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Class
Senior
Hometown
Mesa,
Arizona
Last School
Mesa High School
Roster Years
2016-2019
Personal
- Born in Mesa, Arizona
- Parents are Dean and Diane Hale
- Grandfather Lee Ferrin played baseball at Arizona State
- Served a mission to Santiago, Chile
- Played summer ball for the Arizona Pro League in 2011-2013
- Married Emma Fruehan in August 2016
- Majoring in experience design and management
Before BYU
- Prepped at Mesa High School under Mike Musciangelo
- First team all-state in 2013
- ABCA/Rawlings regional team selection in 2013
- Mesa City Player of the Year, 2013
- First team Mesa all-city baseball team in 2012
- North All-Stars in 2013
- Two-time team captain
- Set school record for highest batting average (.529), tied career home run (15) and triples (7) record.
- Had second-highest career batting average at .460 for his school
- Earned the Marine Distinguished Athlete Award
- Also played on prep basketball and tennis teams
- Recruited by Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, USC, Oregon State, Grand Canyon University, Mesa Community College and South Mountain
Mission
- Santiago South , Chile
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2016
- WCC Commissioner's Silver Honor Roll
- Homered vs. Creighton in BYU's 13-4 victory
- Had two game-winning RBI: a bases-loaded walk vs.LMU in 7-4 victory and a two--run triple vs. Niagara in a 14-1 win.
Sophmore Year
2017
- First Team ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region
- All-West Coast Conference Tournament Team
- All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention
- Honorable Mention WCC All-Academic
- WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll
- Rawlings WCC Player of the Week vs. Utah, Portland. Homered in the first game of the week against Utah on a towering solo shot that bounced in the road beyond left field and had a three-run homer in the six-run fourth of the final game of the week against Portland. For the week he had nine RBI, two doubles and two home runs.
- Led WCC in batting average, slugging and on-base percentage for overall games.
- Led team with a .395 batting average which was in the NCAA's top 10 for most of the season
- One of his three outfield assists was a double play against San Jose State game one
- Hit a grand slam in a 10-2 victory at Cal State Bakersfield
Junior Year
2018
- All-West Coast Conference First Team
- Started all 50 games, leading the team with a .342 average, 67 hits, 40 runs, 31 RBI, 15 doubles and seven stolen bases. Also had eight home runs and 22 walks
- Rawlings WCC Player of the Week vs. Auburn. Hit 4-for-4 in game two with two runs, two doubles and three RBI
- Had four hits, two RBI and two runs at Pepperdine
- Had seven hits in three games against San Diego
- Hit a double and a home run with two runs and two RBI in first game against San Francisco
- All-Academic West Coast Conference honorable mention
- Preseason All-WCC, Perfect Game
- WCC No. 6 Top 2018 Prospects, D1baseball.com
- WCC No. 3 Top 2018 Drafts, Baseball America
- WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll
Senior Year
2019
- WCC Player of the Year
- All-WCC First Team
- WCC All-Academic honorable mention
- ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team
- Senior CLASS Award Finalist
- Ed Stein Outstanding Senior Award winner at the Y Awards
- Started all 53 games in right field, leading the team with a .330 batting average, 67 hits, 11 home runs, a .571 slugging percentage, 38 walks and a .460 on-base percentage, adding 48 runs, 14 doubles, a triple, 45 RBIs and three stolen bases
- Ranked third in hit by pitches, 18th in walks, 19th in total bases, 21st in doubles, 22nd in runs scored and triples, 24th in hits, 25th in RBIs and 26th in home runs among BYU players in a career
- Reached safely in all but one game
- Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and WCC Player of the Week after batting .500 with a slugging percentage of 1.312, going 8-for-16 with a double and four home runs, adding nine RBIs, six runs and two walks in wins against Oregon and Saint Mary's
- Hit two homers in the series-opening game against the Gaels – a three-run shot in the first inning and a solo home run in the fourth to finish with four RBIs
- Scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning at UVU, finishing with two hits, a home run, two runs, a walk and four RBIs
- Hit a double to clear the bases loaded and added a home run in a win against Gonzaga
- Hit a grand slam in game one and another on Senior Day in game three against San Francisco
- Had two doubles and a home run with two RBIs at Utah
- Went 4-for-4 with two runs, a double, two RBIs and two walks against Pepperdine
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- Athletics | May, 29
Y Awards Cap Successful Seasons
- ImageBaseball | Jun, 14
Cluff and Hale Take All-Region Honors
- ImageBaseball | May, 22
WCC Honors All-Academic Awardees
- ImageBaseball | May, 21
Multiple WCC Awards Go to Cougars
- ImageBaseball | May, 14
Gelalich Slams Utah
- ImageBaseball | May, 11
Seniors spark BYU win over San Francisco
- ImageBaseball | May, 09
No. 25 BYU Dominates Dons
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 25
Late Heroics Give BYU Extra Inning Win at Pacific
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 11
Jacobsen's career night leads to win over Waves
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 10
Hale Selected a Senior CLASS Award Finalist
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 01
Hale Named National, Conference Player of the Week
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 29
Walker shuts down Gaels in 11-0 win
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 28
Hale's two home runs propel 10-6 win over Gaels
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 26
Five-run inning fuels BYU rally
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 22
Hale Named Senior CLASS Award Candidate
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 19
Late-Game Heroics Give Cougars the Win
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 15
Cougars Defeat Bulldogs on Hale's Big Night
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 16
Cougars Take Series Over Northwestern
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 06
Hale Named Preseason All-WCC
- ImageBaseball | Jul, 26
BYU Baseball Places 15 on Honor Roll
- ImageBaseball | May, 22
Wood named to WCC Baseball All-Academic team
- ImageBaseball | May, 22
Hale, Wood selected First Team All-WCC
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 05
Brock Hale named Rawlings WCC Player of the Week
- ImageBaseball | Oct, 30
Pure Hitter Brock Hale
- ImageBaseball | Jun, 27
Season summary: Year of firsts
- ImageBaseball | Jun, 27
Season summary: Year of firsts
- ImageBaseball | Jun, 14
Buffo, Shaver drafted; Hale, Larsen honored again
- ImageBaseball | Jun, 14
Buffo, Shaver drafted; Hale, Larsen honored again
- ImageBaseball | May, 23
Schneemann Defensive player of Year; Larsen & Shaver 1st team All-WCC
- ImageBaseball | May, 15
Final home game of season with UCCU Crosstown Clash
- ImageBaseball | May, 15
Final home game of season with UCCU Crosstown Clash
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 26
Resilient Cougars take series against LMU with 7-4 win
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 11
Comeback propels doubleheader sweep for eight straight wins
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 11
Comeback propels doubleheader sweep for eight straight wins
- Baseball | Mar, 10
Rucker's career night leads team over Niagara
- Baseball | Mar, 10
Rucker's career night leads team over Niagara
- ImageBaseball | Jan, 25
Outlook for 2016 season