Eyrika Brandenburg

Merri Anne Patterson, Eyrika Brandenburg

Height:
5-2
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Mooreland
Hometown:
Mooreland, Okla.

2018 / REDSHIRT

Did not play.

2017 / SOPHOMORE

MVC Academic Honor Roll
Played in 56 games, started 54 of them... Hit .309 with 23 RBI and five doubles... Led the team and tied for fifth in the MVC with three triples... Led the conference with 18 sacrifice bunts... Second on the team in batting average, hits (50)... Fifth on the team in on base percentage at .369... Tied for fourth on the team in steals with five... Went on two six-game hitting streaks throughout the season... Had two three-RBI games against Southern Utah and Eastern Illinois... Hit a walkoff double in the regular-season finale against Missouri State on 5/7.

2016 / FRESHMAN

Played in 51 games and started 50 in left field...Second on the team with a .329 batting average...Ranked fourth nationally and led the MVC in sacrifice hits per game...Advanced runners nearly 70 percent of the time...Hit five doubles and three triples while driving in 15 runs...Had 13 multi-hit games...Had at least one hit in 34 of 51 games played...Hit in 11 of the final 12 games of the season...Had three separate six-game hitting streaks, including a team-best eight-game hit streak...Also had a team-best four three-hit games...Hit .333 in MVC play, the second-best mark on the team...Team went 27-13 when she hit in the No. 2 spot in the lineup...Hit team-best .421 with runners in scoring position.

PRIOR TO SIU

2014 All-Region and All-State honoree ... Wendy's High School Heisman award winner in 2014 ... Broke 17 school records, including season records for hits, total bases, runs, triples, home runs, batting average, on-base percentage, extra base hits and slugging percentage ... Career records include total bases, runs, doubles, triples, batting average, on-base percentage, extra base hits and slugging percentage ... Hit .550 in 114 career high school games ... Career totals of 197 hits, 182 runs, 108 RBIs and 40 doubles ... Only struck out six times in her high school career.

PERSONAL

Full given name is Eyrika Lynn Brandenburg ... Daughter of Tammy and Wendell Brandenburg ... Born July 8, 1996, in Oklahoma City ... Has six siblings ... Plans to major in exercise science.