High School Career
Meridian High School (1967-1970)
College Career
Meridian Junior College (1970-1972)
• Played on first ever men’s golf team
• Won First Women’s State Am Title (’70)
• Member Undefeated Junior College Team (’72)
• Women’s State Amateur Champion (’71)
• Recipient H.M. Ivy Award as Top Student
Florida State University (1972-1974)
• Scholarship Recipient
• Women’s State Amateur Champion (’72, ‘73)
• Played in predecessor to NCAA team Championship tournament (’74)
Amateur Career
• Won record 9 MS Women’s Golf Assoc. State Amateur Titles (’70-’73, ‘76, ‘78, ‘84, ‘89-’90)
• 10-time member MS team Southeastern Women’s Amateur Team Championship (’93-’06)
• Quarterfinalist Women’s Southern Amateur (’78)
• Qualified for USGA National Amateur (’79)
• Medalist, qualifying tournament, USGA Women’s Mid Amateur (’87, ‘91)
• USGA Senior Women’s Amateur, 6th place tie after 36-hole qualifier (’03)
• MWGA Senior Women’s Amateur Champion (’02, ‘06)
Coaching Career
Meridian Community College (1994-Time of Induction)
• 7 NJCAA Region 23 titles
• 7-time Region 23 Coach of the Year
• 1 Runner-up & 1 third-place finish NJCAA National Championships
• 3 MACJC State Championships
• Coached 12 NJCAA All Americans includingn 5 first team honorees
• Coached 4 NJCAA Academic All Americans
Special Recognition
• Two-time President MS Women’s Golf Association (MWGA)
• MWGA Edit Award recipient for major contributions to golf in MS (2003)
• Secretary of NJCAA Golf Coaches Association, present date
Hall of Fame Memberships
• Charter Member Meridian Community College Hall of Fame (2002)
• Charter Member MS Association of Community and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame (2007)
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2007)
Did You Know?
Lou and her father Hunter George Weddington are the first father-daughter inductees in Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame history. Hunter George was inducted in 1983.
