LeightonHarris

(pronounced ‘LAY-ton’)

• NECBL Stephen Strasburg Top Pro Prospect (2025)

• NECBL Summer League All-Star (2025)

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

SUMMER 2025

Had a dominant summer with the Newport Gulls of the New England Collegiate League…Made seven starts (nine total games), pitching 28 innings…Had a 0.64 ERA, yielding just to earned runs…Struck out 39 and walked just 10…Had a 1.04 WHIP and a .182 average against…Was named a NECBL All-Star and earned the Stephen Strasburg Top Pro Prospect Award…Twice made the NECBL weekly Honor Roll for his performances.

2025

Made 10 appearances, including one start…Had a 3.65 ERA in 12.1 innings…Allowed 17 hits, struck out 12 and walked seven…Made collegiate debut on February 26 vs. Morehead State when he started and did not allow a run in 4.0 innings.

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.