Brandon White

Height:
5-10
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wheelersburg, Ohio
High School:
Wheelersburg HS/Kent State

2011 Game-by-Game Statistics

as a Junior (2010): Started 54 games, all in left field ... batted .279 with five homers and 30 RBI ... recorded five doubles and scored 33 runs ... swiped four bases in five attempts ... batted 3-for-5 with three RBI at New Mexico State (Feb. 26) ... scored two runs on 3-for-5 hitting at UNC Wilmington (March 5) ... tallied a season-high four hits against Dartmouth (March 18), driving in three with a double and home run ... also tied his career-high for runs with three against Dartmouth ... belted a double and a home run, totaling three RBI against Lake Erie (March 30) ... went 2-for-4 in back-to-back games against Toledo (April 3-4) ... was 3-for-5 with two runs scored at Central Michigan (April 11) ... belted a home run in the win over Ohio State (April 18) ... drove in three with a home run at Pitt (May 5) ... recorded a career-long hitting streak of 11 games from March 27 to April 14.

as a Sophomore (2009): Batted .309 on the year, making 44 starts, four coming behind the plate and 40 in leftfield … notched the fifth-most hits on the squad with 54, including 10 doubles and six home runs en route to driving in 32 RBIs … .469 slugging percentage and .379 on base percentage ranked fifth among UA batters … led the team with eight sacrifice bunts, registered 16 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games … achieved a seven-game hitting streak (Mar. 8-Mar. 20) … had a career day at the plate against Wake Forest (Feb. 21) going 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and four RBI with a home run … went 4-for-5 against Northern Illinois (Apr. 10) with a home run, three RBIs and a pair of runs scored.

as a Redshirt Freshman (2008): Hit a .329 clip making 17 starts in 23 appearances ... 12 starts came in left field while the redshirt freshman also made two starts behind the plate ... had 24 hits in 73 at-bats driving in 12 runs ... hit four doubles, one triple (t-3rd) and two home runs while bolstering a .430 on base percentage ... scored 20 runs on the season while patiently drawing nine walks ... managed two multiple-RBI and six multiple-hit games ... compiled a seven game hitting streak (April 26 – May 9) ... went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI against Ohio (April 20) ... went 3-for-6 against former school Kent State (April 16) blasting a double and triple on the day ... facing Miami (May 3), knocked a career-high five RBI with a 2-for-5 day.

Prior to Akron: Redshirted as a freshman at Kent State (2006-07).

at Wheelersburg High School: Four-year varsity starter at catcher, lettering each year ... took all-district honors in three consecutive seasons ... named all-state as a senior ... was only freshman to start on varsity team ... batted .500 as a senior ... also earned four varsity letters in football and was a three-year starter at linebacker and fullback ... made three trips to Australia as part of Goodwill Series Baseball and was the tournament MVP.

Personal: Son of Herb and Missi White ... has a younger brother, Bryan ... father was an all-state catcher and played collegiately at Allen County Community College in Kansas ... mother was a cheerleader at Shawnee State University and a member of the school's three-time national cheerleading championship squad ... grandfather, Emmitt Salisbury, is the record-holder for the highest wooden-bat high school batting average in the state of Kentucky with a .722 mark ... uncle, Bryan Salisbury, played baseball at Louisville (1980-82) ... once hit for the cycle in a legion district finals game ... played in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. as a 7th grader ... sang on-stage with country music star Billy Ray Cyrus as a 6-year-old ... enjoys hunting, fishing, playing golf and restoring cars ... majoring in construction engineering.

WHITE'S CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR	AVG	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	OB%	SB-A	E
2008	.329	23-17	73	20	24	4	1	2	12	9	17	.430	1-2	4
2009	.309	47-44	175	33	54	10	0	6	21	28	27	.400	3-3	11
2010	.279	54-54	208	33	58	5	0	5	30	18	45	.349	4-5	3
Totals	.298	124-115	456	86	136	19	1	13	63	55	89	.390	8-10	18