Gabriel Hughes

Gabriel Hughes (born August 22, 2001) is an American college baseball pitcher for the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

Gabriel Hughes
Gonzaga Bulldogs – No. 45
Pitcher
Born: (2001-08-22) August 22, 2001
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Career

Hughes attended Rocky Mountain High School in Eagle, Idaho. In 2018, his junior year, he went 7-1 with a 1.84 ERA and 59 strikeouts while batting .461 and was named the Idaho Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year.[1] As a senior in 2019, he went 7-1 with a 0.95 ERA and 65 strikeouts alongside batting .365 with seven home runs and was named the Idaho Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for the second straight season.[2][3] That summer, he played in the West Coast League for the Bellingham Bells.[4] Unselected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Gonzaga University to play college baseball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

As a freshman at Gonzaga in 2020, Hughes posted a 0.77 ERA with 13 strikeouts over 13+2⁄3 innings before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] He spent the summer playing in the Northwoods League for the Great Lakes Resorters.[6] In 2021, as a redshirt freshman, he started ten games and went 4-3 with a 3.23 ERA and 67 strikeouts over 61+1⁄3 innings while also starting 31 games at first base, batting .247 with three home runs.[7] His season ended early after breaking a knuckle while batting.[8] That summer, he was selected to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[9] Hughes entered the 2022 season as a preseason All-American and Gonzaga's number one starter.[10][11][12] He also switched his focus solely to pitching after being a two-way player in previous seasons.[13]

Personal life

Hughes's grandfather, Donald, played in the minor leagues for the Detroit Tigers. [14]

References
  1. Lycklama, Michael (June 12, 2018). "Junior 'dual threat' named Idaho's best high school baseball player". Idaho Statesman.
  2. Walton, Brandon (June 6, 2019). "BASEBALL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Gabriel Hughes, Rocky Mountain". The Idaho Press.
  3. Allsop, Dani (May 23, 2019). "Rocky Mountain senior Gabe Hughes wins second Gatorade Player of the Year award". KTVB.
  4. "Knights baseball: Corvallis signs Gonzaga star". Corvallis Gazette-Times. November 13, 2019.
  5. "2021 West Coast Conference College Baseball Preview". Baseball America. February 5, 2021.
  6. Atnip, Jake (July 3, 2020). "Resorters rout Dune Bears for franchise's first win". Traverse City Record-Eagle.
  7. Pontes, Geoff (January 31, 2021). "Future Four: High-Slot College Righthanders To Know (Vol. 4)". Baseball America.
  8. ""Simply a competitor": Gonzaga pitcher Gabriel Hughes emerging as star". KREM. April 4, 2022.
  9. Gilbert, Connor (July 3, 2021). "GU's Hughes Makes First Appearance for U.S. Collegiate National Team". Gonzaga Bulldogs Athletics.
  10. "Locally: Gonzaga pitching duo Gabriel Hughes, William Kempner named to preseason All-America team". The Spokesman-Review. January 25, 2022.
  11. Conmy, Tommy (February 15, 2022). "Gabriel Hughes brings the heat as the Bulldogs' right-hand man". The Gonzaga Bulletin.
  12. Sommerfeld, Seth (March 31, 2022). "After months of elite-level play on the road, Gonzaga baseball comes home to make a College World Series push". Inlander.
  13. Reed, Justin (February 17, 2022). "Gonzaga baseball, picked to finish first in WCC, to rely on defense in 2022". Yakima Herald-Republic.
  14. "Gabriel Hughes - Baseball". Gonzaga Bulldogs Athletics.
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