Gabriel Saade

2009

Appeared on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second year
Started 53 games at second base and appeared in 56 overall
Hit .237 with 29 RBI and 34 runs scored
Hit eight doubles, two triples and two home runs
Drew 30 walks for the second most on the team
Went 12-for-15 stealing bases
Led Duke with 35 double plays turned
Held a .963 fielding percentage for the season and led Duke with 160 assists
Drove in three runs four times
Drove in 12 two-out RBI
Grounded into just one double play all season
Committed just five errors over his final 31 games
Hit home runs in consecutive games against NC State, driving in a combined five RBI in a doubleheader sweep over the Wolfpack
Had a three-run homer in an 11-2 win over NC State and a two-run shot in an 8-7 win over the Wolfpack
Went 5-for-11 with one RBI and three runs in the series against Maryland

2008

Started 51 games at second base
Batted .286 with 58 hits, including 13 doubles, three triples and seven home runs
Drove in 44 runs and scored 43 times
Stole a team-high 16 bases in 18 attempts
Drew 28 walks for the second most on the team
Led the Blue Devils with 14 multi-RBI games
Slugged .483 with 98 total bases
Had a .965 fielding percentage with eight errors in 230 chances
Helped turn 17 of Duke's 34 double plays
Drove in a team-high 24 two-out RBI
Hit leadoff in 21 games and in the three, four or five spots in a combined 20 games
Collected multiple hits in 14 outings, including a 5-for-5 effort with a double and a homer against Georgia Tech (3/23)
Ended two games with walk-off hits, including a two-run, two-out single in the bottom of the ninth against Valparaiso (3/5)
Also drove in the game-winner with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth against Columbia (3/1)
Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak
Played with the Waynesboro Generals in the Valley Baseball League and batted .327 with two home runs, a .449 slugging percentage, a .431 on base percentage and 17 stolen bases in 18 attempts

2007

Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
Selected to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
Started 49 games, including 48 at shortstop and one at second base
Knocked 49 hits, including 13 doubles, five home runs and three triples for a .456 slugging percentage
Batted .269 with 36 RBI and 34 runs
Had a multi-home run effort against Xavier (3/7)
Led the team with 137 defensive assists
Stole 11 bases in 13 attempts and had two stolen bases on three occasions
Put together a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 23 to March 7
Went hitless in back-to-back games just four times throughout the season
Did not hit into a double play all season
Hit .328 with runners in scoring position
Knocked in 16 RBI with two outs
Had 10 games with two or more RBI, including four three-RBI outings
Tagged multiple hits in 15 contests
Had six extra base hits in a five-game span from April 21-28
Was part of 25 double plays on the season
Played for the Newport Gulls of the New England Collegiate Baseball League during the summer
Swiped 13 bases while scoring 23 runs with the Gulls

High School

Four-year letterwinner at Gulliver Prep
Rated as the 91st overall high school prospect in the class of 2006 by Baseball America
Hit .401 with nine home runs and 40 RBI to earn Puma All-America honors and all-district honors during his senior season
Hit .410 with five home runs and 43 RBI as a junior to claim all-district accolades
All-district selection as a sophomore after batting .398 with five homers and 40 RBI
Earned all-district honors as a freshman after batting .454 with two home runs and 28 RBI

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