Columbia University Athletics

With over 25 combined years as both an NCAA Division I collegiate golf coach, NCAA Division I athletics administrator and standout collegiate golfer, Amy Weeks begins her 10th year as head coach of Columbia’s women’s golf program in 2023-24. The former Oklahoma State Head Women’s Golf Coach and Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator, Weeks joined the Columbia women's golf program as a volunteer assistant coach in October of 2011 and was later named Head Women’s Golf Coach in August 2014.

Weeks and the Lions hosted the first Ivy Intercollegiate at historic Baltusrol Golf Club in the fall of 2022. The unique tournament pitted six ACC schools against six Ivy League schools for one round of stroke play, followed by one round of match-play style competition between the two conferences. Later in the spring, Columbia finished third out of 11 teams at the St. John's Invitational hosted at Saint Andrew's Golf Club. The Lions battled to the wire, finishing just three shots behind the tournament champions. At the conclusion of the season, Allison Paik was named the winner of the William Terminello Award, earning one top-10 and two top-25 finishes with a team-leading 74.88 stroke average on her junior campaign.
 
The 2021-22 season was Columbia’s first after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lions finished in second place at the 2022 Ivy League Women’s Golf Championship, its highest finish in the event since 2008. Two Lions—Jennifer Wang (second place) and first-year Taylor Zeng (fourth place) both earned First Team All-Ivy League honors, while sophomore Allison Paik (10^th place) earned Second Team accolades. William Terminello Award winners Wang (No. 4 at 76.09) and Alexis Florio (No. 2 at 75.90) both concluded their careers ranked among the program’s top-5 players in career scoring average. Columbia set 11 school records in the process and its 304.17 scoring average ranked No. 2 in school history.
 
In 2019-20, Columbia accumulated a school-best 302.5 stroke average (10 rounds) before play was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alexis Florio (74.80), Christine Shao (74.90) and Jennifer Wang (75.10) led the Lions before play was suspended in late March.
 
Sporting another young team, Columbia put together an impressive 2018-19 season. The Lions combined to finish third at the 2019 Ivy League Championship. First-year Jennifer Wang became the third player in school history and just the second first-year student-athlete since Michelle Piyapattra to earn First Team All-Ivy League honors after she finished second at the 2019 Ivy League Championship. Wang led throughout most of the weekend. First-year Alexis Florio led the squad in scoring average (76.18) and sixth place finish at the Wofford Low Country Intercollegiate, senior captain Amy Ding concluded her stellar career with five top-25 finishes including a 12^th place finish at the Princeton Invitational.
 
Featuring Columbia’s youngest team in years in 2017-18, Weeks guided the Lions to a fourth place finish at the Ivy League Championship while senior Nancy Xu earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors after placing seventh at the 2018 Ivy League Championship. In addition, Columbia took second place at the Picciotto Memorial Intercollegiate and missed claiming the title by one stroke.
 
In 2016-17, Weeks guided Columbia to its best-ever national ranking, two team tournament titles (Princeton Invitational, Yale Intercollegiate) and a third place finish at the Ivy League Championships. Columbia’s fall season proved to be the most successful in school history as the Lions placed either first or second in three of their four competitions. Two Lions—senior Jackie Chulya (First Team) and first-year Ridhima Dilawari (Second Team)—earned All-Ivy League honors, while Dilawari was named the program’s first-ever Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
 
In 2015-16, Weeks helped lead the Lions to five top-10 finishes, including a fourth-place finish at the Ivy League Championships. During that stretch, Weeks saw Chulya get crowned as both the Dinah Shore Trophy Award recipient and unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year honors after finishing the year with the second-best scoring average in program history (74.95). Chulya also set single-season program records in both par-4 scoring (4.16) and birdies made (62).
 
During her first season at the helm of the Columbia women's golf program, Weeks guided three Lions to All-Ivy League finishes. With a tie for fourth place, Chulya was a first team All-Ivy League selection, while Rachel Shi and Nancy Xu tied for 12th place to earn second team honors as Columbia finished third in the conference. Weeks also led the Lions to a team championship at the River Landing Classic, an event Chulya captured as an individual title, while Camilla Vik earned an individual championship at the Seton Hall Pirate Invitational. A total of four Columbia women's golfers were named WGCA All-American Scholars and the team also set a new program 54-hole scoring record at the River Landing Classic.
 
