SarahHarris
- class Senior
- Hometown Hermitage, Tenn.
- Major Integrated Strategic Communications
- High school Donelson Christian Academy
2015-16 (Senior): Did not compete in 2015-16 due to injury … Named Female Scholar Athlete of the Year at 2016 CATSPY Awards … SEC Academic Honor Roll member … Member of UK’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2014-15 (Junior): Named to the SEC Community Service Team for superior community service … Ranked third on the team with a scoring average of 76.0 … Had one top-15 finish and three top-30 finishes … Recorded four even- or under-par rounds … Tied for 14th place at the Bryan National Collegiate with a 225 (72-75-78) … Carded low 54-hole score of 222 in consecutive tournaments at the UCF Challenge and Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Posted a top-30 finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Fired a 1-under 70 in the final round of the Stanford Intercollegiate … Finished in a tie for 21st at the Windy City Classic at 7-over-par (74-77-72) … Tied her career low 18-hole round of 69 at the Mason Rudolph Championship … SEC Academic Honor Roll member … WGCA All-American Scholar Team member.
2013-14 (Sophomore): Third on the team with a season scoring average of 74.74 … Had one top-10 finish and two top-20 finishes on the season … Tied for 17th place at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic with a 226 (76-75-75 )… Recorded a UK personal-best 54-hole score of 215 (76-69-70) at the UCF Challenge to tie for 14th place … Tied for second place in the first tournament of the season, the “MO”Morial Invitational with a then-personal best three-day score of 217 (72-71-74) … SEC Academic Honor Roll member … WGCA All-American Scholar Team member.
Summer of 2013: Qualified for the championship flight at the Women’s Western Amateur Championship in Dayton, Ohio … Won the Tennessee Women’s Amateur Championship … Finished sixth at the Judson Collegiate Invitational … Finished fourth at the Pure Silk Collegiate Team Championship with former Wildcat, Betsie Johnson.
2012-13 (Freshman): Became the first UK player in the history of the program to be named to the SEC All-Freshman Team … Finished second on the team and first among freshmen with a stroke average of 75.70 … Played her best tournament of the year at the SEC Championships, shooting 9-over-par and finishing in a career-best second place. The second-place finish was the highest individual finish for UK on the year … Recorded one top-10 and two top-20 finishes on the season … Shot a season-low round of 1-under-par, 71, in the final round of the Rebel Intercollegiate, while also charting her season-best 54-hole score of 223 in the tournament … SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member … WGCA All-American Scholar Team member.
Summer of 2012: Won the Tennessee Girls Junior Amateur Championship … Posted two American Junior Golf Association top-10 finishes.
High School: Won the 49th annual Tennessee Girls’ Junior Championship by six strokes … Two-time Tennessee Junior Tour Player of the Year … Selected to the 2010 and 2011 HP Scholastic All-American team by the American Junior Golf Association … Led Donelson Christian Academy to a Division 2A State Championship as a sophomore … Member of the Tennessean’s All Mid-State Team in 2009 and 2010 … Finished her high school career with seven American Junior Golf Association top-10 finishes and three top-five finishes … Three-time Tennessee High School Division 2A Regional Champion … 2010 All-American Jr. Tour Player of the Year … 2011 Tennessee Girls Jr. Player of the Year … 2012 Tennessee Girls Jr. Amateur Champion … Match play qualifier at the 2011 US Girls Jr. Amateur Championship … 2011 US Girls Jr. Amateur Local Qualifying medalist.
Personal: Born Feb. 15, 1994 … Daughter of John and Lori Harris … Has a younger brother, Andrew … Plans to major is integrated strategic communications … Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class … Member of the National Honor Society, while being named the freshman class president and the student body treasurer … Volunteered at the First Tee of Nashville and the Food Drive for Second Harvest Food Bank … Member of the Mu Alpha Theta and “Interact” service project club … Major is integrated strategic communications, minor in digital media and design.
Why she chose UK: “I wanted to compete in a great conference with a great coach and an excellent athletic tradition.”
Harris’ UK Scorecard
Year | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Stroke Avg. | Low 18 | Low 54 |
2012-13 | 9 | 27 | 2,044 | 75.7 | 71 | 223 |
2013-14 | 10 | 30 | 2,246 | 75.9 | 69 | 215 |
2014-15 | 9 | 27 | 2,051 | 76.0 | 69 | 222 |
2015-16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career | 28 | 84 | 6,341 | 75.5 | 69 | 215 |