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2026 Youngstown State Baseball Roster

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5 Brady Shannon

5 Brady Shannon

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    225
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Year:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Youngstown, Ohio
  • High School:
    Ursuline
  • Position:
    OF
  • Major:
    Marketing

Summary

Biography

2026 (R-Junior): Played in 50 games and made 48 starts… Made 36 starts in left field, 10 in center field and two at first base… Named Second-Team All-Horizon League… Batted .251 and slugged .560 with 44 hits, seven doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 35 RBIs… Recorded 22 walks, 39 runs scored, 98 total bases, a .348 on-base percentage and 12 stolen bases in 14 attempts… Tied for the Horizon League lead in home runs while ranking seventh in the league in slugging percentage… Led YSU in home runs, RBIs, runs scored and total bases… Registered nine multi-hit games and a team-high 10 multi-RBI performances… Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak… Committed four errors in 115 chances for a .965 fielding percentage… Credited with five assists and 106 putouts… Batted .318 and slugged .705 with two doubles, one triple, 10 home runs and 25 RBIs over 24 games in Horizon League play… Hit his first home run in the season opener at Auburn (2/13)… Belted his second homer at Oregon (2/19)… Hit his third home run and drove in two runs vs. Oakland (3/14)… Hit a home run and drove in three runs at Georgetown (3/20)… 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double and four RBIs at Northern Kentucky (3/27)… 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader at Oakland (4/17)… 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and three runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Oakland (4/17)… 2-for-2 with a home run and two runs scored vs. Northern Kentucky (5/3)… 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored vs. Eastern Michigan (5/6)… 2-for-5 with a home run and three runs scored vs. Milwaukee (5/8)… 2-for-5 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored vs. Milwaukee (5/10)… Hit a go-ahead three-run home run at Wright State (5/14)… 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases at Wright State (5/15).

2025 (R-Sophomore): Played in 47 games and made 43 starts… Made 16 starts in right field, 13 at first base, seven in left field and seven as the designated hitter… Batted .236 and slugged .461 with 39 hits, three doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 22 RBIs… Recorded 25 walks, 30 runs scored, 76 total bases, a .344 on-base percentage and 11 stolen bases in 15 attempts… Registered nine multi-hit games and four multi-RBI performances… Put together an eight-game hitting streak from March 7-18… Reached base safely in 17 consecutive contests at one point… Committed one error in 127 chances in the field for a .992 fielding percentage… Credited with five assists and 121 putouts while turning 11 double plays… Batted .258 and slugged .506 with 23 hits, two doubles, one triple, six home runs and 13 RBIs in 24 games played during Horizon League action… 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at UTSA (3/1)… 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, an RBI and a run scored in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Milwaukee (3/14)… 2-for-5 with two home runs vs. Milwaukee (3/15)… 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases at Wright State (3/28)… 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Wright State (3/29)… 2-for-3 with a walk-off, two-run home run and three runs scored vs. Oakland (5/10).

UCF: Played baseball for the Golden Knights in 2023…played in 25 games and made nine starts in the outfield as a true freshman…recorded seven hits, four runs scored and five RBIs…belted two home runs…registered three RBIs in his collegiate debut against Siena (2/17/23)…hit home runs in back-to-back games in his first two collegiate appearances…went 4-4 with a home run, a stolen base and two RBIs on opening weekend against Siena (2/18/23).

High School: Four-year letterwinner and three-sport athlete in football, baseball and basketball at Ursuline High School… Played baseball for the Fighting Irish under Head Coach Paul Kempe… Was ranked as the No. 4 outfielder and the No. 40 overall player in the state of Ohio for the class of 2022 by Perfect Game… Batted .300 with three home runs as a senior… Played summer/travel ball for Team Ohio Pro Select… Was rated as a three-star prospect on the football field by 247sports.com… Two-time All-Ohio Division IV selection at quarterback… Earned second-team honors as a senior and honorable-mention accolades as a junior… Passed for 2,829 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior… Rushed for 832 yards and added eight touchdowns… In 2021, led the Irish to their first state title game appearance since 2010… Completed 15 passes and had two touchdown tosses in the title game… Two-time all-conference selection at quarterback… Set school records for career passing yards and touchdowns… Played football for Head Coach Dan Reardon.

Personal: Parents are Dan and Kerry… Has an older brother (Nolan)… Also played quarterback on the YSU football team during the 2024 season… Major is marketing.

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  • 5

    2025Redshirt Sophomore

    OF
    6'2" 225 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2026Redshirt Junior

    OF
    6'2" 225 lbs
    5