Intelligent baseball player ... Versatile athlete with solid defensive skills at first base and in the outfield ... Can hit for power ...2007: Started 44-of-53 games played (11 at 1B, 28 in LF and 5 at DH) ... Batted .241 (39-for-162) with six home runs, 23 RBI and 19 runs scored ... Had a season-high six-game hitting streak from April 4-13, where he batted .304 (7-for-23) with one home run, four RBI and four runs scored ... Also had a pair of five-game hitting streaks ... Had eight multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Notched first 2-HR game of his career at No. 15 UCLA (2/18) finishing the game going 3-for-3 with two runs scored and a double ... Also hit home runs against Duke, N.C. State (twice) and Radford ... The week of March 5-11 batted .526 with 10 hits, two home runs, five RBI, 18 total bases, had a .947 slugging percentage an a .571 on-base percentage ... Ranked second on the team with four game-winning RBIs (Liberty-Feb. 10, Duke-Feb. 25, Western Carolina-March 4 and Michigan-March 17) ... Laced three hits in a game twice (UCLA-Feb. 18 and N.C. State-March 3) ... ECU posted a 20-8 record when playing left field ... Saw action in the No. 3 through No. 9 spots of the order ... Had equal success against right-handers (.239/28-for-117) and lefties (.244/11-for-45) ... Batted .545 (6-for-11) with runners on third and two outs ... When hitting in the first inning, batted .391 (9-for-23) with one home run, nine RBI, two doubles and two runs scored ... Posted a team-best .444 average (4-for-9) when batting in the ninth inning ... Hit 100 points higher in non-league games (.270/31-for-115) than C-USA games (.170/8-for-47) ... Ranked among the team leaders in hit by pitches (second); home runs (t-3rd); fielding percentage and stolen base percentage (fourth); putouts (fifth) ... Picked up one hit in six at-bats in the C-USA Tournament ... Batted .500 (2-for-4) with an RBI and run scored in the Chapel Hill Regional ... Month-by-month analysis includes February (.265, 3 HR, 9 RBI), March (.254, 2 HR, 9 RBI), April (.205, 1 HR, 4 RBI), May (.154, 0 HR, 0 RBI) and June (.500, 0 HR, 1 RBI) ... Played summer ball for the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League ... Batted .277 (41-for-148) with two home runs, 18 RBI, 16 runs scored and eight doubles in 40 games played ... 2006: Played in 48 games recording 33 starts (21 in LF and 12 as DH) ... Batted .326 (43- for-132) with four home runs, 24 RBI and 23 runs scored ... Earned C-USA Hitter-of-the Week honors (April 24) and was named to the Collegiate Baseball Foundations National Honor Roll (April 25) ... First collegiate action came in the second game of a doubleheader against Maryland (2/12) when he started as a designated hitter going 1-for-4 ... Collected hits in eight consecutive at-bats and reached base safely 10 consecutive times (April 18-23) ... Finished the week batting .533 (8-for 15), which included his third home run of the season and three RBI ... Scored the game winning run on Friday night against Marshall (4/21) and the game-tying run on Saturday (4/22) ... Collected three hits against Marshall (4/22) and Memphis (5/18) ... Belted home runs against Duke (2/28), Marist (3/17), Marshall (4/21) and Memphis (5/20) ... Had ten multi-hit games recording a team best five hits against Marshall (4/21) ... Collected two or more RBI in six games ... Posted three hit streaks of four games ... Started the last 21 games played ... Stole three total bases on the year: Houston (4/2), Tulane (4/30) and Southern Miss (5/6) ... Saw action in the bottom of the Pirates lineup hitting fifth (six times), sixth (seven times), seventh (13 times), eighth (six times) and ninth (once) ... Had 14 extra base hits ... Five-of-43 hits came in pinch-hitting duties, the second most on the team behind Adam Hodges ... When starting, batted .310 (fourth-best average) with two home runs, 26 RBI and 18 runs scored ... Had greater success hitting against lefties (.341/15-for 44) than right-handers (.318/28-for-88) ... When leading off an inning, batted .357 (10-for-28) with two home runs and two RBI ... With runners on base and two-outs, batted a team-best .476 (10-for-21) with 10 RBI ... Collected 16 hits, 21 RBI and batted .381 when batting with runners in scoring position ... Led the team with a .533 batting average (8-for-15) with ten RBI and 12 total bases when hitting with two-outs and runners in scoring position ... Hit .545 (6-for-11) when batting in the ninth inning ... Enjoyed hitting in C-USA play (.368/25-for-68) over non conference action (.281/18-for-64) ... Saw the ball better at night, hitting .393 (24-for-61) oppose to the day (.268/19-for-71) ... Ranked among the team leaders in hit by pitch (second); sac flies (t-2nd); slugging average (third); batting average (fourth) and on base percentage (fifth) ... Month-by month analysis includes February (.467, 1 HR, 5 RBI), March (.219, 1 HR, 4 RBI), April (.342, 1 HR, 8 RBI) and May (.340, 1 HR, 7 RBI) ... Played summer ball for the Norcross Astros in the Stan Musial League ... High School: A four-year letter winner for coach Greg Robinson at Milton High School ... Led the Eagles to the Georgia 5A state championship and a No. 42 national ranking by Baseball America in 2004 ... Named all-region his sophomore, junior and senior years ... Earned team MVP honors as a senior after posting a .420 batting average ... Helped the Eagles post a 78-44 record during four-year span ... Earned MVP honors for the East Cobb Astros his sophomore year ... Helped the Astros to the AAU National Championship, the CABA National Championship and the Super Seven Championship ... Was named to the all-tournament teams in all three titles ... Earned four letters in football as a running back, punter and kicker ... Personal: Full name is Brandon Reese Henderson ... Nickname: "Hendo" ... Born January 9, 1987 in Alpharetta, Ga. ... Son of Tim and Karen Henderson ... Has a younger sister (Brianna) ... Majoring in construction management ... Two-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll recipient (Fall '06 and Fall '07). CAREER HIGHS - at-bats: 6 vs. Michigan (3/17/07); runs: 2 (eight times, last vs. The Citadel 5/8/07); hits: 5 vs. Marshall (4/21/06); RBI: 3 (three times, last vs. Duke 2/25/07); home runs: 2 vs. UCLA (2/18/07); stolen bases: 1 (seven times, last vs. UNCW 4/11/07). |
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