Denny Brady

Height:
6-0
Weight:
198
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Vineland, N.J.
High School:
Buena Regional

Buena Regional High School: Four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain for coach Harry Grose ... Helped the Chiefs to a 92-26 four-year record ... Guided club to three conference titles, three South Jersey Group II crowns and a state championship ... Named NJ.com Cape-Atlantic Player-of-the-Year as a senior ... Tabbed New Jersey Pitcher-of-the-Year as a junior after helping Buena to its first state title in school history ... Two-time first-team all-state, Vineland Daily Journal Player-of-the-Year, AC Press Pitcher-of-the-Year and MaxPreps.com Second-Team All-America selection ... Three-time Cape-Atlantic League National Conference All-Star ... As a freshman posted a 6-0 record on the hill with a sub-zero ERA ... Named league freshman-of-the-year ... At the plate batted .320 recording 28 hits (six doubles, two triples) ... During sophomore campaign earned all-league honors after batting .387 with a home run ... Also garnered Honorable Mention All-Northeast accolades by Perfect Game ... As a junior, sported a 10-0 record on the mound with a 0.34 ERA (allowed just four earned runs) ... Struck out 106 batters while issuing 12 walks in 61 innings ... Batted .395 with an area-high 24 RBI and three home runs ... Punched out nine and tossed a two-hitter against Barnegat in a 1-0 victory in the South Jersey Group II title game ... Followed that with an 11-strikeout performance allowing one run (unearned) on four hits as the Chiefs topped Bernards in the state championship game ... Retired the final 11 batters he faced against Bernards with three of the final four outs coming via a strikeout ... Tossed a no-hitter against Ocean City with nine strikeouts ... Had an 18-strikeout performance against Lower Cape May ... Also punched out 17 in a win over rival Vineland ... Named The Daily Journal's Player-of-the-Year ... Took home AC Press, Courier Post and Star Ledger State Pitcher-of-the-Year accolades ... All-State selection ... First-Team Cape-Atlantic League National Conference All-Star ... Member of the Carpenter Cups squad ... First Team All-America Underclassmen pick by MaxPreps.com ... Garnered Second Team All-America Medium Schools honors from MaxPreps.com ... 2014 Underclass High Honorable Mention All-America selection by Perfect Game ... Closed out prep career with a 7-2 record sporting a 0.75 ERA for the Chiefs as a senior co-captain ... Fanned 114 batters while walking just 15 (7.6-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio) ... Held opposing hitters to a .131 batting average allowing jut 24 hits in 56 innings ... Averaged 14 strikeouts per outing ... At the plate batted .460 with four home runs and 30 RBI ... Tallied 11 doubles and four triples, while scoring 32 runs ... Boasted an impressive .527 on-base percentage and struck out only three times in 87 at-bats ... Fanned 15 batters in a 1-0 win in the South Jersey Group II quarterfinals ... Against Haddonfield in the South Jersey title game, fanned 14 batters allowing three hits -- all in the third frame -- in a 2-1 complete game win ... Repeat selection as the AC Press Pitcher-of the-Year, Vineland Daily Journal's Player-of-the-Year, MaxPreps.com Second-Team Medium School All-America, all-state and all-league selection ... 2015 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-America ... First-team All-Northeast Regional selection in 2015 by Perfect Game ... Rated as the third-best right-handed prospect by Perfect Game in New Jersey (No. 174 nationally) ... Played travel ball for the Gallehger Team under direction of Dave Gallehger where he batted .400 with three home runs and was undefeated on the mound ... Four-time honor roll student who posted a 3.2 cumulative GPA ... Participated in several showcase events including 2013 PG WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2013 PG WWBA 2014 Grads National Championship (Marietta, Ga.), 2014 PG WWBA Northeast Qualifier (Vineland, N.J.), 2014 PG WWBA 2015 Grads National Championship (Emerson, Ga.) and 2014-15 PG Super 25 17 U Mid-Atlantic Qualifier (Vineland, N.J.).

Personal: Full name is Dennis Francis Brady, but prefers to go by Denny ... Born Jan. 18, 1997 in Vineland, N.J. ... Son of Sue and Dennis Brady ... Has one sibling (Johnny) ... Intended major is undecided ... Named to ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll in Fall of 2015.