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Jersey Number 39
Gavin Sitarz
- Position:
- LHP
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- St. Charles, Ill.
- High School:
- St. Charles East HS
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Academic Distinguished Scholar recognition.
2024 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Collected Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Academic Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Missed the 2024 season due to injury.
2023 (FRESHMAN): Made seven relief appearances with three Ks in 5.1 IP ... Made Spartan debut on Feb. 19 vs. Arizona in MLB Desert Invite in Phoenix, chalking up first collegiate strikeout in 1.0 IP of hitless, scoreless relief ... Added strikeout in season-long 1.1 IP at Western Michigan (March 28) ... Logged one K vs. Central Michigan (May 16) ... Had three outings without a hit and four without a run ... Fielded position with one putout and one assist.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at St. Charles East High School for head coach Len Asquini ... Helped the Fighting Saints to a 21-7-1 record in senior season ... Earned Kane County All-Area honors, as well as Dukane All-Conference accolades as a senior ... Rang up 14 strikeouts in six innings and only yielding two hits in 5-0 shutout of Wheaton-Warrenville South ... Posted nine punchouts in 6.0 IP in one-hit shutout win in 4-0 victory over Glenbard North ... Earned honorable mention Kane County All-Area accolades after racking up 70 strikeouts in 44 innings, posting a 5-3 record in helping St. Charles East to a 22-10 win season in junior season ... Posted a 5-0 record with 54 Ks in 35 innings on the mound in 2019 as a freshman, also registering a .379 average and 15 RBI at the plate ... Elected team captain for senior season ... Played summer league for Illinois Indiana/Tribe, posting a 6-0 record with 63 strikeouts, logging a 1.08 ERA in 47 innings ... Named to 2021 WWBA All-Tournament Team ... Helped team to 29-4 record, winning the 17U DSP National Championship, 17U Primetime/Perfect Game Futures Championship and a second-place finish at the Bullpen ABC 17U Invite ... Rated as the No. 7 LHP and No. 64 overall player in the state of Illinois by Prep Baseball Report ... Rated as the No. 7 LHP and No. 57 overall player in the state of Illinois by Perfect Game ... Also a two-year letterwinner on the St. Charles East basketball team ... Earned Academic All-Conference honors for baseball and basketball as a junior ... Chose MSU over Central Michigan, Oakland, Ball State, UIC, Holy Cross, Yale, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Washington University.
PERSONAL: Son of Tiffany and Shane Sitarz ... Majoring in business finance at MSU with career ambitions of working in the stock market or possibly owning own business when his baseball career is complete ... Lists his dad as biggest baseball influence because he taught him the love of the game when he started playing at 3-years-old, along with aspects and principles of the game, as well as creating memories together and one of his biggest supporters and always willing to go outside ad throw the ball around with him ... Lists greatest athletic experience playing with CSA in Jupiter, Fla., with an electric atmosphere and the opportunity to compete against the best players in the country ... Chose Michigan State because of the coaches, loved the campus and the campus environment, and from the academic standpoint, MSU provides an excellent business program to further his academics and MSU checked all the boxes he was looking for and felt like the right fit.
2024 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Collected Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Academic Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Missed the 2024 season due to injury.
2023 (FRESHMAN): Made seven relief appearances with three Ks in 5.1 IP ... Made Spartan debut on Feb. 19 vs. Arizona in MLB Desert Invite in Phoenix, chalking up first collegiate strikeout in 1.0 IP of hitless, scoreless relief ... Added strikeout in season-long 1.1 IP at Western Michigan (March 28) ... Logged one K vs. Central Michigan (May 16) ... Had three outings without a hit and four without a run ... Fielded position with one putout and one assist.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at St. Charles East High School for head coach Len Asquini ... Helped the Fighting Saints to a 21-7-1 record in senior season ... Earned Kane County All-Area honors, as well as Dukane All-Conference accolades as a senior ... Rang up 14 strikeouts in six innings and only yielding two hits in 5-0 shutout of Wheaton-Warrenville South ... Posted nine punchouts in 6.0 IP in one-hit shutout win in 4-0 victory over Glenbard North ... Earned honorable mention Kane County All-Area accolades after racking up 70 strikeouts in 44 innings, posting a 5-3 record in helping St. Charles East to a 22-10 win season in junior season ... Posted a 5-0 record with 54 Ks in 35 innings on the mound in 2019 as a freshman, also registering a .379 average and 15 RBI at the plate ... Elected team captain for senior season ... Played summer league for Illinois Indiana/Tribe, posting a 6-0 record with 63 strikeouts, logging a 1.08 ERA in 47 innings ... Named to 2021 WWBA All-Tournament Team ... Helped team to 29-4 record, winning the 17U DSP National Championship, 17U Primetime/Perfect Game Futures Championship and a second-place finish at the Bullpen ABC 17U Invite ... Rated as the No. 7 LHP and No. 64 overall player in the state of Illinois by Prep Baseball Report ... Rated as the No. 7 LHP and No. 57 overall player in the state of Illinois by Perfect Game ... Also a two-year letterwinner on the St. Charles East basketball team ... Earned Academic All-Conference honors for baseball and basketball as a junior ... Chose MSU over Central Michigan, Oakland, Ball State, UIC, Holy Cross, Yale, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Washington University.
PERSONAL: Son of Tiffany and Shane Sitarz ... Majoring in business finance at MSU with career ambitions of working in the stock market or possibly owning own business when his baseball career is complete ... Lists his dad as biggest baseball influence because he taught him the love of the game when he started playing at 3-years-old, along with aspects and principles of the game, as well as creating memories together and one of his biggest supporters and always willing to go outside ad throw the ball around with him ... Lists greatest athletic experience playing with CSA in Jupiter, Fla., with an electric atmosphere and the opportunity to compete against the best players in the country ... Chose Michigan State because of the coaches, loved the campus and the campus environment, and from the academic standpoint, MSU provides an excellent business program to further his academics and MSU checked all the boxes he was looking for and felt like the right fit.
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