Spearfish, SD – Head golf coach Kelly Welker has announced the addition of Jade Burr to the Black Hills State University golf team.
 
Burr joins the Yellow Jackets from Dakota Wesleyan University where she played from 2018-919
 
"We are very excited to welcome local student-athlete Jade Burr to our program," said Welker. "She is a talented player and all-around athlete that has had proven success at the high school and college level when she was at Dakota Wesleyan. Jade's ability to play under pressure, as well as having a year of experience at the college level, will help our team tremendously. She will make an immediate impact on our program."

During Burr's time at DWU, she finished second at the GPAC tournament, helped her team to an overall second place finish, and was named to the All-GPAC women's golf team.

Burr hails from Belle Fourche, SD where she had a successful prep career. The six year letter winner also qualified for state all six years of her career from 2013-2018 and was named to the all-state-tournament team in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Her highest finish at the state meet was second in her junior year. She also picked up a third place finish her senior year, fifth her freshman year and seventh while she was in eighth grade. In 2018 she led her team to a state title.
 
The three-time co-captain, one time solo captain was the Region 4A runner up in 2014 and 2015 and took the title in 2016. She helped her team to two regional titles in 2014 and 2018.
 
At the conference level, Burr was the BHC runner up in 2014, 2015, and 2017. She nagged the conference title in 2018. She also led her team to two conference titles in 2013 and 2018.
 
She also competed in Basketball where she was a four-year letter winner, and her team was the BHC champions in 2018. Her team also earned a ticket to the state meet in 2016 where they finished sixth.