Jayla Sims
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- Birth Date:
- 05/08/1999
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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Hometown:
- Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Soddy Daisy High School
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- Major:
- Biology/Biochemistry
Bio
2019-20: Was tabbed a started for all seven of C-N's events on the season, holding a 77.8 scoring average... Picked up a trio of top 20 finishes, her highest placement being a tie for 12th which she achieved twice... Best showing came at the Winthrop Fall Invitational, finishing with a six-over 150... Carded a season-best single round of 73 at Winthrop.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| UIndy Fall Invitational | 09/09-10/2019 | 3 | 78-74-85=237 | +21 | t-42nd/85 | 43-41 |
| State Farm Intercollegiate | 09/16-17/2019 | 2 | 77-78=155 | +11 | t-16th/45 | 29-15 |
| Winthrop Fall Invitational | 10/07/2019 | 2 | 77-73=150 | +6 | t-12th/52 | 40-11 |
| Music City Invitational | 10/14-15/2019 | 2 | 75-76=151 | +7 | t-12th/72 | 60-11 |
| Flagler Fall Slam | 10/21-22/2019 | 2 | -4--4=0 | E | 0-0 | |
| ont Resort | 02/24-25/2020 | 2 | 74-82=156 | +12 | 33rd/87 | 54-32 |
| Low Country Invitational | 03/02-03/2020 | 2 | 82-81=163 | +21 | t-43rd/77 | 34-42 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 13 | 1012 Avg. 77.8 | +6 | - | 260-152 |
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2018-19: Competed in eight events, all of those being a part of the starting lineup... Carded a career-low 72 twice in her sophomore campaign... Recorded a pair of top-10 finishes... Tied for sixth at the King University Invitational with a nine-over 151.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| UINDY Fall Invitational | 09/10-11/2018 | 3 | 72-79-78=229 | +13 | t-34th/85 | 51-33 |
| King University Invitational | 09/24-25/2018 | 2 | 77-74=151 | +9 | t-6th/38 | 32-5 |
| 2018 Music City Invitational | 10/22-23/2018 | 2 | 78-78=156 | +12 | t-20th/104 | 84-19 |
| Jekyll-O-Lantern Intercollegiate | 10/29-30/2018 | 2 | 80-80=160 | +16 | t-35th/82 | 47-34 |
| 2019 Women's Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate | 02/11-12/2019 | 2 | 85-80=165 | +21 | 41st/63 | 22-40 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 03/17-19/2019 | 3 | 79-81-77=237 | +24 | t-32nd/73 | 41-31 |
| Sunoco/Campbell Oil Classic | 03/25-26/2019 | 3 | 72-73-79=224 | +8 | t-7th/76 | 69-6 |
| SAC Championship | 04/07-09/2019 | 3 | 79-77-81=237 | +21 | t-29th/55 | 26-28 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 20 | 1559 Avg. 78.0 | +6 | - | 372-196 |
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2017-18: Played in seven events for the Eagles as a freshman with six of those being team roster appearances... Opened her career with a tie for 12th at the King University Invitational as an individual, the first of her three top-20 finishes... Lowest score in 18-holes of play was a 73 in the second round of the Patsy Rendleman Invitational.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| King University Invitational | 09/25-26/2017 | 2 | 80-79=159 | +17 | t-12th/45 | 33-11 |
| Patsy Rendleman Invitational | 10/09-10/2017 | 2 | 83-73=156 | +12 | t-35th/90 | 55-34 |
| Trevecca Music City Invitational | 10/23-24/2017 | 2 | 76-80=156 | +12 | t-17th/88 | 71-16 |
| CBU Super Regional Preview | 10/30-31/2017 | 3 | 82-78-81=241 | +25 | t-19th/45 | 26-18 |
| Women's Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate | 02/26-27/2018 | 2 | 77-85=162 | +20 | t-33rd/54 | 21-32 |
| Sunoco Campbell Oil Classic | 03/26-27/2018 | 3 | 82-76-82=240 | +24 | t-24th/60 | 36-23 |
| 2018 SAC Women's Golf Championship | 04/15-17/2018 | 3 | 84-81-83=248 | +32 | 26th/55 | 29-25 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 17 | 1362 Avg. 80.1 | +8 | - | 271-159 | |
High School: Finished as the low or second-low medalist in all district matches in 2017... Placed second in 2016 District 5-AAA Tournament and Region 3-AAA Tournament... Competed in the TSSAA Class AAA State Tournament in 2015 and 2016... Took part in the Tennessee Women's Amateur Championship in 2015 and 2016... Played in the Tennessee Girl's Junior Amateur Championship in 2016... Named Best of Preps for 2016... Served as team captain 2015-2016... Team MVP 2015-2016... Played on the Trojans basketball team as a freshman and sophomore... Member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and Student Government Association... Tennessee Valley/North Georgia Athletic Scholar of the Week.
