Gregory Vaughn Jr. - 2019 Baseball - LIU Brooklyn
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Gregory Vaughn Jr.
Height: 6-1
Class: Senior
Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.
Previous School: Jesuit
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2019: Appeared and started in 41 games for LIU… Posted a team-high .298 batting average on the season… Recorded 45 hits, four doubles to go along with 24 runs batted in… Slugged a team best .430 for the season… Tied for team lead with four home runs on the season… Finished second on the team with a .415 on-base percentage… Ranked 10th in the NEC with 29 walks… Tallied 11 multi-hit and four multi-RBI games… Went 2-for-4 with two home runs to go along with three runs batted in… Registered a season-high six runs batted in against Iona on March 19… NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll Member.
2018: Northeast Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player… Appeared in 55 games with 53 starts in first season in downtown Brooklyn… Led the team in runs scored with 42 and ranked eighth in the NEC… Recorded a team-high five sacrifice bunts on the year… His 17 stolen bases on the season led the team and ranked third in the conference…Tied for second on the team and fifth in the NEC in walks with 33… Has 12 multi-hit games including going 3-for-4 in February at Charleston, 4-for-4 in March at FDU, and 3-for-5 in May against Wagner… Ended the season with a 1.000 fielding percentage… Named to the 2018 NEC All-Tournament Team along with MVP honors and honored with the Tournament MVP after helping lead the Blackbirds to the title batting .333, with one double, one walk, four runs scores, and five runs batted in… Named to the NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Academic Honor Roll.
Background: Transferred to LIU from Folsom Lake College… Earned second-team All-Conference honors in both seasons with the Falcons… Hit .295 in his sophomore season, with 33 runs scored and 22 RBI in 38 games… Also had a league-leading 12 stolen bases… Hit .326 in his freshman year, finishing with 24 runs, 22 RBI, 12 stolen bases and six triples… Played four years of basketball and baseball at Jesuit High School in Sacramento, Calif… Batted .305 his senior season for the Marauders.
Personal: Son of Leticia Romo and Greg Vaughn… Has two older siblings, Cory and Genay… Brother, Cory, currently plays in the Mets Organization… Father, Greg, played 15 years in Major League Baseball, hitting 355 home runs, with over 1,000 runs scored and 1,000 RBI in his career… Uncles, Jerry Royster, Alvin Davis and cousin Mo Vaughn also played Major League baseball… Stepson of Bill Davis who played at California Baptist... Godfather is former NBA player Mike Bibby.
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