Johannah Leedham ’10 Inducted into Northeast-10 Hall of Fame
Division II's all-time leading scorer becomes fourth Raven inductee
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Bruce Kirsh (right), Director of Athletics at Franklin Pierce, accepts Johannah Leedham's Northeast-10 Hall of Fame award from Julie Ruppert, Northeast-10 Commissioner.Leedham's Franklin Pierce bio
Northeast-10 Hall of Fame
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (June 2, 2015) – Johannah Leedham '10, formerly of the Franklin Pierce University women's basketball team, has been inducted into the Northeast-10 Conference Hall of Fame, as announced by the Conference office at the league's annual banquet on Monday evening. Leedham is the NCAA Division II all-time leading scorer (3,050 points) and led the Ravens to three consecutive regional titles (2008, 2009, 2010), including a trip to the national title game in 2009.
Leedham -- whose older sister Jennifer is the current head coach of the Ravens -- was a three-time national Player of the Year selection by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, as she earned the accolade for her 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 campaigns. In the latter season, she added national Player of the Year honors from both Daktronics and Women's Division II Bulletin as well. At the conclusion of her career, she was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the third round (27th overall) of the 2010 WNBA Draft and went on to represent host Great Britain in the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Collegiately, Leedham left Rindge with a nearly-unfathomable collection of hardware. In addition to the aforementioned national Player of the Year awards, she was a four-time All-America selection, including First Team honors from the WBCA in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. She was a consensus All-America First Team selection as a senior, earning the honor from both the WBCA and Daktronics. Leedham was a three-time Northeast-10 Player of the Year, four-time All-Northeast-10 First Team selection and earned Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year honors in 2006-07. At the regional level, she was a two-time Daktronics East Region Player of the Year selection and a four-time All-Region First Team selection.
Leedham's name is all over both the NCAA and Franklin Pierce record books. With 3,050 points, she is Division II's all-time leading scorer, and she also ranks seventh all-time with 459 career steals. Among NCAA single-season records, she ranked fourth in points (915 in 2009-10) and 20th in steals (143 in 2009-10). She holds the Franklin Pierce program record with all the aforementioned marks, in addition to the following: fastest to 1,000 points (44th career game), career free throws made (724), points per game in a single season (26.9 in 2009-10), three-point field goals made in a single season (90 in 2009-10) and free throws made in a single season (215 in 2009-10).
Leedham is the fourth Franklin Pierce inductee into the Northeast-10 Hall of Fame. She joins Laura Hislop (inducted in 2012); Justin Blood (2011); and Dr. George Hagerty (2010), the University's third president.
For more information on Franklin Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be sure to follow the Ravens through the Department of Athletics' official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens), its YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports) and its Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/FPUathletics). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce women's basketball apparel can do so at the Department of Athletics' online store (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store).