In what will go down as one of the most impressive seasons in terms of power in Tennessee Tech baseball history, Brandon Thomasson provided a breakout year in 2014 on his way to earning Louisville Slugger All-American First Team honors from Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Joining teammate Daniel Miles as a First-Team honoree, he became just one of four Ohio Valley Conference players ever named a First-Team All-American. He also collected All-America First Team recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Rawlings All-American Third Team honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association. Thomasson put together one of the greatest displays of power in a single season in OVC history, crushing a league-best 22 home runs while leading the nation with 76 RBI and 46 extra-base hits. He finished the year just one long ball off the national pace set by Collegiate Baseball newspaper's National Player of the Year, A.J. Reed of Kentucky. The slugger also ranked second only to Reed in terms of slugging percentage, racking up a mark of .721 in 58 games. Thomasson broke the single-season school record for RBI while finishing just one base shy of tying the single-season mark for total bases. He tallied 176 on the year, ripping team-highs of 20 doubles, four triples, and the 22 bombs while helping the Golden Eagles tie the single-season record of 40 wins. His 22 home runs marked the second-highest single-season total in Tech history as did his 244 at-bats. He scored 60 runs while totaling 82 hits for an average of .336. Making the position switch from designated hitter to right fielder, the senior became the first OVC player since Tech’s own Chad Oberacker to earn All-OVC First Team honors at two different positions. The slugger also found a spot on Rawlings/ABCA South All-Region First Team and the College Sports Madness Ohio Valley All-Conference First Team. In May, Thomasson took home both College Sports Madness OVC Player of the Week and Collegiate Baseball newspaper Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week honors after mashing three home runs and 10 RBI with a .571 batting average in a three-game series against Southeast Missouri. He also helped the Golden Eagles finish the 2014 campaign ranked first nationally in home runs (83), home runs per game (1.41), runs per game (8.3), and slugging (.495). He became the highest-drafted outfielder in Tech history, going to the Kansas City Royals in the ninth round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft with the 273rd overall pick.
