2016 Baseball Roster
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Brooks Stotler
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- Major:
- Business
- Hometown:
- Vista, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Rancho Buena Vista HS
2019 (Senior): Appeared in 46 games, starting 38 times ... Recorded 24 hits in 123 at-bats ... Tied for the team lead in runs scored with Jacob Hughley (23) ... drove in five runs ... tallied five doubles and three triples ... Led team in stolen bases (7) and sacrifice hits (15) ... Posted a .336 on-base and a .285 slugging percentage.
2018 (Junior): Started 56 games, with 55 in the outfield and one start at DH … Also made a substitute appearance at third base on Apr. 22 at Cal Poly … Hit .237 with a .333 slugging and .346 on-base percentage … Was third on the team with 47 hits and 34 runs scored, totaling eight doubles, four triples, a home run, 21 RBI and nine stolen bases … Led the team with 10 hit by pitches on the season … Had a .992 fielding percentage with just one error in 124 chances with three assists … Posted a three-hit game with three runs and three RBI against Arizona State (Feb. 28) … Went 2/3 with a double and two stolen bases vs. Tulane (Mar. 18) … Drove in four runs including a bases-clearing triple against LMU (Apr. 17) … Hit an inside-the-park home run at Hawai’i (May 19) to become the first Dirtbags hitter to do so since Jeff Yamaguchi on Apr. 7, 2013 at Pacific … Ended the season on a 10-game hitting streak, starting the last game of the season at DH (May 26), collecting a pair of hits and scoring three runs vs. Cal State Fullerton.
2017 (Sophomore): Played in 49 games, making 30 starts in the outfield to lead all center fielders ... Posted a .226 batting average with a home run, four triples, six RBI, 12 runs scored, and six sacrifice bunts ... Was also 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts ... Recorded a pinch-hit single in the season-opener at Oklahoma (Feb. 17) ... Had his first multi-hit game of the season at USC (Feb. 21), going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a HBP ... Had a pinch-hit single and scored a run Mar. 3 at No. 7 North Carolina ... Hit his first career home run on Mar. 31 at UC Santa Barbara, a solo shot to tie the game in the seventh inning ... Had a solid stretch at the plate in six games from Apr. 22-May 2, going 6-for-12 (.500) with four runs, two RBI, two doubles, a triple, five walks and a pair of stolen bases.
2016 (Freshman): Played in 24 games, starting 14 times in the outfield (13 in CF, one in RF) ... batted .306 in 49 at bats with six doubles, a triple and 12 runs scored ... recorded his first hit against Arizona State (Feb. 26) as a pinch hitter before coming around to score ... got his first start vs. Columbia (Mar. 18), drawing a bases loaded walk to drive in his first run ... hit a double, recorded two RBI and walked twice against UCLA (May 3) in his second career start ... doubled in three straight appearances from May 7-14 ... earned his first multi-hit game with a 2-for-3 effort at Hawai'i (May 8) ... hit his first career triple vs. San Jose State (May 15) to extend his hitting streak to four ... recorded at least one hit in all three games at UC Davis (May 20-22), recording two-hit games in the final two contests ... doubled and scored twice in the May 21 game at Davis ... stole his first base vs. Florida Atlantic (June 3) at the NCAA Regionals ... hit an eighth inning double vs. Miami (FL) at the Coral Gables Regional, which led to the tying run.
High School: Spent three seasons on varsity for Rancho Buena Vista High School ... batted .406 as a senior to earn All-Avocado West League recognition ... also played football at Rancho Buena Vista, spending his sophomore year as a varsity quarterback.
Personal: Born in San Diego ... parents are Derek and Janice ... hobbies include surfing, listening to music and hanging out with friends ... also recruited by Purdue and Valparaiso ... majoring in Business.
