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Career Single Game Bests (Hitting)

Category	Total	Date	Opponent
At-Bats	5	2/10/18	at Dixie State
Runs	2	2/8/18	at Dixie State
Hits	4	3/6/17	vs. Western Oregon
RBIs	4	3/6/17	vs. Western Oregon
2B	1	3/6/17	vs. Western Oregon
3B	0	--	--
HR	1	3/6/17	vs. Western Oregon
Walks	1	2/8/18	8 times
Stolen Bases	1	3/11/17	vs. Saint Martin's
Putouts	5	3/11/17	2 times
Assists	5	2/17/18	2 times

*Date of last occurrence if multiple

Career Single Game Bests (Pitching)

Category	Total	Date	Opponent
Innings	9.0	5/11/18	vs. Western Oregon
Strikeouts	8	5/11/18	vs. Western Oregon
Pitches	142	5/11/18	vs. Western Oregon
ERA	1.13	3/31/18	at Central Washington

*Date of last occurrence if multiple
*Minimum 2.0 IP for ERA

Awards

All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference	Season
Academic All-GNAC	2018 (Senior)

2018: Finished career with best-ever performance, throwing a 9-inning, 142-pitch complete game in the GNAC Championships to get Yellowjackets to the title game on May 11…had a career-high eight strikeouts in the game while allowing four runs on 10 hits…overall pitched in nine games making six starts as a senior…struck out 32 and walked 13 in 38.0 innings pitched…posted a record of 4-1 with an ERA of 5.45…pitched six innings or more in three of his six starts…earned six starts and played in eight games primarily as a third baseman…went 2-for-12 with two RBIs…academic all-conference selection…helped the Yellowjackets claim the 2018 GNAC regular season title and win a program-record 33 games.





2017: Saw action both as an infielder and on the mound for the ‘Jackets as a junior…played in 33 games and started 20 primarily as a second baseman…batted .273 in 66 at-bats…went 4-for-4 with four RBIs including lone home run of the year on March 6 against Western Oregon…drove in 10 runs on the season…stole one base…tied for third on the team with four sacrifice bunts…made just three errors in 90 chances for a fielding percentage of .967…made five appearances out of the bullpen and held a stellar 1.69 ERA…had six strikeouts and just two walks in 5 1/3 innings pitched…earned a pair of saves…threw a season-high 29 pitches against Central Washington on May 5…allowed just one earned run on the year.

Miles Community College: logged 39.0 innings in six appearances as a sophomore in 2015…held an ERA of 3.00 with 25 strikeouts and 20 walks…made one start and posted a record of 4-2…at the plate, batted .250 in 72 at-bats with two doubles and five RBIs…held an on-base percentage of .308 and a slugging percentage of .278…playing for the Marysville Gold Sox in the summer of 2015, batted .362 with three doubles and seven RBIs in 47 at-bats…on the mound held a record of 5-0 with a 1.45 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 43 1/3 innings…as a freshman at Miles batted .324 with 24 RBIs and only five strikeouts in 102 at-bats…posted an 8-1 record on the mound with six complete games and 45 strikeouts in 50 1/3 innings…held an ERA of 3.04…for the Arizona Lizards in the summer of 2014 batted .429 with 11 RBIs in 79 at-bats, and stole seven bases…posted a perfect 6-0 record on the mound with a 1.37 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 46 innings.
 
Prior to College: Member of the U19, U17, and U13 Australian national teams…played in Cal Ripken World Series All-Star Game as a member of the U13 team…also played basketball for three years under head coach Simon Andrews.
 
Gahan on choosing MSUB: “I chose MSUB because of the great reputation the baseball program has. I am very fortunate for this opportunity and look forward to working hard with the team to make a push for a national championship.”