Bryan Cruse

Photo by: Michael Gardner

Photo by: Michael Ananea

Position:
RHP
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 190
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.
Prev School:
Bartlett HS
NIL:
L/R

Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.

2016 - Redshirt Freshman
Made 11 relief appearances as a redshirt freshman in 2016 … Finished with a 9.53 ERA in 17 innings … First career appearance came against SIUE (2/28) in an inning of relief with two strikeouts ... Pitched a scoreless inning of relief against Eastern Illinois (3/20), striking out one batter ... Pitched a perfect inning of relief against Southern Illinois (3/26) ... Pitched a season-long three shutout innings against Arkansas State (3/29), striking out one batter ... Pitched one scoreless inning of relief against UConn (4/30), striking out one batter ... Pitched 2.2 scoreless innings of relief against Arkansas State (5/10), striking out three batters faced ... Threw 2.2 innings of relief against UConn in the American Athletic Conference Tournament (5/28).

2015 - Freshman
Redshirted

Prep
Lettered three seasons for former Tiger Phil Clark and one season for Memphis alum Josh Stewart at Bartlett High ... Played first base along with pitcher ... Played in the 2014 Shelby County All-Star Game with Memphis teammates Brandon Montgomery, Jacob Elliott, Cody Duncan and Connor Alexander ...Went 7-1 with a 2.53 ERA while striking out 66 and walking just 15 in 50.1 innings of his senior season ... Hit .339 with 25 RBI and 24 runs scored in his senior campaign ... As a junior, went 5-1 with a 1.16 ERA with 74 strikeouts in 54 innings ... Pitched two no-hitters in high school, one his sophomore season and one his junior season ... Helped the Panthers to the District 14-AAA Championship in 2012 ... A 2014 Commercial Appeal Best of the Prep's Finalist,Cruse is a three time all-district selection ... Named to the Commercial Appeal All-Metro Team in 2012 and 2013.