2024 Women's Volleyball Roster
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Leigh, Abby
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Jersey Number 5
Abby Leigh
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sixth Year
- High School:
- Padua Franciscan
- Hometown:
- Strongsville, Ohio
- Major:
- Exercise Science
Bio
2024: Started in 31 matches for the Bulls...Earned First-Team All-MAC honors after hitting .382 with 177 kills, 282.0 points and 1.17 blocks per set...The sixth year middle blocker was 22nd in the NCAA in hitting percentage at .397, the fourth-best mark in program history...Finished her storied Buffalo career seventh in career kills with 1,082...Her .317 attack percentage is seventh in program history in a career...Leigh racked up 122 solo blocks, good for the fourth-most in a career...She added 331 career block assists for seventh most...Her 453 total blocks are the fifth-most at UB...Leigh tallied 160 aces, good for ninth in program history...Holds the second-best mark in career points with 1,530.0...Played a program record 533 sets.
2023: Played in all 32 matches...Her .391 hitting percentage was 29th in the NCAA...Against Ball State (10/20-21), she finished with season-high marks with 16 kills, 22.5 points and four aces...Defensively she totaled nine digs at UAB (8/25) and nine total blocks against Ohio (9/30)...Took home MAC East Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 2 after a 14-block weekend against the Ohio Bobcats (9/29-30), good for 2.00 blocks per set...Earned First-Team All-MAC honors after hitting .385 with 176 kills and 0.91 blocks per set in conference play.
2022: Appeared in 31 matches and 113 sets on the season...Averaged 2.27 kills per set, recording a career-high 21 kills against Lehigh (9/2)...Had seven service aces against Kent State (10/21)...Earned Second-Team All-MAC honors.
2021: Played in just 22 sets before missing the remainder of the season due to injury…averaged 2.00 kills per set, recording a season-high 12 kills against UConn (8/28) and recorded nine kills against Southern Mississippi (9/3).
Spring 2021: Played in 58 sets, averaging 1.28 kills per set…had a season high 12 kills at Miami (OH) (1/23) and added nine kills against Kent State (2/5) and Central Michigan (2/18)…finished with 105 digs on the year, including a season-best 15 digs against Central Michigan (2/19)…had 15 service aces, capped of by a three-ace performance against Ohio (2/11).
2019: Played in 108 sets, splitting time amongst multiple positions in the front row…was named the MAC East Defensive Player of the Week following a weekend where she notched a career high in blocks with 11 against Western Michigan (10/18) and six more against Northern Illinois (10/19)….had 11 kills against Canisius (9/21) and a season-high 16 kills against Akron (9/26)…finished in double figures in kills four times, while also adding 31 service aces…notched three aces against Ohio (10/12), Bowling Green (11/8), and Akron (11/21).
High School: Earned three letters and captained two seasons for head coach Jim BeHarry at Padua Franciscan High School, the same high school as former UB volleyball player Christine Fritsche...went 27-2 and 12-0 in league play during her senior season as her team finished second in the state in Division I this past season, after winning state titles in Division II during her sophomore and junior seasons... finished her senior campaign with 232 kills, as she hit .408 on the year, earning All-Ohio First Team honors...played her club volleyball for the Cleveland Volleyball Company.
Personal: Born March 3, 2001...daughter of Kevin and Pamela...has one brother (Kevin) and one sister (Amanda)...favorite athlete is LeBron James and her favorite food is pizza and ice cream...lists her greatest athletic experience as winning back to back state titles...if she could visit anywhere in the world, it would be Paris...lists her dream as a college athlete as being able to help buildthe culture for the UB volleyball program and win the MAC Championship.
2023: Played in all 32 matches...Her .391 hitting percentage was 29th in the NCAA...Against Ball State (10/20-21), she finished with season-high marks with 16 kills, 22.5 points and four aces...Defensively she totaled nine digs at UAB (8/25) and nine total blocks against Ohio (9/30)...Took home MAC East Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 2 after a 14-block weekend against the Ohio Bobcats (9/29-30), good for 2.00 blocks per set...Earned First-Team All-MAC honors after hitting .385 with 176 kills and 0.91 blocks per set in conference play.
2022: Appeared in 31 matches and 113 sets on the season...Averaged 2.27 kills per set, recording a career-high 21 kills against Lehigh (9/2)...Had seven service aces against Kent State (10/21)...Earned Second-Team All-MAC honors.
2021: Played in just 22 sets before missing the remainder of the season due to injury…averaged 2.00 kills per set, recording a season-high 12 kills against UConn (8/28) and recorded nine kills against Southern Mississippi (9/3).
Spring 2021: Played in 58 sets, averaging 1.28 kills per set…had a season high 12 kills at Miami (OH) (1/23) and added nine kills against Kent State (2/5) and Central Michigan (2/18)…finished with 105 digs on the year, including a season-best 15 digs against Central Michigan (2/19)…had 15 service aces, capped of by a three-ace performance against Ohio (2/11).
2019: Played in 108 sets, splitting time amongst multiple positions in the front row…was named the MAC East Defensive Player of the Week following a weekend where she notched a career high in blocks with 11 against Western Michigan (10/18) and six more against Northern Illinois (10/19)….had 11 kills against Canisius (9/21) and a season-high 16 kills against Akron (9/26)…finished in double figures in kills four times, while also adding 31 service aces…notched three aces against Ohio (10/12), Bowling Green (11/8), and Akron (11/21).
High School: Earned three letters and captained two seasons for head coach Jim BeHarry at Padua Franciscan High School, the same high school as former UB volleyball player Christine Fritsche...went 27-2 and 12-0 in league play during her senior season as her team finished second in the state in Division I this past season, after winning state titles in Division II during her sophomore and junior seasons... finished her senior campaign with 232 kills, as she hit .408 on the year, earning All-Ohio First Team honors...played her club volleyball for the Cleveland Volleyball Company.
Personal: Born March 3, 2001...daughter of Kevin and Pamela...has one brother (Kevin) and one sister (Amanda)...favorite athlete is LeBron James and her favorite food is pizza and ice cream...lists her greatest athletic experience as winning back to back state titles...if she could visit anywhere in the world, it would be Paris...lists her dream as a college athlete as being able to help buildthe culture for the UB volleyball program and win the MAC Championship.
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