Gavin Gallaher

Photo by: AINSLEY E. FAUTH

Photo by: AINSLEY E. FAUTH

Position:
INF
B/T:
R/R
Height:
6-1
Weight:
191
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Apex, N.C.
High School:
Pro5

AS A SOPHOMORE (2025)
• Started all 61 games at third base for the Diamond Heels.
• Finished the season slashing .325/.409/.603 with 17 home runs and team highs in hits (77) and RBIs (68).
• Ranked third in the ACC in RBIs and eighth in home runs.
• Went nuclear in the Chapel Hill Regional for the second straight year, averaging .722 with 13 hits, seven runs, three doubles, his first career triple, three home runs, and 10 RBIs.
• The hits and RBIs were the most by a Heel in a regional this century and the three homers were the most since 2006. He failed to reach safely just four times all weekend.
• Won his second consecutive Chapel Hill Regional Most Outstanding Player award for his efforts. Also named to the regional all-tournament team.
• His hot back-half of the season got started with a four-game stretch against Elon (4/08) and Wake Forest (4/11-13) that earned him ACC Player of the Week honors. He slashed .600/.647/.1.400 with four homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs.
• Recorded his first multi-home run game against Elon, launching three-run and two-run jacks to lead Carolina to victory.
• Homered in each of the run rules of the Demon Deacons as UNC went on to sweep their conference foe.
• Logged three hits in three straight games to open that week, the first such streak of his career. In middle of that run, he would go 10 straight plate appearances without registering an out.
• From that game against Elon until the end of the year he led the team in almost every batting category, including average (.409), hits (47), doubles (10), home runs (13), slugging percentage (.852), and on base percentage (.496).
• Set a new career-high and tied the program record with three home runs against Pitt (4/25). He is the 10^th player in Carolina history to hit the benchmark. Hit all three in consecutive at-bats.
• Added his third multi-home run game of the season in the regional clinching win over Oklahoma (6/02).
• Registered the team’s first walk-off of the season when his sac fly scored Jackson Van De Brake to beat No. 24 Coastal Carolina in the bottom of the 11^th.
• Led the team in two-out RBIs with 34.
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
• Named to the Freshman All-America second team by Perfect Game.
• Selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional after blasting a walk-off grand slam in the teams opening round win over LIU.
• Selected for the All-ACC Freshman Team.
• Played in 53 and started 45 games for the Tar Heels.
• Hit .314 with eight home runs and seven doubles, knocking in 38 RBIs.
• Finished with the fourth third most sac flies in the ACC (4).
• Went 7-for-10 in the final two games of the Miami series, collecting three hits on Saturday and four with six RBIs in the finale.
• Combined with Luke Stevenson to hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning against Wake Forest to help UNC complete the series sweep.
• Stole home in the first inning of a 19-2 win over William & Mary (5/1).
• Drove in the game-winning run in the win over Duke to clinch the ACC regular season title.
• Earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team.
• Chosen as the best newcomer in the weight room by the UNC Strength & Conditioning staff.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Ranked as the No. 10 overall prospect in North Carolina and 149^th overall prospect by Perfect Game.
• Graduate of Pro 5 Academy.
• Coached by Mike Griffin.
• Three-year letterman at Pro5 Academy.
• Selected to the National Academies Association (NAA) All-Star Team.
• Attended Middle Creek High School (N.C.) as a freshman.

PERSONAL
• Born Gavin Gallaher on August 3, 2004 in Cary, N.C.
• Parents are Sean and Liz Gallaher.
• Youngest of four children: Riley, Regan and Gracen.
• Father, was four-year letterman and assistant baseball coach at Wake Forest University; brother Riley played football at South Carolina and Campbell; sister Gracen played sand volleyball at UNCW.