Brett Barrera Season 2021

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 team champion (2022)
• Drafted in the 8th round (No. 250) of the 2022 MLB Draft (New York Yankees)
• College Baseball Foundation All-America second team (2022)
• ABCA/Rawlings All-Region second team (2022)
• All-Pac-12 first team (2022)
• Karbach Round Rock Classic MVP (2022)
• Karbach Round Rock Classic All-Tournament (2022)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 1, 2022)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
• Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)

As a Junior (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

• Drafted in the 8th round (No. 250) of the 2022 MLB Draft (New York Yankees)
• College Baseball Foundation All-America second team
• ABCA/Rawlings All-Region second team
• All-Pac-12 first team
• Karbach Round Rock Classic MVP
• Karbach Round Rock Classic All-Tournament
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 1)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Hit .372 in the regular season to claim the Pac-12 batting crown
• Played in 63 of Stanford's 65 games, including starting 62 across second base (40), designated hitter (14), first base (6) and third base (2)
• Named Karbach Round Rock Classic Tournament MVP after batting .636 with two runs scored, a double, two homers and eight RBIs
• Batted a team-best .351 with 50 runs scored, 19 doubles, three triples, 11 homers and 53 RBIs
• Finished the year ranked first on the team in hits (91) and second on the team in doubles and triples
• 91 hits were fourth-most in the Pac-12
• Slugged .575 and reached at a .394 clip while drawing 15 walks and six hit by pitches
• Hit .372 (45 for 121) with 29 runs scored, 11 doubles, a triple, five homers and 28 RBIs to manage a .603 slugging percentage in Pac-12 play
• Posted a team-best 29 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI contests
• 11-game hit streak from April 23 to May 10, batting .404 with 12 runs scored, a double, a triple, two homers and eight RBIs
• .407 with four runs scored, a double, a triple, two homers and nine RBIs over a seven-game hit streak from Feb. 20 to March 5
• .419 with six runs scored, four doubles, a triple, two homers and 12 RBIs over an eight-game hit streak from March 11-26
• Batted .444 with eight runs scored, three doubles, four homers and 17 RBIs over an eight-game hit streak from May 14-26
• Hit safely in 52 of his 63 games with an at bat - including 28 of his last 32 overall
• Had a string of 42 straight games reaching base safely from March 11 to May 26 and reached in all but four of his starts
• 3 for 3 with four RBIs vs. Indiana (Feb. 27)
• Homered and drove in three as part of a 2 for 5 day vs. No. 2 Arkansas (Feb. 27)
• 2 for 3 with a double, a grand slam, two runs scored and four RBIs vs. Oregon (March 13)
• 3 for 5 with a triple and four RBIs vs. Washington State (March 25)
• Three-hit game with a double, two runs scored and one RBI vs. Arizona State (April 10)
• Posted a pair of doubles to go 3 for 5 with a run scored at No. 12 UCLA (April 15)
• 3 for 5 with a game-winning two-RBI triple in the top of the ninth at San Diego State (April 24)
• Multiple hits in seven on eight games from May 8-20
• Went 3 for 3 with three runs scored, a homer and two RBIs vs. California (May 8)
• Homered and went 3 for 5 with two runs scored and two RBIs at San Francisco (May 10)
• 2 for 6 with a home run, two runs scored and five RBIs at Santa Clara (May 17)
• 3 for 4 with a double, a run scored and one RBI vs. USC (May 19)
• Connected for a double and a grand slam as part of a 2 for 4 day with five RBIs vs. USC (May 20)
• Finished a triple short of the cycle and went 3 for 5 vs. Arizona at Pac-12 tournament (May 26)
• Closed the year on a six-game hitting streak and batted .346 with four runs scored, four doubles, a homer and three RBIs over the span

As a Sophomore (2021)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 25 games, making 15 starts, while hitting .215 with 10 runs scored, a double, four home runs and seven RBIs
• Two of his four home runs came in Pac-12 play
• Managed four multi-hit games
• Pinch-hit go-ahead three-run home run in the 10th inning at USC (April 30)
• 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs vs. Santa Clara (Feb. 25)

As a Freshman (2020)

• Made seven appearances, batting .150 with three runs, two doubles and three RBI.
• 1 for 3 with a run, an RBI and a double against Michigan (March 3)

Prior to Stanford 

• Prepped at Huntington Beach high school in Huntington Beach, California
• First-team All-League (2019)
• Also participated in basketball and football
• Represented MVP Hustle SGV (2016-17) and MGF Marshalls Utah (2019) at the club level
• Marshall Gates World Series champion (2019)
• Pathway Games champion (2019)

Personal

• Son of Mary Colleen Cromwell and Cesar Barrera
• Has two sisters, Elyse and Amy
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude
• Four-year member of the Principal’s Honor Roll in high school