Chung Captures Individual Title at Mountain West Championship

Tuesday, April 21

Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Mission Hills Country Club)

Boise State

Mountain West Championship

Chung Captures Individual Title at Mountain West Championship

4/23/2026 5:11:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Leaderboard

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Boise State redshirt junior Leia Chung made history at Mission Hills Country Club, winning the individual title at the 2026 Mountain West Women's Golf Championship. After missing the entire 2024-25 season, Chung fired a 211 (-5) to become the second Bronco to win a conference crown and first to do so since 1993, when Shawna Seiber won the Big Sky title.

The Wahiawa, Hawaii, native carded the best conference championship score in program history while notching the lowest single-round score with her second-day mark of 68 (-4). She opened the tournament with a 69 (-3) and secured the title with a third-round 74 (+2). The Broncos compiled a team score of 902 (+38) to place seventh, with junior Teal Matsueda backing Chung with a 33rd-place finish (228, +12).

Notables

Leia Chung became the second Bronco to win a conference title, joining Shawna Seiber, who won the Big Sky Championship in 1993.
Chung's 54-hole total of 211 (-5) is the lowest conference championship score in Boise State history.
Chung's victory was her third of the season, breaking the school record previously held by Merrilyn Gibbs (1995-96), Acey Erlandson (1999-2000) and Samantha Martin (2013-14). This was her fourth-career tournament win, tying Martin for the program record.
Chung's win automatically qualifies her for the NCAA Regional Championships, making her the third Bronco to reach the national postseason. She joins Erlandson (2000) and Genevieve Ling (2015).
Chung carded a 137 (-7) through two rounds, tying the third-lowest 36-hole score in program history and third-lowest by a Mountain West golfer at the conference championship.
Chung's second-round score of 68 (-4) is the lowest individual round at a conference championship in program history. Her first-round mark of 69 (-3) is tied for the second-lowest.
Boise State's second-round score of 299 (+11) ties the eighth-lowest single-round score at a conference championship in program history and their third-round score of 300 (+12) is tied for 10th.
Chung has four top-10 finishes this season, tied for second in program history, and 10 in her career, tied for fourth. She is up to seventh in school history in career top-25 finishes (19) and is tied for eighth with seven this season.
The Broncos finished the season with a 296.93 scoring average, the third-lowest in program history. This is the third-straight season Boise State has notched a top-three scoring average in program history.

Boise State Results
7th. Boise State: +38 (303-299-300–902)
1st. Leia Chung: -5 (69-68-74–211)
T-33rd. Teal Matsueda: +12 (77-76-75–228)
T-40th. Callia Ward: +18 (82-77-75–234)
T-42nd. Brooke Patterson: +19 (78-78-79–235)
49th. Jillian Hui: +14 (79-79-DNP–158)
52nd. Macee Greenwood: +4 (DNP-DNP-76–76)

What's Next
Chung will compete at NCAA Regionals, May 11-13. The six regional sites are hosted by Baylor, Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina and Stanford. The NCAA Selection Show is scheduled for 2 p.m. MT on Wednesday, April 29. It will air on the Golf Channel.

--BroncoSports.com--