2019-20 Women's Basketball
Leslie Hunter
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Chaminade Prep
- Hometown:
- West Hills, CA
2019-20 -- Played in 14 games in the backcourt as a Mustang freshman ... saw a season-high 14 minutes against Holy Names University on Jan. 2, scoring 16 points during the home win on 6-for-8 shooting (including a 3-pointer, making her first collegiate attempt from behind the arc) ... also had 2 steals and 2 assists in the victory over HNU which concluded non-conference action ... her first basket within Big West play came on Feb. 8 against Long Beach State, helping Cal Poly earn a 61-41 victory.
Prep -- With Chaminade Prep from West Hills, earned L.A. Daily News All-Area First Team honors for a second consecutive season as a senior, as well as All-State Fourth Team accolades from Cal-Hi Sports, after leading the Eagles to the Southern Section Division 1 title ... the 2019 divisional championship run came after winning the Mission League crown at 7-1 (ultimately 22-11 overall), as she averaged 12.1 points and 2.7 steals en route to the overall CIF State Division 1 Tournament ... selected to 2019’s Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association All-D1 Team ... averaged 12.7 points along with 3.0 steals for her junior season ... coached by Kelli DiMuro; helped Chaminade go 91-36 total, including a combined 25-7 in Mission play ... also averaged 6.0 points as a sophomore when the Eagles advanced to the second round of the Division 2 state playoffs ... as a varsity-level freshman, played 30 games for an Eagle squad that won the State Championship in Sacramento, finishing ranked No. 9 in the nation in MaxPreps’ Xcellent 25 ... also played travel ball for the Wil2Win club out of Los Angeles.
Personal -- Majors in Psychology, while minoring in Biology ... has career ambitions of becoming a pharmacist ... chose Cal Poly “because of how academically sound it is,” adding: “Also, the basketball team and coaching staff were so loving and kind. I knew that if I chose this school I would thrive academically, have fun playing basketball and make so many memories with amazing people.”
