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Career Accolades

  • All-Pac-12 first team (2021)
  • Pac-12 Champion (2018)

As a Senior (2021)

  • All-Pac-12 first team
  • Batted .304 with 30 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 34 RBIs over 52 games played (50 starts)
  • Slugged .536 while stealing three bases in four attempts
  • Amassed 17 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games
  • Hit safely in a team-best 12 straight games from March 7 through April 1 (.435, 9 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBIs)
  • Reached in 35 straight games from March 7 to May 28 and all but five with an at bat on the year 
  • Belted a pair of homers to record his first career multi-homer game in the series-clincher over No. 17 UCLA (April 10)
  • 3 for 4 with a double, a homer and four RBIs at Santa Clara (Feb. 26)
  • Drove in three runs as part of a 2 for 5 day that included a home run at California (May 14)
  • 3 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs at Texas Tech (June 11)
  • Batted .322 (29 for 90) with 13 runs scored, five doubles, a triple, seven homers and 17 RBIs in Pac-12 play

As a Junior (2020)

  • Made 13 appearances, including 12 starts, batting .235 with five runs, four doubles and seven RBI.
  • 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double against Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 16).

As a Sophomore (2019)

  • Reached base twice with one RBI at Grand Canyon (Feb. 18)
  • 2-for-2 with one walk at Washington State (March 30)
  • 3-for-4 with three runs, a double and one walk at Washington State (March 31)
  • 3 walks and a run at San Francisco (April 9)
  • 2-for-4 against UC Davis (April 16)
  • 2-for-5 with three RBI at Oregon (April 19)
  • 1-for-3 with first career home run, two RBI and a run against Gonzaga (April 22)
  • 1-for-3 with a home run two RBI against San Jose State (April 23)

As a Freshman (2018)  Pac-12 Champions

  • Appeared in 31 games, including nine starts, batting .205 with two doubles, two RBI and nine runs
  • Scored a run in Stanford’s 25-5 win at Utah (May 6)
  • 1-for-3 with a double in Stanford’s 3-1 win against Arizona State (April 13)
  • 2-for-5 with one run and one RBI in Stanford’s 13-11 win at UCLA (April 7)
  • Three hits and two runs in Stanford’s 5-1 win over Oregon (March 30)
  • First career hit in an 11-1 win at Texas (March 11)
  • Hit by pitch in first career at bat (Feb. 23)

Prior to Stanford

  • First-Team All-State in 2015, 2016, and 2017
  • Three-time state champions (2014, 2016, 2017)
  • 2016 Max Preps National Junior Player of the Year
  • 2016 Gatorade Player of the Year
  • Hamilton High School’s Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2017
  • National High School Home Run Derby Champion at 2016 MLB All-Star Game
  • Two-time Gold Glove winner (2016, 2017)
  • Arizona Central Big Schools Player of the Year
  • Two-time Preseason Louisville Slugger All-American (2016, 2017)
  • Third-most home runs in school history (24)
  • Played for Diamondbacks Elite Scout Ball team and Arizona T-Rex
  • Has trained with the United States’ U-17 National Team Development Program
  • Helped #1 ranked club team win Perfect Game World Series
  • Competed in 2016 USA Tournament of Stars

Personal

  • Son of Christine and Mark Brueser
  • Has one younger brother, Michael
  • Fluent in Spanish