2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Erik Schelkun

23 Leilani Correa

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • High School Manchester Township
  • Hometown Manchester, N.J.
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Biography

Overview 
  • 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 
2023-24, Senior Season 
  • 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)
2022-23, Senior Season
  • 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) 
2021-22, Junior Season (St. John's)
  • 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
2020-21, Sophomore Season (St. John's)
  • 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
2019-20, Freshman Season (St. John's)
  • 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)
Prep
  • 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
MAJOR
Received bachelor's degree in Education Sciences in May 2024.

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2023-24

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