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May 31, 2007
Charlottesville, VA – Virginia senior golfer Leah Wigger (Louisville, KY) has been named a second-team All-American by the National Golf Coaches Association. It marks the second straight year she has received the honor. In 2005, as a sophomore, she was an honorable mention All-American.
Wigger led Virginia in scoring average this season with a stroke average of 73.30, just above the school record mark of 73.26 she established as a junior. She had six top-10 finishes in 10 outings and picked up her first collegiate victory when she won Georgia’s Liz Murphey Classic. She finished her Virginia career with a school-record 24 top-10 performances.
Wigger was 14th in Golfweek’s final rankings and 18th in the Golfstat Cup standings. Wigger earned All-ACC honors for the fourth consecutive season.
The list of her accomplishments was not limited to the golf course. She was named to the District III ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American squad. Wigger had a 3.56 grade point average as a psychology major at Virginia.