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2026 Baseball Roster

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32 Gavin Degnan

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lakehurst, N.J.
  • Highschool Donovan Catholic / Rowan College South Jersey-Gloucester

Biography

Career Honors
2026: 
First-team All-Ivy (OF, unanimous)

2026: Unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection … Started all 42 games in the outfield, primarily playing center field … Had a breakout junior campaign, leading the team in hits (52), doubles (14), RBIs (41), total bases (91), slugging percentage (.535), and OPS (898) … Finished second on the team with a .306 batting average, seven home runs, and 34 runs scored … Third in stolen bases (14) … Ranked Top 10 in the conference in numerous statistical categories including slugging percentage (fourth), OPS (seventh), hits (ninth), runs scored (ninth), RBIs (tied for second), doubles (tied for fourth), home runs (tied for fifth), at-bats (seventh), and stolen bases (ninth) … Hit .356 during Ivy League play (seventh in IL) and ranked within the Top 10 in several hitting statistics … Great year in the field, recording a perfect fielding percentage with 73 putouts and four assists in 77 chances … Hit his first home run of the season at Mercer (2/27), finishing with two RBIs … Went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run during the team’s home opener vs. UMBC (3/7), while scoring twice and tacking on another RBI … Rang up his third homer of the year at East Carolina (3/15), a two-run shot … Registered a season-high five RBIs on two hits and scored once in a dominant victory vs. Lehigh (3/18) … Logged four hits, three RBIs, three runs scored, and two stolen bases across the series with Dartmouth (3/21-3/22) … Tallied three hits (3-for-4), including a double and a home run while scoring three times at Columbia (4/4) … Scored three times and registered two hits, finishing with a double, an RBI, and two stolen bases at Cornell (4/11) … Recorded five hits, three RBIs, two runs scored, a double, and a triple during the series at Princeton (4/17-4/18) … Hit his fifth bomb of the year during the Liberty Bell Classic title game vs. Saint Joseph’s (4/21) at Citizens Bank Park … Put on a clinic over the series at Harvard (4/25-4/26), notching seven hits, seven RBIs, three runs scored, three stolen bases, and a home run … Finished with five hits, five RBIs, three runs scored, a home run, and two stolen bags in the final series of the regular season vs. Brown (5/1-5/2) … Logged three hits, two doubles, an RBI, and a run scored during postseason play against Brown (5/15) and Columbia (5/16) … Finished the season on a 12-game hitting streak, featuring eight multi-hit performances.

2025: Made an impact in first season at Penn, playing in 35 games, while making 24 starts in the outfield … Hit .277 with 23 hits—14 of which were extra-base knocks—with four home runs, nine doubles, and a triple. Also drove in 16 runs and walked 11 times … Logged a team-high .554 slugging percentage on the season, the fifth-best in the Ivy League and totaled a .925 OPS ... Was successful on all seven of his stolen base attempts … Also recorded a perfect fielding percentage while committing zero errors defensively, totaling 50 putouts and one assist … Recorded at least one hit in three of first four games on the year, homering against #9 Florida State (2/22) in just his second DI game … Went 2-for-3 with a homer, a double, and three runs scored in a win at Lafayette (3/15) … Had a pair of doubles in five at bats, tallying two RBIs against Harvard (3/23) … Launched third home run against Lafayette (4/1) while batting 2-for-4 with two RBIs … Had another 2-for-4 effort with two RBIs in a victory over Princeton (4/4) … Doubled in back-to-back games at Cornell (4/13, 4/14), also walking three times in the latter contest … Homered and tripled to go 2-for-4 at the dish against Columbia (4/27) … Went 2-for-4 and drove in a run in regular season finale at Brown (5/3).

2024 (at RCSJ): Played a big role in helping the Roadrunners win the NJCAA DIII World Series following a season with a 51-8 record and 31-3 record in conference play … Hit .430 in 57 games, slugging seven home runs with 79 RBIs, totaling 99 hits with 92 runs scored … Earned third-team NJCAA All-America honors and was a first-team All-Region honoree.
 
High School: Letter-winner all four years … Led team to Ocean County Championship in 2023 … Won three division titles from 2021-23 … First-team All-State honoree in 2023 … First-team All-Shore selection in 2022 and 2023 … Earned first-team All-Division honors from 2021-23.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn?: “Penn provides me with an opportunity to grow as an athlete, student, and person.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2025Sophomore

    OF
    6'1" 185 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2026Junior

    OF
    6'1" 190 lbs
    32