Bradley University Athletics

Honors & Awards

• Second-Team All-MVC (2011-12)
• MVC Player of the Week (12-05-11)
• Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week (12-07-11 & 01-14-12)
• Bradley Athletic Directors Honor Roll five semesters.

Overview
One of seven players in program history with 700 points, 500 rebounds and 75 blocked shots in a career ... Scored more points her senior season (452) than her first three seasons combined (379) ... Finished her career tied for 23rd in school history with 831 career points ... Her career field goal percentage of .506 is seventh all time and she ended her career 14th in rebounding at Bradley (560 boards) ... She is fifth in career games played (118) and tied for eighth in career blocks (83).

2011-12 Season (Senior)
Second-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection ... Led the team in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots ... Her 452 points were the most by a Bradley individual in a season since Sara Bailey had 487 points in 2001-02 ... Only player in program history with 400 points, 200 rebounds and 25 blocks in a season ... Scored in double figures in 26 games, two short of a school record ... Her 10 double-doubles were the most by a BU player since 2008-09 and tied for the third most in school history ... One of three players to rank among the MVC's top 10 in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocks ... Her 261 rebounds ranked fifth among BU season marks ... Named MVC Player of the Week (12/5) after averaging 19.3 points on 62.5 percent shooting and 10.7 rebounds in three games ... Averaged 14.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in Valley play ... Had a streak of 10 consecutive games scoring in double figures snapped at Creighton (1/29) to end the longest streak for a BU player since Monica Rogers in 2008-09 ... Is the first BU player with four consecutive double-doubles since Carrie Coffman had nine straight in 1994-95 ...  Two-time Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week ... Collected 13 points, eight rebounds, two assists and three blocks in MVC Tournament win over Southern Illinois ... Only BU player in double figures in MVC Tournament quarterfinal loss to Missouri State, finishing with 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting to go with seven boards and three steals ... Scored 14 of her 18 points in the second half in the home win against Northern Iowa, making 9-of-16 shots in the final 20 minutes ... Hit 10-of-17 shots and had a career-high 24 points to go along with 11 boards, two assists, three blocks and a steal at Evansville ... Scored 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting against Wisconsin-Milwaukee ... After one point and no rebounds in the first half of the home game against Southern Illinois (Feb. 4), she had 12 points, 11 boards, one assist and two blocks in the second half ... Notched her second double-double of the year with 13 points and 11 boards in win at Butler ... Recorded her second consecutive double-double with 22 points and career-best 14 rebounds in a win at Central Michigan ... Turned in her second career double-double with 18 points, 10 rebounds and three steals against Stetson ... Had a game-high 15 points and career-best three steals against Eastern Illinois ... Made 6-of-9 shots and finished with a team-high 17 points at Illinois State (Feb. 12). 

2010-11 Season (Junior)
Started 11 of the 31 games she appeared in and was fifth on the squad in scoring at 5.7 points per game ... Pulled down 4.3 boards per game to rank fourth on the team ... Ended the season on a high note, averaging 14.0 ppg and 6.5 rpg, while shooting 73 percent (11-for-15) from the field in two games at the State Farm MVC Tournament ... Averaged 9.2 points and 5.7 rebounds while shooting 54.8 percent (34-for-62) from the field over the final nine games of the year ... Also shot 60 percent from the line over the last nine contests ... Led the team in field goal percentage for the second consecutive year and is the first BU player to shoot better than 50 percent in consecutive years since Roxanne Grabow in 1981-82 and 1982-83 ... Scored the first points in the history of Renaissance Coliseum ... Matched a career-high with 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting and also hauled down a career-best 12 boards off the bench against Drake for her first career double-double ... Tallied a career-high four blocked shots to go along with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting at Evansville

2009-10 (Sophomore)
Made her first career start at Air Force and started 11 consecutive games before missing the game at Evansville due to injury ... Returned to the floor at Southern Illinois, scoring seven points in eight minutes off the bench ... Shot 55.6 percent (25-for-45) from the field over her last 14 games ... Led the team in field goal percentage (50.4 percent) and was fourth on the team in rebounding (4.2 rpg) and blocks (0.5 bpg) ... Came off the bench to collect four points, three rebounds and one block in eight minutes of play in Bradley's WBI first round win at Louisville  ... Helped Bradley to an 8-3 record in her 11 starts ... Grabbed six rebounds and also had four points in 13 minutes off the bench against Wichita State ... Was 4-for-4 from the field with eight points off the bench at Indiana State ... Turned in a career-high with 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench against Arkansas-Little Rock ... Made 8-of-13 shots against the Trojans ... Hit 5-of-9 from the field and finished with a team-high 13 points at Northern Colorado in a career-high 24 minutes off the bench ... Grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds in BU's MVC opener at Missouri State ... Collected eight points, nine rebounds and a career-best two assists in the home win against Northern Iowa.

2008-09 (Freshman)
Played in 23 games, all as a reserve ... Shot a team-best 49 percent from the floor and was tied for third on the team with 13 blocked shots ... Connected on 10 of her last 12 field goal attempts of the season, including nine consecutive made field goals ... Scored a season-high 13 points on 6-for-6 shooting in Bradley's 81-71 home win against Missouri State ... Played a key role in the Braves win at Northern Arizona, hitting 5-of-5 shots from the field and finishing with 11 points, three rebounds, one assist, three blocks and one steal while Sonya Harris was limited to just two minutes of playing time ... Hauled down a season-best six rebounds to go along with six points against Southern Illinois.

High School
Missed part of her senior season due to injury, but still ranks as Brown County High School's all-time leader in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots ... Ranks 10th all-time in state history with 450 blocked shots ... Earned honorable mention all-state honors from the Associated Press following her sophomore and junior seasons ... Averaged 22 points and 14.1 rebounds per game during her junior season and was named a second-team all-state selection by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association ... Took home first-team all-area honors from the Jacksonville Courier and the Quincy Herald Whig as a sophomore after averaging 20 points and 13.7 rebounds per game ... Earned four letters in volleyball and was a two-year member of the softball team.

Getting To Know Leah Kassing
Parents: Ron and LeAnn Kassing
Birthplace: Quincy, Ill.
Siblings: Sommer Stiefel and Evan Kassing
Major: Elementary Education

Career Stats