Meet The Bulldogs
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David #19 GONZALEZ
SS/RHP 6-1, 188, Fr.-HS, R-R Braselton, Ga. Jefferson HS
High School: A graduate of Jefferson where he played for Tommy Knight *Hit .360 with five doubles, two home runs and a .447 on base percentage as a senior *Posted a 7-2 record and 0.80 ERA in 52.1 innings with 73 strikeouts and only six walks for the Dragons as a senior *Helped Dragons go 21-5, capture the Region 8-AA title and advance to the state playoffs in 2014 *Two-way standout named team’s Most Valuable Player in 2014 *Batted .390 with team-high 36 RBI plus went 7-0 with a 0.54 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 41 innings pitched as a junior *Guided the 2013 team to a 26-4 mark and advanced to the second round of the state playoffs *Named Defensive MVP and All-Region as a junior *Played for Team Georgia as well as Southeast Baseball Giants in summer league action *Member of Beta Club Personal: Born Dec. 16, 1995 *Son of Billy and Jill Ford *Major: Criminal Justice
RHP 6-1, 202, Jr.-2L, R-R Gainesville, Ga. Gainesville HS
Year G/GS W L S CG ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2013 9/8 1 2 0 0 7.58 19.0 25 17 16 18 9 2014 12/0 0 0 0 0 2.19 12.1 15 6 3 3 5 Total 21/8 1 2 0 0 5.46 31.1 40 23 19 21 14 SEC Career Year G/GS 1/0 2013 2014 5/0 Total 6/0
W L S CG ERA IP H R ER BB SO 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 6.0 7 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.57 7.0 9 4 2 3 2
2014 (Sophomore): Went 0-0 with a 2.19 ERA in 12 relief appearances as team went 26-29-1 and advanced to the SEC Tournament *Pitched a total of 12.1 innings with three walks and five strikeouts *Tossed two innings against Western Kentucky on March 11 in 26-7 rout *Part of combined shutout of Presbyterian on March 18 *Made five SEC appearances and went 0-0, 1.50 ERA in six innings *Did not allow a run over his final three relief outings, a span of three innings against South Carolina, Ga. Tech and Kentucky *Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll 2013 (Freshman): Appeared in 7 games, all starts, going 1-2, 7.50 ERA in 18 IP with 18 walks and nine strikeouts as team went 21-32 *Started home opener-Kennesaw St., got no decision (3.1 IP, 2H, 1R, 2K) *Notched first win at Kennesaw State with career-high 4 shutout innings *Made SEC debut at Auburn on April 13 (1 IP, 1R, 2H) High School: Selected in 40th round by N.Y Mets in the 2012 MLB Draft *A graduate of Gainesville where he played for Jeremy Kemp *Posted an 11-1 record and 1.00 ERA as a senior captain for the squad that made its first state semifinal appearance since 2002 *Helped lead Red Elephants to undefeated regular season, Region 8-AAA title and Class AAA semifinals in 2012 in going 32-2 *Named Pitcher of the Year in Region 8-AAA and to the All-Region squad *Two-way standout throughout career and two-time MVP *Went 7-2 with a 3.47 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 52.1 innings as a junior plus batted .369 with eight home runs and 29 RBI Personal: Born Sept. 11, 1993 *Son of JP and Nydia Gonzalez *Major: Consumer Journalism
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