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2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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33 Leah Bodnar

33 Leah Bodnar

  • Position:
    Midfield
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Cedar Park
  • Hometown:
    Cedar Park, Texas

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights:
  • 2x Second Team All-MAC (2023, 2024)
  • 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 3x MAC Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 2x MAC Commissioner's Award (2023, 2024)
  • MAC Presidential Award (2025)
  • 3x MAC All-Academic Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
  • 2x IWLCA Scholar-Athlete Award (2024, 2025)

2025:
  • Played in all 15 games and was third on the team with 38 points, tied for second with 17 assists and fourth with 21 goals
  • Her 1.13 assists were tied for fifth in the MAC
  • Also tied for second with a career-high 15 caused turnovers, third with 24 draw controls and fourth with a career-best 27 ground balls
  • Started the year with a career-high three assists, along with coming away with two draw controls against San Diego State
  • Broke out offensively with four goals and an assist, a caused turnover, and two ground balls at Kennesaw State
  • Found the back of the net three times at Furman
  • Had a goal, an assist, four ground balls, two caused turnovers, and two draws at Presbyterian
  • Tallied three goals, an assist, two draws, a takeaway and a GB at Marquette
  • Had a goal, two assists, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers versus Akron
  • Tied her career high with three helpers and added a goal, a CT, a GB, and a draw at Eastern Michigan
  • Tallied two markers, a helper, four draws, and a caused turnover versus Robert Morris and a goal, an assist, and five draw controls at Youngstown State
  • Finished with a goal, an assist, two caused turnovers, and a career-tying four ground balls against Central Michigan
  • Ended the season with three draw controls, three ground balls, a caused turnover, and an assist in the MAC semifinals at Robert Morris
  • Concluded her collegiate career playing in 61 games with 56 starts and posting 79 goals, 32 assists, 111 points - 11 shy of top 10 in school history - 69 ground balls, 66 draw controls, and 36 caused turnovers, collecting 14 hat tricks and seven women-up goals, tied for ninth in the record book

2024:
  • Named All-MAC Second Team
  • Started all 18 games and was second on the team with 42 points and 33 goals, third with nine assists, second with 15 caused turnovers and fifth with 24 ground balls, all career-highs
  • Tallied 85 shots with 67 on frame for a .788 shots-on-goal percentage
  • Recorded a hat trick in eight games on the season, all in the last 12 games
  • In MAC regular-season play, she had 19 points with 17 goals as she had hat tricks in four of the six games
  • Started the year with three caused turnovers, three ground balls, a goal and two assists at New Hampshire
  • Had two caused turnovers and two ground balls with a goal at Duquesne
  • Posted four ground balls, a draw control and a goal versus Marquette
  • Registered three goals and an assist, along with a takeaway, a GB and a draw at Lindenwood
  • Tied her career high with seven points on a career-tying five goals, a career-high four takeaways and picked up four ground balls against Kennesaw State
  • Found the back of the net three times against Youngstown State
  • Had four markers at Robert Morris
  • Recorded three goals and two ground balls at Akron
  • Tallied three goals, an assist, a caused turnover and GB against Kent State and Butler
  • Netted four goals and a caused turnover in the MAC Championship semifinals at Central Michigan and then had a takeaway, a ground ball and a goal in the title game against Robert Morris

2023:
  • Saw action in 13 games with 12 starts and was named Second Team All-MAC
  • Finished third on the squad with 19 goals and tied for fourth with 21 points
  • Led the team with 33 draw controls and also had 12 ground balls and six caused turnovers
  • Second on the team with 52 shots with 37 on net for a .712 shots on goal percentage
  • Scored a goal in seven games and they were all multi-goal contests
  • Started the year with five draw controls and two ground balls in the season opener against Canisius
  • Posted two goals against Butler
  • Had two goals and three draw controls versus Lindenwood
  • Netted two goals, three draw controls and a ground ball at Butler
  • Recorded her first career hat trick with three goals at Central Michigan
  • Added another hat trick along with a career-best four GB's, two draw controls and an assist at Akron
  • A monster game with a career-high five goals, six points and seven draw controls against Kent State
  • Tallied three draw controls and a career-best three caused turnovers at Eastern Michigan

2022:
  • Saw action in 15 games with 11 starts
  • Tallied 10 games on six goals and four assists to go with eight ground balls, four draw controls and a caused turnover
  • Made her collegiate debut against nationally-ranked Michigan
  • Had a draw control against Marquette and two draw controls against Central Michigan
  • Found the back of the net for her first collegiate goal at Butler and followed that with a goal, assist and a ground ball at Youngstown State and a goal and GB versus Akron
  • Picked up a season-best three ground balls against Robert Morris
  • Had a season-high two goals against Youngstown State 
  • Posted two helpers and a goal with a draw control at Akron

High School:
  • Lettered in bowling and lacrosse
  • Named All-District and to the Central Texas Team in 2019
  • Played club with the Texas Outlaws

Personal:
  • Daughter of Cindy and John Bodnar
  • Has an older sister
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of its location, the size of the campus, the academics and the level of lacrosse 
  • A Mechanical Engineering major
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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2022Freshman

    Midfield
    5'8"
    33
  • 33

    2023Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'8"
    33
  • 33

    2024Junior

    Midfield
    5'8"
    33
  • 33

    2025Senior

    Midfield
    5'8"
    33