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Jersey Number 48
Brock Vradenburg
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
- High School:
- Maranatha
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Garnered College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America® accolades ... Earned four All-America accolades, being named to D1Baseball’s Third-Team All-America list, Baseball America Third-Team All-American, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Third-Team All-America list as well as Third-Team All-America accolades from Collegiate Baseball ... Becomes only the second MSU Baseball student-athlete to earn both Athletic and Academic All-American Honors in the same season and the first since 1974 when Dale Drietch also earned Third-Team Athletic All-American accolades and First-Team Academic All-American honors ... Is first Academic All-American since 2011 when Brandon Eckerle earned first-team recognition, and overall is MSU Baseball’s 15th Academic All-America accolade and the 12th different Spartan baseball player to earn Academic All-American honors ... Also collected the NCBWA Region 5 Player of the Year award and was also named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings First-Team All-Midwest Region list ... Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors ... A two-time Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2023 (JUNIOR): Collected College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America® accolades and tabbed a Third-Team Collegiate Baseball All-American, becoming only the second MSU Baseball student-athlete to earn both Athletic and Academic All-American Honors in the same season and the first since 1974 when Dale Frietch also earned Third-Team Athletic All-American accolades and First-Team Academic All-American honors ... Is first Academic All-American since 2011 when Brandon Eckerle earned first-team recognition, and overall is MSU Baseball’s 15th Academic All-America accolade and the 12th different Spartan baseball player to earn Academic All-American honors ... Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors ... Recognized with Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Tabbed a semifinalist for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and the USBWA Dick Howser Trophy ... Garnered three MSU team awards, as the recipient of both the John Kobs Most Valuable Player Award in addition to the Kirk Gibson Offensive Player of the Year Award ... Named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after led all first basemen in the tournament with a .455 average, going 5-for-11, with one double, finishing with six total bases and three RBI, posting a .545 slugging percentage and added two walks for a .571 on-base percentage in the Spartans’ three games in the B1G Tournament ... Named First-Team All-Big Ten ... Was the Spartans’ starting first baseman for all 55 games and led MSU while ranking second in the B1G and 24th in the NCAA in batting average exactly a .400 average, becoming the first Spartan to hit .400 or better since 2002 and becoming the 28th member of MSU’s “.400 Club” ... Is the first member of the club since 2002 when Brady Burrill (.414), Chris McCuiston (.404) and Bob Malek (.402) all hit over .400 ... Was also third in the B1G and 43rd in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.492), along with ranking fourth in the league and 37th in the nation in slugging percentage (.721). Additionally, ranked third in the B1G and 36th in the NCAA in hits per game (1.56), while also ranking fifth in the conference and 33rd in the country overall in hits (86) ... The Spartan first baseman was second in the B1G in on-base + slugging pct (OPS) at 1.213 ... Also ranked fourth in the league and 34th in the nation in total bases (155) ... Was also third in the B1G and 30th in the NCAA in RBI (69), while ranking second in the league and 41st in the country in RBI/game (1.26) ... In addition, was fifth in the B1G and 86th in the NCAA in runs (62), just ahead of teammate Trent Farquhar (59) ... Also led the B1G and ranked 24th in the NCAA in doubles (22), along with second in the league and 34th in the nation in doubles per game (0.40) ... The 22 doubles tied MSU’s single-season doubles record, matching Blaise Salter (2014) & Chris McCuiston (2002) for the top spot ... Also sixth in the B1G in triples with four, ranking 70th in the nation and also third on the team, trailing teammates Mitch Jebb (7) and Casey Mayes (5), and just ahead of teammates Sam Busch and Dillon Kark (3) ... Had a season-long and MSU season-best 41-game on-base streak (March 4 - May 16), which came after a seven-game streak to open the season was halted and finished with a five-game streak after the 41-game streak came to an end, finishing with reaching base in 53 of the 55 games, only not reaching base vs. Charleston (March 3) and Indiana (May 18) ... Posted a season-long 11-game hitting streak (March 