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Jersey Number 2
Tyson LeBlanc
- Position:
- INF/OF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Maurice, La.
- High School:
- North Vermillion HS
- Prev School:
- LSU Eunice
Get to Know Tyson ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?- I started playing around the age of four. My parents signed me up.
- Golf. I love to play golf in the offseason.
- My favorite player growing up was Mike Trout. I model my game now after Bobby Witt Jr.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2026
- Drafted in the 2nd round (No. 61 overall) by the Detroit Tigers in the 2026 MLB Draft; the highest drafted position player and the second highest draft pick in program history
- Perfect Game First Team All-American
- D1Baseball Second Team All-American
- NCBWA Second Team All-American
- Baseball America Third Team All-American
- ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American
- ABCA/Rawlings Central All-Region First Team
- NCBWA District 6 Co-Player of the Year
- College Baseball Foundation All-America Honorable Mention
- All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Baseball Tournament Most Outstanding Player; .615/.667/1.154 (8-for-13), 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB, SB in three games
- Big 12 All-Tournament Team
- Lawrence Regional Most Outstanding Player; .455/.600/1.364 (5-for-11), 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 4 R, 4 BB in three games
- Lawerence Regional All-Tournament Team
- CSC Second Team Academic All-America
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
- Started all 63 games at shortstop; one of two Kansas players to start every game
- Overall: .341/.425/.706 (87-for-255), 12 2B, 3 3B, 25 HR, 69 RBI, 64 R, 38 BB, 11 SB, 180 TB
- Broke the school single-season home run record with 25 homers
- His 180 total bases were the second most in a season in KU history
- Final 46 games: .389/.460/.803 (75-for-193), 10 2B, 2 3B, 22 HR, 56 RBI, 54 R, 29 BB, 8 SB
- First 17 games: .194/.320/.403 (12-for-62), 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 10 R, 9 BB, 3 SB
- Hit a home run in nine of the final 13 games of the season
- His four home runs in the NCAA Tournament were the most ever in a single tournament by a KU player
- Tied for eighth nationally with 25 home runs, ninth in the nation with 180 total bases, tied for 24th in the country with 69 RBI and tied for 25th nationally with 87 hits
- Led the team in home runs (25), RBI (69), batting average (.341), hits (87), total bases (180), runs (64), slugging percentage (.706), on-base percentage (.425) and stolen bases (11)
- Big 12 rankings: 3rd – hits (87), 4th – home runs (25), 5th – total bases (180), T-5th – RBI (69), 9th – slugging percentage (.706) and T-9th – runs (64)
- His 255 at-bats were the fourth most in a season in Kansas history
- His 69 RBI were tied for fifth most in a season by a KU player and tied for the most ever by a junior at Kansas (Sean Richardson, 2004)
- His .706 slugging percentage was the sixth highest ever in a season by a Jayhawk
- NCBWA Hitter of the Month for May; .382/.468/.824 (26-for-68), 6 2B, 8 HR, 14 RBI, 15 R, 11 BB, 2 SB in 16 games
- NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Hitter of the Week (April 7); Hit .529/.636/1.235 (9-for-17), 3 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, SB, 5 BB with a 1.871 OPS in four games
- Brooks Wallace Award Player of the Week ((Nation’s Most Outstanding Shortstop – April 7)
- Baseball America National Team of the Week (April 7)
- Big 12 Player of the Week & Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (April 6)
- Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (March 30); .381/.417/1.000 (8-for-21), 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 5 R, 2 BB with a 1.417 OPS in five games
- Hit 9 HR in 12 games from 3/20-4/4/26; seven of the nine home runs came in the sixth inning or later
- Hit .450/.539/1.000 (27-for-60), 4 2B, 3B, 9 HR, 26 RBI, 26 R, 14 BB with a 1.539 OPS over 15 games from 3/14-4/4/26; raised his batting average from .194 to .320
- Walk-off 2-run HR in 14-12 comeback victory against Utah 4/2/26
- Go-ahead 3-run HR in 8th inning to break an 8-8 tie at Missouri 3/31/26
- Homered in four straight games 3/28-4/2/26
- Go-ahead, 2-run HR in 8th inning vs. Houston 3/20/26
- 8-game on-base streak 2/14-2/27/26
- 7 RBI in the three-game series at McNeese 2/20-2/22/26
- Hit his first home run at McNeese 2/20/26 in front of friends and family
- Starting shortstop on Opening Day
- No. 28 MLB Draft prospect for 2026 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
- No. 44 MLB Draft prospect for 2026 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
- Committed in October 2024
LSU EUNICE – 2024-25
- Spent two years at LSU Eunice
- NJCAA Division I All-America Third Team in 2025
- ABCA/Rawlings NJCAA Division I All-America Third Team in 2025
- All-Region 23 Team
- LSWA All-Louisiana College Baseball Second Team
- Slashed .367/.474/.611 with 39 doubles, eight triples, 15 home runs, 132 RBIs, 132 runs, 74 walks and 73 stolen bases in 119 career games (118 starts)
- Rewrote much of the LSUE history books, finishing in the Top 10 of 12 separate offensive career categories
- His 132 RBIs set a new school record
- 2025: .385/.488/.683 (80-for-208), 19 2B, 5 3B, 11 HR, 65 RBI, 71 R, 35 BB, 39 SB in 57 games (all starts)
- Led the team in 2025 in hits (80), RBIs (65), runs (71), doubles (19), triples (5), home runs (11), stolen bases (39), slugging percentage (.683) multi-hit games (24) and multi-RBI contests (16)
- Produced a season-long 37-game streak of reaching base safely in 2025
- 2024:.350/.459/.537 (71-for-203), 20 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 67 RBI, 61 R, 39 BB, 34 SB in 62 games (61 starts) as a freshman
- Helped LSU Eunice become NJCAA Division II National Champions and Regional Champions in 2024
- NJCAA All-Academic Team in 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at North Vermilion High School in Maurice, Louisiana
- Ranked the No. 12 shortstop in the state of Louisiana, and the No. 48 overall prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report in 2023
- Three-time All-State selection
- Named 4A Hitter of the Year in 2023
- Parish MVP
- Career .460 hitter in high school
- Helped North Vermilion win the state championship in 2021 and win the district title twice
- Academic Hall of Fame at North Vermilion
PERSONAL
- Son of Trenton and Tonya LeBlanc
- Has one younger sister, Londyn
- Picked Kansas over Western Kentucky, Coastal Carolina, University of Louisiana Monroe
- Chose Kansas because, “The coaches and campus. The whole coaching staff put forth great amounts of effort to show how bad they wanted and needed me for next season."
- Majoring in pre-business
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