Jason Brunansky

Position OF

Height 5'10''

Weight 192 lbs.

Class Junior

Hometown Poway, Calif.

High School Poway HS

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Career Honors and Awards:

Big 12 Player of the Week (April 11, 2011)

2012 (Senior): Played in 19 games, making one start in right field … Went 2-for-14 with an RBI … Collected first hit at Baylor (March 24) … Recorded pinch-hit single at Wichita State (April 11) … Collected an RBI with a bases-loaded walk against Saint Mary (April 18).

2011 Summer: Played for the San Diego Waves of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association … Manager was Arona Taele … Hit .242 with eight doubles, a triple and 17 runs scored in 30 games … Added seven stolen bases and a .345 on-base percentage.

2011 (Junior): Played in 42 games, making 36 starts in the outfield … Collected eight doubles and 19 runs scored … Hit two home runs during Big 12 play for a .306 slugging percentage … Went 7-for-12 at the plate in the series against Nebraska (April 8-10) … Collected three hits, including a home run, a double and two RBIs against Nebraska (April 10) … Hit his second home run of the season at Missouri (April 17).

2010 (Sophomore):Played in 23 games, making 13 starts in the outfield … Batted .310 with five doubles, one homer and 17 runs scored … Drew 11 walks to reach base at a .466 clip … Hit .375 over the first two months of the season … Collected a career-high three hits in back-to-back games (Feb. 27 vs. Sacramento State and March 5 vs. Iowa) … Recorded a career-high two doubles in win over Iowa (March 5) … Went 2-for-2 against Tabor with his only home run of the season (March 10) … Had two hits and two walks with a pair of runs scored against Arkansas-Little Rock (March 30).

Summer 2009: Played for the Spokane RiverHawks of the West Coast League … Batted .285 with 11 doubles, two homers and 11 stolen bases in 39 games … Also led the team with 27 runs scored.

2009 (Freshman): Played in 53 games, making 40 starts in the outfield … Batted .280 with six doubles, two homers and 19 runs scored … Drew 24 walks to reach base at a .386 clip … Hit .325 over his final 23 games, hitting safely in 19 of them … Went 2-for-5 with a double in his first collegiate start against Memphis (Feb. 20) … Collected first RBI at No. 21 Arkansas (Feb. 25) … Hit first collegiate home run against Missouri Valley (March 10) … Went 2-for-3 with a walk against No. 4 Arizona State (March 13) … Scored a season-high three runs against Western Illinois (March 24) … Doubled in back-to-back games against No. 7 Baylor (April 3-4) … Hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4 at Creighton (April 14) … Went 6-for-13 with a double and two RBIs at Texas Tech (April 17-19) … Went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk at No. 9 Oklahoma (May 1), capping a string where he hit safely in 10 of 12 games … Collected two hits and a stolen base at Wichita State (May 6) … Played in four of KU[apos]s seven postseason games, collecting three hits (May 20-31).

Poway HS: Lettered three years in baseball for head coach Bob Parry … Hit .371 with four homers, eight stolen bases and 16 RBIs as the team[apos]s lead-off hitter … Named All-Palomar League in 2007 … A 2007 San Diego Showcase All-Star participant and a So. Cal Cup participant … A 2007 Tampa Bay Scout Team member … High school team won the CIF Division I championship in 2006 and was a semi-finalist in 2007 … A member of the all-academic team … Graduated with a 4.0 GPA and was in the top five percent of his class.

Personal: Son of Tom and Colleen Brunansky … Father, Tom, played 14 seasons in the majors with the California Angels, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers … A business major.