2017 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Nikki Leonard
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Liberty HS
- Hometown:
- Bakersfield, Calif.
2017
Nikki Leonard is a senior defensive specialist and backup setter for the Women of Troy.
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2016
As a junior transfer, Leonard competed in 16 matches with 33 sets of action… completed her first season at USC with 109 assists (3.30 aps), 48 digs (1.45 dps) and six service aces… put up season highs in a four-set win over Colorado with 30 assists and 14 digs for her third-career double-double… reached double digit assists in four matches.
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2015 (GONZAGA)
As a sophomore, Leonard saw action in 18 matches and 56 sets… set career high with 3.98 assists per set, on 223 total assists… finished with 92 digs (1.64 dps)… logged a double-double with 10 assists and 10 digs in her season debut at Kansas (Sept. 18)… dished out 25 assists against UMKC (Sept. 19)… reached double digits in assists in first eight matches of the year… set season team high with 32 assists at Loyola Marymount (Nov. 7)… posted second double-double with 26 assists and 12 digs at Saint Mary's College (Nov. 19).
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2014 (GONZAGA)
As a freshman, Leonard played in all 29 matches and started eight… ranked second on the team with 273 assists (2.37 aps) and 244 digs (2.12 dps)… ranked third on the team with 15 aces… tallied nine assists, two digs, and one kill in a three-set win over Boise State (Aug. 29) in her first collegiate match… started for the first time in a match against BYU (Sept. 25) and finished with 12 digs… had a season-high 34 assists in a win over Loyola Marymount (Oct. 4)… set a season high with 18 digs at San Francisco (Oct. 9)… recorded 22 or more assists in three straight matches (Nov. 8-15).
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HIGH SCHOOL
Leonard was a four-year volleyball letterwinner at Liberty High School in Bakersfield, Calif.… played outside hitter under head coach Leandrea Slayton… totaled 488 kills and 527 digs as a senior… named the 2013 Southwest Yosemite League MVP, First-Team All-Area, and was Liberty HS Top Female Athlete… finalist for the Jim Tyack Award and Female Athlete of the Year PEAAK Award… named first-team All-League and second-team All-Area as a junior… two-time Liberty HS Outstanding Scholar Award and Bakersfield Jockey Club Award winner (2012-13)… also lettered in track and field (high jump, long jump, and triple jump) and basketball for one year each.
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CLUB VOLLEYBALL
Leonard played five years for Club Jamba… led her team to an 11th-place finish at the 2011 Junior Olympics Open Division and a third-place finish in the 2014 Junior Olympics American Division.
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PERSONAL
Nicole Dawn Leonard was born on August 7, 1996, in Bakersfield, Calif.… parents are Dana and Don Leonard… has two brothers, Blake and Ryan… uncle Dale Leonard played baseball at Vanguard University… participated in gymnastics for eight years… aspires to own a business one day, possibly run a volleyball club… majoring in business administration.
