2025 (Junior): Appeared in 17 matches making 15 starts … streak of 38 straight starts ended in season-opener when he came off the bench for first time in career … started the next nine matches before injury forced him to miss back-to-back home contests against Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois, snapping his consecutive games played streak at 48 … has played all but two matches over three seasons and started all but two he has seen action … scored third career goal and second career game-winner with
redirected header in home win over Oral Roberts (9/7) ... Named
OVC Defensive Player of the Week after his solid play during a clean sheet win at UTRGV, his third career weekly accolade ... played all 90 minutes on 11 occasions including five of his last six outings to push him to 41 full-time efforts in 55 career matches …
2024 (Sophomore): The only player on team to start all 20 matches, pushing consecutive games and starts streaks to 38 … led the team in time on the pitch, missing just 84 minutes all season … had two assists on the season at Gonzaga (9/1) and at Oral Roberts (9/14) … named
OVC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time (9/3) … the second helper of the season
against ORU aided the equalizing goal in a 2-2 draw ... named
OVC Defensive Player of the Week for a second time after helping Huskies to a 1-0 shutout of UTRGV in the final non-conference match of the campaign (9/24) … attempted two shots on the year, both on target … played all 90 on 13 occasions, including six of his last seven … off the pitch for just 26 minutes over the last 10 matches of the campaign … earned
OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll accolades following season, his second career honor …
2023 (Freshman): One of two players on team to start all 18 matches … second on the team in minutes logged, playing all 90 minutes in 17 of 18 matches … four shots, two on goal on the season … first career goal came at UIW (9/28), an 80th minute score that leveled the match at 3-3 … scored second goal of the season, a game-winner coming in a 4-1 home rout of Eastern Illinois (10/8) …earned
OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll accolades following season …
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Pasadena Memorial before finishing high school at Texas Connections Academy … Member of Queensboro FC where his teams made the USL National finals and were third place in the UPSL Nationals …
PERSONAL: Born February 21, 2004 … Son of Hans and Karla Leza … brother Luka … sister Catherine … Majoring in Finance …
