Alumni: M Club Welcomes Marissa Steen to the 2023 Hall of Fame Class!
- Updated: January 12, 2024
Firebird Nation congratulates Marissa Steen (2008 alumni) on her Hall of Fame nod. Steen has always put family, friends, and community before herself. She continues to work daily on her professional career and we couldn’t think of anyone more derserving. Thank you, Marissa, for showing our students and community what being a Firebird is all about. #WestPride
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Marissa Steen
Women’s Golf | 2008-12
Steen lettered for the Memphis Tigers from 2008-12. She holds the single-season scoring record of 73.97 strokes/round, which was set in the 2010-11 season, to go along with six career individual tournament victories during her time as a Tiger. In 2010, she was an All-Conference USA Second Team selection. In 2011, she was the Conference USA Championship Runner-up and selected to the Conference USA All-Tournament Team. She was a five-time CUSA Golfer of the Week, a three-time C-USA All-Academic Team selection (2010, 2011, and 2012), a four-time NGCA All-American Scholar (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012), the 2012 Conference USA Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, CUSA Academic Medalist, and CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll. As a professional, she has three career wins and was the 2014 Symetra Tour Player of the Year. In 2014, she became the ninth player in Symetra Tour history to win three times in a single season, qualified for the 2014 US Women’s Open, and became the first University of Memphis graduate to play on the LPGA Tour.
