Biography
Awards
2020 ASC Academic All-Conference
2019 ASC Academic All-Conference
2019 ABCA/Rawlings West All-Region Third Team
2019 D3Baseball.com All-West Region Third Team
2019 ASC Gold Bracket All-Tournament Team
2019 ASC Red Bracket All-Tournament Team
2019 All-ASC First Team
2017 All-ASC Honorable Mention
2016 All-ASC Second Team
2016 ASC Freshman of the Year
Redshirt-Senior (2020)
Started in all 15 games for the Tornados...led the team in batting average with .492, RBIs with 18, stolen bases with six, extra-base hits with 11, and tied for the team-high in home runs with five...recorded a hit in every game, good for a 15-game hit streak...registered 10 multi-hit games...hit three home runs in his last two games, including two in a 3-for-5 three RBI performance against East Texas Baptist (Mar. 7)...slugged .831 and finished with an on-base percentage of .551.
Redshirt-Junior (2019)
Started in all 50 games for the Tornados...led the team in multiple offensive categories, batting a team-best .374, 50 runs scored, team-high five home runs, team-high 95 total bases, along with 40 RBIs, eight doubles and 11 steals...recorded 18 multi-hit games...opened the season going 8-for-11 at the plate, including a 3-for-4 performance against Hardin-Simmons (Feb. 10), driving in four runs and scoring twice...had an eight-game hitting streak from March 1-16, including a five-RBI game in a win over St. Scholastica (March 15)...produced a career-high five hits and scored two runs against Endicott (March 19)...recorded at least one hit in 13 of his last 16 games of the season.
Junior (2018)
Saw action in 14 games before missing significant time due to injury...hit .431 with six doubles, two triples and a homer in limited action...opened the year by going 3-for-5 with a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored in a win over George Fox (Feb. 1, 2018)...had multiple hits in half (7 of 14) of the games he played in on he year...had four RBIs, a double and two runs scored in a victory over Sul Ross State (Feb. 16, 2018)...took a medical redshirt.
Sophomore (2017)
Made 47 starts and saw action in 49 games on the season...led the team with a .390 batting average while adding 38 RBIs, 49 runs scored, 18 doubles and nine triples...hit his first career home run in game one of the season at Texas Lutheran (Feb. 3, 2017)...went 11-for-15 with five RBIs, five steals, two doubles, two triples and seven runs scored in the series against Howard Payne (March 31-April 1, 2017)...finished the year with 19 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-4 performance in the regional round vs. Centenary (May 20, 2017).
Freshman (2016)
Played 37 games on the year, making 32 starts...hit .331 with 29 runs scored, 16 RBIs, four doubles and a triple on the year...notched his first career hit, RBI and stolen base in the same game at Ozarks (March 5, 2016)...went 3-for-5 with a double, four runs scored, and three RBIs vs. UT Tyler (March 13, 2016)...had a 3-for-4 performance with a run scored in the last game of the season vs. UT Dallas (May 7, 2016).
High School
Attended Round Rock High School in Round Rock, Texas...two-year varsity starter...was a First Team All-District selection in 2015.
Personal
Son of Amy and Chad Leiferman...has one sister, Megan...majoring in business management...born Dec. 18, 1996.
