SUNY Cortland Athletics

Leslie Lance was one of the top softball players in Cortland history with 72 career wins, including a single-season school-record 30 victories during her All-America junior year. She's currently an educator in the Susquehanna Valley Central School District (N.Y.).
 
* A native of Johnson City, N.Y., she earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education Pre K-6 from Cortland in 1999 and a Master of Science in Education in Reading K-12 from Cortland in 2002.
 
* In four seasons she registered a career mark of 72-34 with a 1.48 earned run average, 477 strikeouts, 89 complete games and 28 shutouts in 691 innings pitched over 127 appearances. Graduated as Cortland's career leader in wins, shutouts, innings pitched, complete games and strikeouts (still first in complete games and second in wins, shutouts and innings).
 
* First team All-American as a junior in 1998 after finishing 30-7 with a 1.09 ERA, 152 strikeouts and 12 shutouts. Her 30 victories, 32 complete games, 12 shutouts, and 244 and a third innings pitched that season are still school single-season records.
 
* Four-time all-region selection, named first team All-SUNYAC three times, and was an All-ECAC honoree on three occasions, including being chosen as ECAC Upstate New York Co-Player of the Year as a junior. Earned team's Red Letter Award as a senior.
 
* Third team national GTE Academic All-American as a junior in 1998. First team academic all-district selection in both 1997 and 1998.
 
* Named to the 1998 NCAA Division III Northeast Regional all-tournament team after helping Cortland earn its first World Series berth in 13 years and second overall.
 
* Helped Cortland improve from an 11-24 record the season prior to her arrival to 18-13 in 1996, 30-14 and an NCAA playoff berth in 1997, and 37-13 with a SUNYAC title and World Series appearance in 1998. The Red Dragons finished 29-19 and also qualified for the NCAA tournament in 1999, and they finished with a combined record of 114-59 during her four seasons.
 
* Reading specialist in academic intervention services for grades 6-8 in the Susquehanna Valley Central School District (N.Y.) since 2007. Long-term substitute teacher in various subjects in the Union-Endicott (N.Y.) and Johnson City (N.Y.) school districts from 2000-07.
 
* Various community service activities, including teaching church school at Saint Michael's Greek Catholic Church in Binghamton since 2009, volunteering to serve community meals at the church since January 2017, and volunteering to help provide meals to families affected by Southern Tier flooding in 2011.