2023 Catamount Baseball Roster
Biography
PRONUNCIATION: Tom BRAHZ-nuh-hann
2023 (Redshirt Senior): Made eight relief appearances on the year, tossing a combined 3.2 innings out of the bullpen … Struck out one against six walks on the year … Finished the year with a 9.82 ERA, allowing five runs, four of which were earned, on eight base hits … Tossed a season-long inning at Gardner-Webb (March 1) ...
Named to the Spring 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference team ...Â
Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Redshirt Junior): Saw action in 38 games on the season including 22 starts behind the plate … Finished the season with a .161 batting average, recording 10 hits in 62 plate appearances with two doubles and three home runs … Added a pair of sacrifice flies in driving home 16 RBI on the season … Drew five walks and was hit five times for a .270 on-base percentage … Recorded 197 putouts and nine assists on the season defensively … Started the season hot out of the gates with a 3-for-4 effort with a double and home run in the season-opener against Niagara (Feb. 18) … Made one appearance on the mound, tossing two innings in relief against UNCG (May 21) – struck out two against two walks and an HBP, allowing two runs – one earned – for a 4.50 ERA ...
Named to the Spring 2022 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 18 games with 14 starts at catcher … Posted a .171 seasonal batting average with seven hits including three for extra bases with a double and two home runs … Scored 14 runs with seven RBI … Finished the season on a five-game reached base safely streak … Made his WCU debut as a pinch hitter against Towson (Feb. 19), drawing a walk and scoring a run … Made his first start behind the plate against Towson (Feb. 20), recording his first hit for the purple & gold … Homered against UNC Asheville (Feb. 23) for his first extra base hit as a Catamount … Doubled and scored three runs against VMI (April 11) … Blasted a towering two-run home run against Wofford (May 27) in the SoCon Tournament at Fluor Field, recording a season-high two RBI … Tallied a career-best two hits in the second meeting with the Terriers in the conference tournament with a 2-for-3 outing (May 29);
Summer 2021: Played in 10 games for the Woodstock (Va.) River Bandits of the Valley Baseball League, batting .200 (3-for-15) with four runs scored and three RBI.
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from Harford Community College after beginning his collegiate career at Ohio University where he redshirted in 2018 and played the 2019 season at Dyersburg State ... Hit .257 and scored 16 runs in 2019Â ...
High School: Garnered first-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference honors as a senior in 2017 ... Helped lead his high school to a sectional championship and a district runner-uup finish in 2017 ... Earned all-conference honorable mention as both a junior and sophomore.
Personal: Is the son of Chris and Rhonda Brosnahan ... Has two siblings, Ginger and Tory.
Career Game Highs (WCU):
- At Bats:Â 5, twice (MR: vs. Wofford, 5/27/21)
- Hits:Â 3, NIAGARA-1 (2/18/22)
- Runs:Â 3, twice (MR: NIAGARA-2, 2/18/22)
- Doubles:Â 1, three times (MR: at Presbyterian, 3/9/22)
- RBI:Â 3, twice (MR: UT MARTIN, 3/20/22
- Walks:Â 2, NIAGARA-2, 2/18/22)
- Hitting Streak:Â 2 games
- Innings Pitched: 1.0, at Gardner-Webb (3/1/23)
Statistics
Season Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2021Redshirt Sophomore
Catcher
6'3"
210 lbs
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2022Redshirt Junior
Catcher
6'3"
210 lbs
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2023Redshirt Senior
Right-handed Pitcher
6'3"
210 lbs