#4 Brayden Frazier

Position OF

Height 6-0

Weight 195 lbs.

Class RS Jr.

B/T R/R

Hometown Cedar Rapids, Iowa

High School Cedar Rapids Jefferson

2023

Appeared in 49 games, including 31 starts.
Team captain.
Academic All-Big Ten.
Hit .312 with 29 RBIs.
Launched a grand slam against Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament on May 23rd — setting a career high for runs batted in.
Had additional home runs against #1 LSU, Michigan State, and in the NCAA Regional against Indiana State.

2022 Honors

Academic All-Big Ten selection
Team captain
Started 17 games — 13 in left and four in right field — and appeared in 39 contests
Hit safely in 10 games
Hit .174 (12-of-69) with 12 RBIs and 11 runs scored
Drove in three runs, finishing 1-for-5 with a double at UC Irvine (3/13)
Went 1-for-5 with a solo home run — the first of his career — at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (2/26)
Went 3-for- 5 with two doubles and two RBIs in a 11-1 win over Ball State (2/19).

2021 Honors

Academic All-Big Ten selection
Started 19 games — 18 in left field and one in right field
Hit .325 (26-of-80) with 10 doubles, 16 RBIs and 16 runs scored
Had seven multi-hit games and and hit safely in 17 contests
Hit .375 (3-for-8) with two doubles and two RBIs as a pinch-hitter
Hit .500 (5-for-10) with three doubles and six RBIs in the sweep at Michigan State (5/28-30)
Collected multi-hit games in two contests
Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in game one and tied a career-high, going 3-for-4 with three doubles and two RBIs in the series finale
Three doubles tied a single game school record
Finished with a team-high .444 (4-of-9) average against Illinois (5/14-16)
Had back-to-back multi-hit games, going 2-for-4 and 2-for-3 in games one and two with two doubles
Hit in the cleanup spot for first time in game two
Returned to the team April 23 after missing three weeks after testing positive with COVID
Hit a team-best .467 (7-of-15) with two doubles and four RBIs in 3-1 weekend at the Columbus Big Ten pod, posting the first three multi-hit games of his career
Went 3-for-4 with two doubles in game two against Ohio State (3/27) and was 2-for-3 and tied a career-high with three RBIs against Maryland (3/28)
Had a pinch-hit double and scored a run in series opener against Nebraska (3/19)
Had a pinch-hit, two-run double in Iowa’s 8-3 win over No. 18/21 Michigan (3/7).

2020 Honors

Named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester
Season canceled by Big Ten Conference and NCAA on March 12 due to concerns of coronavirus (COVID-19)
Started five games — three times in left field and twice in right field
Hit .235 (4-of-20) with six RBIs
Went 1-for-3 with a career-high three RBIs against Georgetown (3/7)
Had a two-run, ninth-inning single in the come-from-behind win over No. 20 North Carolina
Had his first career hit — an RBI double — at San Diego (2/23).

2019

High School

Rated as the 440th-best prospect nationally by Perfect Game
Was a 2017 Perfect Game Third-Team Underclass selection
Ranked as the No. 6 player in the state of Iowa by Prep Baseball Report
Two-time second-team all-state selection
Two-time all-district and all-conference honoree
Honorable mention All-Metro as a sophomore
Hit .344 with 10 doubles, five home runs, and 28 RBIs as a senior
Hit .432 with 33 runs and 33 RBIs
Had 24 doubles, two triples, two home runs, and six steals
The 24 doubles ranked second in the state and were a single-season school record
Had 51 career doubles — a school record
Was a preseason third-team All-American in 2017
Helped team to a conference title in 2015 and a seventh-place state finish in 2016
Was an Area Code Games player in 2016 and was invited to the National Showcase in 2017
Played club baseball for Cedar Rapids Reds, Perfect Game (USSSA), and Perfect Game Iowa Select
Also played basketball and football
Had a 4.0 cumulative grade point average, earning class Salutatorian honors
Got a 31 on his ACT
National Honor Society member
All-Academic honoree
Recipient of Jim Bowen scholarship
High school coaches were Terry Schneekloth and Gordy Nordgren.

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