2022-23 Baseball Roster

#42 Brooks Coetzee III 2021-22 Baseball Roster

Height 6-1

Weight 210

B/T R/R

Class Graduate

Hometown Mahomet, IL

High School Mahomet-Seymour HS

Bio / Statistics

HONORS AND AWARDS

SENIOR SEASON (2022)

Played and started in all 58 games on the season.
Finished the year with 42 runs, 59 hits, 8 2B, 12 HR, 43 RBI, 6 SB and slashed .267/.354/.466.
Second on the team in home runs, third on the squad in RBI and fourth on the team in hits.
Set career highs on the year in runs, hits, home runs and RBI.
Was one of three Irish players to hit double-digit home runs this season as they set the program record for home runs in a single season with 79.
Hit a solo blast against #5 Texas A&M at the College World Series. (6/21/22)
Tied a career high with 3 runs scored against Michigan State. (5/10/22)
Tied a career high with 3 runs against Wake Forest. (4/24/22)
Tied a career high with 5 RBI against Elon. (3/8/22)
Tallied his first career multi-home run game in the season-opening win over Manhattan. (2/18/22)

JUNIOR SEASON (2021)

Played in 44 games and made 37 starts on the season.
Finished the year with 40 hits, 25 runs, 8 doubles, 6 home runs, 29 RBI, 11 steals and slashed .274/.337/.466.
Set career best marks in hits, home runs, doubles, RBI and steals while finishing third on the team in home runs.
Tied a career high with three hits against UConn (6/5).
Tied a career high with three hits against Virginia (5/28)
Tied a career high with three hits against North Carolina (5/1).
Set a career high with three hist against Virginia (3/14).
Set a career high with five RBI against No. 16 Wake Forest (2/28).
Currently playing summer ball with the Kalamazoo Growlers in the Northwoods League.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020)*

Played in all 13 games and made 12 starts during the abbreviated season.
Finished the year with a .244 average, 11 hits, one home run, six RBI and a team-high 16 runs.
Set a career high with three RBI, including his first career home run, in the 11-8 win over North Carolina to clinch the series.
Set a career high with three runs in the 13-5 win over Presbyterian.
Tied a career high with two hits four times during the season (UAB 2/15, UIW 2/21, PC 2/29 & UNC 3/7).
Had five games with two or more runs scored.

*Season suspended after 13 games due to COVID-19

FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)

Played in 20 games and made 13 starts in the outfield during his freshman season
First career start came in the Swig and Swine Classic against Charleston Southern (3/2)
Career-high two hits came on the road against No. 12 Clemson (3/16)
Tallied a career-high two RBI in the series-clinching win over Wake Forest (3/10-2)
Played summer ball with the Kalamazoo Growlers in the Northwoods League

PERSONAL

Graduated from Mahomet-Seymour High School in May of 2018.
Earned four varsity letters in baseball, two in basketball and two in football.
Was a member of National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society and was a four-time academic letter winner.
Was named four-time all-conference, four-time all-area and two-time all-state.
Hit .475 as a senior, en route to being named unanimous first team all-conference.
Grew up in South Africa and his first language is Afrikaans.
Michiel Christiaan Brooks Coetzee III is the son of Brooks and Hannelie Coetzee.