2022: D3baseball.com Third-Team All-American...Liberty League First-Team...ABCA First-Team All-Region...D3baseball.com First-Team All-Region...Liberty League Championship Most Outstanding Performer...Ben Light Male Senior Athlete of the Year...Single season record for doubles...Liberty League Performer of the Week three times...Liberty League Honor Roll three times...Hit 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and three runs scored against New Paltz (2/26)... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and three runs scored against Virginia Wesleyan (2/26)... Recorded two hits and an RBI against Old Westbury (3/5)... Earned the win and struck out eight batters through 5.0 innings against Old Westbury (3/5)...Hit 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBI against North Park (3/13)... . Pitched 3.0 innings and struck out three batters against North Park (3/13)...Recorded two hits, and RBI and a stolen base against Franklin & Marshall (3/15)... Hit 2-for-2 with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored against Springfield (3/17)... Recorded a double and an RBI against Wheaton (3/18)... Hit 2-for-4 with 2 RBI and one run scored against St. Lawrence (4/3)...Drove in four runs on three hits, including a home run against Hamilton (4/5)...Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored with a double and home run against Bard (4/8)...Had a 3-for-5 game with three RBI against Cortland (4/12)...Scored three times and drove in two with a pair of hits against Rochester (4/23)...Against Union on May 8, went 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBI...Drove in nine runs on five hits with four doubles in the Liberty League Tournament...Went 6-for-11 with five RBI and five runs scored in the NCAA Regional...Finished the Super Regional with four hits, including two doubles and a home run against Catholic. |
2022 Statistics
2021: Liberty League First-Team... D3baseball.com All-Region Second-Team... ABCA All-Region Second-Team... Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player to Watch List... Liberty League Honor Roll – April 12... Liberty League Player of the Week – April 26...Liberty League Honor Roll – May 3... Played and started in all 29 games… Finished the season with a .389 batting average and a .589 slugging percentage… Recorded 23 RBI and scored 24 runs… Had 37 hits in 95 at-bats, including 10 doubles and three home runs… Had one stolen base on two attempts and an on-base percentage of .520... Finished the season with an ERA of 4.99, making eight appearances and starting on the mound in all eight… Had a record of 3–1 and pitched 39.2 innings… Recorded 46 strikeouts... Named to Liberty League Player of the Week Honor Roll on March 22 and April 12...Racked up nine strikeouts while surrendering just three hits and no runs through 5.0 innings at Vassar on April 14...Blasted a three-run shot while going 2-for-3 with four RBIs in Game 1 of doubleheader vs. Clarkson on April 23...Went 3-for-5 with another three-run home run and six RBIs at the dish at Clarkson on April 24...Tossed a career-high 11 strikeouts while allowing just two runs on two hits through 7.0 innings at Bard on April 28. |
2021 Statistics
2020: Started all seven games and hit .433 on the season...Finished with 13 hits, six RBI and four doubles. ..On the mound, posted a 1.42 ERA in 12.2 innings pitched with 15 strikeouts...Went 3-for-5 against Virginia Wesleyan with one double (2/22)...Against Virginia Wesleyan, tossed 5.2 innings and struck out eight batters...Recorded one double and one RBI against Virginia Wesleyan (2/23)...Notched two doubles and four RBI against St. Mary's, going 4-for-6 on the day (3/1)...Fired 7.0 innings against Allegheny on March 8 and struck out seven hitters. |
2020 game-by-game statistics
2019: Empire 8 Second-Team...On March 15, pitched 4.0 innings with 5 strikeouts against Redlands... Started six games with four RBI during the team's spring break road trip...Went 7-for-15 with two home runs and nine RBI in a five game stretch from March 27-30...Named Empire 8 Player of the Week on April 1...Collected a double and a run against Oswego on April 2...Went 5-for-5 with three RBI and two doubles vs. Cortland on April 9...From April 10-14 went 6-for-14...On April 18 at Houghton he recorded a four hit game including an RBI double and a run scored...Had a total of seven hits including his third home run of the season from April 27-28...He also crossed the plate four times and had two RBI's in that stretch...Hit his team leading thirteenth double of the season on May 4 vs. Utica while also driving in a run to cap off the regular season...Went 5-for-11 with two RBI and two runs scored in the Empire 8 Tournament...Had two hits against Shenandoah in the final game of the season. |
2019 game-by-game statistics
Prior to Ithaca: Played two seasons at Wells College. In two years at Wells, he hit .313 with 50 RBI and 46 runs scored and struck out 97 batters over 87.2 innings pitched.
High School: Attended Ithaca High School...2015- West Division STAC All Star Team - Baseball 2016- ESPN Ithaca Outstanding Scholar-Athlete - Boys Varsity Hockey 2016- All State Honorable Mention - Boys Varsity Hockey
Personal: Brandon "Buzz" is the son of Steve and Sue Shirley.
