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2018-19 Women's Golf Roster
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Burris, Jenna
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Jenna Burris
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Prev school:
- St. Andrew's
- Hometown:
- Manchester, Tenn.
Bio
2018-19 (Senior)
Spring 2019: Returned to the Blue Raider lineup for all five events, carding a 74.6 stroke average in the spring ... Tied for second at the River Landing Classic at 1-under par to earn C-USA Golfer of the Week honors and lead the Blue Raiders to the team title ... Posted a season low 54-hole total of 2-over par 215 (71-70-74) at te Memphis Women's Intercollegiate to collect her second Top 10 finish of the season ... Finished her career strong with a round of 1-under par 71 in the final round of the Conference USA Championship ... Concluded her career in the Top 10 of 12 of the program's 15 categories in the record book, including the fourth best career stroke average (75.26) in program history ... Named a Conference USA Academic Medal Winner.
Fall 2018: Struggled with injury in the fall, playing in only five rounds with a 75.8 stroke average ... Had her best round of the semester in the opening round of the season, firing a 1-under par 71 in the first round of the Minnesota Invitational.
2017-18 (Junior)
Summer 2018: After earning the No. 4 seed in stroke play, advanced to the match play finals at the 2018 Tennessee Women's Amateur, falling short by just one hole as the title was decided on the 18th hole.
Spring 2018: Competed in all five events of the spring with a 76.5 stroke average ... Tied for 22nd at the 3M Augusta Invitational with a 7-over 223 (74-78-71) ... Turned in another impressive performance at the Conference USA Championship, tying for ninth at 6-over par (72-75-75) in an attempt to defend her 2017 individual title ... Logged a 74.59 stroke average on the season, the eighth-best single season scoring average in school history ... Her nine rounds of par or better are the sixth most in a single season in MT history ... Finished the season tied for sixth nationally with six eagles and 59th nationally in Par 5 scoring at 4.82 ... Earned All-Conference USA Second Team honors and was named a WGCA All-American Scholar and C-USA Academic Medal Winner for the third consecutive season ... Awarded the Jim Casteñeda Postgraduate Scholarship Award from Conference USA ... Will enter her senior season fourth in school history in career stroke average (75.32) and career par or better rounds (23).
Fall 2018: Played in all four tournaments of the fall, leading the way for the Blue Raiders in three of four events while carding an impressive team-best 72.2 stroke average ... Climbed as high as No. 84 in the Golfweek individual rankings, the highest ever ranking by a Blue Raider ... Carded a 1-under 215 (73-74-68) at the Mason Rudolph Championship and followed that up with a 4-under 212 (73-70-69) to finish tied for fourth place ... The 54-hole total of 212 ranked as the third lowest in school history ... Logged another Top 15 finish at the Johnie Imes Invitational with a 3-over 219 (72-72-75) before rounding out the spring with a 4-over 220 (75-76-69) to tie for 21st at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Summer 2017: Reached the semifinals of the 85th Tennessee Women's Amateur after earning the No. 1 seed in stroke play ... Competed in and won the 22nd Tennessee Women's Four-Ball Championship with Middle Tennessee teammate Hanley Long for the second time in three years.
Spring 2017: Excelled in the spring, spending much of the semester at the number one spot in the MT lineup … Averaged 73 strokes per round in the spring to lead the Blue Raiders … Notched four Top 20 finishes in five tournaments while firing seven rounds of par or better in 15 rounds in the spring … Finished tied for 19th at 2-over 218 (71-74-73) in the Florida State Match-Up … Tied for 13th place at the Hurricane Invitational with a 3-over 219 (71-73-75) … Third consecutive Top 20 finish came at the MountainView Collegiate, coming in 11th place at 1-over 217 (76-70-71) … Won her first individual title at the Conference USA Championship, firing a career low 7-under 209 (67-70-72) … Her three-round total of 209 is the second-best in school history while her career low round of 5-under 67 in round one of the C-USA Championship is tied for fifth in school history … Only the second individual conference champion at MT, joining 2006 Sun Belt individual champion Taryn Durham … All-Conference USA Second Team selection … Member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Fall 2016: Played in all 15 rounds in the fall, logging a stroke average of 78.2 before the holiday break … Started the year off with a 13-over 226 (74-77-75) at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship … Had her best outing of the fall at the Lady Paladin Invitational, finishing tied for 12th in the field of over 100 golfers at even par (69-74-73=216) … First round 69 at the Lady Paladin Invitational was her low round in the fall.
