Johannah Leedham Named to NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll

Senior forward averaged 24.5 points and 8.0 rebounds during the week

RINDGE, N.H. (February 1, 2010) – Franklin Pierce University women’s basketball senior standout Johannah Leedham (Ellesmere Port, England) was named to the Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll on Monday, as announced by the league.

Leedham earned the recognition after averaging 24.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game during the week as the Ravens went 2-0 in defending their No. 1 national ranking in the USA Today/ESPN WBCA Division II Top-25 Poll.

Leedham logged a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds in the 80-39 win over Adelphi on Tuesday. The strong performance came on a special evening as Leedham was honored prior to the game for breaking the school’s scoring record the previous week. She was joined in the pre-game ceremony by Shelia Lindsey, who previously held the school scoring record since 1988.

Leedham followed that performance with another brilliant one in Saturday’s 84-61 triumph at Le Moyne. She tossed in a game-high 31 points to give her 2,618 for career, which moved her into sixth place in NCAA Division II women’s basketball history for career scoring. She also became just the seventh player in Division II history to top 2,600 points for her career.

Leedham wasn’t done moving up the NCAA charts as she also had two steals in the win over the Dolphins. The steals were the 395th and 396th of her career, which is good enough for 17th place in Division II history for career threfts.

Leedham and the top-ranked Ravens return to action Wednesday night when they travel to face Stonehill at 5:30 p.m. The Skyhawks are currently in a three-way tie for second place in the league and are three games back of the top spot, which the Ravens occupy. Fans who cannot attend the game can follow it online via video and/or live stats through the team’s page at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)