On Gulden: Played in 161 career games with 111 starts between the infield, outfield and designated hitter … .235 career batting average … two-time Pac-12 All-Academic (2018 second team, 2017 honorable mention).
2018: Played in 53 games with 43 starts (41 starts at first base, two starts in left field) … .215 batting average … tied for eighth in the Pac-12 with four triples … tied for seventh in the league in sacrifice bunts (11) … second on the team with 24 walks .. 19 RBI, 18 runs scored … eight multiple-hit games … three doubles and three home runs with a .342 slugging percentage and .332 on-base percentage … .995 fielding percentage among the Pac-12 leaders … hit .353 (6-of-17) with three RBI, two doubles and a triple in games against Ohio State and Nebraska in Surprise, Ariz. (2/22-25) … 4-for-5 with a double, triple, two RBI and two runs scored against Ohio State (2/24) … 3-for-3 with an RBI and a walk against San Jose State (3/5) … went 4-for-5 with three walks against No. 1 Oregon State, scoring four runs with one triple (3/29-31) … drove in the game-winning run against BYU after drawing a four-pitch walk with the bases loaded (4/3)… hit .500 (4-of-8) with a double over the two games he played vs. UCLA going 3-for-4 with a double in game two of the series (4/13-14) … drove in four runs during the ASU series, including a two-run home run in game one of the series (4/20-22) … 2-for-4 in game three against Arizona, including a two-run home run (4/29) … homered against UVU (5/15) … second-team Pac-12 All-Academic.
2017: Played in 45 games with 37 starts at designated hitter … hit .263 and ranked third on the team with four home runs … third on the team with 20 walks … .369 on-base percentage … six doubles and a triple … .409 slugging percentage … 24 runs scored … 20 RBI … 3-for-4 in stolen bases … hit .375 (3-for-8) as a pinch hitter … hit .556 (5-of-9) with four runs scored over three games vs. CSU Bakersfield (2-18/19) … well-placed bases-loaded pinch-hit bloop single to score two runs and cut lead to 7-6 vs. BYU (3/28) … hit .455 (5-of-11) against Oregon with five RBI and a home run (3/31-4/2) … two-run home run in the seventh inning lifted Utah to the lead over Oregon in a 2-for-4 performance (4/1) … 2-for-4 with three RBI in game three of the Oregon Series (4/2) … hit .417 (5-of-12) in three games against California (4/13-15) … hit a two-run home run as part of a 2-for-5 performance with three runs scored in game one vs. Arizona (4/20) … hit .500 against USC (5-of-10) with four extra-base hits (two doubles, one triple, one home run) and four RBI (5/13-15) … 3-for-4 with three RBI in game three vs. USC, including two doubles and a walk-off two-run home run, battling through a 10-pitch at bat, in the bottom of the ninth inning (5/15) … honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
2016: Played in 16 games with two starts (one at first vs. Houston Baptist, one at second vs. BYU) … .222 batting average … four total hits and three RBI … 1-for-1 in stolen bases … hits came against Kansas (2/26), Utah Valley (4/19), Oregon State (4/21) and BYU (5/17) … SAAC member.
2015: Played in 47 games with 29 starts, making 23 starts in left field, four starts at first base and two starts at designated hitter … hit .230 with three doubles, one triple and one home run … 11 RBI … 4-for-6 in stolen bases … 26 hits … made his first career appearance as a pinch runner in the first game of the season against Sacramento State (2/13) … scored three runs against Sacramento State (2/16) … walked with the bases loaded to drive in the game-winning run against Arizona (3/15) … 2-for-5 with an RBI against California (3/27) … hit a three-run home run, his first of the year, to give Utah the lead against Southeastern Louisiana (4/11) … hit .444 (4-of-9) against Stanford over three games, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the first game of the series and going 1-for-1 as a pinch hitter in game three (4/17-19) … 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. USC (5/3) … 2-for-4 vs. Oregon State (5/10) … hit .444 (4-of-9) in three games against Washington, going 2-for-3 in the first game of the series (5/22-24).
High School: Cal-Hi Sports third-team all-state ... Northern Section MVP and the
Record Searchlight MVP ... All-Sac River League ... hit .385 with 11 doubles, three triples, 18 RBI and a .523 on-base percentage with 14 extra-base hits as a senior ... three wins as a pitcher, including a no-hitter against rival Foothill and an 11-strikeout game against Red Bluff to clinch a share of the Sac River League championship ... team MVP ... 2013 first-team all-section and honorable mention Sac River League ... hit .427 as a junior with 19 RBI and eight doubles and helped lead Shasta to a section championship ... hit .348 as a sophomore ... also played basketball ... scholar-athlete.
Major: Parks, Recreation and Tourism