Daniela Iacobelli was inducted into the Florida Tech Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Iacobelli became Florida Tech's first-ever golf national championship. She holds a ton of Panther golf records, including career tournament victories (8), eagles (7), and second in birdies (214). She is also seventh in career scoring, with an average of 76.53. Iacobelli earned her LPGA Tour Card in 2012 and won her first professional event, Daytona Beach Invitational, in the same year.
In her final season, Iacobelli averaged a par-3 scoring of 3.1262, which is second best in program history. She earned All-SSC First Team and finished 6th at the 2009 NCAA Division II National Championship in her second appearance.
Iacobelli averaged a 4.9238 in Par-5 during 2007-08, the second highest in program history, only below herself from the year before. She also stroked the seventh-most birdies in a season by a Panther with 64. The SSC awarded her All-SSC Honorable Mention.
She was imposing in her sophomore year, stroking a Par-5 scoring average of 4.8422, a program record and national best. At one point in the season, she was ranked the third-best golfer in the country, the highest national ranking ever by a Panther. Iacobelli had a tremendous postseason run, becoming the SSC Champion and finishing as the 2007 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Individual Champion. Florida Tech recognized her achievements, awarding her the Female Athlete of the Year 2007.
Iacobelli came onto the scene quickly as a freshman, taking SSC Freshman of the Year in 2006.
Florida Records
- Holds program record for most wins in a season (3)
- 1st in Career Tournament Victories (8)
- 1st in Career Eagles - 7
- 1st in Season Par-5 scoring - 4.8422, 2006-07
- 2nd in Career Birdies - 214
- 2nd in Season Eagles - 3
- 2nd in Season Par-3 Scoring - 3.1262, 2008-09
- 2nd in Season Par-5 Scoring - 4.9238, 2007-08
- 5th in Career Par or Better Rounds - 14
- 6th in Season Scoring Average - 74.92
- 7th in Career Scoring Average - 76.53
- 7th in Season Birdies - 64, 2007-08
- 9th in Season Par or Better Rounds - 9
- Holds program record for highest national rankings for a player in a season (3rd, 2008-09)
