Gossard Named to BIG EAST Baseball Honor Roll

Media Release 4/14

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Senior Jon Gossard (Harrington Park, N.J.) was named to the BIG EAST Baseball Honor Roll, the league office announced on Monday.
Gossard was a key contributor in Rutgers’ three-game sweep Georgetown over the weekend. The senior catcher drove in 10 runs with a .400 on-base percentage in three games against the Hoyas. He had at least one hit in all three games.

Gossard led a seven-run inning with a grand slam to put the Scarlet Knights ahead for good against the Hoyas in the series opener on Friday. He later drove in another run on a single. The cleanup hitter finished with seven RBI (a season high for a Scarlet Knight) and accounted for eight total runs in the contest.

In Saturday’s game, he collected one hit, walked once and scored an important run in the eighth inning as RU won 5-3.

In Sunday’s series finale, Gossard drove in three more runs with a 2-for-5 day. Down 1-0, he drove in a pair of runs with a single to left field to make it 2-1. Later in the game, he tied it up with another RBI single to left field. In the sixth inning, he made a nice defensive play when, with a man on second and one out, he followed a strikeout with a throw to second base to pick off the base runner and end the inning.

The senior also pinch hit and earned a walk in his lone appearance during the midweek against Delaware.

Gossard is the third Scarlet Knight to be recognized by the league this season. Freshman Jaren Matthews (Teaneck, N.J.) was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on March 31, while sophomore Casey Gaynor (Toms River, N.J.) was named the league’s Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 25.

Rutgers (12-19, 5-7 BIG EAST) opens a seven-game homestand on Tuesday with a 3:30 p.m. against Fordham at Bainton Field.