Gavin Casas

AWARDS

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

Gavin Casas Bio