2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 30
Mariah Leonard
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Broad Run
Bio
* 2x Honorable Mention All-Philly (2020-21, 2021-22)
2021-22 / Graduate Student
Honorable Mention All-Philly…started all 34 games for Drexel…part of a Dragons team that won a program best 28 games and the CAA Regular Season Championship…averaged 6.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game…scored in double figures eight times and pulled in 10+ rebounds on seven occasions with three double-doubles…posted a season-best 16 points in the WNIT Third Round at Seton Hall (Mar. 24)…career-high 16 rebounds against Longwood (Dec. 11)…recorded her first double-double of the season with 10 points and 14 boards at Maryland-Eastern Shore (Nov. 20)…averaged 11.0 points per game on 13-of-25 (52.0 percent) shooting during three games in the WNIT.
2020-21 / Senior
Appeared and started in 21 of 23 games… averaged a career-high 8.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game…led the team under the basket with 136 total rebounds…was one of the Dragons top three scorers on the year…shot a team-high 49.3% from the floor and 65.2% from the free throw line…a two-time Drexel Athletics Dragon of the Week…saw an average of 28.1 minutes through 21 appearances…recorded her first double-double performance against William & Mary (Jan.16) with a career-high 17 points and 11 rebounds…shot 6-of-8 (.750) from the floor and 5-of-6 (.833) from the free throw line against the Tribe…recorded double-digit scoring seven times, five of which she tallied in the month of January alone…ranked fifth in the CAA in field goal percentage (.493) and sixth in offensive rebounds per game (3.0)…made an appearance in all four of the Dragons post season matchups…set a career-high with four steals in the Dragons CAA Quarterfinal victory over Elon (Mar. 11)…averaged 5.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in post season play… named the Charge Leader for the third year in a row at the team’s season-end awards…an All-Philly Honorable Mention selection… named to the 2020 Fall CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20 / Junior
One of six Dragons to play in all 30 games…Made 22 starts on the campaign…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…one-time Drexel Athletics Dragon of the Week (Jan. 13)…averaged 6.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.2 blocks and 22.0 minutes in her 30 appearances…shot 48.3% (84-of-174) from the field, 0.0% (0-of-0) from three-point range and 66.7% (30-of-45) from the free-throw line for 198 points…averaged 8.7 points per game in CAA affairs…made her first collegiate start at Saint Joseph’s (Dec. 1) in the SJU Hawk Classic after scoring a then-career-high 11 points against Buffalo (Nov. 30)…went on to start 22 of the final 24 games as the team went 20-4 over that stretch…set season highs with 15 points and seven rebounds in the home win over Elon (Feb. 23)…had nine double-digit scoring performances including four-straight games from Jan. 3-12…started all 13 games in the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history…named the team’s Liz Berry Most Improved Award winner and the Charge Leader for the team’s season-end awards.
2018-19 / Sophomore
Appeared in 27 games in her full season as a Dragon...a defensive presence who led the Dragons in charges drawn during the season...made her season debut in the TD Bank Classic championship game against Vermont, scoring seven in 12 minutes (11/24)...scored eight with two steals, both season highs, at Delaware (1/13)...went a perfect 4-for-4 from the field for eight points at Hofstra (1/20)...went 5-for-6 from the line in establishing a new season high of nine against C. of C. (1/25).
2017-18 / Freshman
Saw action in three of the team’s first five games before being sidelined for the rest of the season with an injury…scored five with five rebounds in her collegiate debut at Penn State (11/12)…also appeared against La Salle (11/16) and No. 11 West Virginia (11/24)…a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2016-17 / Redshirt
Did not see action.
Background
A four-year letterwinner at Broad Run...a First Team All-Conference 14 selection as a sophomore, junior and senior...twice the Conference 14 Player of the Year...also a First Team All-5A North Region selection three times...Second Team All-State in each of her final three seasons...Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention as a sophomore, junior and senior...the All-Louden Player of the Year twice...a four-year team captain and team MVP...finished as the all-time leading scorer in Broad Run school history with 1,813 points...also the leading all-time rebounder with 1,300.
