Biography
2022: Did not see any game action as a first-year defensive lineman/tight end.
HIGH SCHOOL: A May 2022 graduate of Thorndale High School in Thorndale, Texas, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach John Kovar … Two-time Texas Sportswriters Association Class 2A All-State selection as defensive end … Three-time First Team All-District selection as a defensive end (three years), inside receiver (junior year), and fullback (senior year) … Earned Game Ball from the Austin American-Statesman as a senior … Two-year team captain … Played tight end and defensive end … Top performance was against Miano where he blocked a punt for a touchdown, rushed for a touchdown, caught a pass for a touchdown, had multiple tackles for loss and two sacks all in the first quarter … Led the Bulldogs to an 8-4 overall record, third place district finish at 4-2 and second round of state playoffs as a senior … Led the Bulldogs to a 6-4 overall record and state playoff appearance as a junior … Earned a total of 10 varsity letters in five different sports … Also competed in track and field, basketball, tennis (senior year), and golf (junior year) … Threw the discus and shot put in track and field for four years … Played post on the varsity basketball team (two years) … Two-time regional qualifier in the discus … Four-year National Honor Society member … Earned the Outstanding Speaker of the Future Award in 2019 … Involved in a variety of community service activities, including as a Milam County Burleson Field Day Buddy, where he served for memorial luncheons at church by delivering food and Christmas gifts … Also volunteered at Bible School, volunteered yearly at Down Home Ranch, a living facility for adults with down syndrome and other disabilities, and worked at the state election polling site in Milam County.
PERSONAL: Born Lance Stryker Leschber on October 5, 2003 in Austin, Texas … Son of Raymond and Stacy Leschber of Rockdale, Texas … Has a brother Luke and sister Landri … Father attended Texas, while mother attended Sam Houston State … Brother plays football at Texas Lutheran … Sister plays volleyball at Henderson State … Uncle Clint Leschber played football at Rice … Cousin Addison played softball at Minnesota … Hobbies and interests include gaming, weightlifting, traveling, and investing in crypto and stocks … All of his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins all live within a 50-mile radius of one another … Nickname is Stryker … Middle name is Stryker after he was born on a night where there was a lightning strike near the hospital and it lit up the room. His mother said the hospital staff said it was pretty cool so his parents decided to give him the middle name of Stryker … Father is his role model because he is the type of man he strives to be … Worked a summer job at a local gym and some farm work … Can solve a Rubik’s cube in under two minutes … Selected Columbia to get the absolute best education possible, while playing a sport he loves at a high level … Chose Columbia over offers from Lamar, Harvard, Penn, UTSA, Brown, Incarnate Word, Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State, TCU, and Baylor … Enrolled at Columbia College … Plans to major in Business with future plan to work in stocks and bonds.
