2015 [Junior]: Appeared in 38 games last season, starting in 25 … batted .263, collecting 21 hits in 80 trips to the plate … drove in nine runs, while also accounting for 17 runs scored … recorded an on-base percentage of .368 … put together a fielding percentage of .960, making only four errors on the season … was 7-for-8 on stolen base attempts, with six of those steals coming against SSAC opponents … posted a .289 batting average in conference play, going 11 for 38 at the plate… scored ten runs in conference play … recorded a hit in five consecutive games ... had three games during the year in which he collected multiple hits and one game in which he recorded multiple runs batted in … scored a run in 14 contests for the Warhawks, while scoring multiple runs on three different occasions … went 2-for-2 at the dish against William Carey on April 3, a game in which he knocked in a run, stole a base and accounted for three putouts in the field … knocked in a pair of pivotal runs in the first inning against Faulkner University on May 2 in the SSAC Tournament Championship game.
2014 [Sophomore]: Saw action in 37 games for the Warhawks, earning the start in 36 … posted a .265 batting average, with a pair of doubles and 12 runs batted in … added 33 runs scored, a mark which ranked tied for third on the team, and three stolen bases … hit .314 in Southern States Athletic Conference play, which ranked second on the team … finished 22 for 70 at the plate in league games … tallied a team-leading .456 on-base percentage in conference play … had 10 multi-hit games and a pair of multiple-RBI games … scored multiple runs in eight games … hit in a season-high six consecutive games … hit .491 when leading off an inning … picked up four two-out RBIs … finished 4 for 5 with three runs batted in and two runs scored against Southern Poly on March 8 … had three hits and a pair of walks against Spring Hill on April 5 … had two hits and two runs scored against Belhaven on April 24.
2013 [Freshman]: Was voted to the SSAC All-Freshman team … appeared in 51 games, earning the start in 32 … posted a .265 batting average, 12 runs batted in and 22 runs scored … added a double and a pair of stolen bases … finished 30 for 113 at the plate on the year … hit .266 in SSAC play, collecting 17 hits in 63 at bats … drove in seven runs and scored 13 more in conference games … was 9 for 28, a .321 average, against left-handed pitchers … successfully advanced the runners 58.7 percent of the time, a mark which ranked second on the team … tallied seven multiple-hit games and three multi-RBI games … collected a season-high 11-game hitting streak from March 9-29 … had three consecutive two-hit games during his hitting streak … was 2 for 4 with a pair or RBIs against Georgia Southwestern on Feb. 27 … finished 2 for 3 with two walks, a run scored and a RBI at Spring Hill on March 29 … recorded a pair of hits in the Warhawks’ regular-season finale against Faulkner on April 26.
Prep: Lettered in baseball at Sparkman High School in Harvest, Ala., where he played for head coach Kellen Greer … finished his senior season with a .412 batting average and four home runs … participated in the AHSAA East-West All-Star Game following his senior season … also played football for the Senators.
Personal: Born on Sept. 13, 1992 … full name is Brandon Ray Pooler … is the son of Maxie and Debra Pooler … has two sisters, Brittany and Brooke, and a brother, Breonn … is majoring in sports management … his father played baseball at Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Va. … is a second cousin of former NBA All-Star Richard Hamilton.