2015-16 (RS-Freshman)
Spring 2016: Played in all six spring contests, recording a 76.6 stroke average … Started the spring off with her fourth consecutive top 20 finish at the All There August Challenge where she matched her career low of 70 in round two … Carded a second round 70 in the Web.com Intercollegiate to once again match her career low round … Recorded her first career top 10 finish at the Conference USA Championship with an eight-over par performance (74-75-75=224) … Shot a 77 in the first round of the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional, the second-best opening round score for the Blue Raiders … Finished the season with a stroke average of 75.6 … Named Second Team All-Conference USA in her rookie campaign … Conference USA Academic Medal Winner … WGCA All-American Scholar.
Fall 2015: Competed for the Blue Raiders in four of five fall events, missing only the Mason Rudolph Invitational … Averaged 74.4 strokes per round in her first semester … Carded a pair of under par rounds at the Johnie Imes Invitational on her way to 15th-place finish and career-best 54-hole total of even-par 216 … Fired a career low 70 in the second round of the CSU/KSU Fall Invitational, where she finished in the top 20 with a three-round total of one-over par (72-70-75=217) … Highest finish of the fall came at Middle Tennessee’s home event, the Blue Raider Invitational, where she finished tied for 12th.
2014-15 (Freshman)
Did not compete for Middle Tennessee.
Summer 2015: Competed in and won the 20th Tennessee Women's Four-Ball Championship with incoming Middle Tennessee teammate Hanley Long.
High School: Played for coach Dan Hatfield at St. Andrew's ... Named MVP of the golf team three years ... Played in the 2012 and 2013 Tennessee Junior Cup, winning Most Valuable Player honors in 2013 ... A quarterfinalist in 2012 in the Women's State Amateur Championship ... Finished fourth in the TSSAA State Tournament in 2012 and then claimed third-place honors in the event a year later ... In 2012, Burris was named the TaylorMade/Adidas TGA Junior Tour Player of the Year ... Won tournaments while playing on the AAJGT, USJGT and TGA tours ... Also played basketball, volleyball, and softball at St. Andrew's and was named MVP of the basketball team.
Personal: Born April 12, 1996, in Chattanooga, TN ... Daughter of David and Julie Burris ... Majoring in Economics.
Spring 2019: Returned to the Blue Raider lineup for all five events, carding a 74.6 stroke average in the spring ... Tied for second at the River Landing Classic at 1-under par to earn C-USA Golfer of the Week honors and lead the Blue Raiders to the team title ... Posted a season low 54-hole total of 2-over par 215 (71-70-74) at te Memphis Women's Intercollegiate to collect her second Top 10 finish of the season ... Finished her career strong with a round of 1-under par 71 in the final round of the Conference USA Championship ... Concluded her career in the Top 10 of 12 of the program's 15 categories in the record book, including the fourth best career stroke average (75.26) in program history ... Named a Conference USA Academic Medal Winner.
Fall 2018: Struggled with injury in the fall, playing in only five rounds with a 75.8 stroke average ... Had her best round of the semester in the opening round of the season, firing a 1-under par 71 in the first round of the Minnesota Invitational.
2017-18 (Junior)
Summer 2018: After earning the No. 4 seed in stroke play, advanced to the match play finals at the 2018 Tennessee Women's Amateur, falling short by just one hole as the title was decided on the 18th hole.
Spring 2018: Competed in all five events of the spring with a 76.5 stroke average ... Tied for 22nd at the 3M Augusta Invitational with a 7-over 223 (74-78-71) ... Turned in another impressive performance at the Conference USA Championship, tying for ninth at 6-over par (72-75-75) in an attempt to defend her 2017 individual title ... Logged a 74.59 stroke average on the season, the eighth-best single season scoring average in school history ... Her nine rounds of par or better are the sixth most in a single season in MT history ... Finished the season tied for sixth nationally with six eagles and 59th nationally in Par 5 scoring at 4.82 ... Earned All-Conference USA Second Team honors and was named a WGCA All-American Scholar and C-USA Academic Medal Winner for the third consecutive season ... Awarded the Jim Casteñeda Postgraduate Scholarship Award from Conference USA ... Will enter her senior season fourth in school history in career stroke average (75.32) and career par or better rounds (23).
