Biography
At UR 2017-18: Became the most decorated UR women's basketball player in school history, earning three more All-American honors as a senior...Repeated honors from junior year as 1st Team All-American by the WBCA and 2nd Team from D3hoops.com and DIII News...1st Team All-UAA selection for the fourth straight year...Named USBWA Rochester Chapter Player of the Year and 1st Team selection, along with 1st Team All-Region honors from D3hoops.com...Named a Josten's Trophy finalist for the second straight season...Earned three All-Tournament honors, and was MVP of the Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout...Posted 14.7 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 2.3 apg during the year...Shot .521 (172-330) from the floor, was 5-6 from 3-point range and was 78-96 (.813) from the free throw line...Added 51 blocks, 27 steals in starting all 29 games...Recorded 10 double-doubles, including 17 points and career-high tying 21 rebounds in NCAA Sweet 16 game against RIT...Swatted school record-tying seven blocks on opening night against Capital, with season total ranking as fourth most in school history...Two-time UAA Athlete of the Week and was chosen to D3hoops.com Team of the Week on Nov. 27...Ranked top-100 nationally in Division III in field goal percentage, blocks, double-doubles and free throw percentage...Inside the UAA, was 1st in games started and blocks, 2nd in FG percentage and 3rd in field goals made, free throw percentage and total rebounds...For her career at Rochester, ends 2nd all-time in scoring (1,848) and tied for 2nd in rebounding (992)...Ranks 1st in school history in career free throws made (468) and FT percentage (.842), 2nd in ppg (16.8), blocks (145), starts (11) and minutes (3,071) and 3rd in field goals made (685) and FG percentage (.512)...Was named to UAA All-Academic team and selected 1st Team Academic All-District by CoSIDA...UR Garnish Scholar and earned UR Athletic Department's Merle Spurrier Award.
At UR 2016-17: Kept improving as a junior, earning three more All-America honors, being named 1st Team by the WBCA and 2nd Team by D3Hoops.com and DIII News...Also, was D3hoops.com East Region Player of the Year and a 1st Team honoree...Named 1st Team All-UAA, 1st Team All-ECAC and All-Rochester Area 1st Team and Player of the Year by the USBWA...Ended the season averaging 21.9 ppg (4th in UR history), 9.7 rpg, 2.1 apg while shooting .565 (225-398) from the floor...Added an .835 (137-164) clip from the free throw line and had 44 blocks and 19 steals on the defensive end...Ranked 4th in NCAA Division III in field goals made, 8th in total points (590) and 14th in scoring average, finishing in the top-100 in 14 total categories...Was a Josten's Trophy finalist and was named to three All-Tournament teams, coming at the UR Chuck Resler Tournament, Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout (MVP) and OWU Bishop Classic (MVP)...Scored her 1,000th career point against Ithaca on Dec. 10, becoming the second fastest in school history to that mark...Was ranked top-3 in the UAA in eight categories, finishing first in points per 40 minutes played (30.0)...Set a Rochester single-season record for free throws made and ranks second in school history in single-season points, field goals made and field goal percentage...Had a career-high 33 points, including going 15-18 from the free throw line against William Smith on opening night on Nov. 15...Points mark was 8th highest in a single game in Rochester history while free throws made were tied for school record...Also, tied school record with seven blocks against Chicago on Jan. 13...Had 12 double-doubles on the season, including a stretch of six straight and nine of 10 during the middle of the season...Honored for work in the classroom as well, being named an Academic All-District selection by CoSIDA and member of the UAA All-Academic team.
At UR 2015-16:Â Picked up sophomore campaign right where her freshman season left off, being named an All-American by three outlets, 1st Team by D3hoops.com, 3rd Team by DIII News and Honorable Mention by the WBCA...Also, was selected as D3hoops.com East Region Player of the Year and 1st Team honoree...Named UR's only 1st Team All-UAA choice and was the conference's Co-Player of the Year...Selected to All-Rochester Area 1st Team by the USBWA...Finished the season averaging 15.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg while shooting 45.1% field goals (160-355) and 87.8% free throws (130-148)...Overall, started all 29 games and averaged over 26 minutes per contest...Chipped in a team best 36 blocks, 20 steals and 48 assists...Ranked 9th in NCAA Division III in FT percentage, setting a new single-season UR record in the process...Also was in the top-50 in D-III in defensive rebounds per game (7.6), free throws made, total rebounds (275) and double-doubles (13)...Was 1st in the UAA in defensive rebounds and free throw shooting, 2nd in the conference in total free throws, rebounds per game and blocked shots and 3rd in points per game and total field goals...Sank 3rd most free throws in a season at Rochester and had the 5th highest scoring output in Yellowjacket women's basketball history...Poured in a career best 30 points against #4 NYU on Jan. 17, making 12-19 shots and pulling down nine rebounds...Had first career 20-20 game at Ithaca on Dec. 12, scoring 25 points and adding 21 rebounds in a UR win...Scored 48 points in UR's two opening round games in the NCAA Tournament, scoring 25 against Johnson & Wales in the 1st Round and then added 23 against Stockton in the 2nd Round...Named to Wendy's Classic All-Tournament 1st Team and was 3-time UAA Athlete of the Week, also being named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week on Jan. 18...Named to UAA's All-Academic team.
At UR 2014-15: Had one of the best freshman seasons in Rochester basketball history...Was named D3hoops.com Division III Rookie of the Year, UAA Rookie of the Year and 1st Team member, ECAC Upstate NY Rookie of the Year and WBCA Honorable Mention All-American...She was the first UR freshman to earn All-American honors and the first UR player (male or female) to earn UAA Rookie of the Year and 1st Team accolades in the same season...Leslie also was a 2nd Team All-ECAC selection, D3hoops.com All-East Region 2nd Team and Rookie of the Year and was a two-time UAA Athlete of the Week...This year, she averaged a team best 15.2 ppg, pulled down 9.2 rpg while shooting over 50% from the floor (128-254)...She nailed 83.1% of her FT attempts (123-148), making the fourth most FT's in a single season at Rochester...She also added 43 assists, 14 blocks and 17 steals to go along with 10 double-doubles...Scored 20+ points five times, including scoring a season high 28 twice (12/4 vs SJFC and 2/6 vs NYU)...Ranked 2nd in the UAA in rebounding, 3rd in scoring, free-throws, FT percentage and 4th in FG percentage...She was in the top-100 in the NCAA in FT%, FG% and double-doubles...MVP of the UR Chuck Resler Tournament and selected to Wendy's Classic All-Tournament 1st Team.
HS: Lettered in basketball (4 yrs) and soccer (1 yr) for the Blue Streaks of Manheim Township HS...Named basketball co-captain her senior season...Team Offensive Player of the Year as a freshman...Earned four All-League honors...Was All-County and named Lacaster-Lebanon League Player of the Year as a senior...Finished career with over 1,300 points, averaging 16.3 ppg and 9.0 rpg...Helped team win four straight sectional titles and reach the state tournament four times...Member of the National Honor Society and was a US Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Parents are Babette and Paul Leslie.
