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2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

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Leah Skaar

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gold Canyon, Ariz.
  • High School Highland HS

Biography

2021-22 All-Summit League Second Team
WGCA All-American Scholar (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
Summit League Academic All-League (2021-22)
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)

2024 SEASON (SENIOR):
Averaged 75.96 over 24 rounds…Tallied two top 10 finishes…Began the season with a win at the NDSU Fall Invitational (Sept. 6) after posting a 36-hole total of 151…Finished tied for ninth place with a 54-hole total of 230 at the Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational (Oct. 10)…Carded a season-low 54-hole total of 220 to finish tied for 42nd place at the Grand Canyon Invitational (Feb. 28)… Helped the Bison set the program record with a 298.8 18-hole scoring average…Named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team and CSC Academic All-District Team.

2022-23 SEASON (JUNIOR): Averaged 76.16 over 32 rounds…Posted three top 10 finishes…Picked up her first career win at the Jackrabbit Intercollegiate with a 54-hole total of 223 (Sept. 20)…Finished tied for fourth place with a 36-hole total of 152 at the NDSU Fall Invitational (Sept. 7)…Came in tied for 20th place with a 54-hole total of 225 and aided the Bison to a third place finish at the Summit League Championship (April 25)… Helped NDSU set the program record with a 299.88 18-hole scoring average.

2021-22 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Averaged a team-best 76.50 over 27 rounds…Her 76.50 scoring average ranked 13th on the NDSU single-season list…Posted a team-high four top ten finishes, including each of the last two tournaments of the regular season…Notched a third-place finish with a three-round total of 223 at the Stampede at the Creek (Oct. 5)…Fired a season-low 221 over three rounds to finish in seventh place at the GolfWeek/AGT Intercollegiate (March 30)…It marked the lowest individual score of the season for the Bison… Named to the All-Summit League Second Team…Became the first Bison to earn All-Summit League honors since 2019…

2020-21 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Had an 85.5 stroke average over six rounds during her rookie campaign...Finished 12th during her collegiate debut at the Maverick Invitational at The Creek (Oct. 13)...Had a season-low 255 over 54 holes at the Stampede at The Creek (April 13)...Named to Summit League Academic Honor Roll...

HIGH SCHOOL: Skaar is a four-time state qualifier of the Arizona Division 1 State Tournament, while also being a two-time team captain for Highland High School...Skaar finished 15th with a 148 (76-72), while her team finished fourth this past season at the state tournament...Skaar is ranked second in Arizona Division I Individual State Qualifying rankings, while having the lowest IWR ranking in school history at -2.157...Skaar turned in a top 10 finish at the Antigua National High School Tournament...A member of the Junior Golf Association of Arizona, Skaar won the JGAA IHOP Classic in August with a 140 (73-67)...

PERSONAL: Skaar comes from a long line of Bison in her family, as her father, Mark, is an NDSU graduate. Her uncle, Matt, played football for the Bison in 1992, while her grandfather, Marv, was the men's basketball coach from 1972-78 and the men's golf coach from 1978-80.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior