Jordan Kennon

Jordan Kennon

Player Profile

Hometown:
Deming, N.M.
High School:
Deming
Last College:
Belmont Abbey
Height:
5-6

Attended UNM from 2008-11...a very good leader despite not playing much in her Lobo career...expected to graduate in May of 2012 with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Biology...transferred from Belmont Abbey College...sat out the 2008-09 academic year after spending the 2007-08 season at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Fla...won the 2008 New Mexico Women's Open...won her second straight Rio Mimbres title back home at Deming in mid-September of 2009 with a 149 two-day gross.

SENIOR (2010-11): An 81.67 scoring average in three rounds...lone competition was at the Branch Law Firm / Dick McGuire Invitational, shooting 81-82-82=245 (+26).

JUNIOR (2009-10): An 80.50 stroke average in six rounds and two tournaments...22-over 238 (78-78-82) at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic in Fort Collins, Colo., and 26-over 245 (83-84-78) at the Branch Law Firm Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque.

BELMONT ABBEY: Spent the 2006-07 academic year at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C...second team all-Carolinas-Virginia Conference after placing 3rd at the 2007 league championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Deming (N.M.) High School...high school coach was James Williams...National High School Coaches All-American in 2005...all-district performer all four years and all-state as a junior...the Wildcats placed 3rd at state in 2005 and 2006...graduated 3rd in her high school class.

PERSONAL: Born May 21, 1988, in Las Cruces, N.M...full name is Jordan Nicole Kennon...daughter of Bill and Jill Kennon...enjoys working out and swimming...an uncle, Kevin Zachek, played baseball at New Mexico State from 1983-88...favorite golfer is Tiger Woods.

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