University of Memphis Athletics
2017 Baseball Roster
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Brandon Grudzielanek
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 207
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Prosper, Texas
- Prev School:
- McClennan CC
- NIL:
- R/R
Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.
2016 - Junior
Second team All-Conference player after starting all 61 games as a junior transfer in 2016 … Was one of just two Memphis players to start every game in 2016 … Finished third on the team with a .292 batting average … Tied for the team lead with 69 hits … Drove in 32 runs and scored 39 … Hit eight doubles, a triple and three home runs … One of the team’s leaders in stolen bases with 10 steals on 14 attempts … Versatile infielder who started games at second base (44), shortstop (16) and third base (1) … Member of infield that turned an American Athletic Conference leading 60 double plays … Tied for the team lead with 19 multiple-hit games in 2016 … Second on the team with eighth multiple-RBI games … Hit his first home run as a Tiger in the first game of the season against Tennessee (2/19) ... Had three stolen bases in the series against SIUE (2/26-28) ... Had five hits in the weekend series with SIU Edwardsville, driving in two runs and scoring three runs ... Went 2-for-4 with one run scored against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/15) ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and one RBI against Eastern Illinois (3/20) ... Hit two home runs in the series against Southern Illinois (3/24-26) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI and one run scored against Austin Peay (4/12) ... Went 3-for-5 with one run scored against East Carolina (4/17) ... Went 2-for-4 in game one and 2-for-3 with one run scored in game three of the UConn series (4/30-5/1) ... Went 2-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI against Houston (5/6) ... Had the first four-hit game of his career against USF in the American Athletic Conference Tournament (5/27).
McClennan Community College/Abilene Christian University
Played in 60 games as a sophomore for a McClennan CC team that finished as the runners up at the JUCO World Series in 2015 ... Led the Highlanders with 87 hits and was second on the team with a .385 batting average ... Had 16 doubles, one triple, and four home runs while driving in 47 runs and scoring 45 ... Stole 11 bases during the season and got on base at a .420 clip while slugging .518 ... As a freshman at Abilene Christian in 2014, recorded a .323 batting average with a team high 35 RBI while appearing in 52 games ... Second on the team with 65 hits and seven stolen bases.
Prep
Graduated from Prosper High School (Prosper, Texas) in 2013 ... Four-year baseball letterwinner ... As a sophomore he hit .425 with 32 runs scored, 32 RBI and four home runs ... Junior season hit .375 with four home runs ... Named a first team all-District 9-4A selection as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Also lettered in basketball.
Personal
Son of Tim and Denise Grudzielanek ... Uncle, Mark Grudzielanek, played 15 years in the major leagues ... Sister Kayla is a student at Oklahoma State.
