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Jason Brunansky

Class: Senior Hometown: Poway, Calif. High School: Poway HS

Height / Weight: 5-10 / 192 Position: OF B/T: R/R

Career Honors and Awards:

• Big 12 Player of the Week (April 11, 2011)

2012 (Senior): Played in 19 games, making one start in right field ... Went 2-for-14 with an RBI ... Collected first hit at Baylor (March 24) ... Recorded pinch-hit single at Wichita State (April 11) ... Collected an RBI with a bases-loaded walk against Saint Mary (April 18).

2011 Summer: Played for the San Diego Waves of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association ... Manager was Arona Taele ... Hit .242 with eight doubles, a triple and 17 runs scored in 30 games ... Added seven stolen bases and a .345 on-base percentage.

2011 (Junior): Played in 42 games, making 36 starts in the outfield ... Collected eight doubles and 19 runs scored ... Hit two home runs during Big 12 play for a .306 slugging percentage ... Went 7-for-12 at the plate in the series against Nebraska (April 8-10) ... Collected three hits, including a home run, a double and two RBIs against Nebraska (April 10) ... Hit his second home run of the season at Missouri (April 17).

2010 (Sophomore):Played in 23 games, making 13 starts in the outfield ... Batted .310 with five doubles, one homer and 17 runs scored ... Drew 11 walks to reach base at a .466 clip ... Hit .375 over the first two months of the season ... Collected a career-high three hits in back-to-back games (Feb. 27 vs. Sacramento State and March 5 vs. Iowa) ... Recorded a career-high two doubles in win over Iowa (March 5) ... Went 2-for-2 against Tabor with his only home run of the season (March 10) ... Had two hits and two walks with a pair of runs scored against Arkansas-Little Rock (March 30).

Summer 2009: Played for the Spokane RiverHawks of the West Coast League ... Batted .285 with 11 doubles, two homers and 11 stolen bases in 39 games ... Also led the team with 27 runs scored.

2009 (Freshman): Played in 53 games, making 40 starts in the outfield ... Batted .280 with six doubles, two homers and 19 runs scored ... Drew 24 walks to reach base at a .386 clip ... Hit .325 over his final 23 games, hitting safely in 19 of them ... Went 2-for-5 with a double in his first collegiate start against Memphis (Feb. 20) ... Collected first RBI at No. 21 Arkansas (Feb. 25) ... Hit first collegiate home run against Missouri Valley (March 10) ... Went 2-for-3 with a walk against No. 4 Arizona State (March 13) ... Scored a season-high three runs against Western Illinois (March 24) ... Doubled in back-to-back games against No. 7 Baylor (April 3-4) ... Hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4 at Creighton (April 14) ... Went 6-for-13 with a double and two RBIs at Texas Tech (April 17-19) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk at No. 9 Oklahoma (May 1), capping a string where he hit safely in 10 of 12 games ... Collected two hits and a stolen base at Wichita State (May 6) ... Played in four of KU's seven postseason games, collecting three hits (May 20-31).

Poway HS: Lettered three years in baseball for head coach Bob Parry ... Hit .371 with four homers, eight stolen bases and 16 RBIs as the team's lead-off hitter ... Named All-Palomar League in 2007 ... A 2007 San Diego Showcase All-Star participant and a So. Cal Cup participant ... A 2007 Tampa Bay Scout Team member ... High school team won the CIF Division I championship in 2006 and was a semi-finalist in 2007 ... A member of the all-academic team ... Graduated with a 4.0 GPA and was in the top five percent of his class.

Personal: Son of Tom and Colleen Brunansky ... Father, Tom, played 14 seasons in the majors with the California Angels, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers ... A business major.