2023 Baseball Roster

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
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Robert Huskey
Jake Hamlin

35 Tanner Brooks

  • Position RHP
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 185
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Kingwood, Tex.
  • Prev School McLennan CC
  • Major Sociology

Biography

2023
  • Reached 70 career outings with 28 in 2023, tying for the team high
  • Started twice as an opener
  • Finished with a 2-4 record and 4.46 ERA in 34.1 innings
  • Collected 42 strikeouts for 92 in his career
  • Picked up wins at CSU Bakersfield and vs. San Diego
2022
  • Made 24 appearances out of the bullpen tossing 26.2 IP
  • Finished with a 3-2 record and 5.14 ERA
  • Struck out 30 to just seven walks
  • Season highs of 2.0 IP in four outings and three outings of four strikeouts
2021
  • Appeared in 18 games on the mound in 2021, all out of the bullpen
  • Debuted March 12 at Stanford with 1.2 innings without allowing a baserunner and striking out two
  • Posted 23.0 innings pitched including eight outings with multiple innings - high of 2.1 innings on three occasions and most pitches in an outing of 40 at UC Davis on March 20
  • Longest scoreless streak stretched six appearances from April 24 to May 22, a total of 5.1 innings
  • Picked up three decisions winning twice, vs. Hawai'i March 28 and at Cal Poly April 16, while drawing the loss at CSUN, April 2
  • Registered nine walks to 20 strikeouts with highs of three strikeouts on April 10 (vs. UCSD) and June 6 (vs. NDSU)
  • Made one postseason appearance June 6 vs. North Dakota State allowed two unearned runs in 1.2 innings while striking out three
McLennan Community College
  • NJCAA Academic Team of the Year honorable mention in two seasons at McLennan Community College
  • 4-0 in four appearances in 2010 before the season was shut down
  • In his freshman season posting a 5-3 record with a 3.18 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 34 innings
  • Best performances in his freshman season were five no-hit innings with eight strikeouts and then seven one-hit innings in a second start
Prep
  • Attended Kingwood High School
  • Posted a 2.00 ERA

Personal
  • Parents are Shane and Jennifer
  • Born in Moore, Oklahoma, grew up in Houston, Texas
  • Middle of six siblings - two older siblings, Weston and Taylor, and three younger siblings, Gabriel, Grace, and Leo
  • Majoring in sociology
  • Aspires to make a lot of money and change the world
  • Says his most memorable sports moment is coming soon
  • Chose UC Irvine because it’s a great school academically with a good location along with awesome coaches and where he saw to be best fit for him
  • Fan of Lebron James, Nolan Ryan, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, the Houston Rockets, and Toronto Maple Leafs, and would love to meet Elon Musk
  • Enjoys watching Nolan Ryan highlights, his favorite movie, the Wolf of Wall Street, and enjoys the musical stylings of Juice WRLD, Drake, Lil Baby, and Young Dolph
  • Other things he enjoys are sharks, sushi, and fashion

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2021Junior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 180 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 180 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2023Redshirt Senior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 185 lbs
    35