Will Gale

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
5-10
Weight:
165
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Scotch Plains, N.J.

** 2023 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST TEAM **
** 2022 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST TEAM **
** 2021 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM **

2023: Played in 42 games and made 41 starts ... Ranked second on the team and fifth in the BIG EAST with 24 stolen bases ... Set career highs in stolen bases, runs (28), hits (46), home runs (2) and RBI (22) ... Posted 14 multi-hit games and at one point reached base in 18 consecutive games ... Matched his career high with three stolen bases against Saint Peter's (3/21) ... Set a career high with four hits as part of a 4-for-4 outing with two runs and two RBI against Butler (4/23) ... Hit his first career home run in the series opening victory at Xavier (4/28) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run, an RBI and two stolen bases in the win at No. 12 North Carolina (2/17) ... Hit a two-run home run against Creighton (5/14).

2022: Hit .336 with an OPS of .800 in 35 games ... Started in all 35 games he appeared in … Tallied 24 runs, 45 hits, five doubles and three triples … Recorded a game high of three stolen bases against Monmouth on March 29 … Had the highest batting average for the Pirates during conference games with .462 in seven games with 26 at bats, eight runs, 12 hits, and one triple … His longest reached base streak was 10 and he had the longest hitting streak for the Pirates with 10 … He hit 15 multi-games and and three total multi RBI games … Ended the season with a fielding percentage of .984.

2021: All-BIG EAST Second Team ... Arguably Seton Hall's top performer against BIG EAST teams in terms of getting on base, stealing bases and hitting for average ... Stole 10 of his 16 bases and hit a team-best .381 in conference play ... Finished seventh in the BIG EAST with a .317 average and tied for third with 16 stolen bases ... Had a .444 on-base against conference opponents ... Tallied nine multi-hit games ... Hit a two-run double and a two-run triple as part of a 3-for-5 performance against Florida Atlantic on Feb. 27 ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a win at George Washington on March 20 ... Drove in two runs and scored twice on April 17 at Villanova ... Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI on April 24 at St. John's ... Had a three game at Xavier on May 8 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Played in four games as a true freshman ... Made three plate appearances and registered two hits and two runs scored ... Went 1-for-2 with a run scored and a stolen base against Milwaukee on Feb. 16 ... Picked up a base hit in the win over Fairleigh Dickinson on March 11.

High School / Personal: Attended Scotch Plains Fanwood High School in Scotch Plains, N.J.... Two-year letter-winner as an outfielder... Two-time First Team All-Conference... Third Team All-State as a junior... Participant in the Underclassmen All-Star Game... Helped lead Scotch Plains to the conference title and a No. 1 ranking in Union County as a senior... Batted .413 with eight RBIs and 15 stolen bases as a senior... Batted .375 with 10 RBIs and 17 steals his junior year... Earned honor roll status in 12 of a possible 16 quarters... Member of the FLTI Club, Deca Club, SMAC, SALT and FBLA... His father BIll Gale was a 1990 MLB Draft pick by the St. Louis Cardinals... Born December 24, 2000.