2024: Named a First Team All-CCIW pick as a DH ... Consistent starter at first base and designated hitter for the Vikings … Slash line of .336/.455/.484 with nine doubles, three home runs, 28 runs scored, and 34 RBI … Walked 11 times and drove four sac flys … Nine multi-hit games, including a 4-for-5 performance against Beloit … Fielded .990 with 191 putouts, 17 assists, and only two errors.
All-CCIW stats: The clutch hitter for NPU slashed .344 / .450 / .531 against CCIW pitching with six doubles and a pair of homers. He drove in 18 runners and scored 13 times while also swiping three bases. Platooning at first base, Bragg played perfectly in the infield, picking it at 1.000 with seven assists. He hit a game-tying home run against Carroll in the bottom of the eighth to help the Vikings secure a comeback win.
First career home run: March 16 against Beloit
2023: Appeared in 32 games for the Vikings, making 30 starts en route to First Team All-CCIW accolades … Held a slash line of .261/.331/.306 with 11 RBI and as many runs scored … Smacked five doubles … Fielded .987 with 201 putouts and 29 assists, including catching 13 runners stealing …
All-CCIW stats: Posted a league slash line of .352 / .417 / .407 with five runs scored, five RBI, and three doubles … Had five multi-hit games and cracked a pair of doubles in game two of the Elmhurst series … Shutting his opponents' running game down, Bragg led the CCIW with six runners caught stealing, carrying a .992 fielding percentage with 13 assists and only one error.
2022: Made 11 starts in 24 appearances … Carried a .283 batting average and .400 OBP over 46 ABs … Collected 13 hits with 2 doubles … Scored and drove in 6 runs … Picked up 3 hits, a double, and 2 RBI against Carroll (4/23) … Made 5 relief appearances, debuting on the mound against Southwestern (2/19) with 2 Ks in .2 shutout innings … Earned a win against Dominican (2/26), striking out 7 over 3.2 innings of work.
First NPU hit: April 15 against North Central
First NPU XBH: a double at Carroll on April 23
First NPU pitching strikeout: Feb. 19 at Southwestern (TX)
