Brandon Burckel

Photo by: Levi Jones/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

Position:
INF
Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Lindale, Texas
High School:
Lindale

2024 (Junior Season - Indiana)
Season: Appeared in 26 games with 15 starts … all starts came at second base … started 15 of first 16 games of the season ... hit .114 with four hits and eight runs scored during his junior season … hit go-ahead solo home run in eighth inning of a win at No. 18 Coastal Carolina (2/17) … reached base safely in 10 games

Career Notes and Records - Houston
Appeared in 105 games with 101 starts in two seasons at Houston … held a collective .260 batting average across 312 at-bats with 81 hits and 74 runs scored … totaled 176 putouts and 222 infield assists as the starting second baseman for the Cougars … finished his career with 27 hit-by-pitches (No. 5 in program history) … totaled 24 stolen bases in 2023 – the most by a Houston player since 2017.

2023 (Sophomore Season - Houston)
Season: Made 53 appearances, starting 50 games … finished his career ranked No. 5 all-time in hit by pitches (27) … led the team in stolen bases with 24, the most by a Cougar since 2017 …. recorded 10 multi-hit games and two games with multiple RBI’s … opened the season on a streak of 15-consecutive stolen bases without a caught stealing … matched a career-best three hits on two occasions against California (2/19) and Wichita State (5/6) … hit first home run of the season against Utah (2/24) … went three-for-three on stolen base attempts against Cincinnati (5/19).

2022 (Freshman Season - Houston)
Awards: AAC’s No. 13 Impact Freshman (D1 Baseball)

Season: Played in 52 contests with 51 starts … led freshmen at Houston with 44 hits … finished the season hitting .282 with 35 runs scored and 12 RBI’s … recorded a seven-game hit streak between 4/30 (South Florida) and 5/10 (Sam Houston) … fifth on the team in on base percentage (.383) … hit his first collegiate home run against Wichita State (5/24) … registered first career three-hit game vs. Memphis (4/22) … tallied 13 games with multiple hits … hit safely in 30 of 52 games … led the team in hit by pitches (15) … second on the team in stolen bases (13)

Prep/Personal
Prepped at Lindale High School in Lindale Texas, an hour east of Dallas, under head coach Rich Sanguinetti … named the 2021 4A All-District Hitter of the Year … named to the 2021 First Team All-District Infield, 4A Second Team All-State Infield and 4A East Texas First Team Infield … hit .378 with 28 hits, 13 RBI’s and 29 runs scored as a senior … back-to-back district champions in 2018 and 2019… selected as the 2018 Class 5A Freshman of the Year … born in Louisiana but moved to Texas when he was younger … son of Brad and Christi Burckel … father Brad Sr. played baseball at Mississippi State and Tulane … all three of his uncles played football or baseball in college … has one older brother Brad Jr. … intends to major in Liberal Studies at IU.