Charles Leblanc

Position:
INF
Class:
Freshman
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 205
Hometown:
Laval, Quebec
High School:
Vanier Prep

CAREER: Earned All-ACC first team honors in 2016 as a sophomore, becoming the first Panther in program history to land on the ACC’s first team … was named the ACC player of the Week on April 4, 2016 … was named a Perfect Game-Midseason All-American in 2016 … landed on the Brooks Wallace Watchlist and shorted finalists lists as the nation’s top shortstop in 2016 … won the ACC’s batting title in 2016 with a .405 average … played and started in 100 career games in his two years at Pitt … tallied 136 hits with 21 doubles, six triples and five homers … owns a career .471 slugging mark and a .432 on base percentage … was drafted in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers with the 129th overall pick.

2016: Was named first-team All-ACC as the first Panther to earn first-team recognition … was one of four Panthers to land on the all-league list, as the first to earn the honor from the ACC … was named the ACC Player of the Week on April 4 following a stellar weekend against nationally-ranked Clemson … was named a Perfect Game Midseason All-American … landed on the Brooks Wallace Award Watchlist and made the shortened finalists list … won the ACC’s batting title, posting a .405 average … his mark was good for 13th in the nation and was the highest in the ACC since 2009 … led the Panthers in average (.405), runs scored (45), hits (79), RBIs (46), on base percentage (.494) and assists (147) … his on base percentage of .494 was good for fourth in the ACC and 17th in the NCAA … led the Panthers with 23 multiple-hit games … paced the Panther offense with 11 multiple-RBI outings, including five two-RBI performances, four three-RBI outings, one five-RBI outing and one-six RBI performance … concluded the season on a 25-game reached base streak … ended the season on a five game hit streak … put together Pitt’s longest hit streak of the season at 13 games … opened the season with a 2-3 performance against Niagara, adding two RBI and four runs scored … followed that up with a 3-5 outing against Toledo, adding a pair of RBI and a run scored … collected six hits, five runs scored, seven RBI, one double and one home run in the weekend at Grambling State … added five hits, two RBI, three runs scored, one double and a triple in a three-game series at New Orleans … went 1-3 with an RBI to open ACC play at nationally-ranked North Carolina on March 11 … went 2-3 with an RBI, one run scored, two walks and a double at Kent State on March 16 … collected four hits, one RBI and a run scored in Pitt’s first home series against nationally-ranked Florida State … led the Panthers to their first ACC series win of the season against Boston College … went 4-10 with four runs scored, three walks and a double against the Eagles … added another multi-RBI performance against Kent State on March 30, going 2-4 with three RBIs, two runs scored, one double and a walk … was stellar in a three-game series at eventual ACC champion Clemson … went 9-13 in three games, adding nine RBIs, three runs scored and a stolen base en route to being named the ACC Player of the Week … led Pitt to a game two win over the Tigers, going 4-5 with six RBIs and a run scored in the outing … helped the Panthers to a season finale win over Georgia Tech (April 10) with a 3-4 outing, adding three RBI, one run scored and a stolen base … cranked five hits (5-6) with two runs scored and a stolen base against Virginia Tech in the second game of the series … finished the weekend at the Hokies having gone 7-13 with four runs scored, two walks and a stolen base … added three hits and three RBIs against Youngstown State (April 20) … posted a 5-12 weekend with two RBIs, two runs scored one home run and one walk against reigning national champion Virginia in a three-game stand at Charles L. Cost Field … helped guide Pitt to its second straight win at Notre Dame (May 7) when he went 3-5 with two runs scored … was impressive against Coastal Division champion Miami on the road … went 6-12 with three RBIs, two runs scored, one double and two walks on the weekend … concluded the season with three hits in two games against Duke, adding an RBI double in his final contest.

2015: Singled, walked twice and scored two runs in his collegiate debut against Saint Louis ... went 2-for-4 versus Kansas State ... singled and stole a base at Wofford ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI, including a double and a two-run single ... hit a single and scored a run against ETSU ... had a team-high three hits, going 3-for-5 with a double and a run in the first game against VCU ... doubled and scored a run in the second game against VCU ... hit two singles in the finale against VCU ... singled and stole a base in the opener against No. 1 Virginia ... finished 4-for-6 with a double, a triple, four RBI and three runs scored in the first game against Niagara ... was a perfect 2-for-2 with a career-high five RBI, including two sacrifice flies and a sac bunt in the opener against No. 11 North Carolina ... drove in a run and walked twice in the finale with No. 11 North Carolina ... went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run against Akron ... was 2-for-3 with a double and a run in game one at Duke ... had one hit in each of the final two games at Duke ... singled and drove in a run against West Virginia ... doubled in the second game with Notre Dame ... finished 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a run scored in the finale versus Notre Dame ... in game one against Wake Forest, hit first career home run, scored twice and walked twice ... walked and scored a run in the finale with Wake Forest ... hit a solo home run in the opener at No. 13 Florida State ... in game two at No. 13 Florida State, went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and scored two runs ... walked twice and scored a run in the finale at No. 13 Florida State ... had an RBI double and scored a run in the opener with Fairfield ... recorded two RBI in the finale against Fairfield ... went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored in the opener against No. 16 Miami ... had two hits, including a two-run double, in the finale with No. 16 Miami … reached three times on a pair of hits and a walk and scored once in game two at GT... reached twice with a walk and double while also scoring two runs in finale against GT... against West Virginia, scored a run, walked, and recorded a hit ... in three-game Virginia Tech series, went 9-14 with three RBI and scored four runs.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Georges-Vanier High School, but did not play baseball there ... drafted in the 33rd round by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2013 MLB Draft one year before completing his post-grad work ... was one of just 16 players from Canada drafted in 2013 and was the youngest player to be chosen ... represented the Ontario Blue Jays and the Canadian National Team during the summers of 2013 and 2014 ... won a bronze medal with the Canadian National Team at the 18U Pan American Championship in Summer 2014, where he hit .313 (10-32) with a .389 on-base percentage, two homers, three RBI and 12 runs scored ... earlier in the summer, played 12 games for the Watertown (N.Y.) Rams of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, hitting .226 with five RBIs and a pair of doubles in 31 at-bats ... was the sixth ranked player in the Perfect Game League that summer.

PERSONAL: Born June, 1996 ... son of Paul Leblanc and Evelyn Boudreau ... has one older sister.