Biography
Career Highs:
Hits: 3 (four times)
Doubles: 2 vs. Kean (3/9/22)
Triples: 1 (four times)
Home Runs: N/A
Runs Scored: 3 (four times)
Runs Batted In: 4 vs. Misericordia (04/18/21)
Stolen Bases: 2 vs. Centenary (NJ) (3/6/22); vs. DeSales (4/23/22)
Walks: 2 (four times)
Assists: 7 vs. Lebanon Valley (04/20/21)
Putouts: 5 vs. Wilkes (4/13/19)
Awards:
All-MAC Freedom Team Second Team (2019, 2022)
MAC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2020-21, 2022)
2022: Recorded a stellar finish to her career as a true leader on and off the field for the Monarchs...Was one of two players to appear in all 32 games and the only player to start all 32 contests as a senior infielder for the Monarchs...Recorded a .333 batting average, a .490 slugging percentage, and a .430 on-base percentage...Totaled 34 hits, 31 runs, 20 RBIs, 19 stolen bases on 20 attempts, 16 walks, 12 doubles, and two triples for 50 total bases...Posted a .915 fielding percentage with 47 putouts and a team-high tying 61 assists on 118 total chances while turning seven double plays...Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs, two doubles, a run, and a walk in a loss to Kean (3/9/22)...Posted a 3-for-5 effort with three RBIs, three runs, two stolen bases, a double, and a triple in a win over Centenary (NJ) (3/6/22)...Named to the All-MAC Freedom Second Team as an infielder...King's finished 20-12 overall and 11-5 in MAC Freedom play to secure the third seed in the MAC Freedom tournament before the tournament was shortened due to weather.
2021: Served as a leader for this Monarchs squad as one of the quickest shortstops in the MAC Freedom, appearing in a team-high 31 out of a possible 32 games with 30 starts as a junior...Posted a .337 batting average, .407 slugging percentage, .379 on-base percentage, and .932 fielding percentage...Ranked third with six stolen bases, fourth with 19 runs scored, and fifth with 29 hits, 15 RBIs, and 35 total bases...Totaled 86 at bats with seven walks, four doubles, and a triple...Led the team with 71 assists and added 52 putouts on 132 chances...Went a perfect 3-for-3 with a triple, four RBIs, and two runs scored in a home win over Misericordia (4/18/21)...Recorded a season-high three runs scored on a 2-for-2 effort with two RBIs and a double in a win at cross-town rival Wilkes (3/27/21)...Added a season-high seven putouts with an assist in a home non-conference win over Lebanon Valley (4/20/21)...Named to the MAC Academic Honor Roll...King's finished 20-12 overall and 14-10 in MAC Freedom play before falling in the MAC Freedom Tournament semifinals to top-seeded Misericordia .
2020: One of just four players to appear and start in all 8 games as a sophomore infielder...Posted a .320 batting average, .400 slugging percentage, and a .433 on-base percentage...Recorded eight hits, including two doubles, one RBI, four walks, and a team second-best six runs for 10 total bases...Totaled 12 putouts and 18 assists on a team-high 32 chances for a .938 fielding percentage...Went 2-for-3 on stolen base attempts...Was 2-for-3 with a run, and RBI, a walk, and a stolen base in a win over Gwynedd Mercy (03/02/20)...Went 2-for-3 in a win over Saint Elizabeth (03/04/20)...Named to the MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll...King's finished 5-3 overall after their trip to North Myrtle Beach in the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic.
2019: Started in all 37 games she appeared in as a freshman...Finished the season with a .356 batting average, .423 slugging percentage and a .393 on-base percentage...Recorded 19 runs off 37 hits including five doubles and one triple...Brought in 13 RBIs and drew seven walks...Tallied four stolen bases...Contributed 62 putouts and 16 assists for a .951 fielding percentage...achieved a career high hits (3), runs scored (2) and assists (4) vs. Keystone (4/16)...Had one double at Delaware Valley (4/6) and one triple vs. Lycoming (4/25) both for a career high...Recorded a career high two runs batted in vs. Gwynedd Mercy (3/14)...Drew a career high walks (2) and tallied career high putouts (5) vs. Wilkes (4/13)...Selected to the All-MAC Second Team for the outfield...King's ended the season with an overall record of 19-18 and with a 6-8 conference mark.
PRIOR TO KING'S: Honorable mention winner three years straight...Selected as a member of high school All-Star team her senior year...Also chosen as a captain senior year and earned Coach's Award as well as the John XE McAndrew Award...Ended her senior year with a personal best batting average of .405...Also was a member of the Electric City Shock for six years and the Northeast Diamonds for two.
PERSONAL: An entrepreneurship and finance major...Daughter of Jim and Denise Leppo...Has one older sister Lauren and one younger Leah...Choose King's over Montclair, Lackawanna and Wilkes because, "I was looking for a school that would fit me best academically and athletically. The small campus and small classrooms really caught my eye and it felt like home the second I stepped on campus."
