship, male or female, in school history. She was the individual medalist at the 1985 National Golf Coaches Association Division III Championship played in Tallahassee, Florida when UW-W also took home the team title. One year later St. Thomas-Thompson a fifth place finish at the national meet and Whitewater placed third in the same meet, this time in Wilmington, North Carolina. Over the span of her four years on the course, St. Thomas-Thompson helped Whitewater win ten invitationals, earning team MVP honors in both 1985 and 1986. The strength of the teams St. Thomas-Thompson played on is evidenced in the UW-W record book, where St. Thomas-Thompson is on the foursome that holds the stop six 18-hole rounds, led by a 315 in October 1984. She also contributed to the top two 36-hole scores (best of 641 September 1-2, 1984), and the top four 54-hole scores (led by 982 April 15-17, 1985). Individually, St. Thomas-Thompson's best rounds were 77 strokes, which ties for the ninth best round in the record book. She is also tied for sixth best at 36 holes (157), and is second (240), third and fifth on the list of 54-hole scores. St. Thomas-Thompson is a resident of Hartland, Wisconsin.
