NATCHITOCHES – Three Northwestern State baseball players landed on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team, which were announced by the organization Tuesday morning.
 
Junior outfielder Brooks Leonard and sophomore left-handed pitchers Jacob LeBlanc and Carter White were named to the teams, which honor student-athletes who are at least sophomores academically and athletically and have compiled a 3.5 or higher grade point average while either appearing in 90 percent of their teams contests or starting 66 percent.
 
Pitchers must have made at least 17 appearances or thrown 35 innings.
 
Leonard, a junior from Pierre Part, was a second-team All-Southland Conference selection after a breakout season. Leonard led Northwestern State in batting average (.315), triples (3), on-base percentage (.418) and stolen bases (24) while seeing time at four defensive positions. His 21-game hitting streak from March 7-April 14 was the longest by a Demon hitter since Cort Brinson's school-record, 29-game run in 2015.
 
Leonard's 24 stolen bases placed him in a four-way tie for 10^th in Northwestern single-season history while his 17 hit by pitches were the eighth most by a Demon in a single season. Leonard led the Southland Conference in stolen bases (16) and triples (3) in league games.
 
A health and exercise science major, Leonard owns a 3.59 grade point average.
 
LeBlanc, a native of Central, was one of the Demons' most consistent arms out of the bullpen. Fourteen of his 17 appearances came in relief as he posted a 4-2 record with a 3.09 ERA in 32 innings pitched. LeBlanc picked up the win in the Demons' Southland Conference Tournament victory against UTRGV, spinning 3 2-3 innings of shutout ball with a career-high-tying four strikeouts.
 
LeBlanc was unscored up on in nine of his 17 appearances, including five shutout innings in a March 27 start against ULM. LeBlanc picked up the win in that game as the Demons posted their lone shutout of the season.
 
A business administration major, LeBlanc holds a 3.67 grade point average.
 
White, a Bossier City product, handled a variety of roles in his sophomore season, starting nine of his 16 appearances, going 1-5 with a save in 41 innings pitched.
 
White earned his lone win of the season on April 4 at UTRGV, helping the Demons complete a three-game series sweep of the Vaqueros, going 2 2-3 innings of relief while allowing an unearned run. That was one of seven appearances in which White did not permit an earned run this season. He picked up his lone save April 24, closing out a series-opening win against Stephen F. Austin.
 
A health and exercise science major, White has posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average.