Luke Gorsett
Luke Gorsett (born May 28, 1985 in Denver, Colorado) is an outfielder for the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Florida State League. He went to Thomas Jefferson High School.
College
Luke played at Garden City Community College in 2004 and 2005. In 2004 he hit a .314 batting average with 15 home runs and 50 RBI's. In 2005 he was a 1st team NJCAA All-American batting with a .402 batting average with 71 RBI's and led the nation with 24 home runs. He became the regional and conference player of the year. After an amazing junior college career he transferred to Nebraska. In 2006 he hit a .348 average with 15 home runs and 48 RBI's earning 1st team all-Big 12 honors and was a [...] Howser Trophy and Wallace Award finalist. He got on base 52 of 56 games he went up to bat in the regular season. Luke had a 19 game win streak from March 26 to April 23. In the early season tournament, the Dairy Queen Classic, he became the most outstanding player and was on The All-tournament team hitting .500 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI's in 3 games. He hit for the cycle against Notre Dame on March 3 becoming the 1st husker to do that since 1995. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 7th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft and signed with them skipping his senior year.
Minor League
After he got drafted he played with the State College Spikes where he had a .211 average in 24 games. Luke started off the 2007 season playing for the Swing of the Quad Cities of the Midwest League hitting .286 with 4 home runs, and 18 RBI's, 40 runs, 76 hits, 21 doubles and 2 triples in 77 games. He was promoted to Palm Beach on July 13 where he is currently .303 in 27 games and has a 9 game hit streak which started on August 4th.
References
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=228349