Leah Crouse

Leah Crouse dribbles against Old Dominion

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Leah Crouse dribbles down the field against Old Dominion

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Leah Crouse plays in the Junior Pan American Championship against Chile

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Leah Crouse dribbles in between Princeton defenders

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Leah Crouse looks to move around an Ohio defender during the game against the Bobcats

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Leah Crouse looks to take the ball away from an Iowa player

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Leah Crouse, Hannah Miller and Noor van de Laar come together to celebrate a Duke goal in a scrimmage against North Carolina

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Leah Crouse dribbles around a Penn State defender

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Duke Field Hockey Headshots at Kennedy Tower in Durham, NC on August 9, 2021.

Position:
Midfield/Forward
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.

Honors: NFHCA All-South Region Second Team (2021), All-ACC Second Team (2019) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2019, 2021) ... NFHCA Scholar of Distinction (2020) ... NFHCA National Academic Squad (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)

Career: Played in 67 career games with 44 starts in the midfield … Registered 18 goals and 16 assists for 52 career points … Graduated ranked 33rd in career points … 2019 All-ACC second team … 2021 NFHCA All-South Region second team … Member of the U.S. U-21 National Team that took bronze at the Junior Pan American Championship in 2021 … Competed with the team at the Junior World Cup in spring of 2022 … Four-time NFHCA National Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll … Two-time All-ACC Academic Team … 2021 Team Captain.

2021: Started 14 of 15 games in the midfield … Missed the first game of the season while playing in the Junior Pan American Championship … Scored three goals and distributed two assists for eight points … NFHCA All-South Region second team … Netted a goal in win at Princeton (9/3) … Also scored in victories at James Madison (9/19) and William & Mary (9/26) … Also had an assist versus the Tribe … All-ACC Academic Team … NFHCA National Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21: Started in nine of 10 games played during her junior season, missing most of the spring due to injury … Finished the season with five points on two goals and an assist … Scored a goal in her only spring game at Boston College on April 17 … Notched her first goal of the season at North Carolina on Oct. 18 … Picked up her one assist versus Syracuse on Oct. 10.

2019 (Stats): Started 20 games … All-ACC Second Team … Led the Blue Devil offense with 11 goals and four assists for 26 points … Lifted Duke to a 7-0 win over Ohio with a career best five-point performance (9/22) ... Scored in each of the Blue Devils' first three contests to start the year ... Tipped in a ball from teammate Margaux Paolino late in a second overtime period to push Duke past No. 15 Northwestern, 2-1 (9/6) ... Matched her career high with a three-point output in Duke's season-opening win over No. 9 Penn State (8/30) ... Over the summer, claimed gold at USA Field Hockey's Young Women's National Championship with the U.S. U-19 team.

2018 (Stats): Took the field in all 22 contests as a freshman, rounding out the fall with 13 points on two goals and nine assists ... The nine assists tied her for the most on the squad and for seventh in the ACC (0.41 assists/game) ... Recorded first collegiate goal in a season-opening win over No. 22 William & Mary (8/24) ... Registered assists in both of Duke's B1G/ACC Cup contests in College Park, Md. ... Had the assist on the game winner in a 1-0 shutout of No. 12 Syracuse (9/14) ... Notched three assists in an 8-0 shutout of Appalachian State (9/30), marking the most by a Blue Devil in a game since 2016 ... Made first career start in regular season finale at Ohio (10/26) … Scored against No. 20 Wake Forest in the ACC semifinals (11/2) ... Traveled to Germany in April, 2019 as a member of the U.S. U19 national team.

Prior to Duke: Member of the U.S. U19 and U17 national teams, completing international tours in Germany and Ireland ... Selected to USA Field Hockey U19 and U17 Junior National Camps, as well as to AAU Junior Olympics ... Also took part in USA Field Hockey's Stars and Stripes Elite Tournament and National Futures Championship ... Two-time NFHCA All-American, garnering second team recognition as a senior at Frank W. Cox High School ... Led her squad to a pair of state titles, scoring the game-winning goal in the championship contest as a senior ... Recorded 46 goals and 31 assists during her senior campaign to round out her high school career a member of the century club in both offensive categories ... Three-time NFHCA and All-Tidewater Region choice ... Earned all-state and all-conference first team recognition on three occasions ... Tabbed the Group 6A Player of the Year and Virginia Beach Sports Club Female Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Team captain in her final year ... Member of the TCOYO club program ... 2018 Cox High School Female Athlete of the Year and recipient of the 2018 Emilie Tilley Outstanding All-Around Senior Female Athlete award ... Also received the 2018 John A. Tucker Memorial Award for Excellence in Women's Athletics & Leadership, as well as the 2018 United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award ... State qualifier in indoor and outdoor track and field ... Two-time NFHCA High School Scholar of Distinction ... Member of the National Honor Society, National Math Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Brad Crouse and Laurie Lindblom ... Has one brother (Grayson) ... Father was a member of the track and field program at Maryland (1983-87) ... Brother played one season of baseball at George Washington (2012) ... Grandfather, Ron Crouse, was a punter and running back on the football team at Catawba (1960-64) ... Cousin, Matt Crouse, played baseball at Ole Miss (2010-13) before spending seven seasons in minor league baseball.

Last updated: July 14, 2021