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3 Brendan Hughes

  • Position 1B/P
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Park Ridge, N.J.
  • Highschool Park Ridge

Biography

Honors
• All-Region V first team, 2025
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2023, 2024 and 2025
• All-Centennial Conference first team, 2023 (1B) and 2025 (P)
• Centennial Conference player of the week, 2025

Career Statistics
Year GP GS   Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Slg OBP
2022 17 5   .154 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .154 .267
2023 37 34   .349 129 23 45 11 0 3 35 2 .504 .376
2024 38 38   .285 130 23 37 5 1 4 24 1 .431 .387
2025 39 39   .329 161 17 53 18 2 3 39 2 .522 .381
Totals 131 116   .316 433 63 137 34 3 10 100 5 .478 .378

Career Highs
hits – 5 vs. Rutgers-Newark, 2025
RBI – 6 vs. Swarthmore, 2023
 
Career Highlights
2024
• Doubled as a first baseman/DH and pitcher for the second straight year, starting every game but one
• Second on the Mules in hits, home runs and RBI and fourth in batting average
• Had 10 multiple-hit games
• Belted home runs in back-to-back games vs. Springfield and TCNJ
• Went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and 3 RBI vs. Washington College
• Also homered at Haverford
• Was 5-for-6 with two doubles, run scored and two RBI in split with New Jersey City
• Scored 3 runs and knocked in 2 in 9-4 win vs. Gwynedd Mercy
• Second on the staff with 8 games started
• Pitched 6 innings vs. Dickinson and fanned 7 Washington College batters in final start

2023
• Established himself as one of the Mules’ most valuable players
• Led the team in RBI, tied for the team lead in hits and was second in doubles and slugging
• His 35 RBI tied for the eighth-most in a season in team history and were the most ever by a Muhlenberg sophomore
• Hit .395 in Centennial Conference games and was second in the league with 8 doubles in league games
• Batted .421 over the final 18 games of the season, hitting safely in 16 of them
• Had seven straight multiple-hit games in one stretch
• Went 4-for-5 and drove in 6 runs in win vs. defending CC champion Swarthmore
• Belted home runs in back-to-back games vs. Dickinson and Neumann
• First career home run came at McDaniel
• Hit walkoff two-run double in the ninth inning vs. TCNJ
• Went 3-3 in eight appearances on the mound
• Pitched season-high 4.1 innings, allowing one hit and no runs, to earn win vs. Springfield
• Tossed 2 hitless innings in relief to pick up win vs. Gettysburg
• Fanned season-high 4 in 4 innings at St. Mary’s

2022
• Was second on the staff with 13 appearances as a freshman
• Made two starts and struck out 27 in 25.2 innings
• Earned first career win with 3 innings of scoreless relief vs. Ursinus
• Fanned two in scoreless inning at Gallaudet in first career appearance
• Struck out all three batters he faced to finish up 14-4 win at Haverford
• Also started three games at third base and went 2-for-13 at the plate
• Drove in run vs. St. Lawrence with first career hit

Personal
• Served as team captain in baseball and football at Park Ridge High School
• Named New Jersey Interscholastic Conference player of the year playing shortstop and pitcher as a senior
• Played wide receiver and linebacker in football, earning all-state honors two
• Also a district placewinner in wrestling
• Parents are Brian and Cheryl Hughes
• Born, Oct. 23, 2002
• A double major in accounting and finance

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2022Freshman

    P/3B
    6'0" 200 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2023Sophomore

    P/3B
    6'0" 200 lbs
    30
  • 3

    2024Junior

    P/3B
    6'0" 200 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2025Senior

    1B/P
    6'0" 200 lbs
    3