EAST PEORIA, Ill.—University of Southern Indiana junior pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt (Louisville, Kentucky) was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year in an announcement by the league office Wednesday night at the GLVC Softball Awards Banquet.

Leonhardt was one of four Screaming Eagles to land on the All-GLVC team and was a unanimous selection to the first team, as was senior second baseman Claire Johnson (Pittsboro, Indiana), while senior outfielder/pitcher Caitlyn Bradley (Forest, Indiana) and sophomore outfielder Alicia Webb (Elberfeld, Indiana) were named to the third team.

In 2019, Leonhardt has dominated inside the pitcher's circle, posting a 19-7 overall record, four saves, a 1.36 ERA, a .189 opponent batting average, 11 complete-game shutouts and 215 strikeouts. She went 10-4 in GLVC-only play with a 0.92 ERA and 128 strikeouts.

A three-time GLVC Pitcher of the Week as well as the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II Pitcher of the Week in early April, Leonhardt also got the job done at the plate during the regular-season, hitting .372 with 11 doubles, a triple, a home run, 30 RBIs and a GLVC-best 15 sacrifices.

Leonhardt, who was the GLVC Freshman of the Year as well as the D2CCA Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year in 2017, becomes the first player in program history to earn the GLVC Pitcher of the Year award and is now a three-time All-GLVC honoree after collecting All-GLVC honors in each of the previous two seasons.

Johnson is earning first-team All-GLVC honors for the first time in her career after hitting .388 with 11 doubles, five triples, four home runs and 32 RBIs in 2019. She finished the regular-season with a team-high .605 slugging percentage as well as a .489 on-base percentage as she was walked a team-high 23 times and hit by a pitch a team-high 10 times.

Bradley is earning All-GLVC honors for the second time in her career after collecting first-team All-Conference accolades as a utility player/non-pitcher as a freshman in 2016. In 2017, Bradley is earning third-team All-GLVC laurels as a utility player/pitcher after excelling both as a centerfielder and in the circle.

In 2019, Bradley hit .305 with 11 doubles, four triples, two home runs and a team-high 34 RBIs. Inside the circle, she was 6-5 with four saves, a 2.62 ERA and a .281 opponent batting average. In GLVC-only play, Bradley was third in the conference with a 1.62 ERA, three saves and a .221 opponent batting average.

Webb earns third-team All-GLVC honors for the first time in her career after hitting .329 with five doubles, three triples and 20 RBIs in her first year as a starter. She hit .345 with three triples in in GLVC-only games.

USI, which held its ground at No. 22 in the NFCA Top 25 Coaches' Poll as well as No. 4 in the final NCAA II Midwest Region of the regular-season, returns to action Thursday at 2 p.m. when it takes on Truman State University in the opening round of the GLVC Softball Championship Tournament at the EastSide Centre in East Peoria, Illinois.

2019 GLVC Player of the Year: Christa Reisinger, Sr., OF, Truman State
2019 GLVC Pitcher of the Year: Jennifer Leonhardt, Jr., Southern Indiana
2019 GLVC Freshman of the Year: Emma Walbert, OF, Truman State
2019 GLVC Coach of the Year: Amanda Scott, Missouri-St. Louis

FIRST TEAM
Rachel Ayer, Jr., UT-NP, BU
Jacy Ummel, Jr., OF, DU
Halie Waters, So., P, UINDY
Gianni Iannantone, So., 1B, UINDY #
Taylor Podschweit, Sr., 3B, UINDY
Shannon Schuetz, Sr., DP, UINDY
Jaclyn Pasakarnis, Jr., SS, MU
Hannah Tolley, So., OF, MU
Alyssa Callans, Jr., UT-P, MU
Andee Tiffee, Jr., P, UMSL
Jennifer Leonhardt, Jr., P, USI #
Claire Johnson, Sr., 2B, USI #
Christa Reisenger, Sr., OF, TSU #
Courtney Beatty, Sr., C, WJC #
#Unanimous selection    

SECOND TEAM
Kasey Cazares, Jr., P, DU
Natalie Cokel, So., OF, UIS
Morgan Edwards, Sr., UT-NP, UIS
Lauren Honkomp, Jr., P, UINDY
Haylie Foster, So., 2B, UINDY
Brooke Montgomery, So., SS, UINDY
Sydnie Foster, So., OF, UINDY
Cassie Shaw, Sr., UT-P, LEWIS
Elexis Swartzentruber, Jr., C, LEWIS
Cierra Taylor, Jr., 3B, LEWIS
Miranda Gajewski, So., DP, MCK
Carly Kingery, Sr., P, UMSL
Chelsea Martinez, Sr., 1B, UMSL
Adrienne Compton, Jr., OF, TSU

THIRD TEAM
Hannah Webb, Fr., SS, BU
Megan Holmes, Jr., DP, DU
Payton Long, Fr., P, UIS
Calla Wickenhauser, So., 3B, UIS
Taylor Danielson, So., UT-NP, UINDY
Brianna Livingston, Sr., 1B, MU
Avery English, Jr., P, S&T
Remi Ferguson, So., C, QU
Emily Clark, So., 2B, RU
Alicia Webb, So., OF, USI
Caitlyn Bradley, Sr., UT-P, USI
Alyssa Hajduk, Jr., P, TSU
Emma Walbert, Fr., OF, TSU
Lindsay Glynn, Jr., OF, WJC

2019 GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD NOMINEES
Sabrina Fussenegger, BU
Abbey LeJong, DU
Jaycee Craver, UIS
Frankie Kontor, UINDY
Amy Bukovsky, LEWIS
Callie Francisco, MU
Sara Radae, MCK
Abby Klein, S&T
Reagan Osborn, UMSL
Jessica Poore, QU
Hanna Stam, RU
Alicia Webb, USI
Mackayla Gordon, TSU
Anna Biondo, WJC

2019 GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD
Truman State