Jessica Negron
	Class: Junior Hometown: Ocala, FL High School: West Port High School Height: 5-5 Birthdate: 03/22/1991 Experience: 2 VL

On Negron: Finished in a tie for 45th place in the individual standings at the NCAA Division I Championship Finals...earned her spot in the championship finals as she finished in a tie for third place at the East Regional Championship to tie her collegiate best for an individual finish...finished at even par with a 216 score at the NCAA East Regional Championship - her best career score against par and the third best gross score of her career as a Seminole...was in a tie for first place in the individual standings of the NCAA East Regional Championship with a first round score of 69...earned East Regional All-American honors as voted on by the National Golf Coaches' Association of American (NGCA) in 2011...playing in her second career NCAA Championship as a Seminole after helping lead the Seminoles to a 10th place finish in the team standing at the 2010 NCAA Division I Championship finals at the Country Club of Landfall at Wilmington, N.C. as a freshman... finished in a tie for 21st place in the individual standings at the 2010 NCAA Championship finals...was the eighth highest finishing freshman in the nation in the event...the third highest finishing freshman from the ACC in the NCAA championship finals...has a personal a tradition of playing extremely well in the NCAA regionals and NCAA championship final...was in a tie for 10th place after the first round of the 2011 NCAA Championship finals after shooting an even par 72...was in a tie for first place in the individual standings after the first round of the 2011 NCAA East Regional after shooting a 69, was in a tie for eighth place following the first round after shooting a one over par 73 at the 2011 NCAA Central Regional Championship and was seventh place after one round at the 2010 NCAA Championship finals after carding a three under par 69...finished in a tie for third place in the individual standings at the 2011 NCAA East Regional, finished in a tie for 22nd in the individual standings at the 2010 NCAA Central Regional championships and finished in a tie for 21st place at the 2011 NCAA Championship finals...will lead Florida State as she will play in her single season career best 11th event of the year at the NCAA Division I Championship finals...was one of only two Seminoles who played in all 10 events leading up to the NCAA championship finals...her lowest single round score of 69 during her sophomore season was tied for the best single round score among all of her teammates...the Seminoles' third leading golfer in 2011 with a 75.72 stroke average in 29 rounds during 10 tournaments...the Seminoles' second leading golfer during her first season as a collegian with a 73.84 stroke average in 35 rounds during 12 events...counted nearly 82 percent of her rounds (24.5 of 30) to the Seminoles' team score as a sophomore...the Seminoles' leading finisher with a career best tied for third finish in leading Florida State to a second place finish at the Lady Gator Invitational during the spring of 2010...helped Florida State to a No. 14 ranking in the national standings, a 10th place finish in the NCAA Championship finals, a tied for sixth place finish in the NCAA Central Championship and a fourth place finishing in the ACC Championship in 2011...helped lead Florida State to three team championships during her first season as a Seminole - the University of Kentucky/Bettie Lou Evans Invitational during the fall of 2009, and the Pinehurst Challenge and the Bryan National Collegiate in the spring of 2010...displayed her promise early in her freshman season as she carded her career best single round score of 68 in the third round of the Cougar Classic in the fall of 2009 - the first event of her already successful Seminole career...her score of 68 in the third round of the fall 2009 Cougar Classic was the fourth best round of the 2009-10 Fall and Spring seasons for the only freshman in the Seminoles' starting line-up...top 36 hole scores (142) and three round tournament score (214) of her career came at the Lady Gator Invitational during the spring of 2010...tied her best career score if 142 for 36 holes in the first two rounds of the 2011 NCAA East Regional Championships...a powerful hitter and a strong putter...ranked among the top 10 on the Florida Junior Tour Scoreboard for the 2008-09 season...one of the highest ranking players from the State of Florida on the Top 100 Junior Scoreboard entering her first collegiate season at Florida State...enjoyed a successful junior golf career with four top three finishes in events around the state...her best finishes include second place at the FJT event at Juliette Falls, second place at Rio Pinar and a third place finish at the Brooksville Golf Club in 2009....finished in second place in the 2009 Florida Women's State Golf Association championship in 2008...helped the Seminoles win the Director's Cup for Community Service in 2010 - the eighth consecutive time the women's golf team has won the award...averages 75.26 strokes in 68 rounds during 23 tournaments entering her junior season of 2011-12.

