Outlook

Colin Brueggemann is ranked 214th on the 2022 Perfect Game USA Top 500 JUCO Prospect List ... Is a mentally tough kid who works extremely hard … Does not settle for mediocre .. A great person, great worker and great baseball player with a high baseball IQ ...  Will be one of the top freshmen in the country and a pro prospect … Has a big league frame and big league tools … Will attend Oklahoma State University in 2022-23.

Freshman Year 2022

Selected first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division and second-team All-Region 6/Plains District at first base … Also voted team MVP and was selected the JCCC Male Athlete of the Year ... Played in and started 58 games … Batted .372 (74-for-199) with 15 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs, 50 runs scored and drove in 74 runs … Led the team, ranked second in the conference, and tied for seventh in the NJCAA in home runs … His 21 home runs are the third most recorded in a season in team history … Led the team, ranked third in the conference and tied for 19^th in the NJCAA in RBI … His 74 RBI rank as the sixth best season at JCCC … Also led the team in multiple-RBI games with 20 which ties for sixth on the season, and was third on the team in multiple-hit games with 23 … His 37 total extra base hits tie for sixth at JCCC … Opened his career with two hits including a solo home run in a 10-9 loss to nationally ranked Crowder (2-10-22) … Had a two-run double and a solo homer in a 13-0 win over Southwestern (2-20-22) … Started an eight-game hit streak with a single and a double in a 14-2 win over Ellsworth (3-26-22) … Had a single and a double with an RBI in a 3-2 win over Lake Land in the first game of a double header, and followed with another single and double with two RBI in an 8-2 in the second game (3-3-22) … Hit .500 (13-for-26) over the streak with four doubles, six runs scored and seven driven in … Had another eight-game hit streak March 19-26 … Hit .448 (13-for-29) over the streak with one double, four home runs, eight runs and 11 driven in … Had a single and homer with three RBI in an 8-7 win over Neosho County (3-19-22), and recorded a single, double, and home run to drove in three in a 12-10 win at Fort Scott (3-25-22) … Tied a single game record with three home runs to drive in four runs in a 6-1 win at Pratt (3-31-22) … Belted two homers and drove in five runs in a 14-12 win at Benedictine JV (5-5-22) … Had a two-run shot to help JCCC to a 10-4 win over Highland (4-10-22) … Had a double, home run, scored twice and drove in four in an 8-4 win at Labette in the first game of the twin bill, and followed with two doubles, home run, four runs scored and four RBI in a 22-0 win over the Cardinals in the second game (4-28-22) … That came during a season-long 11-game hit streak which he hit .477 (21-for-44) with seven doubles, a triple, six home runs, 15 runs scored and 22 driven in from April 24 through May 11 … Blasted a three-run home run in a 14-5 win over Cloud County in the Region VI/Plains District Tournament (5-19-22) … Had at least one RBI in each of his final 16 games on the season including two four RBI games, two three RBI games and four games with two driven in.

High School

Was a two-year starter for coach Drew Gericke at Freeburg Community High School, Freeburg, Ill. … Selected the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Baseball Player of the Year his senior season … Selected first-team 2A All-State by the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association and first-team All-State by Prep Baseball Report in 2021 … Was a two-time Cahokia-Mississippi Division All-Conference first-team selection … As a senior, helped the Midgets finish 36-3 and win the second state championship in program history and first since 1989 … Led the St. Louis area in home runs (12) and RBI (60) as a senior, and scored 47 runs, stole 11 bases, struck out only nine times in 156 plate appearances and finished with a batting average of .478, an on-base percentage of .521 and a slugging percentage of .910 … On the hill finished 9-0 with a 2.12 ERA, 47 strikeouts in 46.1 innings pitched … First player to lead the area in home runs and finish in the top four in wins on the mound since 2008 when Jake Odorizzi, a Highland High standout and current MLB pitcher, achieved the same feat … Drove in a season high five runs to help Freeburg bounce back from. A seven-run deficit to beat Harrisburg in the 2A Carbondale Super-Sectional … In the seven do-or-die playoff games, he went 15-for-30 with 15 RBI and picked up two wins in three games pitched in the playoffs … Drove in two runs in the semifinal round and was 3-for-4 with an RBI in the final … Also was a two-year starter and three-time letter winner in basketball … Was a two-time all-conference performer, and was selected honorable mention All-State his senior year. 

Personal

Born Colin Jospeh Brueggemann on March 13, 2003, in Belleville, Ill., … Nickname is Bruggy … Son of Dean and Tara Brueggemann … His father was a sixth round draft of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft by the Colorado Rockies, and played eight years in professional baseball … In 1995 he was selected in the 35^th round by the St. Louis Cardinals … Major is undecided … Also recruited by Southern Illinois University, St. Louis University and Murray State University and Jefferson College … Favorite foods are cheeseburgers and pizza … Favorite fast food restaurant is Raising Cane’s … Favorite TV show is The Simpsons … Favorite sports movie is Semi Pro … Favorite actor is Will Ferrell … Favorite book is Harry Potter … Favorite music entertainer is Luke Combs … Favorite cartoon character is Homer Simpson … Favorite athlete is Tom Brady …. Favorite sports team is the St. Louis Cardinals … Favorite sports moments were winning state his senior year, and going 3-for-3 on ESPN after dislocating his shoulder … Best player he has played against is Vincent Trapani, a right-handed pitcher who has committed to the Arkansas Razorbacks.