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Missouri Southern State University Athletics

2021 Softball Roster

20 Makaila Leonhart

20 Makaila Leonhart

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Position:
    Infielder
  • Hometown:
    Nixa, Mo.
  • Prev School:
    Crowder College
  • High School:
    Nixa High School

Summary

Biography

2020 - Played and started all 20 games during the 2020 COVID-19 shortened season... Posted a .344 batting average with 22 hits... she scored 20 runs with 13 RBIs... had eight extra base hits including two home runs and a triple... had six walks while drawing three hit by pitches... was 3-of-4 in stolen base attempts.

2019 - One of four players to play and start in all 44 games for the Lions as she entered her first season for Missouri Southern at second base … All-MIAA Honorable Mention selection … earned a spot on the MIAA Scholar-Athlete list for first-year players and transfers upon achieving a GPA over 3.5 and being an All-MIAA performer on the field as well on top as one of four newcomers to land on the MIAA Honor roll (3.62 GPA) … led the team with a slugging percentage of .522 as the only starter to record a percentage over .500 and tied for first in walks (9) with teammate Josie Tofpi … closed out her first season with the Lions second on the team batting average (.343), on-base percentage (.396), hits (46), runs scored (29), and triples (3) along with tying for second in at-bats (134), RBIs (25), and doubles (9) as well as tied for third in home runs (3) … also registered a fielding percentage of .958 after recording 99 putouts and 84 assists part of a squad that put together a fielding percentage of .966 for second overall in the MIAA while being tied for the least amount of errors committed at 45 … had a season-high four hits at Mississippi College (2/17) where she knocked in a season-best three RBIs to go along with two other occasions of driving in three RBIs.

Prior to Southern - came to Southern after spending two seasons with the Crowder University Rough Riders. As a sophomore, she accumulated 45 runs scored and 39 RBIs on 57 hits in 44 games to earn a .393 batting average, while closing out the season with a .531 slugging percentage and .437 on-base percentage. In her rookie year, the Nixa product batted .423 after knocking in 36 RBIs and scoring 32 runs from 44 hits, to go along with an unbelievable .692 slugging percentage and a .483 on-base percentage. Her efforts earned the freshman a spot on the All-District J Team as well as an incremental part of a team that won the Regional Championship after going a 55-10  to become the second winningest team in program history. She did all of this while striking out only ten times in 276 plate appearances. 

High School - Leonhart was a four-year letter winner for the Eagles of Nixa High School under coach Matt Walker. She recorded 141 hits, 96 runs scored, 48 RBIs, and 24 walks for a .426 batting average in 351 at bats while playing in 105 games throughout her scholastic career, becoming a three-time All-Conference (soph./jr./sr.), two-time All-District (jr./sr.), and an All-Region athlete (sr.) as well as a Golden Glove fielder in three-straight seasons (fr./soph./jr.). 
 
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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2019Junior

    Infielder
    5'6"
    20
  • 20

    2020Senior

    Infielder
    5'6"
    20
  • 20

    2021Senior

    Infielder
    5'6"
    20