Reservist named top Air Force female athlete

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Air Force Services selected an individual mobilization augmentee as the Air Force Female Athlete of the Year for 2006.

Capt. Linda Jeffery is a services officer in the 314th Services Squadron at Little Rock AFB, Ark., and the award recognizes her accomplishments in golf from Oct. 1, 2005, to Sept. 30, 2006.

She fired a 76, 74, 77 and 82 to win the 2006 Air Force Women's Golf Championship by 39 strokes Aug. 4 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

One week later the captain and her teammates won the Armed Forces Women's Golf Championship by 125 strokes at Vandenberg AFB. She had the top women's score of 322, nine strokes under her closest competitor.

The Air Force reservist then traveled to Galway, Ireland, to compete in the Couceil International Du Sport Militaire Golf Championship. She won the CISM individual event by 12 strokes, and her team won by 53.

In her off-duty time, Captain Jeffrey is a stay-at-home mom who cares for 2.5-year-old twins.

She is slated to hit the road again, this time to receive her service award Nov. 14 during the Air Force session of the Athletic Business Conference in Las Vegas. 

(Courtesy of Air Force Reserve Command News Service)