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Jersey Number 2
Duce Gourson
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Point Loma HS
Bio
Notes
Selected in the ninth round of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates ... UCLA's primary second baseman from 2022-24, Gourson posted a career .300/.435/.482 slash line over 168 career games with 49 doubles, 21 home runs, 119 RBIs, 117 walks, and 37 HBPs ... Was a Freshman All-American in 2022 after collecting 23 doubles, a program record for a freshman ... Named to the All-Pac-12 Team in 2023 after recording career highs in batting (.319), slugging (.515), and home runs.ย
Career Highlights
2024 Preseason All-American
2023 USA Baseballย Collegiate National Team member
2023 Pac-12 All-Conference Team
2022 Freshman All-American
2022 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
Program record holder for doubles by a freshman (23)
2024
Appeared in 51 games, all starts, during his junior season ... Slashed .288/.427/.482 over 191 at-bats with 37 runs, 55 hits, 16 doubles, seven home runs, 27 RBIs, 38 walks, and 10 HBPs ... UCLA's Opening Day second baseman, he made 48 starts at that position and three at DH ... Started at each of the top four spots in the lineup, including a team-high 32 games in the three-hole ... Was an All-Pac-12 honorable mention ... Led the Bruins in OBP, doubles, extra-base hits (23), walks, HBPs, and stolen bases (eight) while ranking second in slugging, runs, hits, total bases (92),ย and home runs ... Had a steady year, batting between .283 and .293 in each individual month of the season ... Batted .330 in night games, second-best on the team ... Feasted on midweek pitching, slashing .333/.481/.615 in Tuesday games ... Had a 22-game reached base streak early on in the season,ย and followed that up with a nine-game hitting streak in late April โ both were the longest streaks by a Bruin all season ... At the end of the regular season, Gourson ranked fifth in the Pac-12 in walks and 11th in OBP ... Went 3-4 with four RBIs against Long Beach State on Feb. 28 ... Had another three-hit, four-RBI outing against California on March 8 ... Homered in back-to-back games against Gonzaga on Feb. 18-19 ... Reached base in 47-of-51 games overall on the season ... Hit safely in 13 of the final 15 games of the year ... Drew 22 walks over the first 21 games of the year ... Had 12 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games ...ย Ahead of the season, was named a Preseason All-American by Perfect Game (Second Team) and Baseball America (Third Team).
2023
After the season, was named to the 2023 Pac-12 All-Conference Team ... Selected to USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team roster after earning an invite to the USCNT Training Camp ... Appeared in 53 games, starting 52, as a true sophomore ... Slashed .319/.438/.515 over 204 at-bats with 65 hits, 10 doubles, 10 home runs, 48 RBIs, 48 runs scored, 36 walks, eight HBPs, and eight stolen bases ... Led the team in practically every offensive category, includingย batting, OBP, slugging, OPS (.953), at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, RBIs, walks, and total bases ... Hit .346 with runners on base ... His 24 two-out RBIs also paced the team ... Slashed .318/.447/.514 in Pac-12 play ... Started at three different infield spots, including 26 games at second base and 21 games at shortstop ... Appeared at each spot in the lineup from 2-5, including 24 games in the three hole ... Hit .340 over 13 games in May ... His .333 average in day games paced the Bruins ... Had 20 multi-hit and 14 multi-RBI games, both team bests ... Finished a triple short of the cycle and had a season-high four RBIs against Omaha on Feb. 18 ... Drove in four runs apiece in back-to-back games against Oregon on Mar. 11-12 ... Reached base in a season-high 15 straight games Apr. 16 to May 12 ... Drew multiple walks in six games, and multiple free passes (walks + HBPs) in 11 games ... Hit a pair of home runs on Mar. 11 at Oregon, his first-career multi-homer game ... Went 4-5 with two runs and two RBIs, setting a season-high for single-game hits, on May 24 against Washington at the Pac-12 Tournament ... Swiped three bases in as many attempts on May 18 at Arizona State ... Was a standout in the Stars vs. Stripes intersquad series for the USCNT, reaching base in nine of his first 10 plate appearances and ultimately going 4-13 (.308 BA) while drawing seven walks and playing three positions ... Played in six games over the summer for the USCNT, starting two ... Went 1-3 with a walk against Chinese Taipei on Jun. 30 ... Had a hit and reached twice against Chinese Taipei on Jul. 2 ... Prior to joining Team USA, played three games with Falmouth in the Cape Cod League, hitting one home run in 12 plate appearances.ย
2022
