Brody Bumila of
Bishop Feehan (Attleboro, Mass.) is regarded as one of the top pitching prospects in high school baseball with a fastball that regularly tops 100 miles per hour and a strikeout per nine ratio that would make Nolan Ryan blush. On the basketball court, he led his school to the state championship while putting up Wilt Chamberlain-esque numbers in the process.
Bumila's lore is growing in the Northeast as the 6-foot-9, 18-year old lefty flamethrower has drawn dozens of MLB scouts to his starts while putting together one of the most dominant senior campaigns imaginable.
The Massachusetts star has been named the 2025-26 MaxPreps Male National Athlete of the Year.
"It means a lot knowing that I've worked as hard as I possibly could for the past four years," Bumila said of the honor. "My teammates too knowing that they were apart of this journey the whole time. They should get credit for a lot of this too knowing I couldn't win a state championship in basketball without them and I also couldn't be at the level I am at in baseball without them."
Although baseball is his primary sport, Bumila earned MaxPreps Massachusetts Player of the Year honors in basketball after guiding the Shamrocks to the Division 1 state championship.
For the season, Bumila averaged 30.6 points and 15.2 rebounds per game while shooting 69.4 percent from the field. In postseason play, he put on his cape with averages of 40.8 points and 20.8 rebounds per contest during Bishop Feehan's state title run.
Bumila missed his junior season in basketball and was also unable to
pitch in the spring due to a UCL injury that he suffered over the summer
of 2024 in his left arm that required surgery.
"Last year we had high chances
for a state championship, but I was injured." Bumila said. "Coming back I had a lot to
prove, knowing that it meant so much to this community."
That motivation was evident as Bumila pumped in 51 points and 20 rebounds in a 89-73 win against Andover in the state semifinals, following with 44 points and 29 rebounds in a 94-87 overtime victory over Needham in the second round.
He put a bow on his legendary postseason run with 36 points, 22 rebounds and five assists in a 66-63 triumph against Central Catholic in the state title game.
MaxPreps Male National Athlete of the Year Brody Bumila helped Bishop Feehan win its first basketball state titel in March. The school opened in 1961. (PHOTO: Brian Kelly)
Bumila flipped into baseball mode as his first game on the diamond came less than a week later March 21. In his season opener, he went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in a 13-1 win over Weymouth.
The projected first-round pick in the upcoming MLB Draft has been lights out on the mound this spring, allowing just five hits and five earned runs (1.02 ERA) with a 0.43 WHIP and 104 strikeouts (21.2 K/9) in 44.0 innings of work.
His most impressive performance of the season came in a 5-1 victory over Moses Brown of Rhode Island when he struck out 20 batters in a seven-inning, complete-game no-hitter.
Bumila didn't allow a hit in his first 16.2 innings of the season.
"I've had the
dream of playing in the MLB since I was four years old," Bumila said. "So there is
always this want and need to be different and I always believed in my
dream even from the youngest age that I would excel at baseball."
Bumila signed with the University of
Texas but in updated mock drafts last week, he was pegged to go as high as No. 21 to the San Diego Padres.
"I don't think there is anyone more suited to handle the pressure of
what Brody has been going through," Bishop Feehan baseball coach Joe Breen said. "I think the basketball season really
tested him. That prepared him ultimately
for the spring."
A proud Bishop Feehan Shamrock, Bumila could bring his school its second state championship in three months this weekend. (PHOTO: Brian Kelly)
Other impressive performances on the mound this spring include piling up 12
strikeouts while allowing one hit in five innings of an 8-0 round of 32
victory over Andover in the Division 1 state tournament and striking out
12 batters in five no-hit innings during a 3-0 triumph against Taunton.
Bumila has also been a consistent source of offense for Feehan as he is batting .375 with 20 RBI, 15 runs and four home runs across 24 games.
"I think it is so cool to represent Bishop Feehan," Bumila said. "This is a community
that has built me the past four years into the person I am today and I'm
so excited to be able to represent them. I am so proud to call myself a Bishop Feehan
Shamrock."
Bishop Feehan knocked off Pope Francis Prep 10-5 in the Division 1 state quarterfinals over the weekend. Bumila was 2-for-3 at the plate with a home run and also struck out seven batters across four innings while allowing two hits and two runs.
On Tuesday, Feehan knocked off Xavierian Brothers 6-3 in the state semifinals to advance to the title game. The Shamrocks will face Catholic Memorial on Saturday in Bumila's last game of his decorated high school career.
"He's bringing a level of attention and excitement to Bishop Feehan
athletics and that's first and foremost what he'll be remembered by," Breen said. "Brody's more than just a student-athlete here. I like to say he's the F in Feehan at all the sporting
events, supporting all of his classmates on the football field and all
the other sports. He's very involved in a lot of the different clubs here
at Bishop Feehan so he's not just a one-dimensional student-athlete.
He's a person that is going to be remembered for all of the things that
he did here."
Bumila is expected to make one final start Saturday in the state championship game.
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FINALISTS
Ohio State wrestling commit won his third consecutive state championship on the mat in the 213-pound weight class with a 35-0 record. Boyle also piled up 123 tackles, 57 tackles for loss and 13 sacks while playing defensive tackle for the 14-0 Division III state champions. Boyle has a career record of 103-6 in wrestling and has helped the football program go 30-0 with back-to-back state titles over the past two seasons.
Only player to garner MaxPreps Junior All-America honors in both football and basketball, Hudson was unstoppable in both sports. He averaged 19.7 points, 13.4 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and 2.0 assists per contest to help the Bearcats reach the state title game in basketball. His most impressive performance came in the state title game when he piled up 32 points, 24 rebounds and seven blocks and four steals in a 63-60 loss to Zachary. Regarded as the No. 1 tight end prospect in the country, Hudson hauled in six catches for 169 yards and a touchdown in a state title game defeat.
Closed out a decorated career with his second state championship in football after a dynamic senior campaign that saw him carry 43 times for 511 yards and eight touchdowns while hauling in 68 receptions for 1,352 yards and 18 additional scores. He also had seven interceptions on defense to help the Rams go 13-2. In basketball he averaged 34.7 points, 8.4 assists, 6.2 steals and 4.6 rebounds per contest to earn MaxPreps All-America honors after leading Reidsville to the state title game for a fourth consecutive season.
Despite being regarded as a four-star football prospect, track may be his best sport as Mitchell ran a blazing 9.92 to win the gold medal in the 100-meter in the largest classification in the sate. On the gridiron he accounted for nearly 1,800 all-purpose yards and 17 touchdowns to help the Panthers reach the Conference 6A Division 2 state championship game.
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Lake Travis (Austin, Texas)2009-10 — Dorial Green-Beckham,
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Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.)2011-12 — Anthony Alford,
Petal (Miss.)2012-13 — Derrick Henry,
Yulee (Fla.)2013-14 — Patrick Mahomes,
Whitehouse (Texas)2014-15 — Kyler Murray,
Allen (Texas)2015-16 — Lonzo Ball,
Chino Hills (Calif.)2016-17 — Tim Tawa,
West Linn (Ore.)2017-18 — Jordyn Adams,
Green Hope (Cary, N.C.)2018-19 — Joe Girard III,
Glens Falls (N.Y.)2019-20 — Jalen Suggs,
Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis, Minn.)2020-21 — Lebbeus Overton,
Milton (Ga.)2021-22 — Aaron Graves,
Southeast Valley (Gowrie, Iowa)2022-23 — Sammy Brown,
Jefferson (Ga.)2023-24 — Kendre Harrison,
Reidsville (N.C.)2024-25 — Jackson Cantwell,
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