Braylen Wimmer

AWARDS

SENIOR (2023)

Started 56 games for the Gamecocks in 2023
Hit .304 with 64 runs scored, 11 doubles, 14 home runs and 43 RBI
Led the Gamecocks with 13 stolen bases in 14 attempts
Had 18 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI performances
Selected in the eighth round of the 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Colorado
Opened the season going 5-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI in a win over UMass Lowell (Feb. 17)
Four hits and three runs scored in the Columbia Regional championship win over Campbell (June 4)
Was 3-for-4 with three RBI and four runs scored in a win at Mississippi State (April 1)
Opened back-to-back games at Mississippi State (March 31-April 1) with home runs
Drove in five with a double and a home run in a win over UMass Lowell (Feb. 18)
Was 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBI in a win over No. 1 LSU (April 6)
Homered and drove in three runs in a win over Florida (April 22)
Had three hits and scored two runs in a win over Bethune-Cookman (March 11)
Scored three runs and had three RBI in a win over Winthrop (Feb. 21)
Had three hits and two runs scored in a win over Penn (Feb. 26)
Drove in three runs in a win at Georgia (March 18)

JUNIOR (2022)

Selected in the 18th round of the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Philadelphia
Played and started in all 55 games for Carolina, the only Gamecock to start every game
Hit .312 with 38 runs scored, 13 doubles, seven home runs and 35 RBI
Led the Gamecocks with 13 stolen bases on 14 attempts
Had a .466 slugging percentage to go along with a .361 on-base percentage
Homered seven times and had 17 RBI in SEC games
Had 18 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI performances
Was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and five RBI in a win over Vanderbilt (March 26)
Went 4-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI at Texas A&M (May 7)
Had a three-run home run at Auburn (April 23)
Had three hits, three runs scored and two stolen bases in a win over North Carolina A&T (May 4)
Went a perfect 3-for-3 in a win over No. 1 Texas (March 13)
Was 3-for-5 with two doubles in a win over George Washington (Feb. 26)
Three hits in back-to-back games against UNC Greensboro (Feb. 19-20)
Scored two runs, had three hits, including a double, in a win over North Carolina (April 6)

SOPHOMORE (2021)

Played in 55 games with 54 starts for the Gamecocks as a sophomore
Hit .271 with 34 runs scored, 15 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 31 RBI to go along with five stolen bases
Had a .512 slugging percentage and had 15 multi-hit games with 10 multi-RBI performances
Led the team and tied for 10th in the SEC with 15 doubles
Was a perfect 4-for-4 with two doubles at Texas (March 14)
Went 4-for-7 with two doubles and three RBI in a 14-inning win over Florida (March 26)
Had three hits and drove in three in a win at Kentucky (May 14)
Three hits and a home run in a win over Clemson (Feb. 28)
Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a home run in a win at Vanderbilt (March 21)
Drove in three runs in a win over The Citadel (April 27)
Was 2-for-4 with a home run in the SEC Tournament game against Alabama (May 25)
Scored three runs in a win at Winthrop (March 2)

FRESHMAN (2020)

Played in 15 games with 10 starts for the Gamecocks, scoring six runs and driving in five in 41 at-bats
Was 3-for-4 in stolen bases
Had three multi-hit games for Carolina
Drove in a pair of runs in his first career game in a win over Holy Cross (Feb. 14)
Was 2-for-4 in a win over Northwestern (Feb. 22)
Went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a stolen base in the Holy Cross win (Feb. 16)

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Yukon High School in Yukon, Okla., where he hit .410 with six home runs, 23 extra-base hits and 45 RBI his senior season
All-State (2019)
All-Conference (2019)
The Oklahoman All-State first team (2019)
Played in the Oklahoma Baseball Association All-Star Game in 2019
Perfect Game Preseason All-West Region second team (2019)
Perfect Game Preseason Underclass high honorable mention (2018)
Played summer baseball for the SWAT Academy

PERSONAL

Born on December 27, 2000
Son of Chris and Jill Wimmer
Dad, Chris, was a two-time All-American at Wichita State and was selected to the 1992 Olympic team.
Major is sport and entertainment management

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