2019 Baseball Roster
Shewmake, Braden
Jersey Number 8
Braden Shewmake
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Wylie, Texas
- High School:
- Wylie East
Bio
- Selected 21st overall in the 2019 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves
- Selected to play for the 2017 & 2018 USA Baseball Colegiate National Team
- 2019 Aggie Baseball's Marion Pugh Most Valuable Player
- 2019 Aggie Baseball's Loraine B. and William B. "Breezy" Breazeale RBI Award
- 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2018 All-SEC First Team
- 2018 Frisco Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2018 Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
- 2018 Aggie Baseball's Loraine B. and William B. "Breezy" Breazeale RBI Award
- 2017 Baseball America First Team All-American
- 2017 Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American
- 2017 NCBWA First Team All-American
- 2017 ACBA Second Team All-American
- 2017 D1Baseball.com Second Team All-American
- 2017 NCBWA District VII Player of the Year
- 2017 SEC Freshman of the Year
- 2017 Collegiate Baseball National Freshman of the Year
- 2017 Baseball America Freshman All-American
- 2017 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
- 2017 D1Baseball.com Freshman All-American
- 2017 NCBWA Freshman All-American
- 2017 ABCA All-Midwest First Team
- 2017 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
- 2017 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Finalist
- 2017 All-SEC First Team
- 2017 Freshman All-SEC Team
- 2017 SEC Freshman of the Week (2/20 & 5/1)
- 2017 Aggie Baseball's Marion Pugh Most Valuable Player
- 2017 Aggie Baseball's Loraine B. and William B. "Breezy" Breazeale RBI Award
2019 (JUNIOR): Started all 63 games at shortstop for the Aggies... presented with the Loraine B. and William B. "Breezy" Breazeale RBI Award at the team's annual banquet for the third-consecutive season... named the squad's Most Valuable Player... batted .313 (78-for-249) with 45 runs, 14 doubles, four triples, six home runs, 25 walks, 47 RBI and nine stolen bases... led the team with a .289 batting average, four home runs and 57 RBI in SEC play... went 1-for-2 with four runs, one walk and a stolen base against Fordham (2/16)... was key in Texas A&M’s win against UIC (2/23), going 2-for-3 with one run, two triples, one RBI, and one walk… went 2-for-4 with one run, one double, one homerun and two RBI in the big win against Baylor (3/1)… named to the Shriners Hospitals for Children Classic All-Tournament Team (3/1-3), for batting .333 with two runs, one double, one home run and two RBI… was 2-for-3 at the plate, with one run, one double, one walk and three RBI, against Gonzaga (3/9)… was key in the win over Vanderbilt (3/17), recorded two hits, one of which was a triple that started A&M’s scoring, two runs, one RBI and one stolen bag… went 2-for-4 with two runs and a double in the win against Rice (3/19)... In the series against Kentucky (3/22-24), hit .625 (10-for-16) with five runs, one double, two home runs and nine RBI... tallied two hit, one of which was a double, one run and one RBI against Texas (3/2)... named to the Golden Spike Award Watch List (4/10) for his performance through half of the season, starting all 35 games, batting .331 with 28 runs, seven doubles, four triples, three home runs and 32 RBI... was 2-for-3 with one run, one double and one walk in the shutout win against the Auburn Tigers (4/12)... hit 2-for-3 with one run, one homerun and three RBI in game two of the Ole Miss series (4/26)... went a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs, one double and two RBI in the win over Sam Houston State (4/30)... was 1-for-1 with two walks, and the only run in the, 1-0, win over Mississippi State (5/4)... in the series opener against Arkansas (5/16), went 2-for-4 with two runs, one double and one walk... hit 2-for-4 with one run, one double, one homerun, one walk and three RBI in the win over Arkansas (5/17)... in the SEC Tournament (5/21-5/23), hit .444 (4-for-9) with one run,two doubles and four walks... Selected in the first round (21st overall) of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 61 games, all of which he started (61 SS), in his second season in Aggieland... earned the Loraine B. and William B. “Breezy” Breazeale RBI Award for the second year in a row... named to the 2018 All-SEC First Team as a shortstop... named to the 10-man Frisco Classic All-Tournament Team... named to the preseason watch list for the Bobby Brown Collegiate Slugger Award... named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list… batted .327 (80-for-245) with 43 runs, eight doubles, four triples, five HR, a team-high 45 RBI, and a team-high 12 stolen bags... posted a .453 slugging percentage and .395 on-base percentage... tallied 26 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games on the season... played in 29 SEC games, started all... batted .333 (38-for-114) in league action with 18 runs, three doubles, two triples, three HR, 16 RBI, and 13 stolen bases… opened the season hitting 3-for-11 (.273) with two RBI, one run, and three extra-base hits (2 2B, 1 3B) against Rhode Island(2/16-18)... hit 4-for-7 (.571) with three runs and two RBI in the second game of a double header against Cornell(2/23)... went 2-for-4 in the one game series against Houston Baptist (2/27) with two runs, two RBI, and a HR... batted a .455 (5-for-11) with two runs, four RBI, and a double in the three game series vs. Long Beach State (3/9-11)... went 6-for-11 (.545) with one run, two RBI, a double and a triple in the first three game SEC series of the year against Auburn (3/16-18)... hit 2-for-4 with one run, two RBI, and a home run in the first game of a three game series against Georgia (3/29)... went 3-for-5 (.600) with two runs, two RBI, and a triple in the win against LSU (4/6)… batted .500 (6-for-12) with four runs, two RBI, two doubles, and a HR in the three game series vs. Tennessee (4/20)... went 5-for-15 (.333) with two runs, two RBI, one walk, and a double iatthe SEC Tournament (5/22-26)... was named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team... starting in 5-of-6 games he played in, hitting a .188 (3-for-16) with six walks, a HBP, and two stolen bags.