2024 Quincy High School Hall of Fame Inductee: Zach Burry

Editor’s Note: Quincy High School will hold its Hall of Fame induction ceremony at approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday between games of the 53rd QHS Thanksgiving Tournament at Blue Devil Gym. Below is the biography used by the QHS Hall of Fame committee to honor one of this year’s inductees.

QUINCY — Zach Burry is one of just seven golfers in program history with two or more state medals.

As a junior, he tied for third at regionals with a 3-over 75 and took second at sectionals with a 2-over 74, leading the Blue Devils to a sectional title. He finished fifth at the Class AA state tournament with a 2-over 74. Rain forced the state tournament to be cut back to an 18-hole event.

As a senior, Burry won the Western Big 6 Conference individual championship with a 1-over 73 and finished second at regionals with a 1-over 72 as the Blue Devils won the title. He shot a 3-over 75 at sectionals to finish tied for fifth as the Blue Devils won the team title. QHS won nine consecutive tournament titles that season.

Burry finished tied for eighth at the Class 3A state tournament, shooting a 4-over 148, while helping the Blue Devils finish third in the team standings.

Burry played four years of college golf at Illinois State University, earning All-Missouri Valley Conference honors as a junior and a senior. As a senior in 2017-18, finished with a 72.9 stroke average and four top-five finishes in 12 events, including a tie for second place at the Missouri Tiger Invitational. As a junior, he finished third at the MVC Championships. As a sophomore, he won the Hoosier Invitational.

Burry won a Pepsi Little People’s Golf Championships title in 2013 and the Quincy Men’s City Golf Championship in 2016.

At QHS, Burry also played two years of varsity basketball. As a senior, he was a first-team All-WB6 and first-team all-area selection, leading the Blue Devils in scoring at 12.1 points per game.