Phillip Leonard

Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Union HS

2014-15
Started all 35 of Mercer’s games, averaging 27.0 minutes per game … Led the SoCon in assists with a clip of 4.5 per game … Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with an average of 8.1 points per game … Pulled down an average of 3.5 rebounds per contest … Recorded 10 double-digit scoring performances … Posted 19 games of five or more assists … Scored a career-high 21 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor and 9-of-11 from the free throw line against VMI (1/5) … Set a personal high for minutes played with 40, adding 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and a steal against UC Santa Barbara (11/28) … Dished out a career-high 10 assists and added nine points against St. Andrews (12/2) … Totaled 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting, seven assists, five rebounds and a steal against Chattanooga (2/19) … Recorded a career-high three steals on three occasions against Colorado State (11/23), Western Carolina (1/22) and Wofford (2/26).

2013-14
Game-by-Game Stats
Saw action in 32 games, averaging 9.0 minutes per outing … Posted averages of 4.0 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game … Reached double figure scoring totals three times and collected five or more rebounds twice … Scored a game-high 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting against Johnson & Wales (11/20) … Netted 12 points to go along with three rebounds at Oklahoma in a return to his home state (12/2) … Contributed 11 points, six rebounds and three assists in Mercer’s win over St. Andrews (12/27).

2012-13 (Northern Oklahoma Tonkawa College)
Started all 31 games, leading the Mavs to a 27-4 record while averaging 7.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game … Shot 50.7% from the field and registered a 2.9 assist-to-turnover ratio … Scored in double figures ten times and had seven games with five or more assists … Netted a season-high 18 points in the final game of the year against Eastern Oklahoma State College (3/6).

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned three varsity letters for coach Rudy Garcia at Union High School … Led Union to an unblemished 29-0 record and the 6A state championship as a senior … Also competed as a member of the Union Select AAU team under coach Loyd Hudson … A member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Phillip Leonard was born on September 30, 1993 in Lawton, Oklahoma … Son of Phillip and Cynthia Leonard … Also recruited by North Texas and UC-Riverside … Most inspired by his stepfather, Chris, who pushes him to do his best … Intends to major in business.