After moving to New York City with her family to start a private business in Brooklyn, Weeks joined the Lions as a volunteer assistant coach with the golf program in 2011. Prior to her move to New York, Weeks had served as the Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Oklahoma State for seven years. In that role, she oversaw the Cowgirls' soccer, softball, women's track & field and women's cross country teams and assisted with OSU's athletic marketing and promotional directives.
 
Prior to her work as an administrator, Weeks served as Oklahoma State's head women's golf coach from 2000-04. During that span, she directed the Cowgirls to a second-place NCAA finish in 2004, three straight Big 12 Championships (2001, 2002, 2003) and a second place finish in 2004, 10 tournament titles, six runner-up finishes, the program’s first-ever No. 1 national ranking and four individual tournament titles. Weeks guided Oklahoma State to the NCAA Championship berths in each of her four seasons. The Cowgirls' second-place finish at the 2004 NCAA Championships proved to be their best team showing in program history up until that point. From 1997-2000, Weeks worked Oklahoma State's assistant women's golf coach under head coach Ann Pitts. She served as recruiting coordinator and practice coordinator in addition to her coaching duties.
 
As a collegiate player in the mid-1990s, Weeks was a dominant figure for the Oklahoma State women's golf program. She captured the 1995 Big Eight individual championship, while leading the Cowgirls to the team title and was a member of three Big Eight championship teams. Weeks also excelled as student, earning Academic All-Big Eight honors from 1994-96 and Academic All-Big 12 first team accolades in 1997. She also was named to the NGCA All-Scholar team in 1995. She concluded her career with two top-5 and four top-10 individual finishes.
 
An Abilene, Texas native and Wylie High School graduate, Weeks earned a bachelor’s degree in cultural and historical geography from Oklahoma State in 1998. She had a highly successful prep career that included winning back-to-back state Class 3A individual medalist honors as both a junior and senior.
 
THE AMY WEEKS FILE
 
Hometown: Abilene, Texas
 
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Cultural and Historical Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1998
 
Coaching Career
Head Women’s Golf Coach, Columbia University, 2014-current
Volunteer/Assistant Women’s Golf Coach, Columbia University, 2011-14
Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator, Oklahoma State University, 2004-11
Head Women’s Golf Coach, Oklahoma State University, 2000-04
Assistant Women’s Golf Coach, Oklahoma State University, 1997-2000
 
Coaching Accomplishments
Guided Columbia to four tournament championships and the program’s highest-ever national ranking in 2016-17 … Coached one Dinah Shore Trophy winner, one Ivy League Player of the Year, one Ivy League Rookie of the Year and nine All-Ivy League honorees … Led Oklahoma State to three Big 12 Championships (2001, 2002 and 2003, one national runner-up finish in 2004, four NCAA Championship appearances, 10 tournament titles, six tournament runner-up finishes, the program’s first-ever No. 1 national ranking and four individual tournament titles.
 
Playing Career
Four-year golf letterwinner at Oklahoma State … Won the 1995 Big Eight Conference individual championship … Member of three Big Eight Conference championship teams … Four-time Academic All-Conference honoree (three-Big Eight and one Big 12) … Named to the NGCA All-Scholar Team in 1995 … Over career, collected two top-5 and four top-10 individual finishes … Won two Class 3A state individual medalist honors at Abilene Wylie High School.
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR WITH AMY WEEKS
 
AT COLUMBIA (7 Seasons)

	Head-to-Head	Team	Team	Ivy League
Year	Record	Wins	Scoring Avg.	Tourney	Postseason
2014-15	68-21	2	304.33	3/7	--
2015-16	47-48	0	310.91	4/7	--
2016-17	55-33	2	303.96	3/7	--
2017-18	18-70	0	309.91	4/7	--
2018-19	22-39	0	306.53	3/7	--
^2019-20	23-26-1	0	302.50	--	--
*2020-21	--	--	--	--	--
2021-22	54-35	0	304.17	2/6	--
2022-23	36-61	0	308.05	6/6	--
Totals	323-333-1	4	308.25	--	--

 
^2019-20 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic
*2020-21 season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
 
AT OKLAHOMA STATE (4 Seasons)

	Head-to-Head	Team	Team	Big12
Year	Record	Wins	Scoring Avg.	Tourney	Postseason
2000-01	146-40	4	277.84	1st/12	5th place at NCAA
2001-02	141-47	3	301.56	1st/12	13th place at NCAA
2002-03	127-31	3	298.33	1st/12	5th place at NCAA
2003-04	147-41	0	299.15	3rd/12	2nd place at NCAA
Totals	561-159	10	294.22	--	--