Female athlete of the week: Adriana Leon
November 10, 2009
ADRIANA LEON
SCHOOL: Country Day
LEAGUE/CITY: CISAA/King City
GRADE: 12
AGE: 17
- Scored three goals, including the winner, in a 4-2 victory over St. Mildred's Lightbourn for the senior girls' league soccer championship.
- A 30-goal scorer in the regular season, she scored all five goals in a 5-0 pasting of Havergal in a league semifinal victory.
- Striker and team captain, she could be the best female soccer player in the history of the school.
- Chosen to the Team Ontario under-19 soccer squad last summer and was the top goal scorer at the Canada Summer Games.
- Invited to the National Training Program of Ontario for soccer players under 19.
- Played rugby for the school last year and was the top point-getter on the league championship team.
- Picked as the school junior athlete of the year in grade 10.
- With no girls' school hockey team, she was a forward with the Toronto Aeros Junior Double-A club.
- Has an 82 per cent academic average and wants to study criminal law
- Lots of interest from universities at Cornell, Maryland and Wisconsin.
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