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Gavin Casas

  • position First Baseman
  • height 6-4
  • weight 230
  • class Junior
  • B/T L/R
  • Hometown Pembroke Pines, Fla.
  • High school American Heritage
  • Previous School Vanderbilt
  • position First Baseman
  • height 6-4
  • weight 230
  • class Junior
  • B/T L/R
  • Hometown Pembroke Pines, Fla.
  • High school American Heritage
  • Previous School Vanderbilt

Gavin Casas Bio

AWARDS

  • Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List (2023)

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 service management