2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
2016-17: Played in all 30 games, including 29 starts. ... ranked tied for second in scoring (10.3) and rebounding (5.9). ... 830 career points and 532 career rebounds. ...18 points, 8 rebounds vs. USC Upstate in NJIT’s 70-66 home victory to close out the regular season. ...11 points, 9 rebounds vs. FGCU (2.20.17). ...14 points, 6 rebounds at North Florida (2.13.17). ...14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks at Lipscomb (2.4.17). ...first double-double of the season 10pts, 12 rebounds at Kennesaw State (2.2.17). ...15 points vs. Lipscomb (1.28.17). ...Nine points, 11 rebounds at FGCU (1.21.17). ...12 points, 6 rebounds vs. North Florida (1.14.17). ...11 points, five rebounds in ASUN opener at USC Upstate (1.7.17). ...Career-best 22 points vs. Rutgers-Newark (12.28.16). ...11 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals vs. Howard (12.16.16). ..13 points, 9 rebounds at Delaware State (12/11/16). ...Nine points, five rebounds at Harvard (12.4.16). ...Just missed a double-double at Lehigh (10pts, 9 rebs (11/30). ...Scored in double-figures in the opening two games of the season vs. Wagner (13) and St. Joseph’s College—BK (18).
2015-16: Played in 21 games, including 16 starts, before being sidelined due to injury (miniscus). ...set a program-record 20 rebounds in the Highlanders first all-time win in Atlantic Sun Conference play, defeating Lipscomb, 61-51. ... Horton, NJIT's junior center, had 18 rebounds through three quarters, which matched the program Division I single-game record set by Rayven Johnson (Class of 2013) when the Highlanders won the championship game of the old Great West Conference on March 16, 2013. ...With her 15 points, Horton notched her second double-double of the season. ...scored in double-figures 14 times, including career-best 18 points at LIU-Brooklyn (12/9/15).
2014-15: Talented post player who is eligible after redshirting at NJIT under NCAA transfer rules. ...led the Highlanders in scoring (10.1 ppg) and rebounding (6.6 rpg). ...scored in double-figures in 17 games, including four double-doubles.
2013-14: Practiced, but could not compete for NJIT under NCAA transfer rules.
Prior to NJIT: Played one season as a Temple University Owl in 2012-13. ...Horton earned Lehigh Valley first-team all-conference accolades as a junior and senior at Emmaus High School, which is a few miles from Allentown. She averaged 14.4ppg as a junior and 12.2ppg in her senior season.
Personal: Leah Vanette Horton. ... daughter of Brian and Etta Horton. ... majors in Law, Technology, and Culture at NJIT. ... born 3/30/94 in Reading, PA.
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