Brandt Belk
- position Outfield/first Base
- height 6-5
- weight 180
- class Fifth Year
- Hometown Houston, Texas
- Previous School Missouri
- High school Westside HS
- position Outfield/first Base
- height 6-5
- weight 180
- class Fifth Year
- Hometown Houston, Texas
- Previous School Missouri
- High school Westside HS
Brandt Belk Bio
AWARDS
- All-SEC Second Team (2022)
- SEC Co-Player of the Week (March 14, 2022)
FIFTH YEAR (2022)
- Played and started in 49 games for the Gamecocks in 2022
- Led the Gamecocks with a .340 batting average to go along with 43 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 38 RBI
- Was second on the team with 11 stolen bases and had a .500 slugging percentage and a .420 on-base percentage
- Hit .350 in SEC games with four doubles, four home runs and 18 RBI
- Had a 24-game hitting streak from March 8-April 22
- Had hits in 41 of his 49 games played
- Had 18 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI performances
- Was 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in a win over Kentucky (May 14)
- Went 4-for-5 with a double and a home run against Texas (March 12)
- Had three hits and three RBI against Georgia (April 10)
- Doubled twice in a 3-for-4 day in a win over Vanderbilt (March 26)
- Drove in four runs at Missouri (April 2)
- Had three RBI in a win over George Washington (Feb. 25)
- Had three stolen bases at The Citadel (March 22) and vs. Presbyterian (March 29)
PRIOR TO CAROLINA
- Played two seasons at the University of Missouri, hitting .457 with seven runs scored, three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and four stolen bases in the Covid-shortened 2020 season.
- Collegiate Baseball All-America second team (2020)
- Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic All-Tournament team (2020)
- Played in 42 games in 2021 for the Tigers, hitting .273 with a team-best 15 doubles to go along with two home runs and 22 RBI.
- Had three doubles in a win at South Carolina (April 9, 2021)
- Drove in four runs at Mississippi State (May 15, 2021)
- Had a season-best four hits against Texas on March 1, 2020
- Played three seasons at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. (2017-19)
- West Coast Conference All-Freshman team (2018)
- West Coast Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2017)
- Hit .309 in the 2019 season with seven doubles, three home runs and 20 RBI in 31 games played
- In 2018, hit .318, becoming the first Pepperdine hitter to hit over .300 since 2015
- Had 21 multi-hit games in 2018 to go along with just two errors in the field
- Redshirted the 2017 season after nine games with eight starts
- Lettered three years at Westside High School in Houston, Texas
- Played summer baseball for the Texas Drillers
PERSONAL
- Born on September 5, 1997
- Son of Timothy Belk and Tamika McCuistion
- Dad, Timothy, played collegiate baseball at Texas in 1991, earned All-Southwest Conference Tournament honors and was selected in the 15th round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds.
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