Students from Calvin College, Hope College and Grand Valley State University were taking classes in Japan when the earthquake struck off the coast Friday.
Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
Students from Calvin College, Hope College and Grand Valley State University were taking classes in Japan when the earthquake struck off the coast Friday.
"We respect him probably more than any other player in our conference," said one player.
By 9 a.m., the parking lot of Christ Memorial Church, where the funeral will begin at 10:30 a.m., already was beginning to fill.
Fans traveled from all over the state and the country — some from as far as Leonard’s former home state of Kansas.
Several Lawrence fans joined in cheers acknowledging the opposite team throughout the night, and some wore wristbands or ribbons in Leonard’s memory.