Brad Hartong

Weight:
215
Height:
6-5
Position:
Catcher
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Los Alimitos, Calif.

CAREER
Signed with Minnesota Twins organization after being drafted in the 29th round (860th overall) of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft...finished career with .307 batting average in 108 games and 99 starts, 120 hits, 63 rybsm 64 RBI and 24 doubles.

2015 - SENIOR
All-Big Ten Tournament Team selection after leading IU with nine total bases and four runs scored, clocking a .357 batting average in four games in Minneapolis…Johnny Bench Award Watch List selection…played in 59 games and started 57 (55 at catcher, two at DH)…led Big Ten in caught stealing (21)…third for Indiana with .303 batting average, 70 hits, 36 runs scored and 13 doubles…eight doubles came in conference play, tying for fifth-most in B1G…reached base streak of 18 games (4/28-5/30) was longest of season for IU while 13-game hit streak (2/28-3/22) was second-longest…second on team with 23 multi-hit games, including eight of final 12…in team’s final 17 games (including 9-1 stretch to close regular season), tied for IU lead with 25 hits and was second with .385 batting average…in weekend sweep of Ohio State, led IU with .600 batting average and six hits, including career-high two doubles in 9-1 win…matched career high with three hits on three occasions…one of two home runs gave IU a 9-7 lead in win at Kentucky (3/31).

2014 - JUNIOR
First Team All-Big Ten selection ... appeared in 49 games and started 42, splitting time between catcher and outfield ... suffered season-ending spleen injury in IU's first NCAA Regional game vs. Stanford (5/31) ... came on strong at end of season, racking up 40 of his 50 hits in the last 28 games ... from April 13 to end of season, raised season average from .269 to .314 ... finished 12th in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.450) ... in B1G games only, ranked tied for third in doubles (8), fourth in batting average (.378), sixth in slugging percentage (.554) and tied for 10th in RBI (18) ... batted .313 with three home runs and 36 RBI ... Big Ten Player of the Week (April 28) after hitting .529, one HR and 10 RBI in four games for the week ... tallied career-high five RBI in one inning vs. Ball State (4/23) on a 3-run HR and 2-run single ... totaled five RBI in the Illinois series ... went 2-for-4 with four RBI, including a 2-run HR against Indiana State (4/9) ... delievered go-ahead 2-run double in eighth inning of game three at Iowa (4/7) ... notched career-high three hits at Illinois (4/27) and at Penn State (5/9) ... registered 14 games with two hits or more ... recorded 16-game hit streak, longest of the season, including multi-hit games in nine of the first 11 of the run.

2013 - SOPHOMORE
Sat out 2013 season.

2012 - FRESHMAN (CYPRESS COLLEGE)
Junior College All-American for Cypress College (2012) ... threw out 26 of 32 attempted base stealers in 2012 and batted .380 with nine RBI and 12 stolen bases ... posted a .321 hitting clip and added 29 RBI as a freshman at Cypress College.

PERSONAL
The son of Bill and Julie Hartong ... born on February 4, 1992 ... has two sisters, Emily and Hailey; and a brother, Brett ... Emily was a First Team All-American volleyball player at Hawaii ... Hailey rowed at UCLA ... a General Studies major.