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Jersey Number 28
Gavin King
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-7 / 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Liberty Creek High School
2026 (Sophomore)
- Made 19 appearances including three starts.
- Slid into a variety of roles, with two Friday night starts along with time as closer and long relief.
- Pitched 42.0 innings.
- Struck out 59 batters, the second highest mark on the team.
- Won three games while leading the team with five saves.
- Hurled 5.0 innings of two-run (one-earned) ball in first start as a Blue Raider in a win over Illinois State.
- Struck out five over 5.0 innings of relief in CUSA opener against Kennesaw State on 3/13.
- Picked up first collegiate save with a clean ninth inning against New Mexico State.
- Earned a save after striking out one in 0.1 innings of work against Lipscomb.
- Picked up win after 4.0 shutout innings with eight punchouts in 13-inning thriller over Belmont.
- From 4/17-4/19, tossed 2.2 innings against Delaware while picking up three saves in the weekend sweep.
- Earned a win after 4.1 inning, eight strikeout effort on the road out of the bullpen at Sam Houston on 4/25.
- Picked up a career-high 11 strikeouts in 4.2 innings against WKU on 5/3.
- Appeared in four games, starting three
- In his first appearance of his career, he threw for four innings, striking out 11 batters without allowing a run
- Ended the year with 19 strikeouts in 10.2 innings pitched
- Played for former MTSU head coach, Jim McGuire
- Graduated in 2024
- Was ranked as the seventh RHP in Tennessee, 21st overall by Perfect Game
- Originally was committed to South Carolina
- Son of Ashley Garris and Kasey King
- First in his family to participate in collegiate athletics
- Majoring in business
- Born July 31, 2005, in Nashville, Tenn.
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