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2022 Women's Lacrosse Roster

Tavana Mercado

4 Kendall Leonard

  • Position Defense
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School South River
  • Hometown Crofton, Md.
  • Major Human Factors

Biography

• 2022 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2021 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
• 2020 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2019 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
 
2022 (Senior): Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…selected to IWLCA/NCAA II Senior All-Star Game…ERAU’s all-time leader in games played (58)…an Eagles’ starting defender in all 17 games…picked up 23 ground balls, caused 14 turnovers and won six draw controls…tied for fourth on the team in ground balls…had four caused turnovers, a draw and two ground balls against No. 20 Assumption.
 
2021: Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award…recipient of the Scott Shappell College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Scholarship and the Eagles of Excellence Scholarship.

2020 (Junior): Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…started all seven games…totaled three goals, two assists, 12 draw controls, eight ground balls, and four caused turnovers…recorded season-highs in goals (2) and draw controls (4) in a 22-1 win over Lander (March 6).

2019 (Sophomore): Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…started all 17 games…tallied 19 goals, 14 assists, 31 draw controls, 31 ground balls, and 21 caused turnovers on the season…scored career-high four goals against Montevallo (March 26)...notched career-best six points with three goals and three assists against Barton (March 22)...grabbed career-best six draws against Young Harris (March 16)...picked up career-high five ground balls against Palm Beach Atlantic (April 3).
 
2018 (Freshman): Started all 17 games on the year…totaled 19 goals and 15 assists for 34 points on the year…collected a team-high 29 ground balls…recorded hat tricks in each game against Coker (Feb. 16) and Alabama-Huntsville (March 31)…registered a goal and three assists in each game against Davenport (Feb. 28) and Palm Beach Atlantic (April 3)…had two caused turnovers against Emmanuel (March 22)…won a season-high five draws against Florida Tech (April 14)…scored the game-winner against Montevallo (March 3).
 
Prep: 2017 graduate of South River High School...played for coaches Carolina Cochran, Theresea Zachelli and Dave Schwartz...named a team captain in 2015...member of the Honor Roll all four years of her prep career.

Personal: Born in Annapolis, Maryland...daughter of Pamela and Michael Leonard...majoring in Human Factors Psychology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2018Freshman

    Midfield
    5'10"
    4
  • 4

    2019Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'11"
    4
  • 4

    2020Junior

    Defense
    5'11"
    4
  • 4

    2021Junior

    Defense
    5'11"
    4
  • 4

    2022Senior

    Defense
    5'11"
    4