In the summer of 2005, she regularly practiced late into the night to develop her jump shot.

Leonard began playing competitive basketball in third grade in the Peoria Girls Sports League and was a student at Peoria Academy until eighth grade. Constructed between the October 21, 1994, groundbreaking and the October 4, 1996, dedication, the Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building is a $7.2 million ($13.43 million in 2022), 43,000-square-foot (3995 m 2) building endowed by Gary and Carlotta Bielfeldt. Grandmother Carlotta Bielfeldt was homecoming queen at Illinois. Grandfather Gary Bielfeldt played for Illinois Fighting Illini football in the 1950s, and he later became a commodities trader. Leonard's parents and both sets of grandparents are Illinois alumni. Leonard is the oldest of four children of David and Julie Bielfeldt. She started her own food brand that has expanded to clothing. She is from the Central Illinois Bielfeldt family, along with her brother Max Bielfeldt. She did not continue athletics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she met her husband who is National Basketball Association veteran Meyers Leonard. In basketball, she was a 5th team all-state selection who had several all-star game appearances. At Peoria Notre Dame High School, she excelled in basketball and volleyball. Elizabeth Anne ' Elle' Leonard ( / ˈ ɛ l iː/ née Bielfeldt born January 15, 1992) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and former athlete.

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