Tess Blair

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Class:
Senior
High School:
Bingham
Hometown:
South Jordan, Utah
Prev School:
Sacramento State

Honors & Awards
WGCA All-American Scholar (24)
CSC Academic All-District (24)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F23, S24)
Big Sky Player of the Year (20)
Big Sky Freshman of the Year (20)
First Team All-Big Sky (20, 21, 22, 23)
Big Sky Medalist (21)

2023-24
Tied for 17th at the NCAA Bryan Regional... Tied for 17th at the Big 12 Championship, improved her final round score by two strokes for an even score... Tied for 65th at the Silverado Showdown... Tied her season low round (67) and placed in a tie for 21st at the MountainView Intercollegiate... Carded a new season three-round low (214) at the Chevron Collegiate... Season best finish with a tie for 11th at the Nexus Collegiate... Season best finish with a tie for 50th ath the UCF Challenge... Tied for 65th at Stanford Intercollegiate... Tied for 71st at the Windy City Classic... Tied for 51st at the Schooner Fall Classic with a career low round (67)... Tied for 85th at the Dick McGuire Invitational.

2022-23 (Sacramento State)

Finished career at Sacramento State with a 73.38 stroke average, the best career average in school history ... One of five players in Sacramento State history to win multiple titles in a career ... Holds the school record with 35 career rounds at or below par ... Tallied 24 top-20 finishes in her career, the most in Sacramento State history ... Her 101 career rounds played are tied for the sixth-most in school history ... Tallied 10 career rounds in the 60s, the second-most in Sacramento State history ... Played all 31 rounds in her final season, tallying a stroke average of 73.68 ... Tied for fifth place at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational, was seventh at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational and tied for ninth at the Cowgirl Classic ... Led the Hornets at the NCAA Pullman Regional with a season-low 214 (74-68-72).

2021-22 (Sacramento State)

Tallied a 73.62 average over 29 rounds, the seventh-best in program history ... Finished in the top 20 in nine of 10 tournaments, the best mark in program history ... Was runner-up at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational ... Turned in a season-low 213 (69-73-71) at the Gunrock Invitational.

2020-21 (Sacramento State)

Won the Big Sky Championship by eight strokes, finishing with a 215 (74-69-72) ... Her 73.14 stroke average was the second-best in school history, only behind her record-setting mark as a freshman ... Finished among the top 20 in five consecutive tournaments, including a runner-up finish at the Gunrock Invitational ... Finished the year with three rounds in the 60s, the second-most in program history.

2019-20 (Sacramento State)

Became the second player in Big Sky Conference history to win Big Sky Player of the Year and Big Sky Freshman of the Year awards in the same season ... Her 72.8 stroke average over 20 rounds was the lowest in school history ... Turned in top-10 finishes at the final four tournaments ... Had three rounds in the 60s during the year, including tying the school record with a 66 in the final round of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational ... Set the school 54-hole tournament record with a 207 (71-70-66) at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational.

High School

Won the Utah State 6A Championship as a sophomore and junior, while finishing second as a senior ... Tied a career-low with a 65 in the final round of the 2019 state championship ... Tallied rounds of 65 and 69 to win the 2018 state title ... Was named the Utah Junior Golf Association Player of the Year seven times ... Recorded 21 victories across three summers at UJGA events ...

Personal

Daughter of Robert and Missee Blair ... Sister, Sirene, played golf at San Diego State ... Graduated from Sacramento State with a degree in finance and is pursuing a graduate certificate in Supply Chain Management.