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Jersey Number 16
Destiny Leon
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bon Air West Arouca, Trinidad
Bio
2021 (Graduate)
2021 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: Aug. 30
2021 Preseason All-Conference USA
Came back for final year after being granted extra year of eligibility after COVID season of 2020-21 … Appeared in 21 of the Herd’s 25 matches with 20 starts … Played in 83 sets … Dominant force at the net and one of the best defenders in Herd history … Became first player in program history to record 1.00+ blocks per set in a season three times (2019-21) … Finished Herd career third all-time in blocks per set (1.19), fifth in block assists (246), seventh in solo blocks (63) and seventh in total blocks (294) … Helped Herd to rank 17th in the NCAA in total team blocks … Ranked 35th in the NCAA in blocks per set (1.27) … Continued consecutive matches played with a block streak all the way through the end of career with 63-straight, streak began with 2019 season-opener … Recorded at least two blocks in all 21 matches during season and had five or more 11 times including first six games of the year … Led team with 105 total blocks and 1.27 blocks per set … Had 18 solo blocks and 87 block assists … Third on the Herd with 157 kills, 1.89 per set … Four matches with 10+ kills … Hit .305 for the season to lead the team and hit .300 or better 10 times … Finished with 229.5 total points, 2.56 per set … Had 11 aces … Was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week after season-opening weekend (Aug. 30) after tallying 23 total blocks (1.77 per set) and added 29 kills … Started year with nine blocks and five kills versus Alabama (Aug. 27) … Totaled 12 kills, hit at a .500 clip and had five blocks versus Austin Peay (Aug. 28) … Put up 12 more kills with a .478 hitting percentage and nine blocks against Miami (OH) (Aug. 28) … Recorded nine blocks for the third time in the first four matches of the year against DePaul (Sept. 3) … Career-high 15 kills and hit .464 at Wright State (Sept. 4) added six blocks … Had seven blocks and eight kills versus Ball State (Sept. 4) … Recorded 10 kills and four blocks at Southeast Missouri State (Sept. 10) … Had career-high three aces versus Arkansas State (Sept. 11) … Tallied eight kills and six blocks at Morehead State (Sept. 16) … Recorded five blocks and six kills against No. 4 Pittsburgh (Sept. 17) … Combined for 16 kills and nine total blocks against Middle Tennessee (Oct. 1-2) … Tallied nine kills and nine blocks in win over FIU (Nov. 5), added one ace … Had six blocks and six kills in season-finale versus FIU (Nov. 6).
2020-21 (Senior)
2020-21 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year
2020-21 Second Team All-Conference USA
Appeared in 14-of-15 matches with 13 starts in shortened 2021 spring season … Played in 52 sets … Dominant force at the net, became first Marshall player named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year … Finished season leading C-USA and tied for 42nd in the NCAA in blocks per set with 1.25, also fifth-best single season average in team history … Becomes fourth player in team history (since 1988) to average 1.00 or more blocks per set in a single season twice joining Michelle Sammarco (1995 & 1997), Juanita Venable (1996 & 1998) and Amber Sims (2003 & 2005), and the first to do it in back-to-back seasons … Led Herd with 13 solo blocks, 52 block assists and 65 total blocks … Recorded 200th career block in second set at Old Dominion (March 22) and has 203 in career … Third all-time at Marshall in career blocks per set (1.16) … Third on team with 97 kills, led in hitting percentage at .330 … Had eight matches with a hitting percentage of .300 or better and six at .400 or better … Totaled 14 digs and six service aces … Has recorded at least one block in 42-straight matches going back to the first match of the 2019 season … Tallied two or more blocks in 13 matches … Had four or more blocks 10 times with season-high nine against Charlotte (Feb. 8) … Recorded 10 or more kills in three matches … Opened season with 11 kills, a .409 hitting percentage and five blocks at Xavier (Jan. 31) … Recorded 200th career kill in third set against Charlotte (Feb. 8) and finished match with 10 and a season-high .556 hitting percentage (10 kills, 0 errors in 18 attacks) … Had a hitting percentage of .417 in both matches at FIU (Feb. 21-22), including eight kills and four blocks in game two sweep … Totaled 11 blocks in two matches against No. 20 WKU (Feb. 28-March 1) with five in game one and six in game two … Season-high 12 kills in five-set win at Middle Tennessee (March 7) to go along with a .450 hitting percentage and seven total blocks … Recorded at least one service ace in each of the last five matches including a season-best two in regular season finale at Old Dominion (March 22) … Had eight kills, a hitting percentage of .462 and six blocks in first match at Old Dominion (March 21), then added seven kills and seven blocks in the second match … Ended season with six kills against UTEP in C-USA Tournament … In Herd career has played in 55 matches and 176 sets.
