2015: Appeared in 13 games as a freshman… Pitched 28.1 innings with a 6.04 earned run average… Had 18 strikeouts and seven walks on the year…Finished with four at-bats and drew two walks… First career appearance 2/22 vs. Florida Tech, where he registered his first collegiate strikeout.
Prior to Assumption: Played Four years of basketball (three years at varsity), four years of baseball (three years of varsity) at Billerica Memorial High School… Played on three straight MVC Championship teams (12’,13’,14’) and a Division 1 North Champs American Legion Baseball 2012 State Championship team… Named 2014 Lowell Sun All-Conference for baseball and was a 2013 MSBCA Junior Select State All-Star… 2014 High School Baseball Stats- .420 batting average, 22 BB, 11 SB, 21 runs scored, no errors fielding… Pitching: 45 innings, 5-1 record, four complete games, 42 K’s, six walks, 1.67 ERA… 2013 High School Baseball Stats- .347 batting average, 18 walks, nine stolen bases, 24 runs scored, 17 RBI, no errors fielding… Pitching: 24 innings, 32 K’s, 2.50 ERA… Participated in Project Purple Chris Herren Project – Cupcakes for Chemo nonprofit charity organization owned by sister, benefits go to Tufts Floating Hospital for Children.
Personal: Son of Robert and Victoria Gambale… Born on April 10… Has two sisters, Mary Gambale and Melissa Gozzo.
Fun Facts: Favorite athlete: Dustin Pedroia… Dream job: Shortstop for the Boston Red Sox… No. 1 song on his iPod: Lose Yourself… If he could meet anyone: Ted Williams… Celebrity you get mistaken for: Rocky… Favorite sports memory: Closing out the game against St. Johns Prep to win the Division 1 North Sectionals and getting piled on by his teammates on the mound at Leachuer Park… Also shagging fly balls at the 2006 Homerun Derby in Pittsburgh after winning Nationals for the Pespi Pitch, Hit and Run competition.
