Gunner Boree

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Class:
Senior
Position:
INF
Height/Weight:
6-0 / 205
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Jacksonville, Fla.
High School:
The Bolles School
Concentration:
Business Economics

2025: Academic All-Ivy selection...CSC Academic All-District...Appeared in and started 33 games as the team’s second baseman…Tied for the team lead with six home runs and 23 runs scored…Led the team with five sac bunts and drew a team-leading 25 walks…Ranked second on the squad with 23 RBIs…Went 8-for-9 in stolen bases…Won two games with home runs in the ninth inning or later…Delivered a game-winning three-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth to help Brown rally at Bryant for a 7-6 win (3/16)…Delivered a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th to complete the Bears’ rally over Stonehill (3/25)…Reached base four times and drove in two runs at Rhode Island (4/23).

Summer 2024: Played for the Johnson City Doughboys in the Appalachian League…Played in the Appy League All-Star Game and Home Run Derby…Named the Appy League Hitter of the Month for June…Played in the league’s exhibition game against the USA Collegiate National Team…Posted a .329/.481/.514 slash line…Led the team with five homers and tied for the lead with three triples…Led the team with 32 RBIs and 15 steals…Ranked second with 34 runs scored.

2024: Appeared in 35 games, making 34 starts…Ranked third on the team with a .287 average…Led all qualified players with a .421 on-base percentage and a .522 slugging percentage…Led the team with five home runs…Second on the Bears with 60 total bases and third with 22 RBIs…Second-most walks on the team with 24…Stole four bases on seven attempts…Had a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 25-March 16, which was part of an extended 17-game on-base streak…Reached base in all seven plate appearances with four hits, three walks, three runs and three RBIs in a win at Harvard (3/31)…Went 1-for-1 with a home run, four walks and five runs scored in a win over Princeton (4/6)…Had three runs and two RBIs while coming a double shy of hitting for the cycle in a win over Cornell (5/4).

2023: Appeared in 19 games, making 16 starts at shortstop and left field…Third on the team with 19 walks …Tied for third on the team with a .397 on-base percentage…Stole four bases…Started the season with a 10-game on-base streak…Reached base nine times in the team’s three-game series at New Orleans.

2022: Appeared in and started 34 games for Brown…Posted a .240/.326/.408 slash line…Led the team with two triples…Second on the team with eight doubles and 22 RBIs…Third on the team with 51 total bases…Scored 12 runs and drew 14 walks…Went 5-for-6 in stolen base attempts…Tallied a pair of four-hit games…Recorded his first-career multi-hit game with three RBIs and his first career homer in a win at USF (3/5)…Went 4-for-4 with three RBIs against Bryant (3/30)…Went 4-for-4 with five RBIs, three runs and two homers, including a grand slam vs. Columbia (4/9)…Drove in three runs at URI (4/12).

Before Brown: Won school’s Most Outstanding Athlete award … Played as a middle infielder for head coach Mike Boswell … Competed on the club level for Hit Factory Pro … Also played football as a quarterback and wide receiver for coach Matt Toblin … National Honor Society student.

Personal: John “Gunner” Boree is the son of Melanie and Greg Boree … Has three younger siblings, Gavin, Greer, and Gwyneth … Entered Brown undecided on a concentration.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because it felt like home.”