Tess Davenport Season 2020-21

Student-Athlete Features
Vanderbilt Hustler — Davenport on resetting expectations for the postseason

As a Senior (2022-23)

• SEC Community Service Team
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Tied for 13th individually at SEC Championships

As a Junior (2021-22)

• WGCA All-America Scholar
• Tied a career-low round: 69 (second round, NCAA Franklin Regional)
• Season-low 54-hole total: Earned first top-10 finish (T-9th) after finishing with a 213 (-3) at the NCAA Franklin Regional, where she helped Vanderbilt win its first NCAA Regional title since 2019 and fourth in program history
• Made her 2022 spring season debut at the Clemson Invitational with 233 (+17) to tie for 57th
• Tied for 45th at the SEC Championships with a 226 (+10) in stroke play
• Tied for 106th after three rounds of stroke play at the NCAA Championships with a 233 (+17)
• Season scoring average (24 rounds): 74.63

As a Sophomore (2020-21)

• WGCA All-America Scholar
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Spring 2021 Dean’s List
• Fall 2020 Dean’s List
• Career-low round: 69 (first and second rounds, SEC Championships)
• Career-low 54-hole total: Tied for 17th at the SEC Championships with a 210 (-6) in stroke play
• Season scoring average (24 rounds): 76.08
• Tied for 22nd at the FAU Paradise Invitational

As a Freshman (2019-20)

• First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Season-low round: 75 (first and second rounds, Mason Rudolph Championships)
• Season-low 54-hole total: Tied for 60th with a 229 (+13) at the Mason Rudolph Championships
• Scoring average (6 rounds): 79.83
• Tied for 88th at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

The Davenport File

• Full name is Tess Elizabeth Davenport
• Daughter of Rod and Leah Davenport
• Mom serves as Federal Reserve Bank official, dad restores classic cars
• One brother, Gabe, who played baseball at the University of Tampa
• Highest American Junior Golf Association ranking was 364
• 2019 Region Player of the Year
• Highest Georgia state ranking was second
• Twice finished among top five individually at GSGA Girls Junior Championships
• Earned two match-play wins in Team Georgia’s victory in the Georgia- South Carolina Junior Challenge
• At Mill Creek, twice finished second individually in GHSAA Class 7A state championship
• Led Mill Creek to 2018 Class 7A team title
• Enjoys art, dance and various outdoor activities