Leslie Briggs

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-4
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Carrollton, Texas
High School:
Parish Episcopal School

General -- A sophomore striker from the Dallas, Texas area...earned her first letter as a Tar Heel last year, playing for the first time against NC State...will continue to add depth to the Tar Heels' already deep corps at the forward position...another of the outstanding players to enroll at Carolina from the Dallas, Texas area...had an outstanding club career...contributed as an important practice player in 2007 and will look to improve her playing time in 2008...plans to continue to show improvement in preseason practice as a sophomore and earn on-field time as the year progresses.

Club Soccer -- Played for the Dallas Texas 88 Red North Soccer Club. Freshman Season (2007) -- An outstanding student who was named to the 2008 ACC Academic Honor Roll and to the Dean's List in the spring semester of 2008...saw her only action of the year as a reserve forward in the 4-1 over NC State.

Prep -- Graduated from Parish Episcopal School on June 2, 2007...an outstanding soccer and basketball player at Parish Episcopal...played two years of high school soccer from 2003-05 as a midfielder and forward...played basketball for two years from 2005-07 as a wing player...4A Tapps selection...member of a district championship team...member of National Honor Society...also had membership in Mu Alpha Theta and was secretary of that organization.

Personal -- Given name is Leslie Michelle Briggs...is the daughter of Emma Lou Briggs and Michael Wayne Briggs...was born on March 26, 1989 in Amarillo, Texas in the Texas Panhandle area...has one older brother, Brent, 29.

2007-08 LESLIE BRIGGS HONORS
Academic Accolades
1. 2007-08 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2. Spring 2008 Dean's List

About Leslie...
Academic Major: Business
Career Plans: Graduate from Carolina, go to graduate school, then work for my dad in his oil and gas company and someday take over his business
Hobbies: Playing basketball and shooting at the shooting club
Athlete Most Admired & Why: Tiffany Milbrett because she might not have been the most noticed player but she got the job done by working hard; she did not care about the fame and the glory and was sometimes not noticed for the great play she put in
Biggest Sports Thrill: Assisting a goal and then scoring a goal at national finals as we rallied from 1-0 down to win 3-1
Person with the Greatest Influence on Athletic Career: My Dad
Favorite Books: The Harry Potter series
Favorite Magazine: I don't really have one
Favorite Foods: Steak, Barbecue
Favorite Movies: The Harry Potter movies
Favorite TV Show: Smallville
Favorite Website to Visit: Facebook
City I've Never Been To But Want to Visit: New York
Entertainment Figure I'd Most Like to have Dinner with: Tom Welling