2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Chancey, Leah
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Jersey Number 23
Leah Chancey
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Midlothian Heritage
- Hometown:
- Ovilla, Texas
Bio
ATHLETIC HONORS
2024 AAC Offensive Player of the Year
2024 AAC All-Conference First Team
2024 TDS Top 100 Athletes - No. 99
SUPERLATIVES
American Offensive Player of the Week - 9/1/25
AAC Offensive Player of the Week - 9/16/24
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 AAC All-District Team
2024 (Rice): Started in all 20 games, only one of five Owls to do so...Had an extraordinary season with a team-leading nine goals and four assists for a team-leading 22 points on the season...Broke the Rice record with the longest goal-scoring streak in the NCAA this season with eight-consecutive matches with a goal...Had a stretch of 11 consecutive matches with a point...Had four game-winning goals (UTRGV, Sam Houston, Tulsa and UTSA)...Had assists on both goals in Rice's 2-1 win over North Texas...Became the seventh Rice athlete to be listed in the TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 at No. 99...Was the third athlete to be named Offensive Player of the Year and 23rd to be All-Conference First Team...Finished the season ranked (in the conference) first in goals (nine), first in points (22), first in shot accuracy (.528), first in shots on goal per game (1.40), second in game-winning goals (4), third in goal per game (.45), third in shots per game (2.65) and fourth in points per game (1.10)...She became the 10th athlete to record an assist in their first Rice game...Finished the season ranked (Rice single-season) fourth in game-winning goals (4), tied for sixth in goals (9) and 10th in points (22).
2023 (SMU) – Started in 16 of 18 games played...Scored the game-winning goal at Baylor...Scored a goal at Rice...Recorded an assist versus UTSA and Florida Atlantic (Nov. 2).
2022 (SMU) – Played in 13 games...Named to AAC All-Academic Team.
2021 (SMU): Did not see action due to injury.
2020-21 (SMU): Started in both games during the spring ... Totaled three shots against ECU (March 21) ... Logged 177 minutes
Prep: Attended two U.S. Soccer U14 National Team camps in 2016...Part of the Elite Adidas Generation U16 Olympique Lyonnais Program in Lyon, France in 2017 ... Helped her Solar Soccer Club team to a Girls U-16/17 USSF Development Academy National Championship in 2019 and a runner-up spot at the U-16/17 ECNL National Championships in 2017...In 2017, attended the ECNL National Training Camp and was named part of the Best XI...Played high school soccer her freshman year - was named All-District 8-4A MVP, All Region First Team and All-Academic Team...Helped her team to finish as District Champions, Bi-District Champions and Area Champions...Played high school basketball for three years and was named to the All-Academic Team every year
Personal: ...Daughter of Michele and Tim Chancey...Has two brothers, Dylan and Jared, who both played college soccer as well...Was a member of the National Honor Society...
2024 AAC Offensive Player of the Year
2024 AAC All-Conference First Team
2024 TDS Top 100 Athletes - No. 99
SUPERLATIVES
American Offensive Player of the Week - 9/1/25
AAC Offensive Player of the Week - 9/16/24
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 AAC All-District Team
2024 (Rice): Started in all 20 games, only one of five Owls to do so...Had an extraordinary season with a team-leading nine goals and four assists for a team-leading 22 points on the season...Broke the Rice record with the longest goal-scoring streak in the NCAA this season with eight-consecutive matches with a goal...Had a stretch of 11 consecutive matches with a point...Had four game-winning goals (UTRGV, Sam Houston, Tulsa and UTSA)...Had assists on both goals in Rice's 2-1 win over North Texas...Became the seventh Rice athlete to be listed in the TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 at No. 99...Was the third athlete to be named Offensive Player of the Year and 23rd to be All-Conference First Team...Finished the season ranked (in the conference) first in goals (nine), first in points (22), first in shot accuracy (.528), first in shots on goal per game (1.40), second in game-winning goals (4), third in goal per game (.45), third in shots per game (2.65) and fourth in points per game (1.10)...She became the 10th athlete to record an assist in their first Rice game...Finished the season ranked (Rice single-season) fourth in game-winning goals (4), tied for sixth in goals (9) and 10th in points (22).
2023 (SMU) – Started in 16 of 18 games played...Scored the game-winning goal at Baylor...Scored a goal at Rice...Recorded an assist versus UTSA and Florida Atlantic (Nov. 2).
2022 (SMU) – Played in 13 games...Named to AAC All-Academic Team.
2021 (SMU): Did not see action due to injury.
2020-21 (SMU): Started in both games during the spring ... Totaled three shots against ECU (March 21) ... Logged 177 minutes
Prep: Attended two U.S. Soccer U14 National Team camps in 2016...Part of the Elite Adidas Generation U16 Olympique Lyonnais Program in Lyon, France in 2017 ... Helped her Solar Soccer Club team to a Girls U-16/17 USSF Development Academy National Championship in 2019 and a runner-up spot at the U-16/17 ECNL National Championships in 2017...In 2017, attended the ECNL National Training Camp and was named part of the Best XI...Played high school soccer her freshman year - was named All-District 8-4A MVP, All Region First Team and All-Academic Team...Helped her team to finish as District Champions, Bi-District Champions and Area Champions...Played high school basketball for three years and was named to the All-Academic Team every year
Personal: ...Daughter of Michele and Tim Chancey...Has two brothers, Dylan and Jared, who both played college soccer as well...Was a member of the National Honor Society...
2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
Thursday, April 25
Tommy McClelland Introductory Press Conference
Sunday, August 06
2023 Night of The Owl End of Year Highlight
Tuesday, April 25
2022 Rice Soccer Preseason Hype
Monday, August 15
