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2017-18 Golf Roster

Savannah Thompson

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Pinecrest
  • Hometown Seven Lakes, N.C.

Biography

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16)
WGCA All-American Scholar ... Named to the PBC All-Academic Team ... Compiled an 80.4 stroke average over nine events and 22 rounds ... Registered four top-20 finishes, including two in the top 10 ... Grabbed a season-best runner-up finish at the SAC Preview with rounds of 71 and 82 ... Finished in a tie for ninth at the Cutter Creek Invitational ... At the Lady Bearcat Invitational, she tied for 11th after a season-low 70 in the first round ... Tied for 16th at the Peach Belt Conference Championship after a season-best three-round score of 240 (80-78-82) ... Helped the team to a win at the Cutter Creek Invitational.

AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15)
A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Compiled an 82.5 stroke average over six events and 11 rounds (three countable rounds) of golf … Registered a pair of top 20 finishes … Logged a season-best round with a 76 in the opening round of the Tusculum Fall Classic en route to finishing in a tie for 18th place with a season-best 156 (76-80) … Also finished in a tie for 18th at the Lady Flames Shootout (80) and in a tie for 30th at the Wingate Intercollegiate Challenge  with two 82 rounds (164) … Helped the Braves win the Tusculum Fall Classic, Lady Flames Shootout and Hilton Head Lakes Invitational along with five finishes as a team at the Lady Cougar Classic powered by TSYS (4th), the Wingate Intercollegiate Challenge (4th) and the Peach Belt Conference Championships (5th).

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Pinecrest High School for coach Jennifer Kearney … Maintained a 74.6 stroke average as a prep senior and helped team to a region title and a third place showing at the state championships … Earned all-conference and a pair of all-state laurels … Also earned second-straight conference player of the year honors … Compiled a 75.4 stroke average as a junior. 

PERSONAL
The daughter of Jill and Sam Thompson … Has an older brother, Brent … Maintained a 4.0 cumulative grade point average at Pinecrest High School and graduated in the top 20 percent of her 530-member senior class … A mass communications major at UNCP.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'6"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'6"