Yanis Leerman

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Position:
D
Height:
6-2
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Troyes, France

Career Highlights
*All awards earned while playing with UCF from 2018-2021
Selected 85^th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft to the Chicago Fire
2021 All-AAC Second Team
2021 MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist recipient
2020-21 United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-America
2020-21 All-AAC First Team
2020-21 All-AAC Tournament Team
2020-21 MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist recipient
2019 United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Region
2019 All-AAC First Team
2019 TopDrawerSoccer’s Best XI Second Team
2019 TopDrawerSoccer’s Men’s Top 100 Postseason (No. 21)
2018 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-Region

2021 (UCF): Appeared and started in 17 games … Earned Second Team All-AAC honors… Scored one goal and tallied three assists, three shots and three shots on goal in 1,531 minutes played … Back-to-back games with an assist vs. Temple (9/24) and at South Florida (9/29) … Recorded an assist with one shot on goal vs. South Florida (10/27) … Scored the first goal of his career in the AAC semifinals vs. Memphis (11/10), aiding UCF to a 6-0 shutout victory … At the conclusion of the season, was drafted in the fourth round (supplemental round), 85^th overall, to the Chicago Fire in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft … Earned No. 42 overall in the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Top 100 and No. 77 in the mid-season rankings… Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team.

2020-21 (UCF): Appeared and Started 11 matches during his junior campaign while totaling 1025 minutes… Named to United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-America squad, becoming the ninth All-American in UCF program history… Earned First Team All-AAC honors for the second time… Named to The American’s All-Tournament Team… Earned a pair of American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors (vs. SMU, 4/2; at Memphis, 4/9)… Prior to the final match of the season, Leerman and the Knights compiled five shutouts while he was on the pitch, conceding just five total goals in his ten matches played. The team went 8-1-1 in the matches he was present with the team compiling a miniscule 0.48 GAA… Began the season on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.

2019 (UCF): Appeared and started in 16 matches while playing a total of 1495 minutes… Named to First Team All-East Region and First Team All-AAC during his sophomore campaign… Named to TopDrawer Soccer’s Best XI Second Team… Tabbed as the No. 21 collegiate soccer player at season’s end by TopDrawer Soccer… Tallied lone assist of the season on golden goal vs. Stetson (10/29)… Attempted 13 shots with five on goal.

2018 (UCF): Started all 16 matches while playing a total of 1460 minutes… Named to Third Team All-East Region for the first time in his career… Notched his first career assists against Tulsa (10/6)… Posted nine shots, with a season-high two against Memphis (10/27).

Club: Played in Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagn (ESTAC) in France from 2004 to 2014… Regional Champion in Champagne Ardennes, France… Selected to play for the regional team in Champagne Ardennes… Won the International Soccer Tournament in Caen, France… Elected best player of the International Tournament in Caen, France… Won the Soccer Championship of Aube, France in 2018.