AT SAN JOSÉ STATE: In his second season with the Spartans…A 2015 Second Team All-Mountain West selection at second base after hitting a team-best .373 in conference play…Joined the Spartans after two standout years at Whitman College.
2015: Named a Second Team All-Mountain West selection at second base…Missed the first 19 games of the season with a hand injury…Hit at a team-best .298 clip on the year…Collected 31 hits and drew 16 walks in 104 at-bats…Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 133 chances at second base…Led the team with a .373 average in 67 conference at-bats…Picked up his first hit as a Spartan at Fresno State & later added two more (3/22)… Reached base safely in 12 consecutive games and hit safely in 10 (3/29-5/5)… Went 8-for-10 with a double, three walks, two runs scored and an RBI against SDSU (4/10-12)… Doubled twice, scored three times and drove in three at New Mexico (5/10).
WHITMAN COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Whitman College, an NCAA Division III school in Walla Walla, Wash. …Played in 39 games and made 38 starts in his sophomore campaign…Hit .358 with 40 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 17 RBIs in 151 at-bats…Named a second-team All-Northwest Conference selection in 2014.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Palo Alto (Calif.) High School…Played football and baseball for the Vikings…Part of the 2012 baseball team that won the De Anza League crown with a 13-1 record in league play…Hit .413 with 10 doubles, two triples, a home run and 21 RBIs as a junior in 2011…Recorded a .333 average with seven doubles, four triples, a home run and a team-high 26 RBIs in his senior campaign.
OZZY: Majoring in psychology…Parents are Jon and Colleen Braff…Older brother, T.J., played baseball at Santa Clara University…Enjoys playing guitar and spending time with his family in his free time…Native of Redwood City, Calif. …Now calls Palo Alto, Calif., his hometown.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year | Avg. | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | Slg% | BB | HBP | SO | OB% | Fld% |
2015 | .298 | 31-28 | 104 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | .365 | 16 | 1 | 23 | .397 | 1.000 |