The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2009 Baseball Roster
Roster
Brandon Belt
- Position:
- LHP/1B
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lufkin, Texas
- High School:
- Hudson
SOPHOMORE (2008)
2008 HONORS
· Fall 2007 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll
· All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
· Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Most?Outstanding?Player
· Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team
2008 SEASON
· Played in 61 games with 58 starts at first base.
· Hit out of the clean-up spot on 19 occasions, fifth in the order 12 times and the six hole 18 times.
· Batted .319 with 41 runs, 76 hits, 20 doubles, two triples, six home runs and a team-high 65 RBI.
· Posted a .991 fielding percentage with 493 putouts, 38 assists and five errors.
· Pitched in 16 games, all out of the bullpen, amassing 17.2 innings.
· Posted a 1-0 record with two saves, a 4.08 ERA and 16 strikeouts.
· Batted .250 in Big 12 action with 14 runs, 24, hits, four doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI in 27 games.
· Pitched in seven Big 12 games, posting a 0-0 record with six strikeouts in 7.1 innings.
2008 HIGHLIGHTS
· Batted 4-for-5 with two doubles and four runs scored against VCU (2/23).
· Went 4-for-7 with four RBI, three runs, two doubles and one walk in two-game series sweep over?UT Pan American (2/26-27).
· Hit 2-for-4 with one run, one RBI, one double and one triple versus Tennessee (2/29).
· Logged first career home run and added two RBI in victory over Houston?(3/2).
· Went 7-for-12 with three runs, nine RBI and three doubles in two-game series sweep of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/4-5).
· Logged a team season-high eight RBI in second game against TAMU-CC (3/5).
· Went 4-for-4 with one run, two RBI and one walk against Stanford (3/9).
· Notched a home run, two RBI and a run in finale against Kansas?(3/16).
· Went 3-for-6 with three RBI and one double in win over UTSA?(3/17).
· Batted 3-for-4 with one run, five RBI, one walk and a home run against Texas State?(3/18).
· Logged a home run and two RBI in series finale win over Texas Tech (3/22).
· In his first two games against Oklahoma (4/4-5) went 3-for-7 with one run and three RBI.
· Batted 2-for-2 with one run and a walk in win against Texas State (4/8).
· Logged a double, two walks and one run in opening game against Missouri (4/11).
· Recorded a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in second game against Oklahoma State?(4/19).
· Batted 7-for-11 with two runs, four RBI, one double, one walk and one stolen base in series against Baylor (5/2-4).
· Went 2-for-3 with one double and four RBI in first game of doubleheader sweep of Alabama A&M?(5/14).
· Pitched one hitless shutout inning of relief with one strikeout in win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (?3/5).
· Earned first career save throwing two hitless, shutout innings of relief with one strikeout against Texas State (3/18).
· Went 2-for-3 with one double and four RBI in first game of doubleheader sweep of Alabama A&M?(5/14).
· Was the pitcher of record against Oral Roberts?(3/24) going 1.2 innings in relief allowing no hits and no runs with two strikeouts.
· Secured second save of the year allowing one unearned run and one hit while striking out one against Texas State?(4/8).
· Hit 10-for-17 with five runs, 10 RBI, one double and one home run on his way to picking up Most Outstanding Player honors as well as making the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (5/21-25).
· Played first base and pitched for the Harwich Mariners under the direction of Coach Steve Englert in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League over the summer.
· Helped the Mariners to their first Cape Cod crown in 23 years.
· Batted .248 with 20 runs, 34 hits, seven doubles, two triples, five home runs and 25 RBI in 37 games.
· Led the Mariners in runs (20), triples?(2), home runs (5) and RBI (25).
BEFORE TEXAS
· Played one year for San Jacinto College in Houston, Texas as a left-handed pitcher and designated hitter under Coach Tom Arrington.
· Batted .441 with 10 home runs to garner all-conference designated hitter honors and the 2007 Juco World Series Big Stick Award for the third-ranked Gators as a freshman.
· Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
· Played for Coach Heath Autry[apos]s Coppell Copperheads in the Texas Collegiate League (TLC) as a left-handed pitcher and outfielder, helping the team log a 30-19 record.
· Batted .340 with six home runs, seven doubles, two triples, 22 runs, 38 hits and 22 RBI helping the Copperheads win the 2007 TLC Championship and earning championship series MVP honors.
HIGH SCHOOL
· A four-year letterwinner as pitcher and outfielder under Coach Glen Kimble at Hudson High School in Lufkin, Texas.
· As a senior, garnered district MVP, all-state and All-America honors for the Hornets.
· Named district co-MVP and first-team all-state as a junior.
· Awarded district co-MVP honors as a sophomore.
· Named first-team all-district as a freshman.
· Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 2006 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL
Born Brandon Kyle Belt on April 20, 1988 in Nacogdoches, Texas ... parents are Darrell and Janice Belt ... has one younger brother, Cameron ...majoring in education.
