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David Bryant Season 2023

PositionIF
Weight195 lbs
Height6-1
ClassGraduate Student
HometownJohnson City, Tenn.
High SchoolScience Hill
Previous SchoolRadford
Bat/ThrowL/R
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Awards & Honors
2021:
  All-Big South Second Team (May 25).

Player Rankings
2023:
  No. 48 preseason shortstop by D1Baseball (Feb. 6).

2022 at Radford
Season Notes:  Started during each of his 37 games played, making 36 starts at shortstop … Ranked eighth among Big South players in on-base percentage (.431) … Batted .307 while recording 140 at-bats … Registered 43 hits, leading Radford in doubles (12) … Hit two home runs, slugging .436 … Achieved a nine-game hitting streak … Scored 21 runs … Ranked second on the Highlanders in RBIs (29) and walks (25) … Was hit by seven pitches … Reached base during 19 consecutive season-closing games … Stole five bases on nine attempts … Sported a .945 fielding percentage and turned 27 double plays.

2021 at Radford

  • Selected to the Big South Second Team All-Conference after starting 46 games, batting .364 on the season, and earning a .480 on-base percentage

2020 at Radford

  • Started all 17 games, finishing the season with a batting average of .242 and 15 hits … Had an on-base percentage of .353 and seven walks

2019 at Radford

  • Appeared in 48 games and made 43 starts, hitting .267 with one home run and 23 RBIs … During the season, successfully stole 16 bases and had 12 games with two or more hits

High School

  • Graduated from Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee … Four-year varsity baseball letter winner and received All-District, All-Conference, and All-State honors in 2017 and 2018 under Coach Ryan Edwards … Named Northeast Tennessee Male Athlete of the Year in 2018 after hitting .370 with 11 home runs and 43 RBIs … Also was a four-year varsity basketball letter winner and named All-Conference in 2017 and 2018 under Coach Ken Cutlip … Team was three-time district champions, four-time regional champions, and had a state tournament berth in 2016.

Travel

  • Played with the East Tennessee Crusaders from 2014 to 2018 under Coach Adam Cross … Finished third in the WWBA Championships in 2016

Personal

  • Born July 27, 2000 in Johnson City, Tennessee… Son to father, David Bryant, mother, Amy Jones, and step-father, David Jones … Has two brothers, Sean Bryant and Caleb Jones, and one sister, Heather Jones … Studying Instructional Technology Online at Virginia Tech