(CACC release)
Goldey-Beacom is proud to be the first school highlighted by the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference in the league's 60th anniversary celebration, highlighting selected achievements from each of the schools in the league's history.
"Greatness in 60 Seconds" takes exactly that amount of time each to look at two selected individuals and two selected teams. Michael Tobiason and Toni Jones, both members of the Goldey-Beacom Athletics Hall of Fame were highlighted along with the 2018-19 women's tennis team and the GBC Athletics Hall of Fame honoree 2005-06 golf team.
The league's feature can be seen by clicking here.
Tobiason had a memorable run on the golf course from 2002-06 that included a slew of individual accomplishments. He was tabbed PING All-American in 2005 and 2006, picked a Collegiate Golf All-American in 2006, was a four-time CACC individual champion and a four-time conference Player of the Year. Tobiason's school-record 23 victories included the 2006 NCAA Regional championship, which helped Goldey-Beacom to the team regional crown for the College's first win in an NCAA Tournament event in any sport. He also paced the Lightning to three straight CACC titles (2003-05) and his sixth-place showing at the 2005 NCAA Regional helped the squad end third.  Tobiason professionally played over 200 events with 13 victories, 51 top-five finishes and 75 top-10 showings. Most notably, he qualified for the 2011 U.S. Open after finishing third in both the local and sectional qualifying tournaments.
Jones was a reliable player for the women's basketball team and could do it all whether with her scoring, ability to control the paint or defense. She was named first team All-CACC in 2008 after being tabbed second team in 2006 and 2007 as well as third team in 2005.  She scored 1,993 points and recorded 830 field goals during her career that both remain school records by decisive margins. Upon her graduation, she was tied for first in school history with 65 blocks, second overall with 929 rebounds, second with a .470 field goal percentage, second with a .784 free throw percentage, second with 297 free throws and second with 204 steals.  Jones twice played in the CACC Tournament and her teams helped lay the foundation for the program that in 2011 won the conference title and played in the NCAA Tournament.
The 2018-19 women's tennis team advance to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament, marking the furthest a GBC team has gone in an NCAA sponsored event. The team's undeniable bond through thick and thin also resulted in its eighth trip to the NCAA Tournament and a share of a third straight CACC regular-season title. What also buoyed the squad was the fact that it had won the CACC title in 2016 and 2017, which resulted in hosting a sub-regional in the NCAA Tournament in 2018. The squad this season earned an at-large berth thanks to victories over three regionally ranked teams, included a New York Tech squad that was 35th in the country. The Lightning ended the year 44th in the country and went into the NCAA Tournament with the doubles team of Lotte Lesscher y Post and Catarina Zheng ranked 13th in the country.
The 2005-06 golf squad played a massive role in the history of the department, which only was in its third year as a full NCAA Division II member. The Lightning ran away with the NCAA East Regional championship, becoming the first team in school history in any sport to win an NCAA Tournament event. The last of the squad's three victories that year saw GBC go wire-to-wire in the three-round event, winning by 24 shots.  That squad was highlighted by 2017 GBC Athletics Hall-of-Fame inductee Michael Tobiason, who won the regional with an 8-over-par 221 that included a 3-under-par 68 in the final round. Tobiason, a participant in the 2011 United States Open, won five titles in 2005-06 and averaged 74.83 for the season.  Steve Cutler also was a major part of that team by sharing the CACC individual title with Tobiason at 144. He averaged 77.40 that season over a personal-best 30 rounds, eventually closing with a 78.07 career average over 83 rounds and a school-best 136th national ranking in 2006-07.
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