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Jersey Number 1
Maddie Leach
- Year:
- 1st Year
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Newport News, Va.
- High School:
- Menchville
- Major:
- Business Management
High School:
Personal:
- Rated a four-star recruit and the No. 3 player in Virginia, as well as the No. 11 combo guard and No. 96 player nationally per 247 Sports
- Ranked No. 118 by the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report
- Blue Star 30 prospect
- Reached the 2,000-point plateau in 95-16 win over Granby on Feb. 21, 2026
- Recorded a triple-double of 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 steals with seven assists in an 88-11 win over Phoebus on Feb. 17, 2026
- Averaged 25 points, seven rebounds, and five steals per game as a senior and helped lead Menchville to VHSL Class 5A title game
- 2026 McDonald’s All American East Nominee
- 2025-26 First Team Class 5 All-State
- 2025-26 Region B Player of the Year
- 2025-26 Peninsula District Player of the Year
- 2025-26 First Team All-Tidewater
- 2024-25 Virginia-Pilot Female Athlete of the Year
- 2024-25 Daily Press Female Athlete of the Year
- Spent first two years at Jamestown High School
- Played on travel circuit for Carolina Flames EYBL
- Also played forward for the Monarchs’ soccer team
- Scored 100th career goal in a 10-0 win over Kecoughtan on May 14
- Named one of the Top Ten Two-Sport Girls in the Country by Top Drawer Soccer
- 2026 Class 5 First Team All-State
- 2026 First Team All-Region
- 2025 Peninsula District Player of the Year
- 2025 Class 5B Player of the Year
Personal:
- Father Mike Leach played in the NFL for 16 seasons (2000-2015), with stops at Tennessee, Chicago, Denver, and Arizona
- Mike, a William & Mary graduate of 2000, returned to Williamsburg as an assistant coach for the men's golf team in 2021
- Mother Julie (Sommer) played basketball at William & Mary (1995-99)
- One of the college's most prolific scorers, she finished her career with 1,216 points, leading the Tribe in scoring all four years
- Brother Ryan Leach is a member of West Virginia’s golf team
- Ryan shot a school-record 17-under par to win in the Island Resort Collegiate (Sept. 2, 2025)
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