Senior Year (2010): Named a co-captain for the team...played in all 19 games and started in 18...ended the season with four points off one goal and two assists...scored a goal against Siena on Sept. 10 and assists against Stony Brook and American...tallied 44 shots....named to the All-Patriot League First Team, the Patriot League All-Tournament Team and the Academic All-Patriot League Team...was also named the Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year...selected to the NSCAA Division I All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team ... named to the 2010 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Junior Year (2009): Saw action in 11 games and started in 10 ... tallied eight points ... had two goals and four assists ... scored goals against Long Island on September 1 and against Navy on October 30 ... registered 16 shots, including 10 on goal ... finished the season with a .625 shot on goal percentage ... Named to the NSCAA/adidas all-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team ... Selected to the First Team All-Patriot League.
Sophomore Year (2008): Appeared in all 21 games, starting in 20... Finished fourth on the team in points with 10 on the season off two goals and six assists…Scored back to back goals in the Binghamton and Rider games Sept. 5 and 7… Had assists on both goals in the Oct 4 win at Army... Collected one assist in both the semifinal (vs. Lafayette) and final (vs. Holy Cross) games of the Patriot League Tournament … Had 34 shots, including 16 on goal for the season… Was a Second-Team All-Patriot League selection … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Freshman Year (2007): Won the NCAA National Championship with Wake Forest ... played in nine games ... saw action against Appalachian State, Bradley, Coastal Carolina, Davidson, Monmouth, NC State, UNC Greensboro and Old Dominion ... scored his first collegiate goal against Davidson on November 6.
Before Colgate: A four-year letterwinner at New Canaan High School ... helped the Rams to a career record of 66-15-11 and scored 41 goals and 25 assists ... as a senior captain he scored 10 goals and chipped in 10 assists from the center back position ... named the 2006 Connecticut Junior Soccer Association (CJSA) Male High School Player of the Year ... listed as the No. 8 recruit in the country by Rise Magazine and was named a Top Drawer Soccer “Player to Watch" ... two-time Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) all-East team selection ... named all-state and MVP of the state final as a senior ... the FCIAC Tournament MVP as a junior ... tabbed first-team all-state by the Hartford Courant his final two seasons when the Rams won the state Class L championship ... a Connecticut ODP player for five years and an ODP Region I player for the past three years ... member of the Under 18 National Team ... a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Youth All-American ... has played 10 years of club soccer with Beachside Soccer Club, where he has been captain every year for the last decade ... Beachside won the state cup championship in 2004.
Personal: Full name is Jeffrey Ellis Leach ... parents are Brian and Robin Leach of New Canaan, Conn. ... has one brother Matt, who played soccer at Colgate ... born in London ... major is economics.
