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Jersey Number 7
Leah Ford
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Keller HS
- Hometown:
- Keller, Texas
2026 · REDSHIRT JUNIOR
2025 · REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
2024 · REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
2023 · FRESHMAN
HIGH SCHOOL AND CLUB
PERSONAL
Leah Ford was born on Jan. 24, 2005, in Houston, Texas… parents are Wendy and Kirk Ford Sr.… has a brother named Kirk Ford Jr.… father Kirk Sr. was an All-Southwestern Conference basketball forward and team captain at the University of Houston (1994-96) and played professionally in Brazil and Europe… majoring in psychology.
- Leah Ford is a redshirt junior middle blocker for the Women of Troy.
2025 · REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
- Big Ten All-Conference Second Team
- AVCA All-Pacific Region Honorable Mention
- Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 1, Nov. 24)
- Big Ten All-Academic Team
- Played in 27 matches with 24 starts and saw action in 88 sets
- Led the Big Ten in blocks per set (1.35 bps); 31st nationally
- Totaled 119 blocks to rank 12th in the Big Ten
- Recorded 147 kills and ranked fifth in the conference with .378 hitting
- Notched career highs of 11 kills and 10 blocks at Loyola Marymount (Aug. 31) to record her first-career double-double
- Totaled 24 digs (0.27 dps), five service aces, and three assists
2024 · REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
- Big Ten All-Conference Second Team
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team
- Played in 25 matches and saw action in 72 sets
- Totaled 106 kills (1.47 kps), 96 blocks (1.33 bps), 36 digs (0.50 dps), eight service aces (0.11 saps), and two assists
- Recorded career highs of 10 kills against UCLA (Oct. 13) and Washington (Nov. 3)
- Notched a career-high nine blocks against Minnesota (Oct. 5)
- Reached a career-high three solo blocks against Oregon (Oct. 9)
- Collected a career-high two service aces against Ohio (Sept. 13)
2023 · FRESHMAN
- Played in two matches with one start and appeared in four sets
- Sat out remainder of season due to injury
- Hit .700 with seven kills (10att) in her collegiate debut, a three-set win over Marist (Sept. 9)
HIGH SCHOOL AND CLUB
- Prepped at Keller High School in Keller, Texas
- Two-time All-District 4 Team (1st team 2021, 2nd team 2020)
- 2019 District 6A Newcomer of the Year
- 1st Team All-Area
- Region 6-6A All-Tournament Team
- Two-time Texas State Championship All-Tournament Team (2021, ’22)
- Texas Girls’ Coaches Association All-Star Team (TGCA)
- Four-time AVCA Phenom Watch List
- Keller ISD State Championship Hall of Fame
- 2023 USAV 18s Open Nationals All-Tournament Team
- Four-time Academic All-District 4
- Played for Tejas Volleyball Club (2018) and Drive Nation VBC (2019-23)
PERSONAL
Leah Ford was born on Jan. 24, 2005, in Houston, Texas… parents are Wendy and Kirk Ford Sr.… has a brother named Kirk Ford Jr.… father Kirk Sr. was an All-Southwestern Conference basketball forward and team captain at the University of Houston (1994-96) and played professionally in Brazil and Europe… majoring in psychology.
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