2021 Softball Roster
Leonhardt, Jennifer
Jersey Number 30
Jennifer Leonhardt
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Fern Creek
- Hometown:
- Louisville, KY
- Prev School:
- University of Southern Indiana
Bio
At Louisville (2021): Played in 34 games with six starts at pitcher or designated player... Led the pitching staff with 83 strikeouts... Tallied four saves, standing third in the ACC and 14th in the nation... Posted a 5-8 record and 3.81 ERA... Registered a season-high eight strikeouts against Pitt (4/3)... Delivered six strikeouts against No. 6/5 Florida... Did not allow a hit or a run in 6.2 innings at No. 6/5 Florida (2/27-28)... Went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs and two RBIs in the 12-7 win at North Carolina (5/7)... Went 2-for-2 with a home run in the 9-7 win at Pitt (4/4)... Belted out an RBI double in the 3-0 win against DePaul (3/6)... Registered a hit in the 5-0 loss at No. 8/8 Alabama (2/14)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
At University of Southern Indiana (2017-20): : Finished the 2020 campaign as USI's all-time leader in career wins (83), strikeouts (787) and complete-game shutouts (35)...also ranks second in saves (8) and innings pitched (730.2), fourth in complete games (85) and sixth in career ERA (1.76)...offensively, she is tied for 11th all-time at USI in both hit-by-pitches (10) and triples (6); and 18th in RBI (87)... Two-time Academic All-American...Earned All-America honors in each of her first three seasons and was on track for All-America honors as a senior before the season was canceled due to COVID-19... Garnered the GLVC's Postgraduate Scholarship Award.
(As a senior 2020- COVID-19 shortened season): Earned first-team Academic All-America, Academic All-District IV and Academic All-GLVC accolades...Played and started in all of USI's 19 games, making 11 appearances and nine starts inside the circle...Went 7-3 with a 1.63 ERA, .174 opponent batting average and 76 strikeouts in 68.2 innings of work...Racked up a season-high 15 strikeouts in USI's 2-1 win over Winona State, a game that ended up being the final contest of the COVID-19-shortened 2020 campaign...Led the GLVC and was 25th in the nation with nine complete-games... Named the GLVC Pitcher of the Week for the eighth time in her career after going 3-0 with a .149 opponent batting average and 26 strikeouts in USI's 5-1 week at the Midwest Region Crossover... In the midst of a career-year at the plate, racking up a team-best .386 batting average with five doubles, a triple, two home runs, 14 runs scored and 16 RBI... Carried a .571 slugging percentage to go along with a .427 on-base percentage... Began the season with a six-game hitting streak that saw her go 13-of-25 (.520) with two doubles, a home run and six RBI.
2019: Earned second-team All-America honors by both the NFCA and D2CCA... First-team All-Midwest Region by both NFCA and D2CCA… GLVC Pitcher of the Year as well as unanimous first-team All-GLVC... Collected first-team Academic All-America, Academic All-District IV and Academic All-GLVC laurels... Went 21-9 in the circle with four saves and a GLVC-best 1.29 ERA... Ranked ninth in the country in ERA and 25th in wins... Ranked 16th in the nation and second in the GLVC in saves… Tied for second, nationally, and was first in the conference with a school-record tying 13 complete-game shutouts... Stood seventh in the nation with a league-high 243 strikeouts and was 20th in the nation with a league-low 4.71 hits allowed per seven innings… Dominated the GLVC, posting a league-low 0.92 ERA and .187 opponent batting average in GLVC-only games... Registered a career-year at the plate, posting a .351 batting average to go along with 11 doubles, a triple, one home run and 30 RBIs... Her 13 total sac bunts tied for first in the GLVC… Put together a team-high nine-game hitting streak in early April… Led USI with 17 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits twice, and recorded a season-best two RBIs eight times... Named GLVC Pitcher of the Week three times and was the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II Pitcher of the Week once.
