2026 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2025 NCBWA Third-Team All-American
2025 First-Team All-Big South Conference
2024 Big South All-Tournament Team
Played his final collegiate season (2026) at LSU after playing three seasons (2023, 2024, 2025) at High Point ... came to LSU as a graduate student after earning his undergraduate degree at High Point and was named to the 2026 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
2026 Season (at LSU)
• Appeared in 26 games (19 starts), batting .265 (13-for-49) with four doubles, one homer, nine RBI and 10 runs
• 2-for-3 in LSU's SEC Tournament win over Oklahoma (May 19) with a pair of singles
• 2-for-5 vs. Florida (May 16) with two doubles and two runs scored
• Launched first career LSU homer – a solo shot – on April 14 vs. Northwestern State
At High Point 2023-25)
• Played three seasons (2023-25) at High Point, batting .323 (171-for-530) with 46 doubles, two triples, 37 homers, 136 RBI, 143 runs and 29 stolen bases
• Voted 2025 NCBWA Third-Team All-American and First-Team All-Big South Conference after hitting .389 (91-for-234) with 24 doubles, 22 homers, 78 RBI, 75 runs and 14 stolen bases … played both first base and third base during the season
• Finished among the Top 10 in the nation in 2025 in doubles (24), slugging percentage (.774), total bases (181) and RBI (78)
• Batted .300 in 2024 with 12 home runs, 18 doubles, two triples, 46 RBI, 60 runs and 14 steals in 15 attempts … hit two homers and had five RBI in the Big South Tournament against Charleston Southern
High School
• Played baseball at Cosby HS all four years under Head Coach Dean Grant… played basketball his junior and senior years for Head Coach Ron Carr and played one year of football his senior year under Head Coach Pete Mutascio
• In baseball, Simpson was selected to the 2022 first team All-State squad… voted the 2022 Virginia 6A Player of the Year… he also earned a spot on the 2022 first team All-Metro selection… in 2021 he was apart of the 6A Region Championship… he was voted the Cosby High School Male Athlete of the Year and was also a member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society and Varsity Club
Personal
Full name is Brayden Kealy Simpson … born on December 22, 2003 … he is the son of Brad and Jennifer Simpson … he has one sibling, Brooks … his father, Brad, played baseball at VCU and Longwood and his mother, Jennifer played tennis at Longwood.
Simpson’s LSU Career Highs
Hits: 2 twice; vs. Oklahoma (5/19/26 - SEC Tournament); vs. Florida (5/16/26)
Runs Scored: 2 twice; most recently vs. Florida (5/16/26)
Doubles: 2 vs. Florida (5/16/26)
Triples: none
Home Runs: 1 vs. Northwestern State (4/14/26)
RBI: 2 twice – at Ole Miss (4/12/26); vs. Notre Dame (2/21/26)