Career Highlights:

• All-MVC Second Team (2024)
• 2x Pitcher and Rookie of the Week (Mar. 5 & May 7)
• Threw 2 no-hitters in rookie season, second-ever Redbird with multiple-career no hitters, only-ever freshman
• Only-ever freshman to record two no-hitters in the same season 
• Made 41 appearances on the mound while starting 21 games
• Earned 16 wins in freshman campaign (2024)
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2024)
• AFNI Honor Roll Member

Freshman (2024): Made 41 appearances on the mound while starting 21 games...All-MVC Second Team...2x MVC Pitcher and Newcomer of the Week (Mar. 5 & May 7)...Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Member of the AFNI Honor Roll...Only-ever freshman pitcher to throw two no hitters in the same season & second-ever Redbird pitcher to have multiple-career no hitters and the first rookie...Threw the first no-hitter at Marian Kneeer Stadium in 23 years...Finished the season with a 2.54 ERA, 173.2 IP, 73 strikeouts, 2 saves, 1 shutout, and 2 no-hitters...Led the Redbirds in ERA and BAA at .252...Threw first-career no hitter against Loyola Chicago (Mar. 2) going 6.0 innings with no hits with 2 strikeouts...Tossed second-career no hitter against Evansville going the full 7.0 innings with no hits, no walks, and 2 strikeouts.

High School: Four-year softball letterwinner for the San Ramon Valley Wolves in Danville, California…Pitched 3.1 innings and recorded four hits as a freshman before the season got cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic…As a sophomore, the team went 11-9 and McLeod earned Second Team All-League honors with a .508 batting average, driving in 23 runs on 33 hits…Earned First Team All-League and Second Team All-State honors as a junior, pitching 173.2 innings with 168 strikeouts and 1.451 earned run average…Helped team to a 18-9 record as the Wolves placed third in D1 North Coast Sectionals…Named an Athlete of the Month and Female Athlete of the Week by the East Bay Times-Mercury News (May 16-22, 2022) as a junior… Also participated in basketball as a freshman…McLeod is a three-year National Honor Society member, a four-year San Ramon Valley High School California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Member, and a three-time San Ramon Valley High School Academic Honorary Mention Award recipient.

Travel Team: McLeod has played for Warrior Academy for two years under head coach Ray McDonald…Helped her team to 2021 16u Tier 1 Alliance National Champions and 2022 16u TC National Champions.

Personal: Daughter of Jackie and Steve McLeod…Has one sister, Lila…Father, Steve, coached high school hockey for eight years…McLeod plans on studying Nursing while at Illinois State…She chose ISU because she loves the atmosphere, campus and community and also feels supported and welcomed by the players and coaching staff.