ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Heather Burgner
Senior, Florida Southern

In 2007-08, Heather was an NGCA First Team All-American, NGCA First Team All-South Region, First Team All-Sunshine State Conference, SSC All-Tournament Team, Florida Southern College Female Athlete-of-the-Year and Florida Southern’s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. She begins her senior year ranked third in Moccasins’ history with a career stroke average of 76.14 and set a school record with her 74.80 stroke average. Heather finished as the national runner-up, four strokes behind Joanna Coe of Rollins and led the nation in par-3 scoring (3.14), was second in par-4 scoring (4.23) and fifth in par-5 scoring (4.99). She also led the nation in percentage of fairways hit (.861), was second in greens in regulation and ranked second in total short game behind only teammate Kim Ulander. In 2006-07, Heather was an NGCA First Team All-American, Sunshine State Conference All-Tournament Team and Florida Southern’s Most Valuable Player.

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