2024 Baseball Roster

Stephen Galvin/South Florida Athletics
Emmy McCarthy/South Florida Athletics
Mary Holt/South Florida Baseball
Mary Holt/South Florida Athletic
Julio Aguilar/South Florida Athl
Julio Aguilar/South Florida Athl

18 Drew Brutcher

  • Position OF
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lakeland, Fla.
  • High School Lakeland Senior HS
  • Twitter d_brutcher
  • Instagram drewbrutcher

Biography

  • Concluded his career tied for fourth in program history in home runs (40), eighth in extra-base hits (86) and ninth in walks (136).
  • 2024 Perfect Game Preseason All-Conference
  • 2024 AAC Preseason All-Conference
  • 2023 All-AAC First Team
  • 2023 Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
  • 2023 Preseason All-AAC Team
  • 2022 Preseason All-AAC Team
  • 2021 Freshman All-American (Perfect Game USA/Rawlings)
  • AAC Player of the Week (3/8/21)

2024: One of two Bulls to play in all 55 games, including 54 starts, in his final season at South Florida...made 47 starts in right field and seven in center field…led the team with 25 extra-base hits…batted .304 with 17 doubles, two triples, six homers, 26 RBI and a team-best 44 runs scored…went 7-for-9 in stolen base attempts…drew a team-high 44 walks and posted a .435 OBP…slugged .495…recorded 17 multi-hit games, including a four-hit game at UCF (3/2)…tallied six multi-RBI games, including a season-high three-RBI vs. Maine (3/13)…recorded a pair of doubles vs. Trey Yesavage at ECU (5/3)…opened the season with a 19-game streak of reaching base safely…season-high hitting streak (6 games)...recorded a pair of outfield assists.

2023: Was the only Bull to start all 60 games…started 26 games in right field, 20 in left field and 14 in center…batted .293 with 12 doubles and 13 home runs…led the team in runs (47) and walks (32), tied for the lead in RBI (45)…slugged .515 with a .393 OBP…went 5-for-6 in stolen base attempts…recorded 17 multi-hit games and shared the team lead with 11 multi-RBI efforts…posted a 10-game hitting streak and 22-game streak of reaching base safely…season-high three hits three times…season-best four RBI vs. Cincinnati (4/28)…homered in consecutive games three times…homered in three straight games twice (all three games at Houston 4/14-16; all three games vs. ECU 5/18-20)…walked two or more times eight times in a game…season-high three walks at Houston (4/15)…hit 11 of his 13 home runs during AAC play to tie for the league lead.

2022: Led the Bulls in homers (13) and walks (37) despite missing a month of the season (14 games)…started all 43 games in which he played (28 in CF/15 DH)…batted .297 with new career highs in doubles (9), homers and RBI (40)…slugged .610 and record a .447 OBP (1.057 OPS)…began the year with a 25-game streak of reaching base safely, which included an eight-game hitting streak…homered in three of the final five games of the year, including a walk-off home run in the 10th inning against Wichita State (5/21)…tallied 13 multi-hit games and was second on the team with 10 multi-RBI games…recorded five RBI vs. Stony Brook (2/27) and vs. Tulane (5/25) in the AAC Tournament…season-high four hits vs. Brown (3/6)…went 4-for-5 with a pair of homers in that game…logged another two-homer game three days later vs. Boston College (3/9)…also had a two-homer game at FGCU (3/22)…walked twice in a game eight times and had two games with three free passes…tallied one stolen base…named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on May 22nd...ranked 29th in the NCAA in walks/game and 77th in homers/game. 

2021: Appeared in 32 ballgames (29 starts) as a true freshman...missed seven weeks (27 games) in the second half of theBrutcher 2021 AA bio photo year due to injury before returning in the postseason...batted .294 with six doubles, 17 RBI and 23 walks...tied for fourth on the team with eight home runs...went 6-6 in stolen base attempts...began his career on a 10-game hitting streak where he batted .415, and reached base safely in 19 straight...first collegiate homer on opening weekend at FGCU (2/21)...homered in three straight games vs. Stetson, including a walk-off homer in the 12th inning of the series finale (3/7)...recorded 10 multi-hit games...tallied a pair of three-hit games...registered two games with three RBI...returned from injury after two months in the Gainesville Regional championship...hit a game-tying two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning against Texas in the Super Regional...had a perfect fielding percentage in 28 starts in the outfield and recorded three assists.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by his father, Len Brutcher, at Lakeland High School… Named Class 8A Player of the Year and All-County Hitter of the Year during his career… As a senior, hit .542 with two home runs, two triples and 11 RBI while also posting a 3-0 record, a 0.32 ERA and 32 strikeouts over 22 innings… As a junior, led Polk County with seven homers while batting .411 with 18 RBI in addition to shining on the mound with a 0.29 ERA and a 7-0 record… Also had a 0.29 ERA and 7-0 record as a sophomore who batted .446. 

PERSONAL: Born Feb. 12, 2002 in Lakeland…son of Len Brutcher, who coached him at Lakeland High School. Len was selected in the second round of the 1988 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox and also pitched for the San Diego Padres organization…has an older brother named Cole…also received scholarship offers from Florida, Florida International and Samford…majoring in criminology…hobbies include playing basketball, video games and hanging out with friends....favorite MLB team is the New York Yankees and favorite player is Shohei Ohtani.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2021Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher/ Utility
    6'6" 205 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2022Sophomore

    OF
    6'6" 205 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2023Junior

    OF
    6'5" 203 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2024Senior

    OF
    6'5" 215 lbs
    18