He is best known for his collegiate career at Coastal Carolina University in which he was named the 2006 Big South Conference Player of the Year and finished with 411 made three-point field goals, which was the fifth-highest NCAA Division I total at the time of his graduation in 2008.
Leasure attended McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, New York,[2] where he was a member of the 2003 NYSPHSAA Championship team.
[2] He caught the attention of Coastal Carolina assistant coach Jamie Kachmarik in the 2002 Beach Ball Classic; Leasure had a strong showing while leading McQuaid Jesuit to a surprising tournament championship.
In one game against Winthrop, Leasure connected on 5-of-10 three-pointers en route to 24 points as the Chanticleers handed them their only conference loss of the season.
[6] Leasure was named a Second Team All-Conference performer after averaging 15.6 points per game, which was seventh best in the league, while also dishing out 108 total assists, good for tenth in the Big South.
[7] Leasure returned to the All-Conference First Team,[8] and he finished his collegiate career with 411 made three-pointers, which was the fifth-highest in Division I history at the time of his graduation.
In January 2009, he signed with Kelag Wörthersee Piraten of Austria for the rest of the 2008–09 season, where he averaged 14.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game.