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LeightonHarris

  • position LHP/UT
  • height 6-3
  • Weight 215
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Lexington, Ky.
BIO

(pronounced ‘LAY-ton’)

• No. 158 freshman on campus (Perfect Game, 2024)

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for former Wildcat Eddie Brooks and Braden Johnson at Frederick Douglass…Also a standout first baseman and basketball player…2023 11th Region Player of the Year and First-Team All-State…Perfect Game ranked him the nation’s No. 208 overall prospect and No. 27 left-handed pitcher…PG also listed as the state of Kentucky’s No. 2 overall recruit and top lefty…Prep Baseball ranked him Kentucky’s No. 10 overall prospect…2024 Perfect Game Preseason All-American…Three-time Preseason Perfect Game Underclass All-American…2022 Junior National Showcase…2024 PrepBaseballKY Pitcher of Year…Overcame a torn ACL in knee as a junior.

PERSONAL
Full name is Leighton Christopher Harris…Son of Todd and Jennifer…Has two siblings, Whitley and Connor…Both parents went to Kentucky…Four-time Academic All-State in high school…Worked at the Ronald McDonald House…Die-hard Kansas City professional sports fan and wannabe pro golfer…Major is Business.

 

 

 

 

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