Matt Leon

Position:
Right-handed Pitcher
Height:
5-11
Weight:
183
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bethlehem, Pa.
High School:
Liberty

** 2018 UNANIMOUS ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **

2018: Unanimous selection to the 2018 All-BIG EAST First Team... Seton Hall’s Male Iron Pirate Award recipient... Academic Merit Award recipient... Made 24 appearances, all in relief... Closer... Pitched to a 1-2 record with a 1.17 ERA and 34 strikeouts with 10 walks in 30,2 innings pitched. Set Seton Hall’s single-season record with 12 saves... Opponents hit just .205 against him... In BIG EAST-only games, he led the conference in saves, games in relief, and games finished... Led Seton Hall in ERA, saves and appearances... Tied for sixth-lowest single-season ERA in Seton Hall history... Finished his career ranked second at Seton Hall in saves and appearances... Tossed a scoreless inning in the title game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Earned a two-inning save with two scoreless innings with two strikeouts vs. Butler in the BIG EAST Championship on May 26... Pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout to earn the save at Georgetown in game one of a doubleheader on May 19... Broke Seton Hall’s single-season saves record with his 10th of the year, a perfect ninth inning vs. St. John’s on May 11... Earned the save by getting the final two outs at Creighton on May 6... Pitched a scoreless ninth inning and earned the save with two strikeouts at Creighton May 5... Tossed a scoreless ninth vs. Villanova on April 29... Earned the save with a scoreless ninth inning vs. Villanova on April 28... Tossed two perfect innings with two strikeouts to earn the save at Butler on April 22... Pitched a scoreless inning and struck out the side at Butler on April 20... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on April 16... Scattered just two hits over three innings to earn the save vs. Xavier in game two of a doubleheader on April 14... Picked up the save with a perfect inning vs. Xavier on April 13... Pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout at Princeton on April 11... Tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts vs. Wagner on April 4... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on March 26... Tossed three perfect innings to earn the victory in Seton Hall’s 9-8, 11-inning win at Hawaii on March 23... Earned his third save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts vs. Saint Peter’s on March 14... Pitched a scoreless ninth inning vs. Central Michigan on March 6... Tossed a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts to earn the save vs. Pittsburgh on Feb. 24... Named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 19... Recorded the save with a scoreless ninth inning at NC State on Feb. 18... Recorded six of seven outs via strikeout in 2.1 innings of scoreless relief at NC State in game two of a doubleheader on Feb. 16.

2017: Made 22 appearances, all in relief... Pitched to a 1-1 record with a 3.13 ERA, 36 strikeouts and 17 walks in 31.2 innings pitched... Opponents hit only .171 against him, second-best on the team... Had one save... Pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts at Southeastern Louisiana on May 18... Tossed a perfect eighth inning vs. Saint Peter’s on April 26... Pitched two hitless innings with three strikeouts vs. Georgetown on April 21... Tossed two innings of hitless relief at Xavier on April 14... Allowed only one hit over 2.2 scoreless innings of relief with five strikeouts vs. Butler on April 7... Was perfect through 2.1 innings with five strikeouts in game two of a doubleheader vs. LIU-Brooklyn on April 1... Pitched a perfect inning vs. Princeton on March 29... Tossed a scoreless inning vs. Lehigh on March 19... Pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts vs. Manhattan on March 17... Pitched 1.2 innings of hitless baseball with one strikeout vs. Michigan on Feb. 17... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2016: Made 26 appearances, including one start... Went 2-1 with a 2.88 ERA, 28 strikeouts and nine walks in 40.2 innings pitched... Opponents batted just .212 against him... Tied for 10th in the BIG EAST with 26 appearances... Ranked ninth in the BIG EAST with nine games finished... Tossed a scoreless inning at Butler on May 20... Pitched 1.1 scoreless innings vs. St. John’s on May 14... Tossed a perfect inning vs. Rider on May 11... Pitched two perfect innings at Georgetown in game one of a double-header on April 30... Tossed a scoreless inning vs. Saint Peter’s on April 27... Earned the victory with 3.1 innings of one-hit relief vs. Villanova on April 24... Tossed two hitless innings vs. Villanova on April 22... Pitched a scoreless inning vs. Monmouth on April 19... Tossed a scoreless inning vs. Wagner on April 6... Pitched 1.2 perfect innings vs. Army in game two of a double-header on March 26... Worked a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts at Army on March 25... Picked up a save with four perfect innings, including four strikeouts vs. Manhattan in game one of a double-header on March 19... Earned the victory with a scoreless inning of relief vs. Omaha on March 13... Collected a four-out save at FIU on March 1... Allowed only one hit over 2.2 innings of scoreless relief with two strikeouts and no walks vs. Missouri on Feb. 20... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2015: Made 16 appearances and made three starts... Went 0-4 with a 4.64 ERA in 33.0 innings pitched... Struck out 23 batters and walked 19... Opponents hit .244 off him... Pitched a scoreless inning vs. Creighton on May 23 in the BIG EAST Championship... Pitched 4.2 innings in relief and gave up just two earned runs at Villanova on May 8... Pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout vs. Butler on April 17... Threw a scoreless inning at Xavier on April 4... Earned his first career save at Xavier on April 2... Pitched a perfect inning vs. FDU on March 29... Threw four innings of one-run baseball in relief vs. Lafayette... Pitched a scoreless inning vs. Saint Peter's on March 18... Made his collegiate debut with four innings of two-hit baseball at North Carolina on Feb. 14... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School/Personal: Attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania... Two-year letter-winner as a right-handed pitcher and outfielder... Named team captain as a senior... Named First Team All-Conference and All-Area in 2014... Named Third Team All-Area in 2013... Named Cy Young of the team in 2014... Pitched two career no-hitters... Pitched to a 1.55 ERA with 85 strikeouts in only 54 innings as a senior... Led Liberty to a pair of third-place finishes and a combined 30 wins in two seasons... Participant of the Norco Legion All-Star Game... Member of the National Honor Society and graduated with high honors... Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes... Born Sept. 25, 1995.