
Bryson Stott, UNLV (Shotgun Spratling)
Golden Spikes Spotlight: UNLV’s Bryson Stott
Stan Stolte remembers when Bryson Stott first popped up on UNLV’s recruiting radar, midway through his prep career at Las Vegas’ Desert Oasis High School. As a talented, lefthanded-hitting shortstop right in UNLV’s backyard, Stott was hard to miss.
“We knew he was a good player. Any lefthanded-hitting shortstop, they’re hard to find,” Stolte said. “But that’d be crazy to think he’d be a he’d be a possible first-day draft pick. No. We don’t get those guys, usually.”
Stott hit a solid .294/.359/.379 as a freshman, establishing himself as a valuable everyday regular. But nobody quite anticipated the quantum leap[…]