Fall 2009: Immediately joined the Seminoles' starting lineup and helped Florida State to one team victory at the University of Kentucky/Bettie Lou Evans Invitational and two second place finishes at the Cougar Classic and the East A Peach Collegiate...earned three top 20 finishes with all three coming in the first three vents of her career...began her career with a strong outing at the Cougar Classic as she finished in 16th place with a two over par total of 218 in leading the Seminoles to a second place finish...her score of 68 in the third round of the Cougar Classic ranks as the best single round score of her career...was a total of 16 stokes over par in the first three events of her career...averaged 73.17 strokes in her first six rounds and carded nine of ten rounds at 76 or better...Florida State's third leading finisher in three of the Seminoles' four events during the fall season...averaged 74.70 strokes in 10 rounds during four events...

Spring 2010: A mainstay in the Seminoles line-up and helped Florida State shoot up the national standings and earn the first top 10 finish in the NCAA Championship finals in school history...the Seminoles' second highest finisher (tied for 21st place) in the NCAA Championship finals as Florida State finished in 10th place in the finals standing in the event...helped the Seminoles to team victories at the Pinehurst Challenge and the Bryan National Collegiate...in winning the Bryan National Collegiate, the Seminoles defeated seven teams ranked ahead of them in the national rankings...earned one top five, two top 15 and six top 25 finishes in during the spring season...closed her inaugural collegiate season with four consecutive top 25 finishes with top 25 finishes coming in the three most important finishes of the year - the ACC Championship (tied for 25th), the NCAA Central Regional championship (tied for 22nd) and the NCAA Championship finals (tied for 21st)...burst on to the national scene in a big way at the NCAA Championship finals at the Country Club of Landfall at Wilmington, N.C...was the early leader and a media darling in finishing in the first round in seventh place with a three under par 69 in the first round of the championship...played in the morning wave and was considered to have played one of the top rounds on the first day of the tournament...with two scores under par and all four scores below 76 she kept herself in the top 25 of the individual standings throughout the four-round, 72 hole event...her progression in the NCAA Championship finals: first round (seventh place individual, tied for sixth team), second round (tied for 18th place individual, tied for 11th place team), third round (tied for 10th individual, tied for ninth team), final round (tied for 21st place individual, 10th place team)...helped the Seminoles finish in a tie for sixth place at the NCAA Central Regional Championship with a tied for 22nd place individual finish...her finish helped the Seminoles advance to the NCAA Championship finals for the first time since the 2006 season...played the best tournament of her career with a career best tied for third place finish and three round tournament score of 218 in the Lady Gator Invitational...with scores of 69 and 73 in the first two rounds of the Lady Gator Invitational, she was in a tied for second place in the individual standings and had led the Seminoles to a first place standing in the team standings after the first 36 holes of the event....her 36-hole score of 142 and her three round tournament score of 214 rank as the best of her career...carded a 73 in the first round of the NCAA Central Regional championship as was in a tie for eighth place in the individual standings after the first round of three round event...was in a tie for 14th place in the individual standings after the second round and finished in a tied for 22nd place as the Seminoles advanced out the regional championship...a top 25 individual finish in leading the Seminoles to a fourth place finish in her first career ACC Championship...back to back score of 75 in the first two rounds of the event allowed to sit in a tie for 16th place in the individual standings...finished in a tie for 12th place in the individual standings in helping Florida State to the team championship at the Pinehurst Invitational...after a first round 78, she closed with scores of 74 and 73 (147 total) to move from a tie for 31st after two rounds into a tie for 12th in the final standings...all five Seminoles finished in the top 12 of the individual standings as Florida State won the team championship in the prestigious event...season best four strokes over par at the Lady Gator and the NCAA Championship finals...averaged 74.88 strokes in 25 events during eight events during one of the top seasons in school history by a freshman and the Seminoles as a team...

