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Jersey Number 20
Tate Gillen
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- High School:
- Blue Valley HS
- Deals:
Bio
2025Â (Redshirt Junior)
- Being one of only three players for the Bluejays who started in all 59 games, Gillen had 238 at-bats and 63 hits leading to a batting average of .265.
- Tate work this season earned himself third in total number of hits, number of runs scored, and total number of doubles ending the season with 46 runs, 63 hits, and 13 doubles for the year.
- He also earned the fifth spot for the Bluejays in RBI for the 2025 season having 40 on the year.
- Tallying a total of five home runs this season, Gillen tied McHugh for fifth best for the Creighton team.Â
- In a 12-7 win against Butler on May 2nd, Gillen scored three runs, had three hits, and stole three bases which helped the Bluejays break a program record of the most bases stolen during a game.Â
- He also performed against Georgetown on May 17th where he helped Creighton to a 12-1 win where in two of his four at-bats he had hits that lead to two runs and three RBI.
2024Â (Redshirt Sophomore)
- Leading Creighton to a 2-0 start at the season opener vs. Coppin State, Tate went 5-for-7 (.714), recording four runs scored, two stolen bases, and five RBI, which earned him BIG EAST Player of the Week on February 19.
- Gillen played in 33 games, earning 32 starts, 27 of those in center field where he ended the season on a perfect fielding percentage.
- At the plate, he recorded .319/.480/.451 scoring 35 runs, including two home runs and 27 RBI, with 36 hits, five doubles, and two triples and stole 12 bases.
- Tate delivered 11 multi-hit games, being one of five Bluejays to have four hits in one game, and seven multi-RBI games.Â
2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Limited by injuries in 2023, Tate appeared in 34 contests.
- He started 24 games, closing the season third on the team with a .299 average.
- Gillen had 23 hits, 19 runs scored, four doubles and seven RBI.Â
- Before his season was cut short on April 25, Tate was hitting his stride with six hits and six runs scored over four games (6-for-11 against St. John’s and UNLV).
- His best game of the season came against Georgetown in Creighton’s 15-11 victory on April 14, delivering three hits (3-for-4) with an RBI and two runs scored.Â
- Gillen also posted a three-hit performance (3-for-3) to help the Bluejays best Minnesota 5-2 on March 24.
2022 (Freshman)
- After playing in each of the Bluejays first four games, Gillen missed the rest of the 2022 season due to injury, using his redshirt option.
- Making his first career start in center field in the season opener against Portland on Feb. 18, Tate went 1-for-3 at the plate with his first career hit, a single.
2017-21 (Blue Valley High School)
- Gillen was considered a top-20 player in Kansas by both Prep Baseball Report and Perfect Game and ranked in the top-five among outfielders in his class.
- Tate led the Tigers to a Kansas 6A State Championship title during his senior season.
- Gillen batted .389 in 2021 and earned First Team All-Eastern Kansas League and First Team All-State.
- Tate, a three-year letter winner on Blue Valley’s baseball team and star on the Tigers football team, was selected BVHS Athlete of the Year his senior year.
Getting to Know Tate
- Preferred Omaha Restaurant: Texas de Brazil
- Favorite MLB Team: Kansas City Royals
- All-time Favorite Athlete: Patrick Mahomes
- Special meaning behind your number: My dad wore number 20.Â
- Gameday Superstitions:Â I listen to the same three songs in order.
- Hidden Talent: I can solve a Rubik's cube.Â
2013 Creighton Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee Dan Smith
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Jim Hendry & Alan Benes (4/11/11)
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