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Player Bio: Brett Leonard



At ASU: Looks to build upon a strong freshman campaign that was slowed by a preseason shoulder injury ... will be in the mix for starting spot at point guard after starting seven conference games for the Sun Devils last season ... fiery, intense player who can create shots for her teammates and score in her own right ... one of the most talented point guards to play at Arizona State this decade.

1999-2000: Winner of the Coach's Award at ASU's season-ending banquet ... played in 22 games with seven starts ... missed the first seven games of the season after suffering a separated shoulder during preseason workouts ... underwent surgery on (date) and spent the first month of the season in rehabilitation ... made up one half of ASU's outstanding freshman class along with Sarah Allen ... made her debut at Texas-San Antonio Dec. 19 ... saw her minutes slowly increase over the last half of the season ... started seven games at point guard in the Pac-10 Conference season ... averaged 1.5 points and 1.8 assists per game in 16.0 minutes per game ... one of four Sun Devils to finish the season with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio (39 assists to 32 turnovers) ... her 39 assists ranked fifth on the team ... scored a season-high six points in ASU's WNIT match-up at Colorado State Mar. 16 ... also scored six points vs. UCLA Jan. 22 ... dished out a season-best five assists to lead ASU's to its 17-point victory over Oregon State Mar. 4 ... accompanied the team to Australia on her own in the summer.

High School: A 1999 graduate of Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill. ... was rated a top-100 senior by Blue Star Report before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during Glenbrook South's season opener ... a two-time Street and Smith's Honorable Mention All-American (1997, 1998) and listed among Illinois' top players by USA Today ... held the starting point guard spot as a freshman, sophomore and junior, leading Glenbrook South to a combined 77-11 record during that span ... captained the team in 1997-98 and 1998-99 ... helped her team claim the 1996, 1997 and 1998 CSLS conference championships ... captained the team in 1996-97 and 1997-98 ... a three-time All-Central Suburban League pick ... 1998 AAU All-American ... rated the 79th top high school senior by Blue Star Report ... named all-state as a junior by the Associated Press, the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association, the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Champaign News-Gazette ... attended the 1998 NIKE All-American and the WBCA/Reebok All-American camps ... averaged 17.7 points, 5.5 assists and 4.2 steals as a junior in 1997-98, scoring 531 points ... set the Glenbrook South single-season assists record as a sophomore, with 190 in 1996-97.

Personal: Plans to major in broadcast journalism ... the daughter of John Leonard and Pam Leonard ... has an older brother, Jay (22), a point guard at Lake Forest College, and an older sister Dana (21), a point guard for Northwestern ... born July 10, 1981, in Park Ridge, Ill. ... full name is Brett Jordana Leonard ... chose Arizona State over Illinois, Iowa, Northwestern and Notre Dame.

Career Highs

Points: 6 (two times), last at Colorado State, 3/16/00
Field Goals: 2 (two times), last at Colorado State, 3/16/00
3-Pointers: -
3-Point Attempts: 1 (four times), last at Colorado State, 3/16/00
Rebounds: 4 (two times), last vs. Oregon , 3/2/00
Assists: 5 vs. Oregon State, 3/4/00
Steals: 2 (twice), last vs. Oregon State, 3/4/00
Blocks: -
Minutes: 25 at Stanford, 3/11/00

  Brett Leonard
Brett Leonard
Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Glenview, Ill.

High School:
Glenbrook South HS

Height:
5-5

Position:
Guard