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Brooks Asher
Position
C
Height
6'2''
Weight
205 lbs.
Class
Senior
Hometown
Hastings, Neb.
High School
St. Cecilia HS
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Two-time Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls
2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)
- Appeared in seven games with three starts at catcher
- Made season debut at Charleston Southern (2/22)
- Started against Charleston Southern (2/22), Ball State (2/29) and at Iowa (3/11)
2019 (JUNIOR)
- Started in 10 of the 22 games he saw action in
- Batted .216 (8-for-37) with three RBIs, two doubles and five walks
- Started first game of doubleheader at USC Upstate behind the dish (2/16)
- Tied career-high two hits vs. Texas Southern (2/23), where he drove in his first RBI
- Drove in an RBI at Texas Tech (4/6)
2018 (SOPHOMORE)
- Played in 20 games
- Batted .385 (5-for-13) with two runs
- Made season debut behind the plate against Murray State (2/17)
- Notched first hit of the season against Northwestern (2/24)
- Defensive replacement behind the dish at then-No. 4 Florida State (3/6)
- Made Big 12 debut at Texas (3/16) as a defensive sub
- Connected for a hit and scored first-career run against then-No. 5 Texas Tech (4/6)
2017 (FRESHMAN)
- Named to the 2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Fall 2016 and Spring 2016 Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honors Rolls
- Played in six games
- Batted .333 (1-of-3) with one double
- Made collegiate debut at catcher against Omaha (2/21)
- Defensive sub twice at then-No. 23 Stanford (2/24-2/25) at catcher
- Recorded first-career hit, a double, against Texas Southern (5/5)
ST. CECILIA HS
- Played summer American Legion baseball for Hastings Five Points due to St. Cecilia not offering a team
- Batted .386 with 37 RBI in 2015
- Boasted a .996 percent fielding rate
- A highly decorated basketball player at St. Cecilia
- Played basketball for his father, Kevin Asher
- Helped the Bluehawks to a Nebraska state title in 2015
- Earned First Team All-State distinctions and the All-Tribland Player of the Year
- A three-time basketball academic all-state honoree
- Member of the National Honor Society
PERSONAL
- Born in Norfolk, Nebraska
- Son of Kevin and Jackie Asher
- Has two siblings, Trey and Makenna
- Both of his parents played collegiate sports: Kevin, baseball at Kearney State and Jackie softball at University of Nebraska-Kearney
- Majoring in psychology