Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leslie McDonald
Paul M.'s find would seem to meet the guideline of national media attention as an individual.  The AP story was picked up in newspapers across the nation -- not just the San Diego Times-Union, but Kansas City, Atlanta, Baltimore, etc.; one could argue that Atlanta and Baltimore cover ACC teams, or that the story is about the game rather than being a profile of McDonald.  However, what I see in this and other stories is the national media identifying McDonald as an "up and coming" athlete.  Others may disagree about the significance of the coverage, but I think that this is in the spirit of the guideline on college athletes, an interpretation of the subject specific guideline in 
— User:Mandsford, 17:14, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Notability)