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Ht/Wt
5'
10"
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180 lbs.
Class
Senior
Hometown
Draper,
Utah
Last School
Jordan High School
Roster Years
2013 | 2016-2018
Personal
- Born in South Jordan, Utah
- Parents are Ron and Kim Anderson
- Coached by his father in high school
- Father played baseball for Utah Tech
- Served a mission to Santiago, Chile
- Married Lauren Gold in July 2017
- Majoring in communications
Before BYU
- Team captain at Jordan High School
- First team All-State and Region MVP
- Batted .455 with 43 RBI, 7 homers and 20 doubles as a senior
- Also lettered in golf
- Hit a walk off home run in the 13th inning vs. Utah Bucks when he played for the Utah Marshalls
- Recruited by Utah, Utah Valley and Salt Lake Community College
Stats
Year Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB SLG% PO A E FLD% 2013 .277 45 141 25 39 6 2 4 24 61 18 38 3 .433 70 105 9 .951 2016 .329 47 155 38 51 8 1 6 45 79 20 25 4 .510 65 119 11 .944 2017 .346 59 260 71 90 23 1 6 40 133 32 54 9 .512 93 127 11 .952 2018 .279 48 197 31 55 14 0 3 25 78 28 48 5 .396 78 118 10 .951 TOTALS .312 199 753 165 235 51 4 19 134 351 98 165 21 .466 306 469 41 .950
Mission
- Santiago , Chile
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2013
- Three-run homer was game-winning RBI in upset at No. 2 LSU where he had five RBI
- Had two other game-winning RBI, including a two-run double vs. Northern Illinois and a two-run double vs. Creighton
Sophmore Year
2016
- All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention
- Rawlings WCC Player of Week thanks in part to a 4-for-4 game against San Francisco with four runs, a home run and two RBI
- Homered in season opener vs. Saint Louis
- Hit a grand slam at Samford
- Missed a couple of weeks due to torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb
Junior Year
2017
- All-West Coast Conference Second Team
- Team captain
- Led WCC overall with 90 hits, 71 runs, 23 doubles and 133 total bases
- Led league in WCC games only with 45 hits and 30 runs
- Went 12-for-18 with 7 runs, 8 RBI and five doubles in four-game series vs. UCSB
- Had two hits, three runs and an RBI in WCC Championship win vs. Gonzaga
- His 260 at bats are 11th most in BYU history
- His 23 doubles are 12th most in BYU history
Senior Year
2018
- Started all 48 games he played, batting .279 with 55 hits, 31 runs and 25 RBI. Led the team with 28 walks while adding 14 doubles and three home runs
- Hit a grand slam and two doubles at Utah Valley, totaling 6 RBI and two runs
- Preseason NCBWA All-America 3rd Team
- Preseason All-WCC
- In the BYU all-time career record books, finished 5th with 469 assists, 9th with 753 at bats, 11th with 199 games played, 13th with 51 doubles, 16th with 98 walks, 17th with 165 runs scored and 18th with 235 hits
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- Baseball | Jun, 27
Season summary: Year of firsts
- ImageBaseball | May, 23
Schneemann Defensive player of Year; Larsen & Shaver 1st team All-WCC
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 03
Errors prove fatal as BYU falls 9-6 to Oregon
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 01
Three Kringlen home runs and a Rogers gem fuel sweep over Gaels
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 31
Corless and heavy hitting lead Cougars over Gaels for 6-2 win
- ImageBaseball | May, 24
No. 30-ranked Cougars get WCC honors before league tourney
- ImageBaseball | May, 16
Anderson named Rawlings WCC Player of Week heading into Utah game
- ImageBaseball | May, 16
Anderson named Rawlings WCC Player of Week heading into Utah game
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 07
No. 16 BYU crushes San Diego 12-2 in series opener
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 26
Resilient Cougars take series against LMU with 7-4 win
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 25
Cougars fall to LMU 10-5
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 19
Comeback not enough as Cougars fall to Pacific 10-8
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 18
League-leading BYU paced by Nielsen's first career homer in 11-4 victory
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 12
Urry's grand slam leads to series sweep over Niagara
- Baseball | Mar, 10
Rucker's career night leads team over Niagara
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 08
Home-opening crowd of 2,002 spurs 6-1 win over Utah Valley
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 04
Record now 9-1 after 8-2 win at Kansas
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 19
Rucker, Dean & Company secure win in season opener
- ImageBaseball | Jan, 25
Outlook for 2016 season
- ImageBaseball | May, 18
Cougars sweep Gaels series with 14-run victory
- ImageBaseball | May, 16
Poulson leads Cougars to 11-1 victory over Gaels
- ImageBaseball | May, 11
Law leads BYU to 6-4 win over USF with two-run triple
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 20
Poulson's complete game shuts out Jayhawks
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 16
Doubleheader split in second day of Texas tourney
- ImageBaseball | Jul, 19
Shortstop Brennon Anderson Signs
- ImageBaseball | Jul, 19
Shortstop Brennon Anderson Signs