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Mitchell Gumbko

Position:
Outfielder
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ada, Mich.
High School:
Forrest Hills Northern
Prev School:
Muskegon College
Bats/Throws:
R/R

CAREER NOTES
Academic: 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District … 2023-24 NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence … 2023-24 NSIC All-Academic ... Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction (2022-23).
Athletic: Honorable Mention MCCAA All-Western Conference (2021).

2024 (SENIOR): Consistent starter in the outfield who started 44 games and played in 48 games in his senior campaign, hitting .316 with a .423 on-base percentage and .390 slugging percentage for a .831 OPS … Had 10 doubles with 20 RBI, 32 runs and a team-leading 14 stolen bases … Among team leaders, led team in stolen bases (14) while ranking fifth in batting average (.316), fifth in on-base percentage (.423), fifth in doubles (10) and fifth in runs (32) … Had eight multi-hit games and one three-hit game … Opened the season on a 12-game hit streak … Was outstanding in the field, logging a .990 fielding percentage with 97 putouts, two assists and just one error … Opened the season with a 2-for-4 performance with three runs and three stolen bases against Southern New Hampshire (Feb. 2) … Went 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI at Missouri Western (Feb. 10) … Went 2-for-2 with a double and three runs in win over Augustana (March 15) … Had season-best three hits, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI against Minnesota Crookston (April 24) … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs at Winona State (April 30) … Had three stolen bases and two RBI in win over Bemidji State (May 4).

2023 Season: Slid into the everyday leftfield position for the Huskies making 45 appearances and 22 starts, slashing .318/.406/.435 for a .841 OPS while reordering 26 runs, smashed seven doubles, one homer and drove in 12 RBI... drew walks at a 12.9% clip while punching out in just 18.8% of his plate appearances... stole three bags at a 75% success rate... had four multi-run games... committed to just one error for a .960 fielding percentage... Southwest Baptist (2/3): Started the season going 1-for-1 and drawing a walk to score a single run and RBI... Missouri Southern (2/3): Entered the game off the bench as a pinch hitter drawing a walk... Southwest Baptist (2/4): Made his first start of the season, drew a walk and scored... Missouri Southern (2/5): Went 1-for-2... Ark. Monticello (2/11-13): Drew a hit-by-pitch as a pinch hitter and scored in the series opener... entered the game off the bench as a pinch runner in both games of the doubleheader and scored a run... appeared as a pinch runner... Nova Southeastern (2-9/11): Went 1-for-1 in the series opener... entered the game off the bench as a pinch hitter and drew a walk... Caldwell (3/13): Appeared as a pinch runner... Bentley (3/14): Went 2-for-3 and ripped a double, recorded an RBI... Caldwell (3/15): Went 1-for-3 and ripped a double to score an RBI... Southwest Minn. State (3/23): Served as a starter in the opener... went 2-for-3 in the doubleheader... Augustana (3/25): Entered the doubleheader as a pinch runner... scored a run in the final game... Upper Iowa (3/28): Appeared as a pinch runner... Winona State (4/2-3): Entered the series opener off the bench as a pinch runner... Concordia-St. Paul (4/7-8): Went 2-for-4 in the doubleheader ripping a double, scored three runs and two RBI... served as a started in the final game of the series, drew a walk and plated a run... Minnesota Crookston (4/13): Started the doubleheader, went 2-for-6 and scored a run... Sioux Falls (4/16-17): Started the series... ripped a double going 1-for-4 in the opener... went 3-for-9 and ripped another double, provided three runs and three RBI in the doubleheader... Mary (4/23-24): Went 1-for-3 scoring a run and an RBI... was retired going 0-for-2 as a starter... Bemidji State (4/27): Served as a started going 0-for-2... Minnesota Duluth (4/29-30): Entered the game off the bench as a pinch runner and plated a run... went 1-for-2 and drew a walk, ripped a double and scored a run... Northern State (5/2): Entered the game off the bench as a pinch runner and scored in the opener... started game two of the doubleheader drawing a walk to score a run... Wayne State (5/5): Went 1-for-4 and recorded an RBI... NSIC Tournament (5/10-14): Stared all five games of NISC tournament play... went 2-for-3 and scored a run against Southwest Minnesota... went 3-for-4 and plated two runs against Augustana.... scored a run against Minnesota State... in the doubleheader against Minnesota State scored three runs to help the team win the NSIC Tournament... Warrensburg Regional (5/18-20): Plated a run against Central Missouri... was retired going 0-for-4 against Ouachita Baptist... recorded two RBI against Central Missouri...

