communications communications
student-athlete profiles - Canisius College Griffins Athletics
student-athlete profiles - Canisius College Griffins Athletics
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
WWW.GOGRIFFS.COM<br />
STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES<br />
2007: Played in 37 games and made 32 starts…<br />
Posted a .301 batting average with three doubles,<br />
two triples, two homers and 19 RBIs… Posted<br />
a .427 slugging percentage and a .430 on-base<br />
average… Had eight multiple-hit games and six<br />
contests with multiple RBIs… Made one error in<br />
72 chances at first base<br />
Monroe County Player of the Year after hitting<br />
.533 as a senior<br />
Personal: The son of Tom and Linda Gibbs...<br />
Majoring in history<br />
Born: Nov. 12, 1986<br />
Brian<br />
34<br />
Gibbs<br />
Infield<br />
Junior<br />
Rochester, N.Y.<br />
Marist College<br />
Before Canisius: Earned a letter at Marist in<br />
2006... Played in 25 games, making 17 starts...<br />
Hit .250 with three doubles, nine runs and eight<br />
RBIs... Won two letters at Pittsford Sutherland<br />
High School... Named first-team all-state and<br />
Year GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB SO OBP SB-ATT E<br />
2006 25/17 .250 56 9 14 3 0 0 8 .304 9 10 .391 0-0 4<br />
2007 37/32 .301 103 17 31 3 2 2 19 .427 17 23 .430 1-1 1<br />
Total 62/49 .283 159 26 45 6 2 2 27 .384 26 33 .418 1-1 5<br />
Branson<br />
20<br />
Joseph<br />
Outfield<br />
Junior<br />
Mississauga, Ont.<br />
St. Francis Xavier<br />
2007: Played in<br />
51 games and<br />
made 50 starts…<br />
Hit. 279 with six<br />
doubles, a triple<br />
and three home<br />
runs… Led the<br />
squad with 13<br />
stolen bases<br />
and recorded<br />
29 RBIs… Had<br />
15 multiple-hit<br />
games, including<br />
five with three<br />
or more hits…<br />
Posted five multiple-RBI<br />
games… Played a majority of the season<br />
with an injured wrist<br />
2006: Played in 53 games and started 52 in<br />
centerfield… Led the team with 15 doubles to<br />
go along with one triple, four homers and 30<br />
RBIs… Ranked second on the club with 11<br />
stolen bases… Was third in the MAAC with 37<br />
walks… Had a .259 batting average, a .418 onbase<br />
percentage and a .434 slugging percentage…<br />
Had 10 multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI<br />
outings… Tied a school record with three homers<br />
in 4-for-4, six-RBI performance vs. Manhattan<br />
in the last game of the season… Was 7-for-8 in a<br />
doubleheader at Fairfield (5/6)… Had 20 hits in<br />
the last 12 contests<br />
Before Canisius: Played for Team Canada in the<br />
2005 World Junior Championships; hit .273<br />
with a double and four RBIs in seven games…<br />
Helped Team Ontario to the gold medal at the<br />
Canada Summer Games after going 6-for-21 with<br />
seven runs and four RBIs… Selected by Baseball<br />
Canada to attend the Adidas Jr. Elite Training<br />
Camp in 2003… Participated in the Okalahoma<br />
Junior Sunbelt Classic in June of 2004… Lettered<br />
three seasons on high school team; named<br />
MVP… Involved in Team Ontario Program since<br />
age 15… Picked to attend Team Canada’s Junior<br />
National Team fall training camp… Member<br />
of Mississauga North baseball club, which won<br />
the 2002 Ontario Elimination tournament and<br />
the Canadian Championships… Member of the<br />
Central Ontario All-Stars in 2002 Ontario Summer<br />
Games<br />
Personal: The son of Gerade and Cynthia Joseph…<br />
Majoring in physical education… Has one<br />
brother, Gerry<br />
Born: Aug. 27, 1987<br />
Year GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB SO OBP SB-ATT E<br />
2006 53/52 .259 166 40 43 15 1 4 30 .434 37 39 .418 11-15 5<br />
2007 51/50 .279 197 35 55 6 1 3 26 .365 15 34 .347 13-17 2<br />
Total 104/102 .270 363 75 98 21 2 7 56 .397 52 73 .382 24-32 7
Change language