2014 Baseball Roster
Roster
Brett Bass
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Millard West/Iowa Western CC
Honors and Awards
•Two-time All-Summit (2nd team - 2013, 2014)
•Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2012-13, 2013-14)
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2013-14)
•Summit League Player of the Week (April 8, 2013)
As a Senior (2014)
Second-team All-Summit as a designated hitter...Hit .299 with 25 runs scored, 32 RBI, nine doubles, a triple and a home run...Put together a team-best 24-game hitting streak from April 6 to May 15...Had 12 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI performances...Went 2-for-3 with career-best three RBI vs. Chicago State (Feb. 28)...Matched that performance vs. Dartmouth (March 18)...Finished 3-for-5 with a run scored at Bradley (April 19)...Had a 2-for-4 day with a career-high-matching three RBI at Creighton (April 22)...Smashed his first career home run vs. Fort Wayne (May 9)...Named to the Summit League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Junior (2013)
Second-team All-Summit as a designated hitter...Hit .301 with 26 runs scored, five doubles, 22 RBI and a team-leading 11 stolen bases...His 59 hits for the season ranked third in the Summit League...Tied with fellow Maverick Ryan Keele for a team-best 18 multi-hit games...Honored as Summit League Player of the Week on April 8 after leading the Mavericks to a perfect 4-0 weekend to open conference play...Had three multi-hit performances in that span, hitting .529 with three RBI, two runs, four walks and three stolen bases for the week...Matched his season high of three hits on five occasions...Went 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI at Iowa (March 16)...Finished 3-for-4 with a double and two runs driven in at Northern Colorado (March 22)...Had a 3-for-5 day with two runs scored at Oakland (April 7), finishing 5-for-8 in the OU doubleheader...Tallied a 3-for-5 effort with a triple, three runs scored and two RBI vs. North Dakota State (April 28)...Went 3-for-4 with a run scored vs. South Dakota State (May 16)...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Iowa Western CC
Played two seasons for Coach Mark Rardin...As a sophomore, helped the Reivers to a national championship at the JUCO World Series and was a first-team All-ICCAC selection...Missed most of his freshman year due to injury, but was a member of the IWCC squad that finished third at the JUCO World Series.
Millard West High School
Lettered three years for Coach Frank Ryan...Two-time all-state selection, earning first-team honors as a senior (2010) and second-team recognition as a junior (2009)...Selected as Metro Conference Player of the Year and the Class A All-State captain in his senior campaign...Two-time All-Metro pick...Honorable mention all-state as a sophomore (2008) and helped the Wildcats to a state runner-up finish...Member of the honor roll.
Personal
Born Dec. 7, 1991 to Ben and Kim Bass in Omaha, Neb....Has two brothers, Brandon and Benjamin...Brandon played baseball at Oklahoma State...Hobbies include fishing and drawing...Earned his associate's degree in general studies in May 2012...Majoring in studio art and hopes to pursue a career in advertising.
