Leedham Named NE-10 
Player of the Week
Ellesmere Port, England, native earns first award of sophomore season (7^th career)

RINDGE, N.H. (November 21, 2007) – Franklin Pierce University sophomore All-American Johannah Leedham (Ellesmere Port, England/Cheshire Academy) appears to be picking up right where she left off after a record-breaking freshman season, earning Northeast-10 Conference women’s basketball Player of the Week honors following the Ravens opening weekend of action.

            Leedham, who earned a program record six NE-10 Player of the Week awards as a freshman to go with a record 11 NE-10 Freshman of the Week accolades, collects her first award of the 2007-08 season after averaging 25.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, six assists and 4.5 steals as Franklin Pierce opened its season with a pair of victories at the Doubletree Hotels Tip Off Classic, hosted by Saint Michael’s College, over the weekend. She shot 51.4-percent (18-for-35) from the field, including 4-for-9 (44.4%) from three-point range, and converted 11-of-13 (84.6%) free-throw attempts.            

Leedham came within two assists of her first career triple double with 21 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists and four steals in Sunday’s 76-53 victory over Saint Thomas Aquinas College. She opened the season with 30 points, five rebounds, five steals and four assists in Franklin Pierce’s 74-61 win over Mercy College on Saturday.

            Leedham leads the Northeast-10 in scoring and steals, while ranking third in assists and ninth in rebounds. Leedham has scored in double-figures in all 27 games of her collegiate career, netting 20 or more on 18 occasions and scoring 30-plus points nine times. She is coming off a freshman season which saw her become the first Daktronics All-American and Kodak/WBCA Honorable Mention All-American in program history, while also earning NE-10 Freshman of the Year, All-NE-10 first team and NE-10 All-Rookie team honors.

            Leedham, who broke no fewer than 19 program records at Franklin Pierce in 2006-07, led Great Britain to a bronze medal at the FIBA U-20 European Championships this summer. She led Great Britain in most statistical categories, averaging 22.1 points (3^rd overall among Championship leaders), 8.6 rebounds (6^th), 3.0 assists (6^th) and 2.9 steals (4^th) per contest. She is shot 48.7-percent (56-of-115) from the field (5^th), including 14-for-30 (46.7%) from three-point range (2^nd). Leedham scored 20-plus points in all but two contests, posting a pair of double-doubles.

            Franklin Pierce (3-0, 1-0 NE-10) is back in action on Sunday when it visits Bryant University at 1:30 p.m. The Ravens return home next Wednesday, November 28, to host Pace University at 5:30 p.m.