JUNIOR COLLEGE:
Switch-hitting middle infielder at Panola College • Coached by Todd Shelton • Started 50 of 52 games and hit .222 with 20 RBI • Posted a .345 slugging percentage with nine doubles and a team-best four home runs • Drew a team-leading 33 walks and 13 HBPs • Hit .325 with 63 hits and 12 RBI in 55 games as a freshman • Selected to play in the 2011 Texas-New Mexico Junior College All-Star Game • Hit .314 in 2012 summer league baseball competition with the Hoptown Hoppers of the Ohio Valley League.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Three-year starter and four-time letterman as a shortstop and second baseman at Tyler's Lee High School • Coached at Tyler Lee HS by his father, Mike Pirtle, a member of the East Texas Baseball Hall of Honor • Earned second-team American Baseball Coaches Association High School All-American Team honors as a senior • Hit .431 with 30 RBI for the Red Raiders, setting a school-record with 56 hits and 22 doubles • Finished with 28 extra-base hits and 13 stolen bases as a senior in 2010 • Texas High School 5A/4A All-Star Game selection and second-team Texas 5A All-State pick • Honor Roll student and member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes • Played summer league baseball with the DBAT Mustangs, coached by Kermit Dow, and the Dallas Patriots, coached by Logan Stoudt.

PERSONAL: 
Born Brett Austin Pirtle on March 23, 1991 in Longview, Texas • Son of Andrea and Mike Pirtle of Tyler, Texas • Older brothers Drew (Dallas Baptist) and Tyler (Vanderbilt) also played collegiate baseball • Majoring in business administration.