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2026 Baseball Roster

Kevin Ren
Kevin Ren
Michael Nance

16 Gavin Collins

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Bristol, Ind.
  • Highschool Northridge

Biography

Career Honors
2025: First-team All-Ivy (OF)
Ivy League Player of the Week (4/15/25)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (3/25/24)

2025: Solid sophomore season resulting in first-team All-Ivy honors … started all 41 games he appeared in playing left field … Hit .335 with 52 hits, four home runs and 29 RBIs … His .442 OBP was ranked fourth among Ivy league hitters … Batting average was fifth-best in the conference … In Ivy play, had the third-highest batting average, batting .375 in those games … Final slashline was .335/.442/.484 with an OPS of .926 … Paced the team in walks with 27 … Finished the year with 15 multi-hit games, good for second on the roster. Led the team with 12 two-hit games … Eight multi-RBI games ranked second on the team as well … Had a 15-game reached base streak during the season, the second-longest on the team … In the field, tallied 49 putouts in 51 chances, committing just two errors all season … Had first multi-hit game at Troy (3/1) where he went 2-for-5 with a home run—his first of the season—and a triple … Recorded first three-hit game of the year at Delaware (3/9), while driving in a run … Went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs in a win over Harvard (3/22) … Added three more RBIs against the Crimson a day later … Was 1-for-2 while drawing three walks against Dartmouth (3/29) …  Notched three RBIs while going 2-for-2 against Cornell (4/13) and continued the next day with a three-hit, two-RBI game against the Big Red (4/14), earning Ivy League Player of the Week honors ... Registered four RBIs in a win over Rider (4/23) … Laced two doubles and drove in a run to knock off Columbia (4/27) … Launched his fourth homer of the year with two RBIs at Brown (5/3) … Hit .500 (4-for-8) at the plate with a walk over two Ivy League Tournament games for the Quakers.

2024: Started 41 games in 42 appearances as the starting left fielder … Hit .274 and drove in 23 runs while finishing third on the team with 12 doubles … Committed just one error in 67 chances with a fielding percentage of .985 … Brought home two runs, scoring three times himself while reaching base four times in the win over Lafayette (3/17) … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after hitting .364 (4-for-11) with a double, two RBIs, and four runs in a 4-0 week against Lehigh (3/20) and Brown (3/22-3/24) … Went 3-for-4 with three doubles in the win over Yale (4/6) … Went 6-for-11 (.545), knocking in six runs in a doubleheader victory against Dartmouth (5/4) … Posted a six-game hitting streak in Ivy League play during which he hit .483 (14-for-29).

High School: Three-time All-Conference selection … Indiana All-State as a senior … District C Player of the Year … Indiana All-State honorable mention as a junior … North vs. South All-Star Game honoree … Won Conference Championship during sophomore season … Hit .495 during senior season with 10 home runs (ranked second in the state) … Batted .521 with a state-high 19 doubles in junior year … Four-time Scholar Athlete honoree … Member of the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn?: “I chose Penn for the combination of competitive athletics and academics. It is the best of both worlds when it comes to competing at a high level on the field or in the classroom. Penn will open up so many opportunities and maximize my potential as a person.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2024Freshman

    OF
    5'11" 195 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2025Sophomore

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2026Junior

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    16