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2012: Started in all 20 games ... Scored a career-high seven goals against Hartwick on 4/22 .. Finished the year with 79 points on 66 goals and 13 assists ... Had a career-high three assists against St. Lawrence ... Scored multiple points in all but one game ... Grabbed a team-leading 88 draw controls ... Also led the team with 62 ground balls and 28 caused turnovers ... Was seleceted as the Empire 8 Player of the Week for the week ending 4/23 ... Was named to the Empire 8 First Team and the IWLCA All-Region First Team ... Selected as an IWLCA Third Team All-American.
2011: Had a record-setting season in her first year at Fisher … Started in all 18 contests … Scored a then school record 68 goals, including an eight point game (6g, 2a) against Nazareth on 4/6 … Finished ranked second in points in a season with 76 (68g, 8a) … Scored multiple goals in 17 out of 18 games … Grabbed a single-season record 93 draw controls during the season ... Had 13 draw controls against St. Lawrence on 5/1, just one shy of a Fisher single-game record, and 10 against Hartwick on 4/17 … Led the Cardinals in nearly every offensive category … Led the conference in goals per game (3.75) and draw controls per game (5.38) … Two-time Empire 8 Player of the Week … Named to the Empire 8 Conference First Team … Named to the 2011 Empire All-Region First Team … Named to the Synapse Sports/womenslacrosse.com Division III All-American Third Team
Prior Experience: Played one season of lacrosse at Mercyhurst College … Played in 17 of 18 contests, started in seven … Finished fourth on the team in scoring with 30 points on 28 goals and two assists … Had 23 ground balls, 26 draw controls and 11 caused turnovers.
High School: Played three years of varsity lacrosse at Penfield … Led her team to a Sectional title in 2007 … Was named Player of the Year after her senior season … Two-time All-League honoree … Led her team in scoring in 2009 … Also played soccer in high school … Won the Section V Championship in 2007 … Named to the All-League First Team in 2009.
Personal: Melissa is the daughter of Steve and Michelle Leonhard … Brothers Daniel and Paul both attended Fisher … Born October 10, 1990 … Majoring in Communications with a minor in Business.
