2017: Made 50 appearances during the season between designated player and first base... Batted .299 with a .400 on-base percentage and a .569 slugging percentage... Ranked fourth in the America East lead the team in home runs (9)... Also lead the team in RBI (29) and slugging percentage and was also second in on-base percentage, tied for third in doubles (8), fourth in runs (25) and hits (41)... Had two hits, two runs scored, a double, a home run, and two RBI against Coppin State (March 23)... Went 3-4 with two runs scored, two home runs, and four RBI in a win against Albany (April 14)... Recorded two hits, a run scored, a home run, and four RBI in a win over The Mount (May 3)... Hit the walkoff double to beat Hartford in the last game of the regular season (May 6)... Named to America East All-Conference Second Team and All-Academic Team.
2016: Started 54 games at first base… Batted .253 on the season… Ranked first in the America East in put outs (388) and third in home runs (11)… Led the team in home runs (11) and runs batted in (38)… Improved from her rookie campaign in total hits (40), home runs (11), doubles (6), runs batted in (38), and slugging percentage (.500)... Had two home runs versus Loyola Marymount (Feb 12)…. Contributed three hits on three at bats versus Nicholls St. (Feb 20) … Hit a grand slam at Alabama St. (Feb 21)… Recorded two hits, four runs batted in, and two runs scored in an 11-0 win over Lafayette (Feb 28)… Tallied two hits and two runs batted in during a 6-1 win over Coppin St. (March 8)… Drove in two of four runs versus Morgan St. (March 11) and UMass Lowell (April 30)… Had a game winning RBI-double against Morgan St. (March 12)… Named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2015: Appeared in 41 contests and made 30 starts at first base in her rookie campaign… Registered a .440 slugging percentage, .350 on-base percentage and .264 batting average… Tallied five home runs and drove in 13 runs… Registered the first homer of her career and drove in three runs versus Morehead State (Feb. 28)… Launched a solo home run and finished two-for-two from the dish versus Rhode Island (March 16)… Drove in a pair of runs on two hits in game one against UMass Lowell (April 3)… Recorded a pair of hits in three plate appearances versus South Carolina State (April 17)… Drove in a run and finished with two hits in game two versus Binghamton (April 25)… Drilled her fifth homer of the season in game two versus Maine (April 29).
BACKGROUND: Helped New Milford High School to the group one sectional final and post the most victories in school history during her junior campaign… A part of the Lady Knights’ team that upset the No. 4 seed in the first round of the county tournament, marking the biggest upset in Bergen County Softball Tournament history… Holds New Milford High School records in hits (171) and runs batted in (174)… Named Female Athlete of the Year during her senior campaign… A four-time All-League First Team honoree… A two-time All-Bergen County First Team selection and an All-North Jersey First Team recipient… Also lettered in basketball and volleyball at New Milford High School… A four-time All-League First Team selection and All-County Honorable Mention for both basketball and volleyball… A 1,000 point scorer in basketball… Honored at Women in Sports Day at Seton Hall… A National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member… An honor roll student… Played club ball most recently for the East Coast Elite Gold… Daughter of Joseph and Cathrin Lesko… Has an older sister Mary Ellen… Joseph played basketball at Upsala College… Major is undeclared.
