2008 ALL NCAA REGIONAL TEAM
2008
Hit .317 for the Tigers in 2008, with 10 home runs and 36 RBI ... Added 10 doubles on the season ... Had at least one hit in five of his first six games at Mizzou, including two in each of the first two games of the year ... Hit .329 in conference games, which ranked 19th best in the Big 12 ... Had seven home runs in league play, tied for fourth most in the Big 12 Conference ... Was 2-for-4 in the season opener against UConn and followed that by going 2-for-5 in game two of the year against Michigan State ... Had three hits and two RBI in two games against Toledo ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against South Dakota State on March 19 at Taylor Stadium ... Went 2-for-5 against Oklahoma State on April 6, with both hits being home runs, his first two homers of the season ... Had a second two-HR game coming against Texas on April 11, finishing that game with three hits, three RBI and three runs scored ... Was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBI against Oklahoma on April 19, including an RBI double in the 10th inning to drive in the go-ahead run ... Had an eight-game hitting streak from May 4-18, going 15-for-29 during that span ... Hit four home runs, had four doubles and drove in 16 runs during the eight-game hitting streak ... Homered in back-to-back games against Kansas State (May 4) and Creighton (May 6) ... Went 2-for-4, with a home run and two RBI against Kansas State on May 4 ... His home run against Creighton was a walk-off homer, giving MU a 5-4 win ... Was 2-for-5 with a home run and a double against Kansas in game one of a doubleheader on May 11 ... Drove in three runs in game two of the May 11 doubleheader with KU ... Was 8-for-11 with eight RBI and six runs scored in the three-game series against Nebraska on May 16-18 ... Opened the Nebraska series by going 3-for-3, driving in two runs ... Had a season-best four hits and five RBI in game two of the NU series, finishing the game 4-for-5 with a home run, coming a triple shy of hitting for a cycle ... Was 1-for-3 in the series finale with Nebraska ... Had a pair of two-hit games at the Big 12 Championships, going 2-for-3 against Oklahoma (May 22) and finishing 2-for-4 against Texas A&M (May 24) ... Closed the season with back-to-back two-hit games, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI against Miami on May 31, then going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against Ole Miss in the NCAA Regional.
SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Hit .333 in 2007 at Scottsdale Community College ... Had 10 home runs with 16 doubles and four triples ... Drove in 81 runs and hit .439 with runners in scoring position ... Was an all-region and all-conference selection ... Named to the NJCAA All-America team in 2007 ... Was an Academic All-American in 2007 ... Team was Region and District Champion and finished third at the NJCAA Division II World Series.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho ... Was a three-time all-conference selection from 2002-2004.
PERSONAL
Son of Rob and Karen Gray ... Born in Greenbrae, Calif. ... Is a finance major at Missouri.