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Sonny
Gray • RHP • Vanderbilt • Freshman
High
School: Named to the AFLAC
All-American game... Helped Smyrna H.S. baseball team to a No. 3
ranking in Tenn., during junior year... As a quarterback, led his
team to back to back football state championships... Drafted by the
Chicago Cubs in the 27th round of the 2008 First-year Draft...
Ranked as the No. 52 draft prospect by Baseball America... Ranked as
the 67th best draft prospect by Perfect Game... Went 4-0 with a 0.79
ERA and 78 strikeouts in 35 innings. Hit .518 including three home
runs during senior season... Was a four-year letter winner and
starter in baseball, and a three-year letter winner and starter in
football... Was the football captain for two years, and the baseball
captain his senior year...Voted Best All-Around and Homecoming King
by his peers... Also played for the Brentwood A's.
Personal: Sonny Douglas Gray... Born 11/07/89... Son of Barry
and Cindy Craig and the late Jesse Gray... Has four siblings,
Jessica, Katie, Donovan and Kelton... Undecided major... Lists David
Price as his favorite pro athlete in baseball... Other favorites
include the movie Sandlot, the TV show Rob N Big, Denzel Washington,
Tiger Woods, sushi, and the musical group Rascal Flatts... Would be
a football player if he weren't playing baseball... If he could
change one thing about his sport it would be to change from aluminum
to wood bats... Ten years from now he hopes to be playing major
league baseball... His advice to youngsters is to speak softly but
carry a big stick... Chose Vanderbilt because of the great coaching
staff, fans and friends.
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