University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2015 Baseball Roster
Leger, Gunner
Jersey Number 28
Gunner Leger
- Position:
- First Base/Left-Handed Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lake Charles, La.
- High School:
- Barbe HS
Bio
Career
2017 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team
2017 NCBWA All-America Third Team
2017 Collegiate Baseball All-America Third Team
2017 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
2107 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year
2017 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2016 ABCA South Central All-Region Second Team
2016 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2015 Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
2015 Perfect Game Freshman All-American
2015 D1Baseball Freshman All-America Second Team
2015 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year
2015 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team
2015 All-Louisiana Second Team
2015 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
2018 Season (Senior)
Did not make an appearance in 2018.
2017 Season (Junior)
Became the first player in program history to be named a semifinalist of the Golden Spikes Award…Named the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year…Also garnered All-Sun Belt Conference First Team honors…Received ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team honors…Also named a third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association…Led the Sun Belt and ranked 13th in the nation in victories with 10...Ranked 19th in the country with a 1.97 ERA…Also ranked nationally in WHIP (0.99), hits allowed per nine innings (6.50), games started (15) and strikeouts (84)…Finished the season in the top 10 in the Sun Belt in innings pitched (91.1), strikeouts, games started and opponent’s batting average (.206)…Named one of eight Louisville Slugger National Players of the Week as well as the SBC and Louisiana Pitcher of the Week after coming one out away from posting a no-hitter against Saint Peter’s (3/10)…Was named the SBC and Louisiana Pitcher of the Week twice during the season…Comnined to post six strikeouts on the season with four coming in conference play…Recorded 11 quality starts including two streaks of four straight…Equaled a career-high with 10 strikeouts against Appalachian State (3/17)…Had a streak of 21.2 scoreless innings pitched starting against Southern Miss (3/3) and ending at Troy (3/24)…Notched seven or more strikeouts in six games during the season…Earned victories against Sam Houston State (2/24), Southern Miss (3/3), Saint Peter’s (3/10), Appalachian State (3/17), South Alabama (3/31), Coastal Carolina (4/7), Arkansas State (4/13), Little Rock (4/22), Geogria Southern (5/5) and ULM (5/18)…Notched a 7-1 record in the Sun Belt with a 2.41 ERA in 59.2 innings pitched…Also posted 49 strikeouts while limiting opponents to a .231 average in league play.
2016 Season (Sophomore)
Named to the Sun Belt All-Conference First Team…Also received ABCA South Central All-Region Second Team honors…Finished the season ranked first in the Sun Belt Conference in ERA (2.26) and games started (16), third in strikeouts (81), fourth in opponents average (.214), fifth in wins (7), and seventh in innings pitched (91.2)…Ranked 33rd nationally in games started and 44th in ERA…Posted a 7-3 record with a team-best eight quality starts…Earned victories against Sacred Heart (3/4), Little Rock (3/19), Georgia State (3/25), Southeastern Louisiana (4/15), Texas State (4/22), Appalachian State (5/6) and national championship runner-up Arizona (6/5)…Allowed just one hit in an outing of 6.0-plus innings twice against Sam Houston State (2/19) and Southeastern Louisiana (4/15)…Recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts against Arkansas State (5/25) at the Sun Belt Conference tournament in only 5.0 innings of work…Registered a season-best 7.0 innings of work four times on the year…Combined to post two shutouts against Sacred Heart (3/4) and Appalachian State (5/6)…Didn’t allow an earned run in five outings…Also didn’t allow a walk in four contests…Posted seven-plus strikeouts in five outings…Had a 2.48 ERA in conference play with a 4-2 record and 52 strikeouts in 58.0 innings…Tallied a streak of 16.2 consecutive innings without an earned run during league play.
2015 Season (Freshman)
Garnered Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors and was also named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team…Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game and D1Baseball…Received All-Louisiana Second Team honors…Was tabbed to the SBC All-Tournament team…Ranked fifth in the Sun Belt in ERA (2.99)…Led the conference in innings pitched tossing 114.1 innings in 19 appearances…His 18 starts ranked fourth in the nation and first in the Sun Belt…Compiled a 6-5 record with nine quality starts…Ranked 54th in the nation in walks per nine innings allowing only 1.57…Also was 63rd nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio…Was second in the Sun Belt in strikeouts with 87 and tied for fifth in wins…Finished eighth in the SBC in walks allowed…Posted a career-best 8.0 innings three times…Allowed just one run on five hits in 8.0 innings in the SBC Championship game…Made starts in both the Houston Regional and the Baton Rouge Super Regional…Had a stretch of 38 consecutive innings without allowing a walk…Recorded a career-best nine strikeouts at ULM (5/14)…Picked up his first career victory at Northwestern State allowing just two runs in five innings…Also was used as a defensive replacement at first base, but did not have a plate appearance.
High School
A two-way player at Barbe High School where he lettered four years and helped the Bucs win the 2012 and 2014 Class 5A State Championships…Earned Second Team All-American honors from Baseball America as a utility player…Posted 11 wins with a 1.94 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 72 innings as a senior…Went 6-0 with a 2.04 ERA in 44.2 innings while striking out 47 as a junior…Also played football at Barbe as a wide receiver and helped the squad reach the state championship game in 2012.
Personal
Full name is Gunner M. Leger…Born on September 12, 1995 in Lafayette, La….Son of Tim and Ashley Leger…Father Tim Leger, who is currently the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana, played collegiate football and was drafted in the fourth round of the MLB Draft and played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates…Majoring in kinesiology.
