2016 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 4
Brendan Meissner
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 190
- Position:
- RHP
- Hometown:
- De Pere, Wis.
- High School:
- West De Pere
Career Highs
- Innings Pitched: 1.0, twice (Southern Illinois, 5/4/16)
- Strikeouts: 1, twice (Southern Illinois, 5/4/16)
Freshman - 2016
- 1-0, 3.86 ERA, 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO
- First career win May 4 vs. Southern Illinois (1.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 SO)
- First career appearance Feb. 20 at Tulane (1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 SO)
High School
- Four-year varsity starter at West De Pere
- Lettered one year in basketball
- Captained the baseball team as a senior
- School record 0.91 ERA as a senior
- School record 252 career strikeouts
- Four-time all-conference and all-area
- Two-time team MVP
- No. 8 prospect in Wisconsin by Prep Baseball Report
- Straight A's all four years of high school
- WBAY Fox 11 Best of the Class 2015 for academics
- Four-year Math Team member
- 100+ hours of community service
Personal
- Parents are Bruce and Jolene Meissner
- Enrolled in the College of Business
- Uncle, John Harlos, played baseball at UW Milwaukee from 1994-97
- Chose Illinois after visiting campus and because, "I always wanted to play in the Big Ten and I had an immediate connection with the coaching staff and loved the campus."
Wednesday, March 19
Thursday, February 13
Monday, December 09
Friday, September 22
