Women's Golf
- TITLE:
- Head Coach
- EMAIL:
- portmannb@umsystem.edu
- PHONE:
- 816-235-5968
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Mo.
- Alma Mater:
- Michigan
- Graduating Year:
- 2007
- Experience:
- 12 Years
The Brianna Portmann File |
| Alma Mater: Michigan, 2007 |
| Hometown: Richmond, Mo. |
|
Experience: 12 years |
College Coaching Experience |
| Kansas City: 2008 - present, Head Coach |
| Kent State: Assistant Coach |
|
Michigan: Undergraduate Assistant Coach |
Career Accomplishments |
| Has coached 16 WGCA All-American Scholars |
| Has coached 15 Academic All-Conference selections |
| Has coached 14 All-Conference selections |
| 2009 - NCAA Regional Appearance, Asst. Coach (Kent State) |
| 2009 - Mid-American Conference Champions, Asst. Coach (Kent State) |
| 2005 - Golf Week's Top-50 Players |
| 2002 - Kansas City Female Metro Player of the Year |
| 2001 - Kansas City Female Metro Player of the Year |
Brianna Portmann (formerly Broderick) is in her 12th season during the 2019-20 campaign as the head coach of Kansas City's women's golf program. The Richmond, Mo., native joined the Roos after serving as the assistant women’s golf coach at Kent State during the 2008-09 school year.
Portmann's unit in 2019-20 went through some adversity as the spring season was cut short and eventually canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Roos competed in two spring events prior to the cancelation. Lone senior golfer Jaime Bellingham had the lowest stroke average (75.9) through 12 rounds in the 2019 fall season. She finished with three of the four lowest rounds, including an even-par 72, third round at the Little Rock Golf Classic in late October.
Unfortunately, the KC women's golf program will no longer continue past the spring 2020 season after an announcement was made July 23, 2019 by University officials. The change is being made to support the long-term goals of the department and the university.
In the 2018-19 season, Kansas City finished fifth at the WAC conference championship with a total score of +50 (902) thru three rounds. The team finished the campaign with three top-five finishes. Off the course, four Kansas City women's golfers were named to the 2019 Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar Team. Junior Jaime Bellingham, senior Cynthia Diaz Rueda, freshman Megan Lucas and sophomore Victoria Pavlik were honored as each student-athlete eclipsed a 3.50 GPA. The four Roos on the list marked the second highest amount amongst fellow Western Athletic Conference institutions. Also, Portmann was inducted into the Richmond (Mo.) High School Hall of Fame on June 8th 2019.
In the 2016-17 season, Kansas City matched its best finish in a conference championship as the Roos finished second in the WAC Championship, just five shots back of New Mexico State. Cynthia Diaz recorded her second straight top-five finish in the event and her second straight First Team All-WAC honor. Off the course, Diaz, Abbey Campbell, Chandler Gallagher and Cyrielle Kern were named WGCA All-American Scholars.
In 2015, the Roos finished third in the WAC Championship, with Susan Kirschenman being honored as Second Team All-WAC after finishing her career at Kansas City with the lowest scoring average in school history. During the year, Portmann guided the Roos to what was then five of the ten lowest rounds in school history and five of the nine lowest tournament scores, including the lowest marks in both.
Portmann guided the Roos to a fourth place finish in their first ever WAC Championship in 2014, while helping Kirschenman to Second Team All-WAC honors. Academically, Kirschenman, Emily Isaacson and Micah Radler were each honored as Academic All-WAC selections, while the trio along with Abbey Campbell all garnered WGCA All-American Scholar honors.
In 2012-13, Portmann oversaw the Roos match their best finish in school history with a runner-up finish in the 2013 Summit League Championship with Isaacson earning all-tournament honors in the process. During the regular season, Isaacson and Kirschenman were each named to the First Team All-Summit League, while Taylor Fisher garnered Second Team honors.
Academically, Kirschenman and Isaacson were named to the Summit League Academic All-League Team, while the duo, along with Micah Radler were honored as WGCA All-American Scholars. Four Roos, meanwhile, were named to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence, while five were named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, including one Distinguished Scholar.
