Coach Nadia Ste-Marie has been steadily building Navy women’s golf into a Patriot League contender ever since the program transitioned from club to varsity status in 2012.
Ste-Marie’s first recruiting class arrived at the Naval Academy in the summer of 2014. When those players were seniors in the spring of 2018, the Midshipmen made a breakthrough, placing second at the Patriot League Championships after finishing fourth the previous season.
Navy repeated that performance with another runner-up result at the 2019 Patriot League championships. Ste-Marie was sure the Mids were poised to take the next step in 2020 as the roster was deepest, most talented of her tenure.