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Leigha Devine
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Windsor, Colo.
- High School:
- Fossil Ridge HS
- Major:
- Sport Management
- World Amateur Golf Ranking: 653
- Big Ten All-Championship Team
- T-1 Finish at 2022 Badger Invitational (9/20/2022)
- Big Ten Golfer of the Week (9/21/2022)
- Finished 2nd at 2022 Rocket Classic (10/11/2022)
- Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar
- Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Two-time Academic All-Big Ten
- 2021 US Women's Open qualifier
Spring 2024 (Graduate): averaged 72.19 over 27 rounds this spring … lead the team to the National Golf Invitational title behind rounds of 71-73-72 and a 4th place finish (5/10-12) … earned her second consecutive top-10 finish at the Big Ten Championship after posting rounds of 73-71-71 (4/19-21) … finished T-14th at Ohio State with rounds of 72-75-76 (4/13-14) … earned 2nd place after carding a two-under 214 (70-71-73) at the Fresno State Classic (3/25-26) … climbed to T-6th at the Westbrook Invitational after rounds of 72-65-68 to finish eleven-under (2/25-26).
Fall 2023 (Graduate): earned best finish of the fall with rounds of 72-77-73 to tie for 11th at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/21-22) … tied for 42nd at the Molly Collegiate Invitational after a final round of 71 (9/24-25) … opened the season with a top-20 finish (72-78-69) at Purdue’s Boilermaker Classic (9/4-5).
Spring 2023 (Senior): Received Academic All-Big Ten honors ... named to Big Ten All-Championship Team ... 5th-place finish at Big Ten Championships, the best finish in program history at the event ... registered third top-3 finish of the season in first event of the spring, finishing in 3rd place at the Tulane Classic (2/12-14).
Fall 2023 (Graduate): earned best finish of the fall with rounds of 72-77-73 to tie for 11th at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational (10/21-22) … tied for 42nd at the Molly Collegiate Invitational after a final round of 71 (9/24-25) … opened the season with a top-20 finish (72-78-69) at Purdue’s Boilermaker Classic (9/4-5).
Spring 2023 (Senior): Received Academic All-Big Ten honors ... named to Big Ten All-Championship Team ... 5th-place finish at Big Ten Championships, the best finish in program history at the event ... registered third top-3 finish of the season in first event of the spring, finishing in 3rd place at the Tulane Classic (2/12-14).
Fall 2022 (Senior)
- 2nd place finish at Rocket Classic (10/11)
- Big Ten Golfer of the Week (9/21)
- T-1 Finish at Badger Invitational (9/20)
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)
Spring 2022 (Junior)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- WGCA All-American Scholar
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 (Sophomore)
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 (Sophomore)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- WGCA All-American Scholar
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 (Freshman): 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 (Freshman): 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.
Career Statistics
Spring 2020 (Freshman): 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 (Freshman): 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.
Career Statistics
| Year | Scoring Average | Rounds | Tournaments | Low Round | National Rank | WAGR | Wins | Top 5 Finishes | Top 10 Finishes | Top 20 Finishes |
| 81.11 | 9 | 3 | 75 | 1382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 76.81 | 21 | 7 | 72 | 648 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 75.00 | 29 | 10 | 69 | 361 | 612 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 73.47 | 30 | 10 | 68 | 238 | 590 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 73.05 | 42 | 14 | 65 | 280 | 653 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| CAREER | 74.73 | 131 | 44 | 65 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
Know Your Knights: Leigha Devine
| Nickname: | Lee-HA |
| One word to describe Coach Williams: | Wise |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: | John Libro (wrestling) |
| Best player ever competed against: | Dillon Stewart (Oklahoma State) |
| I chose my major because: | In my future I want to represent professional athletes. |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: | My dorm |
| The person I most admire is and why: | My mother, she is such an independent and caring human. |
| If I wasn’t playing golf, I’d be: | Playing another sport :)) |
| Favorite professional athlete: | Tiger Woods |
| Favorite professional sports team: | New England Patriots |
| One word to describe myself on the course: | Determined |
| One word to describe myself off the course: | Goofy |
| Few people know that: | I was a gymnast for most of my life. |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | My father |
| I started playing golf because: | I was looking for something new to dive into after my gymnastics career ended due to injury and I fell in love with golf |
| I chose Rutgers because: | The location, team dynamic, and wonderful facilities. |
| Favorite cereal: | Captain Crunch |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | Good Will Hunting |
| The best actress to play me in a movie is: | Georgina Helen Henley |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: | We Are the World |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: | Going to bed early |
| Rituals I have before, during or after a tournament are: | I always put my shoes on when I get to the course in the parking lot. |
| Favorite all-time gift received: | Car for my 16th birthday |
| Pets I had growing up were: | A white lab named Cooper and a Cavapoo named Hampton |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: | A witch |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Italy |
| The website I visit most often is: | |
| My favorite teacher was/is: | Mr. Rypma, 10th grade world history |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: | “Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.” |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | Black |
| My spirit animal is: | Wild stallion |
| One thing on my bucket list is: | Bungee jump |
| Phone app I cannot live without: | Birdie Fire |
| What I would like to say to the R Fund donors who have provided for my scholarship and/or facility resources? | Thank you so much the team would be nowhere close to where it is today without you. |
| How has Rutgers and donor support changed my life? | It’s provided me the facilities and space to become the best golfer I can be. |
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