Bryant Packard

Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Greenville
High School:
D.H. Conley
Major:
Communication

National Player-of-the-Year and All-America candidate … Earned inclusion on preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List ... Named to five preseason All-America squads (Baseball America/second-team, Collegiate Baseball/first-team, D1Baseball/first-team, NCBWA/first-team and Perfect Game/irst-team) … Preseason American Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Year (leagues head coaches, Baseball America and D1Baseball) … Preseason All-AAC selection by the leagues head coaches and College Baseball Daily ... Listed as the seventh-best player in the country by College Baseball Daily heading into 2019 … 2018: Named to a program-best seven All-America teams (first-team: ABCA, Baseball America, College Sports Madness, NCBWA, Perfect Game; second-team: Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball) … American Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Year and a unanimous first-team all-conference pick … First-Team All-South Region (ABCA) … Greenville Regional All-Tournament Team … Started all 55 games played (36/LF, 19/DH) … Batted a team and conference best .406 (89-for-219), which ranked sixth nationally (second in Division I) … Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist … Collegiate Baseball National Player-of-the-Week (May 21) … Named AAC Hitter-of-the-Week (May 21) … Earned College Sports Madness AAC Hitter-of-the-Week (May 7) … Three-time AAC Weekly Honor Roll selection (April 9, May 7, May 14) … Offensive Jungle MVP … Named ECU Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Month in April … Received the Trot Nixon Gamer Award at the 2019 Wilson Hot Stove Banquet (Jan. 22, 2019) ... Set ECU and AAC record for games with a consecutive hit (32) … During streak, batted .469 (61-for-133) with 13 home runs, 10 doubles, 33 RBI, 37 runs, 19 multi-hit games and had 23 extra base hits … Previous school mark was 30 games (Stephen Batts in 2007) … Drew 20 walks and struck out 46 times … Was hit by six pitches, which was tied for third on the club … Swiped six of eight bases … Along with batting average, led the Pirates in nine other offensive categories: hits (89), game-winning RBI (8), home runs (14), multi-hit games (28), multi-RBI games (12), runs (51), slugging percentage (.671), total bases (147) and two-out RBI (21) … Tied for first in RBI (50) and doubles (16) with fellow classmate Spencer Brickhouse … Led The American in hits, slugging percentage and total bases … Ranked among the league leaders in on-base percentage (.462/third), home runs (t3rd), runs (sixth) and RBI (8th) … Became the 16th player in school history to win the hitting triple crown and first since John Wooten in 2012 … Ranked among national leaders in hits per game (1.62/12th) and hits (25th) … Reached base in 37-straight games (March 16 to May 18), which was a career-high … Five of 14 home runs were leadoff, which led the nation … Led off a stanza with a home run on eight occasions … ECU posted a 39-16 record in games he started … Hit in the leadoff spot 46 times and the two-hole on nine occasions … Hit home runs against Cincinnati, Connecticut (two), Elon, Memphis, Norfolk State, ODU, Saint Joseph’s, No. 20 UCF, USF (two), Washington (two) and No. 18 Wichita State … Blasted home runs in consecutive at-bats against Connecticut (May 18), USF (April 13) and Washington (April 7) … Tallied game-winning RBI against Connecticut, Elon, Maryland, Memphis, ODU, USF, Washington and Western Carolina … Collected at least one hit in 48 of 55 games … Tied career-high with four base knocks against Washington (April 7) … Drove in at least one run in 30 games with a career-best five against USF (April 13) … From April 7 to April 13 (span of three games) hit five home runs … Tallied four total sacrifices … Scored at least one run in 33 games (multiple 16 times) … Had an nine-game streak where he crossed home 14 times from May 8 to May 18 … In league play, batted .430 (43-for-100) with eight home runs, seven doubles, 26 RBI and 22 runs scored which led the Pirates in all categories … Appeared in seven postseason games batting .300 (10-for-30) with two RBI and five runs scored … Posted a .975 fielding percentage making one error with three outfield assists and 36 putouts in 40 chances … Tallied multiple putouts in a game seven times with a season-best five at Washington (April 6) in game one of a doubleheader … 2018 Summer: Selected to play for Team USA (Collegiate National Team) … Appeared in six games making five starts … Batted .333 (6-for-18) with a double, RBI and a run scored … Helped Team USA to a 12-3 summer record that included series wins over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba … Prior to stint with the Collegiate National Team, played for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League … Named to the CCBLWest Division All-Star team … Participated in the Cumberland Farms Home Run Hitting Contest … Played in 18 games batting .305 (18-for-59) with four home runs, 10 RBI and scored 14 runs … Recorded four multi-hit and two multi-RBI games … Drew 12 walks and struck out 17 times … Stole three bases.

