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2017 Baseball Roster

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  • OF
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Metamora, IL
    Hometown
  • 6'2
    Height
  • 193
    Weight
  • Metamora H.S.
    High School
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Spencer Gaa
#22
Spencer Gaa
OF
Position
Senior
Class
Metamora, IL
Hometown

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2017
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Career Stats

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Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
NCAA Louisville Region All-Region Team: 2015 (3B)
Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-America: 2014 (3B)
All-Missouri Valley Conference: 2016 (3B, 2nd Team); 2015 (2nd Team, 3B); 2014 (Honorable Mention, 3B)
Preseason All-MVC:  2017 (OF)
MVC Player of the Week: May 9, 2016
Bradley Baseball A.J. Robertson Team MVP:  2016
Bradley Baseball Rod Thompson Award (Top Batting Average):  2015 (.351), 2016 (.333)
MVC Honor Roll: 2014, 2017
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall '13, Spring '17

AT BRADLEY
Bradley's active leader in most offensive categories, entering his senior season with a .324 career batting average, 171 base hits, 37 doubles and 85 RBI's ... Three-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection at third base, Gaa also was named to the 2015 NCAA Louisville Regional all-tournament team after batting 6-for-14 (.429) with a double and stolen base during Bradley’s first three postseason games since 1968 ... The MVC Player of the Week May 9, 2016 after going 11-for-17 (.647) with four doubles, a triple and two home runs in Bradley’s four games the previous week ... Scored the go-ahead run from second on a third-strike wild pitch in Bradley’s 3-1 win against #11 Dallas Baptist in the semifinals of the 2015 MVC Tourney ... Gaa’s 8th-inning HR Feb. 26, 2016 proved to be the difference in the 4-3 win against Notre Dame ... Played in the prestigious Cape Cod Summer Collegiate League in 2015 and ranked among the league’s top hitters all summer.

AT METAMORA H.S.
In his senior season, Gaa hit .492 with a school record 62 hits and a school record 35 stolen bases ... Hit .417 with 53 hits and 42 runs scored as a junior in 2012 ... Helped the Redbirds to the 2010 regional title ... Also played varsity golf in 2011 and 2012 ... A McDonald's All-Star and participant in the Crossroads All-Star Game, Gaa was selected for Team Illinois during the Midwest Futures Games and played on the Cincinnati Reds Scout Team in 2012 ... In 2013 Gaa was second team All-State and was a McDonald's All-Star for the second consecutive season ... Also selected to the 2013 Rawlings preseason All-American Team.

PERSONAL
The son of Rick and Sherry Gaa, Spencer was born May 5, 1995 in Peoria ... Older brother, Nick, also attended Bradley University ... Majoring in communications (sports communication).