Nicole Hollingsworth

Nicole Hollingsworth is in her 10th season as the Rockets' women's golf coach. She is the second coach, as well as the first full-time coach, in the Rocket program's 18-year history.

A Clinton, IN native, Hollingsworth has led the Rockets to 15 tournament and nine individual titles during her tenure.

Hollingsworth is coming off one of the best coaching efforts of her career. She guided a young squad which entered the season with just one returning starter to UT's second third-place finish at the MAC Championship in the last three years.

Senior Piyathida Chaiyapan paced the Rockets with a 76.7 stroke average to earn second-team All-MAC honors. She also registered UT's best showing ever at the MAC Championship by tying for first place before losing in a playoff.

The 2010-11 season saw two of the top golfers in school history graduate. Erica Rivard and Michelle Hui concluded their careers with 78.2 and 78.4 stroke averages to finish second and fourth in the UT record books, respectively.

Toledo finished the 2009-10 campaign with a school-record five golfers registering a stroke average under 80. Hui topped the Rockets with a 77.4 mark to earn second-team All-MAC accolades and help UT capture a pair of tournament titles.

Three tournament victories and two individual medalist honors highlighted the  2008-09 campaign. Freshman Georgina Hunt and Hui each posted playoff wins in back-to-back tournaments for their first collegiate victories. Boram Lee capped off the season by earning second-team all-conference and MAC Sportswoman of the Year honors.

The 2007-08 season concluded with a third-place finish in the Mid-American Conference Championship, where UT tallied its best score ever in the event with a 296 in the final round. Senior Joanna Periversoff capped off her career with a fourth-place finish to equal the best showing by a UT golfer at the MAC Championship in program history. 

The 2006-07 campaign saw UT post victories at the Baja Invitational in Ensenada, Mexico and Bowling Green's Falcon Invitational. The Rockets also set a school record for lowest 18-hole round and tied the school mark for the best 54-hole total at the Rio Verde Invitational. On an individual basis, seniors Kim Kester and Natalie Storck received second-team All-MAC accolades.

Toledo posted its best season in school history in 2005-06, culminating with a second-place finish at the MAC Championship. UT captured four tournament titles, posted a second-place finish on four other occasions and had three all-conference honorees for the second time in school history.

Sophomore Tammy Clelland earned first-team All-MAC honors in 2005-06, while juniors Kim Kester and Natalie Storck received second-team All-MAC accolades. Storck also was named the MAC Sportswoman of the Year and to the MAC All-Academic Team. 

As a team, UT set new marks for lowest 18-hole score (293), 54-hole score (892) and team stroke average (306.2) and tied the record for most victories (4) and individual medalists (3). UT also received its highest national ranking ever at No. 43 by Golfweek Magazine.

Clelland set or tied five school records including lowest 18-hole score (68), 54-hole score (214) and stroke average (75.65). 

In 2004-05, UT registered its third-lowest season stroke average ever and finished in the Top 10 in 11 of its 12 tournaments.

Freshman Katie Myos established a then-school record for lowest 18-hole score (69) and tied the record at the time for best 54-hole total (225). Sophomore Natalie Storck earned first-team All-MAC honors and finished just one stroke shy of tying Sara Boogaard for the best season stroke average in school history.

In 2003-04, UT set three team and six individual records. The Rockets established new marks for lowest 18-hole (295) and lowest 36-hole (602) team scores as well as lowest season team stroke average (313.86). 

On an individual basis, senior Sara Boogaard set school records for lowest season stroke average (77.5) and most career rounds played (113), while senior Breanne Hall established new marks for lowest career stroke average (78.1), as well as most rounds under 80 in a season (24) and a career (56). 

Boogaard received first-team All-MAC honors as well as MAC Sportswoman of the Year, while Hall earned second-team All-MAC accolades for the third straight season. 

Prior to coming to Toledo, Hollingsworth coached three seasons at Ohio University (1996-99) and three at the University of Kansas (1999-2002). 

In her first career coaching stint at Ohio, Hollingsworth was the youngest coach in the country at age 24 when she started its program from scratch. In her three years with the Bobcats, her teams registered 19 top-10 finishes and improved the team scoring average by nearly 16 strokes. 

In Hollingsworth's three years at Kansas, the Jayhawks registered 14 top-10 team finishes and landed a pair of top 100 recruits in 2002. 

In 15 seasons at Ohio, Kansas and Toledo, Hollingsworth has produced 27 NGCA All-American Scholars and has coached teams that registered team GPAs above 3.0 in all but one semester. In the fall 2009 semester, the Rockets posted the athletic department's highest GPA with a 3.651 mark.

A 1995 Indiana University graduate with a degree in public policy, Hollingsworth was a member of the Hoosiers' golf team for three years and helped IU capture the Big Ten conference title as well as finish fifth in the NCAA Championships as a senior. She received the team's Mental Attitude award on two occasions and became a member of IU's athletic Alpha Beta Honorary in 1995. 

Hollingsworth proceeded to earn her master's degree in physical education in 1998 during her coaching tenure at Ohio University.

Piyathida Chaiyapan

Former Rocket Piyathida Chaiyapan is in her first season serving as the Rockets' assistant coach. Chaiyapan's responsibilities include academic monitoring, assisting with recruiting and day-to-day duties.

"Piyathida enjoyed a great career and is an extremely hard worker," Toledo Head Coach Nicole Hollingsworth said. "She is very knowledgable about the game of golf and will be an invaluable resource for our players."

Chaiyapan earned the team's Most Valuable Player honors in 2011-12 after topping the Rockets with a 76.7 stroke average for the third-lowest UT season scoring average. A second-team all-conference honoree, Chaiyapan tied for first place at the Mid-American Conference Championship before falling in a playoff. She also tied for first place at the Redbird Invitational and tied for second place at The Preview in her senior campaign.

A native of Bangkok, Thailand, Chaiyapan is the daughter of Chanchai and Supaporn Chaiyapan. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in psychology in December of 2012.