Bryson Worrell

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Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Height:
6-2
Weight:
226
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sims
High School:
Hunt
Major:
health informatics

Career: Started 168 of 223 games (167/CF, 1/RF) … Owns a .299 career batting average (197-for-658) with 40 home runs and 138 RBI … Scored 140 runs while drawing 81 walks … Hit by a pitch 13 times … Swiped 26 of 33 career bases (78.8 percent) … Registered 52 multi-hit and 38 multi-RBI games … Recorded 10 game-winning RBI … Tallied 85 extra base hits (38 doubles, seven triples, 40 home runs) … Hit a pair of home runs in a game three times in his career including one from each side of the plate in the seventh inning against Coppin State (June 3, 2022) … Tallied a career-high nine total bases in a game twice (Cincinnati/May 1, 2022 and Coastal Carolina/June 6, 2022) … Registered 62 two-out hits and 48 two-out RBI … Sports a .983 fielding percentage committing just seven errors … Tallied 384 putouts and nine outfield assists … Helped ECU to 194 wins over four-plus years … Won three AAC regular season (2019, 2021-22) and two AAC Tournament (2018, 2022) titles … Part of a club that won an AAC-best 20 league games in 2019, 2021 and 2022 … One of two players that have been part of four-straight NCAA Greenville Regional host teams that garnered four consecutive national seeds (No. 12/2018, No. 10/2019, No. 13/2021, No. 8/2022) … Member of three regional championship clubs (2019, 2021, 2022) … Earned four letters in baseball (2018-19, 2021-22) … Leaves ECU ranked among the Top 10 all-time leaders in home runs (fifth/40) and games played (t9th) … Stands among the single-season Top 10 in games played (t1st/67), home runs (t3td/20), at-bats (sixth/263), total bases (t6th/166) … Two-time All-AAC selection (second team in 2021 and 2022) … Named to 2022 AAC All-Tournament Team … Greenville Regional MOP in 2022 … First-Team ABCA All-East Regional selection in 2022 … Three-time AAC Hitter-of-the-Week (once in 2021, twice in 2022) … Graduated with a bachelor’s of science in health fitness specialist (Dec. 2021) … Seven-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Member and four-time All-AAC Academic Team selection (2018, 2020-22).

2022: First-Team ABCA All-East Regional selection as an outfielder … Named Second-Team All-AAC for the second consecutive season … Greenville Regional Most Outstanding Player and All-Regional selection after batting .438 (7-for-16) with four home runs, nine RBI and eight runs scored ... One of three players to start all 67 games … Batted a team second-best .335 (88-for-263) … Led the team in home runs (20), runs scored (61), total bases (166) and slugging percentage … Tied for the club lead in hits and sac flies (six) … Also ranked among the team leaders in RBI (second/62), stolen bases (second/10), total plate appearances (second/309), triples (second/three), on-base percentage (third/.401), doubles (fourth/12), hit by pitch (fourth/four) and walks (fourth/29) … One of three Pirates that posted a perfect stolen base percentage of 1.000 … Belted multiple home runs in a game twice (Cincinnati/May 1 and Coppin State/June 3) … In both of those contests, blasted long balls from each side of the plate including one in two in the same inning versus Coppin State (seventh frame) … Half his home runs as a senior came against AAC opponents … Had career-long streak of homering in four consecutive games from June 5 to 11 in the Greenville Regional (vs. Coastal Carolina) and Greenville Super Regional (vs. Texas) … Tallied four game-winning RBI on the year – tied for fourth on the club … Registered 28 multi-hit and 20 multi-RBI games … Closed out career having reached base in five-straight games … Recorded season-long 15-game hit streak from April 14 to May 10 where he batted .441 (26-for-59) with seven home runs, 20 RBI and 15 runs scored … Tallies nine multi-hit and eight multi-RBI contests during his streak … Listed as the 18th-best prospect in The American for the 2022 MLB Draft (D1Baseball) ... Tabbed as the 58th-best outfield prospect nationally (D1Baseball).

