WKU President's List (Spring 2019)
2019 (Senior): Appeared in 49 games while making 34 starts primarily at second and third base … Posted a .248/.331/.310 slash line while recording 32 hits, 21 runs, 15 walks, 10 RBI and five doubles … Ranked second on the team with 103 assists in the field while adding 52 putouts … Collected nine multi-hit, five multi-run and two multi-RBI games throughout the season … Tied a career-high with three hits against Florida Atlantic (4/21) while adding a double … Went 3-for-5 against Marshall (4/13) while scoring twice … Hit 2-for-4 against Louisville (4/30) while collecting two RBI and his lone home run of the season.
2018 (Junior): Started 25 games at third base in his first season on The Hill, including the final 23 ... Posted an 11.7% walk rate (11 walks in 94 plate appearances) and 7 of his 14 hits were for extra bases ... Ranked fifth on WKU with a .237/.324/.407 slash line in Conference USA play and tied for second with 7 extra-base hits in league games ... Became the 11th different Hilltopper to hit a homerun in 2018 with his solo shot at Charlotte on May 6 ... Posted 3 multi-hit, 3 multi-run and 4 multi-walk games ... Drove in a career-high 2 runs with a 2-out triple in the second inning on April 21 at UAB.
At Kaskaskia College: During his 2 seasons with the Blue Devils, Brunson played 62 total games and slashed .283/.395/.400 ... He amassed 58 hits, 58 runs and 29 runs batted in ... Of his 58 hits, 16 went for extra bases (12 doubles and 4 homeruns), which contributed to his 82 total bases ... He added 5 stolen bases - while never being caught - with 36 walks and 7 times hit by pitch, compared to 41 strikeouts ... In 2017, he earned Region 24 Defensive Player of the Year honors.
At Champaign Central HS: Lettered all 4 years and was a Big 12 Scholar-Athlete award recipient ... Earned First Team Big 12 All-Conference honors as a junior and senior ... Named to the All-Area Team by The News Gazette.
Personal Info: Born May 1, 1997 in St. Louis, Mo. ... Son of Phil and Christina Brunson ... His father was a swimmer at Miami University ... Has a younger brother, Noah, and sister, Emma ... Studying Marketing at WKU ... Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter because he was a winner and did everything the right way ... Biggest thrill in sports was winning back-to-back conference championships in high school ... Chose WKU because of the facilities, coaching staff and being able to compete in Conference USA ... His father and personal trainer, Joe Yager, had the biggest influence on Brunson's athletic career because they always pushed and motivated him to get better ... Hobbies include fishing and watching movies.
