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Ht/Wt
5'
11"
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186 lbs.
Class
Senior
Hometown
Kenmore,
Washington
Last School
Inglemoor High School
Roster Years
2007 | 2010-2012
Personal
- Born in Bellevue, Wash.
- Parents are Glenn and Cyndee
- Father played football for Bethel College (Newton, Kansas) and brother Jake played football at Dixie State
- Brother Adam plays football for Dixie State in 2007 and was the leading rusher
- Played for Taylor Baseball in the summer of 2006, batting .339 with eight homers and led team with 27 stolen bases
- Batted .331 in 178 at bats for his team in the Northwest Connie Mack League in the summer of 2005
- Recruited by Hawai`i, Washington, Washington State and Portland
- Maternal great uncle Allie Reynolds pitched for the Cleveland Indians (1942-46) and the New York Yankees (1947-54)
- Served a volunteer two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Puerto Rico/San Juan West (Spanish-speaking)
- Married Valeria Buitrago Padgett in December 2010
- Majoring in exercise science
Before BYU
- Three-time all-league at Inglemoor High
- Voted most inspirational player on team as a senior
- Clocked 6.6 in the 60 and had a .392 batting average as a senior
- Lettered three years in baseball and twice in football
- Was all-league as a defensive back as a sophomore and junior
- Was rookie of the year in football as a sophomore
- Coached by Craig Bishop and Rob Lucky
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA 2007 .371 51-39 178 30 66 9 5 3 32 94 13 24 11-16 2010 .340 52-50 203 47 69 9 4 6 46 104 18 30 2-6 2011 .274 58-58 252 42 69 17 2 3 33 99 10 55 8-9
Mission
- San Juan West
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2007
- Named to the Mountain West Conference All-Tournament Team
- Selected Honorable Mention Freshman All-American by Ping!Baseball and Academic All-Mountain West Conference
- Ended the season with a current 15-game hitting streak
- Had an eight-game hitting streak earlier in the season
- Was on base 10 consecutive times against Utah (eight hits and two walks)
- Hit two homers in the second of BYU's 13-inning victories at San Diego State and was named TV's Sonic Player of the Game
- Tied a Mountain West Conference record with 1.000 percentage in fielding as a center-fielder
- Had two game-winning RBI (a 10th-inning solo homer vs. Missouri in the Service Academy Classic at Tennessee and a triple vs. Air Force)
- Is the team's leading hitter with a .350 batting average and has 55 hits, committing no errors with 99 putouts
Sophmore Year
2010
- Academic All-Mountain West Conference
- Had two game-winning RBI, a two-run homer at UT Arlington in an 11-10 victory and a grand slam homer vs. San Diego State in a 13-5 win
- Had three assists as a center-fielder
Junior Year
2011
- Ended the season with a current 10-game hitting streak
- Had a pair of game-winning RBI: a walk-off homer vs. Seattle in the 11th inning at Provo and a two-run double at Washington
- Among the NCAA outfield leaders with nine assists
Senior Year
2012
• West Coast Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll, bronze level
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- Baseball | Jul, 18
Ten Named to WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll
- ImageBaseball | Jun, 15
2012 Season Summary
- ImageBaseball | May, 26
Baseball ends series on a loss
- ImageBaseball | May, 17
Brugman walk-off grand slam wins game for Cougars
- ImageBaseball | May, 08
Seventh-Inning Rally Pushes BYU to Victory
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 29
Hog Hurlers Top BYU Baseball
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 17
Doubleheader Split in Season Opener
- ImageBaseball | Oct, 21
Wells: The Black Hole in Centerfield
- ImageBaseball | Oct, 21
Wells: The Black Hole in Centerfield
- ImageBaseball | Jul, 05
2011 Season Review