Gabriel Hughes #79

Gabriel Alexander Hughes...Son of Dustan and Juliette...Has one brother, Jacob, and two sisters, Katie and Jessie...Both of his parents are OBGYNs...Grandfather, Donald Hughes, played Minor League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers...Played three seasons at Gonzaga...Earned his degree in biology in three years and had plans to attend medical school prior to being drafted...Following his sophomore season, earned All-American honors from D1Baseball.com, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Baseball America, and was also a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist...His three West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Week Awards were the most of any single WCC pitcher...In 2021, selected as a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American and WCC All-Conference Freshman and Second Team after posting a 3.23 ERA (61.1 IP, 22 ER) with 67 strikeouts while batting .247 (18-for-73) with four doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI as a two-way player...Began his collegiate career as a two-way player before focusing on pitching in 2022...In 15 starts in 2022, went 8-3 with a 3.21 ERA (98.0 IP, 35 ER), 37 walks and 138 strikeouts...Finished ninth in the nation in strikeouts and led the Bulldogs staff in innings pitched as GU went 11-4 in his starts...Posted a 0.91 ERA in 53.2 innings in his senior season at Rocky Mountain High School (Idaho)...His sports heroes growing up were Jackie Robinson and Mariano Rivera...Favorite athlete is Muhammad Ali...Favorite TV show of all-time is Game of Thrones...One of his baseball superstitions is always having ChapStick in his back left pocket...A hidden talent of his is solving a Rubik's Cube.

2024

Missed the entire regular season campaign after undergoing Tommy John surgery...Made six starts for the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League, his first live-action since July 9, 2023...Went 1-2 with an 8.31 ERA (17.1 IP, 16 ER), 10 walks and 14 strikeouts.