Brandt Belk
Brandt Belk HS

Brandt Belk Season 2020

#21
Pos.INF
Wt.181 lbs
Ht.6-3
Yr.Redshirt Junior
HometownHouston, Texas
Previous SchoolPepperdine
B/TL/R

CAREER HONORS

  • 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020 Collegiate Baseball News Second-Team All-American
  • 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic All-Tournament Team
  • 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 WCC All-Freshman Team
  • 2017 WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll (Bronze)

JUNIOR (2020)

  • Outstanding in first-year shortened campaign at Mizzou, hitting incredible .457 (21-for-46) with seven runs scored, three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and four stolen bases
  • Eye-popping .457 average paced the Southeastern Conference and ranked ninth in the NCAA
  • 1.62 H/G ranked second in SEC, top 50 in the country
  • Also recorded outstanding 1.196 OPS (.544 on-base percentage, .652 slugging percentage)
  • .544 OBP ranked fifth in SEC and 24th in NCAA
  • Exceptional definsively as well at first base, committing only one error in 113 chances (.991 fielding percentage)
  • Paced Mizzou with seven multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests
  • Throughout the season, recorded a team-high 10-game hitting streak and 11-game safely reached base streak
  • Crushed right-handed pitchers at phenomenal .500 (15-for-30) clip, while hitting .375 (6-for-16) against left-handers
  • Unbelievable situational hitting statistics, batting .458 (11-for-24) with runners on base and .429 (6-for-14) with two outs
  • Produced multi-hit efforts seven times across his 12 games started
  • Exceptional in Tigers' weekend in Houston against Big 12 competition, ultimately being named to 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Across three contests at Minute Maid Park, hit .538 (7-for-11) with two runs scored, two doubles and nine total bases

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE / PEPPERDINE (2019)

  • Appeared in 31 games (30 starts) in final season at Pepperdine as team's primary designated hitter
  • Another productive season at the plate, hitting .309 (38-for-123) with 18 runs scored, seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 20 RBI
  • Recorded 11 multi-hit games, highlighted by career-high five hit performance at San Francisco (May 5)
  • Produced an RBI in 13 total contests, including four multi-RBI performances
  • Big day at the plate at BYU (April 11), launching a home run and season-high four RBI

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN / PEPPERDINE (2018)

  • Big first full season in Waves lineup, leading to WCC All-Freshman Team honors
  • Became program's 24th all-time WCC All-Freshman Team honoree
  • Paced the Waves with a .318 average, becoming the first Pepperdine hitter to eclipse a .300 average since 2015
  • Recorded 54 total hits, 33 runs scored, 12 doubles and 20 RBI
  • Paced the team with impressive 21 multi-hit efforts 
  • Outstanding definsively as well, tallying a .994 fielding percentage while committing only two errors all season

FRESHMAN / PEPPERDINE (2017)

  • Received NCAA medical redshirt after injury-shortened first-year campaign
  • Before suffering injury, appeared in nine games (eight starts)
  • Hit .222 with six total hits, three runs scored, three doubles and four RBI in limited action
  • Produced season-high three RBI against C-SUN (Feb. 21)
  • Produced first career multi-hit game versus Saint Joseph's (Feb. 19)

HIGH SCHOOL (WESTSIDE)

  • Played three years at varsity level at Westside High School under head coach Michael Barrow
  • Competed with Texas Drillers club team during summer months

PERSONAL

  • Originally born in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Son of Timothy Belk (father) and Tamika McCuistion (mother)
  • Siblings: Cooper (brother), Mox (brother) and Jax (brother)
  • Father played collegiate baseball at Texas (1991), earning SWC All-Tournament honors. Was later selected in the 15th Round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds
  • Pursuing General Studies degree at the University of Missouri
Brandt Belk HS

Redshirt Senior
2021

INF
6-3 / 181 lbs