Leach Named Student-Athlete of the Week
September 02, 2025 12:40 PM | General, Golf
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sophomore Ryan Leach of the West Virginia golf team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
Leach shot a school-record 17-under-par to win his second collegiate tournament in leading the West Virginia University golf team to a 55-under-par team total, also a school record, in capturing the Island Resort Collegiate in Bark River, Michigan, on Monday.
Leach, who won The Stono as a freshman, becomes the fourth two-time winner in school history, and it marks the 11th time in history a WVU golfer has won a collegiate tournament. Leach set school records of -17, besting the previous mark of -15 set by Mark Goetz, and 199 total score, also eclipsing Goetz's previous record of 201, both set at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate in 2021. Leach finished with rounds of 63-65-71=199 (-17).
Leach shot a school-record 17-under-par to win his second collegiate tournament in leading the West Virginia University golf team to a 55-under-par team total, also a school record, in capturing the Island Resort Collegiate in Bark River, Michigan, on Monday.
Leach, who won The Stono as a freshman, becomes the fourth two-time winner in school history, and it marks the 11th time in history a WVU golfer has won a collegiate tournament. Leach set school records of -17, besting the previous mark of -15 set by Mark Goetz, and 199 total score, also eclipsing Goetz's previous record of 201, both set at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate in 2021. Leach finished with rounds of 63-65-71=199 (-17).
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