2022 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Joined the Huskies and added immediate impact as the righthanded side of an occasional platoon in left field in addition to righthanded power, defense and speed off the bench…appeared in 25 games with nine starts, homering twice and driving in five while reaching base at a .211 clip…was 5-for-5 on stolen bases and scored nine runs…walked at a 7.7% rate while striking out in just 15.4% of his trips…all nine starts came in left, logging 82.0 errorless innings with a 2.30 range factor/9…also played two innings in center and one at second…led all Huskies outfielders in range factor/9…drove in multiple runs twice…

HSU Invitational (2/10-13): Started four games in his Huskies debut weekend, homering and scoring twice with a pair of walks…reached base twice on Opening Day at Henderson State with a walk and a hit-by-pitch, scoring a run…crushed a solo shot for his first SCSU hit at Ouachita while going 1-for-4… Colorado Trip (2/26-3/1): Went 1-for-2 off the bench with a two-run single at UC-Colorado Springs… Florida Trip (3/7-3/13): Stole two bases and scored a run against Ashland… Augustana (3/19-20): Started two games and went 0-for-4… Winona State (3/24): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Wayne State (3/26-27): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Sioux Falls (4/3-4): Pinch ran in game one and stole a base… Concordia-St. Paul (4/10-11): Pinch ran in game one and scored a run…appeared as a pinch hitter in game two… Southwest Minnesota State (4/15-16): Scored a run off the bench and stole a base… Northern State (4/21): Stole a base and had one at-bat… Bemidji State (4/23-24): Pinch ran and crossed home in the finale… Minnesota Duluth (4/27): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Minnesota Crookston (4/29): Started game one and reached twice, going 1-for-2 with a two-run home run and a walk while scoring two runs…went 0-for-2 in the finale before exiting with an injury…

2021 (MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE) | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Enjoyed a breakout second season at Muskegon, earning Honorable Mention All-Western Conference honors while hitting his way to becoming the everyday left fielder…started 35 games and slashed .378/.512/.571 for a 1.083 OPS with four doubles, three triples, three home runs and 19 RBI…scored 33 runs and stole 14 bases at an 87.5% success rate…struck out in just 16.8% of his plate appearances with an 8.8% walk rate…produced a whopping .514 wOBA…29 of his starts came in left, recording a 2.38 range factor/9 across 189.0 innings with eight errors and two outfield assists…added six starts in right, playing 37.0 errorless innings with a 2.92 range factor/9…produced 11 multi-hit games with three three-hit contests…

Kaskaskia (2/26): Reached twice in game two on the Opening Weekend, going 1-for-2 with a walk… Heartland (3/3): Started game one and went 1-for-2 with a two-run double… Parkland (3/19): Started game two of the doubleheader… Mott (3/20): Had a hit in both games, going 3-for-8 with three runs scored, a triple and two stolen bags…went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a walk and two steals in game two… Kalamazoo Valley (3/27-29): Started all four games and went 3-for-12 with three runs scored, a homer and two stolen bases…crushed his first collegiate homer in game three, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI… Lansing (3/30): Stole a base and went 1-for-3 with a walk in game two… Marian-Ancilla (4/2-3): Had a hit in all four games, going 5-for-11 with seven runs scored and a double…scored two runs in three of four games…went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs in game three… Grand Rapids (4/9-11): Started in three games, scoring a run and drawing three walks… Lansing (4/14): Went 2-for-3 with two run scored, a double, a homer and two RBI in the finale… Mid Michigan (4/16-17): Recorded a hit in three of four games, going 4-for-13 with three runs scored, a double, a homer and seven RBI…stole two bases in the series…went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in game two… Kellogg (4/23-25): Enjoyed a monster series, going 8-for-10 with five runs scored, three stolen bases and two RBI over three games played…went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run in game two…followed with a 3-for-3 game three, stealing two bases and scoring twice…touched home two times while going 3-for-4 with a stolen base in the finale… Ivy Tech Fort Wayne (5/1): Had a hit in both games, going 3-for-5 with four runs scored…scored three runs and went 2-for-2 in the second game of the doubleheader… Glen Oaks (5/3-4): Started game one and went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run scored while stealing a base… Lake Michigan (5/8-9): Closed out the season by going 4-for-12 with four runs scored, a triple and two RBI…went 3-for-4 with a run scored, a triple and an RBI in game three…

2020 (MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE) | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Began his collegiate career at Muskegon College, appearing in three games before the season was cut short by the pandemic…appeared in three games with one start, going 1-for-5 with a double, a run scored and an RBI…drew one walk…started a lone game in right, playing six innings and converting one chance for a 1.50 range factor/9 and a 1.000 fielding percentage…

Sinclair (2/23): Made his collegiate debut off the bench and went 0-for-1… Anderson JV (3/5): Played in both games with one start…drew a walk in three trip and scored a run in the opener…went 1-for-2 with an RBI double in the finale…

Prep: A 2019 graduate of Forest Hills Northern High School...two-year letterman in baseball…career .340 hitter with a .513 on-base percentage and a .918 OPS as a prep...honorable mention All-Ottawa-Kent Conference selection as a junior and a senior... played club with the Michigan Legends and Diamonds Baseball...three-year bowling letterman and played football as a freshman...2019 All-Region and Honorable Mention All-Conference Bowler...Tournament All-Conference bowler as a junior...best score is 276...

Personal: The son of Michael and Michelle Gumbko...Marketing and Spanish double major...Sportsmanship Award recipient at Forest Hills Northern...enjoys skiing, being with friends and family, surfing, going to the lake and being outside...built his own surfboard...