Penn State Nittany Lions

2023 • SENIOR SEASON 
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors…Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete.
 
Season: Logged her most efficient collegiate season at the dish, publishing a career-best .278 batting average…Recorded 18 starts with 30 appearances overall…Tied her career high with a trio of doubles…Hit one home run and recorded 11 RBI, also finishing the season with a career-high .389 slugging percentage…Mustered the best on base percentage of her career with a .388 mark.
 
at Jacksonville (2/18): Went 1-for-2 in the batter’s box, swiping her only stolen base of the season in the process. vs. Marist (3/10): Logged her first multi-hit game of the season with a 2-for-2 performance…Matched her season-high in RBI with two. vs. FGCU (3/11): Tallied her second mutli-hit game in as many days, publishing a 2-for-3 line with an RBI and a run scored. vs. UMBC (3/16): Was 1-for-2 with an RBI double…Finished with a season-high six assists in the field. vs. Iowa (3/24): Blasted a two-RBI double to help lift PSU to a Big Ten-opening win. vs. Bucknell (4/18): Demolished a two-run homer, the second long ball of her career. vs. Illinois (4/29): Was a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with an additional walk drawn.
 
2022 • JUNIOR SEASON 
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
 
Season: Made 54 appearances and 52 starts…Career highs in hits (31), batting average (.220), and RBI (16) …Five multi-RBI games and seven multi-hit games 
 
vs. Akron (2/13): Had two hits. vs. Cleveland State (2/18): Collected three hits and two RBI in a win. vs. Buffalo (2/19): Had two hits and one RBI. vs. Kennesaw State (2/26): Contributed two RBI to Lion’s victory. vs. Oregon (3/4): Hit her first career home run. vs. Purdue (4/3): Had one hit and two RBI. vs. Indiana (4/16): Two hits and two RBI. vs. Wisconsin (4/30): Made three putouts in one assist resulting in perfect fielding percentage. at Illinois (5/7): Made one putout...Two assists in shutout win. vs. Indiana (5/11): Recorded three putouts, one assist to help advance the Nittany Lions in Big Ten Championship Tournament.

2021 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
 
Season: Made 30 appearances with 24 starts, mostly at third base...Totaled 12 hits and six RBI, both career highs...Had one multi-hit game...Scored one run and had one stolen base...Drew team-high 10 walks.
 
Northwestern (2/28): Recorded RBI-double as pinch hitter. Iowa (3/11): Had two hits for lone multi-hit game of season in marathon game two of doubleheader...Hit RBI-double to put Nittany Lions ahead in 10th inning. Illinois (3/13): Registered sacrifice fly to help tie game in third inning. at Nebraska (3/28): Drew season-high two walks...Had one hit to contribute to Nittany Lions’ season-high 12 hits and first win of season...Added a stolen base. Rutgers (4/9): Recorded second sacrifice fly of season in game two of doubleheader...Drew a walk. Rutgers (4/10): Came in as pinch hitter in sixth inning and recorded bloop single to center field to score a run and bring Nittany Lions within one to start comeback.
 
2020 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Made 21 appearances with 19 starts at third base... Had nine hits and two RBI...Scored seven runs...Recorded three multi-hit games...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Cal (2/7): Made collegiate debut and first career start at third base...Drew one walk. at FIU (2/7): Went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead Nittany Lions offensively on opening day... Collected first three collegiate hits, a season high...Recorded an RBI and scored an additional run. Syracuse (2/8): Had one hit...Scored one run. Michigan State (2/8): Scored season- high two runs in 11-0 shutout win. Cal (2/9): Collected pair of hits...Scored one run...Recorded first career stolen base. FAU (2/14): Went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI. at Georgia State (2/28): Hit a single and scored a run in game two of doubleheader.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Ponte Vedra High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where she was a four-year letter-winner...Helped Sharks to back- to-back district titles in 2016 and 2017 and a regional title and state semifinals in 2017...Earned All-County honors three years... Named MVP in 2016 after hitting grand slam in regional finals to tie game in the bottom of the seventh inning...Hit .444 as a sophomore in 2017 with 40 hits and 22 RBI...Struck out only three times in 75 plate appearances during 2018 season...Was a member of National Honor Society.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Michelle Catherine Leone...Daughter of Paul and Jean Leone...Has one brother, Marc, who also is a Penn State student...Majoring in marketing...Born September 20, 2000, in Rochester, New York.