Played in all 64 of UCLA's games as a true freshman, starting in all but one ... Across 231 at-bats, slashed .294/.439/.455 with 48 runs, 68 hits, 23 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 44 RBIs, 43 walks, 19 HBPs, and seven stolen bases in eight attempts ... Set a program record for doubles by a freshman, eclipsing the previous mark of 22 set by Garrett Atkins in 1998 ... Started 53 games at second base, and five apiece at shortstop and DH ... Led the team in games started, and was one of just two Bruins to appear in every game (Jake Palmer) ... Paced the team in walks, HBPs, on-base percentage, and OPS (.894) ... Overall, was 7-8 in stolen base attempts ... Finished the year with the following conference/national ranks: doubles (1/20), hit by pitch (2/32), walks (8/68) ... Was the lone player in the Pac-12 Conference to rank top-10 in each of those three categories ... Helped UCLA set a program record for single-season team HBP (106) ... Hit .315 (29-92) with runners in scoring position, third-best on the team ... Batted .248 in league play ... Filling in at shortstop during the Pac-12 Tournament, batted .435 (10-23) with six RBIs and a 1.082 OPS ... Was 4-14 in the Auburn Regional with a home run ... Slashed .336/.484/.549 against non-conference competition ... Batted in each spot of the order 2-7 over the course of the year, including a team-high 21 games in the cleanup slot ... Made his NCAA debut on Opening Day (Feb. 18), collecting a pair of singles and an RBI ... Hit a walk-off two-run home run, his first-career roundtripper, in the bottom of the 13th inning to deliver a 5-3 win over CSUN on Feb. 20 ... Drove in three and recorded his first-career stolen base on Feb. 26 against UC Riverside ... Went 2-3 with a season-high five RBIs against Harvard on Mar. 18 ... Over a 15-game span from Apr. 23 to May 17, reached base safely in every game and had a hit in all but one contest ... Had season-highs in both hits (four) and runs (five) to help UCLA to a wild 25-22 win over Oregon State on May 28 in the Pac-12 Tournament ... Top performance in the NCAA Tournament came on Jun. 4, as he went 3-5 with a double, two RBIs, and three runs scored against Southeastern Louisiana.
Highย School
Played high school baseball at Point Loma High School in San Diego, Calif. ... In his senior season, was ranked the No. 18 shortstop California and No. 49 player in the state overall ... Was a Preseason Underclass All-American in both 2019 and 2020 ... Preseason All-Region First Team in 2021 ... All-CIF San Diego Section First Team honors as a senior.
Personal
Full name: Ethan Gourson ... Goes by "Duce" (rhymes with goose).
Career Highs (as of conclusion of 2024)
At-Bats: 7 at Long Beach State (4/4/23)
Runs: 5 vs. Oregon State (5/28/22)
Hits: 4 (twice)
RBI: 5 vs. Harvard (3/18/22)
Doubles: 2 (five times)
Triples: 1 vs. California (5/27/22)
Home Runs: 2 at Oregon (3/11/23)
Stolen Bases: 3 at Arizona State (5/18/23)
Selected in the ninth round of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates ... UCLA's primary second baseman from 2022-24, Gourson posted a career .300/.435/.482 slash line over 168 career games with 49 doubles, 21 home runs, 119 RBIs, 117 walks, and 37 HBPs ... Was a Freshman All-American in 2022 after collecting 23 doubles, a program record for a freshman ... Named to the All-Pac-12 Team in 2023 after recording career highs in batting (.319), slugging (.515), and home runs.ย
Career Highlights
2024 Preseason All-American
2023 USA Baseballย Collegiate National Team member
2023 Pac-12 All-Conference Team
2022 Freshman All-American
2022 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
Program record holder for doubles by a freshman (23)
2024
Appeared in 51 games, all starts, during his junior season ... Slashed .288/.427/.482 over 191 at-bats with 37 runs, 55 hits, 16 doubles, seven home runs, 27 RBIs, 38 walks, and 10 HBPs ... UCLA's Opening Day second baseman, he made 48 starts at that position and three at DH ... Started at each of the top four spots in the lineup, including a team-high 32 games in the three-hole ... Was an All-Pac-12 honorable mention ... Led the Bruins in OBP, doubles, extra-base hits (23), walks, HBPs, and stolen bases (eight) while ranking second in slugging, runs, hits, total bases (92),ย and home runs ... Had a steady year, batting between .283 and .293 in each individual month of the season ... Batted .330 in night games, second-best on the team ... Feasted on midweek pitching, slashing .333/.481/.615 in Tuesday games ... Had a 22-game reached base streak early on in the season,ย and followed that up with a nine-game hitting streak in late April โ both were the longest streaks by a Bruin all season ... At the end of the regular season, Gourson ranked fifth in the Pac-12 in walks and 11th in OBP ... Went 3-4 with four RBIs against Long Beach State on Feb. 28 ... Had another three-hit, four-RBI outing against California on March 8 ... Homered in back-to-back games against Gonzaga on Feb. 18-19 ... Reached base in 47-of-51 games overall on the season ... Hit safely in 13 of the final 15 games of the year ... Drew 22 walks over the first 21 games of the year ... Had 12 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games ...ย Ahead of the season, was named a Preseason All-American by Perfect Game (Second Team) and Baseball America (Third Team).
