BIO:

During his 20-plus year playing career, Brad Reckart has climbed the team classification ladder from participating initially with Greater Cincinnati men’s C teams, to eventually earning positions in the starting lineups of the finest teams in the nation.  Brad first showed his star power locally in 1999, earning ASA C Metro Defensive MVP honors.  Just 6 years later in 2006, he was named Major Metro MVP while competing for Watanabe/Kattus/TTP/B & A/TPS.  He was also a two-time Greater Cincinnati Player of the Year, and closed out the 2000’s as a member of the Greater Cincinnati All-Decade team in 2010.  More recently he was selected Major Metro MVP in 2015 and 2019.  While competing with Alpine back in 2004, Brad got his first taste of playing in the USSSA Men’s Major World Series, and he’s been there every year since for a total of 17 consecutive appearances in the game’s premier event.  Thirteen of those years his clubs have finished in the top 9, and eight in the top 4.  He has captured two World Series crowns – one with Smash It Sports/ASP in 2016 and another with Resmondo/RDD in 2018 when Resmondo also won the Conference USSSA title.  His teams have also finished 2^nd in the World Series twice.  In 2009 Brad was named Offensive MVP in the USSSA Men’s A World with Jean Shoppe/Chaney’s/Easton.  He has also been an All-Conference USSSA selection three times, including with Jean Shoppe in 2009, then again in 2014 with Baugh Doerflinger/R & M/Easton, and then again in 2018 with Resmondo/RDD/H. Auto/All In/Sprizzi/Easton.  Additional honors include being named MVP in the NSA Super A National World Series in 2012, and in the ASA National World Series in 2014.  He has also been named to over 50 All-Tournament teams at various levels, including more than 2 dozen in USSSA Men’s Major Conference NIT, and he was selected to the All-Time, All-State team in 2017.  Primarily an infielder, Brad’s versatility has allowed him to play every position on the field.  He boasts a .700-plus lifetime batting average and has over 1,000 home runs to his credit.  He has also participated with teams from 8 different states over the last two decades.