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NEVADA
2019 (Sr.): Finished with a 5-2 record as a senior with nine starts with a 4.43 ERA … Posted a career record of 4.75 and 8-5 record with 90 strikeouts … Best game of the season came against San Francisco when he tossed six shutout innings while only allowing three hits … Recorded a season-high six strikeouts at San Diego State (3/10) … Against the Aztecs in the tournament, came in relief and pitched 3.1 shutout innings and earned the victory … Only surrendered one triple in his two-year career … Held opposing batters to a .298 batting average in his career and .283 his senior year … Lettered for the second year.

2018 (Jr.): Became a significant part of the Pack’s pitching rotation on both weekday and weekend games this season … Pitched a season-high eight innings on two occasions, in a 2-0 win at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton (2/20) and a 13-3 victory over San Diego State (5/18) to clinch the Mountain West regular season title … Posted a career-high 10 strikeouts in his victory over SDSU (5/18) … Tied for the third-most wins on the team with a 3-3 record … Made 14 appearances with 12 starts … Ranked third on the team in innings pitched with 60.1 … Third on the team with 51 strike outs … Among pitchers who threw over 20 innings on the team, had the lowest opposing batting average at .312 … Allowed the seventh-fewest earned runs among MW pitchers with 34 … Allowed the third fewest walks among conference pitchers at 17 … Lettered in his first year with the Pack.

PRIOR TO NEVADA
College: Played at College of San Mateo from 2015-17 … Named all-league in the Coast Golden Gate Conference … Won the Conference Championship in 2017 … Pitched 80 innings with 82 strikeouts and a 2.93 ERA in his time at College of San Mateo.

High School: Lettered for four years in baseball at Pleasant Grove High School in Elk Grove, Calif. … Named all-conference three years in a row … Pitched 186 innings, recording 174 strikeouts with a 2.15 ERA in his high school career.

PERSONAL
Majoring in human development and family studies … Son of Gary Gomez and Angela Thornton … Enjoys racing go-karts or cars as well as snowboarding, wakeboarding, dirt biking and drawing … Decided on Nevada because of the great coaching staff and a winning tradition … Career highlight was pitching a no hitter into the 7th inning three times as well as winning the conference championship … Sports heroes are Clayton Kershaw, Derek Jeter, and Marcus Stroman.