Leaf Newman

Position:
Guard/Forward
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Perris (Arizona State)
Hometown:
Perris, Calif.

As a Senior
Named team co-captain … Scored in double figures 10 times this season … Syracuse is 8-2 in those 10 games … Has scored 441 points (7.6 per game) in two season with Syracuse since transferring from Arizona State … Ranks third on the team this season with 29 three-pointers … Averaging 7.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in 2001-02 … Started all 31 games at the small forward position this season … Hit for 19 points, 13 of them in the first half, in SU’s win versus Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Championship … Tied a season-high with eight field goals in the game (8-for-12 from the floor) … Led Syracuse with a season-high 21 points, including a career-high five three-pointers versus West Virginia … Also handed out a career-best six assists versus the Mountaineers … Won the game at Seton Hall with a 25-footer with no time remaining … Tallied 10 points and two assists in the win versus St. Bonaventure … Led the Orangewomen with 13 points and a season-high nine rebounds versus San Francisco … Scored six points, including two game-tying free throws with 2:53 remaining in the win at Cincinnati … Scored 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting versus Providence … Tallied 10 points and four rebounds versus Georgetown … Scored in double figures for the third time in four games with 10 points versus Virginia Tech … Netted 11 points against Pittsburgh on 5-of-7 shooting from the field.

As a Junior
Played in all 27 games, starting 12?Scored first point as an Orangewoman on a three-pointer at Old Dominion ... Scored a career-high 24 points versus the Lady Monarchs ... Also passed out a season-high five assists in that game ... SU's most accurate three-point shooter for the season, shooting .368 (28-76)...Fifteenth on SU's single-season three-point field goals list ... Reached double figures in her first three games as an Orangewoman ... Averaged 7.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 20.7 minutes.

1999-2000
Sat out 1999-2000 season due to NCAA transfer rule.

At Arizona State
Played in all 27 games as a sophomore ... Finished 10th in the Pac-10 in three-point field goal percentage, hitting 34 percent of her attempts (29-of-86) in 1998-99 ... Tied for the team lead with 29 three-pointers ...Recorded 11 double-figure scoring games ... Led the team in scoring in six games ... Recorded her first career double-double with 15 points and a career-high 10 rebounds against UCLA ... Played in all 27 games as a freshman ... Posted six double-figure scoring games that season.

High School Averaged 23.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 3.8 steals as a senior ... Shot .460 from three-point range and .830 from the free throw line ... Led team to the C.I.F. state semifinals in 1996-97 ... Earned league MVP honors as a senior ... Two-time first-team All-County selection ... First-team All-C.I.F. as a senior ? Hit 10 three-pointers in a game as a senior ... Led team to a 27-3 record, its third straight league title and a berth in the C.I.F. semifinals as a junior ... Nike Elite Camp participant ... Rated as one of the top four three-point shooters in Southern California as a senior ... Street & Smith honorable mention All-America selection ... Also competed in track, finishing third in the league in the 300-meter hurdles ... Member of the 4x400 relay team which finished first in the league.

Personal
Born April 22, 1979 in Denver, Colo.... Daughter of Francisco and Alison Newman ... Four brothers ... Majoring in speech communication.