Eastern Michigan Athletics
Janae Leovao Named Golfweek All-American
6/10/2026 12:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
Senior garnered her second All-America honor of the season with third-team selection
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Janae Leovao continues to make history for the Eastern Michigan University women's golf program as she has been named to Golfweek's 2026 Women's College Golf All-America Third Team, the publication announced today, June 10. Previously selected to the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-America Honorable Mention list, June 2, Leovao is the only player in program history to earn All-America honors from any group.
Since 1999, Golfweek has selected All-Americans in addition to Players and Coaches of the Year in men's and women's college golf. With her selection, Leovao (Oceanside, Calif./El Camino/Long Beach State) became the only EMU golfer -- men and women included -- to earn All-America status from Golfweek. She garnered the recognition after helping the Eagles not only qualify for the NCAA Regionals for the first time in program history but guided the team to the NCAA Championships and NCAA Match Play where the 27th-ranked team tied for third by reaching the semifinals.
In her lone season with the Eagles, Leovao finished ranked No. 43 in the final Scoreboard/Clippd national rankings after her play helped the team on a magical postseason run. The senior transfer, who averaged a program-record 71.8 strokes per round, appeared in 12 tournaments for the Eagles and captured wins in the first two tournaments of the season, including The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) to mark the first time in program history the Eagles opened a season with back-to-back individual and team champions. Throughout the season, Leovao posted strong finishes, including top 20 performances in all five spring events.
When the schedule turned to the postseason, Leovao was instrumental in pushing the Eagles for a deep run. She opened by tying for ninth place at the Mid-American Conference Championships (April 26-28) to help Eastern earn its first berth into the NCAA Regionals. The Eagles headed to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional as the fifth-seeded team and emerged as the fourth-place finisher with Leovao tying for seventh. Eastern then took part in the NCAA Championships for the first time with Leovao tying for 23rd at the national tournament to help the Eagles to a fifth-place finish and a spot in NCAA Match Play where No. 5 Eastern upset No. 4 University of Texas, 3-1, before falling to No. 1 Stanford University in the semifinal. In match play, Leovao was drawn to play the top two players in the collegiate game as she handed the 2026 champion, Farah O'Keefe (Texas) a 5&4 loss before being 1-down to No. 2 Paula Marin Sampedro (Stanford) through 16 holes when the match was halted.
Overall, Leovao was named to the All-MAC First Team and was a three-time MAC Golfer of the Week. For the year, she held an adjusted average of 70.8 strokes while holding a record of 809-143-27 in all competitions.
Like the WGCA accolade, Leovao was one of seven players not on a 'Power 4' team to earn All-America honors from Golfweek and was one of only three to earn a spot on either the second or third team with the remaining four earning placement on the honorable mention list. Veronika Kedronova of Kent State University was named to the second team while Leovao was joined by Eunseo Choi of Pepperdine University on the third team.
The four lists included representation from 29 schools with 11 seeing multiple honorees, including national champion Stanford and national runner-up University of Southern California, both of whom had five All-Americans. The University of Florida, Pepperdine, Texas, and Wake Forest University each had three All-Americans while two honors were earned by the University of Arkansas, Auburn University, the University of South Carolina, the University of Tennessee, and Texas A&M University.
2025-26 Golfweek Division I All-Americans
First Team (10)
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Jasmine Koo, USC
Rianne Malixi, Duke
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Farah O'Keefe, Texas
Meja Ortengren, Stanford
Catherine Park, USC
Andrea Revuelta, Stanford
Kiara Romero, Oregon
Second Team (10)
Vanessa Borovilos, Texas A&M
Paula Francisco, Florida
Sophia Fullbrook, Florida State
Cindy Hsu, Texas
Veronika Kedronova, Kent State
Lauren Kim., Texas
Bailey Shoemaker, USC
Marta Silchenko, Oklahoma State
Avery Weed, Mississippi State
Kelly Xu, Stanford
Third Team (10)
Eunseo Choi, Pepperdine
Kylie Chong, USC
Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Texas A&M
Chloe Kovelesky, Wake Forest
Janae Leovao, Eastern Michigan
Marie Madsen, NC State
Macy Pate, Wake Forest
Patience Rhodes, Arizona State
Kyra Van Kan, Tennessee
Siuue Wu, Florida
Honorable Mention (20)
Charlotte Back, Arizona
Pinky Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte
Kylee Choi, Pepperdine
Balma Davalos, Auburn
Anna Davis, Auburn
Eila Galitsky, South Carolina
Vairana Heck, South Carolina
Morgan Ketchum, Wake Forest
Thanana Kotchasanmanee, Princeton
Jaclyn Laha, Virginia
Elise Lee, USC
Ava Merrill, Vanderbilt
Madison Messimer, Tennessee
Nichakorn Pinprayoon, Iowa State
Megan Propeck, Florida
Pimpisa Sisutham, UCF
Megan Streicher, North Carolina
Kajsalotta Svarvar, Ole Miss
Jeneath Wong, Pepperdine
Reagan Zibilski, Arkansas
Since 1999, Golfweek has selected All-Americans in addition to Players and Coaches of the Year in men's and women's college golf. With her selection, Leovao (Oceanside, Calif./El Camino/Long Beach State) became the only EMU golfer -- men and women included -- to earn All-America status from Golfweek. She garnered the recognition after helping the Eagles not only qualify for the NCAA Regionals for the first time in program history but guided the team to the NCAA Championships and NCAA Match Play where the 27th-ranked team tied for third by reaching the semifinals.
