2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
Chase Brunson
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
- High School:
- San Clemente HS
Career Honors
• 2025 Second-team All-Big 12 Conference
• 2024 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• 2024 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 19, 2024)
• 2023 MLB 18th Round Draft Pick (Toronto Blue Jays)
2024 (Freshman)
Started 58 games in center field... posted a .317 average on the season with a .554 slugging percentage and a .395 on-base percentage... ranked third on the team with 27 extra base hits... led the team with 12 home runs and tied for second with 13 doubles while also hitting two triples... was third on the squad with 46 RBIS... was 9-for-9 in stolen bases... posted 18 multi-hit games and led the team with 14 multi-RBI contests... recorded a hit in 44 games and reached safely in 55 contests... opened the season with a 43-game on-base streak... homered twice and drove in seven as part of five hits in the season-opening sweep of San Diego (Feb. 14-17)... tripled and drove in a run in the win over Michigan (Feb. 21) at Globe Life Field... started an 18-game hitting streak with a hit and an RBI against Kansas State (Feb. 23)... had four hits, including two doubles in the Southern Miss series (Feb. 28-March 2)... hit a three-run home run in the series-opener against Air Force (March 4)... went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the finale against Air Force (March 5)... hit .462 (6-for-13) with five RBIs in the sweep of Fresno State (March 7-9)... tallied a hit in the win at Texas State (March 11)... collected five hits, including two doubles, in the Arizona State series (March 14-16)... was 1-for-4 in the win at Dallas Baptist (March 18)... was 3-for-3 with four runs scored in the series-opener at Texas Tech (March 21)... homered as part of two hits in Game 2 against the Red Raiders (March 22)... drove in two runs in the series finale at Texas Tech (March 23)... went 5-for-5 and drove in a run in the series finale at Houston (March 30)... was 1-for-3 with a run scored in the win over UTSA (April 1)... collected a double and drove in a run in Game 1 of a doubleheader against BYU (April 3)... homered as part of three hits and drove in two in Game 2 against the Cougars (April 3)... homered twice and drove in four as TCU rallied from a pair of six-run deficits in the finale against BYU (April 4)... had a base hit at UT Arlington (April 8)... homered and drove in three in the series-opening win over Kansas (April 11)... also homered and drove in two in the finale against the Jayhawks (April 13)... hit 10th home run of the season and drove in two in the series-opener at UCF (April 17)... tripled and drove in a run as part of two hits in Game 2 at UCF (April 18)... walked six times and drove in two runs in the first two games against Baylor (April 25-26)... had two hits in the series finale against the Bears (April 27)... on-base streak was snapped at 43 against UT Arlington (April 29)... recorded three hits in the Arizona series (May 2-4)... hit .500 (6-for-12) with five runs scored and four RBIs in the Cincinnati series (May 9-11)... had his second multi-home run game of the season in the series-opener against the Bearcats (May 9)... tallied two doubles as part of three hits in the series finale at Utah (May 17)... was 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI against Kansas (May 23) in the Big 12 Tournament... had a double in the NCAA Corvallis Regional game at Oregon State (May 31).
2024 (Freshman)
Started 42 games as part of 43 appearances on the season... made 41 starts in center field and one as the designated hitter... also appeared in one games a defensive replacement... ranked third on the squad with a .291 batting average... posted a .390 on-base percentage and a .426 slugging percentage... totaled 43 hits on the year including eight doubles and four home runs... recorded 25 RBIs and was successful in five of six stolen base attempts... tallied a hit in 30 of 42 games with a plate appearance... reached safely in 35 contests... recorded 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI contests... went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a double and home run in collegiate debut against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 16)... collected three hits, including a home run, and drove in two runs in Game 2 against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 17)... reached base four times with a hit and three walks in the series-finale against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 18)... stretched hitting streak to four games with an RBI single against Texas State (Feb. 20)... recorded two hits in the UCLA series (Feb. 23-25)... hit safely in midweek tilts against Washington State (Feb. 27) and Arizona (Feb. 28)... went 6-for-13 (.462) with two RBIs at the Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field (March 1-3)... hit a two-run home run in the win over Abilene Christian (March 5)... went 1-for-2 with three runs scored in the series finale at Kansas (March 10)... collected an RBI-double in the win at DBU (March 12)... picked up two hits in the Oklahoma series (March 15-17)... registered six hits and drove in seven runs in the sweep of Houston (March 28-30)... went 2-for-3 with a double an RBI in the series-opener at Cincinnati (April 5)... hit a lead-off home run in the series finale at Cincinnati (April 7)... recorded four hits in the Texas Tech series (April 12-14)... had two hits in each of the first two games at Texas (April 19-21)... an injury kept him out of the lineup for almost a month... made sport starts against Kansas State (April 26) and West Virginia (May 18)... went 1-for-4 with a double and three RBIs against the Mountaineers... started all four games of the Big 12 Tournament... registered a hit and drove in two in the opening game against West Virginia (May 21)... also recorded a hit in the win over Kansas State (May 23).
High School
Was a three year letter winner at San Clemente High School... drafted in the 18th round of the 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays... selected as the team MVP as a senior... also named league MVP... earned all-CIF Southern Section... was a Max Preps second-team all-state... led the league in all offensive categories... hit .429 with nine doubles, three triples and eight home runs as a senior... named the Offensive Player of the Year as a junior... earned first-team all-league honors... helped lead squad to the 2022 Future Stars Series National Tournament Championship... played club baseball for Quakes Baseball Academy... was a scholar athlete.
Personal
Parents are Patrick and Erica... has one brothers, Zack.
