2013: Named Second Team All-NEC… Started all 55 games in the outfield… Finished second on the team in batting average (.329), runs scored (39), hits (68), triples (4) and home runs (4)…  Finished the year with 26 RBI and a team-high 28 walks… Was in the top ten in the NEC in hits, triples, walks, total bases, on base percentage and slugging percentage... Had 22 multi-hit games… Went 4-for-5 against Fairleigh Dickinson (4/13), with two runs scored and an RBI… Went 2-for-3 with four RBI versus Mount St. Mary’s (4/20)… Had a two-hit performance against Quinnipiac, with two runs scored and an RBI, along with a home run… Was 3-for-4 against Wagner (5/10) with one run scored and three RBI on a triple and a home run... Had two hits with two RBI at NEC Tournament against Sacred Heart (5/24). 

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… Majoring in sports science.