Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU: 4-year returning letterwinner....2020-21 and 2019-20 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar....Part of the university's Honor Program....Team MVP for 2019-20....Played all 7 events during the shortened 2019-20 season.....Led the team with a 74.15 stroke average....6 rounds of par of better....Career-low 66 during opening round of the 2020 Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate....Pair of Top-10 finishes (including season-best T-9th place showing at 2020 The Invitational at Savannah Harbor)....76.15 career stroke average for 52 rounds....Competed in 5 of 11 tournaments as a sophomore....Best finish was T-34th at 2019 ECU Intercollegiate with a 230 (+14) score....Played in 6 of 11 tournaments as a freshman....Best finish was T-45th at 2017 The Battle at Stono Ferry with a 224 (+8) score for 54 holes....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society.....Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll 2018, 2019....2020-21 FMU Swamp Fox Academic Award....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2017 (fall), 2018 (spring, fall), 2019 (spring, fall), 2020 (spring, fall), 2021 (spring).

PERSONAL: 

• Born John Andrew Burghardt in Oakville, Ontario, Canada
• A graduate of St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School
• Nickname is Johnny
• A member of the FMU Honors Program
• A member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• A member of the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society

PERSONAL FAVORITES: 

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Pilot, Astronaut, Pro Hockey Player, Lawyer, Engineer, Formula 1 driver, Inventor
• Favorite Superhero: Batman
• Favorite Athlete: Tiger Woods
• Favorite Sports Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
• Favorite Food: Pizza
• Favorite Vacation Spot: Mark Goodall’s Pinehurst Residence  
• Instagram Account: jburghardt98
• Your Motivation Music: Anything but country 
• Favorite Thing About FMU: MU: The new fountain by the library 
• Favorite Off-Field Activity: Playing guitar
• Goals for Upcoming Season: Win an event and have at least two other Top-10 finishes 
• Why you chose your sport: My Grandpa got me into it when I was very young
• The biggest mental challenge to improving faster: It’s just really hard
• Brush With Greatness: Pretty sure I have the world record in wii golf

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