Fall 2011: Did not play after undergoing hip surgery early in the semester.
Summer 2011: On the first weekend of June, fired a 71 to win the Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club Stableford Competition ... Shot a 70 on the opening day of the Warrenpoint Scratch Cup — standing one stroke off the lead — before ending up in 12th place at the June 19 event ... Was 5-under par on the back nine on the second day of the North of Ireland Championship.
2010-11: Played 16 rounds over six events, finishing the year with a 76.25 scoring average ... In his only event of the fall, shot a 219 at the Mason Rudolph Invitational hosted by Vanderbilt — the lowest 54-hole total of his career — to tie for 41st place ... Recorded a 1-over-par 72 on each of the first two days of the tournament ... Best finish of the year was a tie for 25th place at the Jim West Intercollegiate — the final tournament of the regular season — after closing with rounds of 74 and 73 for a 224 54-hole total ... Carded back-to-back 75s, ending up with a 6-over-par 150 score, to help Jaguars win the BancorpSouth Intercollegiate hosted by Ole Miss ... Shot a 74 on the last day of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate to begin the spring season ... Played as an individual at the Louisiana Tech Bulldog Classic, ending the tournament with scores of 75 and 73 ... A member of the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Summer 2010: Had a 69 at the Mazda Open, the lowest gross total of the day ... Carded a 71 — the third-lowest round of the day — to open the Irish Close Amateur Championship ... Was undefeated in the Lisburn Golf Club Championship, a match-play event, but had to return to school prior to the final.
2009-10: Recorded a 75.44 average over nine rounds in the spring ... Finished in the top half of the field in two of the three events he participated in ... Low round and 54-hole total came at the USF Invitational, where he shot a 1-under-par 71 over the middle 18 holes to finish 37th in a field of 120 with a 4-over-par 220 score ... Tied for 46th after carding a 227 three-day total at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate in his season debut ... Best round at the Rio Pinar Invitational was a 75 on the first day ... Did not play due to a recurring back injury ... Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Summer 2009: Won all eight matches at inter-club competition ... Shot a 69 to win an event at the Lisburn Golf Club as well ... Shot rounds of 72 and 73 to finish 30th at the East of Ireland Amateur.
2008-09: Played in eight of the team’s 10 events, including all five in the spring ... Averaged 78.48 strokes per round ... Best three-round score was a 222 posted at the season-opening Palmer’s Toyota Fall Intercollegiate ... Best score of the event was a 2-under-par 70 in the second round ... Low round of the season was a 69 in the second of three rounds at the Mason Rudolph Championship, which matched the team’s best score of the day ... Recorded a 163 total at the rain-shortened Memphis Intercollegiate ... Opened the spring season with a 233 54-hole total at the Rio Pinar Invitational ... Had a three-round score of 235 at the Ron Smith/USF Invitational ... Posted scores in the 70s in two of three rounds at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate ... Shot a 76 in the final round of the Sun Belt Conference Championships, ending the event with a 54-hole score of 235.
2007-08: Was a redshirt in his first season with the program.
Amateur Highlights: Made his international debut for Ireland in a competition with Scotland in September 2008 ... Won the Order of Merit for Irish Youths’ Championships in 2007, earning the Joe Carr Trophy ... Claimed the 2007 Munster Youths title ... Was the runner-up at the 2007 Sigma Wireless Leinster Youths Amateur Open after opening the four-round event with back-to-back 73s ... Also finished second at the Ulster Youths Amateur Championships that summer ... A back-to-back winner of the Boyd Cup.
Personal: Full name is David Michael Leathem ... Born Nov. 19, 1987, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland ... Son of Michael and Ruth Leathem ... Oldest brother Philip is the golf professional at Lisburn Golf Club ... Tiger Woods is favorite golfer ... Majoring in leisure studies.
