CofC Athletics Hall of Fame: Steffi Kirchmayr
2019
Steffi Kirchmayr (Class of '09)
Steffi Kirchmayr competed for the College of Charleston women's golf team from 2006 to 2009 and played in 34 career tournaments. Twice named Southern Conference Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008, she is the only women's golfer in program history to be named a Golfweek All-American Honorable Mention. A three-time All-SoCon First Team selection, Kirchmayr led the Cougars to an at-large NCAA Regional berth in 2007 - the first at-large bid for any women's sport at College of Charleston. She finished 26th individually at the NCAA East Regional in 2007 and qualified for NCAA Regionals as an individual - the first women's golfer in program history to do so, finishing 13th out of 108 players in the field at the NCAA Central Regional in 2008. Kirchmayr owns the fifth-best single-season scoring average in program history (74.06 in 2007-08) and is third all-time in single-season birdies made (88 in 2006-07). She also ranks second all-time in career scoring average (74.82), second all-time in career wins (4) and third all-time in career finish percentage (79.7%) During the 2007-08 season, Kirchmayr finished 28th in the nation in Golfstat's scoring average rankings (74.06). Originally from Pocking, Germany, she graduated from the College of Charleston in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and hospitality & tourism management. Kirchmayr went on to play professionally on the Ladies European Tour.
