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Jennifer Clark - Women's Golf - Kansas Jayhawks

Jennifer Clark

Class Sophomore
Hometown Kansas City, Kan.
High School Piper High School
bio

As a senior (2010-11)

Named to Academic All-Big 12 First team for the third year in a row … Named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-America Scholar Team (NGCA) for the second time … Competed in the Jayhawk lineup in three events and as an invididual in three … Tied for 23rd at the Chip-N Club Invitational … Posted a 236 at the Marilynn Smith Invitational and tied for 31st competing as an individual … Tied for 36th with a 229 at the Johnie Imes Invitational … Shot a 229 and tied for 40th at the Price[apos]s [quote]Give `Em Five[quote] Intercollegiate … Tied for 49th as an individual at Claud Jacobs Intercollegiate behind a 54-hole 245 … Carded a 250 to finish 70th as an individual at the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge … Tied for 35th competing as an individual at the Baylor Spring Invitational.

As a junior (2009-2010)

Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team for the second-consecutive year … Averaged a 78.77 on the year … Opened the spring campaign with a 233 to tie for 69th at the Edwin Watts/ Kiawah Island Classic … Fired a career-low 70 in the second round of the Duramed/Rio Verde Collegiate where she tied for 37th with a 235 … Chipped in a 240 and tied for 70th at the Northern Migration Invite … Tied for 70th with a 235 at the Ole Miss Rebel Intercollegiate … Finished the year with a 243 at the Big 12 Championship, which tied her for 55th … Competed as an individual at Nebraska[apos]s Chip-N Club Invitational, where she tied for 38th … Finished second on the team and tied for 29th overall at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational … Shot a 244 to tie for 67th at the Johnie Imes Invitational … Fired a 232 and tied for 55th at NMSU Price[apos]s `Give `Em Five[apos] Intercollegiate … Concluded the fall campaign at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate, where she carded a 228 to tie for 32nd.

As a sophomore (2008-2009)

Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team … Named to the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-American Scholar Team … Averaged 79.52 strokes per round … Competed in two events during the spring campaign … Fired a 248 at the Central District Invitational to tie for 68th … Competed as an individual and tied for 62nd at the Lady Buckeye Invitational after shooting a 245 … Shot a 234 to open the fall season at the Chip-N Club Invitational … Finished second in the individual standings at the Marilynn Smith Invitational after posting a three-round total of 225 … Tied for 14th at the Johnie Imes Invitational with a 228 … Her 241 at the McHaney/Morehead Invitational tied for 48th in the individual standings … Shot a 249 and tied for 85th at The Derby.

As a freshman (2007-2008)

Won the Collegiate Players Tour/Manhattan Collegiate Open in the summer after posting a three-round score of 217 … Won the Kansas Women[apos]s Golf Association Amateur Championship with a combined total of 219 … Appeared in one tournament during her inaugural season as a Jayhawk … Finished in a tie for 31st at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational, carding a 157 to help Kansas claim tournament honors.

High School

Two-time Kansas State Champion (2003, 2005) and four-time Regional Champion at Piper High School … Coached by Denise Duke … Earned 27 consecutive first-place finishes from her freshman year to the State Tournament her junior year … Won 36 of 39 high school tournaments she played in … Two-time recipient of the Kenneth Smith Golf Award (2005-06) … Named four times to the Kansas City Star All Metro Girls Golfer of the Year First Team (2003-06) … Named the Kansas City Star All Metro Girls Golfer of the Year twice (2005-06)… Earned EA Sports Student Sports Magazine Girls Golf All-Americans award in March 2005 … Named to the 2005 Midwest Section PGA Junior Golf Team, and recognized in the event as Junior Golfer of the Year … Member of National Honor Society … A 2006 Kansas Honor Scholar honoree.

Personal

Born Jennifer Diane Clark in Kansas City, Kan. … Daughter of Gary Clark, former member of the Oklahoma State University men[apos]s golf team, and Diane Clark, former Jayhawk and member of the University of Kansas women[apos]s golf team … Younger sister of Jeffrey Clark … Majoring in graphic design … Aspires to play on the LPGA Tour after college or do graphic design within the athletic department.