Hall of Fame
Lesseig helped start and then coached the Truman Women's Golf team for 28 years until his untimely passing in 2013. Lesseig coached two All-Americans and 14 academic All-Americans while leading the Bulldogs to 11 postseason appearances at the National Golf Coaches Association Division II National Championships and the NCAA Division II and III Women's Golf Championships. In 1999-2000, four members of the team were named to the NGCA all-academic team, the most in school history. The Bulldogs qualified as a team for the inaugural NCAA meet and returned as a team following a thrilling second place playoff finish at the NCAA regional in 2007. Truman finished eighth that year at the national meet held in Houston, Texas. Lesseig served on the NCAA Women's Golf Committee for a total of nine years, was Truman's interim athletics director during the 1988-89 school year, worked as the official scorer for home basketball games and served on the Board of Directors at the Kirksville Country Club
