2025 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 35
Gavin Van Kempen
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Castleton, N.Y.
- High School:
- Maple Hill HS
2025 (Jr.)
- NCBWA Preseason All-America Third Team
- Made 14 appearances with 13 starts on the mound
- Went 2-0 with a 6.13 ERA
- Struck out 37 in 39.2 innings pitched
- Had a season-high six strikeouts in 4.0 innings at Jacksonville, earning the win (Feb. 15)
- Earned the win with one run allowed while striking out five in 5.0 innings at Queens (March 2)
- Struck out four in 4.2 innings at BYU (March 28)
- Had three strikeouts and allowed one run in 4.0 innings at Cincinnati (April 18)
- Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings against Texas Tech (May 3)
2024 (So.)
- Pitched in 13 games with five starts
- Went 7-1 with a 3.14 ERA
- Struck out 35 batters in 28.2 innings
- Had three strikeouts in 2.0 scoreless innings at Western Kentucky (March 3)
- Struck out four in 2.0 scoreless innings against BYU (March 8)
- Earned the win with 3.0 scoreless innings and four strikeouts against Marshall (March 20)
- Had four strikeouts in 3.2 scoreless innings at Marshall (April 10)
- Tossed 3.2 hitless innings while striking out four against UCF (April 14)
- Struck out four in 3.0 scoreless innings against Pitt at PNC Park to earn the win (April 30)
2023 (Fr.)
- Made 12 appearances on the mound with four starts
- Went 3-0 and had one save
- Had 5.13 ERA while striking out21 in 26.1 innings
- Struck out two in a scoreless debut against Georgia Southern (Feb. 18)
- Had eight strikeouts in 5.1 innings against Canisius and allowed just one run (March 8)
- Threw a perfect inning against Penn State (April 11)
- Earned the win with two scoreless innings against Pitt (April 19)
- Threw a scoreless inning against Baylor (April 30)
- Collected the save with three scoreless innings against Pitt, striking out three (May 3)
- Tossed a scoreless inning at Texas (May 18)
High School
- Played at Maple Hill High for coach Americo Frese
- Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 20th round of the 2022 MLB Draft
- 2022 MLB Draft Combine participant
- Struck out 72 of the 108 batters he faced as a senior
- Finished with 65 strikeouts with just 12 walks in 30.2 innings of work as a junior
- All-conference
- All-region
- Northeast WWBA MVP Pitcher
- Attended East Coast Pro prior to senior campaign
- Ranked as the No. 232 overall prospect by Perfect Game
Personal
- Son of Jon and Emily Van Kempen
- Has four brothers
- Majoring in coaching and performance science
- Birthday is Sept. 10
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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