University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2024
First Team All-Big West … Played in 46 games for the Gauchos, starting each of the first 44 … Hit .349/.455/.566 with nine home runs, 11 doubles and 35 RBIs on the year … Played catcher in at least part of each of the first 26 games of the season … Began his career as a Gaucho with a 10-game hitting streak … Hit his first Division I home run in the season opener at Campbell (Feb. 16) … Posted his first career five-hit game against Cal Poly on March 23, going 5-for-7 with two doubles … Led off the April 28 game against Cal State Fullerton with a home run to become the first player under Andrew Checketts to record a lead-off homer and five-hit game in the same season … Recorded an RBI in his Division I postseason debut against Oregon (June 1).

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CAL LUTHERAN
2023
SCIAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Second Team All-SCIAC … ABCA All-Region Defensive Team selection as a catcher … Led the Kingsmen to a second consecutive SCIAC Championship and NCAA Division III Regional appearance … Hit .301/.419/.490 with 10 doubles, five home runs and a triple … Recorded 35 RBI … Tallied a season-high three RBI on two occasions, going 3-for-3 with a double and a homer against Whittier (March 4) and 3-for-5 with two doubles and a homer against Bethesda (May 2) … Matched his career high with four hits against Chapman in the SCIAC Championship (May 13) … Had a .992 fielding percentage behind the plate, throwing out seven would-be base stealers.
 
2022
SCIAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Second Team All-SCIAC … Led the Kingsmen to the SCIAC Championship and an NCAA Division III Regional appearance … Hit .355/.467/.537 with 13 doubles and three home runs … Tallied a career-high four hits in a game at La Verne (April 9), going 4-for-5 with a home run … Drove in a career-high three runs in two separate games, against Redlands on April 30 and against La Verne on May 14 … Posted a .988 fielding percentage behind the dish.
 
2021
Hit .255/.406/.364 in 17 games … Led the team with 14 walks … Hit his first career home run.

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HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner at St. Francis High School … Also played football for the Golden Knights.

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PERSONAL
Brendan “Durf” Durfee was born July 31, 2001 in Pasadena … Grew up in Monrovia … Son of Jeff and Christina Durfee … Has a younger brother, Ryan … Majoring in Communication at UC Santa Barbara … Plans to pursue a career in baseball, either as a player or an agent … Roots for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Miami Dolphins … Lists JT Realmuto as his favorite athlete … Most memorable athletic achievement is winning back-to-back SCIAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player titles while helping Cal Lutheran to consecutive championships and NCAA Regional appearances … Enjoys hunting and fishing with his dad and brother in his free time … Listens to Morgan Wallen.