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Enters his senior year after a breakout season as a junior...Best defensive
middle infielder on the squad...Excellent throwing arm with good defensive
range...Brings speed and quickness to the table...May possibly hit in the
leadoff spot...Has some punch in his bat...Selected by the Los Angeles
Dodgers in the 50th round of the June 1996 Amateur Draft.
As a Junior in 1999 - Won starting shortstop job in mid-February and established himself as one of the key players on the club...Earned Stanford's Most Improved Player Award...Started 56 of the team's 65 games S Finished with a .316 batting average to go with 10 doubles, one homer and 28 RBI...Committed just 12 errors at shortstop...Named to NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team after hitting .300 (3-for-10) with two RBI...Had hits in each 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 1-0 NCAA Super Regional win over USC after hitting a bloop double in the sixth S Had game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 10th of 6-5 victory over Arizona State on March 6...Went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in 11-8 win over Arizona State on March 7...Had career-high four hits, along with three runs scored and two RBI in 12-4 victory at Arizona on March 27 S Had two doubles and two RBI in 11-9 win at California on April 23...Hit only collegiate homer in 10-5 victory over Oregon State on May 1...Put together a career-high eight-game hitting streak from April 17-May 1...Hit safely in 12 of final 13 games.
As a Sophomore in 1998 - Reserve infielder...Appeared in five games off the bench and was hitless in two at bats...Scored his only run of the season in 12-4 win over California on April 26...Was on 25-man postseason roster but did not play.
As a Freshman in 1997 - Appeared in nine games off the bench...Had hits in each of his first four at bats and finished the season 5-for-8 (.625) with two RBI...Had run-scoring singles in 18-4 win at Sacramento State on February 25 and 16-4 victory over California on March 24...Was on 25-man postseason roster but did not play.
High School - 1996 graduate of Harrison High School...Two-time All-Indiana selection...Named a Preseason Prep All-American as a senior...Four-time all-conference selection...Two-time team MVP...Also an All-Indiana selection in football...Three-time all-conference pick in football...Named to Honor Roll all eight semesters...Member of the National Honor Society...Won the Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute medal...Graduated with a 3.97 GPA.
Personal - Economics major...Son of Craig and Angela Bruntlett...Hobbies include fishing and reading.
Bruntlett's Career Stats
Year Avg GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB/SBA 1997 .625 9/0 8 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0/0 1998 .000 5/0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 1999 .316 59/56 187 38 59 10 0 1 28 23 20 11/16 Totals .325 73/56 197 39 64 10 0 1 30 23 22 11/16
Career vs. Pac-10
Team Avg AB H HR RBI Arizona .357 14 5 0 2 Arizona State .538 13 7 0 1 California .318 22 7 0 6 Oregon State .222 9 2 1 1 UCLA .167 12 2 0 1 USC .238 21 5 0 6 Washington .250 8 2 0 0 Washington State .200 10 2 0 0 Totals .400 109 32 1 17
Career NCAA Post-Season
Year Avg GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB/SBA 1999 .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)