2017 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Amanda Leavell
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. John's School
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
Senior Year (2017): Started in all 19 games … led the team in ground balls with 37 and caused turnovers with 22 while adding 21 draw controls … scored one goal and two assists … caused three turnovers, won two draws and had two ground balls in the season opener with Temple … picked up two ground balls at Virginia … won four draws, with a ground ball and caused turnover in a win over Loyola on March 1 … grabbed three ground balls, one draw and one caused turnover against Brown … had one assist and a ground ball in a 14-8 win over Notre Dame … won three draws with three ground balls and one caused turnover against Penn State on March 21 … caused two turnovers and had one ground ball in an 18-8 win at Dartmouth … grabbed two ground balls, two caused turnovers and a draw in a win over Syracuse … won two draws, with a ground ball and a caused turnover in a win against Delaware on April 2 … collected two ground balls, a draw and a caused turnover in a 20-5 win over Harvard … pulled in two draws, with a ground ball and a caused turnover at Maryland … earned four ground balls, a draw and a caused turnover at Yale … caused two turnovers and had two ground balls at Penn on April 19 … earned a ground ball in a win at Cornell … had three ground balls and two caused turnovers in a win over Penn in the Ivy League semifinal ... caused two turnovers with three ground balls in the Ivy League championship with Cornell … named to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team … picked up a ground ball in a win over Cornell in the NCAAs … added a caused turnover and two ground balls at Penn State in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Awards
• Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-America
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
• Ivy League All-Tournament Team
• First-Team All-Region
Junior Year (2016): Started in all 17 games and finished with 10 point son nine goals and one assist ... second on the team in caused turnovers with 18 and was third on the team in both ground balls (26) and draws (20) ... notched a goal and an assist with four draws, three caused turnovers and a ground ball in the season opening win over No. 4 UVa ... scored at Drexel while causing two turnovers, winning two draws and picking up one ground ball ... caused a turnover and got a ground ball versus Georgetown ... picked up three ground balls against Dartmouth ... scored once and added a caused turnover and a ground ball at No. 6 Notre Dame ... had a caused turnover and ground ball at No. 8 Penn State three days later ... earned two ground balls while causing one turnover in a win at Harvard ... collected three ground balls in a win at Loyola ... caused six turnovers and earned three ground balls in a win at Delaware ... won two ground balls and one caused turnover against Yale ... had a hat trick against No. 1 Maryland while winning three draws and earning a ground ball ... scored on Cornell while winning two draws, two ground balls and one caused turnover ... won four draws and a ground ball versus No. 17 Penn ... scored once with two draws and two ground balls against Columbia ... won a draw and caused a turnover at Brown ... had a ground ball in the Ivy League semifinal with Cornelll ... scored on No. 17 UMass in the NCAA tournament while winning a draw and earning a ground ball.
Awards
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
Sophomore Year (2015): Started in all 20 games ... was second on the team in caused turnovers with 14 ... added 14 draws, 18 ground balls, two goals and one assists ... won two draws and picked up a ground ball against Loyola ... collected two ground balls and caused a turnover and won a draw at Georgetown ... won three draws at Dartmouth ... scored her first carer goal at No. 8 Virginia and had one draw ... picked up three ground balls and caused two turnovers vs. No. 11 PSU ... earned two ground balls and caused one turnover vs. Harvard .... collected a ground balland caused turnover vs. Cal ... caused two turnovers and won two ground balls vs. Delaware ... won a ground ball at Cornell ... caused a turnover at No. 11 Penn ... had a draw and caused turnover vs. Columbia ... had a ground ball and caused turnover vs. Brown ... tallied an assist with one draw and a ground ball vs. Harvard in the Ivy League semifinal ... scored a goal and had three draws, and a caused turnover vs. Penn in the Ivy final ... had a draw and ground ball vs. Fairfield at NCAAs ... caused two turnovers and had a ground ball vs. Stony Brook at NCAAs ... chipped in a ground ball at Duke in the quarterfinals.
Awards
• Ivy League All-Tournament Team
Freshman Year (2014): Appeared in 13 games and made 11 starts ... finished third on the team in draws with 23, while adding five caused turnovers and four ground balls ... won three draws against No. 6 Virginia ... won two draws at both USC and SDSU ... caused a turnover at SDSU ... won two draws, two ground ballls and two caused turnovers vs. Cornell ... won two draws vs. No. 2 Maryland and vs. Harvard ... picked up two draws, ground balls and caused turnovers apiece Gvs. No. 10 Penn ... won two draws vs. Dartmouth ... won three draws at No. 8 PSU ... won two draws against No. 11 Virginia in the NCAA second round.
Before Princeton: A three-sport athlete at St. John’s School ... guided her lacrosse team to a 75-18 record during her four years ... team was 21-2 record her senior year ... led the Mavericks in caused turnovers as a sophomore, junior and senior. ... collected 60 goals, 24 assists, 44 draw controls and 27 caused turnovers as a senior captain ... a three-time Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) all-conference selection ... a two-time all-state pick ... helped the team win three SPC championships, three state championships and two city championships ... named the MVP of the city championships in 2012 and team MVP ... a two-time US Lacrosse All-America ... earned national all-academic honors in 2012 ... also lettered in basketball and field hockey ... twice named MVP of the Mavericks basketball team ... plays her club lacrosse with the Texas Rangers.
Personal: Full name is Amanda Grace Leavell … parents are Allen Leavell (Oklahoma City ’79) who played for the Houston Rockets in the NBA from 1979-89 as their 1979 draft pick; and Gwethalyn Brooks (Duke ’83), a banker … has a younger brother Alex.
