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2001: First-Team All-GLIAC selection...Rushed for 995 yards and nine TDs on 129 carries including playoffs...Averaged a single-season record 8.3 yards per carry average... Caught 20 passes for 314 yards and five TDs...Returned 14 kickoffs for 299 yards and one TD...Tallied 1,364 all-purpose yards...Averaged 9.0 points per game...Rushed for 107 yards and two TDs, while returning two kickoffs for 117 yards and one TD at Ashland (9/22)...Tallied 111 yards and and one TD on 14 carries at Ferris State (10/6)...Rushed for 83 yards and one TD, while catching two passes for 113 yards and one TD at Indianapolis (10/13)...Rushed for 170 yards and three TDs on 14 carries, while catching four passes for 10 yards and one TD vs. Wayne State (11/3)...Lesniak had TD receptions of 90 (Indianapolis) and 84 yards (SVSU) this season, the second and fourth longest pass plays in Laker annals...Recorded three TD runs of 50 yards or more.
2000: Rushed for 505 yards and three TDs on 76 carries...Dislocated elbow in first quarter of second game at Saginaw Valley (9/9/00) and missed nearly all of the next four games...Averaged 6.6 yards per carry...Returned 19 kickoffs for 433 yards...Broke 100-yard rushing mark three times...Tallied a season-high 143 rushing yards and one TD on 10 carries at Mercyhurst (10/21/00), including a 73-yarder for a score...Toted the ball 12 times for 132 yards and two TDs in season finale at Hillsdale (11/11/00)...Ran for 104 yards on 11 carries at Wayne State (11/4/00).
1999: Second-Team All-GLIAC running back as a freshman...Toted the ball 153 times for team-best 908 yards and six TDs...Averaged 100.9 yards per game and 5.9 yards per carry...Set GVSU freshman rushing record with his 908 yards via the ground...Broke the 100-yard mark five times...Rushed for a career-high 187 yards on 14 carries vs. Mercyhurst (10/9/99)...Tallied scoring runs of 92-, and 68 yards vs. MC...Rushed for 138 yards on 21 carries in first collegiate game vs. South Dakota State...Caught seven passes for 60 yards on the year...Led the team in kickoff returns (15-397) and kickoff return average (26.5 ypr)...Ranked third in the GLIAC in rushing yards (908) and fourth in all-purpose yards (1,365).
1998: Redshirted.
Career: Enters senior season ranked first in all-time all-purpose yards (3,667) at GVSU... Ranks sixth on all-time rushing list with 2,223 yards on 327 carries...Averaging a GVSU best 6.8 yards per carry...Averaging 135.8 all-purpose yards per game...Second in all-time kickoff return average (23.5) and third in all-time kickoff return yards (1,105)...Second in career 100-yard rushing games with 12...All-time leader with nine runs of 50 yards or more for TDs.
Prior to GVSU: Prepped at Dowagiac High School...Earned all-conference and all-state recognition as a junior and senior...Rushed for 2,300 yards and 30 TD’s in back-to-back seasons...Voted Western Michigan Player of the Year as a senior...Played in Michigan High School All-Star game...Outstanding track & field performer in the sprints and long jump.
Personal: Son of Herb and Pam Lesniak...Born 6/18/79...Majoring in education.
