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Maguire Selected Golfweek Player of the Year
6/28/2017 1:14:00 PM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University's Leona Maguire earned another honor recently as the junior was selected the Golfweek National Player of the Year, after finishing another outstanding season with the Blue Devils.
A native of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire collected the second-best stroke average in NCAA history this past year with a 70.29 ledger. It was the lowest since Lorena Ochoa collected a 70.13 stroke average in the 2002 campaign. Maguire broke her own Duke and ACC record from her freshman campaign of 70.78.
Along with the National Player of the Year accolade by Golfweek, Maguire received Golfweek First Team All-America for the third straight season.
Over 10 events in 2016-17, Maguire registered eight top five placements, three victories, nine rounds in the 60s and 21 rounds of even or under par. She finished no lower than tied sixth over the course of the season. Maguire won the ACC Individual Championship, while helping the Blue Devils claim Duke's 20th ACC title in school history. She finished runner-up at the NCAA Championship, won the LSU Tiger Golf Classic and the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. Maguire also placed tied sixth at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional.
Maguire racked up the honors in 2016-17 as she was also selected ANNIKA & WGCA National Player of the Year, earned the GolfStat Cup, CoSIDA Academic All-America, ACC Player of the Year, WGCA First Team All-America and All-ACC.
She is coming off winning the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship in South Wales June 17.
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