2026-27 Baseball Roster
Roster
Chase Brunson
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
- High School:
- San Clemente HS
Career Honors
• 2026 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 Conference
• 2025 Second-team All-Big 12 Conference
• 2024 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• 2024 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 19, 2024)
• 2023 MLB 18th Round Draft Pick (Toronto Blue Jays)
2026 (Junior)
Played in and started 51 games... split time in the field between center field (34 games) and right field (16 games)... also made one start as the designated hitter.. ranked second on the team with a .304 batting average, posting 52 hits including a team-high 11 doubles, one triple and 10 home runs... led the squad with 51 RBIs on the year... had a team-high .462 on-base percentage... stole 13 bases in 18 attempts... had 14 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI contests... tallied a hit in 37 games and reached safely in 46... doubled twice and drove in three runs in the win over Arkansas (Feb. 14) at Globe Life Field... went 2-for-3 with a double against Oklahoma (Feb. 15)... made it three straight games with two hits and a double against UT Arlington (Feb. 17)... homered in the series-opener at UCLA (Feb. 20)... had an RBI-single in the series finale at UCLA (Feb. 22)... drove in two runs and scored twice and was hit by the pitch four times at LMU (Feb. 23)... had four hits, including second home run of the season, and drove in five in the sweep of New Haven (Feb. 27-March 1)... hit safely in all three games against Tulane (March 6, 8)... hit a grand slam as part of a two hit game against Kansas (March 10)... suffered an injury in Game 1 at Arizona State (March 13) and missed Game 2... returned for Game 3 against the Sun Devils (March 15)... drew two walks and scored a run against New Mexico State (March 17)... had three hits and drove in a run in the UCF series (March 20-22)... drove in two runs in the win at DBU (March 24)... homered as part of two hits and drove in three in the opening game of the Texas Tech (March 27-29) series... tripled and drove in two in teh win over Lamar (March 31)... had four hits including a double, a triple and two home runs while driving in four in the series win at Kansas State (April 3-5)... went 1-for-4 at Abilene Christian (April 7)... had two hits including his seventh home run of the season in the Arizona series (April 10-11)... was instrumental in leading TCU to a series win at Baylor (April 17, 19)... had three hits, including a double and a home run, while driving in all five runs in the final two innings in Game 1 of a Sunday doubleheader against the Bears (April 19)... drove in a run on two hits in the series finale at Baylor (April 19)... went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in the win over DBU (April 21)... had two hits in the Houston series (April 24-26)... doubled and homered twice and drove in six in the Oklahoma State series (May 1-3)... tallied three hits in the sweep of Utah (May 8-10)... had two hits in the series-opener at West Virginia (May 14)... missed the final two games of the season with an injury.
2025 (Sophomore)
Started 58 games in center field... posted a .317 average on the season with a .554 slugging percentage and a .395 on-base percentage... ranked third on the team with 27 extra base hits... led the team with 12 home runs and tied for second with 13 doubles while also hitting two triples... was third on the squad with 46 RBIS... was 9-for-9 in stolen bases... posted 18 multi-hit games and led the team with 14 multi-RBI contests... recorded a hit in 44 games and reached safely in 55 contests... opened the season with a 43-game on-base streak... homered twice and drove in seven as part of five hits in the season-opening sweep of San Diego (Feb. 14-17)... tripled and drove in a run in the win over Michigan (Feb. 21) at Globe Life Field... started an 18-game hitting streak with a hit and an RBI against Kansas State (Feb. 23)... had four hits, including two doubles in the Southern Miss series (Feb. 28-March 2)... hit a three-run home run in the series-opener against Air Force (March 4)... went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the finale against Air Force (March 5)... hit .462 (6-for-13) with five RBIs in the sweep of Fresno State (March 7-9)... tallied a hit in the win at Texas State (March 11)... collected five hits, including two doubles, in the Arizona State series (March 14-16)... was 1-for-4 in the win at Dallas Baptist (March 18)... was 3-for-3 with four runs scored in the series-opener at Texas Tech (March 21)... homered as part of two hits in Game 2 against the Red Raiders (March 22)... drove in two runs in the series finale at Texas Tech (March 23)... went 5-for-5 and drove in a run in the series finale at Houston (March 30)... was 1-for-3 with a run scored in the win over UTSA (April 1)... collected a double and drove in a run in Game 1 of a doubleheader against BYU (April 3)... homered as part of three hits and drove in two in Game 2 against the Cougars (April 3)... homered twice and drove in four as TCU rallied from a pair of six-run deficits in the finale against BYU (April 4)... had a base hit at UT Arlington (April 8)... homered and drove in three in the series-opening win over Kansas (April 11)... also homered and drove in two in the finale against the Jayhawks (April 13)... hit 10th home run of the season and drove in two in the series-opener at UCF (April 17)... tripled and drove in a run as part of two hits in Game 2 at UCF (April 18)... walked six times and drove in two runs in the first two games against Baylor (April 25-26)... had two hits in the series finale against the Bears (April 27)... on-base streak was snapped at 43 against UT Arlington (April 29)... recorded three hits in the Arizona series (May 2-4)... hit .500 (6-for-12) with five runs scored and four RBIs in the Cincinnati series (May 9-11)... had his second multi-home run game of the season in the series-opener against the Bearcats (May 9)... tallied two doubles as part of three hits in the series finale at Utah (May 17)... was 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI against Kansas (May 23) in the Big 12 Tournament... had a double in the NCAA Corvallis Regional game at Oregon State (May 31).
2024 (Freshman)
Started 42 games as part of 43 appearances on the season... made 41 starts in center field and one as the designated hitter... also appeared in one games a defensive replacement... ranked third on the squad with a .291 batting average... posted a .390 on-base percentage and a .426 slugging percentage... totaled 43 hits on the year including eight doubles and four home runs... recorded 25 RBIs and was successful in five of six stolen base attempts... tallied a hit in 30 of 42 games with a plate appearance... reached safely in 35 contests... recorded 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI contests... went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a double and home run in collegiate debut against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 16)... collected three hits, including a home run, and drove in two runs in Game 2 against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 17)... reached base four times with a hit and three walks in the series-finale against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 18)... stretched hitting streak to four games with an RBI single against Texas State (Feb. 20)... recorded two hits in the UCLA series (Feb. 23-25)... hit safely in midweek tilts against Washington State (Feb. 27) and Arizona (Feb. 28)... went 6-for-13 (.462) with two RBIs at the Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field (March 1-3)... hit a two-run home run in the win over Abilene Christian (March 5)... went 1-for-2 with three runs scored in the series finale at Kansas (March 10)... collected an RBI-double in the win at DBU (March 12)... picked up two hits in the Oklahoma series (March 15-17)... registered six hits and drove in seven runs in the sweep of Houston (March 28-30)... went 2-for-3 with a double an RBI in the series-opener at Cincinnati (April 5)... hit a lead-off home run in the series finale at Cincinnati (April 7)... recorded four hits in the Texas Tech series (April 12-14)... had two hits in each of the first two games at Texas (April 19-21)... an injury kept him out of the lineup for almost a month... made sport starts against Kansas State (April 26) and West Virginia (May 18)... went 1-for-4 with a double and three RBIs against the Mountaineers... started all four games of the Big 12 Tournament... registered a hit and drove in two in the opening game against West Virginia (May 21)... also recorded a hit in the win over Kansas State (May 23).
High School
Was a three year letter winner at San Clemente High School... drafted in the 18th round of the 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays... selected as the team MVP as a senior... also named league MVP... earned all-CIF Southern Section... was a Max Preps second-team all-state... led the league in all offensive categories... hit .429 with nine doubles, three triples and eight home runs as a senior... named the Offensive Player of the Year as a junior... earned first-team all-league honors... helped lead squad to the 2022 Future Stars Series National Tournament Championship... played club baseball for Quakes Baseball Academy... was a scholar athlete.
Personal
Parents are Patrick and Erica... has one brothers, Zack.
