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2001-02: Earned second-team District VIII All-Academic Accolades for the second straight year ... also earned first-team Academic All-Pac-10 honors in 2002 for the second straight season and received league all-academic honors in each of the three seasons she was eligible ... played in all 34 games this year, starting five and averaging 14.5 minutes per game ... appeared in 110 games, starting 31, in her four-year ASU career ... helped ASU to two of its most successful seasons in school history in her last two years as a Sun Devil ... highlights from the last two seasons included a share of the 2001 Pac-10 Championship, the 2002 Pac-10 Tournament Championship, back-to-back 20 wins seasons (including a school-record 25 wins in 2001-02) and ASU's first back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 19 years ... won the Bill & Judy Schaefer Most Inspirational Award at the team's season-end banquet ... one of the team's emotional leaders ... perservered through three knee surgeries over her last year ... averaged 4.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game as a senior ... scored a season-high 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting vs. Western Michigan on Nov. 24 ... pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds in ASU's season-opening win over St. Peter's on Nov. 17 ... had six points, nine rebounds and three steals in a Dec. 30 win over Arizona ... finished second on the team in field goal percentage, knocking down 46.8 percent of her shots (51-109).
2000-01: Earned second-team District VIII All-Academic accolades ... became ASU's first first-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection since 1990, the second academic all-league honor of her career ... was also honored as the Athletes International Ministries Female College Athlete of the Year ... played in 28 games, starting the first 18 games of the year ... finished fourth on the team in rebounding with 3.9 boards per game and sixth in scoring at 4.6 points per game ... also turned in career bests with 20 assists and 23 steals on the year ... had her best game of the season with 12 points and eight rebounds in a Dec. 1 win over La Salle ... played a career-high 34 minutes vs. second-ranked Tennessee, turning in four points, six rebounds and three steals ... pulled down eight rebounds in a Feb. 1 victory over Oregon State ... tore the meniscus on her left knee in the first half at Washington on Feb. 10 and had arthroscopic surgery on Feb. 15 ... missed three games but came back a week earlier than predicted ... had two points and two rebounds in just nine minutes at Oregon on March 1 in her first game back ... followed that up with six points on 3-of-3 shooting and four rebounds at Oregon State on March 3 ... turned in 11 points and six rebounds in a March 8 win over Cal ... knocked down the first three-pointer of her career vs. the Golden Bears ... averaged 5.8 points and 2.8 rebounds and shot 59.1 percent from the field over the last five games of the year after returning from her knee injury ... re-aggravated her knee in practices the week before the NCAA Tournament but finished the season strong with eight points on 4-of-4 shooting vs. 18th-ranked LSU in the NCAA first round ... had a second knee surgery at the end of the season ... won the team's Glue Award at the season-end banquet.
1999-2000: Selected as ASU's Practice Player of the Year by the coaches at season-end banquet ... one of five players to appear in all 29 games for the Sun Devils ... averaged 3.5 points and 3.8 rebounds (fourth on team) in 13.4 minutes per game ... shot 40.4 percent from the field, which was fourth best on the team ... paced the team in rebounding in three of the last four games, including a season-high nine boards at Cal March 9 ... averaged 6.0 rebounds per game over the last six contests of the season ... turned in one of her best performances of the year at Stanford March 11, hitting five of eight attempts from the field, scoring 10 points and grabbing five rebounds ... also upped her scoring over the last few games of the year with six points at Cal (Mar.9), 10 at Stanford (Mar. 11) and five at Colorado State (Mar. 16) ... had a career-best three steals vs. South Carolina Dec. 4 to help ASU to its second straight Wells Fargo Classic title ... earned honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10 honors ... started three of ASU's six games in Australia, averaging 4.2 rebounds and recording nine boards in the final game vs. Cairns.
1998-99: Was struck by injury in late December (stress fractures), which limited her playing time through most of the Pac-10 season ... made her mark early in the preseason, recording four double-doubles in ASU's first eight games, including two in her first two collegiate outings ... was averaging close to a double-double as ASU's leading rebounder (9.5 rpg) and third-leading scorer (10.0 ppg) at the time of the injuries ... was ranked fourth among Pac-10 rebounders ... notched her best all-around outing in front of several family members and friends at UC Irvine Dec. 18 ... scored 17 points (on 8-of-10 shooting) and added seven rebounds and one steal ... saw her minutes slowly increase after she re-entered the ASU lineup and played one minute in the Jan. 23 loss to Oregon ... saw 10 and 14 minutes of action March 4 at UCLA and Mar. 6 at USC, respectively, her first 10-plus minute outings since the stress fractures were detected on Dec. 30 ... she and fellow freshman Theresa Jantzen were responsible for 89 percent (8) of the Sun Devils' nine double-doubles.
High School: Concluded her prep career as the all-time leading scorer (1,348 points) and rebounder (768 rebounds) at Esperanza High School in Anaheim, Calif. ... ranks No. 2 on the school career steals list (254), just nine steals behind the all-time leader ... averaged 14.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.7 steals as a senior, leading her squad to a 21-8 mark ... helped guide Esperanza to a 22-6 slate and the Sunset League Championship in 1996-97 ... as a junior, averaged 16.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks ... shot 51 percent (192-of-379) from the field in 1996-97 ... grabbed the team's most offensive rebounds as a freshman (106) ... her best individual performance was a 26-point effort against Long Beach Wilson in the C.I.F. quarterfinal game (1997-98) ... she averaged 28 points in the two C.I.F. games prior ... a two-time First Team All-Sunset League selection ('97, '98) and the league MVP as a junior ... received First Team All-Orange County acclaim twice ('97, '98) as well as First Team All-CIF southern section honors ('97, '98) ... garnered third team all-state honors as a senior. ... played in the California North-South All-Star games ... participated in the California State and Orange County All Star games ... captained the squad her junior and senior years ... coached by Mark Hill.
Personal: Majoring in sports broadcast journalism and plans to pursue a career as a sports anchor ... a four-time Maroon and Gold Scholar Athlete ... completed her freshman year with a perfect 4.0 GPA ... the daughter of Curt (doctor) and Pam (elementary teacher) Combs of Yorba Linda ... has a younger brother Tyler (15) ... went to the same high school as former ASU football players Kareem Clark (cornerback) and Brian Forth (wide receiver) ... born Sept. 8, 1980, in Orange, Calif. ... enjoys hanging out with friends, going to the beach, watching movies and playing the piano ... full name is Leah Suzanne Combs.
CAREER BESTS
POINTS 17 vs. UC Irvine, 12/18/98
FIELD GOALS 5 twice (last vs. La Salle, 12/1/00)
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 14 vs. La Salle, 12/1/00
3-POINTERS 1 vs. California, 3/8/01
3-POINT ATTEMPTS 1 three times (last vs. Stanford, 12/21/01)
REBOUNDS 15 vs. Sam Houston State, 11/21/98
ASSISTS 4 at Stanford, 1/4/01
STEALS 3 four times (last vs. Arizona, 12/30/01)
BLOCKS 1 five times (last at Vanderbilt, 3/18/02)
MINUTES 34 vs. Tennessee, 12/27/00