2017 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team
2017 NCBWA All-America Third Team
2017 Collegiate Baseball All-America Third Team
2017 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
2107 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year
2017 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2016 ABCA South Central All-Region Second Team
2016 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2015 Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
2015 Perfect Game Freshman All-American
2015 D1Baseball Freshman All-America Second Team
2015 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year
2015 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team
2015 All-Louisiana Second Team
2015 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
2018 Season (Senior)
Did not make an appearance in 2018.
2017 Season (Junior)
Became the first player in program history to be named a semifinalist of the Golden Spikes Award…Named the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year…Also garnered All-Sun Belt Conference First Team honors…Received ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team honors…Also named a third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association…Led the Sun Belt and ranked 13th in the nation in victories with 10...Ranked 19th in the country with a 1.97 ERA…Also ranked nationally in WHIP (0.99), hits allowed per nine innings (6.50), games started (15) and strikeouts (84)…Finished the season in the top 10 in the Sun Belt in innings pitched (91.1), strikeouts, games started and opponent’s batting average (.206)…Named one of eight Louisville Slugger National Players of the Week as well as the SBC and Louisiana Pitcher of the Week after coming one out away from posting a no-hitter against Saint Peter’s (3/10)…Was named the SBC and Louisiana Pitcher of the Week twice during the season…Comnined to post six strikeouts on the season with four coming in conference play…Recorded 11 quality starts including two streaks of four straight…Equaled a career-high with 10 strikeouts against Appalachian State (3/17)…Had a streak of 21.2 scoreless innings pitched starting against Southern Miss (3/3) and ending at Troy (3/24)…Notched seven or more strikeouts in six games during the season…Earned victories against Sam Houston State (2/24), Southern Miss (3/3), Saint Peter’s (3/10), Appalachian State (3/17), South Alabama (3/31), Coastal Carolina (4/7), Arkansas State (4/13), Little Rock (4/22), Geogria Southern (5/5) and ULM (5/18)…Notched a 7-1 record in the Sun Belt with a 2.41 ERA in 59.2 innings pitched…Also posted 49 strikeouts while limiting opponents to a .231 average in league play.
2016 Season (Sophomore)
Named to the Sun Belt All-Conference First Team…Also received ABCA South Central All-Region Second Team honors…Finished the season ranked first in the Sun Belt Conference in ERA (2.26) and games started (16), third in strikeouts (81), fourth in opponents average (.214), fifth in wins (7), and seventh in innings pitched (91.2)…Ranked 33rd nationally in games started and 44th in ERA…Posted a 7-3 record with a team-best eight quality starts…Earned victories against Sacred Heart (3/4), Little Rock (3/19), Georgia State (3/25), Southeastern Louisiana (4/15), Texas State (4/22), Appalachian State (5/6) and national championship runner-up Arizona (6/5)…Allowed just one hit in an outing of 6.0-plus innings twice against Sam Houston State (2/19) and Southeastern Louisiana (4/15)…Recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts against Arkansas State (5/25) at the Sun Belt Conference tournament in only 5.0 innings of work…Registered a season-best 7.0 innings of work four times on the year…Combined to post two shutouts against Sacred Heart (3/4) and Appalachian State (5/6)…Didn’t allow an earned run in five outings…Also didn’t allow a walk in four contests…Posted seven-plus strikeouts in five outings…Had a 2.48 ERA in conference play with a 4-2 record and 52 strikeouts in 58.0 innings…Tallied a streak of 16.2 consecutive innings without an earned run during league play.
2015 Season (Freshman)
Garnered Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors and was also named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team…Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game and D1Baseball…Received All-Louisiana Second Team honors…Was tabbed to the SBC All-Tournament team…Ranked fifth in the Sun Belt in ERA (2.99)…Led the conference in innings pitched tossing 114.1 innings in 19 appearances…His 18 starts ranked fourth in the nation and first in the Sun Belt…Compiled a 6-5 record with nine quality starts…Ranked 54th in the nation in walks per nine innings allowing only 1.57…Also was 63rd nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio…Was second in the Sun Belt in strikeouts with 87 and tied for fifth in wins…Finished eighth in the SBC in walks allowed…Posted a career-best 8.0 innings three times…Allowed just one run on five hits in 8.0 innings in the SBC Championship game…Made starts in both the Houston Regional and the Baton Rouge Super Regional…Had a stretch of 38 consecutive innings without allowing a walk…Recorded a career-best nine strikeouts at ULM (5/14)…Picked up his first career victory at Northwestern State allowing just two runs in five innings…Also was used as a defensive replacement at first base, but did not have a plate appearance.
High School
A two-way player at Barbe High School where he lettered four years and helped the Bucs win the 2012 and 2014 Class 5A State Championships…Earned Second Team All-American honors from Baseball America as a utility player…Posted 11 wins with a 1.94 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 72 innings as a senior…Went 6-0 with a 2.04 ERA in 44.2 innings while striking out 47 as a junior…Also played football at Barbe as a wide receiver and helped the squad reach the state championship game in 2012.
Personal
Full name is Gunner M. Leger…Born on September 12, 1995 in Lafayette, La….Son of Tim and Ashley Leger…Father Tim Leger, who is currently the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana, played collegiate football and was drafted in the fourth round of the MLB Draft and played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates…Majoring in kinesiology.
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