2017: Played in 43 games making 30 starts (14/LF, 3/RF, 13/DH) during his rookie season with the Pirate program … Batted .276 (34-for-123) with a home run and 12 RBI … Laced nine doubles, two triples and scored 15 runs … Drew nine walks and struck out 36 times … Tallied seven multi-hit and four multi-RBI games … Registered career-best four hits against Towson (March 26) going 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI and scored one run … Scored season-high three runs against Charlotte (March 11) in game one of a doubleheader … Also belted lone home run against the 49ers during that contest … Recorded five at-bats in a game six times … Crossed home 12 times in a game (multiple times twice) … Registered at least one hit in a game 23 times … During season-long six-game hit streak batted .444 (8-for-18) with a home run, three RBI and scored five runs … Against Tulane (April 28) went 3-for-4 with a double, four RBI and two runs scored … Also drove in multiple runs against College of Charleston (March 8), Towson (March 26) and Liberty (March 28) … Hit a pair of doubles against Towson … Drew a game-high two walks versus Charlotte … Hit mainly between the fourth and eighth holes in the lineup … Also hit in the leadoff spot three times … Reached base in seven-straight games from March 5 through March 14 … Did not experience action past May 10 (Duke) due to an injury … Committed three errors in 34 chances for a .912 fielding percentage … Recorded 30 putouts and one assist … Tallied multiple putouts in a game eight times with a season-best five against Towson … Started 9 of 15 league games where he batted .214 (9-for-42) with three doubles … Scored four runs and drove in four … Named Amateur Player-of-the-Year at the 29th Annual Pitt-Greenville Hot Stove Banquet.

D.H. Conley High School: Earned five letters for the Vikings (baseball 4, basketball 1) … Started every game during four-year varsity career helping the squad to 89-22 record … Broke single-season record for hits (53) in 2013 as a freshman … Four-time North Carolina 4A All-State and first-team all-conference selection … Earned conference player-of-the-year honors twice … Picked up three hitter-of-the-year and one pitcher-of-the-year accolades during prep career … Tossed a pair of no-hitters and owns a 1.65 career ERA … Freshman year helped the Vikings to a second place finish in the NC State Playoffs … Named Daily Reflector Hitter-of-the-Year … Batted .477 with 14 doubles, 35 RBI and a home run … Stole seven bases … As a sophomore batted .420 with two home runs, 25 RBI and 10 stolen bases leading team to third round of the state playoffs… Posted a 6-1 record on the mound … During junior campaign batted .547 (35-for-64) with six home runs and 37 RBI … Member of conference championship squad that made the third round of the state playoffs … Laced 13 extra base hits … Two of seven home runs were grand slams … Scored 24 runs … Drew 22 walks to just six strikeouts … Had a .655 on-base percentage … Five-time MaxPreps Player-of-the-Game honoree in 2015 … Garnered Second-Team Louisville Slugger All-America honors as a senior … Earned USA Today North Carolina All-State accolades … Named Daily Reflector County Hitter-of-the-Year … Batted .440 (second-highest average in the county) and drove in 40 runs (most in county) … Collected 39 hits and belted seven home runs … On the mound posted a 7-1 record with a 1.49 ERA … Fanned 43 while walking 16 … Took home three MaxPreps Player-of-the-Game honors … Earned WITN-TV Player-of-the-Week (5/16/16) after striking out 11 against J.H. Rose High School … Helped Vikings capture second-straight conference title and a berth in the state semifinals … Member of the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association (NCBCA) All-Star team alongside current Pirate teammates Trey Benton, Spencer Brickhouse, Zack Moore and Tyler Smith that participated in the NC/SC Challenge … Participated in 2015 Powerade State Games for Region I … National Honors Society and English Honors Society member … Sported a 3.99 cumulative GPA … Earned Athletic Scholar Award … Played travel ball with Evoshield Canes under coach Jeff Petty where he batted .444 with six home runs and 34 RBI … Also played for Post 39 (American Legion) under Ryan Meadows batting .680 with four home runs and 20 RBI … Belted walk-off grand slam against Wilson Post 11 (6/14/16) … Listed as the 96th overall prospect by Baseball America in December of 2015 … Rated as the top first baseman prospect and No. 3 overall prospect in the state of North Carolina by Perfect Game … Also tabbed as the eighth-best first baseman and 170th national prospect by Perfect Game … 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Third-Team All-American … First-Team All-Atlantic Regional selection in 2016 … Two-time Underclass High Honorable Mention All-America choice in 2014 and 2015 … Played in several showcase events including 2013-14 WWBA Underclass World Championships in Fort Myers, Fla., (all-tournament team), 2013 WWBA 2016 Grads or 15U National Championships in Marietta, Ga., 2013 WWBA 2015 Grads or 16U National Championships in Marietta, Ga., 2014 WWBA 2015 Grads or 17U National Championships in Cartersville, Ga., 2015 WWBA World Championships in Jupiter, Fla. (all-tournament team), 2015 17U Perfect Game World Series in Goodyear, Ariz. and 2015 WWBA 2016 Grads or 17U National Championships in Cartersville, Ga.

Personal: Full name is Bryant Thomas Packard … Born in Seattle, Wash. … Son of Cherry and John Packard … Has one sibling (Abree) … Majoring in communication with a minor in interpersonal and organizational communication … Four-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member (Fall 2016, Fall 2017 to present) … Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection (2017-18).