Brent Gates - M Club Hall of Fame - University of Minnesota Athletics

Upcoming Events

Schedule

Feb 13

All Day

Women's Track & Field

at Tyson Invitational

Feb 14

9:00 AM

Baseball

vs St. John's

Feb 14

10:00 AM

Softball

vs #4 Oklahoma

Brent Gates
Baseball, 1988-91
HOF Class of 2015

Before being selected in the first round of the MLB Draft by Oakland in 1991, Gates put together one of the most exceptional individual seasons in Gopher baseball history. He hit .412 that season and knocked in 60 runs, credentials that earned him First Team All-Big Ten, First Team All-America and Big Ten Player of the Year honors, accolades that piled on top of his 1989 Freshman All-America and 1990 Second Team All-Big Ten recognitions. Still second on Minnesota's career batting average list (.387), Gates went on to enjoy a seven-year MLB career.