Leah Bestany

Position:
Attack
Class:
Senior
High School:
Bethpage
Hometown:
Bethpage, N.Y.

Career: Finished her time in Greenville with 69 games played and 58 starts… Registered 133 points on 107 goals and 26 assists to go with 34 ground balls, 11 caused turnovers and 11 draw controls… Became the fourth player in program history to score 100 career goals and the fourth with greater than 125 career points.

2025: Started all 17 games… Recorded 43 points on 29 goals and 14 assists… Third most points on the team… Scored five goals in consecutive games against Quinnipiac and South Florida (3/15 & 3/22)… Posted five points with four goals and an assist against Vanderbilt (4/12)… Reached 100 career points against San Diego State (3/11)… Scored her 100th career goal in the Vanderbilt game… Named to the American Honorable Mention list twice (3/24 & 4/14).

2024: Appeared in 16 games while making six starts… Scored 12 goals and added two assists, eight ground balls, one caused turnover and finished with four free position goals on seven attempts… Scored multiple goals on four occasions, scoring two in each instance in games against Navy, Furman, Clemson and Vanderbilt… Posted a season-high three points vs. Clemson (4/2) with two goals and an assist.

2023: Appeared in all 18 games, making 17 starts... Recorded 33 points on 27 goals and six assists... Converted on five free position goals... Scored five goals against Furman (3/3)... Scored four goals against Elon (3/12)... Recorded four hat tricks on the season... Two-time AAC Honor Roll honoree.

2022: Started all 18 games on the season... Third on the team with 43 points on 39 goals and four assists... 39 goals was the program single season record at the time... Gathered 10 ground balls to go with four caused turnovers and two draw controls... Scored a season-best five goals, as well as an assist, against William & Mary (3/26)... Matched her best of five goals again against Temple (3/26)... Scored multiple games in 13 of 18 contests. Two-time AAC Rookie of the Week and two-time AAC Weekly Honor Roll honoree... All-AAC Second-Team honoree.

High School: Lettered for four years under head coaches Alyssa Kildare and Kate Danowski at Bethpage High School…Also played for Team Elevate under head coaches Dave Kotowski, Dana Forte and Rachel Dooley…Finished her senior season with 169 points on 119 goals and 50 assists while leading Bethpage to a Conference Championship, earning her All-American Honorable Mention Honors…Was named the Bethpage Athlete of the Year as well as the team MVP following her senior season as well as being named All-County and Long Island Lax Journal Second-Team All-Long Island…Named to Newsdays Top-100 Girls Lacrosse Players…Named All-Conference during her sophomore season…Earned Rookie of the Year honors following her freshman campaign as well as being named the Offensive MVP for Team Elevate…Helped Bethpage win the 2018 Conference Championship…Named a Top-50 Freshman by Back of the Cage…Participated in the Under Armour 150…Served as team captain during her junior and senior seasons…Also lettered in basketball and soccer, serving as a team captain for the basketball team during her senior year…Was an All-Conference selection in basketball during her junior year.

Personal: Daughter of Tricia and Michael Bestany…Has one brother, Brandon…Father, Michael, played football at Stony Brook University.