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Brody Wortham Season 2023

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Brody Wortham Season 2023

PositionIF
Weight187 lbs
Height6-1
ClassGraduate Student
HometownWedowee, Ala.
Previous SchoolWest Georgia

2023 - GRADUATE SEASON
Played in 18 games and made four starts … scored six runs and collected six hits with five RBI … drew three walks and was hit by two pitches, good for a .306 on-base percentage … played in four SEC games and went 2-for-5 with two RBI … started the second game of the season vs. Indiana (Feb. 18), drawing a walk and hit-by-pitch that led to a run … collected his first hit and RBI in an Auburn uniform vs. Florida A&M (Mar. 1) … delivered a pinch-hit, walk-off single in the 12th inning vs. Georgia Tech (Mar. 14) … made his SEC debut as a pinch hitter at Arkansas (Mar. 17) … started at first base and scored a pair of runs vs. South Alabama (Mar. 21) … drew a walk and came through with a game-tying RBI single in the sixth inning of a win vs. top-ranked LSU (May 6) … started at second base and went 2-for-4 with a RBI in the SEC Tournament vs. Alabama (May 25) … played in both regional games vs. Penn and Southern Miss (June 2-3).

2022 – SENIOR SEASON AT WEST GEORGIA
Appeared in and started all 44 games for the Wolves, primarily at first base ... Preseason All-Gulf South Conference selection ... named All-Gulf South Conference Second Team ... named Gulf South Conference Player of the Week on February 8 ...  led the team in average at .372, hits with 68, tied for the lead in home runs with nine, total bases with 108, and slugging percentage at .590 ... finished 11th in the GSC in average, and sixth in hits ... tied the school record for consecutive games with a base hit at 36 games ... had 22 multi-hit games ... went hitless in just six games on the season ... went 4-for-6 with a double, triple and five RBI against West Alabama (March 26).

2021 – JUNIOR SEASON AT WEST GEORGIA
Led the team and the Gulf South Conference with a .411 batting average in 2021 ... had 67 hits, including 13 doubles, one triple, and four home runs, driving in 26 runs ... named an Honorable Mention All-American ... named First Team All-Region and First Team All-Gulf South Conference ... started and played in 41 games on the year and was tied for the league lead at the end of the regular season in hits ... also stole 10 bases ... opened the season with an 18-game hitting streak and a 26-game reached-base streak ... went 5-for-5 with a walk against Mississippi College (April 2), scoring a run and belting two doubles ... failed to get a hit in just five of the Wolves' 41 games in 2021 and added a 13-game hitting streak to close out the season ... failed to get on base in a miniscule two games on the year. 

2020 – SOPHOMORE SEASON AT WEST GEORGIA
Started in all 20 games played on the shortened season ... ended the year with a .324 batting average with 23 hits in 71 at-bats ... had 16 runs with seven doubles, one homer and 10 RBI ... a 4-for-11 weekend with three runs and two doubles helped push the Wolves to a series sweep against Shorter on February 29. 

2019 – FRESHMAN SEASON AT WEST GEORGIA
Earned 20 starts with 30 games played as a freshman ... ended the season with a .317 batting average with 26 hits in 82 at-bats ... totaled five doubles, one homer and 14 RBI ... went 6-for-10 with five runs scored and two RBI in a series against Lee on March 29 ... earned GSC Freshman of the Week honors for his performance in the Lee series.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Randolph County High School (AL) ... was a three-sport star for RCHS ... played varsity baseball from eighth grade until his senior year ... hit .403, including .514 as a junior with only one strikeout and .444 as a senior ... had 15 doubles, a triple, and a home run with 41 RBI and 41 runs scored in his senior campaign ... was 15-5 with a 2.62 ERA for his high school career and also added four saves ... struck out 82 batters in 53 innings as a junior and had 135 total strikeouts in his high school career ... led Randolph County to the 2017 state high school football championship game as a quarterback.

PERSONAL
Son of Robyn Wortham-Thompson and Jonathan Thompson … has one brother, Braxton, and two sisters, Brantlee and Bryer … born in Wedowee, Alabama, on Nov. 20, 1999.