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Jersey Number 50
Leewood Molessa
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 215
- Hometown:
- Pullman, W. Va.
- High School:
- Williamstown
EMU: 2026: Joins the EMU baseball program as an incoming transfer from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
UMBC.: Spent three seasons at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
2025: Named to 2025 America East Preseason All-Conference First Team…Received 2025 America East All-Tournament Team honors…Named to the CSC Academic All-District team…Started 42 games…Hit .280 with 44 hits, 25 runs, eight doubles, and 17 walks...Led the team RBI (44), home runs (11), and slugging percentage (.554)...Went 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts…Recorded three home runs, tying the American East single-game record, and six RBI in a game against Binghamton, April 4…Had two hits and two RBI against Binghamton in the America East Tournament, May 21.
2024: Played in six games before a season-ending injury…In 22 at-bats, scored two runs, had five hits, three doubles, and two RBIs…Batted .227 with a .721 OPS.
2023: Named America East Rookie of the Year and received America East All-Conference Second Team honors….He was also named to the 2023 Collegiate Freshman All-American Team…Set UMBC single-season record with 65 RBI…Led the team in home runs with 16…Started in all 57 of the Retrievers games at first base…Went 4-for-5 on stolen base attempts…Had a near perfect .995 fielding average with 16 assists…Batted .294 with 228 at-bats, 47 runs, 15 doubles, one triple, and 21 walks.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Williamstown High School in Williamstown, W. Va.… four-year letterman and one-time captain on his baseball team…Named to 2021 Class A First Team All-State…2021 First Team LKC…2021 LKC Co-Player of the Year honors…A First Team All-Conference honoree in 2018, 2019 and 2021 and captained the team in 2021 and 2022….548/.654/1.065, 1.719 OPS, 51H, 9 2B, 6 3B, 9 HR, 47RBI, 59 Runs, 34BB, 33SB…Also played for the school's football and was a prolific lineman, racking up 2019-First Team All-State OL, C&C 2019 "A" Lineman of the Year Runner-Up, 2020-First Team All-State DL, C&C 2020 "A" Lineman of the Year, LKC First Team 2019 & 2020, MOV HS Football 2021 Academic Athlete of the Year honors…State runner-up in 2018.
PERSONAL: Son of Todd and Heather Molessa…Has one brother, Maxwell… Brother Maxwell plays baseball at West Virginia…Major: Biology.
UMBC.: Spent three seasons at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
2025: Named to 2025 America East Preseason All-Conference First Team…Received 2025 America East All-Tournament Team honors…Named to the CSC Academic All-District team…Started 42 games…Hit .280 with 44 hits, 25 runs, eight doubles, and 17 walks...Led the team RBI (44), home runs (11), and slugging percentage (.554)...Went 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts…Recorded three home runs, tying the American East single-game record, and six RBI in a game against Binghamton, April 4…Had two hits and two RBI against Binghamton in the America East Tournament, May 21.
2024: Played in six games before a season-ending injury…In 22 at-bats, scored two runs, had five hits, three doubles, and two RBIs…Batted .227 with a .721 OPS.
2023: Named America East Rookie of the Year and received America East All-Conference Second Team honors….He was also named to the 2023 Collegiate Freshman All-American Team…Set UMBC single-season record with 65 RBI…Led the team in home runs with 16…Started in all 57 of the Retrievers games at first base…Went 4-for-5 on stolen base attempts…Had a near perfect .995 fielding average with 16 assists…Batted .294 with 228 at-bats, 47 runs, 15 doubles, one triple, and 21 walks.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Williamstown High School in Williamstown, W. Va.… four-year letterman and one-time captain on his baseball team…Named to 2021 Class A First Team All-State…2021 First Team LKC…2021 LKC Co-Player of the Year honors…A First Team All-Conference honoree in 2018, 2019 and 2021 and captained the team in 2021 and 2022….548/.654/1.065, 1.719 OPS, 51H, 9 2B, 6 3B, 9 HR, 47RBI, 59 Runs, 34BB, 33SB…Also played for the school's football and was a prolific lineman, racking up 2019-First Team All-State OL, C&C 2019 "A" Lineman of the Year Runner-Up, 2020-First Team All-State DL, C&C 2020 "A" Lineman of the Year, LKC First Team 2019 & 2020, MOV HS Football 2021 Academic Athlete of the Year honors…State runner-up in 2018.
PERSONAL: Son of Todd and Heather Molessa…Has one brother, Maxwell… Brother Maxwell plays baseball at West Virginia…Major: Biology.
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