Garrett Gray - Baseball Coach - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Garrett Gray

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach
Email:
grgray@bgsu.edu
Phone:
419-372-7065

Garrett Gray recently completed his second season on the Bowling Green State University coaching staff as the volunteer assistant. Gray, who graduated in 2013 from Wright State University, has worked with the Falcons catchers and hitters during his two seasons.

Gray has proven the ability to develop and elevate talent with the BGSU catchers during his two seasons on campus. In each season, Gray’s top catcher from the staff has been named first team All-MAC and earned conference defensive honors.

In 2014, T.J. Losby earned All-MAC first team honors at catcher while also being named the inaugural MAC Defensive Player of the Year. Losby batted .319 with a .405 slugging percentage in his senior year. More impressive, however, was his defense. Losby allowed just 16 stolen bases all season while appearing in all 52 games for the Orange and Brown.

After losing Losby, it seemed a tall task for a Falcon catcher to match, or even exceed, Losby’s production both at and behind the dish. But, under Gray, Keegan was able to do just that. A defensive star, Keegan threw out nearly 50-percent of would-be base stealers and picked off four more runners on the season. He also hit .295 from the middle of the Falcons order with 46 runs scored and 39 RBI.

Keegan was drafted on June 10, 2015 by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft. Taken with the 420th pick overall, Keegan was the highest drafted player from Bowling Green since Nolan Reimold was taken in 2005 by the Baltimore Orioles. Keegan was the first Falcon to be drafted since both Jon Berti and Ross Gerdenman were selected in 2011.

Gray, who graduated with a degree in organizational leadership, was a three-time first team All-Horizon League performer. In addition to that, he was also named to the All-Tournament team three different times for his performances in the Horizon League Tournament.

A leader on and off the field, Gray was a captain during his senior season, in addition to being named the Raider Award recipient. He was named first team All-Mideast Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association, a five-time Horizon League Player of the Week, and a three-time Horizon League Batter of the Week.

Gray was a career .344 hitter at WSU, as he played in 201 games during his career. Gray hit for power, as he had a career slugging percentage of .523. He was a perfect 12-for-12 in stolen bases during his last season for the Raiders, while also recording 20 extra base hits.