Brandon received all-state accolades as both a junior and senior at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School ... batted .374 and slugged .463 as a junior en route to second-team all-state honors ... moved up to the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association First Team after batting .377 with two home runs and 37 runs batted in while helping lead team to state tournament appearance ... totaled 13 extra-base hits for a .525 slugging percentage ... defensively, recorded 154 putouts and threw out eight runners attempting to steal ... member of the National Honor Society