January
24, 2006
Monarchs’
Brandt
selected
preseason
All-American
by
Baseball
America
Magazine
Senior
right-hander
was USA
South
Pitcher
of the
Year in
2005
FAYETTEVILLE,
N.C. –
The 2006
baseball
season
has yet
to
begin,
but
already
Ryan
Brandt
is
mentioned
as
amongst
the best
in NCAA
Division
III. The
Methodist
right-hander
was
mentioned
as a
preseason
Division
III
All-American
on
Monday,
according
to
Baseball
America
Magazine.
Brandt,
a
6-foot-5,
233-pound
senior
from
Durham,
N.C., is
the only
USA
South
Athletic
Conference
player
mentioned
amongst
the
preseason
All-American
squad.
He was
the ace
of the
Methodist
starting
rotation
for the
2005
season,
garnering
first
team
All-USA
South
Athletic
Conference
honors
and was
selected
USA
South
Pitcher
of the
Year. He
went 7-2
with an
impressive
2.14
earned-run
average
with 89
strikeouts
and 19
walks in
88-and-a-third
innings.
In
addition,
Brandt
recorded
five
complete
games
with two
shutouts.
He led
the USA
South in
games
started,
innings
pitched
and
strikeouts,
while
ranking
second
in the
conference
in
victories
as the
Monarchs
finished
30-12
overall
and won
the USA
South
regular
season
championship.
In
addition
to his
tremendous
junior
season
at
Methodist,
Brandt
had a
tremendous
summer
as the
ace of
the
staff of
the
Fayetteville
SwampDogs
of the
Coastal
Plain
League.
He made
a total
of 13
appearances
on the
mound
this
summer
for the
SwampDogs,
including
11
starts.
His
effort
for
Fayetteville
earned
him the
honor of
being
voted
2005
Coastal
Plain
League
Defensive
Player
of the
Year.
Overall,
Brandt
finished
the
summer
with an
incredible
0.71 ERA
to go
along
with an
8-2
record
in
garnering
CPL
All-Star
status.
In
75-and-two-thirds
innings
pitched,
he gave
up only
10 runs,
six
earned,
on 50
hits.
Even
more
impressive,
however,
were his
numbers
in both
walks
and
strikeouts.
On the
season,
Brandt
only
walked
11
batters,
while
striking
out 77,
giving
him a
7-to-1
strikeout-to-walk
ratio.
Brandt
and his
Monarchs
open the
2006
season
on Feb.
11 at 3
p.m. at
Flagler.
