2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 23
Leilani Correa
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Manchester Township
- Hometown:
- Manchester, N.J.
Bio
Overview
Received bachelor's degree in Education Sciences in May 2024.
- Named SEC Sixth Woman of the Year in 2024
- Drafted third round in the WNBA to Indiana Fever
- Played three seasons at St. John's before transferring to Florida in 2022
- Entering her second season as a Gator after playing in 27 games her first season in the Swamp
- Career high as a Gator in single-game scoring stands at 24 points, which she hit twice in the 2022-23 season
- Averages 24.5 minutes a game for the Gators
- Was named as an All-Big East First Team selection
- Won the Big East Sixth-Woman Award in her freshman year
- Unanimously selected to BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
- Posted a season-high 33 points in a win over Ole Miss (Jan. 25)
- Led the SEC in scoring during conference play
- Selected as the SEC Sixth Woman of the Year
- Matched a career-high five steals on Jan. 7 at Vanderbilt
- Recorded double-digit points in 14 of 16 games to begin the season
- Had three consecutive 30+ point games at Ole Miss (Jan.14), vs Mississippi State (Jan.22), and Georgia (Jan.25)
- Notched 2000 career points against Ole Miss with a ten-point performance (Feb.15)
- Posted a season-high 10 rebounds against Auburn (March 3)
- Played in 27 games for the Gators, starting in 6 of those matchups
- Tallied a total of 662 minutes on the court, averaging to 24.5 a game
- Season high in minutes was 36 when facing Houston (Nov. 26)
- Went 113-of-279 from the field to garner a .405 shooting percentage
- From the three she averaged 32.55 going 37-of-114
- Grabbed a total of 98 rebounds in her senior season, 34 offensive, 64 defensive
- Distributed 46 assists with a season high of 5 against Missouri (Feb. 26)
- Recorded 41 steals and 8 blocks
- Finished the season with 318 points, averaging 11.8 a game
- Collected a double-double with a season high of 16 rebounds and 17 points
- Season high in scoring was 24 points against Houston (Nov. 26) and hit once more against Wofford (March. 16)
- Dished out 15 double figure scoring games, with 5 hitting 20 points or more
- Season high in single game three pointers was 4 (Jan. 30)
- All-Big East First Team selection
- Unanimous Preseason All-Big East selection
- On Jan. 14, Correa became the 27th St. John's player to reach the 1,000-point mark in school history
- Led the Red Storm while averaging 17.3 points per game
- Correa posted 20 or more points in 11 games, eight of which came against conference opponents
- Led the team in scoring on 14 different occasions
- Tallied 35 points on Dec. 19 against DePaul to tie her career best
- Eclipsed the 30-point mark nine times during her tenure at St. John's
- Also averaged 5.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game
- Named to Big East honor Roll four times throughout the season
- All-Big East First Team Selection
- All-Met First Team Selection
- Led the team in scoring
- Six-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection
- BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 1)
- All-Met Player of the Week (Feb. 2)
- Led the Red Storm in scoring, averaging 17.6 points per game to rank fifth overall in the BIG EAST
- With 387 points through 22 games, she recorded the 11th-highest single-season scoring average in school history
- Correa averaged 17.5 points per outing against BIG EAST foes to sit sixth in the standings
- Reached double figures 16 times on the year, leading the Red Storm in scoring on 10 different occasions
- Correa cracked the 30-point plateau five times on the year
- She became the only player in program history to record 30 or more points a combined eight times in her young career, and the first player to do so since the realignment of the BIG EAST
- She set a program-record for consecutive 30-point performances, notching three
- Recorded back-to-back 33-point showings against top-25 teams
- Set a new career-high for points during the season, registering a BIG EAST single-game high 35 points against both Delaware (Dec. 10) and Georgetown (Jan. 27)
- Her pair of 35-point efforts is the fourth-highest single game total in program history
- Correa became the first Red Storm player to eclipse the 35-point mark since Tawana Jackson put up 36 against Boston College on Feb. 1, 1995
- Correa led the Johnnies and ranked inside the top-10 in the league for steals at 1.8 per game
- Pulled down 5.4 rebounds per game
- Dished out 2.7 assists per contest
- BIG EAST Sixth-Woman Award
- Unanimous selection to BIG EAST All Freshman Team
- BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
- All-Met Third Team Selection
- Her Hoop Stats Honorable Mention
- MBWA Co-Player of the Week
- Four-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
- Selected by ESPN as one of the top-10 impact freshmen in women's college basketball
- Averaged 12.8 points per game to sit second on the team in scoring and second among rookies in the BIG EAST
- Averaged a team-high 18.8 points per game over the last five games of the season
- Led the team during the BIG EAST Tournament with 20.0 points per game on a 50 percent shooting from the floor, knocking down 44% from distance
- Recorded 18 double-digit point efforts, five with 20-plus points and three with 30-plus points
- One of just two BIG EAST players to record at least 30 points three times this season and the only freshman to do so
- The second player in program history at St. John’s to turn in three 30-point efforts in a single season, and the first since 1995
- Registered a season-high 33 points during the Red Storm's victory over Army, tying the program's rookie record
- Averaged 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals (top-15 in the conference) per game
- Drained a season-high 14 FG against Seton Hall (Feb. 22) (fourth most in program history)
- Correa was rated a four-star recruit by ESPN Hoop Gurlz, and ranked No. 21 at her position following her senior year
- She was rated at four-and-a-half stars and was the No. 37 recruit in the class of 2019 according to Prospects Nation
- Correa was also ranked No. 8 among guards by the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report
- In high school, Correa led Rutgers Prep to three straight South Jersey, Non-Public B titles before transferring to Manchester Township to finish out her career
- As a senior at Manchester, Correa helped her program to its first-ever N.J. State Championship Title ..
- Correa was a 2017-18 All-USA New Jersey First Team honoree and received an invitation to tryout for the U.S.A. Basketball 3x3 U18 National Team
- As a senior, Correa averaged 16.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game
- She recorded 13 double-doubles in her final year with the Hawks and notched a pair of 30-point performances
Received bachelor's degree in Education Sciences in May 2024.
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