2023 Baseball Roster Choose a Player: Altman, Daniel Andrade, Kobe Bergman, Caleb Branch, Kolby Brzozowski, Gavin Calder, Ethan Caley, Cam Caley, Harrison Castle, Cortlan Ceccoli, John Craig, Gabe Duke, Tanner Garcia, Brett Golomb, Grant Helton, Blake Johnson, Jack Marriott, Mason Matheson, Jared Mazoch, Zach McKinney, Collin Medellin, JoJo Muirhead, Adam Needham, Anderson Neumann, Casen Oliver, Hambleton Pendergrass, Will Petrowski, Andrew Polk, Walker Posey, Cole Rigney, Will Rogers, Blake Simmons, Hunter Stasio, Cole Stracener, Austin Sunseri, Casey Teplanszky, Hunter Tremain, Cole Valadez, Danny Go Profile Stats Profile INF Position Freshman Class Lucas, Texas Hometown 5'11 Height 190 Weight Lovejoy HS High School #13 Kolby Branch INF Position Freshman Class Lucas, Texas Hometown Season Career Season Stats There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. Career Stats Career Statistics Biography Summary Biography CAREER HONORS • 2023 Freshman All-America (CBN) • 2023 Big 12 All-Freshman Team • 2023 Brooks Wallace Award Watch List 2023 (Freshman): A 2023 Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper … Unanimously named to the Big 12’s All-Freshman Team … Named to Brooks Wallace Award watch list, which honors the nation’s top shortstop … Played in 55 games all as a starter, including 43 at shortstop and 12 at second base … Led team in batting average (.325), OPS (.939), runs (49), hits (69), doubles (17), home runs (6), RBI (41), slugging percentage (.509), walks (39), on-base percentage (.430) and stolen bases (7) … Tallied 19 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games … Reached base in each of the first 23 games of the season … Made his collegiate debut on Opening Day against Central Michigan (2/17), leading off and playing second base … Went 3-for-5 and drove in two in first-career game … Scored the game-winning run on Opening Day as part of walk-off victory over Central Michigan (2/17) … Was a triple shy of the cycle against HCU (2/21), going 4-for-5 with six RBIs, including a grand slam, his first-career home run … Hit his second home run, also a grand slam, against Youngstown State (3/4) in game one of a doubleheader … Delivered a walk-off bloop single against DBU (3/7) to help BU down the Patriots in 12 innings … Homered vs. Mercer (3/10) … Tallied three hits in first game as full-time shortstop (vs. Rice, 3/14) … Racked up three hits at Kansas (3/31) and homered in Sunday finale against the Jayhawks (4/2) … Produced his second four-hit game of the year against Oklahoma (4/6) and drove in three runs … Homered at Abilene Christian (5/2) … Logged three-hit and three-RBI game vs. CSU Bakersfield (5/19) and launched his sixth HR of the year. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas … 2022 Academic All-State honoree … First-Team All-State 5A and First-Team All-Area 5A member … Named 2022 District MVP … 2022 Area Hitter of the Year … Led Leopards to District 10-5A championship … Hit .472 in senior season with eight home runs and 43 RBIs … Also stole 28 bases … Hit .355 with two home runs, 22 RBIs and nine stolen bases as a junior … Voted 2021 Defensive Player of the Year by his teammates … 2019 Newcomer of the Year … Two-time Academic All-District honoree … Member of National Honor Society. Personal: Son of Kari and Rusty Branch … Father, Rusty, played tennis at Oklahoma Baptist University … Has three brothers, Kyle, Carson and Cooper … Intends to major in finance.
