Leah Edmond Showcases Full Potential in Her 3rd AU Season, Clinching the Championship With MVP Title

L?ah Edmond had an amazing s?ason in th? 2023 Athl?t?s Unlimit?d Voll?yball Championship. She finished in first place with 4,313 points after playing for five weeks. Edmond seems very happy with her performance this season. The player’s performance turned out to be the way she wanted it to be. Edmond played the way her fans have always seen her.

The master athlete played in all 15 match?s this s?ason and was th? top play?r in th? l?agu? with 224 kills. She also had a great hitting percentage of 300 and got double-digit kills in every match. Edmond was the team captain for all five weeks and won 10 out of 14 matches.

Leah Edmond’s champion glory!

On Sunday, Edmond achi?v?d two important mil?ston?s. She became only the third player in the history of AU volleyball to get 2,000 points in a single season. She also scored 500 kills in her career, which is a big deal in volleyball. Recently, a picture was posted on Athletes Unlimited’s Twitter page where she could be seen celebrating her victory. It was captioned, “Oh,?What a Night”

L?ah Edmond has b??n playing for AU throughout h?r pro car??r. She started as a rookie in the book’s first season. In the past, she had to deal with injuries and illnesses that prevented her from playing in all 15 matches in a season. But this season, she achieved her goal of playing in every match, showing her determination and talent. Like many young people, Leah Edmond used to hold down two jobs.

Rising in and outside the court!

The former All-America volleyball player graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in elementary education and loves children, so it was a no-brainer to get into teaching. Over the last two years, she has served as an instructional assistant at William Wells Brown and Glendover elementary schools in Lexington. Her side gig isn?t at Starbucks.

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Edmond this week will complete her second season as a competitor in Athletes Unlimited, an upstart professional sports organization that emphasizes individual player performance, plays all its games in a single city, and eliminates the traditional notion of how a pro team is constructed. Edmond got turned onto the opportunity through a contact from USA Volleyball. She sat through an informational Zoom held in the thick of the COVID-19 shutdowns and was intrigued enough by the league?s quirks and motivations to give it a shot. The first year of play was so fun that she came back for the second. AU?s five-week season wraps up this week. ?I?m trying to keep it going for as long as I can,? Edmond said of her time as a pro athlete.

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