Two-time first-team All-American comes into his senior campaign as the most decorated active defensive player in the NCAA Division I FCS ranks ... has already established himself as one of the top defensive backs in ASU history, alongside legendary Mountaineers such as Matt Stevens, Corey Hall and Corey Lynch ... in each of his two seasons as a starter, has been a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award (given to the nation’s top FCS defensive player) and is considered by many observers to be the front-runner for the award coming into the 2010 campaign ... for the second-straight year, he is the only FCS representative on the official watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is given to the best defensive player in all of Division I (FCS or FBS) ... is active FCS leader with 17 career interceptions ... has led the Southern Conference in interceptions each of the past two seasons and led the nation in 2008 ... owns two of the top three single-season interception totals in ASU history and needs just eight to equal the school’s career record ... while he has gained notoriety for his ball-hawking skills, he excels in all aspects of the position, particularly as one of the team’s hardest hitters.

2009: Earned consensus first-team All-America accolades after leading the Southern Conference and tying for third nationally with seven interceptions ... was a first-team all-Southern Conference selection by the league’s coaches and media ... named SoCon’s Defensive Player of the Week twice (at Wofford, at Elon) ... ranked second on the team, fourth in the SoCon and tied for 17th nationally with 13 total passes defended (seven INT, six pass break-ups) ... ranked fifth on the team with 70 tackles ... got off to a slow start in the interceptions column, as he did not pick off any passes in the first five games of the year, due in large part to the fact that opposing coaches and quarterbacks were purposely gearing their passing game away from him ... broke out of the interceptions slump in a big way with two huge second-half INTs that sparked ASU’s come-from-behind win at Wofford ... Appalachian trailed by 14 points when he got his first interception of the year midway through the third quarter vs. Wofford ... his first INT led to the Mountaineers slicing the deficit in half and the second came at the ASU five yard line in the final minute of the game to seal the 44-34 victory ... also led squad with nine tackles against Wofford en route to his third-career SoCon Player of the Week recognition ... the two-interception effort at Wofford kick-started a late-season stretch of seven interceptions in seven games ... the next week versus Georgia Southern, he intercepted a pass at the ASU 20 yard line to squelch a GSU scoring opportunity with ASU leading 14-7 late in the first quarter, turning what could have possibly been a 14-14 ballgame into what became a 52-16 ASU rout ... interception in the fourth quarter versus Chattanooga set up ASU’s final touchdown in a hard-fought 35-20 victory ... intercepted second-team all-conference QB Scott Riddle twice in the first quarter of de facto SoCon championship game at Elon, with both INTs leading directly to ASU touchdowns as the Mountaineers jumped out to a 21-0 lead en route convincing 27-10 triumph ... also broke up two passes in conference-title-clinching win at Elon ... picked off his seventh pass of the year in first round of FCS playoff win over South Carolina State ... overshadowed by his interception total, LeGree had five or more tackles in 8-of-14 games, including nine apiece versus nationally ranked McNeese State and Wofford and seven each against Chattanooga and Western Carolina ... had 1.5 tackles for loss in rain-soaked rout at Furman ... forced a fumble in overtime win at The Citadel.

2008: Led the nation with 10 interceptions ... became only the 23rd player in NCAA Division I FCS history to intercept as many as 10 passes in a season ... broke ASU’s 45-year-old single-season interception record by two — Larry Harbin’s eight interceptions had stood as the school’s single-season standard since 1963 ...  tied the Southern Conference’s single-season interceptions record that hadn’t been matched since East Carolina’s Jim Bolding did it in 1975 ... was a consensus first-team All-American, receiving the recognition from the Associated Press, Walter Camp Football Foundation, The Sports Network and College Sporting News ... placed third in voting for the Buck Buchanan Award (FCS national defensive player of the year) ... was the only sophomore and one of only two underclassmen among the 16 finalists for the Buchanan Award ... seven of the 10 interceptions came in conference games and eight of the 10 came against nationally ranked competiton ... achieved the feat in just 13 games due to sitting out of the matchup at Samford with a head injury ... in actuality, needed only eight games to pick off 10 passes, as he matched a 35-year-old single-game school record with three interceptions in ASU’s 70-24 rout over No. 3 Wofford (Larry McKenzie was the first Mountaineer to achieve the feat against Davidson in 1973) ... in addition to the record-setting interceptions, he ranked second in the SoCon and 10th nationally with 17 passes defended (10 INTs, seven pass break-ups) ... also finished fifth on the team with 58 tackles, including three for loss, a sack and a forced fumble ... turned in one of the most impressive individual defensive performance in school history in the win over Wofford ... besides the three interceptions, tallied eight tackles, including one for loss, and forced a fumble en route to being named the SoCon Defensive Player of the Week ... was also October’s SoCon Defensive Player of the Month after intercepting five passes in four games during the month ... in addition to the three picks against Wofford, his interception at the goal line in the game’s waning seconds preserved ASU’s 37-36 win at Georgia Southern.

2007: Appeared in 14 games, making 20 tackles, primarily on special teams ... learned the safety position as the top backup to three-time All-American Corey Lynch ... made multiple stops in seven games, including three versus Gardner-Webb and against Delaware in the national championship game.

High School: An all-state selection at both defensive back and wide receiver and Region 4-A Player of the Year as a senior ... intercepted seven passes and broke up 15 more as a senior ... also racked up 1,325 yards of total offense and 15 touchdowns in ‘06, which included 42 receptions for 871 yards and 11 scores ... coached by Jeff Battles.

Personal: Full name is Mark DeAndre’ LeGree... born July 8, 1989 (21 years old) ... son of Juanita Tapper ... majoring in exercise science.