Biography
2024: Appeared in and played in 45 games... Named All-Region Second Team by both the ABCA/Rawlings and D3Baseball.com voters... Named to Empire 8 All-Conference Second Team... Finished season with a .391 batting average with 10 home runs and 51 RBI... Led team in HR, OPS (1.145), doubles (16), hits (70, tied), total bases (120), slugging percentage (.670), and walks (32)... Broke program's all-time home run record on March 9th with two home runs against Utica in Empire 8 Tournament game, giving him 42 career home runs, passing Scott Eisenmenger's 41... Norsen led the league during the regular season in hits (68) and doubles (16) while finishing second in the conference for the regular season in batting average (.398), slugging percentage (.690), runs scored (59), RBI (51), walks (31) and home runs... Named to Empire 8 All-Tournament Team after batting .692 (9-for-13) with two homers, four RBI, two doubles, a stolen base, and four walks for the Cardinals during the tournament... Named Empire 8 Player of the Week for Feb. 26.
2023: Appeared in 46 games for the Cardinals… Batted .335 with 59 hits and 12 HR… Produced 38 runs and 55 RBI on the season... Named to ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team... Named to Empire 8 All-Conference First Team.
2022: Chosen as a Third-Team All-Region honoree by the ABCA ... Named First-Team All-Conference ... Named to the Empire 8 All-Tournament Team ...Named D3 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player to Watch List ... Named Empire 8 Player of the Week on April 25 ... Appeared and started in 47 games for the Cardinals ... Batted .300 with nine home runs on the year ... Recorded 41 runs and 51 hits including nine doubles and a team-high 55 RBI ... The talented first baseman also walked 34 times and stole two bases ... Recorded a season-high three hits, two home runs, and seven RBI in a 14-2 win over Elmira in the Empire 8 Championships on May 7.
2021: Named First-Team All-Region by D3baseball.com and the ABCA ... Voted as a First-Team All-Empire 8 selection ... Included among Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Players to Watch List ... Batted .375 over 32 games and collected 51 hits in total ... Accounted for nine doubles, a triple and ranked second on the team with six dingers and 52 RBI ... Slugged .588 over 136 at-bats and scored 46 runs ... Had 217 putouts on the year and helped turn 18 double plays with a .991 fielding percentage at first base.
2020: Started in all 11 games at first base as a freshman ... Led the team with a .455 batting average, .510 on-base percentage, .886 slugging percentage, 17 RBIs and five home runs ... Posted six multi-hit games and reached base safely in all but one game during the season ... Went 4-for-6 with four runs, seven RBIs and two home runs against Saint Vincent on March 5 ... Named Empire 8 Rookie of the Week twice and E8 Player of the Week once during the season.
High School: Played five years of varsity baseball, four years of varsity volleyball and three years of varsity basketball ... Recognized as best High School Baseball Player in Western New York with Colpoys-Barrows Cup in 2019 ... All-WNY First Team selection and All-ECIC First Team Selection in baseball ... Two-time All-ECIC Second Team honoree in baseball ... All-WNY and All-ECIC First Team selection in volleyball ... Sectional Champion in baseball ... Three-time League Champion in volleyball ... Finished baseball career with the most career hits and doubles in addition to most home runs in a single season in Frontier history.
Personal: Brian is the son of Thomas and Linda Norsen ... Born on June 27, 2001, he is majoring in Accounting and minoring in Financial Planning... His favorite sports memory is winning a sectional title... His brother, Jason, played basketball at Fisher... He got into baseball through his family... His favorite pro sports teams are the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, and New York Yankees... His pre-game superstition is listening to Katy Perry.
