2014: Honorable mention All-Ohio Athletic Conference … appeared in all 34 of the team’s games, including 33 starts … posted a team-best .313 batting average (42-for-134) and tied for the team lead with 25 runs scored … led the team with 42 hits … added seven doubles, two triples, two home runs (tied for team lead) and 21 runs batted in (second on team) … registered a team-best 59 total bases and tallied an on-base percentage of .365 … led the team and ranked sixth in the OAC with 13 stolen bases … fielded .945 (48 putouts, four assists, three errors) … tied for second on the team with 11 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-5 performance with three runs scored, three stolen bases and an RBI in Capital’s 9-4 win at Muskingum on March 22 … finished second on the team with six multiple-RBI games … recorded a team-best 17-game hitting streak from Feb. 26 through April 9 … capped that streak with three hits, including a home run, and two RBIs in the Crusaders’ second game against Heidelberg on April 9 … named OAC Hitter of the Week on March 24 after finishing 7-of-12 with a double, four RBIs and five stolen bases in leading the team to a 2-1 record during the week … scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th of Capital’s 7-6 triumph over Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) on Feb. 28 in Florida … also homered in the team’s 16-4 victory over Maritime (N.Y.) on Feb. 23 in Florida
2013: Second team All-Ohio Athletic Conference pick … led the team in home runs (4) and runs batted in (36) … appeared in 36 contests for the season (all starts) … finished second on the team in batting average (.357) and stolen bases (12) … placed third on the team with eight doubles … totaled 55 putouts and six assists against just one error playing primarily at the corner outfield positions … knocked a walk-off single against Wittenberg on April 4 to help Capital to a 5-4 victory at Beavers Field … registered three or more hits six times, including a perfect 4-for-4 line at Otterbein on April 27 … led team with 12 multiple-RBI games … posted a 13-game hitting streak from April 6-27
2012: Appeared in 21 games…third on the team with a .481 slugging percentage… on-base percentage of .400
2011: Appeared in 10 games … Finished with a .364 on-base percentage … Perfect in the field with a 1.000 fielding percentage
Personal: Majoring in History … parents are Jennifer & Ron Branisel … attended Cleveland Benedictine High School, where he played baseball and golf … was an All-Cuyahoga River Baseball Conference two-time selection and was selected All-Ohio his senior season
