College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the season with our 2014 Top 100 College Baseball Players. Today, we continue the countdown at number 36 with Arkansas infielder/outfielder Brian Anderson. The Edmond, Oklahoma native attended Deer Creek High School where he finished his senior season with a .509 batting average with 61 runs, 17 doubles and five triples. He was named first-team all-Edmond honors in 2010 and 2011 while being named all-city, all-state, and Suburban Conference Player of the Year in 2011.
As a freshman in 2012, he appeared in 47 games, including 33 starts, hitting .283 with two homers and 11 RBI and finishing third on the team with a .396 on-base percentage. He played the summer of 2012 in the Northwoods League with the Lakeshore Chinooks while hitting .290 with five home runs and 18 RBI, while also compiling a .300 on-base percentage.
His sophomore season saw him start 59 games while hitting a team high .325 while tying for the team lead with four homers and 36 RBI. He was also the team leader in runs scored (47), hits (68), doubles (12), triples (5), total bases (102), slugging percentage (.488), walks (41) and on-base percentage (.448). He was named second team All-SEC for his strong 2013 campaign.
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