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Jersey Number 28
Brandon Withers
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 200
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Manassas, Va.
- High School:
- Osbourn
- Major:
- Finance
Career Highs
Innings: 8.0, UMBC, 3/6/16
Strikeouts: 10 at Wofford, 2/24/17
2017 as a redshirt senior:
- JMU's Friday starter, Withers threw 53 2/3 innings in 12 appearances for a 5-3 record and a 6.71 ERA
- Opened the season with five scoreless innings and six strikeouts in a win over NC A&T [2/17]
- Struck out 10 batters and earned the win after five and two thirds innings at Wofford [2/24]
2016 as a redshirt junior:
- Led the Dukes with 54 strikeouts
- A weekend starter, Withers started 14 contests with a 3-6 record and 6.27 ERA
- In six and one third innings of work, he struck out seven batters while allowing just one run in a 3-1 win at the College of Charleston [4/24]
- Struck out a career-high nine hitters in a tough-luck 2-0 loss to William & Mary [4/17]
- Threw six innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out two batters in a 9-1 win over Hofstra [5/20]
2015 as a redshirt sophomore:
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- Made 19 relief appearances, compiling a 2-1 record, 8.47 ERA and one save
- His 44 strikeouts were the second most by a JMU pitcher
- Threw 2.1 scoreless innings against Buffalo [2/13] and struck out three batters to earn his first win of the season
- Pitched the final four innings of a 16-8 win over Delaware [4/4], limiting the Blue Hens to three runs, to earn a save
2014 as a redshirt freshman:
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- Collegiate debut with two innings pitched and three strikeouts in home opener versus Longwood
- One scoreless inning of relief in loss to West Virginia
Before JMU:
- Led his high school team to three straight appearances in the Northwest Regional Tournament
- Led his team to Cedar Run District Tournament Championships as a junior
- Led his team to Cedar Run District Regular Season Championships as a as a sophomore
- Led his team to Mingo Bay Tournament Championships as a sophomore
- Led his team to Mingo Bay Tournament runner ups as a freshman and sophomore
- Named Cedar Run First-Team Pitcher as a senior
- Named Northwest Region Second-Team Pitcher as a senior
- Posted a 2.01 ERA, starting 10 games with a 7-1 record pitching 66.3 innings with 65 strikeouts and 6 complete games as a senior
- Received John Lockley Coaches Award as a senior
- Named Cedar Run District First-Team Pitcher as a junior
- Named InsideNova All Area Second-Team Pitcher as a junior
- Named InsideNova All Area First-Team Pitcher as a junior
- Named team MVP as a junior and senior
- Named Charles Henkel Freshman Athlete of the Year
Personal:
- Son of Diane Withers
- Member of National Honors Society, Math Honors Society and was International Science and Technology Fair National Finalist in high school
- Marketing/Computer Information Systems major
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