Editing Brandon Inge (section)

==Early life==
Inge played baseball at [[Brookville High School (Virginia)|Brookville High School]] in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]], also playing [[American Legion Baseball]]. He was named Legion Baseball's 2010 Graduate of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.legion.org/baseball/awards/graduate|title = Graduate of the Year {{!}} The American Legion|website = www.legion.org|access-date = February 26, 2016}}</ref> Brookville retired Inge's uniform number (7).<ref name="2008 Media Guide">{{cite web|title=2008 Information Guide|url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/y2008/mediaguide.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203205753/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/y2008/mediaguide.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2017| website=detroit.tigers.mlb.com|publisher=Detroit Tigers, Inc.|access-date=January 28, 2017|pages=107–112}}</ref>

He then attended [[Virginia Commonwealth University]], where he played on the [[VCU Rams baseball|baseball team]] as a [[shortstop]] and [[relief pitcher]].<ref name="2008 Media Guide"/> In 1997 he played [[collegiate summer baseball]] in the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]] for the [[Bourne Braves]] where he was named a league all-star.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =O'Neill | first =Paul | title = West Bests East, 5-4, in All-Star Feast | pages = 18 | newspaper = Yarmouth Register | location = Yarmouth, MA | date = July 31, 1997 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DPLTR%2F1997%2F07%2F31&id=Ar01800&sk=766D0F88&viewMode=image }}</ref> He was [[Sports draft|drafted]] by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round in the [[1998 Major League Baseball Draft]].<ref name="2008 Media Guide"/>