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Enters his senior year after a breakout season as a junior...Best defensivemiddle infielder on the squad...Excellent throwing arm with good defensiverange...Brings speed and quickness to the table...May possibly hit in theleadoff spot...Has some punch in his bat...Selected by the Los AngelesDodgers in the 50th round of the June 1996 Amateur Draft.
As a Junior in 1999 - Won starting shortstop job in mid-Februaryandestablished himself as one of the key players on the club...EarnedStanford's Most Improved Player Award...Started 56 of the team's 65 games SFinished with a .316 batting average to go with 10 doubles, one homer and 28RBI...Committed just 12 errors at shortstop...Named to NCAA RegionalAll-Tournament Team after hitting .300 (3-for-10) with two RBI...Had hits ineach of the last seven and eight of the nine post-season games to compile a..367 (11-for-30) post-season average...Scored only run in Cardinal's 1-0NCAA Super Regional win over USC after hitting a bloop double in the sixth SHad game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 10th of 6-5 victory overArizona State on March 6...Went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in11-8 win over Arizona State on March 7...Had career-high four hits, alongwith three runs scored and two RBI in 12-4 victory at Arizona on March 27 SHad two doubles and two RBI in 11-9 win at California on April 23...Hit onlycollegiate homer in 10-5 victory over Oregon State on May 1...Put together acareer-high eight-game hitting streak from April 17-May 1...Hit safely in 12of final 13 games.
As a Sophomore in 1998 - Reserve infielder...Appeared in fivegames off thebench and was hitless in two at bats...Scored his only run of the season in12-4 win over California on April 26...Was on 25-man postseason roster butdid not play.
As a Freshman in 1997 - Appeared in nine games off the bench...Hadhits ineach of his first four at bats and finished the season 5-for-8 (.625) withtwo RBI...Had run-scoring singles in 18-4 win at Sacramento State onFebruary 25 and 16-4 victory over California on March 24...Was on 25-manpostseason roster but did not play.
High School - 1996 graduate of Harrison High School...Two-timeAll-Indianaselection...Named a Preseason Prep All-American as a senior...Four-timeall-conference selection...Two-time team MVP...Also an All-Indiana selectionin football...Three-time all-conference pick in football...Named to HonorRoll all eight semesters...Member of the National Honor Society...Won theRensellaer Polytechnic Institute medal...Graduated with a 3.97 GPA.
Personal - Economics major...Son of Craigand AngelaBruntlett...Hobbies include fishing and reading.
Bruntlett's Career Stats
Year Avg GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB/SBA1997 .625 9/0 8 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0/01998 .000 5/0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0/01999 .316 59/56 187 38 59 10 0 1 28 23 20 11/16Totals .325 73/56 197 39 64 10 0 1 30 23 22 11/16
Career vs. Pac-10
Team Avg AB H HR RBIArizona .357 14 5 0 2Arizona State .538 13 7 0 1California .318 22 7 0 6Oregon State .222 9 2 1 1UCLA .167 12 2 0 1USC .238 21 5 0 6Washington .250 8 2 0 0Washington State .200 10 2 0 0Totals .400 109 32 1 17
Career NCAA Post-Season
Year Avg GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB/SBA1999 .367 9/9 30 4 11 1 0 0 5 5 4 1/2
Career Game Highs
AB - 6, at UCLA (5/16/99)R - 3, three times, last at California (4/25/99)H - 4, at Arizona (3/27/99)HR - 1, vs. Oregon State (5/1/99)RBI - 3, at USC (4/17/99)SB - 2, at Arizona (3/27/99)Hit Streak - 8 games (4/17/99 - 5/1/99)