Wofford College Athletics

Considered the ultimate team player . . . Has the ability to start behind the plate, in left field or first base . . . Versatile player who can catch, play leftfield or first base as well as DH . . . A solid middle of the lineup type hitter who will be in the lineup every day . . . Expects to attend medical school following graduation . . . Played for the Hornell Dodgers of the New York Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2006 . . . Named to the 2004-05 and 2005-06 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll . . . 2006:  Hit .263 in 55 games as a junior . . . A versatile player who drew starts at catcher (20), first base (6), left field (19) and DH (9) . . . Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District III honors as a utility player . . . Named the SoCon TIAA-CREF Student-Athlete of the Week on March 15 after hitting .333 with three homers and five RBI over four games . . . An Academic All-Southern Conference selection for the second consecutive year . . . Missed a game against the College of Charleston while taking the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) . . . Hit a three-run homer in a 4-3 win over Youngstown State . . . Contributed a two-run single in a four-run eighth inning to beat Georgia Southern . . . Collected a trio of 3-hit games against Albany, Davidson and IPFW . . . Had a 10-game hitting streak between March 11-26 where he went 18-for-39 . . . Team leader with 11 multiple RBI games and second in runs scored with 37 . . . Finished the year second on the team with 11 doubles . . . Earned a Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal for maintaining a grade point average in excess of 3.5 . . . 2005:  Earned second team CoSIDA Academic All-District honors as a sophomore . . . Also named to the Southern Conference All-Academic team . . . Played in 39 games including 30 as a starter . . . Collected three hits on opening day including doubles in both ends of the doubleheader at Elon . . . Had five hits in the series sweep at Georgia Southern . . . Finished the year with hits in eight of his last 10 games . . . Homered in the series finale against Georgia Southern . . . Had three-RBI games against Youngstown State and Georgia Southern . . . Had at least four hits in each of Wofford’s final four SoCon series of the year . . . Was Wofford’s opening day starting pitcher . . . 2004:  Appeared in 16 contests, starting seven . . . Had a base hit in each game he was in the starting lineup for the season-opening doubleheader sweep of North Carolina A&T (Feb. 8) . . . Delivered a pinch-hit double against South Carolina (March 23) . . . Reached base twice, on a walk and hit-by-pitch, and scored a run in two plate appearances in the 12-3 win over Niagara (March 1) . . . High School: All-State and the Region Player of the Year his senior season . . . A North-South All-Star . . . Three-time all-region . . . Named to the Anderson Independent All-Area team . . . Topped his team in wins, strikeouts, complete games and ERA as a junior and senior . . . Posted a career 23-4 record . . . Also had a .400 batting average to go with 15 home runs . . . A two-time RBI leader for Walhalla . . . Four-year letterman in baseball and football . . . All-region in football as a senior . . . Personal:  Son of Larry and the late Kathryn Brandt . . . Born Feb. 16, 1985 . . .