2023
After the season, was named to the 2023 Pac-12 All-Conference Team ... Selected to USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team roster after earning an invite to the USCNT Training Camp ... Appeared in 53 games, starting 52, as a true sophomore ... Slashed .319/.438/.515 over 204 at-bats with 65 hits, 10 doubles, 10 home runs, 48 RBIs, 48 runs scored, 36 walks, eight HBPs, and eight stolen bases ... Led the team in practically every offensive category, includingย batting, OBP, slugging, OPS (.953), at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, RBIs, walks, and total bases ... Hit .346 with runners on base ... His 24 two-out RBIs also paced the team ... Slashed .318/.447/.514 in Pac-12 play ... Started at three different infield spots, including 26 games at second base and 21 games at shortstop ... Appeared at each spot in the lineup from 2-5, including 24 games in the three hole ... Hit .340 over 13 games in May ... His .333 average in day games paced the Bruins ... Had 20 multi-hit and 14 multi-RBI games, both team bests ... Finished a triple short of the cycle and had a season-high four RBIs against Omaha on Feb. 18 ... Drove in four runs apiece in back-to-back games against Oregon on Mar. 11-12 ... Reached base in a season-high 15 straight games Apr. 16 to May 12 ... Drew multiple walks in six games, and multiple free passes (walks + HBPs) in 11 games ... Hit a pair of home runs on Mar. 11 at Oregon, his first-career multi-homer game ... Went 4-5 with two runs and two RBIs, setting a season-high for single-game hits, on May 24 against Washington at the Pac-12 Tournament ... Swiped three bases in as many attempts on May 18 at Arizona State ... Was a standout in the Stars vs. Stripes intersquad series for the USCNT, reaching base in nine of his first 10 plate appearances and ultimately going 4-13 (.308 BA) while drawing seven walks and playing three positions ... Played in six games over the summer for the USCNT, starting two ... Went 1-3 with a walk against Chinese Taipei on Jun. 30 ... Had a hit and reached twice against Chinese Taipei on Jul. 2 ... Prior to joining Team USA, played three games with Falmouth in the Cape Cod League, hitting one home run in 12 plate appearances.ย
2022
Played in all 64 of UCLA's games as a true freshman, starting in all but one ... Across 231 at-bats, slashed .294/.439/.455 with 48 runs, 68 hits, 23 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 44 RBIs, 43 walks, 19 HBPs, and seven stolen bases in eight attempts ... Set a program record for doubles by a freshman, eclipsing the previous mark of 22 set by Garrett Atkins in 1998 ... Started 53 games at second base, and five apiece at shortstop and DH ... Led the team in games started, and was one of just two Bruins to appear in every game (Jake Palmer) ... Paced the team in walks, HBPs, on-base percentage, and OPS (.894) ... Overall, was 7-8 in stolen base attempts ... Finished the year with the following conference/national ranks: doubles (1/20), hit by pitch (2/32), walks (8/68) ... Was the lone player in the Pac-12 Conference to rank top-10 in each of those three categories ... Helped UCLA set a program record for single-season team HBP (106) ... Hit .315 (29-92) with runners in scoring position, third-best on the team ... Batted .248 in league play ... Filling in at shortstop during the Pac-12 Tournament, batted .435 (10-23) with six RBIs and a 1.082 OPS ... Was 4-14 in the Auburn Regional with a home run ... Slashed .336/.484/.549 against non-conference competition ... Batted in each spot of the order 2-7 over the course of the year, including a team-high 21 games in the cleanup slot ... Made his NCAA debut on Opening Day (Feb. 18), collecting a pair of singles and an RBI ... Hit a walk-off two-run home run, his first-career roundtripper, in the bottom of the 13th inning to deliver a 5-3 win over CSUN on Feb. 20 ... Drove in three and recorded his first-career stolen base on Feb. 26 against UC Riverside ... Went 2-3 with a season-high five RBIs against Harvard on Mar. 18 ... Over a 15-game span from Apr. 23 to May 17, reached base safely in every game and had a hit in all but one contest ... Had season-highs in both hits (four) and runs (five) to help UCLA to a wild 25-22 win over Oregon State on May 28 in the Pac-12 Tournament ... Top performance in the NCAA Tournament came on Jun. 4, as he went 3-5 with a double, two RBIs, and three runs scored against Southeastern Louisiana.
Highย School
Played high school baseball at Point Loma High School in San Diego, Calif. ... In his senior season, was ranked the No. 18 shortstop California and No. 49 player in the state overall ... Was a Preseason Underclass All-American in both 2019 and 2020 ... Preseason All-Region First Team in 2021 ... All-CIF San Diego Section First Team honors as a senior.
Personal
Full name: Ethan Gourson ... Goes by "Duce" (rhymes with goose).
Career Highs (as of conclusion of 2024)
At-Bats: 7 at Long Beach State (4/4/23)
Runs: 5 vs. Oregon State (5/28/22)
Hits: 4 (twice)
RBI: 5 vs. Harvard (3/18/22)
Doubles: 2 (five times)
Triples: 1 vs. California (5/27/22)
Home Runs: 2 at Oregon (3/11/23)
Stolen Bases: 3 at Arizona State (5/18/23)
UCLA Baseball Postgame - Coach Savage & Players vs. LSU (June 17, 2025)
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UCLA Baseball Postgame - Coach Savage & Players vs. Arkansas (June 17, 2025)
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UCLA Baseball Postgame - Coach Savage & Players vs. Murray State (June 14, 2025)
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