June 6, 2006
NEW YORK, N.Y. - UCF baseball signee Glenn Gibson was selected by the Washington Nationals with the 121st pick in the fourth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft Tuesday afternoon. Gibson, a native of Center Moriches, N.Y., is the son of former major league Paul Gibson.
Gibson was rated as the No. 2 prospect in the state of New York and the 176th ranked prospect nationally by Baseball America.
He is the sixth Golden Knight signee in the last two years to be drafted. UCF had five recruits selected in the 2005 MLB Draft, with all five players electing to attend UCF.
Gibson's career statistics through his first three years are impressive. The southpaw has a 17-3 career mark with a 0.64 ERA in 132 innings of work. He has yielded just 40 hits and has totaled 247 strikeouts and just 38 walks during his career. Gibson has tossed three no-hitters and three one-hitters during his prep career. He was named all-state and all-county as a junior and was the Suffolk Pitcher of the Year in 2005.