Career Stats

2012:  Started all 55 games… Named to All-NEC First Team… Led the team in multiple categories, including batting average (.327), hits (71), runs scored (41), doubles (13), and walks (28)… Had 20 multi-hit games… Also led team and was seventh in NEC in stolen bases (12)… Contributed multiple stolen bases in three games… Had a 12-game hitting streak, going 21-for-53 for.396 average (3/2-3/23)… Went 3-for-7 with 2 RBIs against Coppin State (3/10)… Went 3-for-6 with three runs scored against Buffalo (3/11)… Recorded three hits against Wagner (4/14)… Was 2-for-4, with a HR, two RBIs, and run scored against Sacred Heart (4/21)… Went 3-for-6 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored against Fairleigh Dickinson (5/13).

2011: Named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week on two occasions…  Played in 50 games, making 49 starts… Batted .328 with 59 hits and 30 walks… Notched 18 multi-hit games… Tallied 12 doubles and a team-high four triples, tying for the league lead… Scored 46 runs to finish second in the NEC and fifth on the LIU single-season charts… Drove in 21 runs… Tallied five multiple-RBI games… Stole a league-high 19 bases, placing fourth in LIU single-season history… Walk total was fourth in the league… On-base percentage of .425 finished eighth in the conference… Was 3-for-6 with three RBIs, two runs and two steals against Butler (3/17)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a run and three RBIs at Sacred Heart (3/27)… Tripled twice en route to going 3-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs at Lafayette (4/27)… Was 4-for-4 with a double, an RBI, three runs and a stolen base at Maryland-Eastern Shore (3/5)… Went 3-for-5 at Sacred Heart (3/26)… Recorded three hitting streaks of seven games or more.

Background: A four-year letterwinner at Commack High School… Named all-county in 2009 and 2010… Earned most valuable player honors at the Perfect Game Tournament… Also played basketball and football.

Personal: Son of Bill and Dianne Leonello… Born on May 3, 1992… Majoring in sports science.