Central College Athletics

Tabitha Schumacher (SHOO-mock-ur) joined the Central College staff as women's golf coach in 2020.

In her third season, Schumacher piloted the Dutch to the 2022 American Rivers Conference Championships with four players gaining all-conference recognition. Schumacher was named the conference coach of the year and Central earned a berth in the 2023 NCAA Division III Championships at Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.
    
Prior to joining the Central staff, she served as assistant men's and women's golf coach at Earlham College (Ind.) for one year.

A 2016 Minnesota State University-Mankato graduate, Schumacher spent three seasons there as a graduate assistant women’s golf coach, receiving a master’s degree in sport and exercise psychology in 2019. She is a Duluth, Minnesota native and was a private instructor at courses in Duluth and Mankato. She also helped organize junior tournaments throughout the state and in 2018 was appointed to the Minnesota Golf Association board of directors.
           
As a player at NCAA Division II Minnesota State-Mankato, Schumacher was a three-time All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference performer, receiving first-team honors in 2015. She won three individual tournament titles and posted 18 top-10 finishes.

In 2021, Schumacher finished third in the Iowa Women's Golf Association player of the year standings. She took first place at the IGA's Women's Mid-Am Series Event #1.

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Honors

Minnesota Golf Association

• Former member of the Board of Directors

Achievements

Central College

• (12) All-conference performers in four seasons
• (1) conference MVP
• (1) conference coach of the year award
• 2022 American Rivers team championship
• 2023 NCAA Division III Championships berth

Earlham College

• (1) top-15 finisher (Hannah Torresdahl) at 2019 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women's golf championship
• (3) top-five tournament finishes for the women's team
• (3) top-five tournament finishes for the men's team

Minnesota State University - Mankato

• (1) Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship - 2019

Athletics career

Minnesota State University - Mankato

• (3) All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference honors, first team - 2015; second team, 2013, 2014
• (3) Individual tournament championships
• (11) Top-five individual tournament finishes
• (18) Top-10 individual tournament finishes
• (3) NSIC all-academic team selections
• (2) seasons served as captain - 2013-14, 2014-15

Iowa Golf Association

• First place, 2021 Iowa Golf Association Women's Mid-Am Series Event #1
• Third place, 2021 Iowa Golf Association Women's Player of the Year standings

Women's golf year-by-year results