#14 Brody Brecht Season 2023-24

2024

• Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List.
• Perfect Game Preseason All-America Selection.
• Named to the College Baseball Foundation Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List.
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (4/22, 4/29).
• Team captain.
• First-team All-Big Ten.
• American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Midwest Region Selection.
• 15 starts on the mound.
• Went 4-3 with a 3.33 ERA over 78 1/3 innings.
• Led the pitching staff with a career-high 128 strikeouts, a program season-high.
• Ranked fourth in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (14.71) and seventh in total strikeouts.
• Eight outings with double-digit strikeouts.
• Held opponents to a  .165 batting average.
• Pitched a season-high eight innings while striking out 13 against Northwestern on May 4th.
• Ranked fifth in the nation in hits allowed per game (5.29)
• Iowa’s career strikeout leader (281).
• Selected 38th overall by the Colorado Rockies in the Competitive Balance-A round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft. He is the highest draft pick under head coach Rick Heller at Iowa.

2023

• Baseball America Preseason Third-Team All-America Selection.
• First-Team All-Big Ten.
• ABCA First-Team All-Midwest Selection.
• NCBWA Third-Team All-America Selection.
• Perfect Game Third-Team All-America Selection.
• Perfect Game Midseason First-Team All-American.
• Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List.
• Academic All-Big Ten.
• Two-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (2/21 & 5/22).
• D1Baseball Pitcher of the Week (2/20).
• Appeared in 17 games, including 16 starts on the mound.
• Held a 5-2 record with a 3.74 ERA.
• Struck out 109 batters in 77 innings.
• Held opponents to .143 batting average.
• Career high 13 strikeouts against Maryland on March 31st.
• Career high seven innings pitched in a win at Indiana, allowing just two hits and striking out seven.
• Three outings with double digit strikeouts (10 vs Quinnipiac, 10 vs Western Michigan, 13 vs Maryland)
• Threw 5 perfect innings with 10 strikeouts against Quinnipiac on February 18th.
• Started against Indiana State at the NCAA Regional, firing seven innings and allowing two earned runs on two hits, while striking out eight on June 3rd.
• The Hawkeyes were 12-4 in games that Brecht started.
• Ranked #1 in the nation in hits allowed per nine innings (4.32).
• Led the Big Ten in strikeouts per nine innings (12.74).
• Led the Big Ten in limiting opponent batting average (.143).
• Finished third in the Big Ten in ERA (3.74).

Hawk Item

• Former dual-sport athlete
• Scholarship wide receiver on the Iowa football team
• Was rated as the No. 77 prospect available for the 2021 MLB Draft

2022 Honors

• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
• Perfect Game Second-Team Freshman All-American
• Big Ten All-Freshman team selection
• Went 1-3 with a 3.18 ERA in 17 appearances, including one start
• Had 44 strikeouts to 25 walks over 22 2/3 innings
• Allowed one earned run in his last 10 relief outings, spanning 13 1/3 innings with 28 strikeouts
• Made his first career start against Michigan (5/29) in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals
• Tossed two shutout innings in the win over Bradley (4/19)
• Struck out three in 1 1/3 innings of relief at Milwaukee (4/12)
• Struck out all six batters in two innings at Bradley (4/6)
• Had four strikeouts over two innings against Central Michigan (3/26)
• Pitched a 1-2-3 seventh against Cornell College, hitting 101, 101 and 100 on his first three “official” pitches at Duane Banks Field in a combined shutout
• Notched his first career victory, tossing four innings of scoreless, hitless relief against Ball State (2/19)
• Fanned seven batters
• Rated as the top incoming recruit in the Big Ten and the No. 9 recruit nationally by Perfect Game
• Ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the Big Ten for the 2024 MLB Draft by Perfect Game
• Ranked as the No. 4 impact freshman in the Big Ten by D1Baseball.com

High School

• Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year
• Rated as the No. 3 player in the state of Iowa
• First-team Elite All-State selection as a senior
• Three-time all-state honoree, earning first-team honors as a junior and senior and third-team as sophomore
• Des Moines Register all-Iowa Elite Team and first-team Class 4A selection as a senior
• Four-time all-conference honoree, including three first-team honors
• Three-time first-team all-district
• Went 10-0 with a 0.57 ERA as a senior with 126 strikeouts
• Limited hitters to a .099 batting average and had a .77 WHIP
• Tossed a no-hitter as a senior and had a school-record 17 strikeouts against Ames
• Went 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA as a junior with 69 strikeouts, a .143 batting average against and a 1.25 WHIP
• Was 6-3 with a 2.46 ERA as a sophomore with 70 strikeouts, a .182 batting average against and a 1.66 WHIP
• Hit .316 as a freshman with 21 RBIs and three home runs
• Holds school records for single-season ERA (0.57) and winning percentage (1.000)
• Led team to a conference title and a third-place finish at state as a senior
• Also a Des Moines Register Elite All-State selection as a junior and senior where he also earned first-team all-district and all-state honors as a wide receiver
• Led team to a state title as a senior with an 11-1 record
• Holds school records for career receptions (124), receiving yards (2,269 and touchdown receptions (29)
• Earned Academic Achievement Award in three sports and CIML All-Academic recognition
• Member of the DMACC Dean’s List in 2021
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• High school coach was Joe Balvanz

Personal

• Born Sept. 27, 2002, in Des Moines, Iowa
• Son of Aaron and Kelcy Brecht
• Has a younger sister, Adyson
• Majoring in business