Accolades:
2010-11 All-PSAC Western Division First Team
2010-11 PSAC Winter Top Ten
2011-12 PSAC Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete
2012-13 NABC All-American
2012-13 Capital One Academic All-American First Team
2012-13 PSAC Western Division Athlete of the Year
2012-13 All-PSAC Western Division First Team
2012-13 NABC All-Atlantic District First Team
2012-13 Daktronics All-Region Second Team
2012-13 D2 Bulletin All-American Third Team
2012-13: Had one of the best seasons in program history...led team with 18.6 points per game...grabbed a team-high 6.7 rebounds per game...started a school-record-tying 29 games...made a school-record 166 free throws...tied for the team lead with 28 blocked shots...second on the team with 42 steals...dished out 48 assists, second-most on the Lakers...shot 47.8 percent from the field...connected on 81.4 percent of his free throw tries...made 19 three-pointers on 33.9 percent shooting...scored in double figures in 28 of 29 games played...recorded 13 different games with at least 20 points...scored a season-high 29 points at Millersville December 19...totaled three contests with 10 or more rebounds, including 15 boards against Notre Dame College December 30...had two outings with double-digit made free throws, making 14-15 tries at Millersville and then converted 15-20 attempts against Slippery Rock February 9...blocked four shots against Lock Haven December 8...made four steals twice, including at Edinboro in the PSAC Tournament March 2...played a season-high 38 minutes at Gannon January 23...scored his 1,000th career point at Cheyney January 12.
2011-2012: Played in only 15 games this year due to an injury early in the season… despite only participating in half the Lakers games, Leao had an outstanding season finishing with 15.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game… Leao, who was recognized as the PSAC men’s basketball Scholar-Athlete at the Final Four, was on target in all 15 games played as he placed first on the team in both field goal percentage (.555) and 3-point field goal percentage (.520)… a leader on both the offensive and defensive ends, Leao finished 2
nd on the team in scoring (15.1/G), 2
nd on the team in blocked shots with 16 on the season (1.1/G), and 1
st on the team in rebounds averaging 5.3 rebounds per game… recorded two double doubles this year; one coming with a season high 27 points 10 rebounds in an overtime loss to Slippery Rock, while the other came in the PSAC Final Four loss to East Stroudsburg when he put up 18 points and 10 boards.
2010-11: Named All-PSAC West First Team… finished second on the team in scoring (17.5 ppg – 6th, PSAC) and first in rebounding (8.3 rpg - 7th, PSAC)… led the Lakers in scoring on nine occasions while posting team-bests in rebounding on 18 occasions… other PSAC ranks included 10th in free-throw percentage (80.2); 11th in blocks (29); 13th in field-goal percentage (52.9)… named PSAC West Athlete of the Week on Jan. 24 and Feb. 7… suffered knee injury in regular-season finale at IUP on Feb. 26… scored in double-figures in all but two of his 26 games played… posted a career-high 31 points against Edinboro (Feb. 2)… had personal-bests of 15 rebounds on two occasions (at ESU, Jan. 4 and at Edinboro, Feb. 23)… career-high four blocks against Davis & Elkins (Dec. 11)… recorded nine double-doubles on the season, the most for a Laker since 1999-2000… made 16-of-18 free throws against Clarion, setting the single-game record for made free throws and tying the attempts mark…had +20 points in five games, including two games with 30 or more points… posted 10 games with a field-goal percentage over 60.0… dominant inside force that also shoots from long-range, draining 23-of-53 3-pointers (43.4 percent)… that figure was third on the team… had a 3-pointer in 16 of 26 games.
2009-10: Red-shirted
High School: Named to the U18 Brazilian National Team.
Personal: Major is biology...son of Gilmar de Carvalho Leao and Shirley Pizzi...one brother, Pedro Henrique de Carvalho Leao.
