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9 Liam McGill

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 225
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Wakefield, R.I.
  • High School South Kingstown
  • Position C

Biography

Grad Transfer from Columbia ... Three-time All-Ivy selection ... Appeared in 136 games in four seasons for the Lions ... Hit .316 with 164 hits, 30 doubles, 14 home runs, 83 RBI and 85 runs scored ... Posted a .411 OBP.

2021 (Graduate Student at Bryant)
National Leader in batting average and OBP
ABCA Second Team All-American
NCBWA Third Team All-American
Baseball America Third Team All-American
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Third Team All-American
ABCA First Team All-Northeast
NEC Player of the Year
First Team All-NEC

McGill posted one of the best seasons in program history in 2021 ... Appeared in and started 37 games, missing five ... Led the nation in hitting (.471) and OBP (.541), the first Bulldog to do so in program history ... First player from New England to lead the nation in hitting since 2008 (Ryan Lavarnaway) ... First Bulldog to ever earn All-America honors from Baseball America ... Matches Ryan Ward (2018) as only Bryant players to receive as many as four All-America citations in one season ... Posted 65 hits, nine doubles, nine home runs, 50 RBI and 46 runs scored ... Became fifth Bulldog to win NEC Player of the Year honors ... Reached safely in all 37 games ... Posted 18 multi-hit games ... Ranked fourth nationally in hits/game (1.76), sixth in RBI/game (1.35) and ninth in slugging (.746) ... .471 batting average is the second-highest in program history (Tony Garganese, .481 in 1987) ... Just the second player in DI program history to hit .400 in a season ... Posted four-straight three-hit games in the first two weekends ... Hit two home runs vs West Virginia on Feb. 28 ... Four hits, including two home runs, and six RBI at Mount on Mar. 26 ... Three hits, two RBI and runs scored at URI on Apr. 7 ... Returned from missed time to had three hits, two home runs, three RBI and three runs scored at Central Connecticut on Apr. 24 ... Homered and drove in three vs LIU on May 2 ... Clubbed three doubles at Wagner on May 15 ... Went 4-for-4 with a double, a home run, six RBI and three runs scored vs LIU in the NEC Tournament opener ... Three hits, including a double and a triple, in the NEC Championship ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

2020 (Senior at Columbia)
Started all eight games … Hit .276 with double and three RBI … Was 2-for-4 with RBI at Nebraska (3/7 – Game 2) … Went 3-for-4 at Fresno State (2/29 – Game 2).

2019 (Junior at Columbia)
Second Team All-Ivy League … Saw action and started 39 games … Hit .299 with 10 doubles, four homers and 24 RBI … Came up with two-run single to tie game in game two of Ivy League Playoff Series at Harvard … Was 2-for-3 with homer and two RBI at Penn (5/4 – Game 2) … Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored at Harvard (4/27 – Game 1) … Went deep and drove in a pair at Princeton (4/6 – Game 1) … Posted two hits in win at Miami … Was 5-for-6 with home run and four RBI at North Florida (3/16 – Game 1).

2018 (Sophomore at Columbia)
Second Team All-Ivy League… Played in all 50 games and batted team-high .320 … Led the team with 200 at-bats, 64 hits, 14 doubles, 31 RBI, and a .500 slugging percentage … Hit six home runs and also led the team in total bases at 100 … Went 3-for-5 with RBI at No. 1 Florida during NCAA Gainesville Regional … Scored a pair of runs and had three hits at Army West Point (5/27) … Hit a homer and was 2-for-4 at Cornell (5/12 – Game 1) … Drove in three runs and doubled twice against Penn (4/29) … 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, and two RBIs against Dartmouth (4/8) … Went 3-for5 with two doubles and three RBIs against Harvard (4/1)… Notched three hits, including a home run and two runs against Yale (3/24) … Was 3-for-4 with two runs at Rice … Hit a two-run triple at USF (3/4) … Ivy League Player of the Week on February 26 … Scored three times, drove in a pair and recorded three hits at UNLV (4/24 – Game 1).

2017 (Freshman at Columbia)
Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American … Second Team All-Ivy League … Led all Ancient Eight Rookies with .338 batting average and finished second overall with .461 on-base percentage … Also belted four home runs to go with 25 RBI … Played in 38 games … 2-for-4 with homer and three RBI at Penn (4/29 – Game 1) … Ivy League Rookie of the Week (4/24) … Drove in three runs and was 3-for-5, including a long ball at Cornell (4/15 – Game 2) … Launched first career home run and was 2-for-3 with three RBI at Brown (4/9 – Game 2) … Was 3-for-3 against Dartmouth (4/2 – Game 1) … 3-for-4 with run against Penn State (3/25 – Game 2) … Drew three walks, was 2-for-2 and scored three times at Tulane … Knocked in pair of runs at Southern Miss (3/15) … Notched two-run single at Mississippi State for first career hit … Made collegiate debut at No. 3 Florida (3/3).

High School
Four-year member of varsity baseball squad… Two-time USA Today and Providence Journal All-State selection… Player of the Year in Division 1-South junior and senior… Earned RIBCA All-Star honors twice… Hit .434 with eight homers and a .723 slugging percentage in 2016… State runner-up in 2016.

Personal
The son of Steve and Maura McGill ... Has two siblings ... Brother Shawn played baseball at Boston College and went on to play professionally. 

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