2011 Baseball Roster
Roster
Brendan Gardner-Young
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Normandy Park, Wash.
- High School:
- Highline
PERSONAL
Born in Seattle ... son of Denise and Ben Gardner-Young ... both parents are Washington graduates ... has a younger brother, Loren ... majoring in informatics.
|
 |
WASHINGTON
2010: Played in just two games, both starts in left field ... both starts came in the season's opening weekend, when he went 3-for-5 with a double and a triple in the tournament in Tucson ... however, due to a toe injury, missed the remainder of the season.
2009: Started 44 games as a sophomore, 24 in center field and 20 in left field ... served as leadoff hitter in 40 of those 44 starts ... earned honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10 ... went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI in season opener at Fresno State ... 2-for-4 with three runs and three RBI in win over Wisconsin-Whitewater ... 3-for-5 at Minnesota ... 2-for-4 with a triple, two walks and three runs March 24 vs. UC Irvine ... had two hits in three straight games April 21 vs. Portland and April 24-25 at Oregon ... 3-for-5 with an RBI in the series opener vs. USC ... 1-for-3 with a homer, two RBI and two walks May 10 vs. Oregon State ... hit safely in all three at Arizona.
2008: Played in 15 games, making one start, as a true freshman ... got a hit in first college game, driving in a run with a single Feb. 23 at UC Riverside ... scored two runs in that game ... first college start March 9 vs. Cal Poly, going 0-for-2 with a walk and an RBI as the starting center fielder ... other hit came March 26 vs. Hawai'i-Hilo ... played summer ball for the Bend (Ore.) Elks ... started 38 of 42 league games for the Elks, who went to the playoffs.
HIGHLINE HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner under David Larson at Highline, where he was a teammate of fellow Husky Ben Guidos ... started every game for four seasons ... captain as a senior ... helped team to a combined 80-24 record over four years ... won league titles in 2004 and 2006 before finishing second as a senior ... a second-team All-Seamount League selection as a freshman and junior and first-team as a sophomore and senior ... second-team all-state as both a pitcher and outfielder as a senior, when he was also league MVP, Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer all-area and Collegiate Baseball honorable mention All-America ... batted .409 with 13 steals and 14 RBI with a 6-2 record and 2.10 ERA as a freshman ... as a sophomore, batted .409 with five homers, 15 steals and 21 RBI ... hit .400 with 10 steals and 15 RBI as a junior and capped career by batting .545 with three homers, 12 steals, 18 RBI, 26 runs plus a 4-1 record with a 1.20 ERA as a senior ... also a four-year letterman on the golf team, qualifying for districts as a senior ... graduated with a 3.8 GPA and won an academic award all four years.
Brendan Gardner-Young's Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB-ATT 2008.... .182 15-1 11 5 2 0 0 0 2 2 .182 1 2 2 .357 0 0 0-0 2009.... .275 53-44 178 33 49 5 3 1 16 63 .354 30 3 39 .387 1 3 6-11 2010.... .600 2-2 5 4 3 1 1 0 2 6 1.200 1 2 1 .750 0 0 0-0 2011.... .248 40-27 109 15 27 3 1 0 10 32 .294 9 1 33 .311 0 5 3-6 TOTAL... .267 110-74 303 57 81 9 5 1 30 103 .340 41 8 75 .368 1 8 9-17
