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2014-15 Women's Golf Roster

Jessica Knepp

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool El Paso-Gridley
  • Hometown El Paso, Ill.

Biography

Career Chip Shots
Rounds - 101
Strokes (total) - 6,181
Strokes (average) - 83.34

Best Round - 71 in the second round of the WIU Autumn Invitational (Sept. 13-14)
Best Finish -  1st with a 146 (75-71) in the 
WIU Autumn Invitational (Sept. 13-14)

At Western Illinois
2014-15 (SENIOR): 2015 Summit League Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholar
... Was the only golfer to golf in all 10 events and 27 rounds for WIU... Finished the season with a 82.81 stroke average... Best finish, best round, and two-round score was in the WIU Autumn Invitational (Sept. 13-14) when she fired a 146 (75-71) to win first place in the event... Best three-round score was a 238 (
79-80-79) in the Rocket Classic (Oct. 13-14)... Four rounds in the 70s.

2013-14 (JUNIOR): Golfed in nine of the team's 10 events, and 20 total rounds... Finished the season with a 83.10 stroke average... Shot a career-low 73 in the first round of the Pat Bradley Invitational (Oct. 20-22)... Finished T5th with a 152 (76-76) in the Bradley Invitational (April 5-6), a career-best finish... Her score of 152 was also a season-low for two-round tournaments... Her best three-round score of the year was a 227 (73-76-78) in the Pat Bradley Invitational.

2012-13 (SOPHOMORE): 2012-13 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll...Golfed in all nine regular season meets for the Leathernecks, a total of 23 rounds... used 1,955 total strokes throughout the season... owner of a 85.0 stroke average... her best finish of the year came at home when she finished tied for 6th... Golfed a 164 at the Bison Invitational in Vegas, her best two-round score... best three-round score came at the Illinois State Redbird Invitational, a 247... had two rounds in the 70s.

2011-12 (FRESHMAN): 2012 Winter/Spring Academic All-Summit League Distinguished Scholar...Played in 31 rounds, carrying a stroke average of 82.7 per round...Placed in the top-20 once, and two top-15...Best finish came in the WIU Autumn Invitational when she finished tied for 14th with a score of 166 (81, 85)...Finished with five rounds in the 70s and a low-round of 76.

High School: Earned All-Conference honors all four years of high school...Four-time state qualifier...state-runner up in 2011...Team captain her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of John and Jackie Knepp...Born July 19, 1993...Majoring in Business...Favorite athlete is Phil Mickelson...Favorite sports teams are the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Cardinals.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

  • 2012-13Sophomore

  • 2013-14Junior

  • 2014-15Senior