Jessica LeBeau

Class:
Senior
Position:
RHP/UT
Height:
5-8
B/T:
L/R
Hometown:
Hartville, Ohio
High School:
Lake

Senior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten; CSC Academic All-District
• Appeared in 15 games with six starts in the circle
• Also served as a pinch runner in three Big Ten games
• Posted a 2-2 record with a 2.97 ERA, one complete-game shutout, 38 strikeouts and one save
• Registered 500th career strikeout as part of a three-inning, three-strikeout win in relief against Northern Colorado (Feb. 24)
• Earned a save and combined for a shutout against Seton Hall (Feb. 16) with two strikeouts and two hits allowed over the final two innings
• Allowed just one run and three hits while striking out six vs. Oregon State (Feb. 11)
• Posted a season-high eight strikeouts and won in relief with three hitless innings against Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 10)

Junior (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 24 games, starting 20 in the circle
• Posted an 8-11 record with a 3.54 ERA, two complete-game shutouts and 99 strikeouts
• Threw first collegiate no-hitter in a 9-1, six-inning win against Portland State (Feb. 12), posting nine strikeouts while allowing three walks
• Fanned 10 in a three-hit shutout against UCF at the Judi Garman Classic (March 2)
• Also struck out 11 while allowing four hits and three walks vs. Nevada (Feb. 24)
• Threw 7.2 relief innings vs. #21 Northwestern (April 21), allowing two runs -- one earned -- on six hits and three walks while striking out seven
• Tossed a two-hit shutout with five strikeouts in the home finale vs. Oakland (May 3)

Prior to Michigan
• Spent two seasons at Kent State (2021-22)
• Named to 2022 NFCA All-Mideast Region third team at pitcher/utility
• Two-time All-MAC second team honoree (2021, '22)
• Twice named MAC Pitcher of the Week during the 2021 seasons
• Ranked among the MAC leaders in nearly all pitching categories in 2022, including ERA (2.62), strikeouts per seven innings (9.05), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.53) and opposing batting average (.198)
• Lists ninth in KSU program history with 373 career strikeouts
• Earned 2022 MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-MAC honors

Prep
• Graduated from Lake High School (2020)
• Named to the Ohio All-State first team (2019) and second team (2018)
• Selected to the Canton Repository Stark County All-Decade team
• Earned 37 career wins and 402 strikeouts over three prep seasons
• Posted 20 wins, a county-best 1.06 EA and 197 strikeouts while hitting .438 and posting 17 RBI as a junior (2019)
• Led Lake HS to a 22-2 record, No. 4 state ranking and Federal League Championship in 2019
• Key member of the Ohio Wolfpack team that placed third at the 2019 USA/ASA Nationals

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in psychology
• Born on December 13, 2001
• Daughter of Dan and Chris LeBeau
• Has two sisters, Katlyn and Shelby