2021: Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference selection as an outfielder … Started 58 of 59 games played in centerfield … Batted .262 (53-for-202) with nine home runs and 33 RBI … Scored 35 runs and walked 26 times … Swiped 9 of 13 bases (69.2 percent) … Named AAC Hitter-of-the-Week (April 12) ... Tallied 25 extra base hits (13/doubles, 3/triples/9 home runs) … Slugged at a .490 clip and reached base 35.6 percent of the time … Recorded five sacrifices (one sac fly, four sac hits) … Registered 12 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games … Hit primarily in the fifth through seventh spots in the lineup … Collected a career-best four hits against North Carolina (March 30) … Tallied at least one hit in 36 of 59 games … Scored at least one run in 26 contests (multiple eight times) … Hit home runs against Illinois State, Memphis (three times), Wichita State, Tulane, Cincinnati (twice) and USF … Blasted home runs in consecutive games twice vs. Memphis (April 9 in doubleheader) and in AAC Championships (May 28-26 vs. Cincinnati and Memphis) … Registered multiple putouts in a game 38 times with a season-high six at Cincinnati in game two of a doubleheader … Tallied three game-winning RBI (Rhode Island/Feb. 21, Memphis/April 9 game 2, USF/May 20 game 2) … Drew three walks in a game against Memphis (April 10) … In league play, he batted .292 (26-for-89) with a team second-best six home runs … Drove in 23 runs and scored 14 times … Second on the team with a .640 slugging percentage behind Thomas Francisco … Tallied four hits in the AAC Championships with two home runs and four RBI … Started all five NCAA postseason games … Reached base 30.8 percent of the time when leading off an inning (16-for-52) … Advanced runners at a 47.4 percent rate (55-for-116) … Registered 14 two-out hits and seven two-out RBI … Led the team with three triples … Laced a pair of triples at USF (May 20) in game one of a doubleheader … Ranked among the team leaders in stolen bases (second), doubles (third), sac bunts (t3rd), at-bats (fourth), home runs (fourth), slugging percentage (fourth), total bases (fourth/99), total plate appearances (fifth/237) and walks (fifth) … Posted a .969 fielding percentage committing four errors in 131 chances … Registered 126 putouts with one outfield assist … Preseason Second-Team All-America pick by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) … Named to preseason All-AAC Team by leagues head coaches (unanimous) and Perfect Game … Baseball America tabbed him as the best defensive outfielder and had the best outfield arm heading into the 2021 season.

2020: One of five players to start all 17 games (all in center field) during the shortened COVID-19 pandemic season … Member of a squad that posted a 13-4 record and finished ranked nationally in a pair of polls … Listed by D1Baseball as the 26th-best outfielder in their final player rankings … Named to American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Feb. 24) … Batted a career-best .377 (22-for-59) standing third among full-time starters … Led the Pirates in six offensive categories: doubles (six), HRs (five), RBI (14), total bases (43), slugging (.729) and walks (10) … Tallied seven 2-out RBI and seven 2-out hits … Registered seven multi-hit and four multi-RBI games … Closed out the season reaching base in eight-straight games (Feb. 29-March 11) … Registered a seven-game hit streak from Feb. 16-25 batting .526 with 2 HRs, seven RBI and scored three runs … Hit home runs against Georgia Southern (3-R), Elon (2-R), High Point (twice ,both solo) and Charlotte (3-R) … Collected at least one hit in 14 of 17 games … Scored at least one run in nine contests (multiple three times) and at least on in six-straight games from March 1-10 … Plated in at least one run in a game seven times … Sported a .969 fielding percentage committing one error in 32 chances … Tallied three game-winning RBI (Georgia Southern, Elon and Liberty) … Ranked 36th nationally in home runs (five) and 40th in slugging percentage (.729) … Stood among The American leaders in batting average (third), doubles (t-3rd), total bases (second), slugging (2nd), on-base percentage (fifth) and home runs (t2nd).

2019: Played in 49 games making 22 starts (21/CF, 1/RF) … Batted .253 (24-for-95) with five home runs and 19 RBI … Scored 24 runs and walked nine times … Swiped five of six bases … Added three doubles and was hit by a pair of pitches … Tallied five sacrifices (one sac fly, four sac hits) … Registered at hit in 19 of 49 games … Drove in a run 11 times on the year with a career-high four against Radford in game two of a doubleheader … Hit home runs against Campbell (twice), Radford and Quinnipiac (twice) … Laced doubles against Monmouth, Radford and UNCW … Stole a pair of bases against Campbell (June 3) in the Greenville Regional … Drew a career-best three walks against the Camels (June 3) … Scored at least one run in a game 18 times (two runs in a contest six times) … Tallied outfield assists against Campbell, UCF, UNCW and Utah … Registered multiple putouts in a game 16 times with a season-high five against UCF (March 23) … Started three of 16 games in league play where he batted .056 (1-for-18) with one RBI and four runs scored … Appeared in nine postseason games (four starts) batting .375 (6-for-16) with a pair of home runs, six RBI and scored seven times … Stole three of four bases in postseason action … Led the Pirates with a .556 batting average (5-for-9) with a two home runs, four RBI and six runs scored in Greenville Regional … As a starter he batted .261 (18-for-69) with four home runs and 14 RBI … Off the bench he was a .231 hitter (6-for-26) with one homer and five RBI … Registered five multi-hit and four multi-RBI games … ECU posted a 19-3 record in games which he started … Hit primarily in the bottom third of the order (15 games) but also hit in the two-hole seven times … Reached base at a 35.0 percentage rate (7 of 20) as a leadoff hitter … Advanced runners at a 42.4 percent (25 of 59) … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage registering four assists and 50 putouts … 2019 Summer: Teammate of Connor Norby on the Waynesboro Generals of the Valley League … Participant in the home run derby … Batted .264 (24-for-91) with four home runs and 15 RBI … Laced a pair of doubles and one triple … Scored 19 runs while walking 16 times … Was a perfect 8-of-8 in stolen base attempts … Tallied at least one hit in 15 games (multiple six times) … Plated at least one run in 11 contests (multiple on three occasions).

