Jackson Bussell

Blake Wisdom

/ Men's Golf

Photo by: Scott Flanders

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Weight:
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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lincolnshire, Ill.
High School:
Adlai E. Stevenson

Spring 2023: Averaged 73.9 in the spring and 73.3 for the full 2022-23 season ... career scoring average of 73.78 was second-best in team history, trailing only classmate Blake Wisdom (73.49) ... broke par five times in 16 rounds, with a low of 4-under 68 at the Loyola Intercollegiate at Palm Valley GC in Arizona ... shot 74-68-71 to finish T-17th ... shot 74-70 in a T-13th finish at the Wildcat Invitational at Lulu CC ... placed T-33rd at the Patriot League Championship (82-79-78) ... Fall 2022: Ranked second on the team with a 72.4 fall scoring average over 10 rounds ... shot 72-69-73 to finish 2-under for the tournament in a T-6th finish at Colgate's season-opening Alex Lagowitz Memorial ... shot 69-72-69 for an even-par 210 and a 12th-place finish at Yale's Macdonald Cup ... two-time Patriot League Player of the Week ... Spring 2022: Earned his first All-Patriot League medal with a T-6th finish at the Patriot League Championship at Steel Club ... bounced back from an opening-round 80 to finished with 73-68 ... 4-under 68 in the final round was tied for the low score of the championship, and it was the 5th-best round ever by a Bison at the Patriot League Championship ... finished with a 73.9 spring averaged and a team-best 73.2 for the full season ... carded a pair of 69s, at the Bucknell Veterans Intercollegiate at Orange County National and at the Abarta Coca-Cola Collegiate Invitational at Steel Club, where he finished T-5th (69-74) ... Fall 2021: Had a terrific fall, leading the team with a 72.5 average while winning his second career tournament ... shot 74-74-76 to win the Howard Bison Invitational ... led Bucknell to a team victory at Howard by one shot over William & Mary ... named Patriot League Golfer of the Week after that performance ... shot 74 or better in 11 of 12 rounds, including a 1-under 69 at the Bucknell Invitational ... finished T-7th (70-70-69) at Bucknell's home event ... Spring 2021: Second on the team with a 74.3 scoring average while playing in all seven events ... highlight of the season was his first collegiate victory, coming at the Battle at Rum Pointe ... shot 71-72 and defeated Iona's Justin Berkhamer with a birdie on the third playoff hole to claim the win ... also helped Bucknell to the team title at Rum Pointe ... 1-under 71 was his low round of the season in relation to par ... had an even-par 70 in the first round of the Wildcat Invitational ... shot 75 or better in 11 of his 14 rounds ... finished T-27th in his Patriot League Championship debut at Navy ... Fall 2020: No competitions due to COVID-19 ... Spring 2020: Played well at the Loyola Invitational, just before the season was halted in March due to COVID-19 ... shot 71-71-75 at the par-72 Palm Valley GC in a T-27th finish ... that lowered his full-season average to 74.8 ... Fall 2019: Enjoyed a productive debut season ... played in the first three events as an individual, and then made the five-man lineup for the final three ... averaged 75.3 in 15 rounds ... best round was a 1-under 70 at the Dartmouth Invitational ... shot 75 or better 10 times ... top finish was T-22nd at the Macdonald Cup ... Personal: Born June 1, 2001 in Berwyn, Ill. ... son of Gregory and Jennifer Bussell ... has an older sister, Katherine ... father was captain of the rugby team at Tufts ... four-year golf letterman and three-year team captain at Stevenson H.S. ... four-time all-conference honoree ... IHSA 3A state champion in 2017 ... All-State selection ... set a school record with five tournament wins ... October 2017 Chicago Tribune Athlete of the Month ... team finished second in the state in 2018, third in 2017 and 10th in 2015 ... led team to conference titles in 2015 and 2018 and a regional championship in 2016 ... also highly accomplished on the junior golf circuit ... was the low junior in the 2017 Illinois Open and 2018 CDGA Amateur ... played in the IMG Junior World Championship in 2015 ... Chick Evans Junior Amateur champion in 2017 and semifinalist in 2019 ... in summer of 2019 played in the U.S. Amateur qualifier at Mistwood and performed well with rounds of 77-71 ... finished T-26th in a field of 90 players, and his second-round 71, highlighted by three birdies in his final five holes ... helped raise over $9,000 for the Nicklaus Children's Health Foundation and was invited to Florida to have breakfast with Jack and Barbara Nicklaus and attend the Honda Classic ... majored in finance ... named to 2020, 2021, and 2023 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.