West Virginia University Athletics

Career Highlights

• Tied for No. 6 in WVU history with 11 career sacrifice flies
• Ranks No. 10 in WVU history with 780 career putouts 

2018 (Junior)

• Earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
• Played in 53 games with 52 starts, 43 as catcher, eight at third base and one as the designated hitter
• Finished fourth on the team with 11 doubles, fifth with 51 hits, 25 RBIs and 18 walks and hit .255 with one homer, 25 runs scored, a .325 slugging percentage, a .320 on-base percentage and one stolen base in two attempts
• Had 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests
• Recorded an eight-game hit streak from Feb. 23-March 10, with 12 hits, five RBIs and eight runs scored during the stretch, and had an 11-game reached-base streak
• Drove in a pair of runs and had a hit and a run scored in WVU’s Big 12 Championship win over No. 20 Oklahoma State on May 23
• Had six hits and five RBIs in WVU’s series at TCU, with a career-high-tying four hits and an RBI in the series-opening win on May 11, and a career-high-tying three hits with a home run on May 12
• Drove in the game-winning run with a two-out, sixth-inning single on April 8 against UNLV as part of a two-hit, two-RBI day
• Had two hits and a pair of RBIs on March 10 in a win at Middle Tennessee
• Tied a career high with three runs scored and added two hits and a pair of walks in WVU’s win over Illinois on Feb. 24 

2017 (Sophomore)

• Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List, recognizing the nation’s best catcher
• Played in 55 games with 50 starts, 40 as catcher, six at third base and four as the designated hitter
• Finished second on the team with a .317 batting average and fourth with a .444 slugging percentage, with 65 hits, five home runs, nine doubles, one triple, 29 RBIs and 12 walks
• Tied for fourth on the team with three game-winning hits
• Had 18 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games
• Had an eight-game hitting streak in 2017 and reached base in a career-best 15 consecutive games to finish the season
• Had three hits, a career-high-tying three RBIs, two runs scored with two doubles in the NCAA Regional Final at No. 13 Wake Forest on June 4
• Homered and had two hits in WVU’s NCAA Regional-opening win vs. Maryland on June 2
• Had three hits and scored three runs on May 13 vs. Gardner-Webb
• Drove in the game-winning run with a first-inning home run as part of a 3-for-3 day with three RBIs and three runs scored on May 2 vs. Eastern Michigan
• Had a career-best four hits with three RBIs, three runs scored, a home run and a double on April 18 at Marshall
• Drove in a pair of runs, including the game-winner with a home run in the first inning, scored two runs, stole two bases and went 3-for-4 on April 7 vs. Kansas
• Recorded two hits, three RBIs and two runs scored with a sacrifice fly on March 5 at Tulane 

2016 (Freshman)

• Named to the Baseball America Freshman All-America Team
• Earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades
• Named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• Played in 43 games with 37 starts, 20 at third base, nine as designated hitter and eight as catcher
• Led the team with a .381 batting average and a .437 on-base percentage while recording 51 hits, 23 RBIs, nine doubles, three triples and 16 walks
• Had six sacrifice flies, tied for No. 4 in a single season in team history
• Had three game-winning hits
• Recorded 15 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI contests
• Had an 11-game hit streak and a 13-game reached base streak
• Drove in two runs on two hits and scored a run against No. 5 Texas Tech on May 26 at the Big 12 Championship
• Drove in the eventual game-winning run on May 15 against William & Mary
• Had six hits, five RBIs and scored five runs in WVU’s series sweep of Texas from May 6-8
• Named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on May 2 after hitting .571 and leading the team with eight hits, a .929 slugging percentage and 13 total bases and adding four RBIs in four games from April 27-30 while making his career debut at third base
• Singled in the 10th inning to bring home the winning run at Marshall on April 5 

High School

• Played for coach Tom Collins at Stony Point High
• Hit .394 with eight doubles, one triple and nine home runs in 2014, leading the team in batting average, doubles and home runs
• Named to the All-District 16-5A First Team in 2014 and All-District 16-5A Second Team in 2013
• Named the District 16-5A Freshman of the Year and All-District First Team in 2012
• Coached by Calvin Schiraldi of the Austin Banditos

Personal

• Son of David and Luz Gonzalez
• Has one brother
• Birthday is October 28
• Majoring in multidisciplinary studies