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2018-19 Men's Golf Roster
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Owens, Tanner
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Tanner Owens
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 146
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Milton, Tenn.
- High School:
- Blackman HS
Bio
2020-21 (Graduate Student)
2020 Fall: Played in all three events in the fall semester, averaging 72.8 strokes per round ... Led the Blue Raiders at the Scenic City Collegiate at The Honors Course , earning a share of 12th place ... Tied for 11th at the Graeme McDowell Invitational with a 54-hole total of 2-under par 214 (71-71-72=214) ... Earned his second consecutive Intercollegiate at The Grove Top 5 finish at 2-under par 142 (70-72) ... Posted a team-high four rounds of par or better in eight fall rounds.
2021 Spring: Boasted a 73.0 stroke average in the spring semester with eight rounds of par or better ... Shared 17th place at the Raines Company Intercollegiate with a 54-hole total of 1-under par 215 (72-69-74) ... Tied for 13th with another three-round total of 1-under par 215 (69-76-70) at the Southern Invitational ... Earned a Top 20 finish in MT’s regular season finale, the Irish Creek Intercollegiate ... Posted three consecutive rounds under par at the Conference USA Championship, claiming fourth place and a spot on the All-Tournament Team with a career low 54-hole total of 7-under par 209 (70-67-70) ... Clinched a third consecutive Conference USA Championship for MT with an eagle putt on 16 to defeat North Texas’ Sean Wilcox 4&2 ... Finished second on the team at the NCAA Stillwater Regional at 13-over par (78-77-74=229) … Named an All-Conference USA Third Team selection, his third consecutive all-league yearly honor ... Member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... C-USA All-Academic Team selection … GCAA All-American Scholar.
2019-20 (Senior)
2019 Fall: Played in all five tournaments and led the team with a 71.8 stroke average … Had a team-best nine rounds of par or better, including four in the 60s … Finished with three top ten finishes, including two top fives … Finished tied for eighth at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate with a 3-under par total of 213 (69-75-69) and tied for fourth at the Intercollegiate at The Grove with a 2-under 142 … Tied for fifth at the Little Rock Invitational … Had a low round of 68 at the White Sands Intercollegiate.
2020 Spring: Earned second team all-conference honors ... Named the Co-Male True Blue President's Award winner at the annual RCA Awards Show ... Named recipient of the prestigious Jim Casteneda Postgraduate Scholarship Award by Conference USA ... Led the Raiders once again in their lone spring event with three straight rounds of par or better to finish 1-under par (72-72-71=215) and inside the Top 20 at the All-American Intercollegiate … Logged two Top 5s, three Top 10s and four Top 20s in six events on the year … Finished under par in five of six tournaments … Shot four of MT’s nine rounds in the 60s and led the team with 12 rounds of par or better … Logged a team-low 71.8 stroke average in 2019-20 ... Competed in the 2020 US Amateur at Bandon Dunes to become just the third Blue Raider all-time to make the event multiple times.
2018-19 (Junior)
2018 Fall: Led the Blue Raider lineup in the fall with a 72.3 stroke average ... Turned in a 1-under 215 (71-70-74) at the Intercollegiate at the Grove to finish tied for 13th ... Earned a Top 5 finish at the East Bay Deli Classic with a 4-under par (71-70-71=212) performance.
2019 Spring: Kicked off the spring with a third place finish at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational ... Earned three more finishes inside the Top 16 at the Schenkel Invitational, Mason Rudolph Championship and Old Waverly Collegiate ... Opening round 66 at Old Waverly was a career low and matched the eighth best round in school history ... Led the team at the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional with a Top 20 finish at even par (76-72-68=216) ... Finished the season with a 72.4 stroke average, a team-high 14 rounds of par or better and seven Top 20 finishes to take home All-Conference USA Second Team honors ... Also named to the C-USA All-Academic Team ... Named a Conference USA Academic Medal Winner and inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma.
2017-18 (Sophomore)
2017 Fall: Played in all five events and was fifth on the team with a 74.6 stroke average … Had five rounds of par or better … Tied for 13th at The Intercollegiate at the Grove that included a final round 1-under par 71 … Had a third round scoring average of 71.5.
2018 Spring: Played in three events during the spring, missing one with an injury … Finished 38th at the Puerto Rico Classic … Competed in the 2018 US Amateur at Pebble Beach to become just the 12th Blue Raider all-time to make the event.
2016-17 (Freshman)
2016 Fall: Competed in three events at Virginia Tech and had a low round of 70 … Finished in top 45 in two of the three tournaments.
2017 Spring: Did not play for Middle Tennessee after transferring in during the break.
Junior Golf / Blackman HS: Four-year letter winner in golf at Blackman High School for coach Barry Wortman … State tournament participant all four years, finished in the top 10 in the state championship three years in a row … Named All District all four years, all region as a junior and senior and was named the Bojangles Athlete of the Week … Owns the school’s top two scoring marks, with rounds of 64 and 65, and was the team MVP all four years … In 2014, Owens won the prestigious Future Masters in Dothan, Ala., with scores of 66-69-69 … He qualified for and advanced to match play at the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur, where he defeated the No. 1 ranked junior in the world in the first round … He was medalist at the 2014 Tennessee PGA Junior qualifier (68-67) and advanced to the National PGA Junior … He finished second in the Tennessee Junior State Amateur and fifth in the Tennessee State Amateur, as well as posting several top 10 finishes in other national events … Following the summer of 2014 he was ranked the #1 player in the 2016 Class for Tennessee and fourth overall in the state.
