Oakland University Athletics

2023 (Junior):

• Won Horizon League Reliever of the Year and was First Team All-Conference after going 8-3 and tallying 5 saves, a 4.39 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 71 strikeouts over 69.2 innings, numbers that are even more impressive considering all 25 of his appearances came out of the bullpen
• Led the Horizon League with 5 saves, while his 8 wins were 2^nd-most and his 71 strikeouts were 5^th
• 8 wins are the most in a season since the program began competing at the NCAA Division I level in 1998
• Closed the final two games of the Youngstown State series on April 20 and 21, holding the Penguins to one run on two hits with six strikeouts across 5.1 innings over this span
• Picked up his final win of the campaign after firing 5.2 frames of one-run baseball with 5 strikeouts against the Wright State Raiders in the Horizon League Tournament on May 26

2022 (Sophomore):
- Leading the team with 27 appearances (two starts), the North Farmington product emerged as Oakland's closer and arguably the team's most valuable bullpen arm
- Posted a team-high four saves, a 4-4 record and a 43/18 K/BB ratio over 50.1 innings
- Earned the win in the March 30 road victory over the Big Ten Conference's (B1G) Michigan Wolverines by firing 3.2 innings of one-run, one-hit baseball with three strikeouts
- Sat down a career-best four on strikes in both the first game of the season (February 18 at Cal State Bakersfield) and May 27 against Youngstown State in the Horizon League Tournament

Concordia (2021):
• Appeared in 18 games (9th in school history) with two starts
• Posted 3-2 record with 38 strikeouts in 31.2 innings of work with a 5.12 ERA
 
High School:
• Three-year letterwinner for head coach Dominic Carnio
• 2019 All-District selection
• Also was three-year letterwinner in bowling and first team All-Conference selection in 2019-20
 
Top Athletic Performance
• Went 4-for-4 with two doubles, a triple and a walk-off home run
• 2019-20 bowling team high average (205.8) and most games won (16)
 
Academic Honors:
• Four-year Honor Roll selection
 
Personal:
Full name: Brandon Jeremy Decker
Birthdate: 7/10/2002
Parents: Cindy and Jeremy Decker
Mother graduated from Oakland in 1999
Siblings: Brother, Jackson | Sister, Brooklyn
Major: Integrated Studies
 
Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland:
1. Pursue dream of playing Division I baseball
2. Close to home
3. Great opportunity to play baseball at a high level