Kate Leone

Photo by: Judy Stapleton

Photo by: Alex Soto

Photo by: Judy Stapleton

Photo by: Bill Hirsh

Position:
Attack
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
White Plains HS
Hometown:
White Plains, N.Y.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:

2018 Preseason All-SoCon Team
SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 27-March 3)
2018 All-SoCon First Team
2018 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2018 All-Southern Conference Academic Team
2018 Academic Honor Roll

2018 (Senior):

Saw action in all 20 games, including 20 starts.
Led the Bears with 54 goals, 114 shots and 87 shots on goal, and totaled 12 assists, 66 points, 20 groundballs and seven caused turnovers for the season.
Recorded a season-high five goals against Detroit Mercy (3/31/18), three ground balls against Stetson (4/22/18), two caused turnovers against Coastal Carolina (4/15/18) and two assists against Louisville (3/14/18).
Registered a .763 shots on goal percentage.
Elected captain for the season.

2017 (Junior):

Saw time in all 19 games and earned all 19 starts.
Led the team in goals with 56 for the season including one free position goal, scored her 100^th career goal making her the second player in program history to reach the milestone.
Averaged a .746 percentage for shots on goal.
Led the team with 21 assists.
Totaled 23 ground balls, including a career-high of three ground balls against Stetson.
Contributed 15 caused turnovers.
Won 14 draw controls, including a season-high of three draw controls against Stetson.
Voted to the Second Team.
Mercer women’s lacrosse team elected Kate as one of the captains for the season.
Recorded a season-high of seven points against Howard.

2016 (Sophomore):

Played in seven games and earned a start for the Bears.
Scored five goals and added an assist to total six points.
Tallied four ground balls for the year.
Recorded a .875 shots on goal percentage and .625 shot percentage on the season.
Ranks third on Mercer’s career goal leaderboard (44) and fourth in career points (54).

2015 (Freshman):

Was one of two players to start all 14 games for the Orange and Black.
Named both a Second Team All-Atlantic Sun and Atlantic Sun Freshman Team selection.
Led the Bears with 39 goals and added nine assists to finish second on the team with 48 points.
Also tallied nine ground balls, seven draw controls and two caused turnovers.
Notched an .803 shots on goal percentage and averaged 3.43 points per game on the season.
Also averaged 2.79 goals per game.
Owns Mercer’s single-season goals and goals per game records.

BEFORE MERCER: