Braydon Nelson
32 Braydon Nelson
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    235
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Year:
    Grad.
  • Hometown:
    Brecksville, Ohio
  • High School:
    Saint Ignatius HS
  • Previous College:
    St. Bonaventure University
  • Position:
    RHP
  • Major:
    Master's of Business Analytics
  • Twitter:
    @btnelson21
  • Instagram:
    btnelson21
  • app
    20
  • gs
    0
  • w
    5
  • l
    0
  • sv
    2
  • ip
    38.2
  • era
    3.96
  • whip
    1.45
  • k
    47

Bio

As a Senior (2022): UT Male Scholar-Athlete Award...ABCA/Rawlings Third-Team All-American...D2CCA First-Team All-American...NCBWA First-Team All-American...First-Team All-SSC...ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-South Region...D2CCA First-Team All-South Region...NCBWA First-Team All-South Region...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...D2 ADA Academic Acheivement Award...Appeared in a career-high 24 games with 20 saves (2nd in SSC & 1st on team) on the mound...Pitched in 60.1 innings  with an 9.40K/9 rate and a 1.79ERA (1st in SSC and on team)...Kept opponents batting average at .226 (tied for 5th in SSC and 1st on team)...Gave up 51 hits and 12 earned runs while only walking 14 batters...63 strikeouts..Had a 6-1 overall record...7 defensive assists.

Summer 2021: Played for the Elizabethton River Riders in the Appalachian League. Finished the season with an ERA of 5.11 and pitched 12.1 innings over six games.

As a Junior (2021): First-team All-SSC...ABCA/Rawlings Third-team All-American and First-team All-South Region...D2CAA First-team All-American and All-South Region...NCBWA First-team All-American and All-South Region...Competed in spring 2020-21 season, receiving a COVID-19 waiver...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll with perfect 4.0 GPA...D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award... 11 game appearances with 8 games started...Struck out 45 batters in 44.2 innings pitched...Has a record of 4-1 with an ERA of 5.44...Tied a career-high in a single game in strikeouts with 8 vs Central Missouri (6/11)...Career-high in a single game in the following: innings pitched with 7.0 vs Florida Tech (3/20), batters faced with 26 vs Florida Tech (3/20), putouts with 2 at Nova Southeastern (4/3), and runners CS with 2 vs Saint Leo (4/24)...Tied for second in appearance with 11 and games started with 8...Tied for third in wins with 4...Third on the team in innings pitched with 44.2.

As a Junior (2020): Received a redshirt year due to Covid-19...D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Appeared in six games and started three of them in his first season with Tampa…Recorded a 2-0 record in 29.1 innings pitched…Collected 26 strikeouts…Finished the year with a 2.15 ERA...Ranked 10th in the SSC in ERA.

As a Sophomore (SBU): Returned to play for the Bonnies...Appeared and started in 12 games... Finished with a record of 2-6...Had a 6.11 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 73.2 innings...Ranked ninth in the Atlantic 10 in strikeouts...Stuck out at least six batters in eight starts...Recorded a high of 10 strikeouts against Mount St. Mary's. 

As a Freshman (SBU): Attended St. Bonaventure University where he played in 17 games as a pitcher with 10 starts... Led the team in strikeouts with 52 in 58.2 innings...Finished the season with a 1-3-1 record...Started the season with 18.0 consecutive scoreless innings...Recorded a high of eight strikeouts against Western Michigan (03/04)...A10 Rookie of the Week (03/05).

High School: Attended Saint Ignatius High School where he played for head coach Brad Ganor...Posted an ERA of just over 1.00 with nearly a strikeout per inning combined over his junior and senior seasons .. also was an AP Scholar in the classroom...member of 2016 WWBA 17U National Championship All-Tournament Team...2017 Central Region Honorable Mention.

Personal: Graduated from the University of Tampa with a bachelor's degree in mathematical programming, carrying a 3.96 cumulative GPA...Working towards a master's degree in business analytics...Son of Todd and Tina Nelson...Has four siblings Kyler, Jordan, Devon, and Kaelyn...Played for Release Baseball club under coach Matt Rosinski where they had 117 wins in 3 years and eight championships...Born October 01, 1998.

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