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2001-02 Women's Golf Roster
Hardin, Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne Hardin
- Position:
- Player
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Martinsville, Ind.
Bio
Career Notes: A two-time second team All-America and honorable mention All-America as a junior ... four-time All-ACC selection ... posted four victories, 11 top-five, 21 top-10 and 31 top-20 finishes in four years at Duke ... East Regional Individual Champion as a sophomore ... finished her career ranking tied for sixth in victories (4) and seventh in top-10 finishes (21) ... Hardin led Duke to 33 team victories over her career, four ACC Championships and the 2002 NCAA Championship ... member of ACC 50th Anniversary Golf Team.
2003-04: Earned second team NGCA All-America and All-ACC ... tied for first at the Franklin Street Trust for the second time in her career with rounds of 70-71-68=209 ... posted four top-five, six top-10 and eight top-20 finishes ... tied for 11th at the Stanford/Pepsi Intercollegiate (69-73-73=215) ... tied for third at the ACC/SEC Challenge (71-70=141) ... posted a tied for ninth finish at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (74-74-73=221) ... had a tied for fifth finish at the Bryan National Collegiate (74-70-74=218) ... tied for seventh at the ACC Championship (71-72-71=214) ... collected a tied for fifth finish at the NCAA East Regional (71-72-75=218).
2002-03: Selected Honorable Mention NGCA All-America and All-ACC ... collected a 74.55 stroke average in 11 tournaments ... had two top-five, six top-10 and eight top-20 finishes ... tied for individual medalist honors at the Lady Gamecock Classic and lost in a playoff with an even par 72 (rain cancelled final two days) ... had a final round 67 in the ACC Championship to finish sixth (79-75-67=221) ... turned in a 14th place finish at the NCAA East Regional (71-74-72=217) ... led Duke with a fifth place finish at the Bryan National Collegiate (71-72=143).
2002 Summer Action: Led U.S. Curtis Cup team to title ... qualified to play in the U.S. Open, but missed the cut with rounds of 78-78 ... advanced to the second round of match play at the Women’s Western Amateur.
2001-02: Earned second team All-America and All-ACC accolades ... picked up individual medalist honors at the NCAA East Regional with rounds of 71-67-72=210 ... the round of 67 and 54-hole total of 210 were career bests ... had three consecutive rounds of even or under par at the NCAA Championship to finish tied for 13th (76-72-71-72=291) ... her 74.70 stroke average was the eighth-best in Duke history among freshmen ... was second on the team with 10 rounds of even or under par ... had a team-best second place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Championship (67-77-76=220) ... tied for fifth at the Lady Gamecock Classic (74-70-76=220) and tied for seventh a the ACC Championship (73-74-75=222).
2001 Summer Action: Medalist at the U.S. Open qualifier.
2000-01: Named All-ACC as a freshman after competing in all of Duke’s 11 tournaments ... ranked third on the team with a 75.30 stroke average ... totaled one top five, four top 10 and seven top 20 finishes ... had her best outing of the season as she tied for first at the Franklin Street Trust (73-72-75=220) ... ranked tied for third on the team with five rounds of even or under par ... earned a ninth place finish at the ACC Championship ... notched a season-best round of 69 in the final round at the Bryan National Collegiate and finished tied for seventh (74-76-69=219) ... tied for seventh at the Mercedes-Benz Women’s Collegiate (73-75-76=224) ... her .730 percentage of rounds counted ranked third on the Duke squad.
2000 Summer Action: Earned Medalist honors at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship after firing rounds of 69 and 71.
Prep: A five-time first team AJGA All-America and winner of a record 18 AJGA Tournaments ... attended Martinsville H.S. where she led her team to four straight state golf championships ... selected most decorated athlete (male or female) in Indiana state history with nine state championships (four with the golf team, three individual golf titles and two with women’s basketball) ... went 5-0 in match play to lead the U.S. to the 2000 IZZO Cup in Stockholm, Sweden ... won three consecutive weeks in 1999 (Texace, Bluegrass and Buick) to tie the AJGA record for most consecutive weeks won ... 1999 State Mental Attitude Award Winner ... a four-time All-State selection ... 1997-99 Compaq Scholastic Junior All-America ... represented the U.S. in the junior match in 1999 versus Europe ... member of the 1998 IZZO Cup America Team, which defeated Sweden 18 to 12 ... won the AJGA Polo Golf Junior at Jacksonville in 1996, ’97, & ’98 ... selected to the 1997 Ryder Cup Junior Team of 12 players, which played against Europe ... fired an AJGA record-low round of 62 at the 1997 Bluegrass Tournament (Ashland, Ky.) ... competed for the East squad at the 1997-98 Canon Cup ... in 1998 she won six tournaments which included the MaxFli PGA Junior Championship, Ashworth Bluegrass Junior Invitational, Odyssey Junior Classic, Hudson Junior Invitational, Polo Golf Junior and the U.S. Girls Junior (match play) ... won her first AJGA title at the 1996 Wilson Grand Geneva event (now called the Odyssey Junior Classic) ... won the 1997 Lucent Technologies Girls Junior Championship, after not competing in a golf tournament for eight months ... in 1997 won five tournaments (Lucent Technologies Girls Junior Championship, Ashworth Bluegrass Junior Invitational, Buick Junior Open, Wilson Grand Geneva Junior Championship and the Polo Golf Junior) ... a three-time Academic All-America selection ... led her high school basketball team to two state championships (’97 & ’98), while being named AAU All-America ... grew up playing golf at the Foxcliff Golf Club.
Personal: Born January 22, 1982 ... daughter of Steve & Marianne Hardin ... began playing golf at the age of two ... majored in public policy.
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