Leanne Singleton-Comfort

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Marysville, CA
High School:
East Nicolaus

Notable:
- Four-time NCAA Championship Qualifier
- 2020 NCAA West Regional/Western Conference Saber Champion (went 10-0 in head-to-head bouts).
- Three-time All-American in saber (2018-19 & 2019-20 at Air Force and 2015-16 at UC San Diego).
- Third-Team All-American in 2019 with 11th place finish at NCAAs.
- 2020 USFCA All-American First Team.
- 2020 USFCA All-West Region First Team.
- 2020 Air Force Academy Athletic Excellence Award recipient (USAFA Athletics Top 6 Award).
- Is just the fifth women’s All-American and second in saber at Air Force.
- 2016-17 NCAA Regional/Western Fencing Conference women’s saber Champion.
- 195-46 all-time record at Air Force.

2019-20: Team Captain ... NCAA qualifier in women’s saber ... 2020 NCAA West Regional/Western Conference Women’s Saber Champion (went 10-0 in head-to-head bouts) ... 48-8 record ... went undefeated 11 times in team bout competition ... runner-up at December NAC out of a field of 105 ... USFCA All-American First-Team ... USFCA All-West Region First Team ... team MVP.

2018-19: Competed in several NACs, but took remainder of season off from competition to preserve senior eligibility for 2019-20 season ... December NAC Saber Champion, going 11-0 in her bouts in Cincinnati ... placed 5th in Saber at January NAC in Charlotte.

2017-18 (Sophomore Academic/Junior competition): Posted 93-21 record ... 2019 All-American with 11th place finish at NCAA Championships (Third Team) ... won 13 bouts at NCAAs ... placed second at NCAA West Regional with 7-1 record ... went undefeated 19 times, including eight straight 3-0 bouts at one point in season ... placed third in senior women’s saber at Nick Toth Open ... placed 8th in women’s saber at October NAC ... placed 37th in women’s Div. I saber at December NAC ... placed 38th in women’s Div. I saber at January NAC ... finished seventh at USA Fencing Nationals, falling in semifinals to national champion Mariel Zagunis ... Team MVP.

2016-17 (Freshman Academic/Sophomore competition): Posted 54-17 record to lead team in wins ... 2017 NCAA Regional/Western Fencing Conference Women’s Saber Champion ... Placed 14th at NCAA’s with 14-9 record ... Team MVP ... champion of women’s saber at Nick Toth Invite ... finished eighth at October NAC in women’s saber ... 37th at December NAC in women’s Div. I saber ... 38th at January NAC in women’s Div. I saber ... 13-2 at Duke Invite ... 27-6 at Northwestern Invite ... Team MVP.

Before the Academy:

2015-16: Attended UC San Diego … All-America honoree after tying third at the National Collegiate Championships … was fifth place nationalist … All-Western Fencing Conference.

High School: A 2015 graduate of East Nicolaus High School ... Won gold medals with the National Senior Team in Columbus, OH (Nov. 2013) and in Virginia Beach, VA (Jan. 2014) ... State champion women's saber fencer 2011 ... Won bronze medal at the Y14 Summer Nationals in 2011 ... Bay Cup Senior Women's Saber Series Champion 2010-11 ... Bay Cup Junior and Senior Women's Saber Series Champion 2014-15 ... Ranked fifth in the nation for cadets during 2011-12 ... Ranked ninth at 2012 Junior Olympics ... Finished 14th at Div. 1 Women's Saber Summer Nationals 2015 … competed for Sacramento Saber Fencing, coached by David Lee.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 34 … daughter of John and Teresa Steverson … has a younger sister … behavioral science major ... active in her squadron as the Squadron Executive Officer (Top three leadership position in squadron) ... summer prior to her senior year: was a sports camp flight commander, competed at summer nationals in Columbus, Ohio, vacationed in Newfoundland and was the group military guidance officer for basic training ... led Poverty Simulation at Prep School for Behavioral Science Capstone project ... Why I decided to come to the Academy: “I wanted to make a change in the world, challenge and better myself and take hold of the opportunities the Academy as to offer.” … hobbies are piano, painting, woodworking, and raquetball … began fencing at age 12 … credits high school fencing coach, David Lee, as having the biggest influence on her sports career ... dream vacation spot is in a bungalow in Thailand ... something most people don’t know about her is that she used to compete in piano ... favorite movie is The Blind Side ... favorite class subject is behavioral science.