2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Leffew, Dakota
Jersey Number 1
Dakota Leffew
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Hampton, Ga.
- High School:
- Jonesboro High School
- Prev Team:
- Mount St. Mary's
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Bio
Complete bio including stats (PDF)
• Recipient of the Charles Jones Scholarship for 2024-25.
2024-25 Season Highlights:
• Played in 32 of 33 games, notching five starts during SEC play.
• Averaged 9.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 25.2 minutes of PT per contest.
• Produced 15 double-digit scoring outputs, including one 20-point showing.
• Connected on 51 3-pointers, 48.6 percent of his 105 made shots from the field this season.
• Poured in a game-high 23 points against Texas Southern, including career highs of makes (8) and takes (9) from the free throw line.
• Along with Asa Newell, the only Bulldog to score in double digit in each of the season’s first five games.
• Dished out eight assists against Jacksonville, the single-game high for the Bulldogs during the 2024-25 campaign.
• Scored seven of his team-high 15 points in the game’s final 4:26 against No. 17 Oklahoma to thwart the Sooners’ attempted rally.
• Made his first start at UGA against South Carolina and responded with 14 points, a team-high four assists and season-best tallies of three steals and 35 minutes...all of which led to a team-leading “+/-” of +17.
• Registered his lone DNP of the season at No. 8 Texas A&M due to an ankle injury.
• Scored all 14 of his points against Vanderbilt in the second half, including 10 in a 15-0 run that pushed Georgia’s lead from two points to 73-56.
Career Highlights:
• Saw action in 99 games, with 63 starts, over four seasons at Mount St. Mary’s.
• Produced 1,137 points (11.5 ppg), 324 rebounds (3.3 rpg), 233 assists (2.4 apg) in 29.4 minutes of playing time per outing with the Mountaineers.
• Posted 60 double-figure scoring performances, including 17 20-point outings and one 30-point outburst.
• Among Mount St. Mary’s career statistical leaders, ranked No. 32 in points (1,137), No. 10 in 3-pointers (176) and No. 9 in 3-point attempts (491).
• Lettered on the Mountaineers’ 2021 NCAA Tournament team.
2023-24 Season Highlights:
• Named first-team All-MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference).
• Voted first-team All District I by the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches.
• Started all 30 games he played and averaged team highs of 17.6 points and 3.9 assists, while also chipping in 4.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 35.5 minutes of PT per game.
• Upped those contributions to 17.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in MAAC action.
• Notched 27 double-digit scoring outputs, including a streak of 23 consecutive games.
• Posted 12 20-point contests and a career-high 34 points against Marist on Feb. 2.
• Led the MAAC – and ranked No. 60 nationally – in playing time and also finished No. 3 in scoring, No. 5 in assists (3.9 apg), No. 9 in steals (1.5 spg), No. 10 in 3-point percentage (.365), No. 10 in free throw percentage (.765) and No. 13 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.37).
• Tabbed MAAC Player of the Week twice – on Dec. 4 after averaging 22.0 points, 5.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in matchups against Manhattan and Siena and on Feb. 12 after averaging 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals in victories over Manhattan and Quinnipiac.
• Among Mount St. Mary’s all-time single-season leaders, connected on the 10th-most 3-pointers (74) while attempting the eighth-most shots from behind the arc (203).
• Enjoyed a highly productive non-conference stretch with seven 20-point outputs in a span of 10 games between Nov. 22-Dec. 30, led by what was then a career high of 26 points against Georgia on Dec. 20.
• Averaged 46.5 minutes in back-to-back contests – 49 during a double-overtime matchup with Howard on Nov. 25 and 44 in an OT contest at Manhattan on Dec. 1.
• Notched his 1,000th point as a Mountaineer and also grabbed a career-high nine rebounds at Siena on Feb. 4.
2022-23 Season Highlights:
• Started each of the 31 games he played and averaged 13.1 points, 2.7 boards and 1.7 assists in 33.5 minutes of action per contest.
• Reached double figures in the scoring column in 24 contests, including five 20-point showings.
• Among MAAC leaders, ranked No. 12 in scoring (13.1 ppg), No. 7 in steals (1.3 spg) and No. 5 in playing time (33.5 mpg).
• After scoring in double digits nine times combined during his freshman and sophomore seasons, opened his junior campaign with seven straight double-figure scoring tallies.
