Brandon Larson

  • Award
    Field Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    5/1/2023
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • School
    UC San Diego
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    1B
  • Hometown
    Rocklin, Calif.
  • High School
    Rocklin HS

  • UC San Diego freshman Brandon Larson collected 10 RBI and scored five runs scored to help lead the Tritons to a sweep at Cal Poly and earn a first career Big West Field Player of the Week nod. Larson is the second UCSD slugger to earn an award this year, Michael Fuhrman in earning distinction (March 20). 

  • Larson knocked a home run in each of the Tritons’ four games for the week, including a 3-2 loss at USC on Tuesday. Larson recorded a 1.125 slugging percentage, going 6-for-16 with three walks and a .474 on-base percentage.  

  • The Tritons’ designated hitter drove in three runs in each of UC San Diego’s three games against the Mustangs to secure the series sweep. Larson blasted the go-ahead home runs in both Saturday and Sunday’s victories at Cal Poly.  

  • Larson’s 10 runs batted in moved him into a tie for second place in The Big West with 42 RBI on the season. 

  • Teaming up with southpaw Izaak Martinez this week, this marks the first time in program history a pair of UC San Diego baseball players has swept the pair of Big West weekly awards. The Tritons began their reclassification period to Division I and joined the league in July 2020.