Christopher Newport University

2017 - Junior Season - Earned first team All-Conference honors while also collecting second team All-State plaudits...Ranked third on the team with a .326 average while ranking second in both RBI (30) and home runs (6)...Delivered 14 extra-base hits and scored 22 runs...Hit for the cycle against Eastern Mennonite on March 1, going 4-for-4 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored for just the third cycle in program history...Named CAC Player of the Week following the historical outing...Set new career highs in hits, RBI, and home runs...Played in 36 while starting 35 games for the second straight year...Ranked second on the team in multi-hit games with 17, and third in mutiple RBI games, with 7...Registered a nine-game hitting streak, the second longest of his career...Also perfect in 5 chances in the field while serving as an outfielder in two games

2016 - Sophomore Season - Moved into the designated hitter role during his second season at CNU...Started 35 and played in 36 games..Named to D3baseball.com National Team of the Week on March 1...Ranked third on the team in on-base percentage (.458)...Hit .297 with 12 extra-base hits and ranked second on the team with five home runs...Matched his debut season with 26 RBI...Ranked second on the team in runs scored with 36...Led the team in walks, with 30, and ranked in the top 20 nationally in walks per game (0.83)...Reached base in 24 straight games and carries an eight-game roll into his junior year...Hit out of the cleanup spot in 33 of CNU's 39 games...Perfect 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts

2015 - Freshman Season - Played in all 30 and started 29 games in his first year with the Captains...Ranked third on the team in hitting with a .333 average, registering a team-high 39 hits in 117 at-bats...Also led the team in RBI, with 26, and ranked second on the team in runs scored, with 24...Blasted a team-best five home runs and led the team with 14 extra-base hits, slugging .538...Went 3-for-4 with two RBI in his collegiate debut against Lynchburg on February 6...Drove in a season-high five runs in a 3-for-5 effort at St. Mary's on April 4...Posted ten multi-hit games, including a team-best six three-hit performances...Ranked second on the team with seven multi-RBI games...Logged the second longest hitting streak of the season for CNU with a ten-game roll...Blasted two home runs in a game against Penn State Harrisburg on March 21, and finished the doubleheader 6-for-9 with four RBI, five runs and four extra-base hits...Named to the CAC All-Academic Team

Before CNU - Redshirted at Division I University of Richmond...

At Fairfax - Played all four years at catcher under head coach Rick Freeman in the Liberty District...Also a three-year member of the football team...Four-year varsity starter for the Rebels...Earned first team All-District honors three times...Honorable Mention All-Region selection...Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal - Brandon James Ginch was born in Fairfax, Va...Son of Brian and Suzi Ginch...Has one sister, Erin...Favorite sports personality is LeBron James...Dream vacation is a trip to Fiji...Most impressive person met is Bryce Harper...Favorite movie is "Shooter"...Majoring in Business.