2019 (Junior)
2019 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: Sept. 16
2019 Billiken Invitational MVP: Sept. 14
Appeared in all 28 matches, starting 22 … Played in 100 sets … Starred at the net for the Herd in sophomore season helping to lead Marshall to No. 12 ranking in team blocks per set (2.80) in the NCAA … Finished season with 130 total blocks (29 solo and 101 assists) and 1.30 per set, both good for second on the team and in Conference USA … Ranked 37th in the NCAA in blocks per set and spent most of the season ranked inside the top 40 … 29 solo blocks tied for fourth in a single-season in Herd history … 101 block assists is tied for eighth in program history … 130 total blocks good for seventh-best in team history … Recorded at least one block in every match, two or more in 25 matches, five or more 12 times and 10 or more three times … Three matches with 10 or more blocks is the most by a Herd player in a season going back to at least 2007 … Teamed with Isa Dostal to become first Herd teammates with over 100 blocks each in a season since 2006 … Recorded career-high 154 kills and 21 digs … 12 matches with a hitting percentage of .300 or better … Opened season with four blocks, three kills and one ace in sweep of UT Martin (Aug. 30) … Totaled career-best 11 kills with a .381 hitting percentage and three blocks in win at Georgetown (Sept. 6) … First double-digit block performance of the year came in sweep at Saint Louis (Sept. 14) with 10 total and added four kills … Was named Billiken Invitational MVP (Sept. 14) after totaling 20 blocks and 16 kills (.324 hitting percentage) in three matches … Was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week as well following Billiken Invite … Had career day with 14 total blocks (four solo and 10 assists) at Morehead State (Sept. 19) as major part of Herd’s 22 total team blocks, team’s first 20-block match since Nov. 1, 2003 vs. Bowling Green … 14 total blocks just one away from tying Marshall’s single-match record of 15 set by Juanita Venable vs. Furman on Oct. 27, 1995 … Tallied 11 kills with a .786 hitting percentage (0 errors and 14 total attacks) in sweep of Coppin State (Sept. 20) … Totaled 19 blocks and 27 kills (.500 hitting percentage) in the three matches of the Morehead State Invitational (Sept. 19-20) … Had 10 kills and four total blocks in win at Charlotte (Oct. 4) … Tallied eight total blocks at Middle Tennessee (Oct. 11) … Third match with 10 or more blocks came vs. No. 19 Rice (Oct. 18) with 11 (four solo and seven assists) in just three sets … Recorded nine kills with a .412 hitting percentage, four blocks and one ace vs. North Texas (Oct. 20) … Totaled seven blocks in road win at UTSA (Oct. 27) … Had six kills and five blocks in five-set, comeback win at FIU (Nov. 8) … Finished season with three blocks and three kills vs. Florida Atlantic in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament.
2018 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 13 matches with two starts versus Nicholls State (Sept. 14) and at UAB (Sept. 28) … Played in 24 sets … Finished first season with the Herd with 20 kills and nine total blocks … Made Marshall debut in season-opener at Dayton (Aug. 24) and recorded first kill of the year … Had first block of the season versus Ball State (Aug. 25) and added three kills … Finished with four kills and one block at Alabama (Sept. 7) … Recorded season-highs of seven kills and four total blocks in start against Nicholls State … Tallied three total blocks in start at UAB … Ended year with two kills in season-finale at Charlotte (Nov. 9) ... Majoring in entrepreneurship.
Prior to Marshall: Played at San Jacinto College last season, capturing a second runner-up regional finish ... Her Technocrats Club team won the Premiere League tournament and she represented Trinidad and Tobago in Costa Rica at the Cazova Junior Championships.
