LSU Gold
Position
Right-handed Pitcher
Height
6'5
Weight
225
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Coppell, Texas
B/T
R
High School
Coppell HS

2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Has a power pitcher’s frame with more room to add weight and strength … his delivery allows him to pitch on an excellent downhill plane and allows him to live at the bottom of the strike zone with a low-to-mid 90s fastball, tight slider and changeup … worked 16.1 innings for the Amsterdam (N.Y.) Mohawks in the Perfect Game League in the summer of 2019, firing 23 strikeouts while limiting opponents to a .206 batting average … elected to transfer from LSU after the 2020 season.

2020 Season
Appeared in two games out of the bullpen, recording no decisions and an 11.57 ERA in 2.1 innings three walks and four strikeouts … limited opponents to a .125 batting average in his two outings.

2019 Season
Made six relief appearances with no decisions and a 6.75 ERA in 6.2 innings with six strikeouts … pitched a scoreless and hitless innings versus Stony Brook (May 31) with two strikeouts in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional … worked a scoreless inning versus Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament (May 25), allowing no hits with one walk and two strikeouts.

Prior to LSU
Posted a 9-0 record as a senior in 2018 with a 1.55 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 50 innings … named to the 2018 Rawlings/Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball High School Preseason All-America teams … voted a 2018 Texas High School Baseball Preseason 6A Top 50 Player … earned 2018 Texas 6A All-State honors … fired a no-hitter in a 2018 bi-district playoff game with seven strikeouts … posted a 4-1 mark in 2017 with 55 strikeouts in 34.2 innings and a 1.61 ERA … was named to 9-6A All-District team as a second-team pitcher … threw both a perfect game and a no-hitter in 2017

Personal
Full name is Preston Rye Gunter … parents are Gary and Jennifer Gunter … has an older sibling, Christian, and a younger sibling, Mae … says “the incredible legacy and atmosphere of the school and athletic program” influenced his decision to attend LSU … majoring in civil engineering at LSU … born October 3, 1999, in Monroe, La.

Gunter’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 2.0 vs. Grambling (4/2/19)
Strikeouts: 2 at Nicholls (2/19/20); vs. Vanderbilt (5/25/19); vs. Stony Brook (5/31/19)
Hits Allowed: 2 three times; most recently vs. Louisiana Tech (5/7/19)
Runs: 3 vs. Indiana (2/15/20)
Earned Runs: 3 vs. Indiana (2/15/20)
Walks: 2 three times; most recently at Nicholls (2/19/20)

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