Morgan Baxendale
Class
Senior
Hometown
Windermere, Fla.
High School
The First Academy
Major
Sociology
As a Senior (2020-21)
- Spring 2021 Dean’s List
- Finished tied for 16th at The Ally at Old Waverly with a 217, +1
- Fall 2020 Dean’s List
As a Junior (2019-20)
- Advanced to match play at United States Women’s Amateur
- Scoring average (18 rounds): 74.94
- Low round: 70 (third round, Mason Rudolph Championships)
- Low total: 213, -3 (Mason Rudolph)
- Tied for fourth at Mason Rudolph Championships
- Posted sub-par rounds in second and third rounds of Mason Rudolph event
- Tied for 47th at Cougar Classic
- Tied for 42nd at Windy City Collegiate Classic
- Tied for 67th in the Battle at the Beach in Cabo, Mexico
- Shared team honors with tie for 58th place at Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, California
- Tied for 65th at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, South Carolina
As a Sophomore (2018-19)
- Scoring average (29 rounds): 74.59
- Low round: 67 (NCAA Auburn Regionals)
- Low total: 213 (UCF Challenge -3, NCAA Auburn Regionals -3)
- Best finish: 3rd (NCAA Auburn Regionals)
- Ranked 151st nationally
- Tied for 47th at Mason Rudolph Championships (76-75, 151, +7)
- Tied for 14th at Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (74-71-71, 216, E)
- Tied for 29th at Battle as the Beach Invitational 75-71-75, 221, +8)
- Tied for 15th at UCF Challenge (72-72-69, 213, -3)
- 11th at Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational (70-77-77, 224, +8)
- Tied for 33rd at Darius Rucker Invitational (80-69-73, 222, +9)
- Tied for 84th at Clemson Invitational (79-74, 153, +9)
- Tied for 65th at SEC Championships (72-82-83, 237, +21)
- 3rd at NCAA Auburn Regionals (75-71-67, 213, -3)
- Tied for 79th at NCAA Championships (77-80-79, 236, +17)
As a Freshman (2017-18)
- All-SEC second team
- SEC All-Freshman
- SEC Freshman of the Week, April 21
- Scoring average (30 rounds): 73.30
- Low round: 69 (Mason Rudolph Championships, second round; Brickyard Collegiate, second round)
- Low total: 213, Brickyard Collegiate, -3)
- Best finish: 1st (Brickyard Collegiate)
- Tied for 22nd at Ocean Course Invitational (73-78-76, 227, +8)
- Tied for 35th at Mason Rudolph Championships (72-69-75, 216, E)
- Tied for 37th at Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (74-72-72, 218, +2)
- Tied for 43rd at Battle as the Beach Invitational (75-74-73, 222, +9)
- Tied for 24th at UCF Challenge (77-71-74, 222, +6)
- Tied for 28th at Darius Rucker Invitational (74-73-77, 224, +11)
- Tied for 30th at Clemson Invitational (71-72-75, 218, +2)
- 1st at Brickyard Collegiate (73-69-71, 213, -3)
- Tied for 15th at SEC Championships (76-72-73, 221, +5)
- Defeated Alabama’s Lakareber Abe 2&1 in quarterfinals of SEC match play
- Tied for 34th at NCAA Tallahassee Regionals (72-74-72, 218, +1)
The Baxendale File
- Full name is Morgan Elizabeth Baxendale
- Daughter of Ernie and Elizabeth Baxendale
- Dad works in real estate, mom is an executive assistant
- Selected Vanderbilt over Florida, LSU, Georgia, Wake Forest and Clemson among others
- Graduated magna cum laude
- National Honor Society
- Senior team captain
- Ranked No. 16 in 2017 Golfweek Junior Girls Rankings
- 2017 Spectum Sports’ Central Florida Girls Golf of the Year
- As senior helped team to second place team result at Florida 1A state tournament
- Fifth-place individual finish at state tourney
- Finished sixth at Florida Girls’ Junior Championship following senior campaign
- Captured 2016 1A regional individual title
- Played prep golf with former Vanderbilt teammate Courtney Zeng
- Captured 2015 Honda Junior Classic
- Qualified for 2015 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship (2015)
- Second alternate for 2015 U.S. Women’s Open (2015)
- Four-time FSGA Florida Cup recipient
- Won 2015 Florida State Girls 13-15 Junior Championship