Brant West

Position:
Left-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-1
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Plymouth, N.C.
High School:
Plymouth
Major:
physics

2007: Named to SoCon Academic Honor Roll… sat out the season with an arm injury.

2006: Won first three starts of the season, posting a 1.69 ERA in 16 innings with 17 strikeouts … allowed just two hits, two walks and an unearned run in five-inning start against Georgetown to earn a 5-2 decision in season debut… fanned six in six innings next time on the mound against Niagara, surrendering two earned runs in 13-11 win … against Columbia, registered a career-high eight punchouts and yielded just three hits and a run in five innings to beat the Lions, 14-1 … struck out five in five innings versus Yale and four in four frames against Wake Forest … quality start at UNCG helped ’Cats to 9-6 victory as he picked up the W, scattering nine hits and three runs over 6.2 innings… in final start, held Appalachian State to two earned runs in 6.1 innings in 6-5, 12-inning triumph.

2005: Tossed two innings of one-run relief against Western Carolina with first career strikeout … next time out yielded just one run in three frames at #7 North Carolina … retired two of the three batters faced with a whiff at 19th-ranked Charleston… three of final four appearances were an inning of scoreless relief apiece.

Prep Years: All-conference and Washington Daily News All-Area First Team for Coach Terry Perry at Plymouth … named team co-MVP and earned team’s Cy Young Award … played with Uwharrie Anglers fall baseball team … also played football and soccer … valedictorian and AP Scholar … Sprint DSL Fast Connect Scholar-Athlete of the Week recipient … second at national competition for Health Occupations Students of America.

Personal: Born August 27, 1986 … pitched for Michigan Blackwolf and the Thomasville Hi-Toms… volunteered with American Cancer Society, MS Walkathon, North Carolina Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and several other organizations … Eagle Scout … T. Henry Wilson Scholarship … son of Kerry and Linda.

Year   ERA   W-L  App  GS  CG  SV    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  B/Avg  WP HBP
2005  8.22   0-0   10   1   0   0  15.1  19  15  14  12   6   .317   6   0
2006  7.76   4-7   14  13   0   0  62.2  84  66  54  30  40   .332   8  15
TOTAL 7.85   4-7   24  14   0   0  78.0 103  81  68  42  46   .329  14  15