Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

 
You can call Leigh Curl one of the WPIAL’s finest basketball and softball stars and a pioneer. She is the first female team orthopedic physician in the NFL. Dr. Curl earned two Super Bowl rings while attending to the Baltimore Ravens. In her days as a player, Leigh was both a Post-Gazette Fab 5 basketball star and the WPIAL Softball Player of the Year. As a senior at North Hills High School, Curl averaged 17 points and 14 rebounds in hoops. She was the starting center during her sophomore season when the Indians played in the WPIAL Championship Game. In softball, Leigh was a commanding pitcher going 33-2 over her junior and senior seasons. In 1980, she hurled five games over five consecutive days in the PIAA playoffs allowing just 14 hits in 35 innings while leading North Hills to the state title. She finished her junior year 14-0 with a 0.34 ERA and batted .380. She chose to play basketball collegiately and made an immediate impact at UCONN where she was elected co-Captain twice. With the Huskies, Curl scored 1,388 points and is still ranked 11th all-time with 834 rebounds. Leigh was also a two-time winner of the Big East Scholar Athlete of the Year Award at Connecticut.