Bio

Freshman (2017): Started 33 games primarily as the Red Devils' every-day center fielder ... Finished his first collegiate season with a line of .277/.328/.313 in 125 plate appearances ... Scored 11 runs, logged four doubles, 13 RBI and shared the team lead with six stolen bases ... Registered 98 putouts and eight outfield assists ... Hit .400 (8-for-20) against left-handed pitching ... Broke out for a .318 average (21-for-66) in 21 SLIAC starts ... Hit safely in five of his first six games and had 10 multi-hit games overall ... Went 3-for-6 with three runs scored and three RBI in his collegiate debut at Rust on March 5 ... Tallied three steals against Robert Morris-Springfield on March 18 ... Hit .474 (9-for-19) with four RBI during a five-game hit streak from April 24 until May 3 ... Recorded a pair of outfield assists versus MacMurray on May 3.

Sophomore (2018): Appeared in 30 games as a starting outfielder for the Red Devils … Recorded a .297/.381/.414 slash line … Racked up 33 hits, 20 runs, 16 RBIs, 14 walks, nine stolen bases, seven doubles and two home runs … Collected 46 total bases and notched nine extra-base hits …Posted 51 putouts and two assists in 57 chances for a .930 fielding percentage … Had 13 multi-hit games … Knocked his first career home run and 2-for-4 in an 11-9 win over Monmouth on March 14 … Also homered in a 12-4 win at Iowa Wesleyan on April 13 … Went 2-for-4 with a double against Elmhurst on March 4, against Robert Morris-Springfield on March 18, at Greenville on March 23, at Fontbonne on March 31 … Doubled and had two hits at Iowa Wesleyan on April 13 …  Also stole two bases at Fontbonne on March 31 … Recorded four putouts four times.

Junior (2019): Appeared in 28 games primarily as the Red Devils’ starting left fielder … Recorded a .256/.370/.256 slash line … Tallied 21 hits, scored 14 runs and notched 13 RBIs with nine walks and five stolen bases … Collected 21 total bases and added two sacrifice flies … Posted 23 putouts and four assists in 30 chances for a .900 fielding percentage … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 9-0 win over Northland on March 8 … Contributed two hits in the Red Devils’ 2-0 win at Monmouth on March 20 … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a pair of stolen bases in a 6-3 win over Edgewood on April 10 … Made the game-sealing throw-out at the plate in a 6-5 win over Knox on the last day of the season.

Midwest Central High School: Earned All-Tomahawk Conference honors as a sophomore in 2014 and again as a junior in 2015 ... A three-time McDonald's All-Star Game participant.

Personal: The son of Matt and Tanya, Braxten was born Feb. 27, 1998 in Peoria, Ill. ... Has two siblings, Brileigh and Bristol ... Majoring in kinesiology.