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<strong>UNIVERSITY</strong> JUNIOR PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES <strong>OF</strong> <strong>CONNECTICUT</strong><br />

2 0 0 8 U n i v e r s i t y o f C o n n e c t i c u t B a s e b a l l<br />

Dennis<br />

ACCOMANDO 44<br />

Junior » Pitcher<br />

Monroe, Conn. » Western Conn. State<br />

Height: 6-1 Weight: 181 Bats: L Throws: L<br />

Dale<br />

BRANNON<br />

Junior » Infielder<br />

St. Petersburg, Fla. » St. Petersburg HS<br />

Height: 6-1 Weight: 151 Bats: R Throws: R<br />

3<br />

2007 SEASON: Appeared in eight games logging 10.0 innings pitched and 12 strikeouts . . . had<br />

a season-high six strikeouts against Western Michigan (Mar. 8)... threw a perfect inning of relief<br />

against Georgetown (Apr. 28).<br />

2006 SEASON (at Western Connecticut State): Made nine appearances on the hill for the<br />

Colonials ... posted a 1-3<br />

record with a 3.90 earned<br />

run average ...collected<br />

26 strikeouts in 30 innings<br />

pitched.<br />

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year<br />

letterwinner for coach<br />

Ralph Franco at Masuk High<br />

School ... posted a .400<br />

batting average and was<br />

team captain as a senior...<br />

also was a member of the<br />

All-Star team and was an<br />

All-League selection as a<br />

senior.<br />

PERSONAL: A communications<br />

major... born July 16,<br />

1987.<br />

2007 SEASON: Led the team in sacrifice bunts (eight) and walks (31)... Appeared in and started<br />

59 games as a sophomore... recorded 62 hits for a .278 batting average ... had 36 runs scored<br />

and 23 runs batted in on the year... also had three doubles and one home run ....hit first ca-<br />

reer home run in a game against<br />

Northeastern (May 7) ...had six<br />

stolen bases on the year... went<br />

2-for-3 with a run scored at Western<br />

Carolina (Feb. 24)... went 2-<br />

for-5 with a run scored at South<br />

Alabama (Mar. 4).... recorded a<br />

season-high 3 hits against NYIT<br />

(Mar. 22)... went 2-for-5 with<br />

2 runs batted in against UMass<br />

(Apr. 10)... scored a season-high<br />

3 runs two times (Mar. 27 against<br />

Fairfield and Apr. 1 against South<br />

Florida).<br />

2006 SEASON: Appeared in 53<br />

games and 47 as a starter during<br />

freshman season... hit .268<br />

with four doubles, one triple and<br />

28 runs driven in… notched his<br />

first career hit in first game of the<br />

season in 2-0 win over Florida<br />

Atlantic (Feb. 25)… recorded his<br />

first career RBI the following day<br />

by driving home two in 9-1 win at Florida Atlantic (Feb. 26) … posted a career-high 4-for-4<br />

performance in an 11-9 loss at Pittsburgh (May 14) … drove home a career-high four runs in a<br />

15-3 win against Hartford (Apr. 26).<br />

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from St. Petersburg High School in St. Petersburg, Fla. ... earned four<br />

varsity letters under head coach Stefan Futch ... named first team All-State as a senior ... participated<br />

in the All-State All-Star game ... honored with St. Petersburg Times Player of the Year<br />

award ... three-time team MVP ... National Honor Society member ... brother Evan played at<br />

Florida Atlantic University and in the Baltimore Orioles system.<br />

PERSONAL: A resource economics major … born August 29, 1986 ... older brother, Nolan,<br />

played at Florida Atlantic University and in the Baltimore Orioles system, now coaches at Randolf<br />

Macon College in Ashland, Va.... older brother, Evan, plays at Division II University of Tampa.<br />

ACCOMANDO’S CAREER PITCHING STATS<br />

YEAR ERA W-L APP/GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO<br />

2006* 3.90 1-3 9/4 1 0 30.0 26 21 13 20 26<br />

2007 9.90 0-0 8/0 0 0 10.0 13 11 11 10 12<br />

CAREER 5.40 1-3 17/4 1 0 40.0 39 32 24 30 38<br />

* At Western Connecticut State<br />

BRANNON’S CAREER HITTING STATS<br />

YEAR AVG. GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA<br />

2006 .268 53/47 168 29 45 4 1 0 28 2-4<br />

2007 .278 59/59 223 36 62 3 0 1 23 6-11<br />

CAREER .274 112/106 391 65 107 7 1 1 51 8-15<br />

10<br />

2008 UCONN BASEBALL

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