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| Braydon Runion NCAA Statistics Page |
| Braydon Runion Baseball Reference Page |
| Awards |
| Mountain West Academic All-Conference – 2022 |
| Mountain West Scholar Athlete – 2022 |
| Career Single-Game Bests |
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| Stat Category | Amount | Date | Opponent |
| At-Bats | 6 | 4-29-2023 | 3 times |
| Runs | 5* | 4-24-2019 | at Tusculum University |
| Hits | 4 | 5-2-2023 | 6 times |
| RBIs | 5 | 3-4-2023 | 3 times |
| Doubles | 3 | 5-2-2023 | New Mexico State |
| Triples | 1 | 5-13-2023 | 9 times |
| Home Runs | 3 | 4-15-2022 | San Diego State |
| Walks | 2 | 4-21-2023 | 9 times |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 3-5-2023 | 11 times |
| Putouts | 13 | 4-9-2022 | at Fresno State |
| Assists | 3 | 3-6-2022 | 2 times |
*-Indicates amount was achieved during career at Walters State CC (2019-20) and Texas Tech (2021).
| Multi-Home Run Games | |||
| Date | Opponent | Home Runs | Result |
| 5-17-2022 | New Mexico State | 2 | W, 12-4 |
| 4-15-2022 | San Diego State | 3 | L, 14-13 |
2 Total – Silver: 2022 (Junior, 2).
| Collegiate Summary (2019-2023) |
In five seasons playing for three different schools, batted .326 in 645 at-bats…played in 191 games and made 181 starts…totaled 52 doubles, nine triples, and 38 home runs…collected 210 hits…had 158 RBIs…had 394 total bases…posted a slugging percentage of .611 and an on-base percentage of .414…stole 11 bases…posted a fielding percentage of .955 in 220 chances.
| 2023 (Senior) – #15 |
In final collegiate season was 1 of 3 Lobos to start all 51 games…ranked third on the team with a batting average of .357…led the team and ranked second in the Mountain West with 23 doubles…added four triples and nine home runs, on the way to a slugging percentage of .629…reached base at a clip of .398…scored 48 runs…ranked second on the team with 76 hits and 134 total bases…committed just one error in 50 chances for a fielding percentage of .980 while primarily playing right field…had a season-high four hits on March 3 vs. St. Bonaventure and on May 2 vs. New Mexico State…had a season-high five RBIs on March 4 vs. St. Bonaventure…had a career-high three doubles on May 2 vs. New Mexico State…had a season-high nine total bases on two occasions…had a season-high four putouts on two occasions…had a season-high two assists on April 23 at Air Force…had a reached base streak of 15 games and a hitting streak of 13 games…homered in three consecutive games from April 25-29…had six multi-double games…had 24 multi-hit games and 18 multi-RBI games.
| 2022 (Junior) – #29 |
Ranked second on the team and seventh in the Mountain West Conference with 13 home runs…ranked second on the team and ninth in the conference with a .613 slugging percentage…batted .280 while playing in 43 games including 40 starts…added seven doubles and two triples, on his way to an OPS of .960…reached base at a clip of .347…ranked second on the team with 38 RBIs…ranked third on the team with 31 runs scored…had a season-high four hits, including three home runs on April 15 against San Diego State…had a season-high five RBIs on two occasions…had a dozen multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games…academic all-conference selection…named a Mountain West Scholar Athlete.
| Texas Tech (2021) |
| 2021 (Sophomore) – #14 |
In third collegiate season saw action in 18 games with 11 starts…had three doubles and one home run while driving in four…reached base at a clip of .327.
| Walters State Community College (2019-2020) |
| 2020 (Sophomore-COVID) – #15 |
| 2019 (Freshman) – #15 |
His freshman year he batted .348 and hit 11 HRs, 44 RBIs, 51 runs and 8 stolen bases … he was awarded First Team All-Conference TCCAA honors at the end of his freshman year … also awarded to Preseason JUCO Southeast All-Region Team before his sophomore season … his sophomore year which was cut short due to COVID-19, he batted .349 and added 4 HRs, 16 RBIs and 30 runs … chose Tech over North Carolina and Kentucky.
| Cooper High School (Class of 2018) |
Played for coach Brian Bush at Randall K. Cooper High School in Florence, Kentucky where he was the number one third basemen in Kentucky coming out of the 2018 class … was also ranked as the 69th third basemen in the country and the 16th player in the state … was awarded to 2017 and 2018 Perfect Game Underclassmen All-American Teams and Perfect Game Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams respectively … played summer ball for the Midland Redskins under coach Bart Hammack.
Runion on choosing UNM: “I felt like it was the best fit to continue pursuing my degree and baseball career. UNM has great facilities and one of the best new coaching staffs in the country. I have also been teammates with Adam Schneider since we were in middle school, so our friendship also played a huge part in coming here.”