ST. LOUIS – Illinois State softball's Mack Leonard has been recognized as the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday.
Leonard boasted a .520 batting average, going 13-for-26 from the dish, as the Redbirds went 5-1 at the FAU Parents' Weekend Tournament this past weekend. In Illinois State's lone loss against No. 10 Kentucky, Leonard was the only Redbird to turn in a multi-hit game, while recording a pair of RBIs. Her most impressive performance at the plate was a 4-for-5 outing in a 9-5 win over Pitt, as the junior utility player scored a pair of runs and added two more RBIs to her weekend stat line.