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Women's Basketball

Lesko Named WBCA Division II All-American Honorable Mention

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – Mercy University Women's Basketball junior Grace Lesko (Northampton, Pa./Northampton) has been named Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II All-American Honorable Mention.

Lesko earns All-American Honorable Mention accolades for the first time after being named D2CCA First Team All-Region, ECC Player of the Year and First Team All-ECC. The ECC Championship All-Tournament Team selection helped lead Mercy to a 22-8 record and their second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years. The five-time ECC Player of the Week started all 30 games and averaged a team-high 18.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game on 44.5 percent shooting. Lesko set a single-season school record with her 551 points this season. The junior ranked second in the ECC in points per game, 11th in rebounds per game and seventh in assists per game. Lesko scored in double figures in all but one game this season and had six double-doubles. She had a career-high-tying 30 points against Bentley (Nov. 15) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Jan. 31, Feb. 28). Lesko had 11 games with 20 or more points and was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week once. The junior also shot 82.9 percent from the foul line, making an ECC-high 141 free throws on the year.

 

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Players Mentioned

Grace Lesko

#44 Grace Lesko

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