Missouri State

Honors
• All-MVC First Team (2023, 2024)
• Dave Dickensheet MSU Pitcher of the Year (2023, 2024)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

Senior/Career Summary
First-team all-MVC selection against as a senior, becoming the first Bear to achieve that distinction in consecutive seasons since Nick Petree in 2012 and 2013...Became the fourth multiple-time winner of MSU’s Dave Dickensheet Pitcher of the Year...Started 16 games and went 5-2 with a 3.78 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 78.2 innings...Led the MVC with a 1.16 WHIP, ranked second in ERA and third in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.41) and opponent average (.234)...Ended MSU career ranked ninth in school history with a 3.24 K/BB rate...Tied for 16th in school history with 33 pitching starts, going 11-7 with a 3.61 ERA, .251 BAA and 159 strikeouts in 162 innings.

2023 (Junior)
First-team all-MVC selection and the Bears’ Dave Dickensheet Pitcher of the Year in his debut season...First MSU starting pitcher to earn first-team all-league honors since Dylan Coleman in 2018...Assumed the Friday night starter role in the third week of the year and tied a school record with 17 starts on the mound, leading the MVC and ranking 13th nationally in that category...Ranked third in the MVC and 88th nationally with a 3.46 ERA...Finished sixth in the league in innings (83.1) and fourth in strikeouts (84) while walking just 27...Had two starts with at least nine strikeouts and no walks...Struck out nine without a walk in six innings against Central Arkansas (Feb. 25)...Had 12 strikeouts versus SIUE (March 10), the most for a Bear since Coleman in 2018 and the the highest K total without a walk for a Bears pitcher since at least 2012...Struck out 10 in a season-long 7.1 innings versus Bradley (April 7)...Surrendered more than three earned runs just twice in 18 total appearances...Ended the year with a 6-5 record.

Background
Pitched two seasons at North Iowa Area CC, ending his time ranked eighth in school history with 112 career strikeouts...Went 6-0 with a 2.51 ERA as a sophomore, striking out 70 and walking 22 in 61 innings while holding the opposition to a .217 average on the way to earning second-team all-region honors...Fanned 42 in 31.1 innings as a freshman, going 3-3 with a 6.32 ERA and tossing one complete-game shutout.

Personal
Brandt Thompson is the son of Nate and Debbye Thompson...Born July 4, 2002, in Hennepin County, Minn....Father played tennis at Gustavus Adolphus College...Finance major.