2017 Baseball
Roster
Brian Boocock
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Estero, Fla.
2016: Did not play due to injury
2015: Pitched in 11 games with nine starts and logged 44 innings of work...Registered 35 strikeouts...Started and earned the win in the season-opener against Dayton (Feb. 13) in an 11-4 victory...Struck out a career-high nine batters allowing an unearned run while pitching a career-best seven innings in a 7-1 victory over Saint Joseph''s (Feb. 28).
2014: Pitched in 11 games as a reliever and logged 15.0 innings of work … Registered nine strikeouts and held opponents to a .357 batting average … Appeared in his first career game at Upstate in a win over The Citadel (Mar. 12) … Pitched a career-high 3.0 innings at Charlotte (Apr. 1) … Struck out a career-best three against Winthrop (Apr. 8) … Went six straight appearances without surrendering an earned run.
Before USC Upstate: Three-year letterwinner at Estero High School under head coach Frank Turco … Posted an 0.46 earned run average and a 6-2 record in 45.2 innings pitched as a senior … Held his opponents to a .159 batting average … Earned the program’s Cy Young award in 2012 after posting a 2.62 earned run average with 39 strikeouts in 42 innings of work … Ranked in the top 1,000 by Perfect Game … Recognized as a 2013 Under Armour Preseason All-American … Named a 2012 Underclass Honorable Mention by Perfect Game.
Personal: Born on August 8, 1995 in Bradenton, Fla. … Son of Kevin and Jennifer Boocock … Has one sister … Majoring in Business … Favorite food is hot wings … Favorite movie is “Bull Durham” … Favorite TV show is “Bloodline” … Favorite actor is Tom Hanks … Favorite musical artist is Luke Bryan … Favorite song is “Cruise” … Favorite season is summer … Favorite book is Holes … Favorite sports figure is Mariano Rivera … His hero growing up was his father … The people he admires most are his parents … His favorite quote is “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run” … His dream job is to become a baseball coach.
