2023 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 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
2023
Personal
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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