2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 25
Leah Sparacio
- Position:
- Forward/Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Farmingdale, N.Y.
- High School:
- Farmingdale HS
2023 (Jr.)
- Redshirted
2022 (So.)
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Saw action in 14 matches after returning from an injury sustained during her freshman season
- Recorded 205 minutes on the year, playing 20 or more minutes five times
- Tallied one assist to finish the season with one point
- Posted a pair of shots throughout the year
- Assisted Lauren Segalla’s game-winning goal against Texas in the Big 12 Championship Semifinals for a spot in the Big 12 Championship Final
2021 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Appeared in nine contests before sustaining a season-ending knee injury
- Logged 206 minutes of game action, including a season-best 33 minutes against Duquesne on Aug. 29
- Finished the year with five points (1 G, 3 A)
- Tallied four shots and placed one on frame
- Notched the first assist of her career in her collegiate debut against Buffalo on Aug. 19, assisting Rhea Kijowski’s second-half goal to lift WVU to a 4-0, season-opening win
- Credited with an assist on AJ Rodriguez’s first-half goal at Bucknell on Aug. 27, helping West Virginia earn a 3-1 victory
- Assisted Isabella Sibley’s game-winning strike in the first half of a 3-0 win over Duquesne
- Recorded her first career goal in the first half of a 5-0 win over St. Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 12
High School
- Attended Farmingdale High
- Played club soccer at SUSA FC for coach Ron Alber in the ECNL
- Rated a three-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer.com
- Tallied more than 150 goals during a two-year period
- Part of the Olympic Development Program and played on its regional team for three seasons
- Led her club to a National Premier Leagues (NPL) championship and a 2018-19 Northeast Conference title
- Member of the National Honor Society, ASL Honor Society and Italian Honor Society
Personal
- Daughter of Karen and the late Joseph Sparacio
- Has one brother and one sister
- Birthday is July 3
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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