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2025 Baseball Roster

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Shannon Hardy/Point Loma Athletics

34 Jesse Gadd

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 205
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown LaQuinta, Calif.
  • Highschool LaQuinta HS

Biography

As a Junior (2025)
- Started 25 of 43 games played
- Split time between first base and the designated hitter role
- Hit .253 with 6 doubles, 3 home runs and 16 RBIs
- Had 5 multi-hit games
- Hit eventual go-ahead two-run home run in game one at Point Loma (February 1)
- Delivered a walkoff home run in game two against Cal Poly Pomona (March 1)

As a Sophomore (2024)
- Started 14 of 19 games played, primarily at first base
- Hit .286 with 3 doubles, a triple and 6 RBIs
- Maintained a perfect fielding percentage at first base, recording 107 putouts and 4 assists
- Had 4 multi-hit games
- Went 2-for-4 with 3 walks, a double, a triple, 5 runs scored, 2 knocked at Stanislaus State (March 8)

With Colorado Mesa University
- Was a member of the team but only played one game in 2023
- Redshirted in 2022

With LaQuinta High School
- Lettered in baseball
- Helped the team win the CIF D4 regional title in 2017
- Part of the team that won the DEL title in 2019 and 2021
- First-team All-DEL infielder in 2019 and 2021

Club
- Played for the ABD Baseball Academy in Riverside from 2014-17
- Was a member of the Juggernaut Baseball Group in the Inland Empire from 2017-19
- Helped the club finish second at the Junior Nationals in 2018

Personal
- Born July 25 in Palm Springs
- Parents are Judith and William
- Has one brother, Robbie
- Favorite course is Exercise Physiology with 'the one and only' Dr. Azevedo
- His hero is his father because 'he has inspired me and pushed me to become the athlete and person I am today.'
- Favorite athlete is Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman
- Chose Chico State because 'of its long history of success and the coaching staff.'
- Cites coming back from an injury as a greatest moment in sports so far
- Can play the piano like Mozart
- Enjoys taking long, slow walks on the beach
- On his 'bucket list' is to go skydiving like the Power Rangers did
- An interesting thing about him is he loves his girlfriend Klayre Barres, who plays for the Chico State women's soccer team. He also believes Chico State will win the West Region this year.
- Aspires to become a physical therapist
- Majoring in Exercise Physiology with a minor in Psychology

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2024Sophomore

    INF
    6'3" 220 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2025Junior

    1B
    6'3" 205 lbs
    34
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