Missouri State

Honors
• MVC Championship All-Tournament Team (2018)
• MVC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2018)

2018: Zimmerman saw action in 40 games in his first season with the Bears, hitting .219 with six home runs—five of which came during a red-hot stretch run over Missouri State’s final 11 games ... Recorded five multi-hit and multi-RBI performances ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run in his second game as a Bear at Lamar (Feb. 16), helping MSU to an 11-2 victory ... Came off the bench to go 1-for-2 against Oklahoma State (March 7), then drove in a run with a pinch-hit sacrifice fly to drive in MSU’s lone tally in a 4-1 setback to Arkansas State (March 10) ... Logged hits in four-straight games, March 21-27 ... Delivered a game-tying, two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning against Murray State (March 21) to pave the way to an eventual 5-4 win in 10 innings ... Also drove in the go-ahead run with a second-inning single before scoring two runs of his own in the Bears’ 12-2 victory at Kansas (March 27) ... Produced three consecutive multi-RBI performances, May 12-17 ... Snapped out of an offensive dry spell with a two-RBI effort vs. Southern Illinois (May 12), singling home one run and driving in another with a sac fly; matched a career high with three hits, including a home run, in the Bears’ series finale with SIU (May 13) ... Homered twice in MSU’s conference championship-clinching victory over DBU (May 17), driving in three runs to help put away the 9-5 win ... Also walked twice and scored a run in the series finale with DBU, helping the Bears’ clinch their sixth MVC title outright with a 10-4 decision ... Came through with back-to-back two-hit games at the MVC Championship, going 2-for-2 with a homer and three RBIs against Evansville (May 23), then going deep once again as part of a 2-for-4 effort the following day vs. Indiana State ... Named to the MVC Championship All-Tournament Team after hitting .357 in MSU’s four victories ... Batted .314 (11-for-35) with five homers and 12 RBIs over the Bears’ last 11 contests ... Named to the MVC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll. 

Background: Zimmerman, a junior transfer from Cowley (Kan.) County Community College, joins the Bears after hitting .383 with four homers and 60 RBIs in his lone junior college campaign ... Captured all-conference and Region VI All-Tournament team honors for a Cowley club that finished third at the NJCAA Division I World Series in 2017 ... Also earned NJCAA Academic All-America laurels ... Spent his freshman campaign at Kansas State where he appeared in 37 games, hitting .216 with a home run and eight RBIs ... A two-time Oklahoma 6A All-State selection as a prep standout at Stillwater High School, Zimmerman hit .460 with 11 round-trippers and 60 RBIs as a senior after helping lead the Pioneers to a state championship as a junior in 2014.

Personal: Brooks Carter Zimmerman is the son of Pat and Susan Zimmerman ... Born Nov. 5, 1996, in Stillwater, Okla. ... Brother, Parker, played collegiate baseball at former Valley member Wichita State ... Plans to major in business at MSU.