2019 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 43
Sean Leland
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 210
- Position:
- RHP
- Hometown:
- Orland Park, Ill.
- High School:
- Carl Sandburg
Illinois Career Highs
- Innings pitched: 5.0, Penn State, Apr 19, 2019
- Strikeouts: 8, at Grand Canyon, Mar 09, 2019
- Batters faced: 18, at Maryland, Apr 06, 2018
- Field chances: 1, Maryland, Apr 06, 2019 ; Penn State, Apr 19, 2019 ; Purdue, May 10, 2019
- Assists: 1, Maryland, Apr 06, 2019 ; Penn State, Apr 19, 2019 ; Purdue, May 10, 2019
Redshirt Senior - 2019
- Academic All-Big Ten
- 6-3, 3.72 ERA, 48.1 IP, .208 BAA, 18 BB, 58 SO
- Team for team-best 30 appearances
- Second on the team with six wins
- Second on the team with 58 strikeouts
- Fourth on the team with 48 1/3 innings pitched
- Tied for fifth on the team with a .208 batting average against
- Illinois career-high five innings pitched in relief against Penn State 4/19/19
- Illinois career-high eight strikeouts at Grand Canyon 3/9/19
- 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, HBP, 2 BB, 2 K during the six-game foreign trip to Curaçao and Aruba
Redshirt Junior - 2018
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 12 games, all in relief
- 1-1, 10.22 ERA, 12.1 IP, 20 H, 14 R, 14 K, 11 BB
Junior - 2017
- Transferred to Illinois with two years of eligibility left
- Sat out the 2017 season due to NCAA transfer rules
Sophomore - 2016 (Louisville)
- 0-0, 3.24 ERA, 8.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 SO, 10 BB
- .143 opponent batting average
Freshman - 2015 (Louisville)
- Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
- 4-0, 2.05 ERA, 40.0 IP, 34 SO
- 20 appearances, four starts
- Perfect ninth inning against Cal State Fullerton in game two of NCAA Super Regional
- Wins against Clemson, Cincinnati, Wake Forest and Notre Dame
High School
- Three-year letterwinner in baseball and football
- 22-2 and 170 SO during high school career
- 7-2, 1.01 ERA, 1 SV, 66 SO as a senior
- 8-0, 1.63 ERA, 58 SO as a junior
- 7-0, 2.11 ERA, 47 SO as a sophomore
- All-area
- All-conference quarterback
- Academic all-area in baseball and football
Personal
- Born on June 23, 1996
- Parents are Gene and Chris Leland
- Two siblings, Ryan and Jessica
- Graduated in May 2018 with a degree in finance
- Majoring in technology management (master’s degree)
- Uncle, Bob Piecki, and cousins, Jenny Piecki, Soctt Piecki and Eric Schultz attended the University of Illinois
- Chose Illinois because of "the excellent academics paired with the competitive baseball program and a great coaching staff."
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Thursday, February 13
Monday, December 09
Friday, September 22
