Biography
2025 • Junior
Played in 16 games with eight starts … Hit .188 on the year with four runs, six hits, nine RBIs, two doubles, one home run, eight walks, and five hit-by-pitches … Recorded a double, an RBI, and a hit at Liberty (Mar. 6) … Went 1-for-3 with a double, three RBIs, a run, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch at Liberty (Mar. 7) … Added a hit, an RBI, and two walks at California Baptist (Mar. 15) … Posted a hit, an RBI, a run, and a walk vs. UMass (Apr. 14) … Scored a run and walked at Holy Cross (Apr. 28) … Went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs, a run, and a hit-by-pitch at Princeton (May 3).
2025 • Sophomore
Played in four games … Missed the majority of the season due to injury … Saw action against Indiana (Feb. 23), Michigan State (Feb. 28), and Florida (Mar. 7-8).
2024 • First-year
Played in seven games with five starts … Hit .400 on the year with eight hits, two runs, one double, one home run, seven RBIs, and a .500 OBP … Went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs, and run vs. Boston College (Apr. 2) … Finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs at Stonehill (Apr. 16) … Posted a hit, two RBIs, and a run vs. UMass Lowell (Apr. 23) … Notched an RBI double vs. Penn State (Mar. 8).
Before Harvard
Earned First Team All-Chagrin Valley Conference three times … Gained Chagrin Valley Conference MVP accolades as a senior … Garnered PBR First Team All-State twice … Selected to the All-Ohio Series in 2023 … Set school records in doubles and RBIs … Served team as a senior captain … Competed on the club level for Ohio Elite … Earned four varsity letters … Son of Kristina and Joshua Brancel.
