2015 SEASON: HONORS - SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... NCBWA Preseason All-South 2nd Team … Started 36 of his 37 games played with 15 starts in the outfield, 12 at third base and nine as the designed hitter … batted .276 with 10 doubles and a pair of homers … drove in 21 runs and scored 19 times … posted a .386 slugging percentage and a .318 on-base percentage … had 12 multi-hit games including a pair of three-hit games (3x5 vs. Grand Valley State on 3/8/15 and 3x6 vs. Saint Leo in game two of a doubleheader on 4/11/15 – also had two hits in game one) … drove in three runs in each game of the Saint Leo doubleheader … drove in two or more runs in six games … put together a seven-game hit streak ... has a .307 career batting average in 125 games played.
2014 SEASON: HONORS - NCAA South Regional All-Tournament Team ... Rawlings/ABCA Second-Team All-South Region ... NCBWA Second-Team All-South Region ... Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District ... First-Team All-SSC ... SSC Player of the Week (4/7/14) ... Team MVP ... played in and started 52 games, primarily in right field and started two games at designated hitter ... led team in batting (.340), was second in hits (67), RBIs (42), and triples (4), tied for third in doubles (8) and was tied for second in home runs (5) ... had a team-best .497 slugging percentage ... established new career highs in RBIs - 4 at Palm Beach Atlantic (3/21) and against Nova Southeastern (4/4) and scored a career-high 4 runs against Saint Leo (3/25) ... was second on team with 22 multi-hit games and had 10 multiple RBI games ... led team with nine 3-hit games and had two 4-RBI games ... ended the season on a four-game hitting streak and also ended the season with a 11-game reached base streak ... earned SSC Player of the Week honors on April 7 after going 6-for-14 (.429) with five RBIs, four runs scored and a home run in a three-game series against Nova Southeastern (4/4-5) ... hit .403 (29-for-72) with runners in scoring position and .328 (20-for-61) with two outs ... was also 1-for-3 on stolen bases ... drew 10 walks and was hit by three pitches as he finished with a .376 on-base percentage ... hit .383 in 24 SSC games, had a .511 slugging percentage and had six extra bases hits in league pay.
2013 SEASON: played in 36 games and made 33 starts, including 26 of those starts coming in right field, but he also started six games in left field and one game as the designated hitter ... was third on the team in batting (.291) and was fourth in hits (37) and was third in home runs (3) ... scored a total of 16 runs and had 19 RBI ... hit three doubles on the season and had a slugging percentage of .386 ... drew 11 walks and recorded an on-base percentage of .343 ... was 1-for-2 on stolen bases ... had 10 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games ... made his first career collegiate start at Incarnate Word (2/9) and recorded his first career hit in that same game ... had three hits and scored three runs against Flagler (2/20) and had a 3 RBI game against Barry (3/15) ... hit .258 in SSC games as he recorded 23 hits and scored 11 runs and hit two home runs and two doubles ... hit .400 (18-for-45) with runners in scoring position and was tied for the team lead in 2-out RBIs with 11.
2012 SEASON: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2011 graduate of De LaSalle Collegiate High School in Warren, Mich. … four-year player in baseball and football, also played basketball one season … second-team all-state baseball selection … hit .312 with 3 home runs and 27 RBI as a senior … all-conference, all-county, all-district selection in both baseball and football … member of academic honor roll.
PERSONAL: majoring in biology with minors in chemistry, business, and psychology ... played in the summer of 2013 with the Chillicothe (Ohio) Paints in the Prospects League ... Son of Raffael and Rosanne Brugnoni … older brother, Giancarlo, played four seasons of baseball at Grand Valley State … also has a younger sister, Monica … born 3/30/93.
CAREER HIGHS:
Runs Scored: 4 – vs. Saint Leo (3/25/14)
Hits: 3 – 12 times, most recently at Saint Leo (4/11/15)
RBI: 4 – twice, most recently vs. Nova (4/4/14)
Longest Hitting Streak: 9 games – twice, most recently (3/21–4/5/14)
