Leedham Named 
NE-10 Player of the Week
Ellesmere Port, England, native earns third award of sophomore season (9^th career)

RINDGE, N.H. (December 17, 2007) – Franklin Pierce University sophomore All-American Johannah Leedham (Ellesmere Port, England/Cheshire Academy (Conn.)) earned Northeast-10 Player of the Week honors for women’s basketball by the Conference office today.

            Leedham earns the award for the third time this season (ninth career) after averaging 18 points, six rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.5 steals in a 2-0 week for Franklin Pierce. She shot 61.9-percent (13-for-21) from the field and converted 10-of-14 (71.4%) free throws for the week. Leedham led the Ravens to a 79-70 victory at Southern New Hampshire with 23 points, on 7-of-12 shooting from the field and a 9-13 effort at the line, to go with five rebounds and four steals. In Friday’s 93-28 victory at Post University, she collected 13 points on 6-9 shooting from the field, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals in just 17 minutes of action.            

Leedham ranks among Northeast-10 leaders in most statistical categories, averaging 22.9 points (2^nd), 7.4 rebounds (8^th), 4.3 assists (5^th) and 4.2 steals (1^st) per game, shooting 54.4-percent from the field (2^nd). She led Franklin Pierce in scoring in each of the Ravens first nine games of the season until her sister, Jennifer Leedham (Ellesmere Port, England/Cheshire Academy (Conn.)), led the way in Friday’s win at Post with a season-high 24 points. Johannah Leedham has led the Ravens in rebounding seven times, assists six times and steals eight.

            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 honors, has scored in double-figures in all 35 games of her collegiate career, netting 20 or more on 24 occasions and scoring 30-plus points ten 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 (9-1, 6-1 NE-10), among teams receiving votes in the most recent USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Division II poll, returns to action after Christmas when it participates in the Pace University Holiday Classic December 29 and 30. The Ravens face host Pace on the 29^th at 2 p.m. Franklin Pierce does not return home until January 8 when they host preseason NE-10 favorites Bentley College at 5:30 p.m.