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Jersey Number 26
Brady Ballinger
- Position:
- INF/OF
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, Nev.
- High School:
- Green Valley HS
- Prev School:
- College of Southern Nevada
Get to Know Brady ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?- I started playing at the age of 4. I got into baseball because of my brother P.J.
- I listen to slower music before games to help me calm down and relax.
- My favorite baseball player growing up was Bryce Harper. I try to model my game after Anthony Rizzo.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2026
- D1Baseball Preseason First Team All-American
- Perfect Game Preseason Second Team All-American
SOPHOMORE – 2025
- NCBWA Second Team All-American
- D1Baseball Third Team All-American
- ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American
- Perfect Game Third Team All-American
- ABCA/Rawlings Central All-Region First Team
- All-Big 12 First Team
- USA Baseball Collegiate National Team training camp invitee
- Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
- Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team
- Baseball America Big 12 Midseason Player of the Year
- Big 12 Player of the Week (April 7); hit .444/.524/1.056 (8-for- 18), 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 8 R, 3 BB with a 1.580 OPS in four games
- Started 58 games at first base in 2025
- .353/.495/.670 (79-for-224), 21 2B, 1 3B, 16 HR, 56 RBI, 71 R, 56 BB
- Led the team in batting average (.353), walks (56), slugging percentage (.670), on-base percentage (.495), OPS (1.165), runs scored (71), hits (79), doubles (21), total bases (150), multi-hit games (24) and multi-walk games (16)
- His 71 runs were second most in a season in school history; also tied for the most in the Big 12 and set a new school record by a sophomore
- His 56 walks tied for second most in a season in program history; they were the most in the Big 12 and 14th best in the nation
- His 16 home runs were tied for the fifth most ever by a Jayhawk in a season
- His 150 total bases were the sixth most ever in a season by a Jayhawk
- His .495 on-base percentage was tied for the seventh best in a season in Kansas history
- His 21 doubles were tied for the ninth most ever by a Kansas player
- Final Big 12 rankings – 1st – walks (56), T-1st – runs scored (71), 2nd – total bases (150), on-base percentage (.495), 3rd – slugging percentage (.670), T-3rd – doubles (21), 6th – hits (79), T-7th – home runs (16), 9th – batting average (.353), RBI (56)
- Ranked 18th in the country in walks per game (0.97)
- Finished with more walks (56) than strikeouts (44)
- Game-tying 3-run HR in 7th inning vs. Oklahoma State 5/22/25 in Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals
- Team-best 14-game hitting streak from 3/18-4/8/25
- Reached base safely and scored at least 1 run in each of the first 19 games of the season
- First career multi-HR game vs. St. Thomas 3/25/25
- Hit the fourth of five consecutive home runs at Minnesota to tie an NCAA record for most consecutive home runs
- 5-for-6, HR, 4 RBI, 3 R vs. Milwaukee 3/7/25
- No. 27 impact JUCO transfer hitter for 2025 by D1Baseball
- Committed in July 2024
COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA – 2024
- Spent one year at College of Southern Nevada
- Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Year
- NJCAA Division I All-American Honorable Mention
- 2024: .433/.548/.690 (81-for-187), 30 2B, 6 HR, 63 RBI, 64 R, 46 BB, 10 SB in 60 games (53 starts)
- Helped his team win the Scenic West Athletic Conference Championship and the West Region Championship
- Ranked the No. 4 first baseman in the state of Nevada, and the No. 51 overall prospect in the state by Perfect Game in 2023
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nevada
- All-State first baseman in 2023
- Third Team All-American in 2023
- All-League Player of the Year in 2023
- All-Region first baseman in 2022 and 2023
- Helped his team become regular season champions of the Desert League in 2023
- All-Scholar athlete in 2022 and 2023
PERSONAL
- Son of Patrick and Sharla Ballinger
- Has two brothers, PJ and Hunter
- His brother, PJ, played baseball at Presentation College
- Picked Kansas over Utah, Utah Valley, USC and Texas State
- Chose Kansas because, “Kansas caught my interest because of the timeless tradition. I chose to be a Jayhawk because they provided me the best opportunity to help me reach my future endeavors.”
- Majoring in liberal arts & sciences
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Friday, January 23
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Friday, January 09
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