Hawkins Earns Gamer of the Week Honors

Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s female Gamer of the Week to freshman, Savannah Hawkins of the Hurricane High School golf team.

Savannah Hawkins started her high school career already as one of the top female golfers in West Virginia with capturing around 100 junior tournaments across the southeast.  This summer she won the Callaway Golf Junior Tour season finale shooting a 79 and was the tour player of the year for girls 15-18 age bracket.  Hawkins secured the Junior Match Play and the youngest player to win the Junior Amateur with impressive scores of 73 and 74.  She also recently placed 6th at the West Virginia Women’s State Amateur tournament.

Now midway through the high school season, Hawkins has had strong performances including a score of 75 at the Duke Ridgely Invitation to help Hurricane bring home 2nd place and earned All-Tournament honors.  Savannah finished 18th out of 105 golfers in the WVGA High School Invite at Bel Meadow Golf Club on August 21st.  On September 1st she placed 3rd in the West Virginia Girls’ Golf Invitational with an 81 and was named to the All-Tournament team.  Then the following day Hawkins helped lead the Redskins over the Winfield Generals in a dual match with a remarkable one over par on 9 holes.  

Assistant Coach, Courtney Dolin, remarked how lucky they are to have Savannah on their team. “She is just an absolute joy, players as talented as her are a rare sight,” commented Dolin.  “Savannah is a mature player and is always composed throughout the match regardless of the score,” Dolin stated.

Hawkins began playing golf when she was only seven and played in her first tournament when she was just nine years old.  “My dad is the biggest reason I started playing and has taught me everything I know about golf,” stated Savannah.  Her favorite part of the sport is the pressure and competition. Hawkins has her eyes on the future stating, “My goal is to make it to states this year and I want to continue to improve my scores.”  Following high school Savannah would like to continue her golf career at the collegiate level. 

Please look for other local high school athletes to be named in next week’s female Gamer of the Week Sponsored by Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc. and The Putnam Herald.

Hannah Adkins, MS, LAT, ATC and Revved Up Fitness Coach