Sarah Leyendecker

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
Forward
Height:
6-4
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Mother of Mercy

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2020-21 All-BIG EAST Academic Team
2019-20 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 30)

XAVIER
REDSHIRT-SENIOR (2020-21)
Played in 14 games... averaged 4.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per game... added seven blocks, four steals and three assists... posted a .741 free-throw percentage (20-for-27)... scored a season-high 18 points and grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds vs Providence on Dec. 31.

REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
Played in 23 games, making seven starts... averaged 5.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game... added 21 blocks, 17 steals and 14 assists... increased her scoring and rebounding in BIG EAST play, averaging 8.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game... hit 87.8 percent (36-for-41) of her free throws... posted her first career double-double on Dec. 29 vs St. John's, scoring 18 points and grabbing 13 rebounds... scored in double figures three times... had 10 or more rebounds in a game three times... scored a season-high 18 points vs St. John's... grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds vs St. John's... posted a season-high four blocks vs Marquette on Jan. 19... named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Dec. 30.

REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Sat out the 2018-19 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

AKRON
FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Played in 28 games, averaging 3.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game... added five assists, three steals and a team-high 22 blocks.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner at Mother of Mercy (Ohio) High School... led the Girls Greater Catholic League in scoring (14.4) as a senior, while earning all-conference first-team honors.

PERSONAL
Daughter of John and Connie Leyendecker... mother Connie played basketball at Xavier from 1982-85... majoring in psychology.