Honors and Awards
- 2021: Pac-12 All-Conference
- 2021: Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
- 2021: Frisco Classic MVP
- 2021: Pac-12 Player of the Week (3/2)
Arizona 2021 (Sophomore)
Started in all 63 games for the Wildcats and led the team with a .369 (94x255) batting average...Picked up 69 runs scored, 12 doubles, four triples, five home runs, and 63 RBI...Drew 38 walks and posted a .451 on-base percentage...Earned first career Pac-12 All-Conference selections...Named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List...Led the Pac-12 in hits (94) and ranked third on the circuit in batting average and second in runs...Finished the year among the Top 10 players in the conference in runs, hits, triples, RBI, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, and total bases...Registered 27 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI performances...Named MVP of the Frisco College Baseball Classic after hitting .529 (9x17) with eight runs, one double, one home run, and five RBI over the course of the tournament...Picked up first career Pac-12 Player of the Week honors on March 2 after hitting .650 (13x20) with 10 runs, one double, one triple, two home runs, and eight RBI in the midst of a five-game win streak for the Wildcats...Put together a 10-game hit streak and 21-game on-base streak over the course of the season...One of three players on the team to log 5+ RBI in a single game in 2021; game three of the Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss went 4-for-6 with three runs, two doubles, and five RBI...Started at first base in all 30 conference games and hit .276 (34x123) with 25 runs, four doubles, three triples, one hom run, and 25 RBI...On defense as the Wildcats every day first baseman notched a sparkling .989 fielding percentage on 537 chances...Helped turn 38 double plays.
POSTSEASON: Started in all eight of the Wildcats postseason contests and led the team with a .405 (15x37) batting average...Logged seven runs scored, four doubles, and eight RBI...Hit safely in 2-of-3 games in the Tucson NCAA Regional, including a two-hit performance in game two against UC Santa Barbara...Collected 10 hits, four runs, and five RBI in the three-game Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss...Registered hits in each of the Wildcats two College World Series contests against Vanderbilt and Stanford...Drove in a pair of RBI and swatted a double in the Wildcats CWS opener versus Vanderbilt.
Arizona 2020 (Sophomore)*
Logged time in all 15 games with 12 starts in sophomore season...Hit .327 (18x55) with 11 runs, one double, two home runs, and 13 RBI...Added three walks to contribute to a .356 on-base percentage...Went 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts...Registered four multi-hit games and three multi-RBI performances...Finished the season on an eight-game hit streak, during which he hit .400 (14x35) with eight runs scored, one double, one home run, and 11 RBI...Eight-game hit streak was the longest on the team in 2020...Defensively, made all 12 starts playing first base, where he posted a .990 fielding percentage on 103 chances.
Summer 2019
Played for the Willmar Stingers in the Northwoods League...Made 51 appearances and hit .270 with 30 runs scored, 10 doubles, two home runs, and 24 RBI while drawing as many walks (32) as strikeouts (32)...Finished the summer second on the team in walks...Saw time in three playoff games for Willmar.
Arizona 2019 (Freshman)
Played in 39 games with 27 starts as a freshman...Hit .336 (37-for-110) with 27 runs scored, six doubles, one triple, two home runs, and 24 RBI...Registered a .464 slugging percentage and a .430 on-base percentage after drawing 17 walks...Tallied 12 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI performances...Collected a career-high four RBI on May 5 against Oregon; went 3-for-6 with three runs scored, two doubles, and four RBI...Picked up 17 RBI over his final 12 games of the season...Hit .403 (27-for-67) across 22 games of Pac-12 conference play...Hit first career home run on May 3 against Oregon; went 1-for-1 with two RBI...Also hit a home run on May 13 against Sam Houston State...Went 2-for-3 with one run scored, one double, one RBI, and one walk on April 26 at No. 3 ranked Stanford...Across time in the outfield and at first base defensively posted a 1.000 fielding percentage in 81 chances.
High School
Attended Woodcrest Christian High School in Riverside, Calif....Lettered four years in baseball under head coach Glenn Prater...First team All-Conference as a sophomore, junior, and senior...As a senior, hit .371 with 22 runs scored and 14 RBI.
Draft
Selected by the Washington Nationals in the 3rd round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.
Personal
Branden Lionel Boissiere...Son of Sean and Sandy Boissiere...One younger sister, Reagan...Outside of baseball enjoys fishing, watching movies, and going to the beach...Wants to be a pilot...Majoring in General Studies with an emphasis in Sports and Society...Chose Arizona because, "It was the best fit for me and I felt it would help me become the person I want to be in life and on the baseball field."
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
