Megan Dennis Career Statistics
CAREER: Played in 23 tournaments over three seasons ... Recorded a 75.86 scoring average (ranking 20th all-time at Pepperdine) in 65 rounds.
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Averaged 75.88 strokes in 24 rounds in her fifth year ... Utilized a COVID-19 redshirt to come back for an extra season ... Tied for 10th at the Gold Rush (75-74-76=225) ... Led the Waves at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional with a tie for 13th (76-74-68) ... Her 3-under 68 in her final career round there was the best in her three seasons with the Waves ... Also had a 2-under 70 at the Chambers Bay Invitational ... Earned
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors.
PEPPERDINE 2020-21: Part of the lineup for all seven tournaments again as a senior ... Averaged 76.50 strokes in 20 rounds ... Had a season-best 1-under 71 in the second round of the Moorpark Intercollegiate ... Tied for 16th at the WCC Championships (76-72-83=231) ... Tied for 82nd at the NCAA Stanford Regional (79-79=75=233) ... Earned
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A
Pepperdine-Scholar Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Was in the lineup for all seven tournaments and 21 rounds as a junior in her debut season with the Waves ... Had a 75.24 scoring average ... Tied for 11th place at the Juli Inkster Invitational (75-75-70=220) ... Three of her four below-par rounds were 2-under, including a 69 in the second round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge ... Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FLORIDA TECH: Spent two years at Florida Tech, an NCAA Division II school in Melbourne, Florida ... Part of an incredible story that saw Florida Tech win the 2019 NCAA Division II national championship ... Florida Tech announced in February 2019 that it would be discontinuing its women’s golf program ... The Panthers then won three of their final four spring regular-season tournaments and qualified for NCAAs, where they won team medalist honors in stroke play and won three consecutive times in match play ... Dennis had the winning putt to seal the national championship against CSU San Marcos ... Ranked 60th in Division II by Golfstat at the end of her sophomore season ... Had six top-10 finishes in 2018-19 ... Averaged 77.38 strokes in 65 career rounds ... Was a WGCA All-American Scholar both years and a member of the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
AMATEUR/JUNIOR GOLF: Fifth at the 2019 Belgian International Amateur Championship ... Co-medalist at the 2018 England Golf Astor Salver ... Ninth at the 2018 English Women’s Match Play Championship ... Third at the 2017 English Girls Open Amateur Championship ... Part of the Buckinghamshire National Ladies Team, which won seven regional championships).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from the Samuel Whitbread Academy, located in Shefford, England, in 2017.
PERSONAL: Graduated in 2021 with a degree in psychology, and is now pursuing a master’s degree in dispute resolution ... Born in Stevenage, England ... Daughter of Matthew and Karen Dennis ... Has one sister, Emily ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because “it presents me with many opportunities to improve my golf as well as myself personally. It’s an amazing location and everyone is really friendly.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys taking pictures and visiting new places ... Lists her sports hero as Tiger Woods ... Favorites include Anna Nordqvist (pro golfer), Marquess at Woburn (golf course), First Man In by Ant Middleton (book), Mamma Mia (movie), Gossip Girl (TV show), Luke Combs (musical artist), pasta (food) and soccer and netball (sports other than golf) ... Favorite things about golf are “the idea of setting goals and being able to achieve them, meeting new people and traveling to play new courses.”
