Leah Metcalf

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Charlotte, N.C.

A math major with a minor in Afro-American studies ... Named to the Dean's List for the spring of 2005 ... Academic All-ACC in each year of her career

2004-05 Season Notes: Served as the team captain ... Recipient of two team awards, the Coach's Award and the Leadership Award ... Also recognized with the Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award ... Played in 31 games and started 14 ... Averaged 5.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists ... Ranked second in the ACC with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.77 (108 assists, 61 turnovers)... In the NCAA Tournament second round game against George Washington, became the 23rd player in school history to reach the 1,000-career-points mark ... Came into the game four points from the milestone and passed it on a three-pointer with 4:45 to play ... Finished her career with 1,020 points, 24th in school history ... Ranks sixth at UNC in career assists (500) and sixth in career three-pointers (162) ... Is tied for 20th in ACC history in assists and ranks 23rd in three-pointers ... Named to the Lady Rebel Shootout All-Tournament team ... Returned to the court against Old Dominion after missing the previous three games (Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Lipscomb) with a sore right foot ... Prior to the absence, had missed just one game in her career (Jan. 22, 2004 vs. Georgia Tech with stomach virus) ... After going 0-for-8 from three-point range against ODU, Winthrop and Maryland, missed her first three three-pointers against NC State then made a significant one that put UNC up 67-65 with five minutes to play ... Handed out a season-high eight assists against FSU ... Hit two key three-pointers in the second half of the Jan. 24 win over Duke ... Scored 10 points in the first-round ACC Tournament win over Miami for her first double-figure game against an ACC opponent this season ... Scored a season-high 14 points in the NCAA first-round win over Coppin State ... Scored 11 points in the season-ending loss to Baylor

2003-04 Season Notes: Played in 30 games, starting 17 ... Was part of the starting lineup throughout the postseason ... Finished the year averaging 7.0 points (7.5 in ACC games), 3.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists ... Led the team and ranked sixth in the ACC in assists ... Ranked fourth in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (2.5), ninth in steals (1.7 per game), ninth in three-pointers per game (1.3) and 11th in three-point percentage (.322) ... Scored a season-high 16 points against UMBC and equalled that at Wake Forest on Jan. 26 ... Led UNC with seven assists in the season opener against St. Francis and against S.C. State ... Had a season-high nine assists against Middle Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament ... Tied her career high for rebounds twice, with eight against Hofstra and South Carolina ... Scored 15 points, including four three-pointers, against Clemson on Jan. 4 ... Sat out a game for the first time in her career when she couldn't play against Georgia Tech on Jan. 22 because of a stomach virus ... Hit a season-high five three-pointers at Wake Forest on Jan. 26 ... Scored 15 points against Duke on Feb. 14

2002-03 Season Notes: Played in all 34 games, starting 17 ... Earned a spot on the ACC All-Tournament second team ... Recipient of the Coach's Award ... Averaged 9.4 points and 4.3 assists, second on the team and fourth in the ACC ... Fifth in the ACC in assist-turnover ratio (1.70) ... Led that category by a wide margin in regular-season conference games only (2.50) ... Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and handed out a season-best seven assists against American ... Also had seven assists against NC State on Jan. 5 ... Tied for the team lead with 14 points against Wake Forest on Jan. 9 ... Scored a season-high 21 points, including three three-pointers to lead UNC to a win at Clemson on Jan. 16 ... Against Duke on Jan. 20, led UNC with 18 points, including an off-balance three-pointer with 24 seconds remaining in regulation that tied the game at 61 and sent it into overtime ... Set career highs for minutes played in back-to-back games with 35 against Clemson on Jan. 16 and 40 in overtime against Duke on Jan. 20 ... At NC State on Feb. 7, made a steal, layup and free throw with 57 seconds to play to give UNC its winning margin, 66-63. Totaled 13 points and five assists in that game ... Went two games (Virginia 1/30, Georgia Tech 2/2) without a turnover and made just two in a four-game span during which she played a total of 110 minutes ... At Duke on Feb. 20, started and scored 13 points, shooting 6-for-6 from the foul line ... Against Maryland on Feb. 27, registered her first career double-double with 14 points and 10 assists, the most by a Tar Heel this season ... Against Virginia on March 2, scored 13 points, all in the first half ... Against Virginia in the ACC Tournament semifinals, was 5-for-5 from three-point range and totaled 17 points. She played 29 minutes off the bench, running the point while Coretta Brown sat out much of the second half with foul trouble ... The five three-pointers against Virginia ranked as a season high, one short of tying her career high, and followed an 0-for-4 night from three-point range against Clemson in the ACC quarterfinals

2001-02 Season Notes: Named to the ACC All-Freshmen Team ... The Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year ... Named to the Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team ... ACC Player of the Week on Nov. 19 after averaging 21.0 points in her first three games as a Tar Heel ... One of two freshmen to earn ACC Player of the Week honors during the 2001-02 season ... Finished the season ranked sixth in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (1.27) and seventh in assists per game (3.74) and steals per game (1.94) ... Did not start the Richmond game because she had been bothered by tendinitis in her knees, but came off the bench to score a team-best 22 points, including six three-pointers ... Broke a four-game, 0-for-22 drought from three- point range when she hit two of her three attempts against Tennessee-Martin ... Scored in double figures for the first time in six games with 13 points against Clemson on Feb. 14 ... Started but played just nine minutes against NC State in the ACC Tournament after spraining her right shoulder in the quarterfinal game against Maryland

At Charlotte Christian High School: Coached by Bob Angley ... Earned all-state, all-conference and all-county honors in basketball ... Team won the state championship in her junior year, Baptist's senior year ... Also an outstanding track & field performer who won state championships in the 100 meters, the long jump and the triple jump as a senior ... Earned all-state honors in all three events ... A member of the National Honor Society, the Honor Roll and the Homecoming Court ... Graduated with honors