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2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster

40 Leelee Denton

  • Class Senior
  • Position Attacker
  • Height 5-9
  • High School Harpeth Hall
  • Hometown Nashville, Tenn.

Biography

Career Honors:
2024 Team Captain
(Offense)
2023 All-Patriot League (First Team)
USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Player of the Week (March 21, 2023)
Patriot League Attacker of the Week (March 20, 2023)
 
2024 (Senior): Named Team Captain (offense) prior to the season … Missed nearly the entire season with an injury … Made an appearance against Bucknell on Senior Day in a 21-6 victory over the Bison.
 
2023 (Junior): Earned First Team All-Patriot League … Played in all 19 games with seven starts on the season … Finished the season in the top five on the team in points (3rd), goals (3rd), game-winning goals (1st), and free-position goals (1st) … Recorded 45 points on 40 goals and five assists with seven ground balls, and a caused turnovers … Notched nine free-position goals, including a season-high two against Lafayette and Holy Cross … Credited with a team-high five game-winning goals, including four consecutive against #19 Jacksonville, Bucknell, Lehigh, and Lafayette, while also registering the game-winner at #18 Richmond … Scored goals in 13 of 19 games played with 10 multi-score performances, including seven hat tricks … Scored a season-best six goals  against #19 JU, while adding five goals against Bucknell and Holy Cross and four scores against #18 Richmond, Lehigh, and Lafayette … Also recorded a hat trick against East Carolina … Notched a season-best two assists against Mount St. Mary’s … Picked up ground balls in seven different games, while adding a caused turnover against Lafayette … Named USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Player of the Week (March 21) and Patriot League Attacker of the Week (March 20) following a two-game performance where she helped Navy win a pair of games (W, 13-12 vs. #19 Jacksonville; W, 21-13 at Bucknell), finishing the week with 11 goals on 11 shots with a pair of hat tricks and two game-winning goals.
 
2022 (Sophomore): Played in all 20 games during the season, making 12 starts … Finished fifth on the team with 38 points, scoring 32 goals (third on the team) with six assists, while picking up 15 ground balls, winning a pair of draw controls, and causing a turnover … Scored goals in 15 of 20 games with 10 multiple goal performances, including seven hat tricks … Opened the season with four consecutive hat tricks (Cal, George Mason, George Washington, and Mount St. Mary’s), while also adding hat tricks against #16 Johns Hopkins, Boston, and American … Scored a pair of goals against Georgetown, Lafayette, and Holy Cross … Recorded assists in four games with a season-high two helpers against George Mason and Mount St. Mary’s … Picked up ground balls in nine games with multiple GB in four contests … Registered a season-best three ground balls against Colgate, while adding two GB against George Washington, Mount St. Mary’s, Boston, and Army (Star Game) … Won draw controls against Cal and GW, while causing a turnover at Colgate.
 
2021 (Freshman): Played in nine of Navy’s 12 games on the season, making four starts … Finished rookie campaign with three points on three goals with three draw controls and a ground ball … Made collegiate debut in the season opener against George Mason, picking up a ground ball … Scored a season-best two goals in first collegiate start at George Washington … Added a goal against #13 Loyola … Won draw controls against Mount St. Mary’s, George Washington, and Army … Also made starts against Army, #18 Drexel, and Lehigh.
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in lacrosse (5 years), basketball (2), and cross country (2) at Harpeth Hall High School in Nashville, Tenn. … Named All-Region, All-State, and All-American in 2017, ’18, and ’19 … Selected All-Academic (2019, ’20) … Earned Jackie Pitts Player of the Year Award as a senior … Named team captain (2018, ’19, ’20) … Co-president of Kids for Kids Club at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital … Sports editor for the high school newspaper … Member of the Act Now Volunteer Club and Badminton Club … Played club lacrosse with Skywalkers and Eaglestix … Daughter of James and Liesl Denton … Father, James, played football at SMU.
 
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Historical Player Information

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    2021Freshman

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    2022Sophomore

    Attacker
    5'9"
    40
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    2023Junior

    Attacker
    5'9"
    40
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    2024Senior

    Attacker
    5'9"
    40