University of Denver Athletics

Kuhle will be entering her ninth season as DU's head coach in 2020-21.

Kuhle was named the second women's golf head coach at the University of Denver in February, 2013. Kuhle (Hulwick) spent seven seasons on the DU staff from 2005-12, including three as an associate head coach. Kuhle also spent the 2012-13 season at the University of Georgia as an assistant coach.

Kuhle's guidance of the Pioneers in her first campaign saw her recognized as the WAC Coach of the Year in 2013 and the Summit League Coach of the Year in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019 to go along with six conference/league championships and seven straight NCAA Regional appearances (18 in a row as a program).

During her 15 years with the Crimson and Gold with Kuhle on staff, Denver has always finished inside the top 75 in the Golfstat/Golfweek rankings. Kuhle has 30 team wins to add to the resume while on staff at DU. The last five years her team has earned over a 3.72 gpa, and during the 2019-2020 they finished with a 3.85 gpa on the year, the highest in program history. 

In her eighth year in charge, Kuhle had a season to remember before it was abruptly cut short by the NCAA in March. The eight-year veteran coach had one of the most talented and deep teams in recent memory, smashing a number of records along the way.

The Pioneers were a force to be reckoned with, setting a new single-season team scoring average of 289.75, nearly seven strokes better than the previous mark set in 2017-18. Leading the way for the squad was the duo of senior Mary Weinstein and freshman sensation Anna Zanusso.

DU also set new team records for 54-hole team total (16-under, Westbrook Invitational) and rounds of par or better (14).

Under Kuhle's renowned development style, the duo posted the two lowest scoring averages in program history with Zanusso at one (71.63) as a freshman and Weinstein (72.46) not far off. 

Zanusso, the highest rated incoming player ever in program history, hit the ground running under Kuhle, picking up two individual wins in her freshman campaign while setting new 18-hole (11-under), 36-hole (14-under) and 54-hole (16-under) scoring records along the way. Her outstanding play under Kuhle helped result in an invitation to the Augusta National Women's Amateur, the first Pioneer to receive an invite to the prestigious event. Her 11-under second round at the Westbrook Invitational tied the NCAA record for low round by a player. 

Zanusso also became the first DU women's golfer to be named Summit League Female Athlete of the Month when she received the honor for her stellar play in February.

But the sensational freshman wasn't the only one to have her moments. Weinstein continued to thrive under Kuhle, racking up two Summit League Player of the Week honors in the shortened spring season. The Highlands Ranch native finished up her career as the program's all-time scoring average leader at 73.07.

In 2014, Kuhle coached Tonje Daffinrud to a national appearance at the NCAA Championship in Tulsa as an individual. Daffinrud was a two-time All-American selection and last year a First Team NGCA All-American.

Daffinrud, senior had seven Top-12 finishes, the lowest season scoring average in Pioneer history, 72.21, and was the 9th best player in Golfstat Individual rankings for the 2013-2014 season. She was also named to the Summit League All-Academic team.

During her first stint at DU, Kuhle (Hulwick) helped the Pioneers to seven straight Sun Belt Conference Championships and seven consecutive Regional Championship appearances, as well as the program's first-ever regional crown at the 2008-09 East Regional in Gainesville, Fla.

Kuhle (Hulwick) also helped the Pioneers to three straight NCAA National Championship appearances (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09) and once as individual (2009-10), including the program's best finish of fifth at the 2009 Championships. As an associate head coach, she coached two All-Americans; Stephanie Sherlock, a three time NGCA All-American and Dawn Shockley.

Since 2005, she has coached 5 WGCA All-Americans, 41 WGCA All-Scholar athletes, 13 conference team champions, 30 team titles, 22 individual titles, and 13 years (2005-2015, 2017-2018, 2020) end of season National Golfstat ranking in the top 55.

Kuhle (Hulwick) came to Denver after a very successful college career at Tulane, where she was an all-conference performer all four years, including a first team all-conference selection as a sophomore. She was also named Tulane Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2005. A native of Colorado, Hulwick graduated in 2005 from Tulane with a Bachelor of Science in management with a concentration in finance.

It was during her time at Tulane where she made her mark on the golf course. She qualified for three consecutive U.S. Women's Amateur Championships from 2002-04 and finished as the low amateur at the 2004 Colorado Women's Open.

In 2005, she won the Colorado Women's State Amateur Stroke Play. She was a first-team All-Conference USA selection in 2003, a second-team selection in 2004 and a third team selection in 2005. She also helped her team to the first of back-to-back conference championships. In her four-year career with the Green Wave, Kuhle (Hulwick) recorded 14 top-10 finishes, a tournament win at the 2002 Green Wave Classic in New Orleans, La., and finished with a 76.85 scoring average.

Excellent in the classroom as well, Kuhle (Hulwick) was on the Tulane Athletic 3.0 GPA or Above Club all four years, made the Dean's List on six separate occasions, and was named a National Golf Coaches Association Academic All-American her senior year.  In 2005, Kuhle was named the Tulane University student-female athlete of the year. That year she played in the NCAA Tournament and helped Tulane to a 15th place result.

A very successful junior golfer, Kuhle (Hulwick) has been taught by one of the country's finest golf teachers, Mike McGetrick, since she was 10 years old. She attended Heritage High School where she finished second in the state championship in 2000 and third in 1998. She was a member of the Colorado Junior America's Cup team from 1998-2001 and qualified for two U.S. Junior Amateur Championships, in 1998 and 2001. In 2000, she won the Colorado Junior Amateur Championship.

Kuhle has been an LPGA member since 2007 and is a Class A teaching and club professional. She has her master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology form the University of Denver, serves on the NCAA women’s golf awards committee, is a member of the NCAA  Women’s Coaches Academy and a recent graduate of the academy (class 47) in 2019. 

Kuhle's (Hulwick) older brother John, played for the DU men's team from 1999-2002. She is married to A.J. Kuhle, who is a military veteran, played for the San Antonio Spurs, and took his Air Force Academy college basketball team to the NCAA Tournament his senior year in 2004. He was a former assistant coach at Air Force and DU. He was also the head coach at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif and currently the boy’s basketball coach at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, CO.

The couple has a daughter, Lucy Elizabeth Kuhle, who was born in October of 2014 and son, Jordan William Kuhle, born in August of 2017.

Kuhle has been a force during her time in charge of the program and has accomplished the following: 

• 6 team conference championships
• 7 NCAA Regional appearances
• 9 tournament titles
• 34 WGCA All-America Scholars
• 28 All-Conference performers 
• Coached Senior, Tonje Daffinrud qualify as an individual for the NCAA Championships who finished in 10th place
• Coached First Team All-American (Tonje Daffinrud in 2014)
• 4 individuals named conference Player of the Year
• 2 players earned Conference Newcomer of the Year honors
• 6 individual conference champions
• Earned a GSR of 100% and APR of 962 or higher (2 years a perfect 1000 in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015)
• Earned a team grade point average of 3.72 or above five  years in a row  (3.79 in 2015-2016), (3.725 in 2016-2017), (3.738 in 2017-2018), (3.751 in 2018-2019), and (3.85 in 2019-2020)
• Received Conference Coach of the Year six times
• Finished the end of the season ranked in the top 55 of Golfstat/Golfweek during six seasons and top 75 in all eight seasons 
• LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Central Coach of the Year, 2020.