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Women's Golf

2021-22 Women's Golf Roster

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Laerke Jensen

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hobro, Denmark
  • Highschool Tradium Mariagerfjord
  • Major Accounting

Biography

2021-22
Played in all 11 tournaments for 33 rounds total…named Summit League Golfer to Watch ahead of the spring season (01/21)...led the team and finished in a tie for eighth in the Summit with a 75 stroke average…recorded five top-10 finishes with four of those inside the top five…recorded the highest finish of her career with a second-place finish at the Diane Daugherty Invite (03/28-03/29)…shot the lowest round of her career with a 70 in the final round at the Grandover Fall Classic (11/01-11/02)…shot the lowest 54-hole score of her career with a 218 at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic (10/18-10/19)…+3 relative to par…679-134 win-loss record… member of the lineup that broke the team record for lowest 54-hole score at the Stampede at the Creek…earned first-team all-Summit honors...a member of the Academic All-Summit team…selected to CoSIDA Academic All-District VI At-Large Team.

2020-21 
Competed in six events and 18 rounds … named Summit League Golfer to Watch … named a WGCA All-American Scholar … Summit League All-Academic honoree … Summit League Golfer of the Week (Feb. 18) … shot an average of 78.17 on the season … +6 relative to par on the season … recorded a 205-92 win-loss record … shot a team-low round of 222 at the Grand Canyon Invite (March 1-2) … shot a low round of 71 on the season … recorded two rounds of par or below … tied for 12th place at the Summit League Championships (242, +26) ... member of the Summit League honor roll ... member of the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence

2019-20
Competed in six events and 18 rounds in her sophomore season … averaged 78.99 strokes per round … shot a season-low round of 74 in the first round of the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial (Sept. 9-10) … shot a season-low three round score of 227 at the Aggie Invite (Oct. 7-9) … finished 11-over-par at the same event … spring season was cut short due to COVID-19 … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ... named to the Academic All-Summit League team. 

2018-19
Competed in all 10 events as a true freshman … averaged 77.3 shots per round, the best on the Coyotes for competing in at least 18 rounds … placed a season-best sixth at the Creighton Classic (Oct. 1-2) … tallied a season-low 72 strokes in the second round of the Gunrock Invitational (March 4-5) … was part of the Coyotes team event victory at the Loyola Fall Invitational (Sept. 17-18) … placed in a tie for 14th at the Summit League Championship … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Unbeaten in three years of playing the Danish match-play tournament Danmarksturneringen … ranked second in class for GPA.

Personal
Daughter of Randi and Stig … plans to earn a degree in marketing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior

  • 2021-22Senior