Michael Brooks

SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS

• Hits: 4, Air Force, Apr 18, 2023 ; Air Force, Apr 19, 2023
• Doubles: 2 [t-10th], 4 times
• Triples: 1 [t-4th], 4 times
• Home runs: 2 [t-1st], Pacific, Apr 12, 2024 ; Air Force, Apr 19, 2023
• Total bases: 11 [t-2nd], Air Force, Apr 19, 2023
• RBI: 7 [t-2nd], Pacific, Apr 12, 2024
• Runs scored: 4 [t-4th], Pacific, Apr 12, 2024 ; Air Force, Apr 19, 2023
• Walks: 4 [t-2nd], vs A&M Corpus Christi, Feb 20, 2024
• Hit by pitch: 2 [t-9th], Kansas State, Apr 16, 2023
• Struck out: 3 [t-35th], Texas, May 06, 2023
• Sac flies: 2 [t-1st], vs Houston, May 28, 2022
• Sac bunts: 1 [t-40th], 7 times
• At bats: 6 [t-21st], at Missouri, May 02, 2023
• Stolen bases: 1, 11 times
• Field chances: 9, at Wichita St., Apr 23, 2022 ; West Virginia, Apr 07, 2024
• Putouts: 4, at Wichita St., Apr 23, 2022
• Assists: 8 [t-4th], West Virginia, Apr 07, 2024

REDSHIRT JUNIOR – 2024

• No. 52 MLB Draft prospect for 2024 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
• No. 41 third basemen for 2024 by D1Baseball

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE – 2023

• Started 54 games at third base
• .298/.392/.505 (59-for-198), 15 2B, 1 3B, 8 HR, 34 RBI, 42 R, 25 BB
• Hit .387/.463/.774 (36-for-93), 12 2B, 8 HR, 23 RBI, 25 R, 11 BB over the final 23 games; raised his season batting average from .219 to .298
• All eight home runs came in his final 21 games
• Led the team in runs (42), third in doubles (15), walks (25) and on-base percentage (.392), fourth in hits (59), RBI (34) and OPS (.897)
• Career-high 17-game on-base streak from 4/9-5/5/23
• Hit a double in eight-straight games from 4/16-4/28/23
• Go-ahead 2-run single in the 10th inning at Wichita State 4/26/23
• .700/.750/1.400 (14-for-20) with 5 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 9 R, 4 BB in five games against Air Force and Oklahoma State 4/18-4/23/23
• Hit .889/.900/1.778 (8-for-9), 2 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 7 R in two games against Air Force
• Had his first career multi-HR game vs. Air Force 4/19/23
• Back-to-back 4-hit games against Air Force 4/18-19/23
• Personally donated $20 for every hit this season to Lawrence Schools Foundation to provide school supplies for teachers and students (total: $1,180)
• 16 multi-hit games
• Starting third baseman on Opening Day
• Transferred to Kansas with three years of eligibility remaining
• Committed in July 2022

UCF – 2021-22

• Spent two years in the UCF program
• 2022: .256/.380/.432 (45-for-176), 6 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 37 RBI, 40 R, 33 BB, 9 SB in 58 games (52 starts)
• Walked more times (33) than he struck out (27) in 2022
• Tied for fourth on the team with seven home runs in 2022
• Drove in a career-high four RBIs at South Florida (5/6/22)
• Hit his first career home run against Bethune-Cookman (3/8/22)
• Redshirted his freshman season at UCF due to transfer rules
• Transferred to UCF after spending the fall of 2020 in the Arkansas program

HIGH SCHOOL

• Played four years of baseball at Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, Florida
• Helped his team win the district championship twice (2018, 2019) and reach the state final four (2019)
• Named All-District in 2019
• Ranked the No. 6 shortstop in Florida and the No. 23 shortstop nationally by Perfect Game in 2020
• Hit .456 with six home runs in 2019 as a junior
• Also played two years of football
• Originally committed to Mississippi State before decommitting upon the resignation of head coach Andy Cannizaro and ultimately deciding to go to Arkansas
• Played club ball for the Orlando Scorpions

PERSONAL

• Son of Neil and Kristin Brooks
• Has one older sister, Hannah
• His great grandfather played for the Green Bay Packers
• Picked Kansas over Dallas Baptist, Oklahoma State and Florida State
• Chose Kansas because, “The new coaching staff that was brought in really sold me on how they were going to develop me, and from doing research, they have all been at places where their teams did very well.”
• Teammates with Jackson Cobb at Arkansas in the fall of 2020
• Majoring in communication studies