2018: Named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA II Softball Championship, second-team All-America (Fastpitch News), second-team All-Midwest Region (D2CCA), second-team All-GLVC and Academic All-GLVC... After going 14-11 with a 2.80 ERA, 181 strikeouts and a .214 opponent batting average during the regular season, Leonhardt dominated the postseason, going 12-1 with a 1.35 ERA, .152 opponent batting average and 96 strikeouts... Continued to get better as the season progressed, posting a 10-5 mark in GLVC play with a 2.18 ERA, 118 strikeouts and league-best .195 opponent batting average... Obliterated the field in the NCAA II Softball Championship, first by holding the No. 1 team in the nation to just one hit in USI's 1-0 victory... Followed that up with USI's first-ever postseason no-hitter when she allowed just one baserunner in USI's 3-0 win over No. 6 Angelo State... Overall in the NCAA II Softball Championship, Leonhardt was 5-0 with a 1.44 ERA, a .091 opponent batting average and 40 strikeouts in 34 innings of work... In 31 of the 34 innings she pitched in the championship, Leonhardt allowed just three hits and no runs... Set single-season records for total strikeouts (277) and innings pitched (235.0)... Finished the year with a 26-12 overall record, a 2.29 ERA and a .194 opponent batting average... Led the GLVC and was fourth in the nation in total strikeouts... Ranked first in the GLVC and 25th, nationally, in hits allowed per seven innings (4.97) as well as first in the conference and seventh in the nation in wins... Led the conference and was 17th, nationally, in shutouts… Stood fourth in the conference and 13th, nationally, in strikeouts per seven innings (8.3)... Offensively, she led the GLVC in sacrifice bunts (15) and was sixth in the conference in triples (4)... Batted .305 on the year with seven doubles, 27 RBIs and 28 runs scored... Registered a .353 batting average with three doubles and seven RBIs during the postseason... Led USI with a .389 batting average to go along with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored in the NCAA II Softball Championship... Had a season-high six-game hitting streak and finished the year on a five-game hitting streak… Tallied at least two hits in 16 games, with a season-high four hits and four RBIs coming in USI's 9-0, five-inning win over Hillsdale in the NCAA II Midwest Region #1 Tournament... Recorded multiple RBIs in five games during the year and four RBIs in two contests... Named GLVC Pitcher of the Week in April... Delivered at least 10 strikeouts in eight games, with a season-high 11 coming in three contests.
2017: Became the first pitcher in program history to earn All-America honors... Named second-team All-America by the NFCA and third-team All-America by D2CCA NFCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year… D2CCA Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year… GLVC Freshman of the Year, and first-team All-GLVC honoree… Registered 191 strikeouts a 1.67 ERA while holding opponents to a .209 batting average... Made 40 appearances inside the pitcher's circle, starting 32 games en route to breaking the program record for wins in a single season with a 29-4 record... Had 28 complete games and a GLVC-best 11 shutouts, good enough for 10th in the nation... Led the GLVC and was sixth in the nation in wins... Ranked second in the GLVC and 24th in the nation in strikeouts... Her ERA was second in the league and 44th in the country... Named GLVC Pitcher of the Week three times and was the Herosports.com National Player of the Week after blanking No. 1 and defending national champion North Alabama on three hits in her collegiate debut.. Tossed a no-hitter in USI's 2-0, game-two victory over Illinois Springfield in April... Went 5-0 with five complete-game wins, a shutout, a 0.80 ERA and a .211 opponent batting average in USI's run to the NCAA II Midwest Region title... Went 13-0 with a .121 ERA and seven shutouts in GLVC-only games... Posted a .266 batting average with four doubles, a home run and 14 RBIs... Went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and three RBIs in USI's 7-2 win over Saginaw Valley State in the NCAA II Midwest Region #2 Tournament clincher… Produced two RBIs in USI's win over the Cardinals in the semifinals the previous day... Went 2-for-3 with a double, home run and four RBIs in USI's win over Wayne State (Neb.) in March... Earned Academic All-GLVC honors.
High School/Travel: Played at Fern Creek High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where she earned varsity letters in softball and basketball... Earned Third-team All-State honors as a senior in 2016 after leading FCHS to the 2016 regional championship game... Hit .487 with a home run, 12 doubles and nine triples during her senior season… Also carried a 2.4 ERA with 250 strikeouts in 165 innings of work in 2016...Earned first-team All-Metro (Louisville), All-Region, and was a Senior West Kentucky All-Star in 2016...First-team academic all-state honoree (2015)… Tied the KHSAA season record with 17 triples (2014)...Named to the District All-Tournament team multiple times and received multiple All-Sixth Region honors during her prep career...Finished her career with more than 700 career strikeouts… Graduated as the class valedictorian… Competed for the Team Kentucky ASA Gold travel squad in 2015, helping her squad capture the championship in the Triple Crown Sports 16U East Coast Summer Nationals in Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
Personal: Full name is Jennifer Leonhardt… Born on February 20, 1998… Daughter of Jill and Russell Leonhardt… Earned her undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Southern Indiana in May 2020… Currently in UofL’s School of Dentistry… Post college ambition is to become a dentist… Her proudest moment was sweeping the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championships… Favorite athlete is Lamar Jackson.
