As a Junior (2006): Earned American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American honorable mention honors ... named to the AVCA All-Northeast team ... received second team All-BIG EAST honors ... played in 33 of 36 contests ... finished first on the team in assists (1,296) and service aces ... was third on the team in digs (266) and fourth in hitting percentage (.237) ... ended the year ranked fifth in the BIG EAST in assists and sixth in service aces ... dished out double-digit assists in 33 of 34 contests ... registered nine double-doubles in assists and digs ... tied for fifth with teammate Casie Brooks among the Red Storm's all-time career leaders in assists ... ranked second among the Red Storm's all-time single season leaders in aces (49) and fifth among the all-time single season leaders in assists (1,296) ... named to the William & Mary all-tournament team after totaling 21 kills, 38 assists and seven aces (Sept. 1-2) ... received Big Red Invitational MVP honors after posting 28 kills on 59 attempts, 146 assists, 34 digs and nine total blocks (Sept. 15-16) ... dished out a career-high 62 assists against West Virginia (Sept. 24) ... posted a career-high 16 digs against Louisville (Sept. 29) ... recorded her 1,000 assists by dishing out 59 against Villanova (Nov. 12). At Globe Institute: Transferred to St. John's from the Globe Institute of Technology ... received most valuable player and academic all-region honors in 2005 ... recorded the first triple-double in Globe Institute history against FIT with 10 kills, 30 assists and 10 total blocks. At Bielsko-Biala: In 2001, her high school team took second place in the district ... was named the best setter in the district that same year ... was a named the best volleyball player at Bielsko-Biala in 2000 ... took fi rst place at Regionals in 1999 and was named the tournament MVP ... served as team captain from 1999-2001. Off The Court Leszczynska, a sports management major, enjoys playing a variety of sports, listening to music and spending time with friends when she's not on the court. Her most thrilling moment of last season was winning against Notre Dame. She wants to help the team repeat as BIG EAST Regular Season Champions, win the BIG EAST Tournament, and make the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Leszczynska lists Polish pierogies as her favorite food and her favorite movie is A Beautiful Mind. For her efforts of the court, Leszczysnka was named a 2006-07 BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
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