2024 Baseball Roster
Butterworth, Brandon
Auburn Regional Preview: Elliott Avent on ACC PM
Thursday, May 29
Game Three Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 3
Brandon Butterworth
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 168
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Monroe, N.C.
- B/T:
- R/R
- Major:
- Sport Management
- High School (Last School):
- Sun Valley (Western Carolina)
Bio
Drafted 360th Overall in 2024 MLB Draft (San Diego Padres, 12-360)
2024 - Junior Season
2023 – Sophomore Season (Western Carolina)
2024 - Junior Season
- One of four Pack9 players to play and start in all 61 games, starting all 61 games at shortstop
- Manned the leadoff spot eight times, primarily batting fifth with 21 starts in the five-hole
- Batted .250 with 46 runs scored, 56 hits, 13 doubles, two triples, seven homers and 33 RBI
- Led the team with two triples
- Ranked second on the roster with 13 stolen bases (on just 14 attempts) and 40 walks
- Recorded 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games
- Batted .333 with three RBI and two walks at the plate and helped turn four double plays in the NCAA Raleigh Regional to be named to the All-Regional Team
- Crushed a walk-off homer to notch a series-opening victory over No. 11 North Carolina on April 18
- Set a new career-high with two doubles against Boston College on March 10
- Sported a .949 fielding percentage at shortstop, recording 71 putouts and 133 assists while helping turn 26 double plays
2023 – Sophomore Season (Western Carolina)
- Played in 52 of the team’s 54 games with 52 starts in the middle infield at second
- Batted a career-high .301, collecting 66 hits on 219 at-bats with 22 extra-base hits
- Led the SoCon with seven triples, tying for WCU’s single-season triples’ record
- Posted the team’s longest reached-base streak at a career-long 21 straight games
- Hit in the leadoff spot 24 times
- Finished second on the team with 19 multi-hit games and had eight multi-RBI efforts
- Drove in a career-high five RBI in a road victory at UNCA (April 11)
- Named to the Spring 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference Team
- Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- Saw action in 32 games on the season, including 19 starts with 16 coming at second base and three at shortstop
- Batted .296 with six extra-base hits
- Scored 13 runs while logging nine RBI
- Made his collegiate debut with a pinch-hit, RBI single against Niagara (Feb. 18)
- Collected his first-career extra-base hit with a double against Stony Brook, scoring the first run of his career later in the game
- Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- Was an honorable mention All-State selection in 2021 from HighSchoolOT.com after batting .420 with four doubles and a home run, driving in 11 runs while scoring 17
- Played high school baseball at Sun Valley High School in Monroe, North Carolina