Grayson GATES

Right-Handed Pitcher

6-2 • 185 • Freshman • R/R

Benton, La. •Benton HS

2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll Summer 2022:

• Pitched for the Baton Rouge Rougarou of the Texas Collegiate League.

2022 Season:

• Appeared in two games out of the bullpen in his first Division I season.

• made his NSU debut March 17, allowing two runs with a strikeout in an inning of work against South Dakota State on March 17.

High School:

• Three-year letterman for coach J.D. Stephens’ Tigers.

• three-time Perfect Game Preseason All-American and participated in the 2020 New Balance Future Stars Series International Week at Fenway Park.

• went 9-1 on the mound, earning District 1-5A Pitcher of the Year, LBCA Region I Pitcher of the Year, Shreveport Times All-City Pitcher of the Year and LBCA first-team all-state honors and helping Benton win the district title as a senior.

• went 3-0 in his pandemic-shortened junior season.

• went 3-1 for the district champions and state semifinalists as a sophomore, earning all-district honors.

• graduated with a 3.92 grade point average.

Personal:

• Born Nov. 20, 2002.

• son of Amy and Mat Gates.

• has one brother, Grant, and one sister, McKenna.

• majoring in business administration and holds a 3.5 GPA.

• plans to play professional baseball or own a business.

• life’s ambition is to be a good role model for the next generation.

Game Highs:

Innings Pitched: 1.0, 2x (last at LSU, May 17, 2022)

Strikeouts: 1, 2x (last at LSU, May 17, 2022)