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2011 All-America First Team, All-Around & Balance Beam 2011 Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year 2011 NACGC West Region Gymnast of the Year 2011 Pac-10 Champion, All-Around & Balance Beam 2011 Pac-10 Co-Champion, Uneven Bars 2011 NCAA Corvallis Regional Champion, All-Around, Uneven Bars & Balance Beam 2011 All-Pac-10 First Team, All-Around Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 10-16, 2011) Everyday Champion, February 8-14, 2010 2010 All-Pac-10 First Team, Balance Beam 2009 Pac-10 Co-Champion, Uneven Bars 2009 All-Pac-10 First Team, Uneven Bars 2010 & `11 Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team 2011 NACGC Scholastic All-American
2011 Leslie earned All-America First Team honors on the balance beam and in the all-around ... was named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year ... 2011 NACGC West Region Gymnast of the Year ... Pac-10 Champion in the all-around and beam and co-champion on bars ... scored 39.350 in the all-around at NCAA Championships to finish tied for third in her session and seventh overall ... finished 10th in Individual Event Finals on balance beam ... became an all-arounder in 2011, competing on the vault for the first time in her career ... set career-best score (39.525) in all-around at Pac-10 Championships (3/19/11) and career-high 9.95 on the beam to win Pac-10 titles ... tallied 22 event titles in 2011, good for sixth in OSU single season history ... tied career-high on floor (9.875) three times in 2011 ... set career mark (9.875) on vault vs. LSU (1/7/11) ... "hit" 51 out of 53 routines.
2010 Leslie earned first team All-Pac-10 on the balance beam ... injured her left elbow during timed warm-ups at Ohio State (1/16/10) ... was a stellar performer on the bars despite the injury, but was only able to compete on the apparatus five times ... returned to the beam lineup just one week after the elbow injury with a "no hands" routine against Washington (1/22/10) ... returned to the floor lineup at UCLA (2/21/10) ... set season-high on bars and beam at Pac-10 Championships (3/27/10) with a 9.950 and a 9.90 respectively ... scored season-bests 9.825 on the floor at Arizona State (2/26/10) and at LSU (3/5/10) ... Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team ... "hit" 26 out of 26 routines.
2009 Leslie competed on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise in every meet as a freshman ... tied for the 2009 Pac-10 title on the bars (9.90) ... earned All-Pac-10 First Team on bars ... enjoyed career-best met in the Salbasgeon Suites Invitational (3/6/09) scoring 9.975 on bars and 9.925 on beam ... scored season-high 9.875 on floor at Pac-10 Championships (3/21/09) ... had great night against Utah (1/30/09) scoring 9.95 on bars and 9.90 on beam ... received Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week three times - the most in the conference ... "hit" 39 out of 42 routines.
Pre-Oregon State Moved from Toronto to Stamford, Conn. prior to her senior year of high school ... trained at Arena Gymnastics under coaches Laurie and Frank DeFrancesco for one year ... trained at Sport Seneca under coaches Carol-Angela Orchard, Lawson Hamer and Lisa Cowan for seven years ... was a member of the Canadian National Team ... participated at the Siska Competition in Slovenia, the Rushmoore Rose Bowl in England and the Stella Zakharova Cup in Ukraine ... is a former teammate of several Division I gymnasts including Ashley Houghting of Washington and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs of UCLA.
Personal Born in Mississauga, Ontario ... daughter of Susan and Gord Mak ... has one sister, Allison ... father, Gord, is an engineer ... Mother, Susan, is a physiotherapist ... sister, Allison, is a gymnast for Yale ... on the honor roll through high school ... is studying Pre-Business ... chose OSU because "I felt right at home on my recruiting trip. The coaches and staff are wonderful and my new Beaver teammates are incredibly motivating and supportive."