Brandon Anderson

Brandon Anderson and the Cardinals take the field against EKU.

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Brandon Anderson against St. Bonaventure.

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B/T:
L/R
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 195
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Richmond, Ky.
High School:
Madison Central
Prev School:
Madison Central HS

CAREER HONORS
• 2023 All-ACC Academic Team

2024: Played in 27 games with 21 starts (15 at 3B, 4 at DH, 2 at 1B) ... Finished with a .273 average notching four doubles, a triple and two home runs ... Drove in 23 and scored 12 times ... Went 3-for-3 and drove in a career-high five against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 24 ... Drove in three, including a 434-foot home run, in the win over EKU on Feb. 27 ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs in the series opener against Youngstown State ... Drove in five runs in the first two games of the Northwestern series ... Missed more than a month due to injury ... Returned against Northern Kentucky on April 30, picking up a pinch-hit RBI single.

2023: Played in 42 games with 37 starts (24 at 3B, 11 at DH, 2 at 1B) in his sophomore campaign ... Posted a .295 average with eight doubles, a home run and 25 RBIs ... Started Opening Day at third base ... Registered two hits in the win over Xavier ... Drove in two with a bases loaded double against EKU on Feb. 28 ... Tallied a career-high three RBIs in the win over Morehead State on Feb. 7 ... Went 2-for-2 and reached base four times against Miami (Ohio) on March 15 ... Drove in three with a pair of hits in the win over WKU on March 21 ... Picked up two hits in each of the first two games against Boston College ... Tallied multiple hits in all three games against Miami, including his first career home run on April 28 ... Tallied three RBIs in the win over NKU on May 16.

2022: Played in 24 games, making seven starts ... Hit .316 (12-for-38) with five RBIs and seven runs ... Made his collegiate debut as a pinch hitter against UConn on Feb. 20 ... Picked up his first collegiate start at first base on Feb. 26 against Dartmouth ... Recorded his first career hit with a single against Akron on March 5 ... Tallied a pinch-hit single and scored at Western Kentucky on March 29 ... Started at third base in the finale at Wake Forest on May 8, going 3-for-3 and reaching base five times with two runs scored ... Drove in the first runs of his career with a bases loaded single at Virginia Tech on May 13 ... Picked up a pair of hits and a RBI on May 14 at Virginia Tech ... Went 2-for-5 out of the leadoff spot in the ACC Tournament game against Georgia Tech on May 26.

High School: Lettered four years in baseball at Madison Central… 2021 First Team All-State… Rated the No. 1 shortstop and No. 11 overall player in Kentucky by Perfect Game.

Personal: Parent is Kelly Anderson… Brother is Adam… Majoring in Business Administration… Following his baseball career, he would like to coach… Credits his mother as having the greatest influence on his athletic career… Enjoys reading books in his free time… Favorite food is steak… Favorite team is Boston Red Sox… Mother, Kelly, played college softball at EKU.