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2026 Youngstown State Baseball Roster

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Dave Dermer
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35 Braden Gebhardt

35 Braden Gebhardt

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    230
  • Bats/Throws:
    L/L
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Howland, Ohio
  • High School:
    Howland
  • Position:
    LHP
  • Major:
    Marketing

Summary

Biography

2025 (Junior): Made 18 relief appearances and one start on the mound… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Baseball Team… Finished with a 3-5 record, two saves and a 7.05 ERA in 44.2 innings pitched… Registered 43 strikeouts while issuing 19 walks… Opponents batted .317 against him… Made 10 relief appearances and one start in Horizon League play… Finished with a 2-3 record, two saves and a 7.58 ERA in 29.2 innings pitched in league action… Posted 30 strikeouts and 10 walks during league play… Pitched an inning of scoreless relief at Gardner-Webb (3/7)… Tossed a scoreless inning out of the bullpen vs. Mercyhurst (3/18)… Earned his first win after striking out a pair of batters over 1.1 scoreless innings of relief vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/23)… Earned his first save after tossing two scoreless innings of relief at Oakland (4/4)… Allowed one earned run and struck out five batters over four innings out of the bullpen vs. Northern Kentucky (4/11)… Came in to record the final out and earn his second save at Milwaukee (4/19)… Picked up his second win after allowing two runs on three hits with a pair of strikeouts over three innings of relief at Purdue Fort Wayne (4/25)… Did not allow an earned run and had six strikeouts over 4.2 innings at Northern Kentucky (5/15)… Earned his third victory after allowing one run on four hits with a season-high eight strikeouts over a season-high seven innings of relief vs. Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League Tournament (5/21).

2024 (Sophomore): Made 12 relief appearances and four starts on the mound… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Named to the 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Baseball Team… Finished with a 2-4 record and a 7.01 ERA in 51.1 innings pitched… Struck out 39 batters while walking 37… Opponents batted .278 against him… Made 10 appearances out of the bullpen during Horizon League play… Finished with a 1-0 record, a 4.84 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 35.1 innings pitched during league action… Limited opponents to a .232 batting average batting average in Horizon Legue play… Registered a season-high eight strikeouts over 5.2 scoreless innings vs. Northern Kentucky (3/28)… Allowed two runs on four hits with five strikeouts over a season-high six innings vs. Milwaukee (4/13)… Earned his first victory after allowing one run on one hit over five innings of relief at Purdue Fort Wayne (4/20)… Allowed three runs on two hits with five strikeouts over six innings vs. Oakland (4/27)… Allowed one earned run on three hits with five strikeouts over four innings of relief vs. Wright State (5/12)… Earned his second victory after allowing one hit over 3.2 scoreless innings vs. Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament (5/24).

2023 (Freshman): Made 12 relief appearances and nine starts on the mound… Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team… Finished with a 3-3 record, one save and a 6.29 ERA in 63 innings pitched… Struck out 54 batters while walking 41… Opponents batted .270 against him… 54 strikeouts were the most by a YSU freshman since Collin Floyd had 58 in 2016… Became the fourth YSU freshman to record at least 50 strikeouts since YSU joined the Horizon League in 2002… Ranked third on the team in both strikeouts and innings pitched… Ranked seventh in the Horizon League in opponent batting average… Pitched at least five innings in each of his final five starts of the season… Registered at least three strikeouts in 11 of his outings… Made six starts and five relief appearances during Horizon League play… Finished with a 3-2 record, one save, a 6.60 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 45 innings pitched during league action… Did not allow a hit and had three strikeouts over two scoreless innings of relief in his collegiate debut vs. Illinois (2/17)… Tossed a scoreless inning of relief at Memphis (2/24)… Allowed one run on four hits with two strikeouts over three innings in his first career start at Memphis (2/26)… Struck out a season-high six batters over four innings of relief vs. Oakland (3/17)… Earned his save after working two scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts at Milwaukee (3/24)… Notched two strikeouts during a scoreless inning of relief at Toledo (3/28)… Registered five strikeouts over a season-high 6.1 innings of work at Oakland (4/20)… Matched his season high with six strikeouts over six innings vs. Milwaukee (4/29)… Earned his first win after allowing three runs on four hits with three strikeouts over five innings at Purdue Fort Wayne (5/6)… Picked up his second win after permitting three runs on five hits with three strikeouts over six innings at Northern Kentucky (5/13)… Collected his third win after allowing two runs on three hits with six strikeouts over six innings vs. Wright State (5/19).

High School: Named a Preseason Underclass All-American by Perfect Game… Named to the Perfect Game All-Tournament Team… Named to the Perfect Game Showcase Top Prospect Team… 2018 NABF World Series champion… 2018 Pony International World Series participant… Named Second-Team All-AAC… Ranked as the 51st overall prospect in Ohio and the 10th LHP in Ohio by Perfect Game… Ranked in the top 1,000 nationally and the 218th LHP nationally by Perfect Game… Ranked as the 83rd overall prospect in Ohio and 17th LHP in Ohio by Prep Baseball Report… Holds the career strikeout record at Howland High School… Posted a 2.52 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 33.1 innings as a senior in 2022… Set the single-season strikeout record at Howland with 70 strikeouts as a junior in 2021… Tied the career strikeout record in only two seasons with 122 strikeouts… Finished third in strikeouts in the AAC as a freshman… Led the AAC Red Tier in strikeouts as a freshman… Posted a 2.19 ERA, a 1.39 WHIP and a .206 opponent average during the summer of 2021… Coached by Zach Byler at Howland High School… Played for DuraEdge under Terry Dobson and Ken Tirpack… Played for Ohio Elite under Jeff Wilson.

Personal: Parents are Dale and Ann... Has a brother (Connor) and a sister (Jenna)... Major is marketing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2023Freshman

    LHP
    6'2" 220 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2024Sophomore

    LHP
    6'2" 230 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2025Junior

    LHP
    6'2" 230 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2026Senior

    LHP
    6'2" 230 lbs
    35