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2024 Baseball Roster

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3 Brent Widder

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Sheboygan, Wis.
  • Highschool Sheboygan North HS

Biography

First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference Infielder (2022)
Northwoods League Mid-Season All-Star for the Wausau Woodchucks (2022)
Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference Infielder (2023)
#20 2023 MLB Draft Prospect by D1Baseball.com
 
2023
  • Battled an assortment of injuries to play in 53 games with 51 starts for UE at third base and designated hitter
  • Hit .231 overall with six doubles, two triples, five home runs, 28 RBI and 31 runs scored
  • Battled a wrist injury for much of the year following a HBP against Purdue in mid-March
  • Also suffered a high-ankle sprain against #14 Indiana State in late April that limited his play in the field down the stretch
  • Still hit safely in five of UE’s six games in the MVC Tournament, going 6-for-21 (.286) with a pair of doubles
  • Hit safely in every MVC series in which he played more than one game (only played one game vs. #14 Indiana State and DNP at Illinois State); Has hit safely in every career MVC series in which he has played multiple games on a weekend
  • Had 11 multi-hit games, including nine two-hit games and a pair of three-hit contests
  • Went 3-for-4 and finished a triple shy of the cycle in his first game back following his high ankle sprain against Bradley (5/12/23) as designated hitter
  • Also went a season-best 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI against Valparaiso (4/8/23)
  • Homered and drove in a season-best four RBI at Bellarmine (3/15/23)
  • Hit home runs in back-to-back games at SIUE (3/22/23) and Missouri State (3/25/23)
  • UE is 11-2 all-time in games in which Widder homers
  • Will bring a modest three-game hitting streak into the 2024 season
  • Played summer baseball for the Wausau Woodchucks of the Northwoods League again
  • Played in 36 games, hitting .301 with nine doubles and 18 RBI, while owning a .417 on-base percentage with 23 walks against just 16 strikeouts in 136 at-bats 
2022
  • Earned First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors as an infielder
  • Started all 56 games at both second base and third base for UE
  • Made the move to third base on April 1, and started the final 32 games at the hot corner
  • UE was 22-10 with Widder at third base, and he committed only three errors in 93 chances at third base
  • Finished third on the team with a .303 average, while adding 11 doubles, seven home runs and 42 RBI
  • Third on the squad with 21 multi-hit games, including 16 two-hit contests and five three-hit games
  • Added 10 multi-RBI games, including six two-RBI, two three-RBI and two five-RBI games
  • Drove in a career-best five RBI at Missouri State (4/16/22 – Game 2) and at Indiana State (4/23/22)
  • Had his first career multi-home run game with two home runs in UE’s 14-0 win at Indiana State (4/23/22)
  • Had UE’s longest hitting streak of the season with a 17-game streak from 4/5/22 against Indiana to 5/7/22 against Illinois State
  • Did not go more than two games without a base hit the entire season
  • Hit safely in 18 of UE’s 20 MVC contests, collecting a multi-hit game in five of UE’s seven series
  • UE was 6-0 in the six contests in which Widder hit home runs
  • Named to the Northwoods League’s Mid-Season All-Star Game as a member of the Wausau Woodchucks
2021
  • Made the move from shortstop to second base in his first full season of college baseball
  • Played and started in 51 games on the UE infield
  • Hit .246 with 10 doubles, a triple, two home runs and 17 RBI
  • Second on the team with 37 runs scored
  • Fifth on the team with 11 multi-hit games (9 two-hit games, one three-hit game, and one four-hit game)
  • Had six multi-RBI contests (all two-RBI games)
  • Went a career-best 4-for-7 with a run scored and two RBI against Illinois State in the MVC Tournament (5/25/21)
  • Hit his first collegiate home run at #12 Georgia (2/20/21)
  • Belted his first MVC home run against Indiana State (5/21/21)
  • Had a multi-hit game in five of UE’s seven MVC series
  • Helped UE to a .977 fielding percentage and helped turn 46 double plays
2020
  • UE’s every-game starter at shortstop, playing and starting all 16 games
  • Hit .186 with a double, a triple, and five RBI
  • Had three multi-hit games, including recording a three-hit game in his second collegiate contest at Tennessee Tech (3-for-4, two runs, a triple - 2/15/20)
  • Went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI in UE’s home-opener against Butler at historic Bosse Field in downtown Evansville (2/28/20)
  • Also went 2-for-4 with an RBI at Charleston (3/6/20)
  • Produced his first multi-RBI game with two RBI against Butler (3/1/20)
PREP
  • Outstanding multi-sport athlete at Sheboygan North High School
  • Rated as the #7 shortstop in Wisconsin (and 31st-best player overall) by Perfect Game
  • Two-time all-conference selection in baseball
  • Also an outstanding basketball player who was named honorable mention all-state as a senior
  • Averaged over 24 points, seven rebounds and three assists per game as a senior, while also being named to the league’s all-defensive team
  • Also averaged over 20 points per game and shot over 45 percent from three-point range as a junior, while being named the 2018 Sheboygan Press Player of the Year
PERSONAL
  • Son of Kelli and Scott Widder
  • Has a younger brother, Drew
  • His dad, Scott, played tennis at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville
  • Graduated from UE last May with a degree in Finance and is currently pursuing a Master's in Leadership
  • Grew up playing competitive tennis around the country until he found his passion for baseball
  • Ranked as high as fourth in the state of Wisconsin in tennis in grade school
  • Lists basketball as his second-best sport
  • Favorite food is steak
  • Hopes to work in sports when his playing days are done
  • Also is a solid golfer
  • Wears the #3 because it is the same number that his younger brother wears

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2020Freshman

    Infielder
    6'0" 170 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2021Freshman

    Infielder
    6'0" 170 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2022Junior

    Infielder
    6'0" 200 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2023Senior

    Infielder
    6'0" 195 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024Graduate Student

    Infielder
    6'0" 195 lbs
    3
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