Elon University Athletics

Personal: Full name is William Nicholas Gambino...Born on Oct. 2, 1999...Son of Mike and Kelly Gambino...Has an older brother, Alex...Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 35th round of the 2018 MLB Draft...Working on a degree in Marketing.

2021: Was 1-0 with a 6.97 ERA in 10 relief appearances. He allowed nine runs (eight earned) on nine hits and nine walks while striking out 12 batters over 10.1 innings. He also held opposing batters to a .237 average...Made his Elon debut at UNCG on Feb. 20, allowing one run on one hit and a walk in 0.2 innings tossed...Struck out three batters in 2.0 innings out of the pen vs. UNCG on March 5. He was tagged for one run on one hit and one walk...Notched a season-high four strikeouts and picked up the win on April 28 vs. WCU. He held the Catamounts scoreless, gave up two hits and issued one walk in 2.1 innings of work...Had a pair of strikeouts in 2.0 scoreless innings against GSU on May 14, allowing one walk and one hit.

At Kentucky: Redshirted the 2019 season...He appeared in six games out of the bullpen in 2020...Did not record a decision and posted a 2.08 ERA...Allowed only one hit in 4.1 innings, holding opposing hitters to a .083 average...Walked five and struck out four...Recorded his first career save on Feb. 25 vs. Tennessee Tech with two perfect innings, striking out three...Made his collegiate debut on Feb. 16 at TCU.

Prep: Played for coach Brett Young at Paul VI Catholic...Was a three-year letterman who also played football...Didn’t start pitching until his junior season in high school...Spent his entire baseball life as a switch-hitting outfielder...Helped his team win the 2015 state football championship…2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and 2018 Northeast All-Region First-Team. Other 2018 honors include First-Team All-Conference, All-South Jersey team, Carpenter Cup selection and NJSCA Senior All-Star, all as a pitcher...Also named Carpenter Cup selection and First-Team All-Conference as an outfielder...2017 East Coast Pro and Area Code Game selection...Perfect Game selected him as a Top 150 Impact Freshman entering the 2019 season...Was ranked the 79th right-handed pitcher in the country and the 215th player overall by Perfect Game...He was also ranked the 142nd right-handed pitcher in the country and 352nd player overall by Prep Baseball Report.