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Named All-America First Team by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA... tabbed All-America Second Team by the ACBA and D1Baseball.com... selected District VII Player of the Year by NCBWA... honored as National Freshman of the Year by Collegiate Baseball... named Freshman All-America by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball.com and the NCBWA... tabbed a Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist... selected as a Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award finalist... picked All-SEC First Team and Freshman All-SEC... selected as SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 20 and May 1... one of only four Aggies to play in all 64 games and the only A&M player to start every game in 2017... batted .328 (90-for-274) with 47 runs, 18 doubles, two triples, 11 HR, 69 RBI and 11 stolen bases... boasted a .529 slugging percentage and .374 on-base percentage... ranked 18th in the nation and fourth in the SEC with 90 hits... ranked 14th in the nation and third in the SEC with 69 RBI... led all Division I freshmen with 90 hits and 69 RBI... paced the Aggies with 30 multi-hit games and 22 multi-RBI efforts... started all 30 games in SEC play, batting .311 (39-for-127) with five doubles, seven HR, 34 RBI and four stolen bases... hit 3-for-5 with four RBI in his Texas A&M debut, a 19-2 victory against Bowling Green (2/17)... finished the opening weekend vs. the Falcons (2/17-18), by going 6-for-13 with three runs, two doubles and eight RBI to earn SEC Freshman of the Week recognition... hit 3-for-8 with one walk, one double, two runs and four RBI in the doubleheader sweep against Bowling Green (2/18)... hit 7-for-13 with three runs, two doubles, one HR and four RBI in series vs. Pepperdine (2/24-26)... hit 2-for-4 with one double, one run and one RBI in series opener against the Waves (2/24)... slugged 5-for-5 with two runs, one double, his first career HR and three RBI in the series finale vs. Pepperdine (2/26)... tallied one double, one walk, two stolen bases and two runs against Prairie View A&M (2/28)... batted 2-for-4 with one walk, one double, one run and three RBI vs. Incarnate Word (3/1)... hit 5-for-16 with four runs, two doubles, one triple, one HR and three RBI at the Shriners College Classic at Minute Maid Park (3/3-5)... capped off the College Classic by batting 2-for-4 with two doubles, one run and one RBI against Baylor (3/5)... hit 2-for-5 with two runs, two stolen bases and two RBI vs. UTRGV (3/7)... slugged 6-for-13 with two runs and three RBI in series against Brown (3/10-12)... hit 3-for-4 with two doubles, one walk and two runs at Texas (3/14)... batted 2-for-4 with one walk, one HR and one RBI against Kentucky (3/18)... logged one stolen base, one HBP and three RBI in series opener at Vanderbilt (3/24)... batted 2-for-4 with one stolen bases, one run and two RBI in series finale vs. Vanderbilt (3/26)... hit 2-for-4 with two RBI in the series finale against Auburn (4/9)... slugged 3-for-4 with two runs, one HR, one stolen base and three RBI against Abilene Christian (4/11)... hit 6-for-14 with two runs, one home run and one walk in series vs. Tennessee (4/21/23)... batted 3-for-4 with two runs, one HR and one RBI in the series opener against the Vols (4/21)... earned his second SEC Freshman of the Week batting 8-for-16 with one double, one HR, two runs and seven RBI at Missouri (4/28-30)... hit 4-for-6 with one run and two RBI in lid lifter of the doubleheader against the Tigers (4/28)... hit a grand slam in the series opener versus Mississippi State (5/4)... slugged 5-for-12 with three runs, two doubles, two HR and four RBI in series at Ole Miss (5/12-14)... batted 2-for-4 with two HR, three runs and three RBI in series opener against the Rebels (5/12)... batted 2-for-5 with two doubles and one RBI at Ole Miss (5/12)... hit 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI in series opener against Arkansas (5/18)... batted 2-for-5 with one double, one run and one RBI in SEC Tournament game against Missouri (5/23)... opened regional play by hitting 2-for-5 with two runs, one HR and two RBI vs. Baylor (6/2)... batted 4-for-11 with one walk, five runs and one RBI in Super Regional play against Davidson (6/9-10)... hit 3-for-7 with one walk, three runs and one RBI to open the Super Regional versus the Wildcats (6/9)... selected to play on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team... played in 17 games for Team USA, hitting .209 (9-for-43) with five runs, two doubles, one triple, six RBI and two stolen bases.
AT WYLIE EAST HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Wylie East... batted .495 with 28 RBI in 2016... selected to the Collin Street Bakery/TSWA Class 5A All-State First Team, District 10-5A MVP, All-District 10-5A First Team as a utility infielder as a senior... named All-District 10-5A First Team in 2014... selected CSB/TSWA Class 5A Second Team and District 13-4A Offensive MVP at third base as a sophomore, hitting .457 with 11 doubles and 29 RBI... also lettered in football and basketball... earned All-District 10-5A First Team at quarterback as a senior... also garnered spot on the THSCA Academic All-State Team for football... selected All-District 10-5A First Team in basketball at forward as a junior.
PERSONAL: Born Braden Jack Shewmake on November 19, 1997 to parents Stacie and Shane Shewmake... majoring in sport management.
7/1
LSU Postgame: Michael Earley, Jace Laviolette, Clayton Freshcorn
Friday, May 23
Highlights: A&M 3, LSU 4
Friday, May 23
Auburn Postgame: Michael Earley, Justin Lamkin, Kaeden Kent
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Texas A&M 3, Auburn 2
Thursday, May 22