At University of Southern Indiana (2017-20): : Finished the 2020 campaign as USI's all-time leader in career wins (83), strikeouts (787) and complete-game shutouts (35)...also ranks second in saves (8) and innings pitched (730.2), fourth in complete games (85) and sixth in career ERA (1.76)...offensively, she is tied for 11th all-time at USI in both hit-by-pitches (10) and triples (6); and 18th in RBI (87)... Two-time Academic All-American...Earned All-America honors in each of her first three seasons and was on track for All-America honors as a senior before the season was canceled due to COVID-19... Garnered the GLVC's Postgraduate Scholarship Award.
(As a senior 2020- COVID-19 shortened season): Earned first-team Academic All-America, Academic All-District IV and Academic All-GLVC accolades...Played and started in all of USI's 19 games, making 11 appearances and nine starts inside the circle...Went 7-3 with a 1.63 ERA, .174 opponent batting average and 76 strikeouts in 68.2 innings of work...Racked up a season-high 15 strikeouts in USI's 2-1 win over Winona State, a game that ended up being the final contest of the COVID-19-shortened 2020 campaign...Led the GLVC and was 25th in the nation with nine complete-games... Named the GLVC Pitcher of the Week for the eighth time in her career after going 3-0 with a .149 opponent batting average and 26 strikeouts in USI's 5-1 week at the Midwest Region Crossover... In the midst of a career-year at the plate, racking up a team-best .386 batting average with five doubles, a triple, two home runs, 14 runs scored and 16 RBI... Carried a .571 slugging percentage to go along with a .427 on-base percentage... Began the season with a six-game hitting streak that saw her go 13-of-25 (.520) with two doubles, a home run and six RBI.
2019: Earned second-team All-America honors by both the NFCA and D2CCA... First-team All-Midwest Region by both NFCA and D2CCA… GLVC Pitcher of the Year as well as unanimous first-team All-GLVC... Collected first-team Academic All-America, Academic All-District IV and Academic All-GLVC laurels... Went 21-9 in the circle with four saves and a GLVC-best 1.29 ERA... Ranked ninth in the country in ERA and 25th in wins... Ranked 16th in the nation and second in the GLVC in saves… Tied for second, nationally, and was first in the conference with a school-record tying 13 complete-game shutouts... Stood seventh in the nation with a league-high 243 strikeouts and was 20th in the nation with a league-low 4.71 hits allowed per seven innings… Dominated the GLVC, posting a league-low 0.92 ERA and .187 opponent batting average in GLVC-only games... Registered a career-year at the plate, posting a .351 batting average to go along with 11 doubles, a triple, one home run and 30 RBIs... Her 13 total sac bunts tied for first in the GLVC… Put together a team-high nine-game hitting streak in early April… Led USI with 17 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits twice, and recorded a season-best two RBIs eight times... Named GLVC Pitcher of the Week three times and was the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II Pitcher of the Week once.
