HIGH
SCHOOL
Was a Collegiate Baseball All-America Honorable Mention selection in
his senior season ... Named to the Oklahoma All-State first team by
the Oklahoma Coaches Association ... Was also a first team
all-region and all-conference honoree ... Ranked as the No. 1
overall position player in Oklahoma in the 2009 Perfect Game State
Player Rankings ... Had an average of .434 as a senior in 2009 for
Stillwater (Okla.) High School ... Hit five home runs and had 13
doubles and two triples in his senior season, with 31 RBI ... Was a
three-time Offensive MVP for the Stillwater Pioneers and earned the
Varsity Rookie Award as a freshman ... Was a three-time member of
the Honor Roll ... Named a Rotarian Leadership Student as a
sophomore ... Worked on the school journalism and yearbook staff,
serving as the yearbook editor as a junior ad the senior newspaper
editor in his senior season.
PERSONAL
Full name is Samuel Kale Gaden ... Born Sept. 7, 1990, in Ada, Okla.
... Son of Corey Nicholas and Tami Gaden ... Is an arts &
science major with plans to enter the Journalism School at MU ...
Was a six-year member of the FCA ... Served as a student-athlete
counselor at the Mickey Owen Baseball School, in addition to
numerous other community activities.
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