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Hannah Burke

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Hertfordshire, England

High School:
Stanborough

Height:
5-4

Experience:
HS

Fall 2007 (Sophomore) - Led Baylor in four of five tournaments, recording an average of 74.13 strokes a round... Won inaugural Challenge at Wolfdancer with a 217 and set a course record with a 67 in the final round... Third-round 67 at Wolfdancer tied school record for lowest round by an individual with Allison Martin and Sian Reddick... Finished second at Ron Moor Invitational shooting a 215 (72-71-72), the lowest three-round total of the fall season for the Bears... Also competed at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic (74-72-78=224), Price's "Give-em Five" Invitational (77-76-73=226) and Edwin Watts Palmetto Intercollegiate (77-78-75=230).

Summer 2007 (International) - Represented Great Britain in the University Games in Thailand... Finished in the top 32 at the British Ladies Matchplay Championship.

Spring 2007 (Freshman) - A mainstay in the lineup for the Bears competing in all seven tournaments, averaging 74.57 strokes a round... Shot lowest three-round total of 217 (71-68-74) at the Maxwell-Berning Classic to finish in fifth place... Finished tied for 30th at Central District Invite (77-81-72=230)... Shot a 225 at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational to finish tied for 13th... Shot back-to-back tournaments of 220 (74-73-73) and 219 (76-71-72) at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational and the Mountainview Collegiate, respectively... Tied for 8th at the Big 12 Championship (77-77-76=230) and tied for 46th at the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor, Mich. (77-77-75=229)... Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year... Selected to First Team All-Big 12 Conference.

Fall 2006 (Freshman) - Participated in all five of the fall tournaments and broke Baylor's all-time freshman record with a 75.00 stroke average... Best finish came at the Ptarmigan/Ram Classic tying teammate Allison Martin for seventh with a 217 (73-72-72) to help lead the Bears to a second-place finish... Tied for 29th at the Ron Moore Invitational with a 226 (82-69-75)... Led the Bears, tying for 11th with a 227 (77-69-81) at the Wolverine Invitational... Shot a 228 (80-72-76) to tie for 23rd at the Price's "Give-Em Five" Invitational... Tied for 17th to lead the Bears with a 152 (76-76) at the Derby Invitational... Entered the spring ranked No. 6 in the Big 12 and 157th nationally... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection.

Summer 2006 (International): Chosen to play for the English girls in the annual British "Home" International in Northern Ireland... Also a member of the 2006 English Elite Squad.

Junior Golf - A three-time qualifier for English Girls Championship (top 32) and also qualified for the British Girls Championship (top 64)...Earned several honors including 2004 Southern Girls Championship, 2004 Hertfordshire Ladies Championship runner-up, 2004 and 2005 Hertfordshire Girls Championship runner-up, and 2002 and 2003 Hertfordshire Girls champion.

High School - Was 2005 Hertfordshire School Girls Champion and Order of the Merit winner... 2005 Hampshire Rose Champion.

Personal - Born March 28, 1988, to Thomas and Jane Burke... Has one brother, Joseph (22) and two sisters, Ruanne (35) and Eleanor (16)... Chose to come to Baylor because of the academics, golf program and facilities... Set a course record, 66, at her home course in England, Mid-Herts... Favorite golfers are Adam Scott and Annika Sorenstam... Undecided major.