In her lone season with the Eagles, Leovao finished ranked No. 43 in the final Scoreboard/Clippd national rankings after her play helped the team on a magical postseason run. The senior transfer, who averaged a program-record 71.8 strokes per round, appeared in 12 tournaments for the Eagles and captured wins in the first two tournaments of the season, including The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) to mark the first time in program history the Eagles opened a season with back-to-back individual and team champions. Throughout the season, Leovao posted strong finishes, including top 20 performances in all five spring events.
When the schedule turned to the postseason, Leovao was instrumental in pushing the Eagles for a deep run. She opened by tying for ninth place at the Mid-American Conference Championships (April 26-28) to help Eastern earn its first berth into the NCAA Regionals. The Eagles headed to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional as the fifth-seeded team and emerged as the fourth-place finisher with Leovao tying for seventh. Eastern then took part in the NCAA Championships for the first time with Leovao tying for 23rd at the national tournament to help the Eagles to a fifth-place finish and a spot in NCAA Match Play where No. 5 Eastern upset No. 4 University of Texas, 3-1, before falling to No. 1 Stanford University in the semifinal. In match play, Leovao was drawn to play the top two players in the collegiate game as she handed the 2026 champion, Farah O'Keefe (Texas) a 5&4 loss before being 1-down to No. 2 Paula Marin Sampedro (Stanford) through 16 holes when the match was halted.
Overall, Leovao was named to the All-MAC First Team and was a three-time MAC Golfer of the Week. For the year, she held an adjusted average of 70.8 strokes while holding a record of 809-143-27 in all competitions.
Like the WGCA accolade, Leovao was one of seven players not on a 'Power 4' team to earn All-America honors from Golfweek and was one of only three to earn a spot on either the second or third team with the remaining four earning placement on the honorable mention list. Veronika Kedronova of Kent State University was named to the second team while Leovao was joined by Eunseo Choi of Pepperdine University on the third team.
The four lists included representation from 29 schools with 11 seeing multiple honorees, including national champion Stanford and national runner-up University of Southern California, both of whom had five All-Americans. The University of Florida, Pepperdine, Texas, and Wake Forest University each had three All-Americans while two honors were earned by the University of Arkansas, Auburn University, the University of South Carolina, the University of Tennessee, and Texas A&M University.
2025-26 Golfweek Division I All-Americans
First Team (10)
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Jasmine Koo, USC
Rianne Malixi, Duke
Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
Farah O'Keefe, Texas
Meja Ortengren, Stanford
Catherine Park, USC
Andrea Revuelta, Stanford
Kiara Romero, Oregon
Second Team (10)
Vanessa Borovilos, Texas A&M
Paula Francisco, Florida
Sophia Fullbrook, Florida State
Cindy Hsu, Texas
Veronika Kedronova, Kent State
Lauren Kim., Texas
Bailey Shoemaker, USC
Marta Silchenko, Oklahoma State
Avery Weed, Mississippi State
Kelly Xu, Stanford
Third Team (10)
Eunseo Choi, Pepperdine
Kylie Chong, USC
Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Texas A&M
Chloe Kovelesky, Wake Forest
Janae Leovao, Eastern Michigan
Marie Madsen, NC State
Macy Pate, Wake Forest
Patience Rhodes, Arizona State
Kyra Van Kan, Tennessee
Siuue Wu, Florida
Honorable Mention (20)
Charlotte Back, Arizona
Pinky Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte
Kylee Choi, Pepperdine
Balma Davalos, Auburn
Anna Davis, Auburn
Eila Galitsky, South Carolina
Vairana Heck, South Carolina
Morgan Ketchum, Wake Forest
Thanana Kotchasanmanee, Princeton
Jaclyn Laha, Virginia
Elise Lee, USC
Ava Merrill, Vanderbilt
Madison Messimer, Tennessee
Nichakorn Pinprayoon, Iowa State
Megan Propeck, Florida
Pimpisa Sisutham, UCF
Megan Streicher, North Carolina
Kajsalotta Svarvar, Ole Miss
Jeneath Wong, Pepperdine
Reagan Zibilski, Arkansas
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