Personal: Born on May 19, 1998 ... Son of Mark and Tara Owens and Jane Lowe ... Earned B.S. degree in Healthcare Administration May 2020 and currently pursuing a Master's degree.
2020 Fall: Played in all three events in the fall semester, averaging 72.8 strokes per round ... Led the Blue Raiders at the Scenic City Collegiate at The Honors Course , earning a share of 12th place ... Tied for 11th at the Graeme McDowell Invitational with a 54-hole total of 2-under par 214 (71-71-72=214) ... Earned his second consecutive Intercollegiate at The Grove Top 5 finish at 2-under par 142 (70-72) ... Posted a team-high four rounds of par or better in eight fall rounds.
2021 Spring: Boasted a 73.0 stroke average in the spring semester with eight rounds of par or better ... Shared 17th place at the Raines Company Intercollegiate with a 54-hole total of 1-under par 215 (72-69-74) ... Tied for 13th with another three-round total of 1-under par 215 (69-76-70) at the Southern Invitational ... Earned a Top 20 finish in MT’s regular season finale, the Irish Creek Intercollegiate ... Posted three consecutive rounds under par at the Conference USA Championship, claiming fourth place and a spot on the All-Tournament Team with a career low 54-hole total of 7-under par 209 (70-67-70) ... Clinched a third consecutive Conference USA Championship for MT with an eagle putt on 16 to defeat North Texas’ Sean Wilcox 4&2 ... Finished second on the team at the NCAA Stillwater Regional at 13-over par (78-77-74=229) … Named an All-Conference USA Third Team selection, his third consecutive all-league yearly honor ... Member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... C-USA All-Academic Team selection … GCAA All-American Scholar.
2019-20 (Senior)
2019 Fall: Played in all five tournaments and led the team with a 71.8 stroke average … Had a team-best nine rounds of par or better, including four in the 60s … Finished with three top ten finishes, including two top fives … Finished tied for eighth at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate with a 3-under par total of 213 (69-75-69) and tied for fourth at the Intercollegiate at The Grove with a 2-under 142 … Tied for fifth at the Little Rock Invitational … Had a low round of 68 at the White Sands Intercollegiate.
2020 Spring: Earned second team all-conference honors ... Named the Co-Male True Blue President's Award winner at the annual RCA Awards Show ... Named recipient of the prestigious Jim Casteneda Postgraduate Scholarship Award by Conference USA ... Led the Raiders once again in their lone spring event with three straight rounds of par or better to finish 1-under par (72-72-71=215) and inside the Top 20 at the All-American Intercollegiate … Logged two Top 5s, three Top 10s and four Top 20s in six events on the year … Finished under par in five of six tournaments … Shot four of MT’s nine rounds in the 60s and led the team with 12 rounds of par or better … Logged a team-low 71.8 stroke average in 2019-20 ... Competed in the 2020 US Amateur at Bandon Dunes to become just the third Blue Raider all-time to make the event multiple times.
2018-19 (Junior)
2018 Fall: Led the Blue Raider lineup in the fall with a 72.3 stroke average ... Turned in a 1-under 215 (71-70-74) at the Intercollegiate at the Grove to finish tied for 13th ... Earned a Top 5 finish at the East Bay Deli Classic with a 4-under par (71-70-71=212) performance.
2019 Spring: Kicked off the spring with a third place finish at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational ... Earned three more finishes inside the Top 16 at the Schenkel Invitational, Mason Rudolph Championship and Old Waverly Collegiate ... Opening round 66 at Old Waverly was a career low and matched the eighth best round in school history ... Led the team at the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional with a Top 20 finish at even par (76-72-68=216) ... Finished the season with a 72.4 stroke average, a team-high 14 rounds of par or better and seven Top 20 finishes to take home All-Conference USA Second Team honors ... Also named to the C-USA All-Academic Team ... Named a Conference USA Academic Medal Winner and inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma.
2017-18 (Sophomore)
2017 Fall: Played in all five events and was fifth on the team with a 74.6 stroke average … Had five rounds of par or better … Tied for 13th at The Intercollegiate at the Grove that included a final round 1-under par 71 … Had a third round scoring average of 71.5.
2018 Spring: Played in three events during the spring, missing one with an injury … Finished 38th at the Puerto Rico Classic … Competed in the 2018 US Amateur at Pebble Beach to become just the 12th Blue Raider all-time to make the event.
2016-17 (Freshman)
2016 Fall: Competed in three events at Virginia Tech and had a low round of 70 … Finished in top 45 in two of the three tournaments.
2017 Spring: Did not play for Middle Tennessee after transferring in during the break.
Junior Golf / Blackman HS: Four-year letter winner in golf at Blackman High School for coach Barry Wortman … State tournament participant all four years, finished in the top 10 in the state championship three years in a row … Named All District all four years, all region as a junior and senior and was named the Bojangles Athlete of the Week … Owns the school’s top two scoring marks, with rounds of 64 and 65, and was the team MVP all four years … In 2014, Owens won the prestigious Future Masters in Dothan, Ala., with scores of 66-69-69 … He qualified for and advanced to match play at the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur, where he defeated the No. 1 ranked junior in the world in the first round … He was medalist at the 2014 Tennessee PGA Junior qualifier (68-67) and advanced to the National PGA Junior … He finished second in the Tennessee Junior State Amateur and fifth in the Tennessee State Amateur, as well as posting several top 10 finishes in other national events … Following the summer of 2014 he was ranked the #1 player in the 2016 Class for Tennessee and fourth overall in the state.
Personal: Born on May 19, 1998 ... Son of Mark and Tara Owens and Jane Lowe ... Earned B.S. degree in Healthcare Administration May 2020 and currently pursuing a Master's degree.
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