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Jersey Number 11
Davis Gillespie
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Oak Mountain HS
Bio
Earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2024 Fall Semester…
2024 (R-Fr.): Saw action in 57 games and made 55 starts (34-LF, 21-1B)…Hit .318 with 46 runs, 19 doubles, eight home runs and 44 RBI…Had 24 multi-hit games (17-2H, 7-3H) and 14 multi-RBI contests (11-2RBI, 2-3RBI, 1-5RBI)…Ended his season with a six-game hitting streak, with five-multi-hit games during that span…Hit .448 (13x29) over those final six games with five runs, four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI…Sported a season-best nine-game hitting streak from April 9-23 in which he batted .444 (16x36) over that span with three doubles, two homers and six RBI…Doubled in the game’s first three run en route to a 9-7 home victory over Alabama (3/12)…Knocked in five runs in the series opener versus Marshall (3/15) as he collected three hits that included a double and a homer…Played for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League and hit .268 over 22 games and registered five doubles with seven RBI…
Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2023 semester…
2023 (Fr.): Did not see any action during the season and redshirted…Played for the Ocean State Waves in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer…Batted .221 (19x86) with a pair of doubles, four home runs and 11 RBI in 37 games during the team’s regular season
A member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the Fall 2022 semester.
High School: Produced a .609 slugging percentage with 17 extra-base hits at Oak Mountain High School, including eight home runs, where he was named the Over-the-Mountain Journal Player of the Year his senior campaign…Made the AL.com Birmingham Terrific 20 team…Had a .304 batting average with 27 runs scored and 25 runs batted in…Led the Eagles in innings pitched (50 1/3) while compiling a 4-3 record with two saves and a 2.22 earned run average…Recorded 78 strikeouts and issued only 18 walks as Oak Mountain finished with a 21-14 record…Hit .346 with 14 doubles and 40 RBIs, earning Class 7A first-team All-State selection as a junior…Also was a member of the Birmingham area Terrific 20 as voted on by AL.com…Participated in the Alabama North-South all-star game following his junior year, where he earned MVP game honors…Other honors from his junior spring included being named the Starnes Media Hitter of the Year where he was the first-team third baseman and named to the All-County team.
Personal: Son of Brad and Ellen Gillespie…Born January 5…Majoring in Accounting.
2024 (R-Fr.): Saw action in 57 games and made 55 starts (34-LF, 21-1B)…Hit .318 with 46 runs, 19 doubles, eight home runs and 44 RBI…Had 24 multi-hit games (17-2H, 7-3H) and 14 multi-RBI contests (11-2RBI, 2-3RBI, 1-5RBI)…Ended his season with a six-game hitting streak, with five-multi-hit games during that span…Hit .448 (13x29) over those final six games with five runs, four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI…Sported a season-best nine-game hitting streak from April 9-23 in which he batted .444 (16x36) over that span with three doubles, two homers and six RBI…Doubled in the game’s first three run en route to a 9-7 home victory over Alabama (3/12)…Knocked in five runs in the series opener versus Marshall (3/15) as he collected three hits that included a double and a homer…Played for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League and hit .268 over 22 games and registered five doubles with seven RBI…
Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2023 semester…
2023 (Fr.): Did not see any action during the season and redshirted…Played for the Ocean State Waves in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer…Batted .221 (19x86) with a pair of doubles, four home runs and 11 RBI in 37 games during the team’s regular season
A member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the Fall 2022 semester.
High School: Produced a .609 slugging percentage with 17 extra-base hits at Oak Mountain High School, including eight home runs, where he was named the Over-the-Mountain Journal Player of the Year his senior campaign…Made the AL.com Birmingham Terrific 20 team…Had a .304 batting average with 27 runs scored and 25 runs batted in…Led the Eagles in innings pitched (50 1/3) while compiling a 4-3 record with two saves and a 2.22 earned run average…Recorded 78 strikeouts and issued only 18 walks as Oak Mountain finished with a 21-14 record…Hit .346 with 14 doubles and 40 RBIs, earning Class 7A first-team All-State selection as a junior…Also was a member of the Birmingham area Terrific 20 as voted on by AL.com…Participated in the Alabama North-South all-star game following his junior year, where he earned MVP game honors…Other honors from his junior spring included being named the Starnes Media Hitter of the Year where he was the first-team third baseman and named to the All-County team.
Personal: Son of Brad and Ellen Gillespie…Born January 5…Majoring in Accounting.
True Grit: Final Episode
Friday, October 20
Episode 1: War Damn Golden Eagle
Tuesday, August 22
Episode 5: Battle for the Belt
Thursday, August 17
Episode 4: Battle for the Belt
Saturday, August 12
