2024 Baseball Roster
Kilen, Gavin
Jersey Number 5
Gavin Kilen
- B/T:
- L/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Milton, Wis.
- High School:
- Milton
- Prev School:
- Milton HS
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2024 All-ACC Third Team
• 2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2024: Started 54 of 56 games at shortstop ... Earned third team All-ACC honors finishing with a .330 average, 23 doubles, three triples and nine home runs ... Drove in 41 and scored 39 times ... Led the Cardinals in hits, doubles and total bases ... His 23 doubles were tied for the fifth most in a single season in program history ... Set career highs in RBIs (3) and runs (4) in the win over St. Bonaventure on Feb. 23 ... Tallied five hits in the three-game series against Youngstown State ... Had a career night against Morehead State on March 6, hitting his first career home run and adding three doubles as part of a 4-for-5 game ... Homered in three consecutive games with home runs in each of the first two games against Northwestern ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and a career-high four RBIs against Lipscomb on March 12 ... Became the seventh player in Louisville history to hit for the cycle, going 4-for-5 against Virginia Tech on March 16 ... Notched his third four-hit game of the year, driving in two against Kentucky on April 16 ... Hit a solo homer in the win over Miami on April 19 ... Went 2-for-4, including a first inning grand slam against WKU on April 23 ... Hit a two-run homer in the win over NKU on April 30 ... Hit a ninth inning two-run walkoff homer in the series opener against Notre Dame on May 16.
2023: Played in 46 games with 38 starts (30 at 2B, 8 at SS) in his first season ... Hit .265 with nine doubles, a triple and 18 RBIs ... Made his collegiate debut starting at second base on Feb. 18 against Bucknell ... Picked up his first two hits in a win over Bowling Green on Feb. 26 ... Tallied his first career three-hit game in the win over No. 10 TCU at Minute Maid Park on March 4 ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in his first career run against Dayton on March 10 ... Tallied five hits overall and doubled in all three games of the series against Georgia Tech ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles at NC State on March 31 ... Picked up multiple hits in all three games against Miami ... Recorded his fourth straight multi-hit game with two hits, two RBIs and three runs against Bellarmine on May 2 ... Reached base four times and scored three runs in the win over NKU on May 16.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball at Milton High School…Selected in the 13th round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox…Member of 2021 18U national team…2022 Perfect Game All-American…Played in 2022 MLB High School All-Star Game…2022 First-Team All-State…2022 Badger South Conference Player of the Year…Led team to 2022 Wisconsin Division I state title…Rated as the No. 1 shortstop and No. 1 overall player in Wisconsin and the No. 9 shortstop in the nation by Perfect Game.
Personal: Parents are Chris and Kristina Kilen…Father played baseball at the University of Louisiana-Monroe…Siblings are Beau and Nayeli…Majoring in health and sport sciences…Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his athletic career…Favorite team is the Boston Red Sox…Favorite athlete is David Ortiz.
• 2024 All-ACC Third Team
• 2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2024: Started 54 of 56 games at shortstop ... Earned third team All-ACC honors finishing with a .330 average, 23 doubles, three triples and nine home runs ... Drove in 41 and scored 39 times ... Led the Cardinals in hits, doubles and total bases ... His 23 doubles were tied for the fifth most in a single season in program history ... Set career highs in RBIs (3) and runs (4) in the win over St. Bonaventure on Feb. 23 ... Tallied five hits in the three-game series against Youngstown State ... Had a career night against Morehead State on March 6, hitting his first career home run and adding three doubles as part of a 4-for-5 game ... Homered in three consecutive games with home runs in each of the first two games against Northwestern ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and a career-high four RBIs against Lipscomb on March 12 ... Became the seventh player in Louisville history to hit for the cycle, going 4-for-5 against Virginia Tech on March 16 ... Notched his third four-hit game of the year, driving in two against Kentucky on April 16 ... Hit a solo homer in the win over Miami on April 19 ... Went 2-for-4, including a first inning grand slam against WKU on April 23 ... Hit a two-run homer in the win over NKU on April 30 ... Hit a ninth inning two-run walkoff homer in the series opener against Notre Dame on May 16.
2023: Played in 46 games with 38 starts (30 at 2B, 8 at SS) in his first season ... Hit .265 with nine doubles, a triple and 18 RBIs ... Made his collegiate debut starting at second base on Feb. 18 against Bucknell ... Picked up his first two hits in a win over Bowling Green on Feb. 26 ... Tallied his first career three-hit game in the win over No. 10 TCU at Minute Maid Park on March 4 ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in his first career run against Dayton on March 10 ... Tallied five hits overall and doubled in all three games of the series against Georgia Tech ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles at NC State on March 31 ... Picked up multiple hits in all three games against Miami ... Recorded his fourth straight multi-hit game with two hits, two RBIs and three runs against Bellarmine on May 2 ... Reached base four times and scored three runs in the win over NKU on May 16.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball at Milton High School…Selected in the 13th round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox…Member of 2021 18U national team…2022 Perfect Game All-American…Played in 2022 MLB High School All-Star Game…2022 First-Team All-State…2022 Badger South Conference Player of the Year…Led team to 2022 Wisconsin Division I state title…Rated as the No. 1 shortstop and No. 1 overall player in Wisconsin and the No. 9 shortstop in the nation by Perfect Game.
Personal: Parents are Chris and Kristina Kilen…Father played baseball at the University of Louisiana-Monroe…Siblings are Beau and Nayeli…Majoring in health and sport sciences…Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his athletic career…Favorite team is the Boston Red Sox…Favorite athlete is David Ortiz.
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