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Gus Milner
Gus Milner

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Olathe, Kan.

High School:
Olathe North

Last College:
Hutchinson CC

Height / Weight:
6-5 / 245

Position:
OF

B/T:
R/R

Career Honors & Records

  • Drafted by the Cleveland Indians (47th round)
  • 2005 Big 12 Honorable Mention
  • Big 12 Player of the Week (April 12, 2005)

    Summer 2005: Played for the Topeka Golden Giants of the MINK League.

    2005 (Junior): Drafted in the 47th round by the Cleveland Indians ... Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ... Played in 61 games, starting 59 ... Hit .298 and was second on the team with nine home runs ... Led KU with four triples ... Compiled 21 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games ... Strung together a nine-game hitting streak ... Collected two walk-off hits in a four game stretch, both singles (March 19 vs. Western Illinois and March 26 vs. No. 9 Nebraska) ... Went 4-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI against Wichita State on April 6 ... Hit a three-run inside-the-park home run, the first by a Jayhawk since the 2003 season against Oklahoma on April 9 ... Was named the Co-Big 12 Player of the Week on April 12 ... Hit two home runs against No. 6 Stanford on Feb. 12.

    Junior College: Played two seasons for head coach Jon Wente at Hutchinson Community College ... Batted .366 with four home runs and 39 RBI in 2004 ... Named first team all-conference following his senior season at Hutchinson C.C.

    High School: Attended Olathe North High School in Olathe, Kan. ... Collected five varsity letters, three in baseball and two in basketball ... Team won the Sunflower League championship in 2001 and the Regional Championship in 2000 and 2002 ... Coached by Joe Gunderson.

    Personal: Born April 21, 1984, to parents Kevin and Nancy Miller ... Majoring in Economics.

    Milner's Career Stats
    Year	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SF	SH	SB-ATT
    2005	.298	61-59	225	46	67	14	4	9	45	116	.516	26	8	48	5	.380	5	0	9-11
    Totals	.298	61-59	225	46	67	14	4	9	45	116	.516	26	8	48	5	.380	5	0	9-11

    Milner's Career Big 12 Stats Year Avg. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT 2005 .221 26-26 104 17 23 4 1 4 16 41 .394 11 1 25 3 .299 1 0 2-2 Totals .221 26-26 104 17 23 4 1 4 16 41 .394 11 1 25 3 .299 1 0 2-2

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