Nicole Antonucci rejoined the Suffolk women’s golf program in 2021-22 as the team’s first-ever assistant coach on Jay Parker’s staff. She begins her third season in the position in 2023-24. 

Antonucci was a vital part in assembling a successful women’s golf team as she joined the squad as a player in just the second-year of its existence in 2017-18. Over the next four years, she would make Suffolk’s name known amongst conference counterparts and in New England. 

The Belmont, New Hampshire native aided to back-to-back New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) titles and a pair of Empire8 runner-up showings, as a freshman and sophomore, respectively. In the spring of 2019, when Suffolk switched to the Northeast Women’s Golf Conference (NWGC), Antonucci anchored the Rams to bring home more hardware with the league’s inaugural title. On the championship course, she became the conference’s first individual medalist.  That accolade was a part of a decorated career, which saw her take home a pair of All-NEIGA first-team nods and a spot on the All-NWGC team, twice. 

Academically, her awards were just as plentiful as her athletic accomplishments. The member of Suffolk’s Sawyer Business School Class of 2021 garnered NWGC Academic All-Conference in the fall of 2019 and was a three-time Empire 8 President’s List honoree. 

As a coach in 2021-22, she saw Suffolk recapture the NEIGA Title, its third in program history, all of which Antonucci has been a part of as either a player or coach. At regionals, she coached a trio of Rams to All-NEIGA honors in Isabel Smith, Ellie Yarbrough and Madison Scheinberg. At the NWGC Championship, she saw the blue-and-gold put together a runner-up finish with a pair of players Yarbrough and Smith secure a spot on the All-NWGC Secnod-Team. 

A year later, Suffolk was dethroned as NEIGA Champs as the Rams turned in an eighth-place performance in an 11-team field. At NWGCs, the blue-and-gold saw Ellie Yarbourgh turn in a top-3 finish. Behind her performance she earned All-NWGC First-Team status, the third all-league honor of her career, which makes her the most decorated Ram via NWGC in program history. 

Academically, Isabel Smith became the first member of Suffolk's women's golf history to pick up a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large distinction, which is awarded to the most accomplished student-athletes for combined academic and athletic achievements each year since 1952. It is the longest-running and most prestigious academic and athletic award for student-athletes to receive. 

Antonucci, who graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Finance in 2021, is continuing her education with remote work at St. John’s this fall.