Northwestern State University of Louisana

2025 SECOND-TEAM ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 3B
2025 PRESEASON FIRST-TEAM ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 3B
2024 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM 3B

2025 Season:
• Started all 56 games at third base.
• set a school single-season record with 24 hit by pitches.
• led Northwestern State in RBIs (54), was second in stolen bases (19) and was tied for second on the team with 10 doubles.
• drilled a go-ahead, two-run home run in a May 15 Southland Conference Tournament win against McNeese.
• connected on a two-run home run in a May 3 win at Pepperdine.
• drove in three runs, including the game winner, in an April 27 win at Stephen F. Austin.
• gave the Demons the lead for good with a two-run home run in the fifth inning of an April 25 win at Stephen F. Austin.
• went 2-for-3, reaching base four times, and drove in three runs in an April 22 run-rule win at No. 4 LSU.
• connected on his fifth home run of the season as part of back-to-back, first-inning home runs with Balin Valentine in an April 13 win at HCU.
• drove in a pair of runs with two infield singles in an April 8 loss at ULM.
• helped keep a three-run, ninth-inning rally alive with an RBI single in an April 4 win against UTRGV.
• drove in a pair of runs with an opposite-field double in Game 2 of a March 29 doubleheader sweep of Nicholls.
• tripled in back-to-back games at New Orleans (March 23) and against Centenary (March 25), driving in five runs in those games.
• homered for the second straight game, accounting for the only run in a 1-0 win at New Orleans on March 21.
• connected on his third home run of the season at Grambling on March 18.
• batted .478 (22-for-46) during a career-long, 14-game hit streak from Feb. 22-March 15.
• homered and drove in two runs in a March 4 win against LeTourneau.
• had back-to-back, three-hit games at Southeastern Louisiana on March 1-2.
• went 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs in a Feb. 25 win against Southern-New Orleans.
• belted his first home run of the season to left-center field in a Feb. 22 loss at Troy.


2024 Season:
• Appeared in all 55 games, starting 54, in his first Division I season.
• ranked second on the team in doubles (12) and was third on the team in RBIs with 44.
• had a team-high 12 multi-RBI games and was second on the team with 15 multi-hit games.
• hit safely in the final four games of the season, going 5-for-16 with a pair of doubles.
• homered and drove in three runs in an April 28 win against HCU that clinched a series sweep.
• tripled and drove in three runs in an April 23 win against Grambling.
• went 7-for-18 with a triple, a home run and 10 RBIs in a five-game hitting streak from April 13-19.
• drove in a career-high five runs in an April 16 win against LSUA.
• had three hits, including a key two-run, eighth-inning single, in a March 30 win at McNeese.
• drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly against Louisiana Christian on March 26.
• had his second three-hit game in a March 24 win against Southeastern.
• drove in a pair of runs and stole a base in a March 12 win against Louisiana Tech.
• delivered a go-ahead, two-run home run in a March 1 win against Troy.
• homered and drove in four runs as part of a 3-for-5 performance in a Feb. 18 loss to Southern Illinois.
• drove in two runs with NSU's first home run of the year against Southern Illinois on Feb. 16.

Prior to NSU:
• Played one season each at Yavapai Community College and Pima Community College.
• batted .318 with a home run and 36 RBIs while stealing 13 bases in 2023 for the District 1 champions at Pima.
• hit .337 with nine doubles, a triple, two home runs and 20 RBIs at Yavapai.
• graduated with a 3.8 GPA.
 
High School:
• Three-year letterman for coach Brian Stephenson’s Sentinels.
• batted .425 in his prep career.
• four-year golf letterman for Mark Bakeman.
• qualified for the state golf tournament all four years.
• graduated with a 3.6 GPA.
 
Personal:
• Born May 24, 2003.
• son of Jena and Chris Gump, who has professional baseball experience.
• mother is a former Arizona Cardinals cheerleader
• has one sister, Bella.
• majoring in business administration.
• wants to start a business or enter medical device sales.
• life’s ambition is “to do my best at what I’m the best at while being of service to others.”