Leslie Berger enters her first season working with the Tigers as a student manager, where she assists the coaching staff with travel, mail-outs, camps and clinics and other office tasks.
Berger comes to Mizzou after a stint as a middle school basketball coach and a Youth Sports Coordinator for the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, Calif.
A former point guard for Washington University (Mo.) from 2002-05, Berger helped the Bears to four United Athletic Association (UAA) titles and the NCAA Division III Elite Eight in 2003. She holds the UAA record for most assists in a game without a turnover (13) and led the conference in assist/turnover ratio as a senior.
Berger was named to the UAA All-Conference honorable mention teams in 2003 and 2005 and served as team captain her senior season. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2005.
After college, Berger played overseas for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Elizur Ramla in Israel, where she claimed the Division 2 Israeli League Championship in 2006 with Ramla.
A member of two Maccabi USA basketball teams, Berger won gold medals in the International Maccabi Games in Israel in 2005 and the Australian Maccabi Games in 2006, where she served as team captain.
Berger led The Pembroke Hill High School to the 1999 state championship and four district titles. A recipient of the Edward Ryan Sports Award, she was a two-year captain and holds the program's career assist record.
She played in the Missouri-Kansas All-Star Game with former Tiger Megan Roney.