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  Jessica Hollandsworth
Jessica Hollandsworth

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Floyd, Va.

High School:
Floyd County HS

Experience:
1V

Fall 2009: Competed in all five fall tournaments...Best performance was at the Palmetto Intercollegiate in October in which she carded a 3-under par 216 and earned her second first place finish...Had three top-10 finishes...Was fifth in the ACC averaging a 73.00 after competing in 14 rounds...Was one of only three conference players who earned first place finishes...Registered a low round of 68 at the Palmetto Intercollegiate...Was under par in three tournaments, Duramed Cougar Classic (3-under) and Palmetto Intercollegiate (3-under).

Spring 2009: Led team with a scoring average of 74.4, finishing with the best score on the team in every event ... all 15 rounds of regular season counted toward team score ... shot at or under par in four rounds and finished with a 75 or lower in 13 of 15 rounds ... posted four top-10 finishes and six top-20 finishes ... started season with a tie for 14th place at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic, shooting a 9-over-par 225 (73-80-72) ... finished sixth at the UNC Wilmington Lady Seahawk Classic, finishing 11 over par ... best finish of the season at John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate at Georgia State, finishing fifth overall with scores of 78-71-72 ... tied for 10th at the Canes & Cardinal Classic, shooting 11 over par over three rounds ... shot a 10-over-par 223 at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, firing off consistent rounds of 74-75-74 ... qualified for the NCAA East Regional in Gainesville, Fla., and finished in a tie for 11th place at 7 over par ... shot best two rounds of the season in the final rounds of the regional, firing a 71 and 70, respectively.

Fall 2008: Led Maryland with a 74.4 scoring average during 14 rounds... Also led the team with five rounds at or under par and eight rounds at 75 or lower... Earned individual title at the Spider Fall Invitational with 1-under-par score of 72-71--143... Led Terps to the team title in that event in 14-team field... Was low scorer for Maryland in all five fall events and had all 14 of her scores count toward the team total... Also got T2nd with 74-73-71--218 at the Badger Invitational, hosted by Wisconsin... Had pair of other top-20 finishes at Lady Pirate (79-78-71--228 for T17 finish) and at Palmetto Intercollegiate (78-78-76--232 for T20th).

Before Maryland: Three-year All-State selection in Virginia... Won the Virginia High School League Group A individual title (68-70--138) and helped Floyd County HS to the team title in 2007 and 2008... Also won state individual title in 2004... Won the Virginia State Golf Association Junior Girls Championship in summer 2007 by 15 strokes... Set the event's single-round scoring mark with an opening-round 6-under-par 66... Went 66-68--134 to post a 10-under total at Independence GC in Midlothian, Va... Became the first player to have two rounds in the 60's at that event since 1970... Won the Virginia State Golf Association Junior Girls title in 2005 as a 15-year-old... Shot a 73 in the final round to post a two-stroke victory... Won two events on the International Junior Golf Tour.

Personal: Parents are Barry and Susan Hollandsworth... Father is a high school principal... Mother played tennis at Radford Univ... Has two younger sisters... Says the toughest thing about being a student-athlete is time management... Enjoys working out... Majoring in kinesiology... Chose Maryland over James Madison and Virginia.

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