2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
Gavin Collins
- Position:
- C/3B
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 205
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lake Forest, CA
- High School/Previous School:
- El Toro HS
CAREER STATS
D1 Baseball's 125th-Best Player in College Baseball
2014 All-SEC Freshman
2014 SEC All-Tournament Team
2015: Voted preseason All-SEC catcher by the league’s 14 head coaches, but missed the first 13 games of the season due to having surgery on the hamate bone in his non-throwing hand • Did not start regularly at catcher until March 27 vs. Auburn, the 28th game of the season • Hit .228 in 35 games overall, tallying 15 runs, 15 walks, three doubles, two home runs and a stolen base • Started 30 games (25 at catcher, 5 in right field) • Raked at a .351 clip against left-handed pitching (13 for 37) • Started to get healthy near the end of the season, hitting .300 (9 for 30) in the final seven games of the spring with seven RBIs, four runs, a home run and a double • Recorded a perfect fielding percentage in 197 chances with 31 assists • Gunned down six base runners in 18 stolen base attempts • Had just three passed balls in 2015 after recording 10 as a freshman in 2014 • Hit .248 in SEC play, 20 points higher than his overall average • All 16 of his RBIs in 2015 came in conference play • Raked at a .300 clip in 15 road games with 10 RBIs, eight runs and eight walks • Registered six multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games • Put together a career-long five-game hitting streak April 12-24 • Reached base safely in eight straight games March 7-27, marking a new career high • Went 1 for 3 with a run and a career-high tying two walks May 14 at Tennessee • Hit .400 (6 for 15) in the three-game set at Ole Miss May 7-9 with five RBIs, two runs and a double • Belted his second homer of the year May 2 vs. top-ranked LSU • Had two hits, a walk and a run at No. 25 Arkansas April 24 • Crushed his first home run of the season April 19 against No. 6 vs. Florida, a two-run shot to left field • Collected an RBI single at No. 1 Texas A&M April 12 • Tied a season high with three hits to go along with a walk and a run scored April 3 vs. No. 13 South Carolina • Singled, walked and scored a run March 29 against Auburn • Notched five hits in two games at Kentucky March 21-22, recording three RBIs, two doubles and a pair of runs • Nabbed his first career stolen base March 11 vs. Western Kentucky, his first start of the season at catcher • Picked up his first hit of his sophomore campaign the night before against the Hilltoppers • Made his first career start in right field March 7 against San Diego • Made his season debut as a pinch hitter March 3 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
2014: Mississippi State’s first All-SEC Freshman catcher in school history • The first Bulldog catcher named to the SEC All-Tournament Team since Barry Winford in 1988 • The first MSU true freshman catcher to start a game since Cody Freeman in 2008 • Team went 22-4 when Collins recorded a hit • Hit .304 in 48 games with 19 RBIs, 12 runs, 10 walks, eight doubles and one home run • Started 45 games, with 42 starts coming at catcher and the other three as the designated hitter • Tied for fifth in the SEC by throwing out 13 runners attempting to steal • Led the Bulldogs with a .360 average in 30 overall games against SEC opponents • Led the team with a .456 slugging percentage in the 30-game regular season SEC schedule, collecting a .324 average at the plate • Hit .316 in 24 games away from Dudy Noble Field • Recorded 11 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs on five occasions • Earned SEC All-Tournament honors in Hoover, Alabama, after hitting .429 (6 for 14) in four starts • Belted out a career-high four hits vs. Kentucky May 22 in the SEC Tournament • Went 1 for 3 in the first two games of the SEC Tournament • Collected three hits and an RBI in six at-bats in the series win vs. Tennessee May 9-11 • Went 3 for 3 with two runs and his first career home run May 4 in the 12-1 win at Auburn • Recorded the game-winning hit April 24 vs. Texas A&M on ESPNU, going 1 for 3 with two RBIs, a run and a walk in the 5-1 victory • Totaled three hits and two RBIs against top-15 Ole Miss April 22 in the Governor’s Cup win at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi • Had two RBIs and five at-bats April 18 in the win at Missouri, collecting two hits (one double) • Notched an RBI single in the win against Alcorn State on April 15 • Recorded a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th to defeat Ole Miss by a score of 6-5 April 12 in front of the largest on-campus crowd to ever watch a college baseball game (15,586) • Finished the April 12 victory with three hits along with two RBIs and a walk • Collected two hits in the extra-inning win vs. Southern Miss April 8 • Hit .400 in two starts at No. 9 LSU, cranking out two doubles and driving in one • Went 2 for 3 with a double March 23 against No. 3 Vanderbilt • Doubled in the March 15 road win at Georgia • Went 2 for 4 with two runs scored March 1 vs. Eastern Illinois, while also throwing out three base runners and picking off another at second base • Banged out two hits and scored a career-best two runs in the win vs. Mount St. Mary’s Feb. 26 • Recorded his first collegiate hit and two RBIs with a double in game one of the doubleheader vs. Holy Cross Feb. 22. • Played summer ball for the Bourne Braves in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League • Worked out at Fenway Park in front of general managers and scouts of all 30 MLB teams during his time in the CCBL.
High School: Rated a 9.5 on a 10.0 scale and a Top-25 catcher nationally by national scouting service Perfect Game • Projected to go in the top five rounds of the 2013 MLB Draft before injuring his ankle in the first game of his senior season • Member of the 2013 Rawlings California All-Region First Team • Raked at a .351 clip (27 for 77) with five home runs and 24 RBIs his senior season • Recorded a 1.87 pop time to second base as a catcher • Chose Mississippi State over scholarship offers from Oregon, Arizona State and Fresno State.
PERSONAL: Born Gavin Patrik Collins on July 17, 1995 in Newport Beach, California • Son of Shannon and Brendan Collins of Lake Forest, California • Majoring in special education.
AB: 6, 3x, last at Ole Miss, 5/9/15
R: 2, 4x, last at Kentucky, 3/22/15
H: 4 at Kentucky, 5/22/14
RBI: 3 at Kentucky, 3/22/15
2B: 2 at LSU, 4/6/14
3B: N/A
HR: 1, 3x, last vs. LSU, 5/2/15
BB: 2, 4x, last at Tennessee, 5/14/15
SB: 1 vs. Western Kentucky, 3/11/15
