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Leigha Devine

Leigha Devine

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Windsor, Colo.
  • Highschool:
    Fossil Ridge HS
  • Major:
    Sport Management

Summary

Biography

  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
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: Google
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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