Brayden Furnish — a student-athlete at IU Columbus — shows up on the roster as number 11. He’s from Austin, IN, the son of Tiffany and David Luedeman, and is studying Business. Public team pages list him with a roughly 6’0″ frame, though weight entries vary between 175 lbs and an unfilled placeholder; there are currently no complete season statistics on the public summary pages.
Background and high school
Brayden came through Austin High School where he played multiple sports under coach Matt Bayes. His high school résumé is broad: varsity baseball with conference recognition, varsity tennis (notably in doubles), varsity basketball — where he surpassed the 1,000-point mark — and cross country, contributing to a sectional title. He also competed on the travel circuit with the Rawlings Tigers, which gave him extra innings and exposure to varied competition.
On-field role and development
Roster listings alternate between labels — P/INF and RHP — reflecting role flexibility rather than a settled position. At times he has split time between starting and relief pitching, giving coaches several deployment options. Travel-ball reps and extra innings appear to have helped his command and pitch sequencing, and scouts have flagged modest improvements in velocity and situational pitching. Still, without official game logs or box scores available on the public roster pages, specifics like innings pitched, ERA, strikeout-to-walk ratio and batting or fielding numbers aren’t published there.
What to make of the data
Some public roster fields are inconsistent (for example, a listed weight of “0 lbs” is almost certainly a placeholder). Those kinds of gaps usually come from asynchronous data feeds: team submissions, league databases and third-party aggregators don’t always line up. The practical takeaway is simple: versatility boosts a player’s value — but it can also blur the statistics scouts use to evaluate position-specific prospects.
Why it matters
Multi-sport backgrounds and travel-team experience tend to translate into greater positional adaptability, endurance, and a broader skill set. For Brayden, that breadth strengthens his appeal to coaches looking for depth and flexibility. At the same time, evaluators prefer clear, position-specific production, so continued tracking of game-by-game performance will be key to seeing whether he settles in as a pitcher, a position player, or a hybrid who can do both.
Where to look next
For verified, up-to-date information on playing time, position assignments and official stats, consult IU Columbus game box scores and team releases. Those primary sources will give the clearest picture of Brayden’s season-by-season numbers and how his role evolves.