2023 Baseball Roster
Roster
Gavin Kash
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Sour Lake, Texas
- High School:
- Monsignor Kelly Catholic
2024 Season (Junior/3rd Yr):
• Tabbed a Second Team Preseason All-American by Perfect Game
• Earned Preseason Second Team All-America honors by D1Baseball
• Appeared in 56 games, making 55 starts
• Hit .300 with 15 home runs and 51 RBIs
• Also added 17 doubles
• Went 2-for-5 with a home run, a pair of RBIs and runs scored against UTA (Feb. 20)
• Scored twice and drove in two in a win over Texas Southern (Feb. 24)
• Ripped a program-record four doubles, in a 5-for-8 performance against Gardner-Webb (Mar. 2)
• Also drove in six with a home run in the win over GWU
• Went 3-for-6 with two runs scored, a lead-off homer and a double at New Mexico (Mar. 5)
• Had a 4-for-5 day with two RBIs in the win over Texas (Mar. 8)
• Scored twice in both wins over New Mexico State (Mar. 12, Mar. 13)
• Walked twice and scored twice in the win over Abilene Christian (Mar. 19)
• Drove in three and scored twice against Stephen F. Austin (Mar. 26)
• In a 3-for-5 performance he scored three times (Apr. 5)
• Homered and drove in four in the sweep-clinching win over Houston (Apr. 7)
• Scored four times, homered and drove in three in a 4-for-5 in the Red Raiders 21-3 win over Abilene (Apr. 10)
• Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored in the Tuesday contest at No. 2 Arkansas
• Doubled three times and drove in three in a 4-for-5 performance in the first game of the doubleheader against No. 22 West Virginia (Apr. 21)
• Homered twice, scored twice and drove in two in the win over UTRGV (Apr. 30)
• Hit a home run and scored twice against No. 22 OU (May 5)
• Had three RBIs at Arizona State (May 17)
• Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs against Oklahoma State (May 22) in the Big 12 Championships.
2023 (Sophomore/2nd Yr.):
• Named a second-team All-American by the College Baseball Foundation (CBF)
• ABCA All-Region First Team
• All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
• Big 12 Player of the Week, April 17
• The lone Red Raider to start all 64 games
• Batted .327 on the year with 26 home runs and 84 RBIs
• Led the Big 12 in home runs (26), RBIs (84) and total bases (182)
• Finished second in program history with 26 home runs, trailing Joe Dillon (33, 1997)
• Tied for sixth in program history with 84 RBIs, matching Jon Weber (1999) and Kevin Jordan (1998)
• Finished fifth in program history with 182 total bases
• Tied for third in program history with 10 home runs in Big 12 play, matching Cameron Blair (2005)
• The seventh Red Raider to record a multi-HR game in the NCAA Tournament (vs. No. 2 Florida, June 3); first since Cal Conley vs. Army on June 4, 2021
• Tied the Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park record for hits in a game (5) on March 1 vs. Air Force
• Drove in three RBIs in his Texas Tech debut against Gonzaga on Opening Day, including a go-ahead two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning
• Had a career day offensively on Feb. 25 vs. Western Illinois, finishing 4-6 with a career-high six RBIs and two home runs
• Had perhaps his signature moment as a Red Raider on May 19 vs. Kansas on May 19, launching a 486-foot walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning
• Led the Red Raiders to one of their biggest wins of the season on June 3 vs. No. 2 Florida in the Gainesville Regional, recording two home runs including a two-out, two-run shot to break a 3-3 tie in the top of the eighth inning
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH: Spent one season at the University of Texas and made 16 appearances … made two starts as the designated hitter and two starts at first base … first career appearance was against Rice (Feb. 19) and reached base via hit-by-pitch … went 2-for-3 with a double against Kansas State (April 15).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School and coached by Chad Flieshman … Perfect Game Preseason All-American 2018-2020 … four consecutive years as Perfect Game's top first baseman in the State of Texas … 2020 Perfect Game National Showcase Top Prospect Team … Perfect Game 2019 Underclass All-American Games Top Prospect Team … TAPPS All-State 2019 … Flat Bill Top 25 Private School player in Texas 2020 … Max Prep Underclass All-American Team 2019 … Perfect Game Top 10 2020 and 2021 corner infielder.
PERSONAL: Son of Samuel and Courtnie Kash…has two brothers, Grady and Greyson.
