Awards and Honors
• 2008 Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
• 2007 Second-Team All-Patriot League

Leone in 2007: A Second-Team All-Patriot League selection who, along with Victor Barger, was the recipient of the Coach Willis P. Bilderback Award, honoring the Navy's most outstanding defensive player ... has developed into one of the top defensive midfielders in the country ... member of Navy's nationally-ranked (3rd) defensive unit that surrendered 6.60 goals per game ... held Patriot League foes to a league-low 5.50 goals per game ... Navy's defense surrendered double-digit goals in four contests, including just once to a Patriot League team (in a 15-10 win over Colgate during the regular season) ... turned in three assists, including his first-collegiate helper dealt out in Navy's 10-3 win over Saint Joseph's ... also handed out assists against Canisius and Colgate (Patriot League Tournament) ... picked up a career-high four ground balls in Navy's Star Game victory over Army.

2006: Saw action in all 15 contests where he was a member of the nation's No. 1-ranked scoring defense that surrendered just 5.47 goals per game and allowed double-digit goals only once during the season (in an 11-10 win by Navy over arch rival Army) ... picked up eight of his 15 grounders in Patriot League competition.

More on Leone: A 2004 graduate of Massapequa High School, Leone attended the Naval Academy prep school during the 2004-05 academic year ... a four-year letterwinner in lacrosse at Massapequa HS, he also earned two letters as a running back for the football team ... led Massapequa to the 2001 county lacrosse championship with a 12-3 record ... named all-county his junior and senior years ... earned Honorable Mention All-America recognition his senior campaign ... served as team captain of the football and lacrosse teams his senior year ... earned all-conference football honors in 2003 ... member of the Massapequa Honor Roll ... full name is Geoffrey Anthony Leone ... born March 5, 1986, in Queens, N.Y. ... son of Peter and Susan Leone ... majoring in History.