Brandon Howard

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
168
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Walnut Hills

2015: Earned second team All-MAC honors and set the school record for most stolen bases in a season with 42 … currently (as of June 2, 2015) leads the NCAA in stolen bases … played in all 54 games, including 51 starts at second base … batted .296 with an on-base percentage of .429 … 38 walks on the season was 10th-most in school history for a single-season and second in the MAC … tied the single-game record with four stolen bases in a game on April 12 at Ohio … stole two-or-more bases in 11 games this season … had a five-game stretch late in the season in which he stole 11 bases … had a three-hit game with three runs scored on March 10 vs. Butler in the RussMatt Invitational … once again had three hits on March 13 vs. Maine … registered a 3-for-3 day with three runs and two RBI on March 31 vs. Findlay … went 3-for-5 with two stolen bases on March 10 at Kent State … had four hits in four MAC Tournament games … finished fourth in the MAC with a team-leading 52 runs scored … his .429 on-base percentage was sixth … finished career with 74 stolen bases, second-most in school history … played in 206 career games, third-most in school history.

2014: Played in 44 games for the Orange and Brown, starting 37 primarily at third base … stole 23 bases in 24 attempts, sixth-most in program history for a single season … was a perfect 21-for-21 in stolen base attempts over the last 30 games of the season … finished the season with a batting average of .299 … scored 28 runs and drove in 21 runners … had two doubles and three triples … stole three bases in a game on two different occasions, just one shy of the single-game record at BGSU … had 11 multi-hit games, including two three-hit games … recorded seven multi-RBI games … went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored on March 9 at High Point … was inserted into the game in the sixth inning on March 15 vs. Maine, going 3-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored … also recorded a double and triple in that game.

2013: Played in 46 games, starting 42 at second base...batted .230 with an on-base percentage of .341...had three hits in a game on two different occasions...scored three runs in an April 23 game at Xavier...had three RBI in an April 25 game at Kent State...honorable mention Academic All-MAC.

2012: Appeared in 48 games for head coach Danny Schmitz, starting 44 of them...batted .258 with an on-base percentage of .300...had nine multi-hit games...recorded a season-high four RBI in a win over Malone, a game in which he also went 5-for-6.

2011: Played in 14 games before missing the rest of the season due to a broken foot.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Walnut Hills High School...co-captain for his sophomore, junior and senior seasons...hit .535 his senior season with 23 hits, 19 RBI, and 23 steals (2010)...had an on-base percentage of .623 that season…was named AP Scholar and an honors student...two year letterwinner in basketball where he led the league in assists.

PERSONAL: Full name is Brandon Alexander Howard...son of Vickie Jones...has one brother, Anthony, and one sister, Sheena...majoring in business.