2018: Played in 31 games making four starts – all in center field … Hit at a .256 clip (10-for-39) with one home run, 10 RBI and scored seven runs … Added four doubles and one triple for a total of six extra base hits … Drew seven walks and struck out 10 times … Lone home run came against USF (April 13), which was a solo shot … Registered career-high two hits against No. 18 Houston (May 25) in the American Athletic Conference Tournament … Drove in a pair of runs twice with a career-best three against Maryland (March 17) … Made collegiate debut against Western Carolina (Feb. 18) going 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter … Notched first collegiate start against Wofford (April 4) going 1-for-4 with an RBI triple and scored a run … ECU posted a 3-1 record in the four games he started in center field … In those starts, he batted in the eighth and ninth spot twice … Batted .250 (3-for-12) with two RBI and a run scored as a starter … When coming off the bench, he hit at a .259 clip (7-for-27) with a home run, three doubles, eight RBI and scored six times … Recorded a hit in nine games, while plating a run in seven contests … Scored at least one run in six games with a career-best two against Cincinnati (May 13) … Registered extra base hits against Houston, Maryland, Norfolk State, USF (home run), Wilmington and Wofford (triple) … Drew multiple walks against Cincinnati (May 13) and UNCW (May 9) … In league action, appeared in 13 games off the bench where he hit at a .154 clip (2-for-13) with a home run, two RBI and scored four runs … Played in five postseason games getting one start … Batted .429 (3-for-7) with a pair of doubles and a pair of RBI … Credited with eight two-out RBI … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage recording one outfield assist and 13 putouts in 14 chances … Registered multiple putouts in a game five times with three against Norfolk State (May 8) and Wofford (April 4) … 2018 Summer: Played for the Edenton Steamers of the Coastal Plain League … Appeared in 32 games batting .288 (34-for-118) with five home runs, four doubles, 20 RBI and scored 19 runs … Drew 17 walks and struck out 43 times … Tallied seven multi-hit games with a summer-high of four against the Wilson Tobs (July 14) … Drove in multiple runs in a contest four times with four versus the Wilson Tobs (July 14).

Hunt High School: Two-sport athlete that earned six letters (baseball 4, football 2) … Started three years for coach Jon Smith helping the warriors to a pair of conference regular season titles (2016-17) and a conference tournament crown (2014) … Three-time All-Big East selection (2015-17) … Posted an 11-7 record in 23 appearances (18 starts) with a 2.10 ERA during four-year career with the Warriors … Allowed 44 runs (27 earned) on 65 hits with 92 strikeouts to 47 walks in 90.0 innings … Hit at a .254 clip (52-for-205) with five home runs, 10 doubles and three triples … Drove in 27 runs while scoring 43 in 69 games … As a sophomore went 2-4 with a 3.79 ERA … Registered 17 strikeouts and walked eight in 20.1 innings … Allowed 15 runs (11 earned) on 20 hits … Batted .338 (24-for-82) with a home run and 18 RBI … Laced four doubles, one triple while drawing six walks and scoring 18 runs … During junior season went 1-2 in four starts with a 4.40 ERA … Allowed 10 runs (nine earned) on 15 hits with 13 strikeouts in 14.1 innings … Belted three home runs while hitting .264 (14-for-53) with two RBI and 11 runs scored … Named Big East Pitcher-of-the-Year after collecting eight wins in 12 appearances (10 starts) … Tossed three complete-game shutouts … Sported a 0.92 ERA where he allowed 18 runs (seven earned) on 28 hits in 53.1 innings … Struck out 60 and walked 27 … At the plate batted .187 (14-for-75) with one home run, four doubles and one triple … Drove in seven runs while scoring 14 and drawing 11 walks … Played travel ball for the Dirtbags under the direction of Andy Partin … Also played for Wilson Post 17 (American Legion) under coach Johnson … Listed as the sixth-best catcher and No. 32 overall prospect in the state of North Carolina by Perfect Game … Rated as the 80th-best catcher in the nation by Perfect Game … Two-time (2015-16) Underclass High Honorable Mention selection by Perfect Game … 2017 Second-team All-Atlantic Region pick by Perfect Game … 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American … Named to Top Prospect and All-Tournament Team at the 2015 Atlantic Coast Underclass Showcase … Also participated in 2013 WWBA 2017 Grads or 14U National Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2014 15U Perfect Game World Series (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2014 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2015 WWBA 2016 Grads or 17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 WWBA 2017 Grads or 16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 16U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.) and 2015-16 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.).

Personal: Full name is Bryson Worrell … Born in Wilson, N.C. … Son of Dawn and Greg Worrell … Has one sibling (Nick) … Graduated with a bachelor's of science in health fitness specialist (Dec. 2021) ... Currently working on a graduate certificate in health informatics ... Seven-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019-present) ... Four-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic selection (2018, 2020-22).