| Marshall Leonard |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Midland, Ga.
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| High School:
Shaw
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| Height / Weight:
5-7 / 165
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| Position:
Midfielder/Defender
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| Experience:
3L
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2000: Recorded 2,173 minutes of playing time after starting all 24 games he appeared in ... scored seven points on five assists and one goal ... tallied two game-winning assists ... scored his first collegiate goal and added an assist in Virginia’s 6-1 victory over N.C. State (10/1) after he gathered a cleared ball and fired a shot to beat NCSU’s goalkeeper for the first of six UVa goals in the contest ... tallied his second game-winning assist of the season when he assisted on Steve Totten’s goal in Virginia’s 2-0 victory over Providence (10/29) ... recorded Virginia’s only assist of the Maryland/Fila Invitational when he connected with teammate Jonathan Cole with a crossing pass that Cole headed in for a goal against Indiana (9/10) ... assisted on Ryan Gibbs’ goal in Virginia’s 2-2- tie with Fairfield (10/6) ... recorded the game-winning assist when he played a ball upfield that resulted in Alecko Eskandarian’s game-winning goal in Virginia’s 3-1 victory over Elon (10/18) ... sent a cross that was headed in for an own-goal by a NCSU defender in Virginia’s 1-0 victory over N.C. State in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals (11/9) ... helped Virginia shutout four consecutive opponents: Providence (2-0), Maryland (2-0), N.C. State (1-0) and Duke (3-0) prior to the ACC Tournament Finals ... helped UVa record back-to-back shutouts in the Cavaliers final two regular season games with a 2-0 victory over Providence (10/29) and a 2-0 win over Maryland (11/3) ... started against Wake Forest (10/16) and North Carolina (9/24) and helped Virginia record shutouts in both contests ... started in Virginia’s 2-1 victory over St. John’s in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (11/26) and in Virginia’s 5-0 victory over Lehigh in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (11/19) ... lettered.
1999: Started all 24 games and logged 2233 minutes of playing time ... recorded his first collegiate game-winning assist in UVa’s 3-0 victory over Mount St. Mary’s (9/15) ... had an impressive ACC Tournament as he helped guide UVa to a 2-0 shutout victory over Maryland in the quarterfinals (11/11) and a 2-1 win over Wake Forest in the semifinals (11/12) ... started in Virginia’s 2-1 triple overtime victory over Princeton (11/21) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and in UVa’s 3-1 victory over Brown (11/28) in the second round of the tournament ... lettered.
1998: Started all 22 games he appeared in ... finished third on team and first among UVa freshmen with 2093 minutes played ... tallied two assists ... assisted on UVa’s final goal (by Chris Albright at 64:10) in 3-0 win over Adelphi in the Coca-Cola Classic ... had his other assist in 4-0 overtime victory over N.C. State in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament ... lobbed a pass to Albright who scored from 10 yards out to give Virginia a 2-0 lead just over three minutes into the second overtime period ... lettered.
High School: Earned one letter at Shaw High School and three at Brookstone High School … a Parade and NSCAA All-American … gained international experience with the U.S. under-20 and under-17 national teams ... named All Bi-City and team MVP … team captain as a senior … played on state and regional ODP teams … also earned two letters in basketball … member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Born December 29, 1980 in El Paso, Texas … son of Tommy and Kathleen Leonard … a volunteer soccer coach for under-privileged youths.
Leonard by the Numbers
| Year |
GP/GS |
Min |
Sh |
G |
A |
GWG/GWA |
Pts |
| 1998 |
22/22 |
2093 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
0/0 |
2 |
| 1999 |
24/24 |
2233 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0/1 |
1 |
| 2000 |
24/24 |
2173 |
13 |
1 |
5 |
0/2 |
7 |
| Totals |
70/70 |
6499 |
29 |
1 |
8 |
0/3 |
10 |
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