Fall 2010: Played as a member of the Seminoles' starting line-up in all three events and helped the team to a sixth place finish at the season opening Cougar Classic...finished in a tie for 21st place in the individual standings at the Cougar Classic with three scores of 75 or better and a tournament stroke average of 73.67...her score of plus five strokes over par in the Cougar Classic was the second best score vs. par of her sophomore season...played well at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational in the second and third rounds with scores of 70 and 69 but was disqualified for playing an incorrect ball in the first round of the event...her score of 69 in the third round tied the best single round score of her sophomore season...two sub-75 scores of 73 and 74 in the first and third rounds of the Landfall Tradition...ranked second on the team in stroke average while leading the team in rounds scored at par or better (four) rounds scored at 75 or better (seven) and low score for a single round (69)...averaged a career-low 73.50 strokes in eight rounds during three tournaments...

Spring 2011: Earned East Regional All-American honors as voted on by the National Golf Coaches' Association of American (NGCA)...Finished in a tie for 45th place in the individual standings of the NCAA Division I Championship finals...Negron carded scores of 72-79-77-73 to finish in the top 45 of the individual standings and fifth among the six individuals who competed in the event...she carded 10 birdies over the course of her 72 holes played in the championship...during her two best rounds - an even par 72 in the first round and a one over par 73 in the fourth round - she totaled seven birdies and was never more than three strokes over par in either round... shot an even par 72 and was in a tie for 10th place after the first round... was among the leaders throughout the first round was one of only 22 golfers in the field who shot par or better golf in the first round... enjoyed a solid first day as she carded 15 holes at par or better with three birdies...She carded two consecutive birdies on holes No. three and four and quickly moved under par for majority of the reminder of the round. Negron carded 10 consecutive holes of stellar golf with two birdies and eight holes at par in the middle of her round to keep herself near the top of the leader board...qualified to play as an individual as she finished in a tie for third place in the individual standings in the NCAA East Regional Championships on the Legends Course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla...was the highest ranking individual not on one of the top eight teams in the team standings to advance as one of two individuals for the championship finals from the East Regional Championship...was in a tie for first place after her first round score of 69, in a tie for third place with a 36 hole total of 142 and in a tie for third place in the final standings with an even par score of 216...was one of only five players in the individual race that finished the event at or below par on the course annually utilized for Qualifying School for the LPGA Tour...helped Florida State to a national ranking as high as 28th by Golfstat...totaled two top 10 finishes - a tie for 10th at the Kinderlou Forest Challenge and a tie for third place at the NCAA East Regional Championships - to rank third on the team with two top 10 individual finishes during the spring season...earned the best individual ACC Championship finish of her career as she finished in a tie for 11th place in leading Florida State to a fifth place finish in the conference championship...was in a tie for seventh place after the first round of the ACC Championship after carding a one over par 73...averaged 76.32 strokes in 25 rounds during eight tournaments...

Before Florida State: Graduated from West Port High School in 2009...the most decorated student-athlete in West Port history... qualified for and made the cut at the Callaway Junior World Championships in 2008...named the 2009 Girls Player of the Year by the Ocala Star-Banner...played in the FHSSSA state championship finals in both 2007 and 2008...finished in second place in the 2008 regional championship to qualify for the state championship...averaged 32.4 strokes and qualified for the state championship tournament during the fall of 2008...the 2007 Marion County Champion.

Personal: Born March 22, 1991...Jessica is the daughter of Adelinda and Rigoberto Negron...a member of the National Honor Society who graduated in the top 10 percent of her high school class with a 3.8 grade point average...is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and loves to swim...hopes one day to become a professional golfer and wants to own and manage her own golf resort...has a tremendous work ethic...chose Florida State over UCF and several Big Ten schools...major is international affairs...

Negron at Florida State

Fall 2009

Spring 2010

Fall 2010

Spring 2011

Jessica Negron By The Numbers

• Round: 68 (Cougar Classic, Fall 2009)
• 36 Holes: 142 (Lady Gator Invitational, Spring 2010), (NCAA East Regional Championship, Spring 2011)
• Tournament: 214 (Lady Gator Invitational, Spring 2010)
• Best Finish: T3 (Lady Gator Invitational, Spring 2010), (NCAA East Regional, Spring 2011)

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