2010: One of two Spartans to play in all 51 games…started 50 times…led NSU and tied for eighth in the MEAC with eight home runs…also ranked in the MEAC’s top 10 in doubles (15, tied for fourth), walks (29, fifth) and slugging percentage (.564, eighth)…second on the team in both RBI (36) and doubles, trailing only Chris Joyce in both categories…finished the season with a .326 batting average…stole 10 bases for the season, a career best…his 29 walks led the Spartans…recorded 15 multi-hit games…had his first career two-homer game in the tie with FAMU in Savannah State Classic (2-27-10), belting a pair of solo shots in a 3-for-4 effort…went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and two RBI in the win over Georgetown (3-2-10)…had a monster day in NSU’s doubleheader sweep of N.C. Central, going 7-for-10 (3-10-10)…had five RBI, scored six runs, doubled four times (twice in each game) and hit a pair of homers (both coming in Game 2)…had 12 total bases, tied for most in the MEAC in a single game in 2010, in the second game vs. NCCU…tied his career high with four hits in five at-bats in that contest, while knocking in a career-best four runs…hit home runs in his first two at-bats in the nightcap vs. NCCU, smacking a solo shot in the first inning and a two-run shot in the third…named the Black College Baseball Player of the Week for his performance vs. NCCU…proceeded to knock in three more runs in NSU’s next game, a 12-5 win over Old Dominion (3-23-10)…hit a solo homer in the first game at N.C. A&T (3-27-10)…hit a two-run homer in the 16-13 loss to Coppin State, his first at home during the season (4-3-10)…had a 3-for-5 effort in the first game of the doubleheader at Bethune-Cookman (4-17-10)…hit a solo shot in the second game of a doubleheader at Longwood (4-21-10)…matched his season and career-best with four RBI in a loss to Savannah State (4-30-10)…finished that one 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles…hit a two-run homer in the loss to Campbell (5-11-10)…batted 6-for-13 with five runs scored in NSU’s four MEAC Tournament games.
2009: Ranked second on the team and13th in the MEAC with a .348 batting average…played in 42 games, starting 41…was second among the Spartans with 11 doubles…also tripled once, homered once and drove in 23 runs…was perfect (5-for-5) on stolen-base attempts…had 17 multi-hit games…was 6-for-13 in the season-opening HBCU tournament at Savannah State, going 3-for-5 against N.C. Central (2-21-09) and knocking in a season-best three runs in the first game against SSU (2-22-09)…was 2-for-5 with three runs scored in the first win over Coppin State (3-31-09)…went 4-for-11 in the three-game series with Bethune-Cookman (4-11 and 4-12-09)…doubled twice en route to a 3-for-5, three-run effort at CSU (4-13-09)…had a team-best 12-game hitting streak beginning with the second Delaware State game (4-18-09) through the Hofstra series (5-10-09)…started off the stretch by going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double against DSU…had a total of nine multi-hit games during the streak, during which he batted .521…was 2-for-3 with a homer, three runs scored and two RBI in the series finale at FAMU (5-2-09)…followed that up with a torrid 10-for-12 (.833) series against Hofstra…was a perfect 7-for-7 in the doubleheader with Hofstra on 5-9-09, scoring six runs and knocking in five…matched his season high with three RBI in the first game against the Pride, then had a career-high four hits and four runs scored in the nightcap…selected to play with the Catawba Valley (N.C.) Stars of the Carolina-Virginia College Summer League for the second year in a row…named to the CVCL all-star team.
2008: Started 29 games and appeared in 38 in his first year…batted .248 with eight doubles, one home run and 21 RBI…named MEAC Rookie of the Week twice (3-31-08 and 4-7-08)…committed just one error at first base…had nine multi-hit games and five with two RBI…was 2-for-4 in both games against Longwood (3-5-08 and 4-23-08)…batted 2-for-4 with an RBI in the win over ODU (3-26-08)…went 4-for-11 with two doubles, one homer and five RBI in the series sweep of Coppin State (3-29-08 and 3-31-08)…was 2-for-5 with a double and his first career home run, a two-run shot, in the finale against CSU…also knocked in two runs and was 2-for-3 against Virginia State (4-3-08)…had a season-high three hits in five at-bats with a double and two RBI against UMES (4-24-08)…also had two hits in games against Delaware State (4-19-08), Savannah State (4-26-08) and Gardner-Webb (5-11-08)…played with the Catawba Valley (N.C.) Stars of the Carolina-Virginia College Summer League.
High School: Batted .484 with five home runs and 21 RBI as a senior…named first team All-Jefferson District as a junior and senior…team MVP as a senior…batted .324 with 16 RBI as a junior…a three-year varsity player.
Personal: Brandon Guy Hairston was born on June 9, 1989…son of Bernard and Gwen Hairston…majoring in exercise science.
Hairston's Career Hitting Stats
|
YEAR
|
AVG
|
GP-GS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
TB
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB-ATT
|
|
2008 |
.248 |
38-29 |
113 |
18 |
28 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
21 |
39 |
11 |
35 |
0-0 |
|
2009
|
.348
|
42-41
|
155
|
38
|
54
|
11
|
1
|
1
|
23
|
70
|
22
|
25
|
5-5
|
|
2010
|
.326
|
51-50
|
181
|
37
|
59
|
15
|
2
|
8
|
36
|
102
|
29
|
24
|
10-12
|
|
Totals
|
.314
|
131-120
|
449
|
93
|
141
|
34
|
3
|
10
|
80
|
211
|
62
|
84
|
15-17
|
