Will Brennan

K-State's Will Brennan catches a fly ball against Kansas at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kansas.

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K-State's Will Brennan celebrates his double against Kansas during the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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K-State's Will Brennan celebrates his grand slam against Wichita State at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.

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Photo by: Cooper Kinley | K-State Athletics

Photo by: Scott D. Weaver / K-State Athletics

Will Brennan watches a swing before scoring on a sacrifice fly vs. Baylor at Tointon Family Stadium on April 28, 2018.

Will Brennan slides into home but is called out vs. Baylor at Tointon Family Stadium on April 28, 2018.

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Photo by: Scott D. Weaver / K-State Athletics

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Will Brennan slides into third base vs. La Salle

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Photo by: Cooper Kinley | K-State Athletics

Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Stilwell, Kan.
High School:
Blue Valley HS

HONORS

All-Big 12 First Team (2018)
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2017)
NCBWA Second Team Freshman All-American (2017)
Second Team All-Big 12 (2017)
All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2017)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2018)

Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2017)
Big 12 Player of the Week (3/12/18)

Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (4/10/17)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (4/24/17)
Preseason All-Big 12 Team (2019)

Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2019)

MLB DRAFT

Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the eighth round (No. 250 overall) of the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

JUNIOR (2019)

Voted to the Preseason-All Big 12 Team ... Started all 58 games for the Wildcats in center field or on the mound ... At the plate, hit .291 with an on-base percentage of .369 while slugging .417 ... Finished as the toughest player to strike out in the Big 12 for the third straight season, with 12 strikeouts in 223 at-bats (18.6 at-bats per K) to lead the nation in 2019 ... Second on the team with 65 base hits while registering a team-best 14 doubles and 13 stolen bases ... 19 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games were both second-highest on the team ... Set career highs in home runs (4) and runs batted in (32) ... His 168 career singles puts him eighth on K-State's career list ... Turned in five three-hit games during the season, including a 3-for-4 effort against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship ... Hit first career home run on February 16 at CSUN and hit first career grand slam in 7-2 win over Wichita State on May 1 ... Season-high four runs driven in twice (March 2 vs. San Francisco, May 1 vs. Wichita State) ... Made 17 appearances on the mound (eight starts) with a 4-4 record and 6.40 ERA (37 ER, 52.0 IP) ... Ended second on the team with three saves and 39 strikeouts ... Produced two quality starts, with a season-high seven innings of work against San Francisco on March 2, allowing three earned runs on four hits and five strikeouts... Struck out a season-best six in his first start of the year at CSUN on February 17 ... Picked up six-out save at No. 14 Texas on April 12, retiring all six he faced with four strikeouts ... In eight starts, went 2-4 with a 6.82 ERA (26 ER, 34.1 IP) and 25 strikeouts against 14 walks ... In nine relief outings, posted a 2-0 mark with three saves with an ERA of 5.60 (14 ER, 17.2 IP) ... In Big 12 games, had a slash line of .194/.286/.204 with a double and six RBI ... As a pitcher during conference play (9 games, 1 start), went 2-1 with a 6.75 ERA (13 ER, 17.1 IP) with three saves and 14 strikeouts.

2018 SUMMER LEAGUE

Played for the Falmouth (Mass.) Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League ... Brennan hit .231 with two doubles, six RBI and nine steals in 43 games, helping the Commodores reach the Cape Cod League Playoffs.

SOPHOMORE (2018)

Named First Team All-Big 12 after leading K-State in hitting for the second straight season ... Started all 54 games in his sophomore season, hitting .359 (79-for-220) with a team-best on-base percentage of .454 while slugging .427 ... Led Wildcats in hits (79), runs (49), doubles (13), OBP (.454) and was second in steals (19) ... Ended season on an 11-game on-base streak and snapped a career-long 42-game on-base streak that dated back to 2017 on March 23 at TCU ... Led team with 23 multi-hit games, including a pair of four-hit games and nine three-hit games ... Strung together seven consecutive games with multiple hits, spanning from February 21-March 4 and had back-to-back games (March 10-11 vs Mercer) with four hits ... Struck out just 11 times in 220 at-bats, becoming the toughest player in the Big 12 to strike out for the second straight season (20 at-bats for every strikeout) ... Hit .289 (26-for-90) in Big 12 play with three doubles and four runs batted in and a team-high seven stolen bases ... Made nine appearances on the mound, including five starts, going 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA over 28 innings pitched ... Recorded 30 strikeouts against seven walks and made four consecutive Sunday starts during Big 12 play, totaling 20 1/3 innings ... Season-high 6 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts at Oklahoma on May 6 ... Collected wins in back-to-back starts at Nebraska (April 17) and West Virginia (April 22) ... In final outing of the season, picked up a three-inning save at San Francisco, the first of his career ... During conference play on the mound, he turned in a team-low 3.92 ERA (9 ER, 20. IP), going 1-1 in five appearances (four starts) with 20 strikeouts against five walks.

2017 SUMMER LEAGUE

Played for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska Baseball League ... Named Alaska League All-Star ... in 41 games for the Glacier Pilots, hit .295 (43-for-146) with three doubles, one home run and 15 RBI ... Made four appearances on the mound, going 1-1 with a 3.85 ERA and six strikeouts (no walks) in 4.2 innings pitched ... Posted 12 multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games.

FRESHMAN (2017)

Earned two Freshman All-America honors, one from Collegiate Baseball and one from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) ... Named Second Team All-Big 12 and the All-Big 12 Freshman Team ... Twice named the league's Newcomer of the Week ... Set a new freshman hitting record with his team-best .350 average, a record that was set in 1973 ... Led team with a .453 on-base percentage ... In series vs. Iowa, had a string of six straight at-bats with a base hit ... Ended the season on a team-best 23-game on-base streak and had the team's longest hitting streak during the season at 10 games ... Posted 17 multi-hit efforts with five multi-RBI games ... Started 49 games in the outfield and committed two errors ... Collected 64 hits (7 doubles), drove in 27 runs, scored 37 times and drew a team-high 34 walks ... Two appearances on the mound, totaling 2.2 IP, allowing five hits and three earned runs ... 12 strikeouts in 183 at-bats made him the most difficult batter to strike out in the Big 12 with a strikeout every 15.3 at-bats.

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Blue Valley High School in Stilwell, Kansas … 2016 6A Kansas Co-Player of the Year ... 2015-16 First Team All-State (OF) ... 2015-16 Eastern Kansas League First Team ... 2014 Eastern Kansas League Honorable Mention (LHP) ... Participated in 2016 Kansas All-Star Game and was member of 2014 state champion team ... Hit .503 his senior season with three doubles and five triples.

PERSONAL

Born on February 2, 1998 in Colorado Springs, Colorado … Parents are Rob and Sharon Brennan … One older sister, Samantha ... Kinesiology major.