Leslie DeSimone #25
Defense, 5-6, Senior
Roseland, NJ/Mount Olive/Old Dominion
At Hofstra
Third season on the Hofstra Field Hockey roster...Selected to USFHA National Regionalization Program...Member of the 2006 U.S. National Elite Training Squad...2005: Started all 20 games...Recorded seven goals and six assists for 20 points on the season...Ranked third on the team in goals and second in assists and points...Scored a goal and added two assists at James Madison...Tallied a goal and an assist versus William & Mary...Also recorded goals against LaSalle, Monmouth, Drexel, Princeton and Virginia Commonwealth...Led team with 66 shots...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...Named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad...2004: Did not play after transferring from Old Dominion University...Named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad...Received the Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner's Academic Award...
At Old Dominion: Attended Old Dominion for two years (2002, 2003)...Red-shirted as a freshman...Saw action in six games as a red-shirt freshman in 2003...Scored one goal.
During High School
Played four years of field hockey at Mount Olive High School in Flanders, New Jersey...Also earned letters in track and field, swimming and softball...Named to Newark Star Ledger All-New Jersey second team as a senior and third team as a junior...Associated Press all-state second team selection as a senior...Two-time All-New Jersey Group 3 first team selection...Named to All-Morris County team as a sophomore, junior and senior...Three-time All-Iron Hills Conference and all-area pick...Named to North Jersey Coaches Association All-Star team in each of her four seasons...Holds school records for career goals (72), assists (46) and points (190), and left as the school's single season assists leader (16)...Was first female athlete inducted into the Mount Olive Hall of Champions...Team Offensive Most Valuable Player as a senior...Helped team to sectional championship as a senior...Field Hockey Futures participant...Attended USFHA "B" Camp in 2002...Named to NFHCA Academic All-American team as a senior...Honor student.
Personal
Began playing field hockey at age 12...Father played baseball at Montclair State and led nation in RBIs in 1970 and was a two-time Topp's All-American before playing professionally in Italy...Has served as an assistant coach in the New Jersey Futures Program since 2003...Plans to pursue a career as a high school math teacher and field hockey coach...Mathematics major.
Year GP G A Pts.
2002* Red-shirt
2003* 6 1 0 2
2004 Did not play
2005 20 7 6 20
Career 26 8 6 22
*at Old Dominion
