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Jersey Number 1
Sam Gates
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Island Heights, NJ
- High School:
- Donovan Catholic
- Major:
- Organizational Sciences
Bio
2025: Appeared in 50 games, making 49 starts in right field... Tallied 65 hits in 188 at-bats, finishing with a .346 batting average... Drove in 37 RBI and scored 40 runs... Recorded 11 doubles and belted eight home runs... Notched a .532 slugging percentage and a team-high .457 on-base percentage... Stole 11 bases in 14 attempts... Tallied 97 putouts in right field, finishing with a .971 fielding percentage... Recorded a season-high four hits at UMass (4/25/25) and drove in four RBI against Saint Joseph's (5/11/25)... Named the program's annual Jackie Robinson Award winner.
2024: Appeared and started in all 57 games, all of which were in RF and as the team's leadoff hitter... Finished with a line of .307/.390/.502 with a program record 24 doubles, seven homers and one triple... Finished with 74 total hits and stole 23 bases on 31 attempts... Drove in 41 RBI and tallied 121 total bases... Recorded 108 putouts, four assists and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
2023: Appeared in and started 52 games, primarily in CF and as the leadoff hitter ... Slashed .280/.395/.444 with 14 doubles, three triples, five homers, 41 runs scored and 31 RBI ... Topped the team in triples and walks and ranked third in slugging, doubles and runs scored, fourth in average, hits, home runs and total bases, fifth in RBI ... Tallied 20 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI affairs ... Drove in three runs in consecutive games at East Carolina (Feb. 19), going 2-for-4 with a double and a homer and vs. UMES (Feb. 22), going 3-for-3 with a double, homer and four runs scored ... Scored four times vs. Niagara (March 17), going 3-for-5 with a two doubles.
2022: Did not play due to injury
High School/Prep: Earned All-Division and All-Conference honors as a senior for Donovan Catholic High School ... Held a career .318 average during his high school career ... Averaged one hit per game while stealing 19 bases, including 12 as a senior ... Played on the travel circuit with Baseball U ... 2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-American Honorable Mention ... 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Underclassman All-American
2024: Appeared and started in all 57 games, all of which were in RF and as the team's leadoff hitter... Finished with a line of .307/.390/.502 with a program record 24 doubles, seven homers and one triple... Finished with 74 total hits and stole 23 bases on 31 attempts... Drove in 41 RBI and tallied 121 total bases... Recorded 108 putouts, four assists and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
2023: Appeared in and started 52 games, primarily in CF and as the leadoff hitter ... Slashed .280/.395/.444 with 14 doubles, three triples, five homers, 41 runs scored and 31 RBI ... Topped the team in triples and walks and ranked third in slugging, doubles and runs scored, fourth in average, hits, home runs and total bases, fifth in RBI ... Tallied 20 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI affairs ... Drove in three runs in consecutive games at East Carolina (Feb. 19), going 2-for-4 with a double and a homer and vs. UMES (Feb. 22), going 3-for-3 with a double, homer and four runs scored ... Scored four times vs. Niagara (March 17), going 3-for-5 with a two doubles.
2022: Did not play due to injury
High School/Prep: Earned All-Division and All-Conference honors as a senior for Donovan Catholic High School ... Held a career .318 average during his high school career ... Averaged one hit per game while stealing 19 bases, including 12 as a senior ... Played on the travel circuit with Baseball U ... 2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-American Honorable Mention ... 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Underclassman All-American
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