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11 Branton Little

  • Position Right Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 180
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mount Pleasant, S.C.
  • High School Wando

Biography

Member of the 2024 Southern Conference Tournament championship team that earned the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament win in the Chapel Hill Regional.

2025: Appeared in 16 games with 14 starts… Recorded a 4-8 record with a 8.29 ERA over 67.1 innings with 50 strikeouts… Pitched 5.1 innings against Ohio (2/14) as the opening-game starter, allowing only one run on four hits with six strikeouts for the win… Struck out three over 6.1 innings as the starter against Army West Point (2/21) … Earned win against Le Moyne (2/28) with seven punchouts over 5.0 innings… Pitched all 7.0 innings of a run-rule win against Villanova (3/21) with five strikeouts and just one run surrendered… Struck out six at The Citadel (3/28), pitching all 7.0 innings in a run-rule win and allowing only one earned run… Pitched 1.1 relief innings against Mercer (5/4), allowing only one hit and no runs with a strikeout… Tossed 5.0 shutout frames as the starter against Presbyterian (5/6) with three strikeouts... Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll and All-Academic Team. 

2024: Made 17 appearances with five starts… Posted a 4.23 ERA with a 2-0 record… Totaled 29 strikeouts in 44.2 innings… Made season debut against Towson (2/18) with two strikeouts in a scoreless inning of work… Tossed a scoreless inning with two punchouts against FDU (2/23) … In game two of a doubleheader against Fordham (3/2), posted another two-strikeout scoreless frame… Hurled a scoreless frame with one strikeout against Lafayette (3/9) … Pitched 2.2 scoreless innings with just one hit allowed at Charleston (3/17) … Pitched 2.2 innings at Elon (4/3) with only one run (unearned) allowed alongside two punchouts… Earned first win of season at North Florida (4/10) with 4.1 relief innings, allowing just one run and striking out three… Made first start of season against Winthrop (5/1), tossing 4.0 innings with two runs and four strikeouts… Tossed 4.2 innings as the starter at Gardner-Webb (5/5) in game two of a doubleheader, allowing just two earned runs with two strikeouts… At Samford (5/18), struck out four as the starter in 4.0 innings of work… In the SoCon Tournament, started against the No. 1 seed UNCG (5/24) and pitched a career-high 5.1 innings to notch the win with only two runs allowed and two strikeouts… Started against LSU (5/31) in the Chapel Hill Regional and hurled 5.0 scoreless innings against the defending national champion, allowing just two hits and three walks while striking out three… Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Made 10 appearances, all in relief… Pitched 17.1 innings with a 3-0 record and 4.67 ERA… Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team… Earned the win in his collegiate debut after 2.0 innings against Southern Illinois (2/19) … Notched first strikeouts with two against Kent State (2/24) in 1.2 innings of work… Tossed a scoreless inning against Winthrop (2/28) with a punchout… Against Sacred Heart (3/5), hurled 1.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts… Accrued a career-high five strikeouts against Cincinnati (3/10) in 3.1 innings with just one run, unearned, allowed to secure the win… Picked up the win against Siena (4/1) in game two of a doubleheader with a strikeout in 2.0 innings… Hurled 2.0 innings against Presbyterian (4/11) with a pair of punchouts and no runs allowed.

HIGH SCHOOL: Little helped Wando High School reach the district championship twice as a utility player... Perfect Game tabbed him as a top 1000 player in the US... Little's best season on the hill saw him toss a 0.00 ERA over 21.2 innings with 20 punchouts to only five walks... His best season at the dish saw him hit .335 with an OPS of 1.013 and 24 RBI... He also played wide receiver for the 2018 region champion B-team football squad.

PERSONAL: Birthday is January 16... Son of Benjamin and Brandy Little... Majoring in accounting.

HONORS & AWARDS
- 2025 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2023Freshman

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 180 lbs
    43
  • 11

    2024Sophomore

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 180 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2025Junior

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 180 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2026Senior

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 180 lbs
    11