Personal: Daughter of Jeremy and Johna Sims... Mother played softball at Chattanooga State... Born May 8, 1999... Studying biology and biochemistry.
News mentions
BLUFFTON, S.C. – For a second-straight round, Carson-Newman carded a 315 to take a seventh-place finish with a 62-over showing at the Low Country Invitational on Tuesday.
BLUFFTON, S.C. – A three-over day from Rachel Watts (Newport, Tenn.) led Carson-Newman in a 31-over effort through Monday’s round at the Low Country Invitational to sit at sixth by the end of the day.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. -- Carson-Newman gears up for the second of back-to-back weeks of event play by heading back to the Hilton Head Island area for the third-annual Low Country Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at the Crescent Pointe Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Despite shooting seven shots higher than where it went into the clubhouse after the first round, Carson-Newman notched a second-place finish at the Battle at Hilton Head from the Palmetto Dunes Resort on Tuesday.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Matilda Frövenholt (Öjersjö, Sweden) paced Carson-Newman to a tie for fifth through the first day with a share of sixth at one-over through the first round of the Battle at Hilton Head on Monday at the Palmetto Dunes Resort.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The spring slate starts up a tad later than usual for Carson-Newman as it traverses this week to the Battle at Hilton Head at the Palmetto Dunes’ Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Golf Course in Hilton Head, S.C.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A fifth-place showing for Maeve Cummins (Waringstown, Northern Ireland) highlighted No. 24 Carson-Newman’s time at the 17th Annual Flagler Fall Slam as the Eagles wrapped up their fall slate with a 13th-place finish.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The fall slate comes to an end for No. 24 Carson-Newman this week as it heads to the 17th Annual Flagler Fall Slam at the Marsh Creek Country Club in St. Augustine, Fla.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Rachel Watts (Newport, Tenn.) used a three-under day that took her up to third-place on the leaderboard to help No. 24 Carson-Newman pick up a second-place finish at the Women’s Music City Invitational on Tuesday.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A 13-over day for No. 24 Carson-Newman placed it at third on the leaderboard by the end of the first round, but it was individual Matilda Frövenholt (Öjersjö, Sweden) who paced the entire Orange and Blue crew by sitting in a tie for fourth through the first round of the Women's Music City Invitational at the Old Fort Golf Club on Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The three-week sequence of tournaments for No. 24 Carson-Newman rolls on as the Eagles search for a third-straight top-five finish on the season with a journey west on I-40 to the Women’s Music City Invitational, hosted by Trevecca Nazarene, at the Old Fort Golf Club in Murfreesboro, Tenn. this week.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Three Eagles found themselves separated by a total of three shots within the top 20 to help No. 24 Carson-Newman to a fifth-place finish at the Winthrop Invitational on Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – With a nearly three-week respite from tournament play behind it, No. 24 Carson-Newman now gears up for three-straight weeks of competition, beginning with a trip to the Waterford Golf Club in Rock Hill, S.C. for the Winthrop Invitational on Monday.
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – No. 25 Carson-Newman used a six-shot improvement on Tuesday from the first round to close out the State Farm Intercollegiate with a third-place finish on Tuesday at the Woodlake Golf Club.
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – With Maeve Cummins (Waringstown, Northern Ireland) holding a share of the lead through the first 18 holes of play on a round of 70, No. 25 Carson-Newman sits in third through Monday’s first day of the State Farm Intercollegiate at the Woodlake Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Just days removed from its season opener at the UINDY Invitational, No. 25 Carson-Newman now sets its sights on a short trip to nearby Tazewell, Tenn. for the State Farm Intercollegiate/South Atlantic Conference Championship Preview this Monday and Tuesday at the Woodlake Golf Club.
CARMEL, Ind. – No. 25 Carson-Newman shot its highest round of the week on Tuesday at 29-over, moving it to a ninth-place finish at the UINDY Invitational.
CARMEL, Ind. – Maeve Cummins (Waringstown, Northern Ireland) used a four-over day to pace No. 25 Carson-Newman into an eighth-place spot through the first two rounds at the UINDY Invitational on Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The start of the 2019-20 campaign has arrived for No. 25 Carson-Newman and takes the group to Carmel, Ind. for the fifth-annual UINDY Fall Invitational on Monday and Tuesday.
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