2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Will McGillis
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Presbyterian Christian HS
Voted by his teammates as one of the team captains this spring…A member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2021 semester.
2021 (C-So.): Played in 60 games with 58 starts all coming at second base…Was the third infield position in three seasons that McGillis served as the everyday player holding down that spot…Batted .236 with 12 doubles, three triples 11 home runs and 35 RBI…One of four Golden Eagles to post double-digits homers…Posted nine multi-hit (7 2-hit, 2 3-hit) and 11 multi-RBI games (9 2-RBI, 2 3-RBI)…Collected hits in 11 of his final 12 games of the season…Finished the year by hitting safely in all five NCAA Oxford Regional contests to earn a spot on the all-regional squad as he homered once in each of the final four contests…Batted .450 (9x20) in the regional with two doubles, four home runs and 6 RBI, along with 10 runs scored…Drove in season-high three runs against UTSA (4/2, G1) and Louisiana Tech (4/18, G1)…Did not make an error over his final 35 games, spanning 116 chances…Earned his undergraduate degree…Named to the President’s List for the Spring 2021 semester…Earned his undergraduate degree…Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2020 (R-So.): Played and started in 12 games…Missed four contests due to injury from Feb. 15-21…Batted .255 with three doubles, two homers and 12 RBI…Started all games at first base, making the transition from shortstop…Drove in seven runs over a three-game period (2/29-3/6), including three runs versus McNeese (3/1)…Had a pair of three-hit games against Central Arkansas (2/22) and Ole Miss (2/25)…Made the President’s List for the Spring 2020 semester and the Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester…Awarded a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the league Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019 (R-Fr.): Appeared in 53 games, including 47 starts (all at shortstop)…Finished year with a .223 batting average with eight doubles, a home run and 15 RBI…Enjoyed best month in April by hitting .321 (17x53) with six doubles and six RBI over 17 games…Recorded his season-best seven-game hitting streak (3/30-4/19) by hitting .524 (11x21) three doubles and six RBI…Belted lone home run against Holy Cross (3/9, G1)…Collected 10 two-hit games and one three-hit game…Committed just nine errors at shortstop having a 14-game streak of not committing an error which spanned 61 fielding chances…Collected eight sacrifices…Made the Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 and Fall 2018 semesters…Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2018 (Fr.): Redshirted…Played for the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast Summer Collegiate League…Hit .211 in 19 at bats, spanning five games before missing the rest of the summer with an injury…Collected two doubles and two RBI…Played Named to the President’s List for the Spring 2018 and Fall 2017 semesters…Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a Commissioner’s List honoree.
Prep: Named to the Clarion-Ledger Top 40 senior list at Presbyterian Christian School, playing for former Golden Eagle Kyle Maxie…Batted .500 with seven homers and 31 RBI as a senior…Named all-conference his last three seasons…Earned MAIS AAAA Player of the Year after leading the Bobcats to the program's first regular season conference championship as a junior…Hit .420 with a .762 slugging percentage while tallying 15 doubles, five triples and five home runs his junior campaign…Added saves in seven innings of relief, maintaining a 1.10 ERA while striking out 15 and allowing two walks on the mound…Lettered four year in baseball and three in basketball, earning all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior on the hardwood.
Personal: Son of Bill and Marjorie McGillis…Has two brothers, Jordan and Taylor, and two sisters, Marissa and Gabby…His Dad is a former Director of Athletics at Southern Miss and currently holds the same position at the University of San Diego…Brother Jordan played baseball at USF, while brother Taylor played at St. Leon…Majoring in Business Administration…Born January 16, 1999.
