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2020-21 Track & Field Roster

Leon White

Leon White

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Massapequa, N.Y.
  • Prev School:
    Georgian Court University

Summary

Biography

Grand Valley State Bests

2020-21:
USTFCCCA First-Team All-American in the weight throw (Indoor)... Finished third in the discus throw with a personal-best distance of 46.15m at the Davenport Panther Classic... Placed second at the GVSU Al Owens Classic with a personal best throw of 57.15m in the hammer throw... Finished seventh in the weight throw at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships with a distance of 19.15m... Placed fourth in the weight throw at the GLIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships throwing 19.15m... Earned GLIAC All-Academic honors 

2019-20: Competed in nine meets during the indoor season… Finished second in the weight throw with a PR of 19.36m at the GVSU Holiday Open… Finished first in the weight throw at the GVSU Big Meet with a throw of 19.04m… Qualified for NCAA DII Indoor National Championships in the weight throw… USTFCCCA All-America honors (weight throw)... GLIAC All-Academic honors…

2018-19: Redshirt.

Prior to GVSU (Georgian Court): Competed for Georgian Court from 2016-18 in the East Coast Conference and the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference ... Two-time ECC Indoor Track and Field Champion in the weight throw ... Earned All-ECC honors twice in the shot put ... Two-time CACC Discus Champion and one-time champion in the hammer throw ... Earned All-CACC honors in the shot put twice ... 2016-2017 CACC Rookie of the Year ... 2016-2017 USATF Long Island Open Field Athlete of the Year ... Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the weight throw (2017), discus (2017, 2018) and the hammer throw (2018). 
 
High School: Attended Massapequa High School in Massapequa, N.Y. from 2013-16 ... All-State in the discus and the weight throw ...
School record in the discus with a distance of 178' 6'' ... Helped his team to a conference title in 2015 and 2016 ... Captain of the team in 2016 ... Also name the Nassau County Athlete of the Year and the Massapequa High School MVP in 2016 ... Awarded the Krause Award ... Played football from 2012-15.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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  • 2020-21Graduate Student

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