Spencer Brickhouse

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Height:
6-4
Weight:
235
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Zebulon
High School:
Bunn
Major:
Engineering

All-America candidate that can hit for average, power and plays a solid defense … Will split time between first base and the designated hitter … Owns a .303 career batting average with 20 home runs and 78 RBI … Preseason All-AAC selection by College Baseball Daily … Tabbed as the 60th-best player in the country by College Baseball Daily heading into 2019 … Enters junior season having reached base in 32-straight games (started on April 7, 2018 at Washington) … 2018: First-team All-American Athletic Conference selection as a designated hitter … Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2018 AAC Championships … Started 62 games (45/1B, 17/DH) … Batted .298 (70-for-235) with 10 home runs, 16 doubles and one triple … Drove in 50 runs tying Bryant Packard with the team lead … Scored 49 runs to rank second on the team … Led the club with eight sac flies … Drew 33 walks and struck out 34 times … Stole five of seven bases … Stood fourth on the team with 12 two-out RBI … Tallied 20 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games … Ranked 12th nationally in sac flies … Had season-long seven game hit streak from April 17 to 29 where he batted .266 (8-for-30) with a pair of home runs, five RBI and scored four runs … Also added a six-game hit streak from May 22 to June 1 … Scored at least one run in 39 games (multiple nine times) … Registered at least one hit in 45 of 62 contests … Drove in a career-high six RBI against Cincinnati (May 12) where he went 3-for-4 with two home runs, a double and scored twice … Plated at least one run in 33 games … Hit a home run in first game of 2018 season (also had homer in season opener of 2017) … Blasted long balls against Charlotte, Cincinnati (two), Connecticut, Houston (two), No. 6 North Carolina, Tulane and Western Carolina (two) … Recorded three game-winning RBI (Campbell, Tulane and Western Carolina) … Stole bases against Campbell, Connecticut (three) and Tulane … Laced a pair of doubles against USF (April 13) … Registered double-digit putouts 23 times with a season-best 15 on two occasions (Charleston/March 7 and Elon/March 14) … Fielded at a .986 clip committing seven errors while tallying 34 assists and 442 putouts in 483 chances … Turned 27 double plays … Hit primarily in the three hole (47 games), while also batting in the fourth (12) and fifth (three) spots … ECU posted a 32-13 record when he started at first base (12-5 at DH) … Started all 24 games in league play batting .275 (25-for-91) with six home runs, five doubles, 19 RBI and scored 18 runs … Perfect 3-for-3 on the base paths … Fielded at a .991 clip in conference action making two errors, tallying 13 assists and registering 197 putouts … Ranked among the AAC leaders in sac flies (t1st), total plate appearances (280/t4th), at-bats (seventh), total bases (118/eighth), RBI (t8th), walks (t8th), runs (t9th) and home runs (10th) … Appeared in eight postseason games where he batted .392 (11-for-28) with four doubles, seven RBI and scored nine runs … Drew at least one walk in 26 games (multiple six times) with a season-high three against No. 18 Wichita State (March 31) … 2018 Summer: Played for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League … Teammate of current Pirates Trey Benton and Gavin Williams … Named MVP of the CCBLAll-Star Game after going 2-for-2 with a home run, a double, two RBI and a pair of runs scored … Played in 40 games … Batted .247 (37-for-150) with four home runs, five doubles, a triple, 26 RBI and 19 runs scored … Tallied multiple hits in a game 11 times with a season-best three against Orleans (June 15) .. Collected six multi-RBI games with a season-high three on three occasions which included his first game of the summer at Yarmouth-Dennis (June 12).

2017: Named to three Freshman All-America Teams (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball) … Appeared in 57 games making 51 starts (33/1B, 18/DH) … Batted .310 (61-for-197) with 28 RBI and scored 36 runs … Belted 10 home runs on the year tying Travis Watkins for the team lead and ranking eighth in The American … Hit a pair of home runs against College of Charleston (March 8) and Memphis (May 12) … Registered 16 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games … Tallied 19 extra base hits … Recorded four game-winning RBI (Appalachian State, College of Charleston, Cincinnati and UCF) … Seven of 10 home runs were solo … Two-time AAC Honor Roll selection (March 13, May 15) … Named ECU Male Rookie-of-the-Year at the fourth annual Goldspy’s … Entered sophomore season having reached base safely in 16-straight games (started April 29 vs. Tulane) … Recorded season-long six-game hitting streak from March 26 to April 4 where he batted .360 (9-for-25) with two RBI and three runs scored … Also had a five game, four-game and four three-game streaks … Registered at least one hit in 41 games … Drove in at least one run in 17 games including a string of five-straight from March 3-8 … Hit home run in first collegiate game at No. 8 Ole Miss (solo) … Also smacked home runs against College of Charleston (three), Mercer (two), Towson (one), Memphis (two) and UCF (one) … Batted anywhere between the fourth and eighth spots in the lineup, primarily in the four and five hole … Scored at least one run in 26 games (multiple six times) … Committed four errors in 299 changes for a .987 fielding percentage … Recorded 275 putouts, 20 assists and turned 24 double plays … Registered double-digit putouts nine times with a season-best 17 against Connecticut (April 1) … Drew at least one walk 21 contests with multiple free passes on three occasions … Committed three errors in 32 chances for a .906 fielding percentage in AAC play … Recorded six putouts, 23 assists and turned three double plays … Registered career-high two putouts on twice – both against Connecticut … In league play, hit at a .288 (19-for-66) clip with a pair home homers, eight RBI and eight runs … Played in four postseason games where he batted .250 (4-for-16) with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored … 2017 Summer: Played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League … Teammate of Turner Brown and former Pirate Chris Holba … Played in 16 games batting .276 (16-for-58) with a pair of doubles, one triple and five RBI … Scored six runs and walked three times … Swiped 1 of 2 bases.

