Joe Gellenbeck

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
6-5
Weight:
220
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lebanon, Ohio
High School:
St. Xavier

2018 (As A Graduate Student):
• BIG EAST Player of the Week (2/26)
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Lone Musketeer to play in all 55 games, starting every single time for XU... hit .263 with 35 runs scored, eight homers and 40 RBI... RBI total was tied for second on the team... third on team in homers... led team with 32 walks, posting a .367 on-base percentage... finished career with 32 homers, which tied him for sixth on the program's all-time list... 154 career RBI ranked sixth in program history... hit a big three-run homer in XU's 11-1 win at Penn State (5/11)... smacked a three-run homer in Friday's 9-6 win at Butler (5/4)... homered as part of a 2-for-3 day in the series finale against St. John's (4/29)... drove in three runs via sacrifice fly at UC (4/18)... went 2-for-4 with a homer in a 4-3 loss at Seton Hall (4/13)... 4-for-6 with a homer and five RBI in a 22-14 win at EKU (4/3)... went 2-for-4 with third homer of the season in a 2-0 win over Wright State (3/27)... went 3-for-3 with four runs scored and two homers in a 13-3 win over Miami (3/18)... named BIG EAST Player of the Week (2/26)... went 1-for-4 with an RBI at No. 13 Louisville (2/27)... hit .625 (10-for-16) with 17 total bases in four road games from 2/20-24... had a huge game in a win at No. 8 Kentucky, going 3-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored, including the go-ahead run in the 10th (2/20)...

2017 (As A Senior):
• Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
• Preseason All-BIG EAST
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/6, 3/13, 5/22)
Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year... unanimous preseason All-BIG EAST selection... ranked third in the BIG EAST with 11 homers... led BIG EAST with 56 RBI... led team with 17 multi-RBI games... was a sneaky threat on the bases, going 12-for-12 in steals... hit .308 (4-for-13) with a homer and four RBI in the BIG EAST Championships... went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in XU's 13-3 win over St. John's to open the BIG EAST Championships (5/25)... went 4-for-12 (.333) and drove in five runs during XU's three-game sweep of Georgetown... had a big day in a 7-1 win against UC, going 3-for-3 with three runs scored and his ninth homer of the year (5/16)... went 1-for-3 and drove in four runs during XU's 17-12 win over Butler (4/22)... went 5-for-8 (.625) with three runs scored and five RBI in two games at the Joe Nuxhall Classic... had a big game on April 11 against Wright State, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored, his second career grand slam and five RBI... went 3-for-4 with his sixth homer and three RBI in a 9-4 against Miami (OH) on April 5... had a big weekend against Fairleigh Dickinson in which he hit .500 (6-for-12) with a homer and eight RBI... hit walk-off two run homer against Ohio State to cap a weekend sweep (3/19)...

2016 (As A Junior)
• All-BIG EAST Second Team
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• BIG EAST Player of the Week (5/16, 5/23)
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/28)
Played in and started all 62 games, tying the school record... led team and BIG EAST with 51 RBI and 125 total bases... second on the team with 13 home runs, 16 doubles, 41 runs, 70 hits and a .508 slugging percentage... ranked 57th in NCAA Division I with 13 longballs... ranked third on the team with a .285 batting average... homered in 10 of Xavier's 15 weekend series... hit two three-run homers, setting a new career-high with six RBI in a 12-1 win at Illinois State (4/1)... had back-to-back walk-off hits in games two and three as XU took 2-of-3 from Creighton (5/13-15), putting the Musketeers in a position to clinch the BIG EAST regular season title... launched two homers and drove in a career-high-tying six runs, including a grand slam, in XU's 9-0 victory against Villanova to clinch the BIG EAST regular season title (5/21)... slugged game-tying homer in third inning of BIG EAST Championship game against Creighton (5/29)... finished season on a 10-game hitting streak and having reached base in 15 straight games... hit .300 (9-for-30) with six runs, a homer and six RBI in seven total postseason games...

2015 (As A Sophomore)
• 2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Played in 24 games, making nine starts in the outfield... collected seven RBI and eight hits in 44 at-bats...

2014 (As A Freshman)
• 2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Redshirted the 2014 season.

Prior to Xavier: Greater Catholic League South Co-Player of the Year and Cincinnati Enquirer Division I First Team honors in 2012 ... Recorded 29 innings on the mound and posted a 4-1 record with a 1.89 ERA and 21 strikeouts ... Registered a .379 batting average, seven doubles and 30 RBI ... Helped lead his club team, the Ohio Heat, to championships in the 2011 Ohio Black Swamp and 2012 C.A.B.A. World Series ... Named the Ohio Heat MVP in both 2010 and 2011.