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Mackenzie Masson
Mackenzie Masson
Abreham Gebreegziabher
Cos Lindstrom-Furutani

35 Mitch Gibbons

  • Position Center Field
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Franktown, Colo.
  • High School Ponderosa H.S.
  • B/T R/R

Biography

  • 2015 Spring Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll
  • 2015 RMAC all-tournament
  • 2015 academic all-RMAC honor roll
  • 2014 Fall Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll
  • 2014 Division II Academic Achievement Award 
  • 2014 Spring Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll
  • 2014 academic all-RMAC honor roll
  • 2013 Fall Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll
  • 2013 Division II Academic Achievement Award
  • 2013 Spring Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll
  • 2013 second team academic all-RMAC
  • 2012 Fall Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll
  • 2012 RMAC/Rawlings Player of the Week (Feb. 21)
  • 2011 Fall Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll

At MSU Denver: Finished career ranked sixth in school history in at bats (616) and triples (8), and seventh in games played (178) and hits (198).

2015: Started 49 of 50 games in center field ... led the Roadrunners in batting average (.342), hits (64) and triples (2) ... finished the year with 30 runs, 29 RBIs (second on the team), 12 doubles (tied for second on the team), three home runs, 10 walks and three stolen bases in four attempts ... played much of the season with a broken left thumb ... led the RMAC and was 57th in NCAA Division II with nine sacrifice bunts ... had 19 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games ... went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to beat Nebraska-Kearney on Jan. 31 ... went 2-for-4 with a home run in a win over Sioux Falls in Game 1 on Feb. 14 ... also had two hits and an RBI in Game 2 on Feb. 14 ... had two hits at No. 3/2 Colorado Mesa on March 7 ... had a 14-game hitting streak from March 8 to April 3, batting .385 during that stretch ... went 3-for-4 with a double at No. 13 CSU-Pueblo on March 20 and finished that weekend 8-for-15 (.533) at the plate against the ThunderWolves ... went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a double in a win at Regis University on March 27 ... helped the Roadrunners rally from a 4-0 deficit to beat New Mexico Highlands with a two-run home run in Game 1 on April 4 ... hit a pair of two-hit games, going 4-for-7 with three runs in a doubleheader sweep against Adams State on April 11 ... tied a career high with four hits against No. 2/1 Colorado Mesa on April 24 and finished the weekend 8-for-11 (.727) against the Mavericks ... went 3-for-5 in a win over Colorado Christian in Game 1 on May 1 and was 3-for-5 with five RBIs, two triples and a double in another win over CCU in Game 2 on May 2 ... crushed a grand slam and was 3-for-5 to beat No. 16/15 CSU-Pueblo in the first round of the RMAC Tournament ... named to the RMAC All-Tournament team after batting .353 with six hits, five RBIs, three runs and one home run in four games.

2014: Earned academic all-RMAC honor roll ... started 38 of 40 games in center field ... batted .328 with 28 RBIs, 26 runs scored, six doubles, two home runs and one triple ... had a team-high nine stolen bases in 11 attempts ... went 45-for-137 at the plate with 25 strikeouts and 11 walks ... 13 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games ... had three outfield assists ... in RMAC games, ranked 12th in the conference with eight stolen bases ... went 2-for-2 with two runs, one RBI and one stolen base at No. 15/21 St. Mary's (Texas) on Feb. 15 in Game 1 ... drove in five runs with a home run and a triple against Colorado State-Pueblo in Game 1 on Feb. 28 ... sparked a season-best seven-game hitting streak with a 2-for-5 performance, driving in three and scoring twice with two stolen bases at Adams State on March 7 in Game 1 ... went 4-for-6 with three runs scored and an RBI at Regis on March 28 ... had three hits in the following game at Regis on March 29 and two in Game 2 later that day, including a home run ... also had three-hit games against CSU-Pueblo and Adams State.

2013: Named second team academic all-RMAC ... started 43 games and played in 44 games in center field ... batted .272 with 41 hits in 151 at bats ... scored 28 runs and drove in 17 ... had seven doubles and had four triples ... stole a team-high eight bases in 12 attempts ... had 10 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games ... had five outfield assists ... ranked 59th in NCAA Division II in triples and 69th in triples per game (.09) ... opened the season by going 2-for-6 with two runs and two RBIs on Feb. 8 against Fort Hays State (Kan.) ... had a nine-game hitting streak carry over from 2012 until Feb. 23 ... went 3-for-4 at Colorado State-Pueblo on March 3 ... was 2-for-3 in back-to-back games in a doubleheader at Colorado Christian on April 5 ... scored three runs and was 2-for-3 with an RBI in Game One against New Mexico Highlands on May 4 ... had a seven-game hitting streak from April 21 to May 4 ... hit a double against No. 2 Colorado Mesa at the RMAC tournament on May 10.

2012: Played in 44 games with 42 starts in the outfield as a true freshman ... batted .340 with 48 hits in 141 at bats ... scored 28 runs with 24 RBIs and had 11 doubles, two home runs and a triple ... also stole three bases ... struck out just 19 times ... had 13 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... was second on the team in doubles and third in batting average ... became the first freshman in school history to be named RMAC/Rawlings Player of the Week on Feb. 21 after batting 6-for-12 with four runs, three RBIs and two doubles in the season-opening series against Hastings (Neb.) ... scored two runs and was 1-for-3 in his first career game on Feb. 18 ... was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two doubles in game one on Feb. 19 and had two hits in game two ... went 2-for-3 at Colorado State-Pueblo with two runs and two RBIs on March 17 in game two ... hit his first career home run and was 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs against Colorado Christian on March 23 in game two ... had two doubles in game two against CCU on March 24 ... had two hits in three straight games at Nebraska-Kearney on March 14 and 15 ... his a home run at UNK on March 14 in game one ... collected three hits at No. 24/21 Colorado Mesa on March 22 ... also had three-hit games against CSU-Pueblo in game two on May 4 and game two on May 5 ... was 2-for-5 with a double and a triple in game one on May 5 ... batted .421 (16-for-38) over the final 11 games of the season with seven runs and seven RBIs.

High School: 2011 graduate of Ponderosa High School ... two-year letterwinner ... coached by Jared Nicholson ... named first team all-league and played in the Continental League all-star game ... batted .468 with 33 RBIs, eight home runs, eight doubles and two triples as a senior ... also had two outfield assists and did not commit an error as a senior.

Summer Team: Played for Colorado Khaos.

Personal: Born Feb. 23, 1993 ... son of Mike and Terri Gibbons ... has two sisters, Marisa and Cortney ... majoring in sport industry operations.

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2012Freshman

    Outfield
    6'2" 175 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2013Sophomore

    Center Field
    6'2" 185 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2014Junior

    Center Field
    6'2" 185 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2015Senior

    Center Field
    6'2" 200 lbs
    35