Brett Sears Season 2023

Honors & Awards
• Second-Team All-American - D1Baseball, Baseball America, ABCA/Rawlings, NCBWA, Perfect Game (2024)
• Second-Team Academic All-American (2024)
• First-Team All-Region (2024)
• District 6 Player of the Year (2024)
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Year (2024)
• First-Team All-Big Ten (2024)
• Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist (2024)
• National Pitcher of the Year Semifinalist (2024)
• NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (2024)
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (2024)
• CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022, 2023; Spring 2023, 2024)
• Silver Medallion Recipient (2023)

2024
Drafted in the seventh round of the 2024 MLB Draft with the No. 221 overall selection by the Atlanta Braves. • Tabbed a unanimous second-team All-American by D1Baseball, Baseball America, ABCA/Rawlings, NCBWA and Perfect Game. • Earned second-team academic All-American accolades, becoming the first NU baseball player to be an Academic All-American since 2016. • Received first-team all-region honors and named District 6 Player of the Year. • Was the Big Ten’s Pitcher of the Year and First-Team All-Big Ten selection. • Named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and National Pitcher of the Year. • Posted a 9-1 record with a 2.16 ERA and 101 strikeouts in 104 innings. • Limited opposing hitters to a .191 hitting clip. • Finished fourth nationally with a 0.88 WHIP, fifth in ERA (2.16), 19th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.32), 20th in hits allowed/9 inn. (6.23) and 24th in walks allowed/9 inn. (1.64). • Became the first NU pitcher since at least 1999 to reach a 9-0 record on the mound. • First Husker hurler with 100-plus strikeouts since 2008 after compiling 101 punchouts, which ranks ninth-most in program history. • Tied for eighth in program history with 104 innings pitched in 2024. • Named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week and NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week after dealing two-hit complete-game shutout with a career-high 10 strikeouts vs. Ohio State.

2023
Made 11 relief appearances in debut season at Nebraska. • Posted a 5.29 ERA. • Totaled 23 strikeouts in 17 innings. • Pitched a season-high four innings against South Dakota State, followed by three-inning outing vs. North Dakota State and 2.2 innings at Iowa. • Had six outings with multiple strikeouts, highlighted by a seven-strikeout performance vs. South Dakota State. • Posted four strikeouts against North Dakota State. 

Iowa Central CC
Brett Sears joins the Huskers after playing two seasons at Western Illinois and one year at Iowa Central CC. • Earned NJCAA Division 2 Third Team All-American recognition at Iowa Central in 2022. • Tallied an 11-3 record with six complete-games in 14 starts. • Recorded a 3.06 ERA with 114 strikeouts in 85.1 innings of work.  • Had seven outings of at least eight strikeouts, including a season-high 18 strikeouts in seven innings at Moraine Valley CC. 

Western Illinois
Appeared in 11 games at WIU, making 10 starts. • Posted a 2-5 record and a 6.84 ERA with one complete-game. • Totaled 31 strikeouts in 50 innings. • Had three outings of at least six innings with the Leathernecks.

Personal
Born on May 2, 2000. • Parents are Chad and Janelle Sears. • Has two brothers, Dillon and Cade. • Brother, Dillon, played baseball for five seasons at Western Illinois in 2018-22. • Majoring in human development and family science.