Allyson Dunn
Allyson Dunn
Height: 5-3
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Kingsport, Tenn.
High School: Sullivan South HS
Major: Biology
Previous School: East Tennessee State

In Fall 2015 (Sophomore): Dunn competed in all six fall events, totaling 15 rounds of action… recorded the second-lowest single round score in program history with a 69 in the second round of the Murray State Invitational (Sept. 14-15)… finished a season-best tied for fourth and took home her first career All-Tournament honors at the event after tallying an overall score of 81-69=150… posted a season-low 226 at the GolfWeek Program Challenge (Sept. 6-8) and again at The Fall Invitational (Oct. 5-6)… helped break the program’s 18-hole scoring record with a team score of 290 in the first round of The Fall Invitational… also helped shatter the 54-hole scoring mark with a final team total of 888 at The Fall Invitational… gathered a top-10 finish at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate (Oct. 12-13), finishing with a 75-79=155 overall… ended the fall with a 76.20 scoring average, ranking second on the team.

In Spring 2015 (Freshman – East Tennessee State): Dunn participated in each of the team’s five events, completing 15 rounds of play… tied for 37th overall with an 82-80-76=238 at the Southern Conference Championships (Apr. 12-14)… tied her season-low single-round score of 74 at the 3M Jaguar Intercollegiate (Mar. 13-15)… concluded her freshman campaign with a 78.9 scoring mark.

In Fall 2014 (Freshman – East Tennessee State): Dunn competed in all four fall events as a true freshman, totaling 12 rounds of play… posted a season-low 76-74-79=229 at the Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 26-28), tying for 39th individually… collected her single-round low of the year twice in the fall, once at the Palmetto Intercollegiate and once at the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19)… wrapped up the fall with a scoring average of 78.58.

High School: Dunn was a perfect 4.0 student at Sullivan South High School, lettering for four years as a starter on the varsity women’s golf team… took home All-Conference honors each season, capturing two individual conference championships and earning All-State accolades three times… as a senior, captured the Big 8 Conference title after firing off a school-record 68… tabbed All-District three times, All-Region three times and earned Big 8 Conference Player of the Year twice… led SSHS to TSSAA DT A/AA state title in 2013 and third-place finishes in 2011 and 2012… finished in the Top 6 individually at the state tournament three times… placed fourth at the Tennessee Girls Junior Amateur in 2014, firing the only sub-par score of the event with a 70 in the third round… earned a second-place finish at the same event one year earlier… was the 2013 low junior medalist in the Tennessee Women’s Amateur… placed second in the Jim Walling Memorial State Invitational... in 2013, won the AJGA Qualifier and earned a top-five finish in the AJFA Huntsville Junior tournament.

Personal: Daughter of Marc and Marty… born June 25, 1996… full name is Allyson Makenzie Dunn… captured the 83rd Tennessee Women’s Amateur Championship in the summer of 2015.

Academic: Majoring in biology with a concentration in cellular and molecular biology… named to the Dean’s List both semesters at ETSU… part of the Alpha Lambda Delta National Academic Honor Society and the Sigma Alpha Pi National Society of Leadership and Success… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll once.

Honors & Awards:

  • 2015 Murray State Invitational All-Tournament Team