Northwestern State University of Louisana

2025 Season:
• Appeared in 17 games out of the Demon bullpen in his sophomore season. 
• his four relief wins were tops on the team while his two saves tied for second. 
• collected a win in his second straight appearance, working 1 1-3 innings of scoreless relief in a May 2 victory at Pepperdine.
• tossed two scoreless, hitless innings of relief to earn the win in an April 22 run-rule victory at No. 4 LSU.
• picked up his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning to complete an April 15 shutout of LSU-Alexandria.
• collected his first career save by striking out the final batter of Game 2 of an April 6 doubleheader against UTRGV.
• struck out three batters for the third time this season in a March 30 win against Nicholls.
• grabbed the win with 1 1-3 innings of one-run relief in a series-clinching victory at New Orleans on March 23.
• worked two scoreless innings with three strikeouts to earn his first win of the year in a 10-inning victory against UIW on March 7.
• fired a scoreless inning of relief in his season debut in a Feb. 15 win against Central Arkansas.

2024 Season:
• Appeared in 11 games on the mound, starting one, and seven as either a pinch runner or a pinch hitter in his first Division I season.
• tossed two scoreless innings with two strikeouts in a May 22 Southland Conference Tournament loss to McNeese.
• retired the only batter he faced to earn the win against Stephen F. Austin on May 17.
• entered the game as a pinch runner and scored twice in a March 30 win at McNeese.
• picked up the first  pitching win of his career against Louisiana Christian on March 26.
• delivered a pinch-hit single on opening day (Feb. 16) against Southern Illinois.

High School:
• Three-year letterman for coaches Gee Cassard’s Bulldogs.
• named first-team all-state by both the Louisiana Sports Writers Association and the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association as a senior after hitting .410 and going 7-1 on the mound with a 1.70 ERA and 82 strikeouts.
• also earned LHSAA All-Star honors, LBCA all-region, all-metro, district MVP and all-district honors.
• was the Star of Stars Male Athlete of the Year winner as a junior after hitting .379 and going 6-3 on the mound with 80 strikeouts and a 2.80 ERA.
• named all-district as a pitcher and third baseman, all-parish, all-metro and first-team all-state by both the LSWA and LBCA .
• honorable mention LSWA all-state pick as a sophomore, hitting. 413 and going 3-2 on the mound.
• also earned first-team all-district honors (3B), all-region and all-parish and second-team all-district honors as a pitcher.
• team went 75-18 in his three seasons and reached the state title game his senior year.
• four-year football letterman helped the Bulldogs go 46-8 in four seasons.
• as a senior, was an honorable mention all-state pitcher, the all-parish and district Offensive MVP and the all-metro quarterback.
• set the school record with 73 career touchdown passes and added 12 rushing scores for Chris Sanders’ Bulldogs.
• graduated with a 4.0  GPA and was an LHSAA Academic All-State selection.
• member of the National Honor Society and was the vice president of the Beta Club.
• earned the academic excellence award.

Personal:
• Born Oct. 13, 2004.
• son of Janelle and Jody Leonard.
• Janelle was a college volleyball player.
• has three brothers, Brayden, Baylor and Brooks, his twin and NSU teammate.
• majoring in business administration.
• wants to play professional baseball or become an entrepreneur.
• life’s ambition is to be happily married with three children.