pronounced ‘Van Cleeve’

• Morgantown All-Regional Team (2026)
• Baseball America National Team of the Week (Week 12, 5/4/26)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (May 4, 2026)
• Appalachian League Select Team (Summer 2026)
• Top 100 Freshman (Perfect Game, 2026)
• No. 76 freshman on campus (D1 baseball)

2026 SUMMER

Played for Johnson City in the Appalachian League…Was named to the Appalachian League Select Team that faced the United States Collegiate National Team…Used the summer mostly as a tune-up and slashed .346/.433/.654 across 26 at bats…Collected two doubles and two homers with nine RBI and had a 1.087 OPS.

2026

Appeared in 29 games with 23 starts…Slashed .274/.337/.516 with 14 runs, five doubles, six home runs, 27 RBI and five steals…Walk-off, two-out grand slam to beat Vanderbilt ignited his season…Batted .333 with a double, homer and six RBI in return to lineup after breaking his orbital home and undergoing surgery just two weeks earlier…Had eight multi-RBI games and season-long 10-game hit streak…Batted .333 versus left-handers and .378 in home games…Registered a hit in 18 of final 19 games.

HIGH SCHOOL
Missed his senior season with an injury but had received Preseason All-America honors…Perfect Game ranked him the No. 273 overall player in the Class of 2025, No. 59 outfielder and No. 25 player from Texas…Prep Baseball Report ranked him No. 128 overall and the No. 11 player from talent-rich Texas…Was a Super 60 participant…Played for Randy Davis at Mansfield HS…District champions in 2024 and Bi-District Champs in 2023 and 24…First Team All-State in 2024 after being named Second Team All-State in 2023…Area Codes All-Tournament Team (2023)…first Team All-District in football as well…

PERSONAL
Full name is Braxton Lee Van Cleave …Son of Nathanial and RyAnn…Has two brothers, Brock and Brycen…His father, uncles and aunts were all college athletes…Graduated Magna cum laude…Born with a clubbed foot and was told he would not be able to run…Major is Business Management.