Johannah Leedham-Warner (born 12 May 1987) is a British

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player for

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and for French club

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Early life and college career

She was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and started playing basketball at the age of 13. Her father encouraged this new interest, putting a net up on the outside of their house. Jo played with the Ellesmere Port Panthers before gaining a place at Cheshire Academy High School, Connecticut (while playing for them she was New England Prep School Player of the Year in 2005), and, subsequently, Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, where she became the leading all-time scorer in NCAA Division II with 3050 points.

Professional career

In April 2010, Jo was drafted by the WNBA's

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and made her professional debut with Polish club Gorzow. She has spent the 2011-12 campaign in Australia, playing in the WNBL for the national champions

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under GB head coach

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. She is part of the squad for the

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. In February 2013 she signed a rookie contract to play for the

of the WNBA but was ultimately waived on 23 May 2013. In 2013, she signed a two-year deal with

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in France and in 2017 joined ESBVA.

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Johannah Leedham
at Eurobasket.com 1987 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics British women's basketball players College women's basketball players in the United States Connecticut Sun draft picks English women's basketball players Franklin Pierce University alumni Olympic basketball players for Great Britain Sportspeople from Ellesmere Port Small forwards Cheshire Academy alumni 21st-century English sportswomen {{UK-basketball-bio-stub