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University of Illinois Athletics

2016 Baseball Roster

4 Brendan Meissner

  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 190
  • Position RHP
  • Hometown De Pere, Wis.
  • High School West De Pere

Biography

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."

Statistics

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