2021 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: Aug. 30
2021 Preseason All-Conference USA
Came back for final year after being granted extra year of eligibility after COVID season of 2020-21 … Appeared in 21 of the Herd’s 25 matches with 20 starts … Played in 83 sets … Dominant force at the net and one of the best defenders in Herd history … Became first player in program history to record 1.00+ blocks per set in a season three times (2019-21) … Finished Herd career third all-time in blocks per set (1.19), fifth in block assists (246), seventh in solo blocks (63) and seventh in total blocks (294) … Helped Herd to rank 17th in the NCAA in total team blocks … Ranked 35th in the NCAA in blocks per set (1.27) … Continued consecutive matches played with a block streak all the way through the end of career with 63-straight, streak began with 2019 season-opener … Recorded at least two blocks in all 21 matches during season and had five or more 11 times including first six games of the year … Led team with 105 total blocks and 1.27 blocks per set … Had 18 solo blocks and 87 block assists … Third on the Herd with 157 kills, 1.89 per set … Four matches with 10+ kills … Hit .305 for the season to lead the team and hit .300 or better 10 times … Finished with 229.5 total points, 2.56 per set … Had 11 aces … Was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week after season-opening weekend (Aug. 30) after tallying 23 total blocks (1.77 per set) and added 29 kills … Started year with nine blocks and five kills versus Alabama (Aug. 27) … Totaled 12 kills, hit at a .500 clip and had five blocks versus Austin Peay (Aug. 28) … Put up 12 more kills with a .478 hitting percentage and nine blocks against Miami (OH) (Aug. 28) … Recorded nine blocks for the third time in the first four matches of the year against DePaul (Sept. 3) … Career-high 15 kills and hit .464 at Wright State (Sept. 4) added six blocks … Had seven blocks and eight kills versus Ball State (Sept. 4) … Recorded 10 kills and four blocks at Southeast Missouri State (Sept. 10) … Had career-high three aces versus Arkansas State (Sept. 11) … Tallied eight kills and six blocks at Morehead State (Sept. 16) … Recorded five blocks and six kills against No. 4 Pittsburgh (Sept. 17) … Combined for 16 kills and nine total blocks against Middle Tennessee (Oct. 1-2) … Tallied nine kills and nine blocks in win over FIU (Nov. 5), added one ace … Had six blocks and six kills in season-finale versus FIU (Nov. 6).
2020-21 (Senior)
2020-21 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year
2020-21 Second Team All-Conference USA
Appeared in 14-of-15 matches with 13 starts in shortened 2021 spring season … Played in 52 sets … Dominant force at the net, became first Marshall player named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year … Finished season leading C-USA and tied for 42nd in the NCAA in blocks per set with 1.25, also fifth-best single season average in team history … Becomes fourth player in team history (since 1988) to average 1.00 or more blocks per set in a single season twice joining Michelle Sammarco (1995 & 1997), Juanita Venable (1996 & 1998) and Amber Sims (2003 & 2005), and the first to do it in back-to-back seasons … Led Herd with 13 solo blocks, 52 block assists and 65 total blocks … Recorded 200th career block in second set at Old Dominion (March 22) and has 203 in career … Third all-time at Marshall in career blocks per set (1.16) … Third on team with 97 kills, led in hitting percentage at .330 … Had eight matches with a hitting percentage of .300 or better and six at .400 or better … Totaled 14 digs and six service aces … Has recorded at least one block in 42-straight matches going back to the first match of the 2019 season … Tallied two or more blocks in 13 matches … Had four or more blocks 10 times with season-high nine against Charlotte (Feb. 8) … Recorded 10 or more kills in three matches … Opened season with 11 kills, a .409 hitting percentage and five blocks at Xavier (Jan. 31) … Recorded 200th career kill in third set against Charlotte (Feb. 8) and finished match with 10 and a season-high .556 hitting percentage (10 kills, 0 errors in 18 attacks) … Had a hitting percentage of .417 in both matches at FIU (Feb. 21-22), including eight kills and four blocks in game two sweep … Totaled 11 blocks in two matches against No. 20 WKU (Feb. 28-March 1) with five in game one and six in game two … Season-high 12 kills in five-set win at Middle Tennessee (March 7) to go along with a .450 hitting percentage and seven total blocks … Recorded at least one service ace in each of the last five matches including a season-best two in regular season finale at Old Dominion (March 22) … Had eight kills, a hitting percentage of .462 and six blocks in first match at Old Dominion (March 21), then added seven kills and seven blocks in the second match … Ended season with six kills against UTEP in C-USA Tournament … In Herd career has played in 55 matches and 176 sets.
