As a senior:Drafted in the 19th round (582nd overall) by the Oakland Athleticsin the MLB Amateur Draft … Second Team All-NEC …Second Team All-New England … Enjoyed an outstanding seasonas Bryant’s starting catcher … Appeared in 41 games,making 33 starts … Hit .320 with eight doubles, fourtriples, six home runs, 29 RBI and 31 runs scored … Sluggeda team-best .586 and struck out just 11 times in 128 at-bats… Committed just two errors in 247 chances for a .988fielding percentage … Went 2-for-5 with a double, RBI andtwo runs scored on Mar. 1 at USC Upstate … Delivered atwo-run triple on Mar. 8 at Radford … Went 3-for-5 with twotriples on Mar. 15 at East Tenn. St. … 2-for-3 with hisfirst home run of the season on Mar. 19 at Northeastern …Homered, drove in three and scored twice on Mar. 22 at Delaware… Hit a two-run home run on Apr. 5 against Stony Brook… Went 6-for-14 with six RBI and four runs scored in weekendseries with LIU Brooklyn … Doubled three times in the seriesand hit his first-career grand slam on Apr. 19 against theBlackbirds … Homered the following weekend at Mount St.Mary’s, going 5-for-8 in two appearances … Went acareer-high 4-for-4 with a double, home run, four RBI and threeruns scored on May 15 vs. Wagner … Walked twice and scoredtwice in NEC tournament opener against the Seahawks …Delivered clutch two-out single in the top of the ninth againstHouston in the NCAA tournament opener … Single started arally in which the Bulldogs were able to tie game on a John Mullensingle … Finished his Bulldog career 11 doubles, fourtriples, seven home runs, 41 RBI and 44 runs scored.
As a junior:Appeared in 46 games as a catcher, DH and first baseman in hisfirst year with the Bulldogs ... He hit .167 with three doubles, ahome run and 12 RBI ... Drove in a run in his first game of theseason against Houston Baptist (2/22) ... Had a big weekend againstWright State and Dayton, going 5-for-11 with six RBI and four runsscored ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI against WrightState (3/8) ... Had a hit, an RBI and a run scored against Dayton(3/9) ... Wrapped up his weekend by homering, walking three timesand driving in four runs against the Raiders (3/10) ... Named NECPlayer of the Week on 3/11 for his efforts ... Collected two hits,including a double, and scored a run at Ohio State (3/15) ...Delivered an RBI double against Stony Brook (4/16).
BeforeBryant: A 2010 graduate of Wheeler High Schoolin North Stonington, Conn., Gavitt comes to Bryant as a communitycollege transfer from CCRI … In high school, Gavitt was afour-year varsity letterwinner in baseball and three-year varsityletterwinner in basketball … Earned First Team All-Area inbaseball during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons …Named first team all-state his senior year after hitting .576 withfour home runs and 27 RBI in just 13 games … In his firstseason at CCRI, Gavitt hit .414 with six home runs and earned FirstTeam All-New England honors … This past spring, Gavitt hit.364 with 17 doubles and 40 RBI ... Helped lead CCRI to the NJCAADivision II Baseball National Championship tournament ... Playedthe summer of 2011 with the Mystic Schooners of the New EnglandCollegiate Baseball League, hitting .333 in nine games.
Personal: The sonof Mary and Glenn Gavitt, Thomas Gavitt was born on Aug. 16, 1992... Has one brother, Matt.
Career Highs
At Bats: 5, seventimes
Hits: 4, at Eastern Connecticut JV (4/24/12)
Runs: 3, five times
RBI: 5, at Eastern Connecticut JV (4/24/12)
Home Runs: 2, vs. Holyoke CC (4/8/11)
Stolen Bases: 1, three times
