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2024 Lacrosse Roster

23 Leah Bestany

  • Position
    Attack
  • Class
    Junior
  • High School
    Bethpage
  • Hometown
    Bethpage, N.Y.
  • Instagram
    Leah.Bestany

Biography

2023: Appeared in all 18 games, making 17 starts... Recorded 33 points on 27 goals and six assists... Converted on five free position goals... Scored five goals against Furman (3/3)... Scored four goals against Elon (3/12)... Recorded four hat tricks on the season... Two-time AAC Honor Roll honoree.

2022: Started all 18 games on the season... Third on the team with 43 points on 39 goals and four assists... 39 goals was the program single season record at the time... Gathered 10 ground balls to go with four caused turnovers and two draw controls... Scored a season-best five goals, as well as an assist, against William & Mary (3/26)... Matched her best of five goals again against Temple (3/26)... Scored multiple games in 13 of 18 contests. Two-time AAC Rookie of the Week and two-time AAC Weekly Honor Roll honoree... All-AAC Second-Team honoree.

High School: Lettered for four years under head coaches Alyssa Kildare and Kate Danowski at Bethpage High School…Also played for Team Elevate under head coaches Dave Kotowski, Dana Forte and Rachel Dooley…Finished her senior season with 169 points on 119 goals and 50 assists while leading Bethpage to a Conference Championship, earning her All-American Honorable Mention Honors…Was named the Bethpage Athlete of the Year as well as the team MVP following her senior season as well as being named All-County and Long Island Lax Journal Second-Team All-Long Island…Named to Newsdays Top-100 Girls Lacrosse Players…Named All-Conference during her sophomore season…Earned Rookie of the Year honors following her freshman campaign as well as being named the Offensive MVP for Team Elevate…Helped Bethpage win the 2018 Conference Championship…Named a Top-50 Freshman by Back of the Cage…Participated in the Under Armour 150…Served as team captain during her junior and senior seasons…Also lettered in basketball and soccer, serving as a team captain for the basketball team during her senior year…Was an All-Conference selection in basketball during her junior year.
 
Personal: Daughter of Tricia and Michael Bestany…Has one brother, Brandon…Father, Michael, played football at Stony Brook University.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Freshman

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    2023Sophomore

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    2024Junior

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