| Height: | 5-7 |
| Hometown: | Fremont, OH |
| Position: | Outside Hitter |
| Year: | So. |
| High School: | Ross |
2016: As a freshman, Ballenger was limited to 15 matches due to injury but finished with four kills, four aces, 12 digs and two blocks (one solo). She produced a season-high four digs in a straight set win over Macomb on Sept. 4.
Prior to Owens: Ballenger came to Owens as a two-time district player of the year at Fremont Ross. She also earned Honorable Mention All-Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC) and First Team All-District recognition, while playing for head coach Lyndsey Robinson.
Academically, Ballenger was a member of the National Honor Society (NHS). She was also a member of the TRAC's All-Academic team.
Personal: Leah is the daughter of Dave and Reenie Ballenger. She has two siblings - Josh and Jared.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 | vs. Grand Rapids Community College | W, 3-1 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Grand Rapids Community College | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Harcum College | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Cowley County Community College | W, 3-1 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Lincoln Land Community College | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Coffeyville Community College | L, 3-1 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 19 | 13 | ||
| Sets | 21 | 13 | ||
| Kills | 13 | 11 | ||
| Kills per set | 0.62 | 0.85 | ||
| Errors | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total Attacks | 39 | 32 | ||
| Total Attacks per set | 1.86 | 2.46 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | .256 | .250 | ||
| Assists | 0 | 0 | ||
| Assists per set | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Service Total Attempts | 0 | 0 | ||
| Service Aces | 3 | 0 | ||
| Service Errors | 4 | 1 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.14 | 0.00 | ||
| Receptions | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reception Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Digs | 3 | 3 | ||
| Digs per set | 0.14 | 0.23 | ||
| Block Solo | 1 | 1 | ||
| Block Assist | 10 | 9 | ||
| Block Total | 11 | 10 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.52 | 0.77 | ||
| Block Errors | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Points | 22.0 | 16.5 | ||
| Points per set | 1.0 | 1.3 | ||
| Matches started | - | - | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12 | TBA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Aug 19 | TBA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Aug 25 | vs. Kirkwood Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aug 25 | vs. Des Moines Area Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Aug 26 | vs. North Iowa Area Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aug 26 | vs. Kansas City Kansas Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aug 30 | at Lorain County Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Sep 1 | Kalamazoo Valley Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 1 | Jackson College | W, 3-0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Sep 2 | Waubonsee Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 2 | St. Clair County Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 3 | Muskegon Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 3 | Schoolcraft College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Sep 6 | at Lakeland Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Sep 13 | Cuyahoga Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 15 | at Columbus State Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 16 | at Hocking College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 20 | at Edison Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 23 | vs. Des Moines Area Community College | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 23 | vs. Lincoln Land Community College | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 24 | at Parkland College | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 24 | vs. McHenry County College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 29 | Clark State Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 30 | Edison Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 4 | Lorain County Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Wallace State Community College-Hanceville | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 6 | vs. Cape Fear Community College | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 7 | at Catawba Valley Community College | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 7 | vs. Pasco-Hernando State College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 11 | Lakeland Community College | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 14 | at Sinclair Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Oct 18 | at Cuyahoga Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Oct 20 | Columbus State Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Oct 21 | Hocking College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Oct 25 | at Clark State Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Oct 28 | Sinclair Community College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Kellogg Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 3 | vs. Grand Rapids Community College | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 4 | vs. Grand Rapids Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 16 | vs. Harcum College | W, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Cowley County Community College | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 17 | vs. Lincoln Land Community College | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 18 | vs. Coffeyville Community College | L, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0.18 | 6 | 13 | -.154 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0.55 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.09 | 9.5 | 0.4 |
| 2017-18 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 0.62 | 3 | 39 | .256 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.14 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.52 | 22.0 | 1.0 |
| Total | 34 | 43 | 17 | 0.40 | 9 | 52 | .154 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 0.16 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0.35 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.30 | 31.5 | 0.7 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 19 | 21 | 13 | 0.62 | 3 | 39 | .256 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.14 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.52 | 22.0 | 1.0 |
| Conference | 13 | 13 | 11 | 0.85 | 3 | 32 | .250 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.23 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.77 | 16.5 | 1.3 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0.69 | 1 | 22 | .364 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.23 | 13.5 | 1.0 |
| Away | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 2 | 14 | .071 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1.33 | 7.5 | 1.3 |
| Neutral | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
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| Wins | 19 | 21 | 13 | 0.62 | 3 | 39 | .256 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.14 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.52 | 22.0 | 1.0 |
| Losses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| August | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| September | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0.36 | 1 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.18 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| October | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 2 | 21 | .190 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.00 | 10.0 | 1.4 |
| November | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |