Softball
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.
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| High School:
Ocean View
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| Height:
5-7
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| Position:
INF
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| Birthdate:
04/07/1981
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One of the team's best defensive players ... Starting third baseman ... Picked
up first team All-Big honors as an at-large third base selection ... Led team
in assists (157), homeruns (15) and slugging percentage (.604) in 2002 ... Named
to the NCAA Region 5 All-Tournament Team.
2002 (Junior)
Hit three home runs on the second day of the UTA Tournament (2/9), including two
against Louisiana-Monroe ... Fell a triple short of the cycle against Texas-San
Antonio (2/9) ... Hit a grand slam homer against No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette (2/16)
... Recorded a season-best eight game hitting streak (2/16-2/23) ... Batted .333
(8-for-24) with four runs scored and nine RBI during the streak ... Tied a career-high
with three runs scored against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/8) ... Also went deep
in the game ... Led the team in hitting during the Kia Klassic (3/14-3/17) ...
Batted .400 (6-for-15) with one run scored and two RBI during the tournament ...
Recorded a career-high in hits with four against Utah (3/16) ... Went 3-for-4
with two runs scored and three RBI in game one of Iowa State doubleheader (4/6)
... Her three-run homer in the game gave the Sooners the lead for good after a
see-saw battle ... Hit her 12th homer of the season against Kansas (4/20) ...
Part of a 2-for-3 performance with two runs scored and three RBI ... Smacked her
13th home run, a two-run shot, against OSU (4/24) to give OU their first lead
of the game in the 5-4 10-inning victory ... Recorded her 14th home run of the
season two games later against No. 22 Baylor (4/28) ... Went 2-for-3 with two
runs scored in the regular season finale against Tulsa (4/30) ... Picked up at
least one hit in each of the first three contests of the Big 12 Conference Tournament
(5/2-5/5) ... Drove in two runs against Iowa State (5/3) ... One of three Sooners
to smack a two-run homer in OU's 10-0 five inning run-rule of Kansas (5/4) ...
Batted .400 (6-for-15) with three runs scored and two RBI during the NCAA Region
5 Tournament (5/16-5/19) ... Collected at least one hit in each of the four games
... Began the event with two two-hit performances against fifth-seeded Utah (5/16)
and No. 23/third-seeded Texas A&M (5/17).
2001 (Sophomore)
A clutch hitter for the Sooners in the NCAA Region 5 Tournament games and earned
a spot on the all-tournament team ... Spent the early part of the year sharing
third base duties with Mandy Fulton ... Started there in the last 11 games ...
Also saw time at shortstop ... Started in 51 of the 52 games she played ... Started
four games at second when Kelli Braitsch played second for an injured LaKisha
Washington ... Hit .278 in Big 12 games ... Hit mostly out of the eighth spot
... Collected first hit of year against BYU (2/9) and also reached on a walk ...
Tagged Tulsa (3/10) for two singles and one RBI while scoring three runs ... Tripled
down the leftfield line and sac bunted two runners over versus Arkansas (2/10)
... Had 2-for-3 outing with a RBI against Wichita State (2/18) ... Followed Barrett's
home run against San Diego State (2/23) with a solo shot of her own ... Had a
solo home run in Nebraska win (2/24) ... Collected two hits in win over Indiana
State (3/2) ... Advanced runners to second and third with a sacrifice bunt in
second game of Texas A&M series (3/24) ... Got only one hit in doubleheader at
Nebraska (3/30) ... Started a string of doubles in three games, hitting the first
in her first at-bat against Iowa State (4/1) and scoring a run in the third ...
Doubled for the second consecutive game with a shot out to center in win over
Oklahoma State (4/4) ... Third double came versus Texas (4/7) with a shot to right
... Plated a run with a single to left versus Texas Tech (4/13) ... Singled and
sac bunted over a runner in the final game of the Red Raider series (4/14) ...
Collected a pair of singles at Oklahoma State (4/19) that scored one run ... Had
another 2-for-3 outing versus Baylor (4/21) that resulted in one run ... Led off
third inning against Baylor (4/22) with a solo homer to right ... Opened Kansas
series (4/28) with a sacrifice bunt that advanced Erin Evans, who eventually scored
the game-winning run ... Raised her average eight points after hitting .364 in
the Big 12 Tournament ... Went 2-for-3 against Texas A&M (5/9) with an RBI ...
Drove in a run in the title game against Oklahoma State (5/12) with a double to
left center ... Came through as a clutch hitter in the four games of the Big 12
Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament team ... Had a bases-loaded double
to center field that drove in two runs and gave OU a 3-2 lead in the come-from-behind
victory over Lehigh (5/17) ... Pounded a two-run single through the left side
for the game-winning hit with two outs, bases loaded and the Sooners down 2-1
to Washington (5/19) in the sixth ... Propelled OU to the regional finals ...
Went 1-for-2 with two walks in the regional final against the Huskies (5/20) ...
Started all three games of the Women's College World Series at third base ...
Failed to collect a hit in 11 plate appearances.
2000 (Freshman)
Started in 71 of the 72 games in which she appeared ... Began the season at shortstop
before making the move to third base ... Hit .263 overall, but only .167 in the
Big 12 ... Blasted four home runs, 12 doubles and knocked in 32 runs ... Owned
a .954 fielding percentage from the left side of the infield ... Led the team
with 131 assists ... Played very solidly in the Big 12 Tournament ... Was struck
in the face with a pitched ball in OU's first NCAA Regional contest and wore a
protective facemask the remainder of the tournament ... Drove in the game-tying
run in OU's come-from-behind win over California in the WCWS.
High School
MVP of Golden West League in 1998 ... First team All-Golden West League selection
all four years ... A second team all-county pick in 1998 and 1999 ... Named to
California Division III southern section first team ... Finished career with a
.434 batting average ... Named to the Orange County Bat Buster Team in 1998 ...
Captained softball team during her senior year ... Also lettered in volleyball
two years ... Chose OU over Oregon and Louisville.
Personal
Full name is Leah Nicole Gulla ... Born April 7, 1981, in Newport Beach, Calif.
... Is the youngest of Karon Gulla's four children ... Siblings include brother
Chris and sisters Sara and Deanna ... Sister Sara played softball at Marshall
University where she was a pitcher ... Sociology major.
