Player: Leigha Devine

University: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Graduation Year: 2023
Area of Study: Sport Management
Soldier Honored: Damon LeGrand
Senior from the Centennial State … 2021 U.S. Women's Open qualifier ... 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Fall 2022 (Senior)
Finished 2nd at Rocket Classic (10/11)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week (9/21)
T-1 Finish at Badger Invitational (9/20)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week (9/21)
Picked up second top-5 finish in three events with 2nd-place at Rocket Classic, finishing one stroke behind first (10/10-11) ... Shot a 6-over 224 (70-81-73) to finish t-48 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (9/26-28) ... Finished t-1 at Badger Invitational for first-career win ... Set tournament 54-hole record with 7-under 209 (72-69-68) ... Also set career-best marks with 209 and final-round 4-under 68, while hitting her first-career hole-in-one on the 12th hole in the second round (9/18-20)
Spring 2022 (Junior): Averaged 75.5 over six events this spring … tied for 43rd (73-77-76) at the Big Ten Championship (4/22-24) … finished T-16th (75-70-74) at the Jackrabbit Invitational (3/14-15) … carded a 218 (74-70-74) to finish T-16th at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Collegiate (3/6-8) … earned a top-ten finish behind a 78-75-69 scorecard at Mercer’s Lake Oconee Invitational (2/18-20).
Fall 2021 (Junior): Led the team in scoring averaging 74.18 over 11 rounds in four events … totaled a two-over 218 card behind rounds of 71-75-72 at Denver’s Ron Moore Invitational and tied for 20th (10/8-10) … fired a career-best 69 (-3) and finished T-38th at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (9/27-29) … shot rounds of 79-74-78 at the Badger Invitational (9/19-21) … opened the season with a 219 (72-71-76) to tie for 11th at the Nittany Lion Invitational (9/4-5).
Spring 2021: 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten selection ... played in seven events for the Scarlet Knights, averaging 76.81 over 21 rounds … carded 76-74-81 (+15) at the Big Ten Championships (4/23-25) … posted best finish of the spring with T-9th (75-74-77) at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (3/29-30) … tied for 23rd after a 76-80-73 performance at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (3/14-16) … posted a 219 (73-72-74) to tie for 21st at the River Landing Classic (3/8-9) … opened the spring at Mercer’s Lake Oconee Invitational shooting 77-78-76 to tie for 28th (2/19-21).
Spring 2020: Posted an 80.83 average over two events … totaled 239 (81-79-79) and tied for 53rd at Mercer’s Lake Oconee Invitational (2/21-23) … carded a career-low round of 75 in the second round of the Texas State Invitational (2/10-11).
Fall 2019: Averaged 81.67 over 3 tournament rounds … made collegiate debut and finished T-55 (84-76-85) at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/19-20).
Scholastic: A 2019 graduate of Fossil Ridge HS in Fort Collins (Colo.) … team captain and four-year varsity letterwinner under head coach Andy Stevens … captured the individual regional championship as a senior and posted a 73.0 season stroke average … SaberCats won the 2019 5A state title and league crowns from 2017-19 … in 5A state tournament, tied for 5th in 2019 (74), tied for 3rd in 2018 (78-74), tied for ninth in 2017 (84-76) and tied for eighth in 2016 (79-77) … earned FRHS Most Spirited Student and Marketing Student of the Year in 2019 … served as DECA President … home club is Ptarmigan Country Club … won the Murphy Creek LGAC Tour in both 2018 (69) and 2019 (76-71).
Personal: Daughter of Mark and Cindy Devine … a sports management major ... father was captain of the Providence ice hockey team … has two brothers Garrett and Nolan … Garrett plays hockey for the Friars.