Honors and Awards
•Second-team Academic All-American (2015)
•First-team Academic All-District 7 (2015)
•Two-time All-Summit (1st team - 2015, 2nd team - 2014)
•Academic All-Summit (2015)
•Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15)
•Summit League Distinguished Scholars List (2013-14, 2014-15)
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2013-14, 2014-15)
As a Junior (2015)
First-team All-Summit…Second-team Academic All-American, First-team Academic All-District 7 and Academic All-Summit…Started all 47 of his games…The Summit League’s leading hitter with a .399 batting average alongside seven doubles, a triple, two home runs, 43 runs scored, 23 RBI, 32 walks and six hit-by-pitches…Went 22-of-28 on the basepaths and moved up to third in school history for career stolen bases…Also had a .486 slugging percentage and a .495 on-base percentage…Ranked eighth nationally for on-base percentage, ninth for batting average and 38th for stolen bases per game (0.47)…Had 18 multi-hit games, including four single-game performances with four hits…In a standout weekend vs. South Dakota State (March 13-15), collected eight hits in Omaha’s three-game sweep and batted .727 (8-for-11) with five stolen bases, four runs scored and an RBI…In the weekend finale of the series, went 4-for-5 with three runs scored...Named Summit League Player of the Week for the first time in his career on March 16…The following week, combined to hit 8-for-12 in a series with North Dakota State (March 20-22) with nine runs scored and three more driven in…In the opener with the Bison, went 1-for-3 with three walks, three runs and two RBI…On March 21, finished 3-for-4 with a trio of runs scored and another driven in…Closed the weekend with a 4-for-5 performance with three runs…Was a perfect 4-for-4 with a run, an RBI and three stolen bases vs. Western Illinois (April 3)…Against Oral Roberts (May 2), had another four-hit game, finishing 4-for-5 with a homer and scoring three times…Went 3-for-3 and drove in a run at North Dakota State (May 15)…Hit his second homer of the season on a 2-for-4 day vs. Incarnate Word (May 21)…Capped the season with a 3-for-5 performance with a run and an RBI vs. UIW (May 23)…Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholars List and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
As a Sophomore (2014)
Second-team All-Summit...Started all 51 games in his sophomore season, batting .319 with a Summit League-best 47 runs scored, as well as 18 RBI, seven doubles, two triples, a home run and 27 walks drawn...Led the Summit League with 34 stolen bases in the regular season, which also ranked fifth nationally among Division I players...Stole a career-high three bases on four occasions: vs. Air Force (March 15), vs. Fort Wayne (April 5), at South Dakota State (May 4) and vs. Stephen F. Austin (May 13)...Finished a career-best 5-for-6 with a double, a career-high four runs scored and two more driven in vs. Chicago State (Feb. 28)...Went 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, two runs and an RBI at Grand Canyon (March 7)...Had a 3-for-4 effort with a run, an RBI and three stolen bases at South Dakota State (May 4)...Was 4-for-5 while driving in a career-high four runs and scoring two more with three swiped bags against Stephen F. Austin (May 13)...Named to the Summit League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholars List and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Freshman (2013)
In his freshman campaign, batted .299 with seven doubles, a triple, 19 runs scored, and 26 RBI, which was the fourth most on the team...Started 39 of his 45 games played...Was perfect on the base paths, stealing six bases in six attempts, the third most of any Maverick...Led the team in successful sacrifice bunts with 13...Hit .328 in Summit League games, the fifth-best average on the team...Finished with nine multi-RBI games, which ranked second on the squad...Finished 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run scored against North Dakota (March 9)...Was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base against Iowa (March 18)...Drove in a season-high three RBI at Northern Colorado (March 21)...Tallied a season-high three hits in a victory against Oakland (April 7), finishing 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base…Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Papillion-LaVista High School
Lettered three years for Coach Jim Thomas...Three-time all-state honorable mention (2009-11)...As a senior, led the state with a .497 batting average...In his junior season, posted the fourth-best batting average in the state at .492...Also lettered four years in tennis and two years in basketball...Garnered all-state honorable mention recognition in basketball...Named Academic All-Metro six times across sports...Member of the National Honor Society and the honor roll.
Personal
Born March 31, 1994 to Robert and Lisa Gruber in Omaha, Neb....Hobbies include surfing...Member of the UNO Chancellor's List and Dean's List...Majoring in business finance.
