Brandon earned first-team all-section honors three times ... compiled a 15-7 record over those three seasons, notching 125 strikeouts as a junior and 84 K's in 57.1 innings pitched as a senior in leading Pine Island to the Class AA state title ... also hit .407 and drove in 21 runs during his senior campaign, when he was honored on the all-state team and earned a spot on the South team for the Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Series ... competed in four sports at the prep level ... member of the National Honor Society