PHOENIX – Legendary Sun Devil women's golf coach Linda Vollstedt and All-American Lauri Merten were inducted to the Phoenix Union High School District Sports Hall of Fame Monday night.
Vollstedt started her teaching and coaching career at Alhambra High School, coaching from 1970 and 1980 before starting her legendary career at ASU. During her time at Alhambra, the Lady Lions won two state championships (1971, 1977) and were runners-up twice (1970, 1978). Additionally, her teams won three Metro Region titles and had four undefeated seasons.
At ASU, Vollstedt coached the Sun Devils to six national titles, coached 41 All-Americans, 12 conference medalists, 71 All-Conference golfers, 15 Academic All-Americans, 11 U.