Leslie Ritter Senior - 5-5 Guard Ft. Washington, MD Oxon Hill Hopkins:
Co-captain...returns as Hopkins' floor-general this season...can also play the off-guard role...one of the best athletes to ever play women's basketball at JHU...speed and quickness are unmatched...slasher with uncanny ability to get to the basket...has great hands...must look to outside shot more often as teams are likely to give her room to prevent quick drives to the basket...could challenge several school-records, including marks for single-season steals and assists...could become the fourth straight Johns Hopkins women's basketball player to win Centennial Conference Player of the year and the first JHU player to win the award twice... enters the season ranked sixth on the all-time JHU three-pointers made list (73), third on the all-time assist list (320), third on the all-time steals list (236), and ninth on the all-time scoring list (1,013).
1998-99:
Played and started in all 28 games...named Centennial Conference Player of the Year...first team selection in both the Centennial Conference and UAA...named an honorable mention All-American by Columbus Multimedia...led the UAA (20.6 - league games only) and ranked fourth in the Centennial in scoring (15.9)...led the Centennial in steals (3.57)...led team in acoring (15.9), assists (4.3), and steals (3.57) ...became first player in school history to amass 1,000 points, 300 assists, and 200 steals in three season.
1997-98:
Missed just one game, and started all 28 that she played in...earned Second Team UAA All-Star honors... finish third on the team in scoring with 10.2 points a contest...her 21 three-pointers were also third most on the team...handed out 101 assists, which was second on the team and the eighth-highest single-season total in school history...65 steals led JHU...averaged 33.5 minutes per contest, which tied for highest on the team...was part of three-guard rotation, seeing a good deal of time at point-guard...led the team in scoring on three occasions and had a career-high 19-point effort in a 75-62 win over then eighth-ranked Emory.
1996-97:
Started every game for the Blue Jays and led the team in minutes played (34.8 minutes/game) with a school single-season record of 1,044...averaged 9.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game ...third on the team in points and second in assists and steals per game...scored a season-high 17 points in a 63-50 victory over Rochester.
Personal:
Most Valuable Player and All-County performer during her senior year as Oxon Hill won the County (4A) Championship ...member of NAACP and JHU's Black Student Union...Biology major.
