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Courtesy: Duke Photography
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Gabriel Saade
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Previous Affiliations
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Gulliver Prep
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Previous Experience
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Miami, Fla.
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Courtesy: Duke Sports Information
Release: 01/10/2007
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2009
- Appeared on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second year
- Started 53 games at second base and appeared in 56 overall
- Hit .237 with 29 RBI and 34 runs scored
- Hit eight doubles, two triples and two home runs
- Drew 30 walks for the second most on the team
- Went 12-for-15 stealing bases
- Led Duke with 35 double plays turned
- Held a .963 fielding percentage for the season and led Duke with 160 assists
- Drove in three runs four times
- Drove in 12 two-out RBI
- Grounded into just one double play all season
- Committed just five errors over his final 31 games
- Hit home runs in consecutive games against NC State, driving in a combined five RBI in a doubleheader sweep over the Wolfpack
- Had a three-run homer in an 11-2 win over NC State and a two-run shot in an 8-7 win over the Wolfpack
- Went 5-for-11 with one RBI and three runs in the series against Maryland
2008
- Started 51 games at second base
- Batted .286 with 58 hits, including 13 doubles, three triples and seven home runs
- Drove in 44 runs and scored 43 times
- Stole a team-high 16 bases in 18 attempts
- Drew 28 walks for the second most on the team
- Led the Blue Devils with 14 multi-RBI games
- Slugged .483 with 98 total bases
- Had a .965 fielding percentage with eight errors in 230 chances
- Helped turn 17 of Duke's 34 double plays
- Drove in a team-high 24 two-out RBI
- Hit leadoff in 21 games and in the three, four or five spots in a combined 20 games
- Collected multiple hits in 14 outings, including a 5-for-5 effort with a double and a homer against Georgia Tech (3/23)
- Ended two games with walk-off hits, including a two-run, two-out single in the bottom of the ninth against Valparaiso (3/5)
- Also drove in the game-winner with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth against Columbia (3/1)
- Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak
- Played with the Waynesboro Generals in the Valley Baseball League and batted .327 with two home runs, a .449 slugging percentage, a .431 on base percentage and 17 stolen bases in 18 attempts
2007
- Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
- Selected to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Started 49 games, including 48 at shortstop and one at second base
- Knocked 49 hits, including 13 doubles, five home runs and three triples for a .456 slugging percentage
- Batted .269 with 36 RBI and 34 runs
- Had a multi-home run effort against Xavier (3/7)
- Led the team with 137 defensive assists
- Stole 11 bases in 13 attempts and had two stolen bases on three occasions
- Put together a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 23 to March 7
- Went hitless in back-to-back games just four times throughout the season
- Did not hit into a double play all season
- Hit .328 with runners in scoring position
- Knocked in 16 RBI with two outs
- Had 10 games with two or more RBI, including four three-RBI outings
- Tagged multiple hits in 15 contests
- Had six extra base hits in a five-game span from April 21-28
- Was part of 25 double plays on the season
- Played for the Newport Gulls of the New England Collegiate Baseball League during the summer
- Swiped 13 bases while scoring 23 runs with the Gulls
High School
- Four-year letterwinner at Gulliver Prep
- Rated as the 91st overall high school prospect in the class of 2006 by Baseball America
- Hit .401 with nine home runs and 40 RBI to earn Puma All-America honors and all-district honors during his senior season
- Hit .410 with five home runs and 43 RBI as a junior to claim all-district accolades
- All-district selection as a sophomore after batting .398 with five homers and 40 RBI
- Earned all-district honors as a freshman after batting .454 with two home runs and 28 RBI
Personal
- Born Gabriel Santiago Saade on September 7, 1987, in Caracas, Venezuela
- Son of Hector and Marisol Saade
- Has a brother, Carlos, and a sister, Madeleine
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