2025 Youngstown State Baseball Roster
Brandon McClain-Banks
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Year:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Obama Academy
- Position:
- IF
- Major:
- Business Administration
2025 (R-Freshman): Played in 11 games and made three starts at third base… Batted .176 with three hits in 17 at bats… Recorded two walks, three runs scored and a .263 on-base percentage… Committed one error in 11 chances in the field for a .909 fielding percentage… Credited with eight assists and two putouts… Saw action in one game during Horizon League play.
2024 (Freshman): Did not see action in any games… Redshirted.
High School: Played for Coach Bill Helterbran at the Obama Academy of International Studies… Batted .538 with a .609 on-base percentage, a 1.404 OPS and 15 stolen bases in 2022… Participated in the 2021 Hank Aaron Invitational… Named a 2022 Perfect Game Preseason All-American… Ranked as the No. 54 overall player in Pennsylvania by Perfect Game… Ranked as the No. 500 overall player in the nation by Perfect Game… Played summer/travel ball for Pittsburgh Hardball Academy under Coach Nelson Cooper and Coach Brian Jacobson… Batted .360 with a .409 on-base percentage, a .956 OPS and 10 stolen bases during the summer of 2022.
Personal: Parents are Robert Banks and Tonya McClain... Has two brothers (Mercy and Hezekiah) and two sisters (Shakira and Jada)... Major is business administration... Recipient of the 2024-25 Wally Bell Memorial Scholarship and the 2024-25 Mrozek Scholarship.
