AT SJSU: Returned from an injury to play the 2015-16 season as a redshirt freshman … Standing 6-foot-11, he is the team's tallest player. ... A 2013 graduate of CJD Konigswinter in Bonn, Germany ... Signed with SJSU in May of 2014.
2015-16: Averaged 1.6 points and 2.3 rebounds in 26 games with one start … Tied for third on the team with 15 blocks … Tied a career-high with eight points at Utah State (2/27) … Career-high eight rebounds came in the 128-60 win over Life Pacific College … Started and played a season-high 19 minutes at Seattle (12/20).
2014-15: Played in nine games and made five starts before suffering a season-ending ankle injury ... Averaged 2.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game ... Season-high eight points to go along with six rebounds at Cal State Fullerton (11/22) ... Season-high seven rebounds in the opener against Bethesda (11/14) ... Multiple blocks in three games.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Spent 2013-14 as a center for the RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf U19 team in Berlin, Germany ... Led the team in per game scoring at 12.6 points, rebounding at 10.1 and blocked shots at 2.9 ... Scored a season-high 28 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in a win versus BBT Gottingen ... Received an invitation to join the U20 German National team in 2013-14.
MORE ABOUT LEON: A business finance major ... Career plans include being a Wall Street analyst ... Aspires to play professional basketball one day ... Enjoys playing soccer, watching movies and cooking ... Born July 16, 1995 in Mönchengladbach, Germany, and now calls Bonn, Germany home.