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2018 Baseball Roster

Brad Young
Tim Casey

11 Mario Leon

  • B/T R/R
  • Position RHP
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Naples, Fla.
  • Highschool Gulf Coast HS

Biography

As a Redshirt-Senior (2018) | Game-By-Game Stats
Drafted 699th overall in the 23rd round of the MLB Draft … Named the ASUN’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year as well as FGCU’s co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Made 14 starts in his final season … Allowed one run in his season-debut against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 16), striking out six over 5.0 innings … Tossed 6.0 scoreless innings against Evansville, striking out three while allowing four hits … Matched a career-high with 10 strikeouts over 6.0 innings in a 5-0 win over UMBC (March 23) … Worked 7.0 innings at Jackson State (March 30), allowing three runs (one earned), with eight strikeouts … Pitched 7.0 innings with five strikeouts at Jacksonville (April 13) … Walked none over 7.1 innings, striking out five during a career-long outing … Finished the year 5-6 with a 3.05 ERA … Struck out a total of 83 batters … His 225 career strikeouts is good for fifth all-time in FGCU history.

As a Redshirt Junior (2017) | Game-by-Game Stats
1x ASUN Pitcher of the Week
Went 5-2 with a 4.70 ERA in nine starts and 15 appearances … served as the team’s midweek starter early in the season and earned wins against #2 Florida, #21 USF and Miami … ranked 4th on the team and registered a career high in strikeouts (67) … improved his K-BB ratio from 1.44 (2016) to 3.35 (2017) ... turned in three quality starts … held the #2 Gators to two runs on six hits with no walks and three strikeouts in 7.0 IP (Mar. 7) … allowed one run and struck out eight batters in 6.0 IP vs. #21 USF (Mar. 22) … named the ASUN Pitcher of the Week after tossing 7.0 scoreless in front of a Swanson Stadium record crowd against the Hurricanes (Mar. 29) … matched a career high with 10 strikeouts in 6.2 innings of FGCU’s 6-5 win against Kennesaw State in the ASUN Tournament (May 26).

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats
Made 17 appearances and 14 starts after missing the 2015 season with an injury … ranked 3rd on the team with a 4-4 record and posted a 5.12 ERA … lowered his ERA to 4.65 in a starting role … ranked 2nd on the team and 8th in the ASUN after throwing a career-high 77.1 IP … also struck out a career-high 56 batters … pitched 6.0 scoreless innings with 7 Ks and earned the win in a 19-4 win at Lipscomb on May 14 … also struck out a career-high 7 batters vs. Quinnipiac on Mar. 13 … tossed a career-high 7.1 innings at Jacksonville on Apr. 24 … allowed only one unearned run in 7.0 IP in a 3-2 win vs. No. 16 FAU on Apr. 12 … held No. 2 Miami to two runs in 5.1 IP on Apr. 5.

As a Sophomore (2015)
Sat out 2015 with an injury

As a Freshman (2014) | 
Game-by-Game Stats
Took over for Anderson in the sixth and struck out two in two scoreless innings (April 29) ... Worked a scoreless seventh versus NKU (May 3) ... Made his second appearance in as many days versus ETSU and struck out one in his one shutout inning (May 10)

High School
2013 graduate from Gulf Coast High School … played for coach Peter Garcia … 2011-13 All-Conference.

Personal
Son of Carlos and Martha Leon … has two siblings Mariam (24) and Melisa (14) … communications major ... served as the Eagles Council president during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years.

Single-Game Highs

Innings Pitched: 7.1, 2x, last vs. Kennesaw State (Apr. 27, 2018)
Strikeouts: 10, 3x, last vs. UMBC (Mar. 23, 2018)
Walks Allowed: 6, at Lipscomb (May 17, 2018)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2014Freshman

    RHP
    6'1" 180 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2015Freshman

    RHP
    6'1" 180 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2016Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'0" 200 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2017Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'0" 206 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2018Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'0" 205 lbs
    11