2019 (Junior)
2019 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: Sept. 16
2019 Billiken Invitational MVP: Sept. 14
Appeared in all 28 matches, starting 22 … Played in 100 sets … Starred at the net for the Herd in sophomore season helping to lead Marshall to No. 12 ranking in team blocks per set (2.80) in the NCAA … Finished season with 130 total blocks (29 solo and 101 assists) and 1.30 per set, both good for second on the team and in Conference USA … Ranked 37th in the NCAA in blocks per set and spent most of the season ranked inside the top 40 … 29 solo blocks tied for fourth in a single-season in Herd history … 101 block assists is tied for eighth in program history … 130 total blocks good for seventh-best in team history … Recorded at least one block in every match, two or more in 25 matches, five or more 12 times and 10 or more three times … Three matches with 10 or more blocks is the most by a Herd player in a season going back to at least 2007 … Teamed with Isa Dostal to become first Herd teammates with over 100 blocks each in a season since 2006 … Recorded career-high 154 kills and 21 digs … 12 matches with a hitting percentage of .300 or better … Opened season with four blocks, three kills and one ace in sweep of UT Martin (Aug. 30) … Totaled career-best 11 kills with a .381 hitting percentage and three blocks in win at Georgetown (Sept. 6) … First double-digit block performance of the year came in sweep at Saint Louis (Sept. 14) with 10 total and added four kills … Was named Billiken Invitational MVP (Sept. 14) after totaling 20 blocks and 16 kills (.324 hitting percentage) in three matches … Was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week as well following Billiken Invite … Had career day with 14 total blocks (four solo and 10 assists) at Morehead State (Sept. 19) as major part of Herd’s 22 total team blocks, team’s first 20-block match since Nov. 1, 2003 vs. Bowling Green … 14 total blocks just one away from tying Marshall’s single-match record of 15 set by Juanita Venable vs. Furman on Oct. 27, 1995 … Tallied 11 kills with a .786 hitting percentage (0 errors and 14 total attacks) in sweep of Coppin State (Sept. 20) … Totaled 19 blocks and 27 kills (.500 hitting percentage) in the three matches of the Morehead State Invitational (Sept. 19-20) … Had 10 kills and four total blocks in win at Charlotte (Oct. 4) … Tallied eight total blocks at Middle Tennessee (Oct. 11) … Third match with 10 or more blocks came vs. No. 19 Rice (Oct. 18) with 11 (four solo and seven assists) in just three sets … Recorded nine kills with a .412 hitting percentage, four blocks and one ace vs. North Texas (Oct. 20) … Totaled seven blocks in road win at UTSA (Oct. 27) … Had six kills and five blocks in five-set, comeback win at FIU (Nov. 8) … Finished season with three blocks and three kills vs. Florida Atlantic in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament.
2018 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 13 matches with two starts versus Nicholls State (Sept. 14) and at UAB (Sept. 28) … Played in 24 sets … Finished first season with the Herd with 20 kills and nine total blocks … Made Marshall debut in season-opener at Dayton (Aug. 24) and recorded first kill of the year … Had first block of the season versus Ball State (Aug. 25) and added three kills … Finished with four kills and one block at Alabama (Sept. 7) … Recorded season-highs of seven kills and four total blocks in start against Nicholls State … Tallied three total blocks in start at UAB … Ended year with two kills in season-finale at Charlotte (Nov. 9) ... Majoring in entrepreneurship.
Prior to Marshall: Played at San Jacinto College last season, capturing a second runner-up regional finish ... Her Technocrats Club team won the Premiere League tournament and she represented Trinidad and Tobago in Costa Rica at the Cazova Junior Championships.
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