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2017-18 Men's Golf Roster

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Jake Leavitt

Jake Leavitt

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Woodstock, Md.
  • Highschool:
    Mount Saint Joseph
  • Ht./Wt.:
    - /

Summary

Biography


CAREER STATS

Honors & Awards
• 2017-18 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar
• 2017-18 Most Valuable Player (Team Award)
• 2017-18 CAA Golfer of the Week (April 4)
• 2016-17 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar
• 2016-17 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award Recipient
• 2016-17 Most Improved (Team Award) 
• 2016-17 CAA Golfer of the Week (Oct. 19) 
• 2015-16 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award Recipient
• 2014-15 CAA Commissioner's Academic Award Recipient

Major: Math

2017-18 (Senior): Named a 2017-18 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar for the second time • Finished his senior season with a career-best 73.88 scoring average, competing in a career-highs of 11 tournaments and 33 total rounds • Placed in the top-25 in eight tournaments • Collected CAA Golfer of the Week honors on April 4 after earning a top-5 finish at the ECU Intercollegiate • Posted a season-low round of 68 three times at the Phoenix Invitational, the Camden Collegiate Classic and the UNCG Martin Downs Collegiate • Carded his second-career top-5 finish at the ECU Intercollegiate, placing T-4th on the individual leaderboard • Finished T-11th at the CAA Championships, his best-ever finish at a conference tournament • Carded a season-low tying round of 68 and had a season-best +1 score to par at the Phoenix Invitational • Posted his 54-hole low of 214 at the Camden Collegiate Classic at South Carolina • Earned top-25 finishes at George Mason's Patriot Intercollegiate, Western Carolina's Hummingbird Intercollegiate, Elon's Phoenix Invitational, at South Carolina's Camden Collegiate Classic, at the UNCG Martin Downs Collegiate, the Pinehurst Intercollegiate, the East Carolina Intercollegiate and the 2018 CAA Championships • Was named the team's Most Valuable Player at the Elon Athletics Awards Banquet.

2016-17 (Junior): Named a 2016-17 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholar • Earned CAA Golfer of the Week honors on October 19 • Earned his first collegiate individual title sharing the accolade at the Phoenix Invitational at Alamance Country Club in Burlington • Placed in the top-25 seven times during his junior campaign ... Carded a season-low round of 66 at the Phoenix Invitational • Competed in 10 tournaments and played 27 total rounds • Tied for 14th at the Hummingbird Invitational at Western Carolina • Placed in a tie for 15th at the 2017 CAA Championships • Had a 74.77 stroke average for the season.

2015-16 (Sophomore): Had 21 rounds in eight different tournaments • Low score of 68 at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate • Low three day total was 217 at the Golfweek Program Challenge • Best finish was a T-10th at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate • Finished with a 75.24 stroke average for the year.

2014-15 (Freshman):  Competed in ten tournaments which included 26 rounds • Low round was a 68, where he finished in a T-5th at the Maryland Terrapin Invitational • His low three day total was 216 at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate • Finished the year with a 76.65 stroke average.

Before Elon: Was the top-ranked golfer in the state of Maryland by the Junior Golf Scoreboard and the Polo Golf Rankings • The Polo Golf Rankings placed him 121st nationally • Leavitt claimed medalist honors at the American Junior Golf Association's (AJGA) AJGA Annapolis Junior, the 2013 Junior PGA Championship Section Qualifier - Middle Atlantic and the Maryland Amateur • Placed fourth out of 106 participants at the JoS. A. Bank / David Leadbetter Championship in August of 2013 • Finished second in the Maryland Junior Boys Championship in 2012 • Helped Mike Dooley's Mount Saint Joseph squad to a 2012 MIAA A league title as well as conference finals appearances in both 2011 and 2012 • Collected all-league accolades in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and was a 2012 AJGA Scholastic All-American.


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