This is just the latest honour in what has been an amazing season for the Ellesmere Port born player who has been in career best form with Franklin Pierce University. The WNBA draft also signifies the first in Franklin Pierce history.

As recently as Monday, Leedham also collected two more 2010 national player-of-the-year awards to add to some jaw dropping statistics. Leedham has staked her claim to having one of the finest NCAA Division II seasons, and some would argue in the NCAA in its entirety, by scoring an average of 26.9 points per game, while also ranking second in steals with 4.2 per outing.

In early March,Leedham scored a career-high 39 points against Bentley in the semi-final of Northeast-10 Tournament and she finished the season with 3,050 points, which is fifth most of all-time across all divisions in women's college basketball.

In August the women's GB Standard Life team have a crucial summer of fixtures as they look to qualify for the 2011 Eurobasket Finals. The team which will hope to feature Leedham, will play home and away fixtures against Germany, Slovak Republic and Ukraine.