• Scored a season-high 23 points at Howard on Dec. 21, headlining a complete stat line that also featured six rebounds, five assists and four steals.
2021-22 Season Highlights:
• Started two of 27 games played and chipped in 5.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in 22.3 minutes of action.
• Recorded six double-figure scoring outings, led by a pair of 15-point showings against Saint Joseph’s on Nov. 13 and versus Merrimack on Feb. 3.
• Posted 10 points against No. 13 Kentucky at Rupp Arena on Nov. 16.
• Grabbed 10 rebounds in his first career start versus St. Francis Brooklyn on Feb. 17, an effort that stood as his career high with the Mountaineers.
2020-21 Season Highlights:
• Contributed 4.5 points and 1.9 boards in 18.6 minutes of PT in 11 games played.
• Accounted for three double-figure scoring outputs.
• Reached double digits in just his second collegiate outings, scoring 12 pionts against Navy on Nov. 28.
• Put up a season-high 14 points at VCU on Dec. 5.
• Rounded out his double-figure contests with 12 points versus Merrimack on Jan. 14.
High School Highlights:
• Coached by Aaron Tribbey during a postgraduate season at Middle Georgia Prep.
• Averaged 21.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.0 assist and 2.0 steals per game at Middle Georgia.
• Coached by Dan Mailman at Jonesboro High School.
• In 60 games over two seasons of varsity action with the Cardinals, scored 544 points (9.1 ppg), grabbed 227 rebounds (3.8 rpg) and dished out 129 assists (2.2 apg).
• As a senior, averaged a team-leading 14.1 points as well as 4.8 boards and 2.4 assists per game for Jonesboro, which posted a 21-9 record and reached the round of 16 of the Class 5A state tournament.
• Posted 21 double-digit scoring outputs and two double-figure rebounding counts, resulting in a pair of double-doubles.
• Notched career-high outputs of 27 points against Whitewater, 12 rebounds versus Ware County and five assists three times (lastly against Ware County in the first round of the state tourney).
• As a junior, contributed 4.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game as the Cardinals finished 23-9 and reached the semifinals of Georgia’s Class 6A state tourney.
Personal:
• Born July 6, 2001, Dakota is the son of Porchia High and received his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from Mount St. Mary’s in 2024.
• Recipient of the Charles Jones Scholarship for 2024-25.
2024-25 Season Highlights:
• Played in 32 of 33 games, notching five starts during SEC play.
• Averaged 9.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 25.2 minutes of PT per contest.
• Produced 15 double-digit scoring outputs, including one 20-point showing.
• Connected on 51 3-pointers, 48.6 percent of his 105 made shots from the field this season.
• Poured in a game-high 23 points against Texas Southern, including career highs of makes (8) and takes (9) from the free throw line.
• Along with Asa Newell, the only Bulldog to score in double digit in each of the season’s first five games.
• Dished out eight assists against Jacksonville, the single-game high for the Bulldogs during the 2024-25 campaign.
• Scored seven of his team-high 15 points in the game’s final 4:26 against No. 17 Oklahoma to thwart the Sooners’ attempted rally.
• Made his first start at UGA against South Carolina and responded with 14 points, a team-high four assists and season-best tallies of three steals and 35 minutes...all of which led to a team-leading “+/-” of +17.
• Registered his lone DNP of the season at No. 8 Texas A&M due to an ankle injury.
• Scored all 14 of his points against Vanderbilt in the second half, including 10 in a 15-0 run that pushed Georgia’s lead from two points to 73-56.
Career Highlights:
• Saw action in 99 games, with 63 starts, over four seasons at Mount St. Mary’s.
• Produced 1,137 points (11.5 ppg), 324 rebounds (3.3 rpg), 233 assists (2.4 apg) in 29.4 minutes of playing time per outing with the Mountaineers.
• Posted 60 double-figure scoring performances, including 17 20-point outings and one 30-point outburst.
• Among Mount St. Mary’s career statistical leaders, ranked No. 32 in points (1,137), No. 10 in 3-pointers (176) and No. 9 in 3-point attempts (491).
• Lettered on the Mountaineers’ 2021 NCAA Tournament team.
2023-24 Season Highlights:
• Named first-team All-MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference).
• Voted first-team All District I by the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches.
