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Jersey Number 2
Gunner Halter
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- High School/Previous School:
- Blue Valley
Bio
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Chosen in the 26th round of the 2018 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Cleveland Indians…Selected in the 22nd round of the 2017 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
2018 (Sophomore Season – Seminole State (Okla.) College)
Awards: Tabbed National Junior College Athletic Association honorable mention Division I All-American…Earned Most Valuable Player honors at the NJCAA Region 2 Regional.
Season: Appeared in and started 53 games…Led the team in runs scored (74), doubles (20), home runs (20), walks (45) and stolen bases (29)…Hit .394 with 76 hits and 60 RBIs…Collected 42 extra base hits, with 20 doubles, two triples and 20 home runs…Reached base in 49 of 53 games with hits in 43 of those games…Owned 24 multi-hit and 16 multi-RBI games…Carried a season-best 10-game hitting streak from March 22-April 8…Owned a pair of double-digit reached base streaks; reaching in a season-long 20 games from April 12-May 18, and 12 games from March 17-April 8…Homered at Crowder College (2/11), Carl Albert State College (2/18), in back-to-back games at Vernon College (2/21) and Cowley C.C. (2/23), versus Cowley C.C. (2/25), against Hutchinson C.C. (3/8), versus Murray State College (3/21), against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (4/6), in both games of a doubleheader verus Arkansas Baptist College (4/20), twice at Eastern Oklahoma State C.C. (4/29), in both games of a doubleheader versus Rose State College (5/4) and against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (5/11), twice versus Connors State College (5/13), and twice against Delgado C.C. (5/20) in the district playoffs…Collected a season-best four hits on two occasions; at Eastern Oklahoma State C.C. (3/15) and versus Arkansas Baptist (5/10)…Drove in a season-high five RBIs at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3/30).
2017 (Freshman Season – Seminole State (Okla.) College)
Awards: Named first-team All-Region 2.
Season: Transferred to Seminole State College after spending the fall at Kansas State University…Appeared in and started 56 games…Led the team in batting average (.440), hits (103) and runs scored (78)…Drove in 55 RBIs and walked 31 times…Collected 35 extra base hits, with 13 doubles, three triples and 19 home runs…Reached base in 51 of 56 games, including 46 games with a hit…Owned 31 multi-hi t and 17 multi-RBI contests…Carried a pair of double-digit hitting streaks; a season-long 13-game streak from March 4-April 3 and an 11-game streak to end the season (May 4-22)…Reached base in a season-long 28 games to start the season (Feb. 9-April 3) and carried a 16-game streak from April 23-May 22…Homered against Crowder College (2/13), versus Weatherford College (2/15), twice against Connors State College (3/1), twice at Eastern Oklahoma State C.C. (3/15), versus Eastern Oklahoma State C.C. (3/17), at Rose State College (3/22), against Oklahoma Christian University (3/26), three times at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3/30), at Connor State College (4/5), at Arkansas Baptist College (4/23), twice versus Rose State College (4/27), in both games of a doubleheader at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (5/5), versus Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (5/11) and Eastern Oklahoma State (5/13) in the district playoffs…Posted a season-high five hits at Redlands C.C. (3/1)…Drove in a season-best five RBIs vs. Delgado C.C. (5/20).
High School
Lettered two times for head coach Tony Scardino at Blue Valley High School…Two-time all-state selection, earning first-team honors as a senior and second-team accolades as a junior…Tabbed first-team All-Eastern Kansas League as a junior and senior.
Personal
Born Gunner David Halter on March 18, 1998 in Kansas City, Kansas…Son of Jen and Shane Halter…Has one brother, Huck…Father, Shane, was drafted out of the University of Texas at Austin and played eight seasons for four Major League Baseball organizations…Uncle, Frankie, lettered I baseball at the University of Texas at Austin…Majoring in business administration.
Draft: Chosen in the 26th round of the 2018 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Cleveland Indians…Selected in the 22nd round of the 2017 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
2018 (Sophomore Season – Seminole State (Okla.) College)
Awards: Tabbed National Junior College Athletic Association honorable mention Division I All-American…Earned Most Valuable Player honors at the NJCAA Region 2 Regional.
Season: Appeared in and started 53 games…Led the team in runs scored (74), doubles (20), home runs (20), walks (45) and stolen bases (29)…Hit .394 with 76 hits and 60 RBIs…Collected 42 extra base hits, with 20 doubles, two triples and 20 home runs…Reached base in 49 of 53 games with hits in 43 of those games…Owned 24 multi-hit and 16 multi-RBI games…Carried a season-best 10-game hitting streak from March 22-April 8…Owned a pair of double-digit reached base streaks; reaching in a season-long 20 games from April 12-May 18, and 12 games from March 17-April 8…Homered at Crowder College (2/11), Carl Albert State College (2/18), in back-to-back games at Vernon College (2/21) and Cowley C.C. (2/23), versus Cowley C.C. (2/25), against Hutchinson C.C. (3/8), versus Murray State College (3/21), against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (4/6), in both games of a doubleheader verus Arkansas Baptist College (4/20), twice at Eastern Oklahoma State C.C. (4/29), in both games of a doubleheader versus Rose State College (5/4) and against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (5/11), twice versus Connors State College (5/13), and twice against Delgado C.C. (5/20) in the district playoffs…Collected a season-best four hits on two occasions; at Eastern Oklahoma State C.C. (3/15) and versus Arkansas Baptist (5/10)…Drove in a season-high five RBIs at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3/30).
2017 (Freshman Season – Seminole State (Okla.) College)
Awards: Named first-team All-Region 2.
Season: Transferred to Seminole State College after spending the fall at Kansas State University…Appeared in and started 56 games…Led the team in batting average (.440), hits (103) and runs scored (78)…Drove in 55 RBIs and walked 31 times…Collected 35 extra base hits, with 13 doubles, three triples and 19 home runs…Reached base in 51 of 56 games, including 46 games with a hit…Owned 31 multi-hi t and 17 multi-RBI contests…Carried a pair of double-digit hitting streaks; a season-long 13-game streak from March 4-April 3 and an 11-game streak to end the season (May 4-22)…Reached base in a season-long 28 games to start the season (Feb. 9-April 3) and carried a 16-game streak from April 23-May 22…Homered against Crowder College (2/13), versus Weatherford College (2/15), twice against Connors State College (3/1), twice at Eastern Oklahoma State C.C. (3/15), versus Eastern Oklahoma State C.C. (3/17), at Rose State College (3/22), against Oklahoma Christian University (3/26), three times at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (3/30), at Connor State College (4/5), at Arkansas Baptist College (4/23), twice versus Rose State College (4/27), in both games of a doubleheader at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (5/5), versus Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (5/11) and Eastern Oklahoma State (5/13) in the district playoffs…Posted a season-high five hits at Redlands C.C. (3/1)…Drove in a season-best five RBIs vs. Delgado C.C. (5/20).
High School
Lettered two times for head coach Tony Scardino at Blue Valley High School…Two-time all-state selection, earning first-team honors as a senior and second-team accolades as a junior…Tabbed first-team All-Eastern Kansas League as a junior and senior.
Personal
Born Gunner David Halter on March 18, 1998 in Kansas City, Kansas…Son of Jen and Shane Halter…Has one brother, Huck…Father, Shane, was drafted out of the University of Texas at Austin and played eight seasons for four Major League Baseball organizations…Uncle, Frankie, lettered I baseball at the University of Texas at Austin…Majoring in business administration.
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