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2019-20 Women's Golf Roster

Alora Rauckman-Shouse, USI Photography
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications

Abbey Leighty

  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Mt. Carmel, IL
  • Highschool
    Mt. Carmel
  • Major
    Pre-Elementary Education

Biography

Year-by-Year Results
2016-17 |  2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20

2019-20: Named Academic All-GLVC...played in all five fall tournaments and led the team with a career-best 77.9 strokes per round average (spra)...had a fall best 75 in the first round of the Battle for Royalty Invitational and the second round of the McKendree Fall Invitational...posted a 36-hole team-best 148 (74-74) at the Music City Invitational. 

2018-19: Named Academic All-GLVC...played in 11 tournaments for 24 rounds, notching a 78.6 strokes per round average...selected to compete as an individual in the NCAA II East Super Regional, posted a 239 three-round performance...named to the Triton Invitational All-Tournament squad after posting a pair of 75s for a fourth-place finish...Kentucky Wesleyan Invitational runner-up with rounds of 74 and 76...posted single-round low of 71 in the second round of the Screaming Eagles Classic for a fifth-place finish to open the season.

2017-18:  Played in seven tournaments and 17 rounds as a sophomore...recorded an 81.9 strokes per round average and a top 18-hole round of 79 in the second round of the Lonnie Barton Invitational...tied for 45th at the NCAA II Super Region 1 with a three-round 243 (78-82-83). 

2016-17: Played in 17 rounds and 10 events as a freshman...had a season best finish of eighth in her collegiate debut at the Screaming Eagles Classic...had a low round of 76 (+4) at the Gilda's Club Laker Fall Invitational as well as low 36-hole score of 154 (+10)...had a stroke-per-round average of 81.59.

HIGH SCHOOL:  A four-time individual IHSA State Golf Tournament qualifier while at Mt. Carmel High School (Mt. Carmel, Illinois), finishing third in 2014 and 2015...was a member of two consecutive Big 8 Conference Championship teams as well as three consecutive IHSA Regional Championships at MCHS.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Marc and Karla Leighty...a four-time Elks Regional Champion and has multiple Evansville Junior Golf Association victories.

Career Statistics
Season    Rounds Strokes Lo72 Lo54 Lo36 Lo18 LoRnd Events  Top1  Top5 Top10   Avg
2016-17       17    1387    -    -  154    -    76     10     -     -     1 81.59
2017-18       17    1393    -  243  154    -    74      7     -     -     - 81.94
2018-19       24    1887    -  239  148    -    71     11     -     3     4 78.63
2019-20       11     857    -  230  155    -    75      5     1     2     3 77.91
Totals        69    5524    -  230  148    -    71     33     1     5     8 80.06

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-2017Freshman

  • 2017-2018Sophomore

  • 2018-2019Junior

  • 2019-2020Senior