Career: Played in 152 games and made 136 starts, spending three years as a starting center fielder … Finished career with 118 hits, 72 runs, one homer, 43 RBIs and 27 stolen bases … Nominated for an all-region Golden Glove award as a senior.
2021: Played in 49 of 52 games and started in center field in every appearance … Batted .267 overall with 39 hits, 26 runs scored, 19 RBIs, his first career homer (against Georgia State), five doubles and one triple … Led team with a .410 on-base percentage … Fouled off a 3-2 pitch before drawing a leadoff walk and eventually scoring the lone run in the sixth inning of a 1-0 win against Texas State in the Sun Belt tournament … Nominated for an all-region Golden Glove award as a senior … Made several highlight-reel catches, including a leaping one against the wall in the ninth inning of a 4-2 win against Georgia State … Made a leaping catch as he ran back toward the wall to rob South Alabama’s Ethan Wilson of a hit in the regular-season finale and also had a diving, two-out catch in the gap with the bases loaded at Troy … No errors and 56 putouts in Sun Belt games ... Georgia State took a 5-3 lead with a sixth-inning grand slam In Game 2 of their series before Leshock's two-run shot tied the game in the bottom half of the frame in an eventual 9-7 win for App State.
2020 (no eligibility used due to COVID-19): Played in 13 games and made four starts (all in center field) … Recorded a single, an RBI and scored a run in App State’s 10-1 win at Gardner-Webb on Feb. 16 … Reached base twice at Kentucky on Feb. 21 … Entered nine games as a defensive specialist in the outfield or as a pinch runner … Committed no errors in the outfield and helped the Mountaineers sport a .981 fielding percentage, which ranked third amongst Sun Belt Conference opponents at the season’s conclusion … Season was cut short due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
2019: Played in 42 games and made 36 starts in center field … Batted .239 with 33 hits, 21 runs scored, 10 RBIs and nine steals in 10 attempts … Went 2-for-4 with two doubles to close a three-game home sweep of then-first-place UTA … Recorded two steals apiece in early season games against Wake Forest and N.C. Central … Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored in an early season shutout of N.C. Central … Listed as the Sun Belt’s No. 4 prospect for the 2020 draft by D1Baseball.com.
2018: Led the team with a .253 average, five triples, 11 stolen bases and a .350 on-base percentage as the starting center fielder … Played in 48 games and made 47 starts (39 in center, eight at DH) … Also had seven doubles, 24 runs scored (second on the team) and 14 RBIs … In the month of May, batted .372 (16-for-43) with three doubles, two triples, six RBIs, four steals and three runs scored in 11 games … Batted .311 at home with 11 runs and 19 hits in 18 games … Just missed his first career homer with an opposite-field double off the top of the right-field wall against No. 16 Coastal Carolina. Also made a diving catch against the Chanticleers … Recorded outfield assists against UTA and Coastal Carolina late in the year … Had a team-best 12 multi-hit games, including three-hit games against Gardner-Webb and Coastal Carolina … Hit from the leadoff spot in 29 games … Reached base in 15 straight games to begin his college career.
High School: Batted .359 with four HRs as a senior and was a two-time state champion ... A four-year letterwinner in baseball and a three-year letterwinner in football ... Named all-conference in baseball as a sophomore and junior and all-state as a junior ... Named first team All-South Charlotte as a junior ... Named USA Today All-State SCC Player of the Year and Union County MVP as a junior ... Named All-Charlotte Observer as a junior ... Named to Union County Super Team as a sophomore and junior and named newcomer of the year as sophomore ... As a sophomore, batted .411 with 30 hits, 21 RBIs, 30 runs,and 14 stolen bases ... As a junior, batted .450 with 54 hits, three home runs, 21 RBIs, 33 runs, 20 stolen bases and 10 doubles ... In football, named all-conference as a junior before having more than 1,200 all-purpose yards as a senior ... Had 82 catches for 794 yards and nine TDs.
Personal: Full name is Alexander Michael Leshock ... Son of Karen and James Leshock ... Born Jan. 24, 1999 ... Has one sibling: Alan ... Named “King of the Rock” at the 2018 Appspys ... Enjoys fishing in his spare time.
