Marlboro Academy’s Kate Leslie Named “NETC” Female Student Athlete of the Month

Marlboro Academy’s Kate Leslie Named “NETC” Female Student Athlete of the Month

Bennettsville — Kate Leslie is a rising senior student athlete at Marlboro Academy, where she plays softball. She was on the Dragon’s 2025 softball team that went deep into the SCISA playoffs and is looking forward to her senior year and continuing to take NETC online classes to help prepare for college.

Leslie said she enjoys softball as her favorite sport. “Softball is my favorite because I’ve grown up around and played [it] since the first grade.”  Her sophomore and junior seasons, she earned All-Region and All-State honors playing third base and posting a SCISA AA Region 1 leading 0.588 Batting Average and 0.647 Slugging Percentage. She combined an On Base Percentage of 0.696 and drove in 7 RBIs for the season. 

In the classroom she carries a 5.195 GPA, and she says that after high school she plans to USC where she will major in marketing with an eye for a career in sports marketing or management. As for next level play, she is interested in continuing to play softball, “possibly at the club level.”



For all her athletic and academic accomplishments, Leslie has been chosen the “NETC” Female Student Athlete of the Month.”

This honor is bestowed through a partnership between the Northeastern Technical College and “The High School Sports Report” with the publication communicating with athletic directors at high schools in the counties of Dillon, Marlboro, and Chesterfield, where NETC serves the needs of high school students seeking to earn dual credits in various subjects that can be transferred to colleges after a student’s high school graduation.

The NETC is currently offering over 44 online dual credit courses for the 2024-25 school year to students in the three counties they serve.

Currently, Leslie is enrolled in dual credit online courses offered by NETC.  She already completed many basic requirements for freshman year and has taken key classes for her nursing major like English, Spanish 101 and Spanish 1020, plus Music Appreciation.  Leslie looks forward to college and a marketing career.

When asked about what NETC did to help her, Leslie said taking classes “prepared me for higher level academics, while helping my improve my time management skills.”

Her overall opinion of dual enrollment and mixing high school with college level work was positive. , it was good, because it allowed me to participate in college level classes while being active in high school.” 

As a high school student, playing spring sports, and enrolled in the NETC online classes, when asked about time management, Leslie had this to say. At the beginning of each week, I make a schedule based on all my assignments due, both NETC and high school, as well as extracurricular activities to make time for everything.”

Brock recalled her favorite time playing softball was this softball season. “Making it to the semi-finals in softball this season. It was very special because our softball team hasn’t made it that far in years.