Bunn High School: Four-year starter and letterwinner under coach Christopher Cullom … Helped the Wildcats to a 77-18 four-year record that included four-straight NC 2A Conference regular season titles and a pair of Johnston County Invitational crowns (2015-16) … Completed prep career with a .548 (136-for-248) average that ranked as the second-highest in NCHSAA history … Belted 25 home runs with 131 RBI and scored 125 runs in 90 high school games … Struck out just 10 times in prep career while drawing 77 walks … Successfully stole 48 of 49 bases (98.0 percent) … Four-time all-conference and two-time league player-of-the-year (2015-16) selection … Three-time North Carolina 2A All-State and Raleigh News & Observer All-Metro pick (2014-16) … As a freshman, he batted .551 (38-for-69) with 12 extra base hits, 22 RBI and scored 29 runs … Tallied 11 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games … Drew 10 walks and struck out just four times in 24 games … Was a perfect 12-for-12 in stolen bases … During sophomore campaign batted an impressive .548 (34-for-62) with five home runs, nine doubles and one triple … Named MaxPreps Underclass All-American … Scored 26 runs and collected 42 RBI in 22 contests … Recorded 10 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games … Drove in a season-high six runs against Durham School of the Arts (4/2/14) with a pair of home runs in game one of a doubleheader … Also had a five-RBI game against North Carolina School of Science & Math (5/2/14) with a home run and a triple … Once again perfect on the base paths (12-for-12) … As a senior earned USA Today North Carolina All-State honors … 2015 Underclass High Honorable Mention selection by Perfect Game … Hit at an impressive .585 (31-for-53) clip with seven home runs and 29 RBI … Laced nine double and three triples, while scoring 31 runs … Recorded a pair of multi-home run games (Durham School of the Arts and Warren County) … Tallied 10 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games … Recorded a season-high four hits against Warren County (5/8/15) going 4-for-4 with two homers, three RBI and three runs scored … Drew 23 walks to just three strikeouts … Slugged 1.264 and had a .711 on-base percentage … Stole 12 bases for the third-straight year (12-for-12) … Opened senior season as a preseason All-America selection by MaxPreps … Batted .516 with 13 home runs, 38 RBI and scored 39 runs on his way to First-Team All-America honors by Baseball America … Also garnered MaxPreps Small School All-America accolades … Named 247Sports.com North Carolina Player-of-the-Year … Added six doubles and a pair of triples as Bunn’s leadoff hitter … Homered in five-straight games from April 8-19 … Recorded 11 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games … Registered a career-high five hits against Durham School of the Arts (4/5/16) where he was 5-for-5 with five runs scored … Drove in a career-best seven runs three games later against North Carolina School of Science & Math (4/15/16) … Drew 29 walks while striking out just three times … Swiped 12 of 13 bases … Slugged 1.281 and had a .670 on-base percentage … Member of the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association (NCBCA) All-Star team alongside current Pirate teammates Trey Benton, Bryant Packard and Tyler Smith that participated in the NC/SC Challenge … Four-year honor roll student that boasted a 4.65 cumulative GPA … National Technical Honor Society, Beta Club and Rho Kappa History Honor Society member … Played travel ball for the Dirtbags and coach Andy Partin … Played for Wilson Post 13 (American Legion) under Daniel Johnson and Christopher Gill … Listed as the 10th-best prospect in North Carolina and No. 225 overall by Baseball America … Rated as the second-best first base and No. 4 overall prospect in the state of North Carolina by Perfect Game … Also tabbed as the ninth-best first baseman and No. 178 over prospect nationally by Perfect Game … 2016 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and First-Team All-Atlantic Regional selection … Played in several showcase events including 2014 Atlantic Coast Underclass Showcase in Kannapolis, N.C. (top prospect team), 2014 WWBA 2016 Grads or 16U National Championships in Cartersville, Ga. (all-tournament team), 2015 East Coast Professional Showcase in Tampa, Fla., 2015 WBA 2016 Grads or 17U National Championship in Cartersville, Ga. (all-tournament team) and 2016 World Showcase in Fort Myers, Fla. (top prospect team).

Personal: Full name is Spencer Lee Brickhouse … Born in Raleigh, N.C. … Son of Laura and Adrian Brickhouse … Has one sibling (Gabby) … Majoring in engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering … Five-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll selection (Fall 2016 to present) … Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member (2017-18).