Gavin Casas
- B/T L/R
- Hometown Pembroke Pines, Fla.
- High school American Heritage
- Previous School Vanderbilt
- B/T L/R
- Hometown Pembroke Pines, Fla.
- High school American Heritage
- Previous School Vanderbilt
Gavin Casas Bio
AWARDS
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
- NCAA Columbia Regional Most Valuable Player (2023)
- NCAA All-Columbia Regional team (2023)
- Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List (2023)
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2023)
SENIOR (2024)
- Played in 56 games with 49 starts for the Gamecocks in 2024
- Hit .260 with 31 runs scored, eight doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 35 RBI
- Was a .273 hitter with five home runs in SEC games
- Homered and drove in three runs in a win over Gardner-Webb (Feb. 27)
- Had three hits in a win over Texas A&M (April 7)
- Was 3-for-4 with a home run at Alabama (March 28)
- Drove in three runs with a home run in the SEC Tournament win over Kentucky (May 24)
- Missed the final four games due to injury
- Was 3-for-4 with two doubles in a win over Longwood (March 10)
- Homered in the ninth inning in a 6-5 win over Kentucky (April 26)
- Was 2-for-3 with three RBI in a win over Belmont (Feb. 23)
- Doubled, homered and scored two runs in an SEC Tournament win over Alabama (May 21)
JUNIOR (2023)
- Played and started in 61 games for the Gamecocks in 2023
- Hit .259 with 60 runs scored, 10 doubles, 19 home runs and 56 RBI
- Had a .569 slugging percentage and a .407 on-base percentage
- Walked 41 times and was hit by 14 pitches
- Had seven home runs in SEC play
- Had 14 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI performances
- Reached base in 19 straight games from Feb. 25-March 16
- Was 4-for-5 with two doubles and a home run in a win over Missouri (March 25)
- Drove in five runs after a 3-for-4 day at USC Upstate (March 8)
- Went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI in an NCAA Tournament win over Central Connecticut State (June 2)
- Drove in a pair of runs in a win over NC State (June 3) and ended the regional with three runs scored vs. Campbell (June 4)
- Homered twice and drove in three at Kentucky (May 6)
- Had four RBI in a win over Charleston Southern (April 18)
- Homered twice in a series-clinching win over Clemson (March 5)
- Was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run vs. Queens (Feb. 22)
- Had three home runs in the series-opening sweep of UMass Lowell (Feb. 17-19)
- Went for three hits and two RBI in a win at Mississippi State (April 1)
- Homered twice and scored four runs in a win at Georgia (March 19)
PRIOR TO CAROLINA
- Attended Vanderbilt University for two years, where he hit .279 with 15 RBI in 31 games played
- Played in 22 games with 13 starts in 2022, hitting .294 with a home run, three doubles and 14 RBI
- Homered, doubled and drove in four vs. Wagner (March 13, 2022)
- Drove in four runs in the SEC opener vs. Missouri (March 18, 2022)
- Notched his first collegiate hit against Georgia State on Feb. 28, 2021
- Had a pinch-hit RBI double against UIC (March 5, 2021)
- Graduated from American Heritage High School in Pembroke Pines, Fla., where he was the nation’s fifth-ranked first baseman by Perfect Game in 2020
- Had a .500 batting average with five doubles, three home runs and eight RBI in the COVID-shortened 2020 season
- Had 13 doubles and four home runs in his junior season in 2019
- Two-time First Team All-American
- Two-time 6A-15 All-District
- 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-American
- 2019 Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen All-American
PERSONAL
- Born on April 6, 2001
- Son of Jose Casas and Ursulina Schwartz
- Brother, Triston, plays for the Boston Red Sox and was a first round draft pick by the club in 2018
- Major is services management