2011 Baseball

Record: 24-20 Home: 10-2 Away: 9-9 Neutral: 5-9 MCC: 17-5
#5 Austin Gibson
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PLAYER PROFILE
  • Height: 6-0
  • Weight: 190
  • Class: SR
  • Position: C
  • Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Previous School: Transylvania
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    Senior Year (2010-11)
    Spent most of the season atop the batting charts for the Knights...started 42 contests for the Knights at catcher...earned All-MCC Gold Glove as the conference's top defensive catcher...batted .299 with a career-high 43 hits...tallied eight doubles and a home run while driving in 16 runs...threw out 19 of 50 baserunners from behind the plate.
     
    Junior Year (2009-10)
    Saw action in all 44 games with 43 starts...batted .328 with 42 hits in 128 at-bats...tallied six doubles and finished fourth on the team with three homeruns...drove in 21 runs and walked 20 times...threw out 17 of a possible 38 runners as catcher.
     
    Sophomore Year (2008-09) - Transylvania University
    Saw action in 23 games with 19 being starts...batted .243 with 17 hits in 70 at-bats...tallied three doubles and one homerun while driving in 10 runs...he also walked eight times and stole a base.
     
    Freshman Year (2007-08) - Transylvania University
    Saw action in 16 games with 10 being starts...batted .243 with nine hits in 37 plate appearances...had two doubles and drove in four runs...walked five times and had a pair of stolen bases.
     
    High School
    Earned All-Conference honors in both baseball and basketball as a senior...was an Indianapolis Star All-East team pick as a senior.
     
    Personal
    A business management major born July 22, 1988, to parents Mike and Darla...has five siblings.
     

     
    Year
    GP-GS
    Avg.
    AB
    R
    H
    2B
    3B
    HR
    RBI
    SB-SBA
    BB
    HBP
    SAC
    2008
    16-10
    .243
    37
    6
    9
    2
    0
    0
    4
    2-2
    5
    2
    0
    2009
    23-19
    .243
    70
    9
    17
    3
    0
    1
    10
    1-3
    8
    1
    2
    2010 44-43 .328 128 7 42 6 0 3 21 1-1 20 4 5
    2011 42-42 .299 144 6 43 8 0 1 16 1-2 12 7 2
    Career
    125-114
    .293
    379
    28
    111
    19
    0
    5
    51
    5-8
    45
    14
    9


    Year
    App-GS
    W-L
    ERA
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    SO
    CG
    SV
    SHO
    2010
    1-0
    0-0
    13.50
    0.2
    2
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Career
    1-0
    0-0
    13.50
    0.2
    2
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0

     
    2011 Baseball Roster
    #NameCl.Pos.B/THt.Wt.HometownPrevious School
    1Joey CliftonFROFL/R6-0155Crawfordsville, Ind.North Montgomery
    2Mike KeltzJRINFR/R6-2215Avon, Ind.Avon
    3Jared MillsJRUR/R6-2235Cicero, Ind.Hamilton Heights
    5Austin GibsonSRCR/R6-0190Indianapolis, Ind.Transylvania
    6Todd UngruSR1BL/L6-1200Madison, Ind.Shawe
    7Dominick NewlinSOOFR/R6-1180Kokomo, Ind.Kokomo
    8Dustin HilemanSOINFR/R6-1196Monon, Ind.North White
    9Jake MullisSRRHPR/R6-0170Coatesville, Ind.North Putnam
    10Bobby WillisSRINFR/R5-10160North Vernon, Ind.Jennings County
    11Matt BackSOLHPR/L6-1189Batesville, Ind.Batesville
    12Neil HackettJRPL/L6-0200LaPorte, Ind.LaPorte
    13Ben WaltersJRPL/L5-8175Beech Grove, Ind.Beech Grove
    14Caleb SmallJRPR/R5-10180Arcadia, Ind.Hamilton Heights
    15Cory EmmonsSROFR/R6-2215Indianapolis, Ind.Lutheran
    16Chad SchumannSOC/RHPR/R6-1195Celina, OhioCelina
    17Cameron BahlerFRINFR/R5-11180Wooster, OhioWooster
    20T.J. WithamSOPR/R6-2175Cicero, Ind.Hamilton Heights
    22Jeff MarschandJRINFL/R5-10165Galveston, Ind.Lewis Cass
    24Drew KelleyFRPR/R6-5225Parke County, Ind.Rockville
    27Evan SchludeckerJROFR/R5-8150Indianapolis, Ind.Roncalli
    29Brett MetcalfSOOFL/R6-2180Lebanon, Ind.Lebanon
    32Brody EdgerlyFRINFR/R6-1200Logansport, Ind.Lewis Cass
    36Aaron WilderSRPR/R5-9155Decatur, Ind.Bellmont
    Kurt Guldner - Head Coach - 18th season
    Todd Bacon - Assistant Coach - 3rd season
    Scott Satterthwaite - Assistant Coach - 1st season