Ben Leestma
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    Ben Leestma

    Class:
    Senior
    Hometown:
    Houston, Texas
    High School:
    Clear Lake
    Height / Weight:
    6-2 / 195
    Birthdate:
    05/03/1980

    At the Academy -- Member of Squadron 29, the Black Panthers ... Majoring in management ... 3.1 GPA ... Falcons' all-time winningest golfer ... Two-time winner of the Falcon Invitational ... Four-time champion of Service Academy Classic ... Captured tournament title at the Louisiana Tech Invitational ... Mountain West golfer of the month for October, 2001 ... Two-time winner of Falcon Invitational ... Carded a 207 (70-66-71) at the 2001 Falcon Antigua Invitational, setting a new Air Force all-time 54-hole tournament scoring record ... Placed third at the Long Beach State Invitational (Spring 2001), losing the event by just one stroke.

    Personal -- Nickname is Leestmania ... Future plan is to fly fighters out of UPT ... Would also like to become a commercial pilot and travel the world playing golf ... Three-year letterwinner in golf and basketball ... High school golf coach was Pud Williams ... Won high school district tournament as a senior ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the Texas Father-Son Tournament during summer of 2000 ... Hobbies include snowboarding, weightlifting and jeep offroading ... Parents are David and Patti Leestma ... Has five siblings: Katie, Emily, Peter, Mary and Caleb ... Favorite professional athlete is Tiger Woods ... Favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber ... Craziest ambition is to see the running of the bulls in Europe.

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