Troy University Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Roster
Brooks Bryan
- Position:
- C
- B/T:
- L/R
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Opelika, Ala.
- High School:
- Opelika HS
Round 8, pick 248 by Kansas City Royals (2025)
Career Accolades
• All-Sun Belt Second Team (2025)
• Buster Posey Award Midseason Watchlist (2025)
• Perfect Game Preseason All-Sun Belt Team (2025)
• All-Sun Belt First Team (2024)
• ABCA/Rawlings All-Southeast Region First Team (2024)
• Golden Spikes Award semifinalist (2024)
• Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist (2024)
• USA Baseball Collegiate National Team (2024)
Junior (2025)
Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team and to the Buster Posey Award midseason watchlist … Started all 60 games for the Trojans (50 Catcher/1 First Base/8 Outfield/1 DH) … Hit .279 with a .399 on-base percentage and a .533 slugging percentage … Totaled 52 runs, 64 hits, 18 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs, 61 RBIs, 37 walks and nine HBPs … 61 RBIs ranked second in the Sun Belt … 18 doubles tied for third in the Sun Belt … 37 walks ranked ninth in the Sun Belt … Recorded 15 multi-hit games and led Troy with 19 multi-RBI games … Hit a game-tying two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning in Troy’s 10-9 win over Penn on March 1 … Hit a bases-clearing, go-ahead triple in the bottom of the eighth inning in Troy’s 4-3 win over Marshall on March 29 … Had the first multi-home run game of his career in Troy’s 12-8 win at Samford on May 7, going 3-for-3 with a triple, two home runs, two walks and three RBIs … Hit a career-long 455-foot home run at Arkansas State on May 10 … Named Week 13 Sun Belt Player of the Week after going 7-for-16 with two doubles, a triple, four home runs, seven RBIs, and six walks … Finishes his junior season ranked fifth in Troy history with 158 RBIs and ninth in program history with 34 home runs
Named to All-Sun Belt First Team and ABCA/Rawlings All-Southeast Region First Team ... Semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy ... Invited to Team USA Collegiate National Team Training Camp ... Played in 58 games with 56 starts as a catcher, outfielder and designated hitter, batting .279 ... Led the Trojans in home runs (18), RBIs (85) and slugging percentage (.589) ... 85 RBIs were a new school record, led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked fifth nationally ... led Troy with 22 multi-RBI games ... Had eight games with four or more RBIs ... 18 home runs ranked third in the SBC ... Six sac flies ranked second in the SBC ... Led team and ranked sixth in the SBC with a .312 ISO ... Had a 122 wRC+ ... Tallied 61 hits, 30 extra base hits, 31 walks, nine hit-by-pitches and 52 runs scored ... Set a career-high with four hits at ULM on March 15, matching that number at Jacksonville State on April 3 and at App State on April 13 ... Drove in a career-high seven RBIs at Jacksonville State on April 3 ... Hit first career grand slam at Georgia State on April 21 ... Hit multiple home runs in series against Harvard, App State, Georgia State and No. 13 Coastal Carolina ... Fielded .989 with just three errors in 268 chances ... caught five base stealers from behind the plate
Freshman (2023)
Participated in 23 games with 14 starts, 13 hits and 12 RBIs … Fielded 91 chances with 85 putouts and six assists for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … Knocked two multi-hit and multi-RBI games … Batted three RBIs in three at-bats and one hit against App State in the SBC Tournament … At Alabama State, went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one homer … Finished with a .217 batting average, .433 slugging percentage and .304 on-base percentage ... First career collegiate home run against Evansville - hit four total
High School
Attended Opelika high school in Opelika, Ala. … Played catcher and outfield … Junior year was an all-state honorable mention … Named first-team all-area and second-team all-state … Batted .380 his senior year with eight home runs, and 33 RBIs, and caught 11 runners stealing … ALWS champions and named MVP of the tournament
Personal
Full name is Brooks Edward Bryan … Born on July 14, 2004 … Son of Christi and Bo Bryan … Dad played baseball at Huntington College … Has one sister, Addison ... grandfather, Eddie, was an offensive lineman on the 1968 NAIA National Championship football team for Troy ... Majoring in sport management
