2023 Baseball Roster

Ashley Ray
Mallory Peak
Jashari Blige
Shari Blige
Chloe Hyde
Craig Haas
Tony Walsh
Jordan McKendrick

8 Brandon Sproat

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Junior
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Pace, Fla.
  • High School Pace

Biography

2023 Second Round MLB Draft Pick (56th Overall, New York Mets)
2023 University of Florida Graduate (Spring)
2023 ABCA First Team Southeast All-Region
2023 Second Team All-SEC
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Pitcher of the Week (March 20, May 1)
2022 ABCA Second Team Southeast All-Region
2022 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team
2022 SEC Pitcher of the Week (March 7)
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Career Highlights:
In the News:
Career:
  • Selected by the New York Mets with the 56th overall pick of the second round in the 2023 MLB Draft
  • Finished career ranking 10th all-time at Florida with a 9.74 K/9
  • Made 56 appearances featuring 37 starts in four seasons at UF from 2020-23
  • Compiled a 19-8 record, 4.27 ERA and .242 batting average against
  • Struck out 242 batters in 223 2/3 career frames
  • Threw two completes games and one shutout in Orange & Blue
  • Served as Florida’s Friday night ace from April 23, 2022 vs. Tennessee through the remainder of the 2023 campaign
  • Concluded with a .933 fielding percentage across 30 defensive chances

2023 (Junior*):
  • Made all 19 of his scheduled weekend starts while earning ABCA First Team Southeast All-Region and Second Team All-SEC honors
  • Posted an 8-3 record and 4.66 ERA with two complete games including one shutout
  • Struck out 134 batters across 106 1/3 innings, equating to an 11.3 K/9
  • Penciled self in single-season record books in game started (T-fourth) and strikeouts (sixth)
  • Held opposing hitters to a .222 batting average
  • Teamed up with Hurston Waldrep to strike out more batters (290) than any two-pitcher duo in program history while forming the ninth 100-strikeout duo in team history
  • Lasted at least five innings in 17 of his 19 starts as well as 27 of the last 29 starts of his career
  • Earned a quality start with four runs (three earned) allowed in six innings while racking up nine strikeouts to pick up the win over Miami on March 3
  • Tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts vs. Alabama in the SEC Opener on March 16
  • Threw 5 2/3 frames of one-run ball on four hits and four walks while striking out nine to pick up the win at Tennessee on April 6
  • Dominated Missouri with one run allowed over seven innings on two hits and one walk while fanning seven to earn the victory on April 28
  • Blanked Vanderbilt across six innings, allowing five hits and three walks while striking out five to earn the win on May 12
  • Picked up the quality start by throwing 6 1/3 frames with three runs allowed on hive hits and three walks while fanning seven in the College World Series Opener vs. Virginia on June 16

2022 (Sophomore*):
  • Made 17 appearances including a team-high 16 starts on the mound
  • Posted a 9-4 record while leading the Gators with 89 2/3 innings pitched
  • Finished with a 3.41 ERA, .251 batting average against and 82 strikeouts
  • Went 5-0 with a 1.59 ERA and .218 batting average against in his last six starts of the season
  • Totaled nine quality starts including five in a row to conclude the campaign
  • Fired a then-career-high 6 1/3 shutout innings to earn the win over No. 22 Miami on March 5, tying his career high with eight strikeouts
  • Named SEC Pitcher of the week after tossing 8 1/3 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts vs. North Florida on March 1 and No. 22 Miami on March 5
  • Pitched 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball to earn the win vs. No. 2 Arkansas on April 8
  • Won four-straight starts from April 29 to May 19 over Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri and South Carolina
  • Fired a career-high 8 1/3 innings of one-run ball vs. South Carolina at the SEC Tournament on May 24, scattering four hits and one walk with seven strikeouts while taking a shutout into the ninth
  • Picked up the win vs. Central Michigan in the NCAA Gainesville Regional on June 3, allowing one run across seven innings while striking out six

2021 (Freshman*):
  • Made 16 appearances including two starts for the Gators on the mound
  • Pitched to a 2-1 record and 6.65 ERA across 21.2 innings of work
  • Finished the season with a career-high 18 strikeouts
  • Fired four shutout innings in his first-career start at Stetson on May 11, scattering one hit and one walk while striking out two
  • Earned the win against Stetson on March 10 after providing 1.2 scoreless innings of relief on two hits
  • Struck out a career-high four batters in the SEC Tournament Semifinal game vs. No. 4 Tennessee on May 29, lasting 3.2 innings and allowing three earned runs on five hits and four walks

2020 (Freshman)
  • Appeared in four games, totaling 6.0 innings and a 1.50 ERA
  • Tallied eight strikeouts against three walks and two hits allowed
  • Recorded three strikeouts against Marshall (Feb 15) and Florida A&M (March 4)
  • Threw a season-high two innings against Florida A&M and South Florida (March 6)
  • Tossed three scoreless outings, and two hitless outings

PACE HIGH SCHOOL
  • High Honorable Mention Senior Preseason All-America (Perfect Game)
  • Florida Region All-High School Senior First Team (Perfect Game)
  • All-Region First Team, Region 3 (National High School Baseball Coaches Association)
  • 2019 All-State Team (Florida Athletic Coaches Association)
  • 2018 and 2019 Pensacola News-Journal All-Area First Team
  • Selected to play in the 2019 FACA All-Star Classic at Tigertown in Lakeland
  • As a senior in 2019, went 5-2 with a 1.53 ERA over 32 innings with 53 strikeouts
  • As a junior in 2018, led Pace to the Class 7A State Championship Game and had a 10-4 record with a 1.78 ERA over 59 innings
 
ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA
2020 1.50 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 1 1 3 8 0 0 1 23 .105 0 1 0 0 0
2021 6.65 2 1 16 2 0 0 0 21.2 29 19 16 15 18 5 0 5 107 .330 4 2 0 1 1
2022 3.41 9 4 17 16 0 0 0 89.2 84 37 34 33 82 14 2 5 382 .251 0 9 1 2 3
2023 4.66 8 3 19 19 2 1/1 0 106.1 87 57 55 48 134 15 2 15 466 .222 7 17 1 4 4
Total 4.27 19 8 56 37 2 1 0 223.2 202 114 106 99 242 34 4 26 978 .242 11 29 2 7 8
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Innings pitched: 9.0, Alabama, March 16, 2023
Runs Allowed: 8, Auburn, March 31, 2023
Walks allowed: 5, vs. LSU, June 24, 2023
Strikeouts: 11, Alabama, March 16, 2023
Putouts: 1, five times
Assists: 2, four times

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2020Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 205 lbs
    5
  • 8

    2021Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 210 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2022Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3" 210 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Junior

    RHP
    6'3" 215 lbs
    8

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