Fall 2018: Played in all four tournaments of the fall, leading the way for the Blue Raiders in three of four events while carding an impressive team-best 72.2 stroke average ... Climbed as high as No. 84 in the Golfweek individual rankings, the highest ever ranking by a Blue Raider ... Carded a 1-under 215 (73-74-68) at the Mason Rudolph Championship and followed that up with a 4-under 212 (73-70-69) to finish tied for fourth place ... The 54-hole total of 212 ranked as the third lowest in school history ... Logged another Top 15 finish at the Johnie Imes Invitational with a 3-over 219 (72-72-75) before rounding out the spring with a 4-over 220 (75-76-69) to tie for 21st at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Summer 2017: Reached the semifinals of the 85th Tennessee Women's Amateur after earning the No. 1 seed in stroke play ... Competed in and won the 22nd Tennessee Women's Four-Ball Championship with Middle Tennessee teammate Hanley Long for the second time in three years.
Spring 2017: Excelled in the spring, spending much of the semester at the number one spot in the MT lineup … Averaged 73 strokes per round in the spring to lead the Blue Raiders … Notched four Top 20 finishes in five tournaments while firing seven rounds of par or better in 15 rounds in the spring … Finished tied for 19th at 2-over 218 (71-74-73) in the Florida State Match-Up … Tied for 13th place at the Hurricane Invitational with a 3-over 219 (71-73-75) … Third consecutive Top 20 finish came at the MountainView Collegiate, coming in 11th place at 1-over 217 (76-70-71) … Won her first individual title at the Conference USA Championship, firing a career low 7-under 209 (67-70-72) … Her three-round total of 209 is the second-best in school history while her career low round of 5-under 67 in round one of the C-USA Championship is tied for fifth in school history … Only the second individual conference champion at MT, joining 2006 Sun Belt individual champion Taryn Durham … All-Conference USA Second Team selection … Member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Fall 2016: Played in all 15 rounds in the fall, logging a stroke average of 78.2 before the holiday break … Started the year off with a 13-over 226 (74-77-75) at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship … Had her best outing of the fall at the Lady Paladin Invitational, finishing tied for 12th in the field of over 100 golfers at even par (69-74-73=216) … First round 69 at the Lady Paladin Invitational was her low round in the fall.
2015-16 (RS-Freshman)
Spring 2016: Played in all six spring contests, recording a 76.6 stroke average … Started the spring off with her fourth consecutive top 20 finish at the All There August Challenge where she matched her career low of 70 in round two … Carded a second round 70 in the Web.com Intercollegiate to once again match her career low round … Recorded her first career top 10 finish at the Conference USA Championship with an eight-over par performance (74-75-75=224) … Shot a 77 in the first round of the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional, the second-best opening round score for the Blue Raiders … Finished the season with a stroke average of 75.6 … Named Second Team All-Conference USA in her rookie campaign … Conference USA Academic Medal Winner … WGCA All-American Scholar.
Fall 2015: Competed for the Blue Raiders in four of five fall events, missing only the Mason Rudolph Invitational … Averaged 74.4 strokes per round in her first semester … Carded a pair of under par rounds at the Johnie Imes Invitational on her way to 15th-place finish and career-best 54-hole total of even-par 216 … Fired a career low 70 in the second round of the CSU/KSU Fall Invitational, where she finished in the top 20 with a three-round total of one-over par (72-70-75=217) … Highest finish of the fall came at Middle Tennessee’s home event, the Blue Raider Invitational, where she finished tied for 12th.
2014-15 (Freshman)
Did not compete for Middle Tennessee.
Summer 2015: Competed in and won the 20th Tennessee Women's Four-Ball Championship with incoming Middle Tennessee teammate Hanley Long.
High School: Played for coach Dan Hatfield at St. Andrew's ... Named MVP of the golf team three years ... Played in the 2012 and 2013 Tennessee Junior Cup, winning Most Valuable Player honors in 2013 ... A quarterfinalist in 2012 in the Women's State Amateur Championship ... Finished fourth in the TSSAA State Tournament in 2012 and then claimed third-place honors in the event a year later ... In 2012, Burris was named the TaylorMade/Adidas TGA Junior Tour Player of the Year ... Won tournaments while playing on the AAJGT, USJGT and TGA tours ... Also played basketball, volleyball, and softball at St. Andrew's and was named MVP of the basketball team.
Personal: Born April 12, 1996, in Chattanooga, TN ... Daughter of David and Julie Burris ... Majoring in Economics.
Facility tour – Stephen and Denise Smith Student-Athlete Performance Center
Wednesday, July 30
Spring Sports Show hosted by The Boulevard – April 28, 2025: Women's Golf and Men's Golf
Tuesday, April 29
"The Middle" - MT Athletics 2019 Lip Dub
Friday, April 26
@MT_WGolf NCAA Regional - Day 3
Saturday, May 07
