Outlook

Brandon Stone is a big right-hander that has a fastball that sits in the low 90s, a tight slider, a curve ball, and a change-up that he can locate low in the zone ... Signed with the University of South Carolina.

Freshman Year 2024

Named All-America first-team by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings … Also ranked as the No. 1 JUCO pitcher by Dream Big Athletics … Ranked 17^th on Prep Baseball Report’s 2024 MLB Draft Top 50 JUCO Prospects … Earned Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference first-team and was selected the Pitcher of the Year … He is the third JCCC player to be selected conference pitcher of the year … Also selected All-Region 6 first-team … Appeared in and started 18 games … Finished 14-1 with 113 strikeouts over 104 and one-third innings with an earned run average of 3.28 … Held batters to a .224 average … His 113 strikeouts are new team season record and tied for 14^th all-time in conference history …His 14 victories set both team and conference records … Led the conference in strikeouts, victories and innings pitched, and ranks fourth in ERA and eighth in strikeouts/9 at 9.75 … Nationally ranked first in victories and tied for seventh in strikeouts … Earned a victory his debut allowing one run on two hits with four strikeouts over four innings ina 13-1 triumph at Amarillo (2-4-24) … Scattered five hits with one run and seven strikeouts in a 10-1 win over Southwestern (2-18-24) … Allowed one run on two hits and struck out three over four innings in a 19-1 blowout over Moberly Area (2-24-24) … Improved to 5-0 with an 11 strikeout performance over seven innings in an 11-1 win at Neosho County (3-9-24) … Allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeouts over five innings in a 9-2 win against Dodge City (3-21-24) … Struck out eight batters over seven innings to earn a 6-2 win over Highland (3-28-24) … Surrendered eight hits but only two runs with seven strikeouts over six and one-third innings in a 5-3 victory at Coffeyville (4-4-24) … Followed with a seven inning, two-hit shutout, striking out five in a 18-0 blowout over Allen (4-11-24) … Was selected the KJCCC East Pitcher of the Week for week 11 following that effort …Matched his season high of 11 strikeouts over six innings in an 11-2 win at Labette (4-17-24) ... Mowed down 10 batters over seven innings in a 9-2 victory over Pratt in the opening round of the Region 6/Plains District Tournament (5-10-24) … Logged a season-high nine innings allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits with eight strikeouts for a complete-game 7-4 win over Kansas City Kansas in Wichita (5-16-24) … Was the winning pitcher in a 14-6 victory over Hutchinson in the championship game (5-19-24) … Allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits with four strikeouts over five and one-third innings … Was 3-0 in the tournament with 22 strikeouts in 21 and one-third innings of work … Was selected to the Region 6/Plains District All-Tournament Team … Allowed four runs, three earned, off six hits with five strikeouts over five innings to earn the win in a 14-4 triumph over Shelton State in the opening round of the NJCAA World Series … His five innings tied for the fourth longest outing by a JCCC pitcher in World Series play.

High School  

Was a three-year starter for coach Todd Reed at Shawnee Mission West High School, Overland Park, Kan. … Graduated 2023 … Rated the No. 2 overall recruit in the state of Kansas and No. 1 right-handed pitcher in the state according to Perfect Game … Rated the No. 288 overall recruit nationally and No. 90 right-hander by Perfect Game … Rated No. 5 best recruit in the state of Kansas by Prep Baseball Report in the fall 2023 rankings … Selected Central Region All-High School Senior All-America first-team by Perfect Game as a senior … Was the only two-year college commit to be make their first-team … Selected Kansas 6A All-State first-team and All-Sunflower League first-team as a senior … Named the Sunflower League Pitcher of the Year and was a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee … Hurled two complete-game shutouts during the season … Tallied 81 strikeouts, the most in a season since pitch limits were placed on pitchers … Finished 4-3 with a 2.32 earned run average over 56.1 innings pitched … Hurled a seven-inning perfect game for his club team the Rawlings Tigers in 2022.

Personal  

Born Brandon Thomas Stone on November 1, 2004, in Lenexa, Kan. … Son of Chris and Jo Ann Stone … His mother played basketball at MidAmerica Nazarene University … Major is undecided … Also recruited by Louisiana State University, Oklahoma State University, Oregon State University, University of Tennessee and Wichita State University … Favorite food is filet mignon … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-A … Favorite restaurant is Olive Garden … Favorite TV shows are Suits and Duck Dynasty … Favorite sports movies are Happy Gilmore, For Love of the Game and Major League … Favorite actor is Adam Sandler … Favorite book is Percy Jackson … Favorite music entertainers are Morgan Wallen and Luck Combs … Favorite athletes are Nolan Ryan and Michael Jordan … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Steelers … Best athletic moment was throwing a perfect game in summer ball … Notable alumni from his school are actors Paul Rudd and Jason Sudeikis.