Anna Leedham
Anna Leedham
Height: 5-5
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Lowell, Mass.
High School: Lowell
Major: Nursing

2018-19 Season: Named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Conference Team ... Tabbed to the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association All-Academic Team ... Selected to the GNAC Academic All-Conference Team ... Won the 200-yard butterfly at the GNAC Championship to go with a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly and contributed to a win in the 400-yard medley relay ... Earned All-NEISDA status in four events, including a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly at the NEISDA Championship, an eighth-place effort in the 200-yard individual medley and a 10th-place effort on a personal-record time of 4:51.97 in the 400-yard individual medley ... Compiled 18 top-five efforts, including a pair of victories during the year ... Placed first in the 100-yard butterfly and set a personal-best time of 5:43.48 to place second in the 500-yard freestyle vs. University of New England on November 17.

2017-18 Season: Chosen to the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association All-Academic Team ... Earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Conference honors after winning the 200-yard butterfly swimming on the team's winning 400-yard medley relay in addition to placing second in both the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard butterfly to go with a fifth-place effort in the 100-yard backstroke ... Scored 187 points as the team's sixth-highest scorer and second among first years ... Made her collegiate debut by winning the 100-yard butterfly and finishing third in the 100-yard individual medley vs. Westfield State University on October 21 ... Finished third in the 200-yard butterfly at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association Championship and broke the school record with a time of 2:13.39 in the event's preliminaries ... Also placed first in the 100-yard butterfly consolation final and ninth overall, while placing sixth in the 200-yard IM at the NEISDA Championship and earned All-NEISDA status twice ... Recorded 24 top-five finishes, including five wins during the season. 

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner in swimming and also lettered in crew for Lowell High School ... Named the Lowell Sun Swimmer of the Year following a senior campaign that saw her break the school record in the 200-yard individual medley that had stood since 1989 ... Named the Red Raiders' Most Valuable Performer for the second time as a senior and qualified for the post-season in all nine events, finishing second in the 100-yard butterfly and fifth in the 200-yard IM at the State Championship, while helping LHS score in a pair of relay events ... Tabbed to the Lowell Sun First Team as a sophomore after winning the 200-yard IM and placing second in the 100-yard butterfly at the Division 2 league meet to help the Red Raiders to their first-ever league title ... Helped Lowell High set a school record in the 400-yard freestyle relay as a sophomore and finished eighth at the State Championship, while receiving the LHS Coaches Award ... Chosen a Captain for Lowell High as a senior ... Swam for the Andover North Andover Hurricanes ... Member of National Honor Society and named to the High Honor Roll for three years at Lowell High School ... Member of Student Council, International Language Club and Mentors in Violence Prevention for LHS ... Born December 17, 1998 ... Daughter of Lisa and Paul Leedham ... Majoring in Nursing at Simmons and would like to pursue a career as a Nurse Practitioner ... Named Simmons Hall President and was named to the Dean's List for both semesters as a first year at Simmons ... Enjoys going to the beach, coaching and spending time with friends and family.