During the 2011-12 season, Portmann guided the Kangaroos to a third place results at the 2012 Summit League Championships with a three-round score of 916 that included a school record final round of 299. Under her watch, Fisher garnered her third consecutive all-league recognition and her second consecutive first team selection, while Kirschenman was named to the Second Team in her first season as a Roo. Academically, six Kansas City linksters were named Distinguished Scholars on the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team.
In the 2010-11 season, Portmann led the Roos to a fifth-place finish in The Summit League Championships with Fisher earning First Team all-League honors and Kati Scholten earning Second Team all-League honors under her guidance. Scholten, meanwhile, was named The Summit League Golfer of the Week after finishing as the individual medalist at the Wichita State Spring Invitational. Academically, five Roos earned Academic all-League recognition and four were named to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
During her first season in Blue and Gold, Portmann guided Kansas City to a top-three finish at the 2010 Summit League Women's Golf Championship, which was the program's second straight top-three showing. Additionally, a pair of student-athletes - Chelsea Cadwell and Fisher - earned Second Team all-Summit League honors.
Portmann also coached the Roos to the top two single round scores in school history in back-to-back rounds during the 2009-10 campaign. Kansas City fired a school record total of 300 during the final round of the Jackrabbit Invitational on March 16 before firing a 301 during the first 18 holes of the UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic on March 22 in North Carolina.
The Roos also excelled in the classroom under Portmann's guidance as a pair of student-athletes were named NGCA All-American Scholars. The program also had four of its five golfers earn Summit League Academic all-League honors and it had three student-athletes named to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
Prior to moving to Kansas City, Portmann helped lead the Golden Flashes to their 11th-straight Mid-American Conference Championship and NCAA Regional appearance during her lone season in Kent. She also coached three players - Kirby Dreher, Mercedes Germino and Martina Gavier - to First Team all-MAC honors, while Dreher also earned honorable mention all-America recognition by Golfweek and MAC Player of the Year honors. Germino, meanwhile, was tabbed as the MAC Freshman of the Year.
Portmann also coached three student-athletes that earned NGCA All-American Scholar honors and two student-athletes that were named to the 2009 Women’s Golf Academic All-MAC team.
Portmann spent eight months as the Boatwright Intern for the United States Golf Association. As the Junior Golf Coordinator for the Kansas City Junior Tour, she was responsible for the promotion, scheduling and planning of the Tour events.
Portmann’s coaching career began at Michigan, her alma mater, where she served as an undergraduate assistant coach for four months while completing her degree.
A standout player at the University of Michigan from 2003-07, Portmann was a two-time all-Big Ten selection, earning first team honors in 2005 and a second team nod in 2007. During her four years at U-M, Portmann did not miss a single tournament, as she played and started 47 straight events for the Wolverines.
Portmann, who was ranked among Golf Week’s Top-50 Players in 2005, helped Michigan to nine team titles during her career in Ann Arbor, and she led her squad to a pair of NCAA Central Regional appearances (2005, 2007). She finished her career with a 77.19 scoring average, which ranks second all-time in U-M golf history, and tallied 23 top-20 finishes, 14 top-10 finishes and seven top-five finishes in Maize and Blue.
On the national scene, Portmann advanced and competed in four United States Golf Association Women’s Championships. In the years of 2004 and 2005, she competed in both the USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship and the USGA Women’s Amateur Championship. Portmann advanced, wining matches to make it to the round of 32, in both the 2004 USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship and the USGA Women’s Amateur Championship. The last USGA Women’s Public Link Amateur Championship on record was in 2014 and has since been replaced with the USGA Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship. As a junior golfer, Portmann advanced and competed in the 2001 and 2002 United States Girls’ Junior Championship.
As a prep, Portmann was the 2001 and 2002 Kansas City Female Metro Player of the Year at Richmond High School. The three-time Missouri state champion also earned MSHSAA First Team all-State honors in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and was selected to the 2000 all-Metro First Team by the Kansas City Star. She also received the 2000 Harry Devine Award for being the outstanding junior golfer in the KCGA and was named the 2002 Midwest Section PGA Player of the Year.
Additionally, Portmann also competed at the Missouri Junior Championship, where she was the medalist in 2002, a runner-up in 2001 and placed seventh in 2000.
Portmann graduated from Michigan in December 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies. In 2016, she graduated from UMKC earning her Master’s Degree in Higher Education Administration (M.A.Ed.).
