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:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Soddy Daisy High School
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- Major:
- Biology/Biochemistry
Bio
2020-21: Started in two events in her senior season... Averaged an 80.7 scoring clip in seven rounds of action... Notched one top 20 finish in the campaign with a share of seventh at the Agnes McAmis Memorial... Posted a season-low 77 in the opening round of the Battle at Hilton Head.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
| ont Resort | 02/22-02/23, 2021 | 2 | 77-86=163 | +19 | 25th/72 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 3/14-16/2021 | 3 | 79-80-83=242 | +29 | 39th/64 |
| Agnes McAmis Memorial | 03/22-23/2021 | 2 | 80-80=160 | +16 | t-7th/40 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 7 | 565 Avg. 80.7 | +9 | - |
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2019-20: Was tabbed a starter 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
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – A six-shot improvement on Tuesday left No. 21/25 Carson-Newman one shot shy of a top-five finish, locking down sixth-place with an 86-over 938 total at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Despite shooting eight shots higher than in its opening round, No. 21/25 Carson-Newman moved up one spot into a tie for sixth at 60-over through 36 holes of the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at the Sevierville Golf Club.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – No. 21/25 Carson-Newman was 26-over in an opening round that was marred by bogeys, leaving it at seventh-place through day one of the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate on Sunday from the Sevierville Golf Club's Highlands Course.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The midway point of No. 21 Carson-Newman’s spring slate keeps the team close to home this week for the Eighth Annual Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at the Highlands Course of the Sevierville Golf Club.
HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Carson-Newman used a five-shot improvement in Tuesday’s final round to go wire-to-wire at the top of the leaderboard at the Battle at Hilton Head with every Eagle finishing in the top 25 of the field.
HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Carson-Newman gained its best start to the spring in team history on Monday as it went into the clubhouse at the top of the leaderboard with Maeve Cummins (Waringstown, Northern Ireland) also sitting in first through the first round of the Battle at Hilton Head.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – After 335 days away from tournament action because of the global pandemic, Carson-Newman prepares to open the 2021 season with a trip to the Battle at Hilton Head on Monday and Tuesday at the Palmetto Dunes' Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
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