Sophia Burnett

AWARDS/HONORS

• Second Team All-SEC (2025)
• CoSida At-Large Academic All-District (2025)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
• SoCon Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)
• 2023 WSCGA Amateur Champion
• 6-5-1 career record in match play

2024-25 (GRADUATE)

• Put together the best season of her career and became a key cog in the team’s five-player lineup ; finished outside the top-30 just twice in 11 stroke play starts
• Earned Second Team All-SEC honors after logging a 73.21 scoring average with four top-20 finishes, three top-10s and a pair of top-fives
• Helped the team to four wins including the program’s second SEC Championship (first since 2002) and sixth NCAA Regional title (first since 2017) ; team finished No. 6 in the final Clippd rankings ; finished No. 83 in the Clippd player rankings
• Finished T-54^th at the NCAA Championship (May 16-19) with a 72-hole score of 298 (+10) ; fired scores of 77-72-72-77 in helping the Gamecocks finish T-10^th with LSU
• T-9^th as the team won the NCAA Charlottesville Regional (May 5-7) ; posted a 54-hole total of 215 (+2) with scores of 72-72-71
• T-23^rd in the stroke play portion of the SEC Championship (April 14-16) helping the Gamecocks earn the No. 1 seed for match play ; shot 212 (+2) and tied career-low 54-hole total with scores of 68-74-70 ; went 2-1 in her matches and provided the decisive third point in the semifinals with a 1-up win in 21 holes over Ole Miss’ Filippa Sundquist
• Competed as an individual at the ECU Ironwood Invitational (March 31-April 1) and T-4^th with a 54-hole score of 217 (+1) ; shot 71-75-71
• T-15^th at the first tournament of the spring at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 2-4) ; shot 215 (+2) with a final round 69 (-2)
• Competed as an individual at the Landfall Tradition (Oct. 25-27) and had the best finishing of her Gamecock career taking solo third ; first a career-best, 54-hole score of 212 (-4) shooting 68-67-77 at Country Club of Landfall
• Qualified for the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Southern Hills over the summer thanks to a 68 (-3) on her birthday at Country Club of Salisbury ; earned one of the three qualifying spots that were up for grabs

2023-24 (REDSHIRT SENIOR) 

• Saw action in five events, all in the spring, registering a 76.14 scoring average ; went 3-2-1 in match play events
• Was subbed into the lineup for the final two rounds of the NCAA Auburn Regional (May 6-8) ; was a counting score both times with a 73 (+1) and 74 (+2) that helped propel the team to its fourth straight NCAA Championship
• Went 2-0-1 helping lead the team to its fourth win of the season at the inaugural Old Barnwell Deby Matchplay (Match 25-26) ; defeated Duke’s Phoebe Brinker 5&4 in the title bout
• T-39^th at the Valspar Augusta Invitational (March 8-10) with a season-low score of 221 (+5) after shooting 74-73-74
• T-32nd at the San Diego State Classic (Feb. 12-13), helping lead the team to its second straight win to start the spring
• Made her lineup debut at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 3-5) ; dropped her opening two matches but defeated Wake Forest’s Mimi Rhodes, 4&2, in the semifinals ; the team went on to win on tiebreak criteria after the championship match with Texas was cancelled due to heavy rain in the area
• Finished fourth at the South Carolina Women’s Open (Aug. 11-13) ; shot 210 (-3) with a final round 67 (-4)
• Won the WSCGA Amateur Championship (June 12-14) in Fripp Island ; shot 218 (+2) to win by a shot over Raegan Propes from the College of Charleston

2022-23 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)

• Sat out from collegiate competition after transferring in from Furman
• Played in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball (May 13-15) with sister Camila as teammate ; duo T-28^th in stroke play with 36-hole total of 141 (-3) at The Home Course in Dupont, Wash. ; fell 1-up in the round of the 32 in match play

PRIOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA

• Spent two seasons at Furman (2020-22)
• Played in 16 tournaments for the Paladins, recording a 75.40 scoring average in 47 rounds played ; had four top-20s and three top-10s including a pair top-five finishes – all coming in the 2021-22 season
• Finished T-10^th at the 2022 NCAA Stillwater Regional ; shot 219 (+3) on a difficult layout at Karsten Creek with a final round 71 (-1)
• Had a career-best fourth place finish at the 2022 SoCon Championship ; shot 221 (+5) with an opening round 70 (-2)
• Logged a career-best, 54-hole score at the Lady Paladin Invitational in the fall of 2021 ; shot 214 (-2) to take solo fifth ; fired an 18-hole, career-best score of 67 (-5) in round two
• Saw action in five events as a true freshman during the 2020-21 season at Furman
• Top ranked golfer in the state of South Carolina (35^th nationally) coming out of high school
• Attended Hilton Head Prep and helped lead the team to three-straight state titles
• Two-time AAA all-state selection
• Recipient of the Hilton Head Junior Golf Association’s Sportsmanship of the Year Award
• Played in the 2018 U.S. Junior Girls Championship
• 2016 Drive, Chip and Putt finalist at Augusta National

PERSONAL

• Born on July 3, 2002
• Political science major
• Member of the National Honor Society in high school
• Has volunteered on numerous occasions at the PGA TOUR’s RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links, which takes place every April the week after The Masters