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.