MLB DRAFT: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round (Pick 791) of the 2015 MLB Draft.
CAREER NOTES: All-Time program leader with 31 wins and 398.0 innings pitched...First player in program history to be a three-time all-WAC first team selection...Third in program history with 226 career strikeouts...Seventh in program history with 69 career appearances...Tied for eighth in program history with a 2.94 career ERA...Ended 2015 season ranked second among all active NCAA Div. I pitchers in victories, innings pitched, and games started.
SENIOR (2015): All-WAC First Team (3x)...Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-America...TD Ameritrade Fan's Choice Award Finalist...Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America Third Team...Academic All-WAC (4x)...Preseason WAC Pitcher of the Year...Preseason All-WAC Team...Started 15 games as the team's Friday starter...Went 7-4 with a 2.20 ERA in 94.0 innings pitched...Had a .227 opposing batting average with 55 strikeouts to just 13 walks...Ranked second in the WAC in ERA and was tied for third in wins...ERA was seventh best in a season in program history...Led the WAC and ranked 24th in NCAA Div. I with just 1.24 walks allowed per nine innings...Ranked third in the WAC and 25th in Div. I with a 0.95 WHIP...Led the WAC with a 4.23 strikeout to walk ratio...Had one complete game, allowing only one run on five hits and no walks with seven strikeouts in nine innings vs. CSU Bakersfield...Also had seven strikeouts over eight scoreless innings in a combined shutout at Cal Poly...Recorded a season-high eight strikeouts in his final collegiate start, allowing just three hits and one run in eight innings vs. North Dakota in the WAC Tournament...Had multiple strikeouts in 12 of 15 starts and at least one strikeout in every start...Did not allow a walk in seven starts, including his last four starts...Issued more than one walk in only two games...Over last four starts totaled 17 strikeouts and 0 walks over 29.0 innings...Issued one walk over his last 44 innings pitched (last six starts)...Allowed three runs or fewer in 14 of 15 starts with 12 starts allowing two or fewer earned runs...Gave up just one home run in 94 innings pitched and just 10 total extra-base hits...Played left field for a defensive inning in two games but did not have a ball hit to him.
JUNIOR (2014): All-WAC First Team (2x)....Academic All-WAC (3x)...All-WAC Tournament team...Made 19 appearances with 18 starts...Went 9-4 with a 2.15 ERA over 117.0 innings pitched...Tied for third in the NCAA in games started...Recorded the fifth lowest season ERA and the fifth most innings pithed in a season in program history...Ranked second in the WAC in ERA, innings pitched, strikeouts (79), and wins...Was second in the WAC with just 2.38 runs allowed per game, third in the WAC with just 1.77 walks allowed per game, and fourth with a .233 opposing batting average...Went 7-0 with a 1.43 ERA and a 52-9 strikeout to walk ratio in 10 WAC games...Pitched in two shutouts...Made 16 quality starts...Started and allowed just one run over seven innings in the Hornets 5-4 win over Arizona State in the NCAA Regional...Started and won the WAC Tournament-clinching game vs. Utah Valley...Pitched two scoreless innings in the Hornets 7-6 win over No. 4 Oregon State...Equaled his career high with nine strikeouts against Utah Valley and North Dakota...Named WAC Pitcher of the Week on May 5 after eight shutout innings against Chicago State and limiting the Cougars to just four base runners (three singles, one walk) in a 6-0 win.
SOPHOMORE (2013): All-WAC First Team...Academic All-WAC (2x)...First starting pitcher in program history to be an All-WAC First Team selection...Started a team-high 15 games with 17 total appearances...Led the team with eight wins (8-3 record), 100.2 innings pitched, 2.77 era, .217 opponent batting average, and 47 strikeouts...Ranked second in the WAC in opponent batting average, third in innings, fourth in earned run average, and tied for fourth in wins...Second in the WAC with just 1.79 walks per game and 7.06 hits per game and third with 3.04 runs per game...Pitched in three shutouts...Pitched at least five innings in 14 starts and threw eight innings in three games...Allowed just three hits and no runs while throwing 102 pitches in eight innings vs. Texas State, one of three starts with no runs allowed...Team was 9-6 in his 15 starts...Earned a save with a perfect ninth inning vs. Nevada...Held right handed hitters to a .168 season batting average...Totaled 20 assists and four putouts.
FRESHMAN (2012): Academic All-WAC...Named Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on April 9 after tossing a complete game with a season-high eight strikeouts in a 2-1 win at Louisiana Tech...went 7-5 in 17 games while making 15 starts in his first season with the Hornets...tallied a 5.00 ERA after allowing 48 earned runs (60 total) in 86.1 innings...recorded 45 strikeouts while walking 22...tossed two complete games...66.9 percent of his pitches were strikes, the highest mark on the team...also recorded a team-high 124 ground ball outs...earned a win in the WAC Tournament after allowing three runs on three hits in 6.1 innings in an 8-3 semifinals victory over Fresno State on May 25.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year baseball letterwinner under head coach Tim Murray at Woodbridge HS of the Pacific Coast League...named first team all-league, first team all-city, first team all-CIF, co-MVP of the OC Nissan Invitational and selected for the 15th Annual Ryan Lemmon All-Star Showcase following his senior season when he started at both shortstop and pitcher…posted a 1.63 ERA in 43 innings with 30 strikeouts and hit .385 in 104 at-bats with 16 runs, 24 RBIs, two doubles, three triples and one home run in 2011...also a three-year letterwinner in football playing wide receiver, safety and quarterback.
PERSONAL: Parents are Joe and Perri Leitao...majoring in communication studies.
