Career: Set the RIT record with 14 saves … fourth all-time with 49 appearances.
2014: Earned Honorable Mention All-Liberty League Honors … made 16 appearances good for second in the Liberty League, with one start … tied for the fifth most appearances in one season at RIT … had a record of 3-3 with a team leading six saves … six saves were second in the Liberty League and tied for third most in one season at RIT … led the team with a 2.22 earned run average in 28 1/3 innings … third on the team with 21 strikeouts … led the team with 12 games finished … picked up wins in relief over Utica, Thomas, and Skidmore … needed just 30 pitches in three innings of a win over Skidmore … had saves in back-to-back outings on two different occasions … needed just 10 saves for a save in his final collegiate outing against The College at Brockport … fired a season-high four strikeouts in just two innings against Kalamazoo … had an ERA of only 0.54 in his first 12 games … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team.
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2013: Made the transition from reliever to starter … earned Liberty League All-Academic Team honors … made 10 appearances, with seven starts … led the team with four complete games … third on the team with 45 innings pitched … held opposing hitters to a .273 batting average … hit 12 batters … picked up his first win of the season, allowing just three hits and a run, while striking out five batters in six innings, lifting the Tigers to a 22-1 win over SUNY Canton … needed just 82 pitches for a seven-inning, complete-game 3-2 win over Rochester … struck out a career-best seven batters against St. John Fisher … also fired complete-games against conference foes Clarkson and Union … allowed just two runs and six hits in the contest vs. Clarkson.
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2012: Garnered All-Liberty League honorable mention accolades … earned Liberty League All-Academic Team honors … enjoyed a breakout season for the Tigers, setting a single-season school record with seven saves, serving as the closer … recorded a 3.54 earned run average in 17 appearances over 20 1/3 innings, striking out 17 batters … held batters to just a .218 batting average, lowest on the team … earned his first collegiate save against Wentworth, throwing two scoreless innings of relief … had saves in six of RIT's first eight wins … threw 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief to earn the save in a wild 12-10 win over Clarkson … earned saves, while throwing back-to-back scoreless innings in consecutive outings against Cazenovia and Rensselaer … picked up three saves in one week, March 31 to April 6 … Five of his seven saves came against Liberty League opponents … pitched at least a scoreless inning in 11 appearances … struck out a season-high three batters in just 1 1/3 innings to pick up a save against Union .
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2011: Appeared in six games on the mound … made his collegiate debut against Augustana, pitching two innings … struck out one and allowed just two hits in a scoreless relief appearance against Wartburg … fired 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief at St. John Fisher, allowing just one hit.
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Before RIT: Played three years of varsity baseball for Warren Area High School … led his team as captain to District 10 Region VI Champions in 2008 and 2009, while earning the District Runner-Up in 2010 … recorded 30 strikeouts in 36 innings as a senior.
Personal: Mechanical engineering major … son of Tricia and Carl Leichtenberger.