Personal
Daughter of Robin...health sciences major.
2021-22 / Graduate Student
Honorable Mention All-Philly…started all 34 games for Drexel…part of a Dragons team that won a program best 28 games and the CAA Regular Season Championship…averaged 6.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game…scored in double figures eight times and pulled in 10+ rebounds on seven occasions with three double-doubles…posted a season-best 16 points in the WNIT Third Round at Seton Hall (Mar. 24)…career-high 16 rebounds against Longwood (Dec. 11)…recorded her first double-double of the season with 10 points and 14 boards at Maryland-Eastern Shore (Nov. 20)…averaged 11.0 points per game on 13-of-25 (52.0 percent) shooting during three games in the WNIT.
2020-21 / Senior
Appeared and started in 21 of 23 games… averaged a career-high 8.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game…led the team under the basket with 136 total rebounds…was one of the Dragons top three scorers on the year…shot a team-high 49.3% from the floor and 65.2% from the free throw line…a two-time Drexel Athletics Dragon of the Week…saw an average of 28.1 minutes through 21 appearances…recorded her first double-double performance against William & Mary (Jan.16) with a career-high 17 points and 11 rebounds…shot 6-of-8 (.750) from the floor and 5-of-6 (.833) from the free throw line against the Tribe…recorded double-digit scoring seven times, five of which she tallied in the month of January alone…ranked fifth in the CAA in field goal percentage (.493) and sixth in offensive rebounds per game (3.0)…made an appearance in all four of the Dragons post season matchups…set a career-high with four steals in the Dragons CAA Quarterfinal victory over Elon (Mar. 11)…averaged 5.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in post season play… named the Charge Leader for the third year in a row at the team’s season-end awards…an All-Philly Honorable Mention selection… named to the 2020 Fall CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20 / Junior
One of six Dragons to play in all 30 games…Made 22 starts on the campaign…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…one-time Drexel Athletics Dragon of the Week (Jan. 13)…averaged 6.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.2 blocks and 22.0 minutes in her 30 appearances…shot 48.3% (84-of-174) from the field, 0.0% (0-of-0) from three-point range and 66.7% (30-of-45) from the free-throw line for 198 points…averaged 8.7 points per game in CAA affairs…made her first collegiate start at Saint Joseph’s (Dec. 1) in the SJU Hawk Classic after scoring a then-career-high 11 points against Buffalo (Nov. 30)…went on to start 22 of the final 24 games as the team went 20-4 over that stretch…set season highs with 15 points and seven rebounds in the home win over Elon (Feb. 23)…had nine double-digit scoring performances including four-straight games from Jan. 3-12…started all 13 games in the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history…named the team’s Liz Berry Most Improved Award winner and the Charge Leader for the team’s season-end awards.
2018-19 / Sophomore
Appeared in 27 games in her full season as a Dragon...a defensive presence who led the Dragons in charges drawn during the season...made her season debut in the TD Bank Classic championship game against Vermont, scoring seven in 12 minutes (11/24)...scored eight with two steals, both season highs, at Delaware (1/13)...went a perfect 4-for-4 from the field for eight points at Hofstra (1/20)...went 5-for-6 from the line in establishing a new season high of nine against C. of C. (1/25).
2017-18 / Freshman
Saw action in three of the team’s first five games before being sidelined for the rest of the season with an injury…scored five with five rebounds in her collegiate debut at Penn State (11/12)…also appeared against La Salle (11/16) and No. 11 West Virginia (11/24)…a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2016-17 / Redshirt
Did not see action.
Background
A four-year letterwinner at Broad Run...a First Team All-Conference 14 selection as a sophomore, junior and senior...twice the Conference 14 Player of the Year...also a First Team All-5A North Region selection three times...Second Team All-State in each of her final three seasons...Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention as a sophomore, junior and senior...the All-Louden Player of the Year twice...a four-year team captain and team MVP...finished as the all-time leading scorer in Broad Run school history with 1,813 points...also the leading all-time rebounder with 1,300.
Personal
Daughter of Robin...health sciences major.
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