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Brad Harrison
Brad Harrison
2021 Baseball Senior Class
Brad Harrison
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Brad Harrison

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    205
  • Hometown:
    O'Fallon, Ill.
  • High School:
    O'Fallon
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (2017-21)
Pitched in 65 games, making 42 starts ... was 17-9 with a 4.02 ERA and 1 save ... pitched 3 complete games and 2 shutouts ... struck out 247 in 256 innings while walking 97 ... was a .222 career hitter (8 for 36 with 1 HR) ... Most wins in a season: 9 (2021; 9-0) ... Most strikeouts in a game: 13 ( March 6, 2018 at SEMO) ... career opposing batting average: .237 ... Top 10 in two SIU stat categories at the conclusion of his career: Tied for 5th in games started (42) and 5th in strikeouts (247).
 

2021 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)    
First-team All MVC ... First-team MVC Scholar-Athlete ... Appeared in 15 games, all as a starter, tying for the team lead (Ben Chapman) ... Most wins by an SIU pitcher in a season since 2016 (Michael Baird, 9 wins) and the most wins in an undefeated season for an SIU pitcher since 1979 (Bob Schroek, 12-0) ... Was 9-0 with a 3.54 ERA ...  Pitched 2 shutouts: combined on a 4 hit shutout of Marshall, pitching 7 innings (March 21) and he scattered 6 hits over 9 innings in a complete game shutout of Missouri St., 6-0 (May 1) ... Struck out a team-high 98 batters over 81.1 IP ... 7th most strikeouts in a single season in SIU history (98) ... had three double-figure strike out games (all were 10 strikeout games) ... opposing base runners were 4 for 13 stealing, with one pick off ... He was 4-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 7 MVC starts ... He struck out 45 in 42 MVC IP ... Top 10 in 8 MVC stat categories: Tied 2nd in Games Started (15), 3rd in Wins (9), Tied 4th in Batters Struck Out Looking (24), Tied 2nd Strikeouts (98), 6th in IP (81.1), 7th in ERA (3.54), 7th in Opposing Batting Average (.246), and 10th in fewest Runs Allowed (34) ... Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2020 (SENIOR)

Appeared in 5 games, starting 4 ... Was 0-0 with a 3.00 ERA ... Pitched 18 innings … Pitched five shutout innings (one hit) in SIU’s win over USC (Feb. 22) … Also had five shutout innings in the win over Northern Illinois (March 7) … Ranked 8th in the league in ERA ... struck out a season-high five at Jackson St. (Feb. 15). 

2019 (JUNIOR)

First-team MVC Scholar-Athlete ... Opening Day starter ... Went 3-1 with a 3.05 ERA in 44.1 innings ... His ERA (3.05) ranked seventh in the MVC and his opponent batting average (.218) ranked fifth ... Posted three-straight quality starts against Western Illinois, Northern Illinois, and Illinois, respectively, in which he posted a 1.57 ERA over 23 innings ... Battled arm fatigue and made only three starts after March 16 ... Did not allow more than four runs in any start ... Season-best eight strikeouts against Western Illinois (March 1) and Northern Illinois (March 8) ... MVC Academic Honor Roll.

2018 (SOPHOMORE)

Honorable Mention All-MVC ... Honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete ... Three-time MVC Pitcher of the Week ... Started the season as the team's mid-week starter before moving into a weekend role, ending the year as the team's No. 2 starting pitcher ... MVC Pitcher of the Week (March 5) after pitching a two-hit shutout at Belmont ... MVC Pitcher of the Week (March 12) after pitching eight shutout innings at Southeast Missouri, allowing only one single ... MVC Pitcher of the Week (April 9) after striking out 11 in seven shutout innings vs. Valparaiso ... First SIU player since 2005 (P.J. Finigan) to earn three MVC Pitcher of the Week awards in one season ... Had 3 double figure strikeout games, including a season and career-high 13 at SEMO  (March 6). SIU’s only two-way player ... Made 15 appearances and 14 starts on the mound ... Played in 21 games as a hitter and started seven games at DH ... Finished fourth in the MVC in strikeouts with 75 ... At the plate, hit .250 and had a .417 on-base percentage ... Hit the game-tying RBI double in the ninth inning against UC Irvine (March 23). 

2017 (FRESHMAN) 
SIU’s only two-way player ... Played mostly as a pitcher, appearing in 22 games and starting one on the mound ... Went 0-3 with a 7.09 ERA in 26.2 innings ... Limited opponents to a .228 batting average ... Recorded one save (at Stetson 2/18), his first career save ... Started his collegiate career with 5.1 scoreless innings ... Allowed one or fewer earned runs in 18 of 22 appearances ... Struck out three in 1.2 scoreless and hitless innings against Illinois (5/2) ... Struck out a season-best four batters twice (3.2 IP vs. Toledo 3/17 and 3.0 IP vs. Saint Louis (5/16) ... Went 1-for-7 batting and drew two walks to post a .333 on-base percentage ... Started one game at designated hitter (at Memphis, 3/12) and recorded his first career hit.

PRIOR TO SIU

Three-time first-team All-State and three-time first-team All-Southwest Conference honoree ... Louisville Slugger and Perfect Game first-team All-American (2016) ... 2016 St. Louis Today All-Metro Player of the Year ... Set school records for career hits (152), RBIs (121), ERA (1.00), games played (140), and at-bats (386) ... Second in school history with 237 career strikeouts ... Career batting average of .394 with 121 RBIs ... Career pitching line: 27-3, 1.00 ERA ... Went 12-0 with a 0.47 ERA in 89.7 innings as a senior ... Pitched 33 consecutive scoreless innings as a senior ... Also played three seasons of varsity basketball.

PERSONAL
Son of Debbie and Rich Harrison ... Has one older brother, Jacob ... Born July 10, 1998 ... Graduated in civil engineering ... Masters in business administration.