Courtesy: UGA Sports Communications
Release: 10/17/2008
2008-09 Season • Occasionally showed flashes of his brilliant athleticism on the court. • Scored his career high of 23 points in season’s second game, a neutral-court loss to Loyola-Chicago. • Hit for double figures four other times, including a 19-point effort against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. • Likely the team’s best-rebounding backcourt player. Thirty-nine percent of his boards were offensive, the highest percentage of any Georgia guard. • Started four holiday games in place of injured senior Terrance Woodbury. • Missed the last five games in order to concentrate on his academic work. • Had created a valuable niche for himself during early-season play. Playing time, however, diminished in the SEC season’s latter half.
High School • Named the Class AAAA Player of the Year by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2008. • Averaged 21.3 points and 9.0 rebounds and four assists per game last season for Columbia, which won the 2008 Georgia state 4A title, its second in three years. • Also was named the AJC’s Slam Dunk champion for the 2007-08 season. • Rated the 18th-best small forward prospect in the nation, according to online recruiting service Rivals.com • Ranked as the 117th overall prospect by the same service. • Averaged 15.3 points and 8.0 rebounds as a junior, 11.0 points as a sophomore on the ‘06 state titlist team at Columbia.
Career Statistics
FG
3PT
FT
Rebounds
Misc
Year
G-GS
Min-Avg.
FG-FGA
Pct.
3FG-3FGA
Pct.
FT-FTA
Pct.
OFF
DEF
AVG
A
TO
BL
ST
PF-DQ
Pts-Avg.
2009
26-4
371-14.3
71-159
.447
0-3
.000
23-40
.575
40
62
3.9
16
27
13
21
31-0
165-6.3
Total
26-4
371-14.3
71-159
.447
0-3
.000
23-40
.575
40
62
3.9
16
27
13
21
31-0
165-6.3
Personality Profile
Full Name Travis Demetrius Leslie
Nickname “Trabo,” “T-Bird,” “T-Leslie”
Birthdate/Birthplace March 29, 1990 / Atlanta, Ga.
Academic Major Undecided
Favorite Food Fried Chicken Least Favorite Food Onions, Tomatoes
Favorite Beverage Hi-C Fruit Punch
TV Channels I Most Often Watch BET, ESPN, HBO
Favorite Video Game NBA 2K
Websites I Most Often Visit Facebook, Twitter, LiveMixTapes.com Number of Songs on my iPod 1,500
Most Listened-To Music Yung LA, Travis Porter, Young Dro, Taylor Swift
How My Teammates Might Describe Me Funny, cool
Teammates Who Make Me Laugh Hardest Vincent Williams, Jeremy Price
My Biggest Fear Drowning
Most Famous People I’ve Ever Met Kobe Bryant, Chris Tucker
How I Got Started Playing Basketball Playing for the Boys & Girls Club team
Most People Don’t Know this About Me I sing in the shower. I Chose to Wear #1 Because I changed numbers (from 22) because I wasn’t satisfied with my performance last year, so I think of it as a new beginning for me.