#18 Mason Braun Season 2026

No. 20 – 2026 Perfect Game Top 100 College Freshmen
No. 1 – Perfect Game Nation’s Best High School First Basemen
No. 1 – Perfect Game Best High School Players in the state of Indiana
No. 64 – Perfect Game Nation’s Best Overall High School Players

High School
Named by Perfect Game as the nation’s No. 1 high school first baseman and the No. 64 best overall high school player in the nation … Voted 2025 Class 4A First-Team All-State at Penn High, which is located in Granger, Ind. … participated in the 2025 MLB Draft Combine and launched the longest home run – a 430-foot shot – and tied for the most 400-foot blasts in the combine with three.

Personal
Full name is Mason Brett Braun … born March 2, 2007, in Carmel, Ind. … parents and Scott and Nicole Braun; Dad is a salesman, Mom is an occupational therapist … Dad played baseball and Southern Indiana and Mom played softball at Southern Indiana … has one older sibling, Tyson … chose to attend LSU because of “the coaching staff and the level of expectations everyone has to be the absolute best version of themselves.”