Johannah Leedham

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Johannah Leedham
CJM Bourges Basket
2017–presentESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Johannah Leedham-Warner (born 12 May 1987) is a British basketball player for Great Britain women's national basketball team and for French club ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq.

Early life and college career

She was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and started playing basketball at the age of 13.[1] Her father encouraged this new interest, putting a net up on the outside of their house.[2] Jo played with the Ellesmere Port Panthers before gaining a place at Cheshire Academy High School, Connecticut (while playing for them she was New England Prep School Player of the Year in 2005), and, subsequently, Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, where she became the leading all-time scorer in NCAA Division II with 3050 points.[3][4]

Professional career

In April 2010, Jo was drafted by the WNBA's

Bourges in France and in 2017 joined ESBVA
.

References

  1. ^ "wnbl.com". wnbl.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
  2. ^ ncaaoncampus. "youtube.com" – via YouTube.
  3. ^ a b "Sun sign Johannah Leedham". ESPN. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b Jo Leedham. "gbbasketball.com". gbbasketball.com.
  5. ^ London 2012 Archived 1 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Connecticut Sun waives Johannah Leedham and Latoya Williams, Chicago Sky waives Ruth Riley | Love Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2013.

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