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Leah Galton

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/3/2014
  • Sport
    Women's Soccer
  • Bio
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Hempstead, N.Y. – Monday marked a day of multiple awards for junior forward Leah Galton, who was named the GoHofstra Student-Athlete of the Week and the Big Apple Soccer Women's College Player of the Week for the second consecutive week.

Galton recorded her second consecutive hat trick for the Pride in a 3-0 win versus Towson on Sunday in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship quarterfinals at Hofstra Soccer Stadium. Galton won the Big Apple Soccer award last week when she netted her first career hat trick in Hofstra's 4-2 win over Delaware in the regular season finale.

With six goals in her last two games, Galton helped the third-seeded Pride advance to the semifinals against second-seeded James Madison on Friday at 3 p.m. on Northeastern's field.

In the postseason opener, Galton attempted eight shots. That figure matched the entire Towson output. Galton has a career-high 16 goals, which moved her one ahead of Scolarici for the CAA lead. It also placed Galton in a tie for ninth in NCAA Division I in the latest rankings released on Nov. 3.

With 16 goals, Galton has the third-highest single-season total in program history. Scolarici set the record with 18 in 2013.

Hofstra has won three games in a row and is unbeaten in its last seven (6-0-1). The team's last loss came to JMU on Oct. 3 at home with a 3-1 defeat. Both Hofstra and JMU were ranked in the top-10 of the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic latest poll that was released on Oct. 28.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/3/2020 Jahsyni Knight Women's Basketball
2/17/2020 Ryan Tierney Men's Lacrosse
1/2/2020 Desure Buie Men's Basketball
12/24/2019 Ana Hernandez Gil Women's Basketball
11/25/2019 Desure Buie Men's Basketball
11/20/2019 Sabrina Bryan Women's Soccer
11/12/2019 Sabrina Bryan Women's Soccer
11/5/2019 Alex Masai Men's Cross Country/Track
10/9/2019 Madison Warfel Field Hockey
9/24/2019 Cami Larsson Field Hockey
9/17/2019 Merlijn van der Vegt Field Hockey
9/10/2019 Alex Masai Men's Cross Country/Track
9/2/2019 Lucy Porter Women's Soccer
5/7/2019 Jess Smith Women's Lacrosse
4/30/2019 Alyssa Parrella Women's Lacrosse
4/23/2019 Anthony D'Onofrio Baseball
4/15/2019 Austin Pollack Baseball
4/9/2019 Bobby Casey Men's Lacrosse
4/3/2019 Alyssa Parrella Women's Lacrosse
3/26/2019 Darcie Smith Women's Lacrosse
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