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.
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 mechanical 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 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: 2 twice; most recently vs. Southern (2/27/19)
Earned Runs: 2 twice; most recently vs. Southern (2/27/19)
Walks: 2 twice; most recently vs. Southern (2/27/19)