Logan Gaines

Height:
5-10
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Augusta, Ga.
High School:
South Georgia

2012 (Junior): Provided Coach Gibson with thetype of power bat he was looking for in his first year with theBears ... Showed not only a dangerous bat, but versatility in thefield by logging 44 starts in right field, 10 at second base, twoin left field and two at third base ... Appeared in 59 games,making 58 starts ... Finished with a .261 batting average, a .468slugging percentage and ranked second on the team with 10 stolenbases ... Ranked in the top-10 in the A-Sun Conference in runsscored (49 - 4th), walks (34 - 4th), and home runs (11 - 6th) ...Finished second on the team with 14 multi-RBI games and 20 two-outRBI ... Had a memorable Mercer debut, going 3-for-5 with a homerun, three runs scored and three RBI in a 22-6 win over MoreheadState (Feb. 17) ... Accumulated a season-high four hits and fourruns scored in a 12-4 win at Georgia Southern (Feb. 28) ... Belteda pair of home runs to go along with three RBI and three runsscored against Stetson (March 31) ... Went 2-for-5 with a home runand a season-high five RBI in a 12-5 win over Georgia State (April11).

Before Mercer: Was the starting shortstop forSouth Georgia College in Douglas, Ga. under head coach Scott Sims… Had a monster sophomore season for South Georgia, leadingthe club in batting average (.378), runs scored (67), hits (91),home runs (7), stolen bases (27) and slugging percentage (.577)… Was named to the 2011 Georgia Collegiate AthleticAssociation (GCAA) All-Conference first team and All-Tournamentteam as a sophomore after being named a GCAA All-Conference secondteam member as a freshman.

Personal: Son of Leonard and Darlene Gaines… Born on February 20, 1991 in Augusta, Ga. … Plansto major in business administration at Mercer … Lists AlbertPujols as his favorite athlete and Sportscenter as his favorite TVshow.