WCL Corvallis Knights

Knights Sign Gonzaga P/INF for 2020

Published on November 13, 2019 under West Coast League (WCL)
Corvallis Knights News Release


The Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League have signed Gonzaga pitcher/infielder Gabriel Hughes for the 2020 season, head coach Brooke Knight announced Wednesday.

Hughes is a 6-foot-4, 210-pound right-hander from Rocky Mountain High School in Eagle, Idaho. He was 7-1, 0.91 as a senior, with 65 strikeouts in 53.2 innings pitched; he also hit .365, with seven homers and 39 RBIs.

He was named the 5A Southern Idaho Conference co-Player of the Year, and the Gatorade Idaho Baseball Player of the Year for the second time in a row. He also was named the Idaho Press' Sports Stars Baseball Athlete of the Year.

Hughes was also first-team all-Southern Idaho Conference and SIC Player of the Year in 2018, when he went 7-1, 1.84 as a pitcher and hit .461, with four homers and 31 RBIs as a position player.

A three-year letterman, he was 20-2, 1.19 with 186 strikeouts in 84 career games for Rocky Mountain. He also hit .400, with 12 homers and 81 RBIs and his team went 66-18.

Hughes pitched for the Bellingham Bells in 2019 following his senior season in high school and was 1-1, 7.33 in 13 games, with 23 strikeouts in 27 innings.

His grandfather, Donald Hughes, played first base in the Detroit Tigers' minor-league system from 1960-62.

The Knights open the 2020 season on June 2 with the team's ninth annual Science, Engineering & Art Day game at Goss Stadium. Their WCL opener is June 5 at Yakima Valley; their WCL home opener is June 12 against Bend.

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