2018: Named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA II Softball Championship, second-team All-America (Fastpitch News), second-team All-Midwest Region (D2CCA), second-team All-GLVC and Academic All-GLVC... After going 14-11 with a 2.80 ERA, 181 strikeouts and a .214 opponent batting average during the regular season, Leonhardt dominated the postseason, going 12-1 with a 1.35 ERA, .152 opponent batting average and 96 strikeouts... Continued to get better as the season progressed, posting a 10-5 mark in GLVC play with a 2.18 ERA, 118 strikeouts and league-best .195 opponent batting average... Obliterated the field in the NCAA II Softball Championship, first by holding the No. 1 team in the nation to just one hit in USI's 1-0 victory... Followed that up with USI's first-ever postseason no-hitter when she allowed just one baserunner in USI's 3-0 win over No. 6 Angelo State... Overall in the NCAA II Softball Championship, Leonhardt was 5-0 with a 1.44 ERA, a .091 opponent batting average and 40 strikeouts in 34 innings of work... In 31 of the 34 innings she pitched in the championship, Leonhardt allowed just three hits and no runs... Set single-season records for total strikeouts (277) and innings pitched (235.0)... Finished the year with a 26-12 overall record, a 2.29 ERA and a .194 opponent batting average... Led the GLVC and was fourth in the nation in total strikeouts... Ranked first in the GLVC and 25th, nationally, in hits allowed per seven innings (4.97) as well as first in the conference and seventh in the nation in wins... Led the conference and was 17th, nationally, in shutouts… Stood fourth in the conference and 13th, nationally, in strikeouts per seven innings (8.3)... Offensively, she led the GLVC in sacrifice bunts (15) and was sixth in the conference in triples (4)... Batted .305 on the year with seven doubles, 27 RBIs and 28 runs scored... Registered a .353 batting average with three doubles and seven RBIs during the postseason... Led USI with a .389 batting average to go along with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored in the NCAA II Softball Championship... Had a season-high six-game hitting streak and finished the year on a five-game hitting streak… Tallied at least two hits in 16 games, with a season-high four hits and four RBIs coming in USI's 9-0, five-inning win over Hillsdale in the NCAA II Midwest Region #1 Tournament... Recorded multiple RBIs in five games during the year and four RBIs in two contests... Named GLVC Pitcher of the Week in April... Delivered at least 10 strikeouts in eight games, with a season-high 11 coming in three contests.
2017: Became the first pitcher in program history to earn All-America honors... Named second-team All-America by the NFCA and third-team All-America by D2CCA NFCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year… D2CCA Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year… GLVC Freshman of the Year, and first-team All-GLVC honoree… Registered 191 strikeouts a 1.67 ERA while holding opponents to a .209 batting average... Made 40 appearances inside the pitcher's circle, starting 32 games en route to breaking the program record for wins in a single season with a 29-4 record... Had 28 complete games and a GLVC-best 11 shutouts, good enough for 10th in the nation... Led the GLVC and was sixth in the nation in wins... Ranked second in the GLVC and 24th in the nation in strikeouts... Her ERA was second in the league and 44th in the country... Named GLVC Pitcher of the Week three times and was the Herosports.com National Player of the Week after blanking No. 1 and defending national champion North Alabama on three hits in her collegiate debut.. Tossed a no-hitter in USI's 2-0, game-two victory over Illinois Springfield in April... Went 5-0 with five complete-game wins, a shutout, a 0.80 ERA and a .211 opponent batting average in USI's run to the NCAA II Midwest Region title... Went 13-0 with a .121 ERA and seven shutouts in GLVC-only games... Posted a .266 batting average with four doubles, a home run and 14 RBIs... Went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and three RBIs in USI's 7-2 win over Saginaw Valley State in the NCAA II Midwest Region #2 Tournament clincher… Produced two RBIs in USI's win over the Cardinals in the semifinals the previous day... Went 2-for-3 with a double, home run and four RBIs in USI's win over Wayne State (Neb.) in March... Earned Academic All-GLVC honors.
High School/Travel: Played at Fern Creek High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where she earned varsity letters in softball and basketball... Earned Third-team All-State honors as a senior in 2016 after leading FCHS to the 2016 regional championship game... Hit .487 with a home run, 12 doubles and nine triples during her senior season… Also carried a 2.4 ERA with 250 strikeouts in 165 innings of work in 2016...Earned first-team All-Metro (Louisville), All-Region, and was a Senior West Kentucky All-Star in 2016...First-team academic all-state honoree (2015)… Tied the KHSAA season record with 17 triples (2014)...Named to the District All-Tournament team multiple times and received multiple All-Sixth Region honors during her prep career...Finished her career with more than 700 career strikeouts… Graduated as the class valedictorian… Competed for the Team Kentucky ASA Gold travel squad in 2015, helping her squad capture the championship in the Triple Crown Sports 16U East Coast Summer Nationals in Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
Personal: Full name is Jennifer Leonhardt… Born on February 20, 1998… Daughter of Jill and Russell Leonhardt… Earned her undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Southern Indiana in May 2020… Currently in UofL’s School of Dentistry… Post college ambition is to become a dentist… Her proudest moment was sweeping the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championships… Favorite athlete is Lamar Jackson.
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 18 Florida State (Gm. 1)
Thursday, July 11
Highlights: Louisville SB at Boston College
Sunday, May 05
SB: Daisy Hess and Sam Booe Postgame vs. #22/21 Clemson
Saturday, April 27
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 22/21 Clemson (Gm. 2)
Saturday, April 27
