Biography
Career Notes: Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the seventh overall pick of the 2020 MLB Draft, becoming the highest-selected draftee in New Mexico State baseball history.
Awards
2020 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Year
2020 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District (VII)
2020 NCBWA National Player of the Month (February)
2020 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (Feb. 10-16; Feb. 24-March 1)
2020 WAC Hitter of the Week (Feb. 10-16; Feb. 17-23)
2020 Perfect Game/Rawlings Player of the Week (Feb. 10-16)
2020 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
2020 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List
2020 WAC Preseason Player of the Year
2020 Unanimous Preseason All-American
2019 NCAA Batting Champion (.432 batting average)
2019 Baseball America All-American
2019 D1 Baseball All-American
2019 NCBWA All-American
2019 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American
2019 ABCA/Rawlings All-American
2019 Perfect Game All-American
2019 NCBWA District 8 Player of the Year
2019 All-WAC First Team
2019 Academic All-WAC
2019 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Finalist
2019 Golden Spikes National Player of the Year Award Semifinalist
2019 NCBWA National Player of the Month (February)
2019 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (Week 1)
2019 Cape Cod League MVP
2019 Perfect Game Summer Collegiate Player of the Year
2018 WAC Freshman of the Year
2018 All-WAC First Team
2018 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American
2018 NCBWA Freshman All-American
2018 Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-American
2020 (Junior)
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Year ... Also named a First Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper after hitting .448 through the first 16 games of the pandemic-shortened season, ranking first nationally in home runs (12), runs (28), runs batted in (36) and total bases (67) ... Named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Player of the Month for February after hitting .478 in 12 games and slugging an NCAA-leading 12 homers with 36 RBI, 24 runs scored and a 1.995 OPS ... Two-time Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (Feb. 10-16; Feb. 24-March 1) ... Two-time WAC Hitter of the Week (Feb. 10-16; Feb. 17-23) ... Earned Perfect Game/Rawlings Player of the Week honors (Feb. 10-16) .... Drove in a career-high nine runs on three hits - all home runs - against Texas Southern (2/16) ... Hit for the cycle, including two home runs, against Iona, driving in seven runs (Feb. 23) ... Swatted five home runs in a single day against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/29), knocking out two dingers in game one of the doubleheader before smashing three more, including an inside-the-park grand slam, in the nightcap ... Owned a nation-best on-base streak of 82 consecutive games when the campaign was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Entered the season as a unanimous preseason All-American after completing a sweep of the five major outlets – Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, D1Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game ... Was also named the WAC Preseason Player of the Year ... Landed on the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List and USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List.
2019 (Sophomore)
Unanimous All-American … Collected All-American honors from six publications (D1 Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA, Perfect Game, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and ABCA/Rawlings) … NCBWA District 8 Player of the Year … All-WAC First Team …Finalist for the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award … Semifinalist for the Golden Spikes National Player of the Year Award … Ranked as the top second baseman in the country by D1 Baseball … Started at second base in all 55 games … Compiled one of the best offensive seasons in program history, batting .432 with 16 home runs, 80 RBI, 19 doubles and four triples … Added a .532 on-base percentage and a .773 slugging percentage … Led the nation in batting average … Also ranked in the top ten nationally in slugging percentage (third), hits (fourth), runs (fourth), RBI (fifth), OBP (fifth), total bases (sixth) and sacrifice flies (eighth) … Fifth best single-season batting average in school history and the fifth most runs scored in a single-season in school history … Sixth most hits in program history for a single-season … Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week after the first week of the season … NCBWA National Player of the Month for February … Started the season 16-for-22 with four home runs and 16 RBI in a four-game sweep of Texas Southern … 11 home runs in the first 14 games of the season … Five straight games with a home run from 3/1-8 … 27 multi-hit games and 22 multi-RBI games … Reached base in all 55 games … Finished the season on a 66-game on-base streak (dating back to 2018), the longest active streak in the country.
2018 (Freshman)
WAC Freshman of the Year … All-WAC First Team … Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American … NCBWA Freshman All-American … Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-American … Slugged his way to one of the best freshman campaigns of any player in program history … First player to earn WAC Freshman of the Year honors at NM State since the school joined the conference … Appeared in 57 games with 53 starts as a freshman … Led the team with a .347 batting average while compiling 17 doubles, nine home runs and 36 runs batted in … Led the team and conference in slugging percentage (.596) … Finished top 10 in the WAC in average, slugging percentage, doubles, home runs, total bases, and sacrifice flies … Batted .373 with 24 RBI in 24 conference games … Compiled a .450 average in home games, belting seven home runs in 25 appearances at home … Finished second on the team with 20 multi-hit games … First career two home run game came in a home win against Utah Valley (5/5) … Hit safely in ten of the final 11 games of the season … Reached base safely in the last 11 games of the season.
High School
Played four years of varsity baseball at Cienega HS … Helped the Bobcats to a 23-7 record as a senior and an appearance in the state tournament … Had a career-best .543 batting average as a senior with nine doubles, three triples and four home runs … Posted a 5-1 record as a pitcher with 23 appearances over four seasons … Finished his career with a .399 batting average, 120 runs scored, 89 RBI and 45 stolen bases.
Personal
Son of Mike Gonzales and Jill Bosland … Has an older brother and a younger sister … Older brother, Daniel, was a star linebacker and captain at Navy from 2013-16.
