Career: Finished GVSU career as the school leader in games played (222), games started (204), runs scored (174), home runs (49), RBI (205), total bases (424), walks (121), intentional walks (13), chances (1,826), putouts (1,693) and double plays turned (163)...Second in GVSU history in sacrifice flies (16)...Fifth in slugging percentage (.634) and at-bats (669)...Sixth in hits (228)...Seventh in hit by pitches (19)...Eighth in doubles (37)...Set single-season records in walks (49 in 2014), intentional walks (7 in 2014), chances (559 in 2013), putouts (520 in 2013), double plays turned (48 in 2013)...Had second-best single-season marks in on-base percentage (.528 in 2014), home runs (17 in 2014), RBI (70 in 2014) and double plays turned (47 in 2012)...15 home runs in 2012 is third-most in a single-season at GVSU.
2014: Daktronics National Player of the Year (first GVSU baseball national player of the year winner in school history)...ABCA, Daktronics and NCBWA First Team All-American...CoSIDA/Capital One First Team Academic All-America...ABCA, Daktronics and NCBWA Midwest Region Player of the Year and First Team All-Region...Midwest Region All-Tournament Team...GLIAC Player of the Year...First Team All-GLIAC...GLIAC All-Tournament Team...GLIAC Tournament MVP...Started all 52 games on the year, hitting .384 with 49 runs, 61 hits, 12 doubles, 17 home runs, 70 RBI, 49 walks, a .792 slugging percentage and a .528 on-base percentage...Ended season as Division II’s career active leader in home runs, RBI and games played...GLIAC all-time career home run leader...Had 19 multi-hit games and led the team with 16 multi-RBI games, including five games of at least four RBI and three games of at least five RBI...Went 2-for-4 with a run scored, five RBI and a home run against Wayne State in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Tournament (5/16), including a grand slam...Hit home runs in three straight games at the GLIAC Tournament...Went 2-for-5 with a run, two RBI and a home run against Lake Erie (5/11) in the GLIAC Tournament championship game...Went 2-for-3 with two runs, three RBI and a home run against Lake Erie (5/10) in the GLIAC Tournament semifinals, with his home run breaking the GLIAC career record...Went 2-for-5 with a run, four RBI, a double and a home run against Tiffin (5/9) in the GLIAC Tournament...Went 3-for-4 with two runs, four RBI and two home runs against Saginaw Valley State (4/17)...Went 3-for-3 with two runs, six RBI and a pair of homers at Walsh (4/12)...Went 3-for-3 with a run scored, five RBI and a home run against Lewis (3/3)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs, five RBI, a double and a home run against Southern Indiana (2/23).
2013: NCBWA Honorable Mention All-American...ABCA First Team All-Midwest Region...NCBWA First Team All-Midwest Region...Daktronics Second Team All-Midwest Region...Second Team All-GLIAC...Midwest Region All-Tournament Team...GLIAC All-Tournament Team...Started all 57 games...Hit .321 with 47 runs, 59 hits, 15 doubles, 13 home runs, 55 RBI, six stolen bases and slugged .636...Led the team in slugging (.636), RBI (55), triples (2), home runs (13), total bases (117) and walks (27)...Led the team with 12 multi-RBI games and had 16 multi-hit games...Ended the season with 32 career home runs, tied for the GVSU all-time record...Tied a GVSU single-game record with seven RBI against Charleston (3/9), when he went 3-for-4 with three runs, two home runs and seven RBI...Began the year on a seven-game hitting streak and hit safely in eight of the first nine games...Hit .484 with 12 runs, 15 hits, five home runs and 20 RBI with a 1.161 slugging percentage in the first nine games of the year on the Florida Spring Break trip...Named to GLIAC All-Tournament Team after hitting .444 with five runs, one home run, five RBI and a .722 slugging percentage...Named to Midwest Region All-Tournament Team after hitting .353 with four runs, three doubles, a home run, four RBI and a .706 slugging percentage...Ended the season on a 16-game reached base streak...Had two games in which he hit two home runs (3/9 vs Charleston; 4/21 vs Lake Erie)...Went 1-for-1 with two runs, two RBI, a double and three walks against Franklin Pierce (5/29) in the College World Series.
2012: ABCA and Daktronics First Team All-Midwest Region...NCBWA Second Team All-Midwest Region...GLIAC Tournament MVP...First Team All-GLIAC...Played in 56 games (55 starts)...Hit .339 with 41 runs, 60 hits, 48 RBI, 116 total bases and had a .441 on-base percentage...Led the team with 15 home runs and a .655 slugging percentage...His 15 home runs was the second most in a single season in GVSU history...Had 16 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games...Tied an NCAA Division II record with four home runs in four straight at-bats during a doubleheader against Tiffin (4/14)...Went 3-for-3 with three runs, five RBI, two home runs and a triple in game one, then went 2-for-3 with two runs, three RBI and two home runs in game two...Went 2-for-4 with two runs, three RBI and two home runs at Saginaw Valley (4/7)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs, six RBI and a grand slam against Wayne State (5/12) in the GLIAC Championship game.
2011:Â Second Team All-GLIAC...Played in 47 games (36 starts)...Hit .349 with 35 runs, 45 hits, three home runs and 30 RBI while tallying a .450 slugging percentage... Was third on the team in sacrifice flies (5)...Had 14 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games including a five RBI performance...Had GVSU's only multi-HR game when he hit a three-run homer and a solo homer in back-to-back at bat's against Tiffin (4/17).
2010:Â Medical redshirt...Played in 10 games...Hit one home run and drove in two runs.
High School: Prepped at Warren De La Salle High School...Played for Brian Kelly...Led Pilots to 2009 State Championship...Earned Catholic All-League honors as a senior...Hit .411 with 44 hits, 37 runs scored, 54 RBI, 14 home runs, eight doubles and a triple as a senior...Named to the 2009 National High School Baseball Coaches Association All District First Team...Missed nearly all of sophomore and junior years due to injury.
Personal: Son of Raffael and Rosanne Brugnoni...Biology major.
