Overview:
Ended his career with a .280 batting average and 97 RBI in 162 games for the Devils. He played three years before getting drafted in the 5th round (140th overall) of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
- Joins Jerry Mantlo (1970-71) and Petey Paramore (2006-07) as the only three catchers in school history to start the majority of their freshman and sophomore seasons at catcher
- 2015 First-Team All-Pac-12 and Second-Team Pac-12 All-Academic
- Three-time Scholar Baller
Junior (2016)
- #93 2016 College Prospects by D1Baseball.com
- Johnny Bench Award Preseason Watch List
- Started in 58 games, including 56 at catcher and two in outfield
- Recorded a .293 average with 18 extra-base hits, 36 RBI and 28 runs scored
- Placed 3rd on the team in batting average, hits and 3rd in RBI
- Pac-12 All-Conference, First Team
- Put together a nine-game hitting streak and went 16-for-39 (.410) in the span (2/26 – 3/11)
- Went 3-for-5 with five RBI, tied for his career high, against Eastern Michigan (3/4)
- Had a walk-off RBI in two consecutive games against UC Davis, including a single in the bottom of the 11th inning (3/11) and a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th inning (3/12)
- Hit his first career triple against Utah (3/25)
- Went 7-for-13 (.538) with two doubles and a home run in the Stanford series, including a go-ahead home run in the 10th inning of the finale to push the Sun Devils to a 8-7 victory, securing a series sweep over the Cardinal (4/22 – 4/24)
- Hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 12th inning against Oregon, finishing the night 2-for-5 with a double (5/6)
- Had three-straight multi-hit games against Oregon, ending the series 6-for-13 (.462) with two doubles (5/6 – 5/8)
- Used a home run and sacrifice fly to knock in three runs for the Devils in an eventual 12-4 victory over UCLA (5/20)
- Received Fort Worth All-Region honors while going 7-for-13 (.538) with three doubles and a home run in the regional with five RBI, including accounting for all four of the Devils’ runs against Oral Roberts (6/3 – 6/5)
Sophomore (2015):
- First-Team All-Pac-12..Second-Team Pac-12 All-Academic
- Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist
- Appeared in 54 games with 50 starts, including 42 at catcher, five at designated hitter, two at left field and one in right field
- Batted .294 with 34 RBI, second most on the team, 57 hits, including a team-high six home runs and 12 doubles, and scored 26 runs
- First catcher to lead the team in home runs since Carlos Ramirez in 2009, and just the fifth in school history (Ramirez, Casey Myers, Tim Spehr, Tony Alesci)
- Caught 17 runners stealing, the most by a Sun Devil since 2006
- Notched 13 multi-hit games, seven multi-RBI games and 10 two-out RBI, tied for third most on the team
- Between March 29 and April 26, he had a .623 slugging percentage, a .377 batting average, 26 hits, five doubles, four home runs, 19 RBI and 14 runs scored
- Put together a 10-game hitting streak, fourth longest on the team, between March 28 and April 13
- Caught every inning of a pair of five-hour-plus games (5/9 vs UCLA, 5/30 at Cal State Fullerton)
- Started the first two postseason games, including catching all 14 innings in the Devils’ loss to Cal State Fullerton (5/30)
- Collected a pair of RBI in two of the three games vs Washington State (5/14-16), and secured a hit in all of them, including a two-hit, two-RBI night with a double (5/16)
- Had a career high six RBI off three hits, including a three-run double as part of ASU’s 11-run fifth inning vs. Tennessee Tech (4/26)
- Made three game-changing plays in three consecutive innings to help ASU to win at Arizona (4/22): he held on at the plate to tag the lead runner out at home and end the fifth inning, began a four-run rally with a leadoff single in the sixth and drove in the game-winning run with a double in the seventh
- Hit his team-leading fifth home run of the season at Washington (4/19)
- Reached base four times, including two singles, a RBI double and a walk vs. Arizona (4/12)
- Tallied two home runs and set a career high in four different categories with five hits, five RBI, four runs scored and 11 total bases vs Stanford (3/29)
- Delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning to beat Oregon State (3/14) and cap a two-out, two-RBI game
- Made his first career start at DH and went 2-for-3 with two RBI, two runs and a solo home vs Long Beach (3/8)
- Went 3-for-3 vs Gonzaga (2/28)
- Went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI, including his first RBI of the season, vs Oklahoma (2/18)
- Caught two runners stealing vs Ok St (2/13)
- Two-time Scholar Baller (Fall ‘14, Spring ‘15)
Freshman (2014):
- Third true freshman in the past 20 years at ASU to start the majority of the season, joining Petey Paramore in 2006 and Trevor Pratt in 1999
- Started 45 games at catcher
- His 21 stolen bases against is the second lowest of any starting catcher for ASU since 2008 (Austin Barnes 10 in 2011)
- Finished the season with a .249 batting average, a .355 slugging percentage and a .360 on-base percentage
- Got off to a hot start at the plate and was batting over. 300 midway through the season
- Drove in 27 runs on 42 hits, including nine doubles and three home runs, and scored 27 runs (all rank first among freshmen on the team)
- Caught 15 runners stealing base, which is the most since Carlos Ramirez caught 15 in 2009 and is tied for the most by a Sun Devil since 2006
- Tallied 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games, tied for fourth most on the team
- Notched a career-high four RBI behind a grand slam at No. 9 Oklahoma State (5/4)
- Tallied three RBI and scored two runs in a win over Arizona (3/26)
- Scored the eventual game-winning run in the top of the eighth inning against No. 4 Oregon State (3/23)
- Recorded three RBI in a win over Wichita State (3/18)
- Notched a career-high four hits and an RBI vs Gonzaga (2/28)
- Went 6-for-12 with three RBI and two runs scored in three games vs No. 9 Oregon (5/9-5/11), including 2-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored in the series-clinching win (5/11)
- Earned Scholar Baller recognition in Fall 2013
High School:
- Graduated from Palm Desert High School in 2013
- Three-year letterman in baseball and basketball
- Basketball team captain as a senior
- Named CIF Div. 4 Player of the Year in 2012
- Two-time First Team All-CIF selection in 2012 and 2013
- Two-time First Team DUL selection in 2012 and 2013
- Led team to CIF Championship in 2011
Personal: Majoring in Business…parents are James and Laura Serven…has a younger sister, Kristina, and a brother, Jonathan, who played baseball for Long Beach State...born May 5, 1995…full name is Brian Nicholas Serven.
Career Highs at Arizona State:
Hits: 5, vs Stanford (3/29/15)
RBI: 6, vs Tenn Tech (4/26/15)
Runs: 4, vs Stanford (3/29/15)
Season Highs in 2016:
Hits: 3, three times, last at Stanford (4/23)
RBI: 5, vs Eastern Michigan (3/4)
Runs: 2, five times, last at Stanford (4/24)