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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Melissa Leonhard

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/15/2013
  • Sport
    Women's Lacrosse
  • Bio
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St. John Fisher College’s Melissa Leonhard (Penfield/Penfield) of the women’s lacrosse team has been named as the College’s Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending April 14, 2013.

Playing in the final home game of her career, Leonhard led the Cardinals to a 12-8 win over East-Avenue rival Nazareth College on Saturday.

Leonhard paced Fisher with five goals, including two in a nine-second span late in the first half, snapping a 4-4 tie and giving her team the lead for good.  She also tallied four ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers.

For the season, Leonhard, Fisher’s all-time leader in draw controls leads the Empire 8 with 66.  She also leads the Empire 8 with 41 ground balls and ranks in the top three in the conference in goals (41) and caused turnovers (21).

Fisher (9-3 overall, 3-1 Empire 8) returns to action at 1 p.m. on Friday at Stevens Institute of Technology.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
3/3/2014 Mike Roman Baseball
3/3/2014 Taylor Hughes Women's Lacrosse
2/24/2014 Taylor Youngkrans Women's Track and Field
2/24/2014 Kyle Barry Men's Track and Field
2/17/2014 Mary Kate Cusack Women's Basketball
2/17/2014 Devin Cornelius Men's Track and Field
2/10/2014 Chaz Lott Men's Basketball
2/10/2014 Sydney Saccone Women's Track and Field
2/3/2014 Eric Riley Men's Track and Field
2/3/2014 Paige Willson Women's Track and Field
1/27/2014 Camaryn Buckner Women's Basketball
1/27/2014 Brandon Fuentes Men's Track and Field
1/20/2014 Sydney Saccone Women's Track and Field
1/20/2014 Optimystik Kinard Men's Basketball
1/13/2014 Sydney Bloomstein Women's Basketball
1/13/2014 Chaz Lott Men's Basketball
1/6/2014 McKenzie Bezon Women's Basketball
1/6/2014 Adam Ambielli Men's Basketball
12/16/2013 Meg Vona Women's Track and Field
12/16/2013 Trevor Wilkes Men's Track and Field
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