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Bryson Ware Season 2021

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Bryson Ware Season 2021

PositionIF/OF
Weight195 lbs
Height6-2
ClassSophomore
HometownMadison, Miss.
Previous SchoolPearl River

HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 Second Team All-SEC
2023 SEC All-Tournament Team
2023 ABCA First Team All-Southeast Region
2023 NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2023 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List

2023 - SENIOR SEASON
Led the team in multiple offensive categories including runs (66), home runs (24), RBI (63), total bases (163) and slugging (.731) … ranked in the top 10 in the league in all five categories … set Auburn’s single-season home run record, eclipsing Hunter Morris’ mark from 2010 … tied for the most runs in a season since 2000 … most total bases since 2010 and 10th most in program history … second most RBI and extra-base hits (36) in a season since 2010 … named Second Team All-SEC, ABCA First Team All-Southeast Region ... semifinalist for the NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy and named to the Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list … ranked as high as the No. 4 third baseman in the country by D1 Baseball … led the team in average (.333), runs (38), hits (40), home runs (12) and total bases (80) in SEC play … ranked top 10 in the league in hits, home runs and total bases during conference play … was one of two players to play and start in all 58 games … led the team with 18 multi-RBI games and was second with 23 multi-hit games … collected multiple hits in the first four games of the season, hitting .667 (10-for-15) with four doubles, a homer and five RBI during the span … homered in seven times in the span of nine games from Feb. 21-Mar. 7, including four straight games from Mar. 4-7 … went 5-for-13 with four runs, two doubles, three homers and seven RBI in the series vs. Lipscomb (Mar. 3-5) … his home runs in the final two games of the series vs. the Bisons were game-tying and go-ahead shots in the eighth inning … started the season on a 14-game hitting streak and went on an 18-game hitting streak from Mar. 14-Apr. 14 … it was the longest hitting streak by an Auburn player since 2015-16 … homered twice in the middle game at Arkansas (Mar. 18) … doubled and homered in the SEC home opener vs. Georgia (Mar. 23) … drove in multiple runs in five straight games from Mar. 25-Apr. 2 and homered four times during the span, totaling 14 homers in the first 28 games of the year … hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the ninth inning at Georgia Tech (Apr. 14) … went 3-for-4 with three runs and hit the go-ahead, three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning of the series finale vs. Mississippi State (Apr. 23) …  went 3-for-5 with two homers and three RBI in the series finale at South Carolina (Apr. 30) … went 3-for-6 in the first two games vs. top-ranked LSU and reached base eight times in the series (May 5-7) … went 6-for-15 in the series at Ole Miss (May 12-13), matched a season-high with three hits in the series finale … went 5-for-11 and homered twice in the series vs. Missouri (May 19-20) … homered in all three games of the SEC Tournament (May 23-25) and drove in six runs during the span, ultimately earned SEC All-Tournament Team honors … his home run vs. Alabama broke Hunter Morris’ previous single-season record set in 2010 … went 1-for-3 and reached base three times in the regional game vs. Southern Miss (June 3) … reached base in the first 34 games and reached safely in all but two games during the season … selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the eighth round of the 2023 MLB Draft ... named to the 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2022 – JUNIOR SEASON
Turned in a .234/.336/.394 slash line in 49 games and 23 starts … hit eight doubles, two triples and one homer while driving in 21 runs … scored 23 runs and stole 4-of-4 bases … turned in a perfect fielding percentage and threw out three runners from the outfield … went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and career-high six RBI in the home opener against Troy (Feb. 23) … matched a career best with three hits, including two doubles and a triple, and again drove in six runs against UAB (Mar. 2) … became the first Auburn player to drive in six or more runs in two games in a season since 2011 … collected three hits for the second straight game in the series opener against Rhode Island (Mar. 4) … turned in multiple hits three times in a span of four games from Mar. 6-13 … doubled in back-to-back games to start the SEC season against Ole Miss (Mar. 17-18) … drove in a pair of runs in the middle game against the Rebels … threw out the potential game-tying run to end the game in the series finale at Mississippi State (Mar. 16) … it marked the first time Auburn won a game by recording the final out at the plate since 2017 …went 1-for-1 with a RBI and run against Kennesaw State (Apr. 20) … pinch ran and scored the game-tying run in the ninth inning of the team’s comeback win at Tennessee (Apr. 30) … hit a two-RBI triple in the regional matchup against Florida State (June 4) … recorded the second out of the ninth inning in the team’s super regional championship against Oregon State (June 13) … collected a hit and scored a run in the College World Series win against Stanford (June 20) … named to the 2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2021 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in 43 games and made 37 starts three different positions - RF (25), DH (10) and 1B (2) -  in his first season at Auburn … recorded a .254 average (35-for-138) that included six doubles and six home runs … was 4th on the team in stolen bases (4-for-5) … started the season 5-for-8 in the first two games vs. Presbyterian (Feb. 19-20), scoring three runs and adding five RBI … went 3-for-4 with four RBI in the season opener, marking the most hits by an Auburn newcomer in his debut since 2010 and the most RBI in a debut since 2007 ... scored a program record six runs in a record-setting win against Alabama A&M (Feb. 24) ... added three hits, including a home run, and four RBI in the game … collected nine hits, including two doubles, a triple and two home runs, and drove in 11 in his first five games ... went 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and run scored in the road win at UAB (Mar. 9) ... homered, scored three runs and drove in three more in the ranked road win at Georgia Tech (Apr. 13) … homered four times and drove in seven runs in a span of six games from Apr. 9-16 ... capped off the Alabama series by going 2-for-4 with a RBI and run scored (Apr. 17) … went 2-for-4 with a RBI in the series-clinching win at Georgia (May 1) … turned in a perfect fielding percentage and recorded 59 putouts ... named to the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played in 16 games and hit .321 with five home runs and 17 RBI during his COVID-shortened freshman season ... also scored 14 runs and stole four bases ... listed as the No. 9 JUCO draft prospect by Perfect Game and Baseball America.

HIGH SCHOOL
Product of Germantown High School and the Mississippi Rays ... hit .477 with nine doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 26 RBI as a senior at Germantown ... drew 25 walks and struck out just seven times ... set the Germantown single-season records for runs (45), home runs, batting average and OPS (1.541)  ... also holds the Germantown career record for home runs ... named First Team All-State by the Mississippi Coaches Association and the Clarion Ledger ... also named a MHSAA 5A All-Star.

PERSONAL
Son of Nelson and Teresa Ware ... has two siblings, Conner Ware and Jessica Hollingsworth.