Named a preseason second-team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America ... Saw most of his action in the outfield as a sophomore in 2010 after playing mainly at first base as a freshman ... Will likely start in right field this season ... Played during summers of 2009 and 2010 for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League.... Was the first high school player to hit a home run at PETCO Park, a feat he accomplished on April 12, 2008, in a contest vs. Eastlake HS ... Played baseball for three summers (2006-08) with the San Diego Show team that was ranked among the top 15 in the nation ... Drafted in the 15th round by the Tampa Bay Rays in June 2008.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2010
A 2010 first-team all-Mountain West Conference selection ... Led the league in hitting with a .489 batting average and in on-base percentage at .575 ... Tied for first with 29 runs scored and was third in hits with 43 ... His .705 slugging percentage placed ninth in the final MWC-game stats ... Led the Aztecs in hitting overall with a .383 average ... Second on the squad in runs, hits, home runs and runs batted in ... Had a team-leading .484 on-base percentage in all games ... Had a 10-game hitting streak entering the MWC tourney at the end of the season during which he batted 500 (21-for-42) 17 runs scored and 17 RBI ... Drove in at least one run in 11 of the final 12 games of the season ... Tied for second on the team lead with 23 multiple-hit contests and was one of only two Aztecs with a five-hit performance ... His 15 multiple-RBI contests led the team ... Hitting .432 with runners in scoring position ... His five RBI at Air Force on April 9 and his 5 hits on April 10 were both career bests ... Had a pair of personal-best four-run games.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2009
Started 63 times as a true freshman ... Primarily a first baseman who also made seven starts in the outfield (three in left and four in right) ... Named to the second-team all-Mountain West Conference squad as a first baseman ... Named to the all-tournament team at the NCAA Regional in Irvine ... Hit a pair of home runs in the win over Fresno State at the Regional ... Finished the regular season by hitting safely in 12 of the last 13 games during which he went 18-for-49 (.367) with 15 runs scored and five runs batted in ... His 25 multiple-hit games tied for the team lead while his 12 multiple-RBI efforts ranked second on the squad ... Season-high three hits in a game on three occasions ... Has also had three RBI in a game five times ... During a six-game hitting streak (April 14-24) he went 9-for-24 (.375) with two doubles, a home run, nine runs scored and eight RBI ... Hit his first collegiate home run on March 8 vs. 11th-ranked San Diego at Tony Gwynn Stadium ... His 17 doubles, 53 runs scored and 33 walks were the second-most on the team lead while his 44 RBI ranked third ... Committed only one error over SDSU[apos]s final 30 games of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won four varsity letters as a baseball player at Montgomery High School in San Diego ... Coached there by Manuel Hermosillo ... Batted .516 as a senior, winning first-team all-state honors ... As a junior, hit .420 and was a second-team all-state selection ... Chosen South Bay League player of the year both as a junior and senior ... Played catcher during his sophomore season and was a second-team all-state honoree as well as the Mesa League player of the year ... Batted .320 both as a freshman and sophomore ... Member of the Montgomery football team for three seasons (2005-07), winning first-team all-South Bay League honors as a junior and senior ... Also competed for the basketball team as a junior.
PERSONAL
Brandon Christopher Meredith was born Dec. 19, 1989, in San Diego, Calif. ... Son of Harold and Patricia Meredith ... Father played basketball and baseball at Westmont College ... Favorite athletes are NFL players ray Lewis and Legedu Naanee ... A business administration major at San Diego State.