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Jersey Number 26
Brady Ballinger
- Position:
- INF/OF
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 230
- 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
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 5, Milwaukee, Mar 07, 2025
- Doubles: 1, 21 times
- Triples: 1, at A&M-Corpus Christi, Feb 16, 2025
- Home runs: 2, at UCF, Apr 04, 2025 ; St. Thomas, Mar 25, 2025
- Total bases: 9, at UCF, Apr 04, 2025
- RBI: 5, St. Thomas, Mar 25, 2025
- Runs scored: 5, at Minnesota, Mar 12, 2025
- Walks: 4, Milwaukee, Mar 09, 2025
- Hit by pitch: 1, 8 times
- Struck out: 3, at UCF, Apr 05, 2025 ; at Utah, Apr 26, 2025
- Sac flies: 1, BYU, May 08, 2025
- At bats: 6, Milwaukee, Mar 07, 2025
- Field chances: 15, Missouri, Apr 29, 2025
- Putouts: 14, Missouri, Apr 29, 2025
- Assists: 2, 4 times
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
- 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)
- 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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