2011-12: Had a 75.75 scoring average for the year, participating in nine tournaments and 24 rounds ... Season-best finish was a tie for 20th place at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, where he carded rounds of 74 on the final two days for a 226 54-hole score ... Also recorded a 74 in the middle of three rounds at the Memphis Intercollegiate, closing out the regular season in a tie for 40th at the event ... Opened the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate with rounds of 74 and 73, ending the tournament with a 226 total ... Shot a 75 in each round of the Louisiana Classics for a 225 54-hole score, his lowest of the spring ... Tied for 43rd place at the Linger Longer Invitational after opening the event with a 74 ... Recorded a 228 total at the SunTrust Gator Invitational to begin the spring campaign ... Tied for 25th at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 75, equalling the low score on the team ... Carded a 72 — his low round of the season — to open the Sam Hall Intercollegiate, going on to post a 222 54-hole total.
Summer 2011: Qualified for the 111th U.S. Amateur Championship, where he recorded a 1-over-par 71 in the opening round after birdying four of the final eight holes ... Made the field of 312 individuals for the event by carding scores of 66 — which was 4-under par — and 71 at the Capital City Club Crabapple Course in Woodstock, Ga., parring his first playoff hole to advance after tying for third ... Won the 11th Alabama State Match Play Championship held at the Limestone Springs Golf Course with six victories in three days ... Seeded 10th, he advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Brewton’s Robbie Cotton — a former Alabama State Amateur winner and the seventh seed — 2 and 1 ... In the semifinals, he fired a 5-under-par 31 on the opening nine to set up a 3 and 2 victory over Louisiana State’s Smylie Kaufman — winner of the State Amateur Championship — of Vestavia Hills ... Carded another 31 on the front side of the course in the afternoon against Oneonta’s Casey O’Toole, who was playing on his home course, before closing out a 2 and 1 win on No. 17 ... Also finished seventh at the Alabama Open after recording rounds of 67 and 71 to open the event; he was one of two amateur players to end up in the top 10.
2010-11: Posted three top-20 finishes, all coming in the second semester, ending the year with a 74.82 stroke average ... Had four rounds of par or better, with two in the fall and two in the spring ... Tied for 17th place at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a 4-over-par 148 total, which included a 1-over-par 73 in the first round ... Also tied for 17th in a field of 75 at the BancorpSouth Intercollegiate, helping USA win the team title after shooting back-to-back 1-over-par 73s ... Ended in a tie for 19th at the Louisiana Tech Bulldog Classic after posting a 223 54-hole score highlighted by an even-par 72 in the second round ... Carded both of his rounds of par or better at the David Toms Intercollegiate after opening with a team-leading 2-under-par 69 — equalling the best 18-hole score of his career — and following up with a 71 on the opening day of the tournament ... Finished with a 3-over-par 219 54-hole total, matching his lowest three-round score of the season ... Efforts helped USA come in third place out of 14 teams at the event ... Also carded a 219 total at Alabama’s Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate to tie for 26th place, his best finish of the fall ... Best round of the tournament was a 72 over the final 18 holes ... Recorded a 227 three-round total at the Jim West Intercollegiate in the final event of the regular season ... Shot a 228 over three rounds at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate to begin the season, with a low round of 74 on the first day ... Also had a 228 54-hole total at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate after ending the tournament with a 74 in the last round ... Helped the Jaguars defend their title at the Memphis Intercollegiate, posting a 231 total including a 75 in the final round ... A member of the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List for the second straight year.
Summer 2010: Seeded 10th at the Alabama State Match Play Championship, he won his first two matches by scores of 5 and 4 and 6 and 5 en route to a berth in the quarterfinals, where he fell to the eventual runner-up ... Tied for fourth in a field of 156 at the Alabama State Amateur with a 72-hole score of 4-under-par 284 ... Best 18 holes was a 3-under-par 69 in the second round, closing the tournament with sub-par rounds of 70 and 71.
2009-10: Averaged 75.33 shots per round while playing in seven events ... Participated in each of the last four tournaments, recording an average of 73.67 during that stretch ... Fired back-to-back below-par rounds of 69 — the best of his career — and 70 to record his best 54-hole score (1-over-par 214) and finish (tie for 17th out of 128 players) at the UK Bluegrass Invitational ... Shot a 223 total at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, closing with a 2-under-par 70 to help USA win the team title ... Posted a 221 54-hole score at the NCAA Southeast Regional, collecting a 1-over-par 71 on the second day of the event ... Finished with a 226 total at both the USF Invitational and BancorpSouth Intercollegiate, with a low round of 73 at each event ... Made his collegiate debut at the Memphis Intercollegiate, where he helped USA win the team championship by five shots ... Opened the tournament with a 3-over-par 75, going on to finish in a tie for 64th place with a score of 235 over 54 holes ... Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.
Amateur Highlights: Tied for seventh at the Alabama State Amateur after firing a 69 in the last of four rounds ... Best round at the Greystone Invitational was a 72 over the opening 18 holes ... Shot a 74 in the first of two qualifying rounds of the United States Amateur ... Was the top-ranked high-school senior in Alabama ... A two-time all-state selection at Huntsville High, where he earned six letters in golf ... Had a scoring average of 71.68 in eight tournaments his final season, placing in the top 10 at every event ... Tied for fifth with a 2-over-par 146 total over 36 holes at the Alabama High School Athletic Association 6A state championship while competing as an individual ... Carded consecutive rounds of 73 to finish just two shots off the pace ... Also won the city championship, shared medalist honors at the sectional tournament after shooting a 69, and claimed the sub-state championship with a 67 ... Recorded five top-20 performances in nine events in 2008 ... Ended the summer season by placing sixth in a field of 127 players at the Alabama State Junior Championships, recording a three-round 213 total including a 68 in the second round and a 71 on the final day of the event ... Also placed second in a pair of Southern Junior Golf Tour events — the Ballantrae Junior Classic and the Match Play Championship ... Was third at the SJGT Hombre Junior Classic and recorded a 12th-place finish at the American Junior Golf Association Preseason Junior at Chateau Elan ... Also lettered three times in football, once in basketball and once in baseball.
Personal: Full name is Mark McLain Leberte ... Born May 28, 1990, in Huntsville, Ala. ... Son of Mark Leberte and Robin Gillespie ... Is the nephew of former NFL kicker Al Del Greco ... Cousin, Trey Del Greco, is a senior on the Vanderbilt golf team ... Oldest of three children ... Would like to attend law school ... Enjoys hunting, fishing, off-road and four-wheel vehicles, wakeboarding and music in his spare time ... Also recruited by Auburn, LSU, Mississippi and Georgia Tech ... A criminal justice major.
