On December 28, 2002, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the Saint Joseph College baseball team and community suffered its worst loss in school history. That loss was Mr. Brandon Hardy: a son, brother, friend, teammate, and an All-Conference and All-Region Baseball Player. Brandon Hardy was a person with great intensity and excellent knowledge in both the game of baseball and the game of life. He graduated in the spring of 2002 from SJC with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Management, in which he earned over a 3.0 grade point average. After graduating from college, Mr. Hardy had the opportunity to play out a red-shirt season. He already had his degree in hand and was a college graduate with a great future in psychology. That was not good enough for Brandon. His ultimate goal was to help SJC win its first NCAA Division II National Championship, and to better his chances in reaching his life long dream of becoming a professional baseball player.

This fall and winter Brandon was well on his way to achieving both of his goals. He was bigger, faster, and stronger than we had ever seen him. Watching him trying to reach his goals- twenty-four hours a day- was a breath-taking event. Brandon will not be on the field with us physically, but he has left behind a work ethic and intensity that will never leave our hearts and our minds. Thanks for the memories. You will not be forgotten...

---Coach Rick O'Dette
www.brandonhardy.com