Farragut senior Travis Brummitt, Jr., was named 2026 5Star Preps Baseball MVP, presented by Garza Law Firm.
BY JESSE SMITHEY
Langston Reed, a 6-foot-2, 275-pound athlete from Collierville High School who’s known more for his football prowess than his baseball craft, torched a line drive in the bottom of the fourth inning right off the hand of Farragut starting pitcher Travis Brummitt, Jr., in the opening round of the 2026 Class 4A state tournament.
For Farragut, then the four-time defending state champion, the moment was certainly one for concern.
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Not only had Brummitt driven in three runs for the Admirals that day, but he was also the team’s ace — one the coaching staff would hope to use in the state title game later in the week, should Farragut get there.
Brummitt shook off the immediate pain and finished the inning. He later exited in the fifth. And when Farragut returned to host-site Oakland High the following day for its game against Nolensville, the 6-6 Brummitt Jr. felt plenty of residual pain.
Nolensville entered that day with 31 wins on its ledger and started Hutch Weaver, a crafty lefty with a fastball in the upper 80s. With two runners on in the first inning, Weaver fanned Brummitt on three straight fastballs.
“It was not a very pretty at-bat,” said Brummitt Jr., the 2026 5Star Preps Baseball Most Valuable Player.
“But my next at-bat, I turned around and hit a three-run homer.”
So from that point on, injury and all, Brummitt proved to be his normal clutch self for the remainder of the state tournament. Brummitt hit .500 at state with six walks and nine RBIs in just four games.
He wound up pitching 11 innings in the tournament, including all seven of Farragut’s 11-5 championship win over Houston.
Brummitt rebounded from a tough start against the Mustangs and held them scoreless over the final five innings to clinch a fifth consecutive state tournament championship.
“He’s a competitor, no doubt,” Farragut coach Garrett Copeland said. “He’s somebody that studies baseball non-stop. He’s a huge baseball fan. He’s a huge baseball consumer — whether it’s MLB media or watching. Part of that is: just watching it so much, he understands the big moments. For himself, he’s this happy-go-lucky guy off the field. He’s got this infectious personality, where guys want to be around him. On the field, he’s a competitor. … He’s got a switch. He’s this happy-go-lucky guy off the field, too. It’s good to see — that ability to flip and that ability to compete.”
All told, he hit a team-best .411 as a senior with 56 RBIs and a career-high five home runs.
He finished 10-0 as a pitcher with a 2.05 ERA and 70 strikeouts.
Brummitt delivered numerous clutch performances and moments for Farragut during the 2026 season, whether that was a home run in a district tournament elimination game or whether it was a complete-game performance on the road to close out the final of a best-of-three state sectional series at Science Hill.
The moment never proved to be too big for Brummitt.
“Obviously, he was a key component to our success,” Copeland said. “But one thing I’ve always said about Travis: one, it’s no doubt he has a great swing and a great approach offensively, but what makes him special offensively and a threat offensively is he does not chase pitches out of the strike zone. He has an unbelievable discipline of the strike zone.
“On the flip side of that, on the mound, he doesn’t throw a ton of balls. He competes in the strike zone with multiple pitches. He’s not afraid to attack hitters. He has a big frame, and the extension gets out there. … There’s a lot to be said for that at the high school level.”
As for college, Brummitt Jr. will play for Pellissippi State.
Brummitt is still 17 years old and won’t turn 18 until his freshman year of college. So for a late bloomer, he wisely chose the junior college route for further development and maturation.
“My goal is to go D-1, in general,” he said. “I’m not going D-1 out of high school, just to get redshirted. Nowadays, with the transfer portal, they’re not going to fill in the spot with a high schooler. They’re going to pull some transfer in. Because I’m young, I can get a year of experience under my belt. Grow up a little more. Get stronger. And then, go from there. The goal was to go juco. Going to Pellissippi, I get to live at home. It’s perfect in my opinion.”
More motivated than ever, Brummitt Jr. said this summer has been the first where he has wanted to really get into the gym and work out. He has always understood it was necessary for him to get stronger and better. But his desire to enhance his physique and frame is at an all-time high.
“I think it was really seeing how good I did last season and thinking, ‘Well, if I get into better shape and get stronger and stuff, how much better I can be than last year,'” said Brummitt.
So what will Brummitt be at the next level?
A pitcher? A first baseman? A two-way player?
Truly, it’s a time-will-tell scenario.
“It’s hard to say,” Copeland said. “The game will decide, one way or another, what happens. He’s got a great arm. He’s a great pitcher and has a great feel for it. You look back at it, he was our best hitter this year, too.
“The game hasn’t decided yet. Eventually, the game will decide.”