Leslie Malerich (born 29 February 1980) is an Italian-American, former collegiate All-American, 2004 Olympian, right-handed hitting softball pitcher and coach originally from Merrillville, Indiana. She attended and played for the Florida State Seminoles 1999-02 and is the school innings pitched career leader in the Atlantic Coast Conference, where she was named the 2001 Player of The Year.[1][2] She also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[3]