Gavin Cross Season 2022

Career Honors

• 2022 Golden Spikes Award watch list
• Five-time 2022 Preseason All-American:  Baseball America (First Team, OF) ... D1Baseball (First Team, OF) ... Perfect Game/Rawlings (First Team, OF) ... Collegiate Baseball (Second Team, OF) ... NCBWA (Second Team, OF).
• 2022 MLB Draft College Prospect:  Ranked No. 3 by Perfect Game (Dec. 13, 2021) ... Ranked No. 5 by D1Baseball (Sept. 9, 2021) ... Ranked No. 10 by MLB Pipeline (Dec. 15, 2021) ... Ranked No. 14 by Baseball America (Aug. 24, 2021).
• 2021 All-ACC First Team
• 2021 ACC All-Freshman Team
• 2021 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2021 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team selection
• Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 12, 2021)
• 2021 College Baseball Nation Second Team All-American
• 2020 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (OF)

2021:  Became the first Tech freshman to be named to the All-ACC First Team across program history … Named the Hokies' first-ever ACC All-Freshman selection … Started each of his 51 Tech appearances at outfield, first base and designated hitter … Led the team with his .345 batting average and .621 slugging percentage … Paced the squad in several offensive categories, including runs (48), hits (70), doubles (13), triples (five), home runs (11) and stolen bases (nine) … Ranked third on the Hokies with 35 RBIs … Held a 15-game hitting streak – the longest on the team … Tied for the team lead with 23 multi-hit games, including two four-hit performances … Went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored against East Tennessee State (April 27) ... Doubled twice during his 3-for-5 night against Georgia Tech (April 16) ... Hit for the cycle, registering seven RBIs during his 4-for-6 outing at East Tennessee State (April 6) ... Batted 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and four RBIs at Pitt (March 26) ... Homered and went 2-for-2 against Florida State (March 14) ... Went 4-for-5 and scored three runs against VCU (March 10) ... Cranked out two doubles and scored two runs during his 3-for-5 day against North Carolina (March 5) ... Chalked two hits, two runs and two RBIs at Miami (Feb. 28) ... Went 2-for-4, scoring two runs and earning two RBIs against Radford (Feb. 23) ... Broke through for three RBIs and went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Kent State (Feb. 21).

2020: One of four Hokies to start all 16 games – 15 in right field and one as the designated hitter … During the season, tied for a team-best with seven multi-hit games … Added three multi-RBI games and three multi-run scoring games … Had a season-best four-game hitting streak, which he ended the season with, while he reached base in a season-long eight games ... Second on the team with a .369 batting average with 24 hits, including one double for 25 total bases and a .385 slugging percentage … Added 14 runs scored and eight RBI ... Was walked four times and was hit by one pitch for a .408 on-base percentage … Also had one sacrifice fly … Was 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts, second most on the team for both … In the NCAA, ranked 74th in stolen bases, 76th in hits, 89th in hits per game (1.50), 103rd in stolen bases per game (0.44) and 190th in batting average.

High School: Earned varsity letters all four years for coach Preston Roberts at Tennessee High … Was a two-time first team all-state player (2018-19), a three-time all-region honoree (2017-19) and four-time first team all-conference selection (2016-19) … Named to the Tennessee Ultimate Nine team in 2019 … Named a Perfect Game Preseason All-American … Holds the Tennessee state record for stolen bases with 41 in 2018
 
Personal: Gavin James Cross … Born February 13, 2001 in Bristol, Tennessee … Son of Adam and Becky Cross ... Has a younger brother, Garrett, and a younger sister, Kendall … Father played baseball at ETSU and three years of professional baseball in the Braves (2) and Padres (1) organizations … Major is undecided.