Career Notes: Graduated with a degree in elementary education...2010 and 2011 Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete recipient…2010 and 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection…Three times All-Big Sky second team selection…Set NAU school record and reset the Big Sky Championship record in final collegiate round with a 67.
2010-11: Named to All-Big Sky second team…Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete recipient…Saw action in six tournaments with a 75.8 stroke average, the third-best in school history…Finished with a five-under par 67 in the final round of the Big Sky Championships, totaling 215 good for second place…Five-under par 67 broke the NAU school record and reset the Big Sky Championship record…Tied with Carla Cooper of Tarleton State at one-under par 215 for co-medalist honors at Wigwam Invitational, posting rounds of 73-71-71 to win the first tournament of her career. The finishing rounds of 71 were the second-best rounds carded in her career…Named Big Sky Player of the Week for her performance…Spent fall semester student teaching in Phoenix.
2009-10: Named to All-Big Sky second team…Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete recipient…Saw action in seven events, playing 19 rounds with a 78.4 stroke average…Finished fourth at the Bulldog and Eagle Invitational, posting rounds of 74-76-72 for a collegiate-best tying 54-hole total of 222…Tied for 29th at the Big Sky Championships.
Summer of the 2009: Shot a 75 in sectional play for the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Alta Mesa Country Club…Advanced to match play at the 79th WTNGA Amateur Championship in Loudon, Tenn., before losing in the first round.
2008-09: Named to All-Big Sky second team…Saw action in 10 events…Played in 27 rounds with a 78.7 stroke average, the third-best mark on the team…Helped team to Big Sky Conference Championship and NCAA Regional berth…Finished in a tie for 16th at the 2009 Big Sky Conference Championships…Tied career-best with second-place finish at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic at six-over par 222…Tied school record with a personal-best three-under par 69…Third player in school history to shoot 69 (Lauren Gray, Sophia Gray)…Finished fifth at the NAU Mountain Shootout with rounds of 78 and 73.
2007-08: Saw action in one tournament before having season-ending elbow surgery…Redshirted the campaign…Finished tied for 18th at the Mountain Shootout after rounds of 82 and 81.
Summer of 2007: Shot an opening round three-over par 75 but posted an 88 in the second round to miss the cut at the 107th U.S. Women’s Amateur at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.…Qualified by shooting a 75 in sectional play at the Arrowhead County Club in Glendale, Ariz.
2006-07: Nominee for athletic department’s rookie of the year award…Saw action in nine events…Posted a 78.2 stroke average, the third-best total on the team, over 21 competitive rounds…Carded a single-round best of even-par 72 three times during the season…Had breakout tournament at the Big Sky Championships, finishing six-over par to tie for second overall and tops among freshman in the field…Posted rounds of 72, 78 and 72 for a 54-hole total of 222 at Palm Valley Golf Course layout.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Pinnacle High School…Played for coach John Snell…Four-year letterwinner and starter…Desert Sky Region Player of the Year…Finished first at regionals in both 2002 and 2005…Placed fourth at state championships (2002, 2004, 2005)…Three-time most valuable player…Finished third at the 2005 JGAA girl’s state championship with rounds of 79-73…Reached the semifinals of the 2005 JGAA Arizona Match Play…Won the JGAA Thunderbird Junior Classic with rounds of 73-72…Played in the 2005 U.S. Junior Girls Championship at Banbury Golf Club in Eagle, Idaho, shooting rounds of 82-72 to miss the cut…Ranked 154th in Golfweek’s Junior Golf Rankings…Finished second at the 2006 Thunderbird Arizona Senior High School Classic with a 75.
Personal: Born Bethany Ann Leclair Feb. 9, 1988 in Biddeford, Maine…Daughter of Marc and Debra Leclair…Has two sisters, Lynn and Jennifer…Also considered Arizona State and Notre Dame…Uncle, Claude Leclair, played college.
CAREER-BEST: 69, 2009 Cowgirl Classic (2nd)Â
72, 2006 Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate (3rd)
72, 2007 Big Sky Conference Championships (1st, 3rd)
72, 2010 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (3rd)
TWO ROUNDS: 151, 2008 NAU Mountain Shootout      Â
THREE ROUNDS: 222, 2007 Big Sky Conference Championships
222, 2009 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic
BEST FINISH: 2nd, 2009 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic
T2nd, 2007 Big Sky Conference Championships
