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Hope International University

2021 Baseball

24 Gavin Velasquez

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Position RHP
  • Major Business
  • Hometown West Covina, CA
  • Prev School Cal Poly Pomona

Biography

2020 (Senior at Cal Poly Pomona) - Made five mound appearances, all starts, and posted 1-0 win-loss record with team bests of 2.59 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 31.1 innings ... One of four Bronco arms to draw five starts ... Led CCAA with 42 strikeouts, 17 of them looking, which ranked second in league behind freshman teammate Cameron Mabee ... Opponents batted .204 with one double and one home run among 23 hits ... Walked eight for team-leading 5.25 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Ninth in CCAA in ERA, second in strikeouts per nine innings (12.06), fourth in hits per nine innings (6.61), fifth in WHIP, eighth in K-BB ratio, and 16th in walks per nine innings (2.30) ... Tied for 34th nationally in strikeouts, 75th in WHIP, 77th in strikeouts per nine innings, and 79th in K-BB ratio ... Made CPP debut on Opening Day vs. UC-Colorado Springs (2/7), fanning eight (5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB) as first of five Bronco hurlers who combined for CCAA single-game season best of 17 strikeouts ... Combined with Jeremy Taylor and Eric Romo on 2-0 shutout at Cal State San Bernardino (2/28), firing first seven frames (4 H, BB, 6 SO, 104 pitches) to earn lone decision ... Also went 7.0 innings in previous start vs. Cal State LA (2/21), fanning 10 without a walk (5 H, R, ER, HBP) ... Career-best 11 strikeouts (6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 111 pitches) at No. 2 UC San Diego (2/14) ... Provided at least 5.0 frames and six strikeouts each time out ... Handled all six defensive chances cleanly.

2019 (Junior at CSUF) - Made 18 mound appearances with five starts ... Went 2-0 with lone collegiate save and 6.42 ERA ... Recorded 31 strikeouts in 40.2 innings ... Season highs of 6.0 frames and five strikeouts in winning start (6 H, R, ER, 0 BB) to complete home sweep vs. Long Beach State (5/18) ... Handled all six defensive chances cleanly and left program having not been charged with an error over 24 total opportunities (4-20-0) ... Dean's Honor Roll.

2018 (Junior at CSUF) - Redshirted season due to injury, but did make five early appearances with one start ... Threw 8.0 innings and fanned a pair ... Member of Big West championship team for second time ... Handled both defensive chances cleanly.

2017 (Sophomore at CSUF) - Made 18 mound appearances with eight starts, all in a row from March 4-April 30 ... Went 4-3 with 4.45 ERA over 62.2 innings and 1.79 strikeout-to-walk ratio (34-19) ... Provided 2.2 solid frames (H, R, ER, BB, 2 SO) vs. Florida State (6/19) at College World Series in Omaha, Neb. ... Season-high four strikeouts (three in ninth around infield single) over 3.0 scoreless innings (3 H, 0 BB) in season debut to cap 8-1 victory vs. Stanford (2/18) ... Earned first win of year at UNLV (2/25), firing 5.1 shutout frames (4 H, BB, SO) in relief ... Then drew first start at Houston (3/4), hurling 7.0 scoreless innings (3 H, 0 BB, 3 SO) for second win ... Also went season-long 7.0 frames in next start vs. Gonzaga (3/11), seeing shutout string to begin year snapped at 20.1 innings by home run to lead off fourth ... Handled all 12 defensive chances cleanly.

2016 (Freshman at CSUF) - Made 14 mound appearances with two starts at Division I Cal State Fullerton ... Went 1-1 with 2.33 ERA and 10 strikeouts over 19.1 innings ... Opponents hit just .167 with one home run ... Made college debut at Texas Tech (3/4), tossing perfect eighth in 7-3 victory ... First career strikeout during two-frame relief stint in next outing at end of 14-inning loss vs. Arizona State (3/9), while also striking out in lone collegiate plate appearance ... Combined with two teammates on 6-0 shutout vs. UNLV (4/23), throwing perfect eighth with season-best two strikeouts ... Earned first career start vs. San Diego (4/5) and did not surrender run or hit (BB, HBP) over 2.0 frames ... No decision again in another home win that he started and provided 2.0 innings (4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB), vs. UCLA (4/26) ... First winning decision came at UCLA (3/29) via 1.1 no-hit, scoreless frames, hitting first batter faced to load bases in sixth before escaping through swinging strikeout and then posting perfect seventh ... Season-high 2.0 innings five times in all ... Member of Big West Conference championship team (36-23, 17-7) ... Handled all four defensive chances cleanly.

South Hills HS -A 2015 graduate of South Hills High School in West Covina ... Three-year varsity player for Huskies ... Two-time All-Palomares League First Team, All-CIF Southern Section First Team, two-time All-Valley and All-State First Team selection ... Went 10-1 with 0.67 ERA and 75 strikeouts over 83 innings one year, and 6-3 with 1.14 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 57 frames in another ... Broke three program records, for ERA, complete games and shutouts ... SHHS Male Student-Athlete of the Year ... Palomares League All-Academic ... Maintained 3.9 GPA.

Personal - A Business Marketing graduate student ... Born Feb. 25 in Covina ... Son of mother Victoria, who attended USC ... Has two younger siblings, Caius and Clayton ... Career aspirations include professional baseball and becoming a sports agent ... Enjoys working out, swimming, hanging out at the beach and being with family and friends ... Roots for the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Lakers ... Favorite athletes are Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander and the late, great Kobe Bryant ... Favorite TV show is Impractical Jokers ... Top movie is White Chicks ... Loves sushi.

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