17 Gunner Gregg
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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Weight:
- 180
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- Hometown:
- Graytown, Ohio
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- Position:
- INF/P
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- High School:
- Oak Harbor
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- gp
- 49
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- avg
- .333
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- hr
- 4
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- rbi
- 31
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- r
- 32
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- sb
- 3
Bio
Senior (2025)
- Played in a team-high 49 games all over the infield with time as the DH as well and finished second on the team with a .333 average
- Also emerged as one of the team's top pitchers, leading the pitching staff in ERA (3.67, 4th in WHCA), nine starts, 49 innings and 46 strikeouts (11th in WHAC)
- His career-best 52 hits are tied for 10th-most in a season in team history and climbed to ninth on the career list with 148
- His 31 RBIs were tied for first on the team and contributed to 77 career RBIs, now ninth-most for a career in program history
- He also claimed the career leaderboard with four more home runs, tied for the team lead, to 16 over four years, fourth-best in program history
- Led the Yellow Jackets with 11 doubles for the second year in a row, finishing career with 30 to rank tied for seventh among program leaders
- 48 career extra-base hits are fifth-best in program history
- 24 walks were a career-best total to push his career number to 65, also a career top-10 and tied for sixth
- He also finished with the third-most games played in program history with 147
- Posted 18 multi-hit games, the second-most on the team
- Finished the season dialed in through the month of April, owning a .431 batting average over the last 21 games of the year
- Set a career-high with five RBIs in a win over UM-Dearborn on April 26, which was Senior Day that he hit a three-run homer and capped it off with a walk-off, two-run double that took DC from down 7-6 to 8-7 victors
- Reached base in 11 straight games to close the season, which was the longest on-base streak of his career where he hit .594 (19-for-32) and carried an on-base percentage of .683
- On the mound, fired a team-high three quality starts and owned the team's two high strikeout performances (9 vs. Rochester Christian on March 14 and 10 vs. UM-Dearboarn on April 26)
- He also led the program with four winning decisions
- Named WHAC Player of the Week twice, once as a pitcher on a seven-inning, one-hit shutout with nine strikeouts in the conference opener vs. Rochester Christian and the final week of the year when he batted .619 (13-for-21) through the last eight games
- Awarded the Marv Hohenberger Award (Male Athlete of the Year) and Purple & Gold Club Distinguished Athlete Award at the 2025 Swarm Awards
- Named Academic All-WHAC
Junior (2024)
- Compiled a career year in numerous offensive categories while playing in 35 games as the team's primary second baseman
- His .353 average topped all Yellow Jacket hitters and also recorded a team-high 48 hits, 10 doubles, 23 runs, 78 total bases, and 15 multi-hit games
- Finished second on the team with six homers, 25 RBIs, .574 slugging percentage, .432 on-base percentage, and 17 extra-base hits
- Among HCAC hitters, six homers finished 10th in the league...Also recorded five saves on the mound, the fifth-most in a season for a Defiance reliever and ranked fifth in the HCAC
- First six pitching appearances of college career and held a 2.70 ERA and struck out eight hitters in 6.2 frames, converting 5 of 6 save attempts
- In the first game of the season-ending doubleheader vs. Earlham on 5/5, Gregg completed the first cycle in DC history in over a decade and drove in three runs of a 7-4 victory, starting with a triple in the first, homered in the third, then singled in the fifth before a seventh-inning double; Earned first-career HCAC Hitter of the Week Award for the performance as well as D3Baseball.com Team of the Week
- Closed season with RBIs in four straight games and went 9-for-18 (.500) with eight RBIs, five runs scored, two doubles and homers in each of the last two games of the year
- Recorded season-long seven-game hitting streak from 3/29-4/14 while hitting .400 (12-for-30)
- Reached base in a season-long 10-game streak from 3/24-4/14
- Recorded back-to-back three-hit games to close a big week from 4/16-4/21, going 9-for-20 with eight RBIs, six walks and four extra-base hits
- Closed season with 12 career home runs, tied for 10th in the program's career rankings
- Named Academic All-HCAC and Second Team All-HCAC
Sophomore (2023)
- One of two Yellow Jackets to appear in all 38 games and the only player to start every contest as the regular shortstop
- Led the team with 35 hits, four home runs and 17 walks while scoring the second-most runs (16), third in doubles (7) and third in RBIs (15)
- Also compiled nine multi-hit games
- 12 errors were second-most on the team
- Knocked first homer of the year on 3/21 at Heidelberg
- Homered three games later in game two at Rose-Hulman on 3/26
- Homered in both games of a doubleheader on 4/29 at Transylvania to push season total to four
- Doubled in three straight games from 4/29-4/30 and in four games of back-to-back doubleheaders, totaled five extra-base hits (two homers, three doubles) while going 6-for-16
- Longest hitting streak was seven games from 4/22-5/3 and hit .357 over that stretch with five extra-base hits and 10 RBIs, including at least RBI in seven consecutive contests
- Batted .292 (21-for-72) over the last 19 games of the season
- Named Academic All-HCAC
Freshman (2022)
- Played in 25 games and made 19 starts
- Recorded 13 hits, two doubles, two homers, six runs batted in, and 10 runs scored
- Recorded first collegiate hit in a loss to Baldwin Wallace
- Hit first two career home runs in a loss to Ohio Northern
- Had four multi-hit games.
Personal
- Majoring in business management
- Earned three varsity letters in baseball and two in diving at Oak Harbor
- Tied Oak Harbor records for triples in a season with three and most batters struck out in a game with 14
- Son of Rachel and Nathan Gregg
Recent games
Season Statistics
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 49 | 27 |
| Plate appearances | 189 | 99 |
| At Bats | 156 | 82 |
| Runs | 32 | 10 |
| Hits | 52 | 31 |
| Doubles | 11 | 7 |
| Triples | 1 | - |
| Home Runs | 4 | 3 |
| Runs Batted In | 31 | 21 |
| Total bases | 77 | 47 |
| Walks | 24 | 13 |
| Hit by pitch | 5 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 21 | 15 |
| Sacrifice Flies | 4 | 3 |
| Sacrifice Hits | 0 | - |
| Hit into double play | 2 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .333 | .378 |
| On Base Percentage | .429 | .455 |
| Slugging Percentage | .494 | .573 |
Game Log - Hitting
Game Log - Base Running
Game Log - Pitching
Game Log - Fielding
Career Stats: Hitting
Career Stats: Base Running
Career Stats: Pitching
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