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2025 Baseball

15 Gavin Collins

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 200
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Clifton, Va.
  • Highschool Centreville

Biography

2021 ODAC Rookie of the Year

Senior (2024): Appeared and started in 50 games … Finished fourth on the team in at bats with 192 and recorded 56 hits along with nine doubles, one triple and seven home runs … Knocked in 30 runs and crossed the plate 40 times … Walked 18 times and was second on the team in hit by pitches with 12 … Tallied three hits against Pfieffer with two of them being home runs helping him secure six runs batted in.

Junior (2023):
Played in 55 games hitting five home runs and leading the team with four triples … held a batting average of .244 with 42 runs and six stolen bases …  had third-most RBI with 39 …began Game 2 against Guildford with a three-run triple, eventually tallying up two more RBI in the next inning … tripled driving home two players in game against Eastern Mennonite … gave Lynchburg a sacrifice fly to put Lynchburg up 3-1 in the super regional championship … started the comeback in the NCAA championship with a two-run double as the Hornets trailed 4-0 against Hopkins in the 1st inning.

Sophomore (2022): Slashed .259/.382/.392 in 48 games ... became starting shortstop in the Lynchburg infield ... hit five homers with 46 RBI stole seven bags, was hit by 15 pitches, and walked 25 times ... went 2-4 with a walk in the season opener against No. 15 Trinity (Tex.) on Feb. 18 ... hit two homers against Pfeiffer with six RBI on Apr. 27 and followed it up with another homer against Hampden-Sydney on Apr. 28 ... closed out the season with a three-game hitting streak in the NCAA tournament. 

Freshman (2021): Played in 44 games ... made first start on Feb 27 ... slashed .302/.426/.459 ... hit two homers with 11 doubles and four triples ... stole nine bases and drove in 36 runs ... boasted 13 multihit games ... had two hits in three-straight games from Apr. 11-Apr. 14 ... went 4-5 against Roanoke on Mar. 13 ... had two doubles during a 3-5 day against Va. Wesleyan on Apr. 7 ... had three hits in the first two games on the NCAA Southeast Regional with three RBI ... his 20 hit-by-pitches were the most in the ODAC and tied for fourth in DIII ... his six sacrifice flies were tied for the second-most in ODAC and tied for 16th-most in DIII. 

Prep/Personal: First-Team All-Conference in 2019 ... Parents Kevin Christy, Siblings Kassidy and Devin.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2021Freshman

    INF
    5'8" 188 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2022Sophomore

    INF
    5'8" 188 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2023Junior

    INF
    5'8" 188 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2024Senior

    INF
    5'8" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2025Fifth Year

    Infield
    5'9" 200 lbs
    15