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Division II Bulletin Preseason Player of the Year. Holds no less than 23 program records after two seasons.

2007-2008: State Farm/WBCA Division II Player of the Year and first team All-American. Daktronics third team All-American and All-Northeast Region first team. Northeast-10 Conference and ECAC Division II Player of the Year. ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District and Northeast-10 All-Academic first-team selection. Appeared in all 33 games as a sophomore. Became the school's single-season points leader with 758. Led the team in nearly every major offensive category, including minutes (32.4 mpg), points (23.0 ppg), rebounds (7.0 rpg), assists (4.0 apg) and steals (3.4 spg). Also hit 48 percent (262-546) of her field goal attempts and 83.7 percent (180-215) of her free-throw tries. Led the Northeast-10 in points and steals per game. Reached double figures in scoring in every game for the second straight season. Began the year with 30 points and five steals against Mercy (11/17). Just missed a triple-double with 26 points, 11 rebounds and a season-best nine steals versus Assumption (11/20). Netted a season-high 32 points against Bryant (11/25). Scored 14 points against Saint Rose (1/26) to become the program's fastest player to 1,000 points. Netted 25 points with 10 rebounds, four steals and two assists versus Saint Anselm (2/9). Named Northeast Regional Most Outstanding Player after averaging 27.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 3.3 assists in three games. Scored 30 or more points in four of the last five games of the year. Had 30 with five steals in the NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal versus Stonehill (3/15), setting a new school record by going 14-for-14 from the free-throw line. Had a 31-point, 10-rebound effort in the Regional final against Holy Family (3/17). Poured in 31 points with a career-high 18 rebounds in the Elite Eight loss to Alaska Anchorage (3/28).

2006-2007: Daktronics All-America third-team honoree and Kodak/WBCA All-America honorable mention. First-team Daktronics All-Northeast selection. Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year, All-Northeast-10 first team and NE-10 All-Rookie honoree. Started 25 games in her first season with the Ravens, leading the squad with 23.1 points and 32.8 minutes per game. Also posted team-high totals with 198 rebounds (7.9 rpg), 25 blocks (1.0 bpg) and 100 steals (4.0 spg). Shot 49 percent from the field (187-382) and 81.3 percent (165-203) from the free-throw line. Recorded double-figures in points in every game and had four double-doubles on the year. Began the season with a 20-point effort against Saint Michael's (11/17). Posted her first career double-double with 27 points and 11 rebounds against C.W. Post (11/18). Scored 23 points in consecutive contests, adding 12 rebounds against Bryant (11/26) and a season-best 14 boards versus Pace (11/29). Poured in a season-high 39 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the field and a 13-for-13 effort from the free-throw line while adding 11 rebounds, six steals and four blocks against Stonehill (12/2). Posted 37 points with 10 boards versus Saint Rose (12/9). Swiped a season-high 11 steals to complement 13 points and five assists in win over Northwood (12/30). Scored 32 points on 12-of-24 shooting and added 12 rebounds against Pace (1/31). Named Northeast-10 Player of the Week six times and was an 11-time Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week honoree.

International: Product of the Great Britain women's national team system. Named to the Senior Women's National Team in April 2008 after leading the U-20 National Team to a bronze medal at the EuroBasket Division B Women's Championship in 2007. Averaged 11.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.9 assists in 24.3 minutes per game over Britain's eight EuroBasket Championship qualifiers. She shot 35.1-percent (26-for-74) from the field and converted 84.2% (32-38) of her free-throw attempts in her tournament for the full national team. Posted 16 points, hitting the winning basket at the buzzer, to go with six rebounds and four steals against Germany. Averaged 22.1 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.9 steals in leading Great Britain to bronze medal at 2007 U-20 Championships. Posted 26 points, seven rebounds and three assists in bronze medal game win over Portugal. Averaged 18.5 points, five rebounds, 4.3 steals and 1.8 steals at 2006 U-20 Championships. Also played for the England U-28 National Team and England's Cadette National team. Two-time Great Britain U-20 National Player of the Year.

Before Franklin Pierce: Spent two years at Cheshire Academy after graduating from Ellesmere Port Catholic High in 2004. Named the New England Prep School Player of the Year and MVP of the Class C Tournament in 2005 and was a McDonalds All-Star nominee. Boston Globe Prep All-Scholastic honoree. A two-time selection to the Class A All-Star team. In England, played for the three-time national champion Ellesmere Port Panthers.

Personal: Born December 5, 1987, in Chester, England. Daughter of Sue and Kim Leedham of Cheshire, England. Has two sisters, Jennifer (22) and Kirsty (18). Jennifer is a teammate and co-captain at Franklin Pierce, while Kirsty is a sophomore at Caldwell College. Undecided on academic major. Supports the Chicago Bulls and Everton Football Club. Lists Lebron James as her favorite athlete.