Queens College Athletics

2016: Appeared in 25 games for the Knights with 56 plate appearances... Registered a .200 batting average, .255 on base percentage, and .260 slugging percentage with a total of 10 runs batted in and eight runs scored... Tallied one hit, a run scored and a stolen base in a win over Stonehill (2/26)... Registered a hit and scored a run vs. Merrimack (2/28)... Drove in two runs vs. Bridgeport (3/26)... Connected on a home run at Bloomfield (3/31)... Drove in two runs in a home win over Wilmington (Del.) (4/27)... Registered two runs batted in vs. Mercy (4/30)... Drove in two runs and drove in a run at Mercy (5/3)... Connected a hit, drove in a run, scored and stole a base at Caldwell (5/5).

2015: Led the team in doubles (9), triples (1) and runs batted in (20)... Had two hits including a triple and drove in two in a win at Felician (3/19)... Roped a pair of doubles and had four runs batted in against Caldwell (3/22)... Collected a pair of hits including a double in a loss to Bridgeport (3/28)... Scored twice and was hit by a pitch in game two at Bridgeport (3/29)... Roped a double and drove in a run against Dowling (4/6)... Had two hits, including a double, scored a run and knocked in another in a game with Dominican (4/8)... Went 2-3 with two runs batted in versus St. Thomas Aquinas (4/12)... Collected season-bests in hits (3), runs scored (2), had a double and drove in a run in game two at Molloy (4/18)... Went 3-4 with two runs scored, a run batted in and a stolen base in game two with Mercy (5/2).

Before Queens: Transferred from Hofstra University where he played baseball... Honors graduate of Cardozo High School in Bayside... Played two years of varsity baseball for the Judges... Also had two varsity seasons at Baruch College Campus High School in Manhattan... Appeared in the Mayor''s Cup and Exceptional Seniors games... Part of a Cardozo team that went undefeated in the regular season during his junior and senior seasons... Former teammate Calvin Luk is also a Cardozo alumnus.

Personal: Son of Gillian Hedden and Ralph Gonzalez... Has two younger siblings, Ayden and Argenis... Goes by "Digger"... Active in the community, participating in the Shake-A-Rake Program while at Hofstra and helping out during a St. Jude’s Walk and Special Olympics event for bowling... Double major in Economics and Comparative Literature.