4-24), the third-longest on the team, along with a 10-game streak (April 22-May 10), finishing with six streaks of four or more games, including three streaks of at least seven games ... Posted a team-high 26 games with multiple hits, led by one game with career-high four hits (vs. Oakland, April 12), along with 13 games with three hits and 12 games with two hits ... Registered team-leading 22 multiple RBI games, led by season-best five ribbies at Michigan (April 23), part of going 3-for-4 with two HR and a double, with four runs scored in the 14-2 Victory for MSU, the Spartans’ largest win over UM since 1969 ... Belted first 10 home runs of season on the road, before erupting for two HRs in game vs. Northwestern (April 29), his second multi-HR outing with the aforementioned two round-trippers at Michigan, finishing both games with career-high 10 total bases, while the four runs scored in Michigan game was career-high ... Knocked career-high two doubles in two different games, vs. Purdue (March 24) and vs. Northwestern (April 30) ... Rapped career-best two triples in game vs. Oakland (April 12) ... The 69 RBI is No. 2 on MSU’s single-season RBI list, while the 13 HR ranks tied for eighth on the Spartans’ single-season HR list, and the 86 hits ranks seventh on MSU’s single-season hits list ... Had five games with multiple walks as teams pitched around him ... Made career-high tying 13 putouts in game at Rutgers (April 1), the third time in career with 13 putouts ... Finished season with .986 fielding percentage, posting 410 putouts and 25 assists, and was part of team-high 35 double plays, ranking fourth in the B1G, playing a part in 35 of MSU’s 36 double plays.
2022 (SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Played in 49 games making 44 starts, with 29 starts at first base and 15 at designated hitter ... Was fourth on team with .280 average, along with ranking tied for third on team with 29 RBI, in addition to also ranking fourth on team with five home runs and 22 walks, while ranking fifth in slugging percentage (.446), on-base percentage (.363) and total bases (70) ... Bashed first home run as a Spartan in dramatic fashion with a grand slam in third game of season at UNLV (Feb. 19), going 2-for-4 with career-high six RBI ... Posted career-high seven total bases next day at UNLV going 2-for-5 with a triple and home run with two RBI, giving him eight RBI with two HR and one triple in going 4-for-9 in two games ... Added three ribbies in 2-for-4 outing vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (April 27) ... Was second on team with eight multiple RBI games, with the team-best six RBI at UNLV and the three RBI against Purdue Fort Wayne, along with six games with two RBI each ... Logged 12 total games with multiple hits, led by career-high tying three hits in 3-for-4 outing vs. Minnesota (April 29), part of a spurt of season-long seven-game hitting streak with multiple hits in six of them, with 14 hits in those seven games ... Knocked two home runs in last three-games, both coming at Nebraska ... In field, was third on team with 222 putouts and second on team in part of 30 fielding double plays, and fifth with 22 assists.
2021 (FRESHMAN): Played in 25 games, making 21 starts, all at first base ... Hit .211 (16-for-76) with six doubles, logging 10 RBI and eight runs scored, adding eight walks ... Ranked sixth on team with the six two-baggers ... Made Spartan debut on March 7 vs. Maryland in Greenville, going 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk ... Logged first MSU RBI and double as part of 1-for-3 outing vs. Northwestern (March 12) in Greenville ... Registered three multi-hit outings, highlighted by season-high 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored vs. Illinois (March 20) in Ann Arbor ... Was also 2-for-4 vs. Purdue (April 11), adding 2-for-2 outing with an RBI vs. Nebraska (April 24) ... Had pair of multi-RBI contests, adding two as part of 1-for-5 on a double with two RBI and two runs scored vs. Northwestern (March 13) in Greenville ... Was second on team with 162 putouts, most by a non-catcher, adding seven assists, and was part of 20 of MSU’s 41 double plays, as the Spartans shared the B1G-lead and were tied for 11th in the NCAA in double plays per game (0.93), with the 41 DPs ranking second in the B1G.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Maranatha High School for head coach Matt Shupper ... Earned first-team All-Olympic League honors as a junior, hitting .400 with 26 RBI and one HR in helping the Barooks to back-to-back Olympic League championships ... Helped Maranatha to a 24-13 record at a junior after a 28-3 mark sophomore season and 21-1-1 as a freshman ... A two-year team captain for the Barooks ... Played summer league for San Gabriel Valley Arsenal ... Rated as the No. 13 first baseman in California by Perfect Game ... Selected Michigan State over Saint Mary’s, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside.
