Career: Ninth in school history with 195 career games, including 175 starts at first base … Finished career with 17 homers, 98 RBIs, 60 runs scored, 29 doubles and 153 hits in 641 at-bats.

2018: Played in 50 games (all starts at first base) and totaled 31 RBIs, four homers, 11 doubles, 14 runs scored and 39 hits … A defensive standout, ranked third among the league's first basemen with 30 assists ... Led team by hitting .302 (16-for-53) with runners in scoring position and had a team-best 12 RBIs with two out … Was 8-for-12 with a runner on third and less than two out … Led the team with a .534 success rate in advancing runners (47 out of 88 opportunities) and led the team by advancing runners without recording an out 17 times … Second on the team by batting .291 with runners on base … Homered against Western Carolina, Marshall, Gardner-Webb and ULM. The homer at ULM broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning of a 4-1, series-clinching victory … Ended his career by going 4-for-12 with five RBIs, two walks and two runs scored in the three-game series against No. 16 Coastal Carolina.

2017: Had seven home runs (tied for second on the team) and 27 RBIs (third on the team) while starting in 40 of his 51 appearances and serving as App State’s primary first baseman … Also had a .229 average, 36 hits, five doubles, 16 runs scored and a team-high three sacrifice flies … In Sun Belt play, hit .280 with five homers, 19 RBIs and a .488 slugging percentage while starting in 21 of his 27 appearances … In a month span from April 14 to May 14, raised his batting average by 63 points by going 21-for-60 (.350) over 15 games with four homers and 18 RBIs. Homered in each of the first three games of that hot streak, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs against Georgia Southern, 2-for-4 with three RBIs against Georgia Southern and 2-for-5 with three RBIs against Radford … Had six multi-hit games during that 15-game stretch … Had a 4-for-5 game against Arkansas State in late April.

2016: In two years at Appalachian, Leonard has battled to become both a top offensive and defensive talent for the team … after recovering from an ACL injury, Leonard batted .244 (fifth on team), getting 38 hits on 156 at-bats (fifth) … hammered two home runs, four doubles, 11 RBI and crossed the plate 13 times … fourth on team in on-base percentage (.357) … led team with a 17-game streak of reaching base during the year … fourth on the team in on-base percentage (.357) and led the team in good sight at the plate, drawing 24 walks … defensively, was eighth in the Sun Belt in putouts with 359 on the season … was second on the team in fielding percentage (.990) while leading the team with 383 chances (ninth in the Sun Belt) and 19 double plays … led team in fielding double plays (19) … recorded nine multi-hit games … put on one of his best performances against eventual NCAA Tallahassee Regional participant and then-No. 23 South Alabama (April 15), going 3-4 at the plate while getting six putouts … had nine hits, three runs, four walks drawn during a crucial stretch of Sun Belt games between Troy (April 10) and Wake Forest (April 19) … had eight hits, three runs, four RBI and two doubles over the course of an Arkansas State series (April 29-30), a mid-week contest against NC A&T (May 3) and the first two games against eventual Sun Belt Conference champion and NCAA Regional participant UL Lafayette (May 6-7) … recorded two RBIs three times: against Troy (April 8), Arkansas State (April 16) and NC A&T (May 3).

2015: Appeared in 43 games as a true freshman in 2015, starting 41 (all at first base) … earned the opening-day nod at first base but missed 10 midseason games (including nine conference tilts) due to injury … despite appearing in just 43 games, is Appalachian State’s returning leader in 2016 in batting average (.272), home runs (4), RBI (29), at-bats (147), hits (40), runs (17), doubles (9) and walks (22) … 22 walks were good for second on the squad overall in ’15 … one of the Sun Belt’s finest defensive first baseman with just two errors in 395 chances as a true freshman (.995 fielding percentage) … hit .278 with two home runs, 14 RBI and three doubles in 20 Sun Belt games … turned in finest performance of his young career by going 3-for-5 with two doubles and five RBI in Appalachian’s 9-7 win over No. 16 Maryland (Feb. 28) … went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk at Georgia (March 10) … had 11 hits, including four doubles and two home runs, and six RBI during a six-game span from March 13-March 21 … capped the impressive stretch with three-straight two RBI games … went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a walk and a run at UNC Asheville … matched a season high with three hits (3-for-4), a double, two RBI and two runs scored vs. UL Monroe (March 20) … hit a three-run home run at Arkansas State (April 26) … drove in three runs in series-clinching victory, including a two-run homer, in series-clinching 7-4 triumph over eventual Super Regional participant UL Lafayette (May 3).

High School: Ranked as the No. 1 first baseman and No. 34 overall player in the state of North Carolina by Perfect Game … named second-team all-state as a senior … four-year all-conference honoree … all-county selection … four-year letterwinner … set school records for hits (117), RBI (82), doubles (32), batting average (.370) and on-base percentage (.459) in a career … State Games participant … 2014 Perfect Game all-Atlantic Region selection … coached by Gary Nail … played summer/fall ball for Dirtbags (coached by Andy Partin and Lee Land).

Personal:  Full name is Conner Ross Leonard … son of David and Amy Leonard … majoring in communication studies.