John Brontsema

Height:
6-2
Weight:
190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Santa Barbara, Calif.

2015

Hit .221 with 23 hits
Drove in 10 runs and scored 15
Recorded a double, a triple and two home runs
Career-high four hit game against UC Riverside
Pair of two-RBI games
Spent the summer with the Santa Barbara Foresters
Helped the team win the California Collegiate League
Team finished third at the NBC World Series
Posted a .318 average and stole nine bags

2014

Played in 36 games and made 23 starts
Had 13 hits with four runs batted in
Had one double and a two triples
Season-high two hits in three contests
Played with the Wenatchee AppleSox in the West Coast League
Saw action in five games and had four hits, including a double to go along with an RBI

Santa Barbara High School

Voted team MVP
Named all-city
All-Channel League award
Team captain
Batted .391 with 34 hits, including eight doubles, two triples and two home runs
Had 15 RBI and scored 23 runs
Was 1-0 on the mound with three saves
Logged 8.2 innings with five strikeouts and one earned run on three hits
Won the Top Bat award
Selected to the All-Anaheim Tournament team
Competed on the North vs. South All-Star team
Helped the team to a league title in 2011
Played summer ball with the Santa Paula Halos in the California Collegiate League

Personal

In the top 13% of his class
Parents are Bob and Kathleen. His father was a long-time baseball coach at UC Santa Barbara
Has an older sister, Kathryn
Undeclared major

Career Highlights

AB: 6 vs. UC Riverside, 4/2/15
H: 4 vs. UC Riverside, 4/2/15
R: 2 multiple times; last vs. USC, 5/5/15
2B: 1 vs CSUN, 5/23/15; vs. Pepperdine, 4/1/14
3B: 1 multiple times; last vs. Tennessee, 2/27/15
HR: 1 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 5/15/15; vs. Fresno St., 2/15/15
RBI: 2 vs. UC Riverside, 4/4/15; Fresno St., 2/15/15

CAREER TOTALS
Year	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2014	.197	36-23	66	10	13	1	2	0	4	8	19	0-0
2015	.221	43-29	104	15	23	1	1	2	10	8	29	2-2
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Totals	.212	79-52	170	25	36	2	3	2	14	16	48	2-2

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Santa Barbara High School

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