Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2012, 2013 and 2014. ... SPU JoAnn Atwell Scrivner Ambassador Award winner in 2013.

Senior (2014): Played in all 26 matches and all 99 games, the third time in her four years that she was on the court for every game. ... Led the Falcons in digs with 446, an average of 4.51 per match that ranked No. 6 in the GNAC. On Nov. 13 at Western Oregon, came up with 17 digs to take over the No. 2 spot on Seattle Pacific's career list from Torii Mount, who had 1,552 from 2005-08. Leenders finished with 1,570 digs, and her last one in the season finale at Saint Martin's on Nov. 15 gave her a single-sesaon best 446 -- one more than the 445 she had as a sophomore in 2012. ... Also had 17 aces. Two of those came back-to-back as Leenders served the final night points of a come-from-behind effort in the third game to help SPU polish off a sweep of Cal State Los Angeles on Sept. 5 in the Seattle Pacific Tournament. ... Posted a single-season best 73 assists.

Junior (2013): Played in all 26 matches and all 101 games. ... Led SPU in digs with 441, an average of 4.37 per game that ranked 6th in the GNAC. ... Jad 9 matches of 20 or more digs. ... Recorded her 1,000th career dig on Nov. 2 at Montana State Billings. ... Her 18 service aces tied her for second-most on the team. ... Tied career high with 7 assists against Cal Poly Pomona on Sept. 6.

Sophomore (2012): Took over the libero's role from the start of the season and played in 25 of the 27 matches totaling 94 games. ... Led the team in digs with 445, and ranked 61st in Division II at 4.73 per game. ... Had a career-high 31 digs in a five-gamer at home against Central Washington on Sept. 27. ... Just two days later, earned a career-high 7 assists in a five-game win at home against Northwest Nazarene. ... Her 25 service aces was second-most on the team, with a career-high 4 of those coming in a five-gamer at home against Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 11.

Freshman (2011): Played in all 28 matches and all 102 games, one of five Falcons and the only freshman to do that. ... A defensive and serving specialist, she came up with a career-high 20 digs in a five-game loss at Western Washington on Nov. 3. ... Posted double-digit digs in 11 matches altogether. ... Served three aces twice in a single match.

Personal: Brianna Mae Leenders. ... Born Aug. 3, 1993. ... Nursing major.

Sam Barlow High School: Helped Bruins make the state tournament all four years, including a sixth-place finish in 2010. ... Earned All-Mt. Hood Conference honorable mention in 2008, 1st team in 2009, and 2nd team in 2010. ... All-State 2nd team in 2009.

Fun facts: Also has played club volleyball with the PVC 16 Blue and the Northwest Junior 18 Air Max teams. Air Max won the Junior Olympic title in 2010. ... If she wasn't playing volleyball, Leenders said she woudl be doing track & field. ... Older sisters Kristina and Sarah played volleyball at Portland State. ... Favorite junk food is "those oatmeal cookies with cream filling." ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Plato so she could ask him questions about the Allegory of the Cave. As for the meal, Leenders says, "I guess I'd have to serve steamed rocks or something -- whatever they ate back then." ... In 10 years, wants to be in nursing, or possibly traveling to do some type of global relief work.


STATISTICS
Year    GP    K    E    TA    Pct.    Ast    Ace    Digs    BS   BA  TB   Pts
2011    102    1    4     14   -.214      8      25      238      0      0     0   26.0
2012      94    1    2       7   -.143    62      25      445      0      0     0   26.0
2013     101   2    1     11     .091    61     18       441     0       0    0   20.0
2014         99    0     2       10     -.200      73       17         446       0         0     0     17.0
TOT     297    4    9     42   -.119   204     85     1570     0       0    0   89.0