Northwestern State University of Louisana

2025 Season:
• Appeared in 18 games with 11 starts as a sophomore. 
• cracked his first career home run -- one that tied the school team record for single season home runs -- in a May 17 Southland Conference Tournament elimination-game loss to New Orleans.
• collected his first career double as part of a two-hit game in a May 15 Southland Conference Tournament win against McNeese.
• knocked in eight runs across a four-game span from April 29-May 8.
• drove in a career-high three runs on a pair of hits in an April 29 win at ULM.
• collected the first two hits of his Demon career in a March 14 win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• scored a career-high four runs and drove in one in a March 4 win against LeTourneau -- his first career start.

2024 Season:
• Appeared in 10 games off the bench.
• scored a pair of runs and drove in his first career run in a May 18 win against Stephen F. Austin.
• made his NSU debut as a defensive substitution on opening day (Feb. 16) against Southern Illinois.

High School:
• Three-year letterman in baseball and football.
• named all-state by both the Louisiana Sports Writers Association and the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association as a senior after hitting .330 and recording a 7-1 record on the mound.
• also earned first-team all-district and all-metro honors.
• as a junior, batted .382 and went 9-1 on the mound en route to earning first-team all-state honors from the LSWA and LBCA.
• also notched first-team all-region honors from the LBCA and was the first-team all-district shortstop and a first-team all-district pitcher.
• hit .350 as a sophomore, earning first-team all-district outfield honors and second-team all-parish acclaim.
• was a three-time first-team all-district wide receiver and earned two all-parish honors in football.
• member of the Beta Club and the National Honor Society.
• earned a spot on the LHSAA’s composite Academic All-State Team after graduating with a 3.8 GPA and earning the Academic Excellence honor.

Personal:
• Born Oct. 13, 2004.
• son of Janelle and Jody Leonard.
• Janelle was a college volleyball player.
• has three brothers, Brayden, Baylor and Bryce, his twin and NSU teammate.
• majoring in health and exercise science.
• wants to play professional baseball or become a coach.
• life’s ambition is to get married, have kids and two dogs.