• Started all 30 games he played and averaged team highs of 17.6 points and 3.9 assists, while also chipping in 4.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 35.5 minutes of PT per game.
• Upped those contributions to 17.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in MAAC action.
• Notched 27 double-digit scoring outputs, including a streak of 23 consecutive games.
• Posted 12 20-point contests and a career-high 34 points against Marist on Feb. 2.
• Led the MAAC – and ranked No. 60 nationally – in playing time and also finished No. 3 in scoring, No. 5 in assists (3.9 apg), No. 9 in steals (1.5 spg), No. 10 in 3-point percentage (.365), No. 10 in free throw percentage (.765) and No. 13 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.37).
• Tabbed MAAC Player of the Week twice – on Dec. 4 after averaging 22.0 points, 5.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in matchups against Manhattan and Siena and on Feb. 12 after averaging 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals in victories over Manhattan and Quinnipiac.
• Among Mount St. Mary’s all-time single-season leaders, connected on the 10th-most 3-pointers (74) while attempting the eighth-most shots from behind the arc (203).
• Enjoyed a highly productive non-conference stretch with seven 20-point outputs in a span of 10 games between Nov. 22-Dec. 30, led by what was then a career high of 26 points against Georgia on Dec. 20.
• Averaged 46.5 minutes in back-to-back contests – 49 during a double-overtime matchup with Howard on Nov. 25 and 44 in an OT contest at Manhattan on Dec. 1.
• Notched his 1,000th point as a Mountaineer and also grabbed a career-high nine rebounds at Siena on Feb. 4.
2022-23 Season Highlights:
• Started each of the 31 games he played and averaged 13.1 points, 2.7 boards and 1.7 assists in 33.5 minutes of action per contest.
• Reached double figures in the scoring column in 24 contests, including five 20-point showings.
• Among MAAC leaders, ranked No. 12 in scoring (13.1 ppg), No. 7 in steals (1.3 spg) and No. 5 in playing time (33.5 mpg).
• After scoring in double digits nine times combined during his freshman and sophomore seasons, opened his junior campaign with seven straight double-figure scoring tallies.
• Scored a season-high 23 points at Howard on Dec. 21, headlining a complete stat line that also featured six rebounds, five assists and four steals.
2021-22 Season Highlights:
• Started two of 27 games played and chipped in 5.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in 22.3 minutes of action.
• Recorded six double-figure scoring outings, led by a pair of 15-point showings against Saint Joseph’s on Nov. 13 and versus Merrimack on Feb. 3.
• Posted 10 points against No. 13 Kentucky at Rupp Arena on Nov. 16.
• Grabbed 10 rebounds in his first career start versus St. Francis Brooklyn on Feb. 17, an effort that stood as his career high with the Mountaineers.
2020-21 Season Highlights:
• Contributed 4.5 points and 1.9 boards in 18.6 minutes of PT in 11 games played.
• Accounted for three double-figure scoring outputs.
• Reached double digits in just his second collegiate outings, scoring 12 pionts against Navy on Nov. 28.
• Put up a season-high 14 points at VCU on Dec. 5.
• Rounded out his double-figure contests with 12 points versus Merrimack on Jan. 14.
High School Highlights:
• Coached by Aaron Tribbey during a postgraduate season at Middle Georgia Prep.
• Averaged 21.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.0 assist and 2.0 steals per game at Middle Georgia.
• Coached by Dan Mailman at Jonesboro High School.
• In 60 games over two seasons of varsity action with the Cardinals, scored 544 points (9.1 ppg), grabbed 227 rebounds (3.8 rpg) and dished out 129 assists (2.2 apg).
• As a senior, averaged a team-leading 14.1 points as well as 4.8 boards and 2.4 assists per game for Jonesboro, which posted a 21-9 record and reached the round of 16 of the Class 5A state tournament.
• Posted 21 double-digit scoring outputs and two double-figure rebounding counts, resulting in a pair of double-doubles.
• Notched career-high outputs of 27 points against Whitewater, 12 rebounds versus Ware County and five assists three times (lastly against Ware County in the first round of the state tourney).
• As a junior, contributed 4.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game as the Cardinals finished 23-9 and reached the semifinals of Georgia’s Class 6A state tourney.
Personal:
• Born July 6, 2001, Dakota is the son of Porchia High and received his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from Mount St. Mary’s in 2024.
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