PERSONAL: Son of Ann and Todd Vradenburg ... Father, Todd, played college football at San Diego State, while his mother, Ann, played college soccer at University of the Pacific ... Sister, Tori, played college softball at Allegheny College ... Majoring in advertising management at MSU ... Chose MSU because of the coaches focusing on the players’ athletic and academic success, and the family environment of the program.
2023 (JUNIOR): Collected College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America® accolades and tabbed a Third-Team Collegiate Baseball All-American, becoming only the second MSU Baseball student-athlete to earn both Athletic and Academic All-American Honors in the same season and the first since 1974 when Dale Frietch also earned Third-Team Athletic All-American accolades and First-Team Academic All-American honors ... Is first Academic All-American since 2011 when Brandon Eckerle earned first-team recognition, and overall is MSU Baseball’s 15th Academic All-America accolade and the 12th different Spartan baseball player to earn Academic All-American honors ... Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors ... Recognized with Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Tabbed a semifinalist for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and the USBWA Dick Howser Trophy ... Garnered three MSU team awards, as the recipient of both the John Kobs Most Valuable Player Award in addition to the Kirk Gibson Offensive Player of the Year Award ... Named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after led all first basemen in the tournament with a .455 average, going 5-for-11, with one double, finishing with six total bases and three RBI, posting a .545 slugging percentage and added two walks for a .571 on-base percentage in the Spartans’ three games in the B1G Tournament ... Named First-Team All-Big Ten ... Was the Spartans’ starting first baseman for all 55 games and led MSU while ranking second in the B1G and 24th in the NCAA in batting average exactly a .400 average, becoming the first Spartan to hit .400 or better since 2002 and becoming the 28th member of MSU’s “.400 Club” ... Is the first member of the club since 2002 when Brady Burrill (.414), Chris McCuiston (.404) and Bob Malek (.402) all hit over .400 ... Was also third in the B1G and 43rd in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.492), along with ranking fourth in the league and 37th in the nation in slugging percentage (.721). Additionally, ranked third in the B1G and 36th in the NCAA in hits per game (1.56), while also ranking fifth in the conference and 33rd in the country overall in hits (86) ... The Spartan first baseman was second in the B1G in on-base + slugging pct (OPS) at 1.213 ... Also ranked fourth in the league and 34th in the nation in total bases (155) ... Was also third in the B1G and 30th in the NCAA in RBI (69), while ranking second in the league and 41st in the country in RBI/game (1.26) ... In addition, was fifth in the B1G and 86th in the NCAA in runs (62), just ahead of teammate Trent Farquhar (59) ... Also led the B1G and ranked 24th in the NCAA in doubles (22), along with second in the league and 34th in the nation in doubles per game (0.40) ... The 22 doubles tied MSU’s single-season doubles record, matching Blaise Salter (2014) & Chris McCuiston (2002) for the top spot ... Also sixth in the B1G in triples with four, ranking 70th in the nation and also third on the team, trailing teammates Mitch Jebb (7) and Casey Mayes (5), and just ahead of teammates Sam Busch and Dillon Kark (3) ... Had a season-long and MSU season-best 41-game on-base streak (March 4 - May 16), which came after a seven-game streak to open the season was halted and finished with a five-game streak after the 41-game streak came to an end, finishing with reaching base in 53 of the 55 games, only not reaching base vs. Charleston (March 3) and Indiana (May 18) ... Posted a season-long 11-game hitting streak (March 4-24), the third-longest on the team, along with a 10-game streak (April 22-May 10), finishing with six streaks of four or more games, including three streaks of at least seven games ... Posted a team-high 26 games with multiple hits, led by one game with career-high four hits (vs. Oakland, April 12), along with 13 games with three hits and 12 games with two hits ... Registered team-leading 22 multiple RBI games, led by season-best five ribbies at Michigan (April 23), part of going 3-for-4 with two HR and a double, with four runs scored in the 14-2 Victory for MSU, the Spartans’ largest win over UM since 1969 ... Belted first 10 home runs of season on the road, before erupting for two HRs in game vs. Northwestern (April 29), his second multi-HR outing with the aforementioned two round-trippers at Michigan, finishing both games with career-high 10 total bases, while the four runs scored in Michigan game was career-high ... Knocked career-high two doubles in two different games, vs. Purdue (March 24) and vs. Northwestern (April 30) ... Rapped career-best two triples in game vs. Oakland (April 12) ... The 69 RBI is No. 2 on MSU’s single-season RBI list, while the 13 HR ranks tied for eighth on the Spartans’ single-season HR list, and the 86 hits ranks seventh on MSU’s single-season hits list ... Had five games with multiple walks as teams pitched around him ... Made career-high tying 13 putouts in game at Rutgers (April 1), the third time in career with 13 putouts ... Finished season with .986 fielding percentage, posting 410 putouts and 25 assists, and was part of team-high 35 double plays, ranking fourth in the B1G, playing a part in 35 of MSU’s 36 double plays.
