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Jersey Number 24
Lesley Dickinson
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Queens Village, N.Y.
- High School:
- Christ the King
At JMU:
2006-07:
2005-06:
2004-05:
2003-04:
High school:
Personal:
2006-07:
- CAA Scholar-Athlete Award for women's basketball
- CAA's Dean Ehlers Award, presented annually to the women’s basketball student-athlete who "embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in conjunction with her academic athletic achievement." (award is named in honor of former JMU Director of Athletics Dean Ehlers)
- CAA All-Academic Team.
- ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III second team (3.4 GPA in psychology)
- Second on JMU's career scoring list (1,616).
- School career record 457 free throws; former record of 395 was held by Sue Manelski (1982-85); broke record Dec. 28 vs. Auburn.
- Among 13 recipients of $6,000 NCAA Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics).
- Selected to participate in Nike's So You Want To Be A Coach Program
- Finalist, JMU Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
- Team's Leadership Award recipient.
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
2005-06:
- All-CAA third team
- Among CAA leaders in points (14th) and free throw percentage (10th)
- Team leader in free-throw percentage and third in points and assists
- Scored her 1,000th career point in her 68th career game Dec. 18 at East Carolina; only one player in school history has reached 1,000 points in fewer games
- Had a streak 87 of consecutive games started, which ranks seventh on JMU's career list; that was the longest stretch of consecutive starts since Emily McCracken started 89 straight from 1989-92
- ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III second team (3.38 GPA in psychology)
- CAA All-Academic Team
- Preseason All-CAA first team
- Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar fourth team
- CAA Commissioners Academic Award
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
- Team's Courage Award co-recipient
2004-05:
- All-CAA second team
- CAA all-academic team
- Among NCAA leaders (37th) in free throw percentage, and broke the school sophomore free throw percentage record
- Team leader in scoring, free throws, free throw percentage
- School record 25 consecutive double-figure games
- School record freshman and sophomore combined points total of 901
- Tied school record for three-pointers in a game (6, 2/11/05 vs. Hofstra)
- School sophomore season record for free throws made
- Cavalier Classic all-tournament team (Dec. 28-29) 15 points and three rebounds vs. American; 13 points, four rebounds, three assists vs. Virginia.
- Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Classic MVP (Nov. 26-27). Game highs in points (15) and assists (6) along with six rebounds and three steals vs. Morehead State; game high 18 points, seven rebounds, four assists, three steals vs. Youngstown State.
- Preseason All-CAA first team
- Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar third team
- CAA Commissioners Academic Award
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
2003-04:
- CAA Rookie of the Year
- All-CAA third team
- CAA all-rookie team
- One of two players to start every game
- Team leader in scoring, free throw percentage, free throws, steals and minutes
- Second on team in assists and rebounding
- Among CAA leaders in scoring (sixth), free throw percentage (sixth), assists (14th) and rebounding (19th)
- CAA's leading freshman scorer
- School season free throws record
- School freshman season records for games started, double-figure scoring games (29), points, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, minutes played and minutes played average
- Season points total ranks 12th on JMU's all-time list
- Career-high 25 points Jan. 11 at Towson; second-highest points by a JMU freshman behind Sue Manelski's back-to-back 33-point games in 1981-82
- Led team in scoring in 21 games
- Her scoring average was second best among freshmen in school history behind Sue Manelski's 15.5 in 1982 and her 34.0 minutes average was second to Jess Cichowicz's 34.3 in 1999-00
- Hit 23 consecutive free throws over five games, the fourth-longest streak in JMU history
- CAA Rookie of the Week four times
- Cornell Classic all-tournament team
- Paradise Jam all-tournament team and only freshman named to five-member team
- CAA Commissioners Academic Award
- JMU's Most Valuable Player
High school:
- Coached by Bob Mackey at Christ the King
- New York Daily News All-Queens first team (2003)
- Slam Jam Championship Game MVP (2003)
- Junior varsity team MVP as a freshman
- Christ the King won the state Catholic Association A title and was seventh in the final USA Today rankings (2003)
- The Royals lost 65-63 in the N.Y. State Federation final to JMU teammate Shameenna Felix's Murry Bergtraum team (2003)
- Played on four Brooklyn/Queens Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) champion teams (varsity 2001, 2002, 2003; junior varsity 2000)
- The Royals were Sue Bird Division champions of the Nike Tournament of Champions (2002-03)
- Ranked 14th in her class and won Gold Honors (90+ average) all four years
Personal:
- Lesley Dickinson
- Dean's List student in psychology with minors in business and criminal justice
- Daughter of Marsha and Lester Dickinson
- Has an older brother, Gregory, who played basketball at Queens College
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