Both of the UW-Superior women’s basketball and softball teams have seen a lot of success in recent years.
The women’s basketball team just captured their second consecutive UMAC regular season championship as well as their first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 2018. The softball team has appeared in the NCAA tournament in back to back seasons under head coach Melissa Fracker. A key piece to both the basketball and softball teams is MyKenzie Leccia, a junior from Somerset, Wis. Leccia began being recruited to UWS for softball before also being asked to join the basketball team.
“I initially started being recruited for softball with Coach Fracker and then the previous head coach for basketball was like yeah we’ve seen you play you can join our team, so it was kind of like go for one sport, say I wanted to play another and it kind of just worked out that way,” said Leccia.
Leccia Cuts Down a Piece of the Net After the Women’s Basketball Team Won the UMAC Championship
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On the basketball court Leccia has been a standout on the defensive end winning defensive player of the year for the UMAC this past season. She also set a career high in points in a Yellowjacket uniform this past season scoring 24 points in the first round of the UMAC postseason tournament against Martin Luther.
Although the Yellowjackets would lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament this season there was no break for Leccia as the softball team was playing in Florida for their annual trip down south for spring break.
Leccia appeared in a game for the softball team just two days after the basketball season ended. “Figuring out the flight was going to be a little bit difficult because I wasn’t flying down with the softball team. So right after basketball I ended up going home so I could make it to the Twin Cities to be on the flight by 5:30 a.m. to get ready for softball so that was just a whole chaotic weekend,” said Leccia.
In The 2024 Softball Season MyKenzie Leccia was Named First Team All-UMAC.
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Leccia added that she was hoping they would play a little bit more basketball but was excited to start her softball season. On the softball side Leccia has appeared on the All-UMAC first team as well as the All-UMAC defensive team in the 2024 season.
Leccia helped the Yellowjackets reach the NCAA tournament last season as she was able to hit a walk-off double against Bethany Lutheran in the UMAC championship game. So far this season Leccia also earned her 100th career hit in a Yellowjacket uniform.
