Esther de Leijer

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
M/F
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Nijmegen, Netherlands
High School:
Canisius College

Graduate Student (2017)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Named to NFHCA All-West Region first team
• Voted to the All-Big Ten second team
• Started 22 games in the midfield; missed two with late-season injury
• Assisted on the overtime game-winner in the NCAA first round vs. No. 13 Syracuse (Nov. 11)
• Netted the late game-winning goal (64:29) in a 1-0 win against No. 5 Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament championship game (Nov. 5)
• Also assisted on the first and game-winning goal vs. No. 9 Northwestern in the Big Ten semis (Nov. 3)
• Scored the game-winning goal at No. 22 Iowa (Oct. 15), which clinched U-M's Big Ten regular-season title
• Posted a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win at No. 3 Penn State (Sept. 24)
• Assisted on Michigan's game-winning goal vs. No. 15 Wake Forest (Aug. 27) to secure the ACC/Big Ten Challenge sweep
• Scored a second-half goal in the season opener vs. No. 1 North Carolina (Aug. 26)

Graduate Student (2016)
• Named to NFHCA All-West Region second team
• Named to All-Big Ten Tournament Team
• Played in all 20 games, starting 19
• Finished third on the team with 15 points, scoring five goals and assisting on five goals on the season
• Scored lone goal in 3-1 loss at No. 9 -- and eventual NCAA champion -- Delaware
• Scored game-tying goal with under 30 minutes to go in Big Ten Tournament first round matchup against Michigan State (Nov. 3)
• Assisted on lone goal in NCAA Tournament loss to Virginia (Nov. 12)

Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from Radboud University (2016)
• Earned a bachelor of medicine degree

Prep
• Graduated from Canisius College (2013)

Club/Junior Team
• Played with the Union Dames field hockey club for 14 years, including four year at the overgangsklasse level
• Contributed to her MC1 team's 2008 national indoor championship and second-place national championship finish
• Also played four years with a Dutch Hockey Federation district team

Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a master's degree in kinesiology
• Born on August 25, 1995
• Daughter of Gert de Leijer and Ellen Witteman
• Has two brothers, Koos and Jan