2022 (SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Played in 49 games making 44 starts, with 29 starts at first base and 15 at designated hitter ... Was fourth on team with .280 average, along with ranking tied for third on team with 29 RBI, in addition to also ranking fourth on team with five home runs and 22 walks, while ranking fifth in slugging percentage (.446), on-base percentage (.363) and total bases (70) ... Bashed first home run as a Spartan in dramatic fashion with a grand slam in third game of season at UNLV (Feb. 19), going 2-for-4 with career-high six RBI ... Posted career-high seven total bases next day at UNLV going 2-for-5 with a triple and home run with two RBI, giving him eight RBI with two HR and one triple in going 4-for-9 in two games ... Added three ribbies in 2-for-4 outing vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (April 27) ... Was second on team with eight multiple RBI games, with the team-best six RBI at UNLV and the three RBI against Purdue Fort Wayne, along with six games with two RBI each ... Logged 12 total games with multiple hits, led by career-high tying three hits in 3-for-4 outing vs. Minnesota (April 29), part of a spurt of season-long seven-game hitting streak with multiple hits in six of them, with 14 hits in those seven games ... Knocked two home runs in last three-games, both coming at Nebraska ... In field, was third on team with 222 putouts and second on team in part of 30 fielding double plays, and fifth with 22 assists.
2021 (FRESHMAN): Played in 25 games, making 21 starts, all at first base ... Hit .211 (16-for-76) with six doubles, logging 10 RBI and eight runs scored, adding eight walks ... Ranked sixth on team with the six two-baggers ... Made Spartan debut on March 7 vs. Maryland in Greenville, going 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk ... Logged first MSU RBI and double as part of 1-for-3 outing vs. Northwestern (March 12) in Greenville ... Registered three multi-hit outings, highlighted by season-high 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored vs. Illinois (March 20) in Ann Arbor ... Was also 2-for-4 vs. Purdue (April 11), adding 2-for-2 outing with an RBI vs. Nebraska (April 24) ... Had pair of multi-RBI contests, adding two as part of 1-for-5 on a double with two RBI and two runs scored vs. Northwestern (March 13) in Greenville ... Was second on team with 162 putouts, most by a non-catcher, adding seven assists, and was part of 20 of MSU’s 41 double plays, as the Spartans shared the B1G-lead and were tied for 11th in the NCAA in double plays per game (0.93), with the 41 DPs ranking second in the B1G.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Maranatha High School for head coach Matt Shupper ... Earned first-team All-Olympic League honors as a junior, hitting .400 with 26 RBI and one HR in helping the Barooks to back-to-back Olympic League championships ... Helped Maranatha to a 24-13 record at a junior after a 28-3 mark sophomore season and 21-1-1 as a freshman ... A two-year team captain for the Barooks ... Played summer league for San Gabriel Valley Arsenal ... Rated as the No. 13 first baseman in California by Perfect Game ... Selected Michigan State over Saint Mary’s, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside.
PERSONAL: Son of Ann and Todd Vradenburg ... Father, Todd, played college football at San Diego State, while his mother, Ann, played college soccer at University of the Pacific ... Sister, Tori, played college softball at Allegheny College ... Majoring in advertising management at MSU ... Chose MSU because of the coaches focusing on the players’ athletic and academic success, and the family environment of the program.
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