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Gunnar Hoglund
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Gunnar Hoglund
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Gunnar Hoglund
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Gunnar Hoglund

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Position:
    RHP/IF
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-4 / 220
  • Experience:
    2L
  • Hometown:
    Hudson, Fla.
  • High School:
    Dayspring Academy
  • Major:
    Multi-Disciplinary Studies
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 2021 MLB Draft Pick (1st Round - Toronto Blue Jays)
 • 2021 C Spire Ferriss Trophy Finalist
 • 2021 SEC Pitcher of the Week (Week 11)
 • 2021 Preseason All-American (Consensus)
 • May 2020 Graduate
 • 2019, 2020, 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
 • 2018 MLB Draft Selection (1st Round - Pittsburgh Pirates)

2021 (Junior): Made 11 starts ... Selected 19th overall in 2021 MLB Draft by Toronto Blue Jays ... Season cut short due to torn UCL ...  Was fifth nationally in strikeouts with 96, slotting top-five in the SEC in strikeouts, strikeouts per nine innings and WHIP prior to injury ... Earned win in season debut, going 5.1 innings with three runs allowed on three hits and three walks, striking out 11 at State Farm College Baseball showdown vs. Texas Tech (2/21) ... Struck out 10, allowed two runs on six hits and no walks over 7.0 innings vs. UCF (2/27) ... Tossed six shutout innings with two hits and one walk allowed, striking out 14 vs. ULM (3/12) ... Threw career-high 8.0 innings with no runs allowed on five hits and one walk with 13 strikeouts (3/19) ... Earned win, allowing three runs on six hits and one walk with 10 strikeouts over 6.0 innings at Alabama (3/26) ... Threw 6.0 shutout innings vs. South Carolina with just one hit and no walks allowed, striking out nine to earn SEC Pitcher of the Week honors (4/30).

2020 (Sophomore): Season cut short due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 … Was named Saturday starter prior to the season and started every Saturday game for the Rebels … Led the team in strikeouts with 37 … Had lowest ERA (1.16) among all weekend starters … Was 3-0 with 1.16 ERA, 37 strikeouts and just four walks … Has never walked more than two batters per outing in his entire career … After first start, did not allow another earned run the entire season … Went 5.1 IP with seven strikeouts in victory over No. 1 Louisville (2/15) … Recorded career high 12 strikeouts in first win of the season vs. Xavier (2/22) … Held ECU to one run over 6.0 IP in second win of the season (2/29) … Struck out ten, allowed just one run vs. Princeton in 18-4 blowout victory (3/7) … May 2020 graduate.

2019 (Freshman): Made 17 appearances and 16 starts, filling Sunday starter role as a freshman ... Finished with 3-3 record and 5.29 ERA ... Gave up 44 runs (40 earned) on 77 hits and 14 walks, striking out 53 over 68.0 innings ... Made collegiate debut against Arkansas State (2/20) ... Allowed three runs (one earned) on eight hits over 4.0 innings at Tulane (2/24) ... Allowed one run over 5.0 innings, giving up six hits against Long Beach State (3/2) ... Made first SEC start and earned first career win against Alabama, going 5.0 innings with one run allowed on two hits while striking out a career-high eight (3/17) ... Worked 6.0 innings with two runs allowed on five hits and no walks with three strikeouts against Texas A&M (4/27) ... Earned second career win in regular-season finale at Tennessee, going 6.0 innings with three runs allowed on five hits with four strikeouts to avoid series sweep (5/18) ... Turned in 6.1 innings against Arkansas in SEC Tournament, allowing two runs on just three hits, walking two and striking out six in elimination game victory (5/24) ... Picked up third career win, working 5.1 innings with two runs (one earned) allowed on five hits, walking none and striking out five in NCAA Oxford Regional finale against Jacksonville State (6/2).

High School: Lettered four years at Fivay High School in Port Richey, Fla., under the tutelage of head coach CJ Smith … Attended Dayspring Academy academically but competed for Fivay ... Dual-sport athlete in high school as a basketball and baseball player, and a multi-dimensional player on the diamond as both a pitcher and hitter … Named the County Player of the Year in 2018 after recording a 7-0, 0.27 ERA season on the mound and a .385 batting average at the plate … Named All-USA Florida 1st team pitcher in 2018 and 2nd team All-Area pitcher in 2018 … Had at least 59 strikeouts all four years as a high schooler, good for a lifetime 16-10 record, 1.31 ERA and 310 career strikeouts … Except for a .275 average at the plate his freshman year, batted over .300 in all three of his upperclassmen years for a .312 career batting average in high school with seven home runs.
 
Personal: Full name is Gunnar Thomas Hoglund … Son of Thomas and Nichole Hoglund … Born December 17, 1999 … Has two brothers, Hunter and Connor ... Multi-Disciplinary Studies ... May 2020 graduate.