CAREER HONORS
Drafted 292nd overall (10th round) by the Miami Marlins in the 2022 MLB Draft
2022 Second Team All-Conference USA (SP)
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022)

2022: Made 19 appearances and 13 starts in his final season for the Bulldogs ... Served as one of LA Tech's weekend starters for the majority of the season ... Finished the year with a 6-4 record, a 4.87 ERA while posting a 93-19 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 85.0 innings pitched ... Made his first start of 2022 versus LSU (2/23) and hurled a solid five innings, allowing three earned runs and punched out eight in an 11-6 win ... Made his first weekend start of the season against FIU (3/26) going eight innings of scoreless ball and striking out five ... Recorded a career-high nine strikeouts at Southern Miss (4/2) going seven innings, allowing two earned runs and walking just one ... Broke his career-high in strikeouts the next weekend versus Rice (4/8) punching out 10 in six innings of shutout ball ... Earned the win versus Charlotte (5/25) in the C-USA Tournament going five scoreless frames, allowing three hits, no walks and seven strikeouts.

2021: Made 23 appearances and 11 starts for the Bulldogs, serving as one of LA Tech’s weekend starters in 2021 … Finished the year with a 4-3 record, a 66-19 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 6.40 ERA … Pitched a gem in his first-career start with his hometown school, going 7.1 innings while allowing just one earned run and five hits in a 13-1 win over then-No. 4 Ole Miss … Recorded a complete-game shutout (seven innings) with six strikeouts and just three hits allowed at Southern Miss (3/27) … Posted a career-high seven strikeouts over six innings pitched against Old Dominion (5/21) … Worked a season-long four innings of long relief in a win over McNeese State (3/6), allowing no runs and just three hits with six strikeouts … His 71.2 innings pitched ranked fourth on the team.

2020: Did not play as he worked his way back from injury.

2019: Redshirted, did not see action.

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Played two seasons at LSU-Shreveport ... 2017 RRAC All-Tournament Team Selection (SP) …Started 11 games for the Pilots and made one appearance out of the pen … Was 6-4 with a 6.75 ERA … Logged 42.2 innings with 37 strike outs … Logged 8.1 innings against Jarvis Christian to get the win and get the Pilots to the Championship Game … Played in 33 games and started 16 in the field … Hit .341 with seven doubles and nine runs batted in … Went 4-for-5 against Jarvis with three doubles and four RBIs in the 2017 RRAC Tournament ... Lettered three seasons for Coaches Toby White, Dan Gressett, and Shawn Talley of the Ruston Bearcats … Back-to-back All-District selection … Honorable Mention All-State selection … All-Area Pitcher of the Year.

PERSONAL: Born Caden Michael Gibson on February 18, 1998, in Ruston, Louisiana … Goes by Cade … Son of Jenni and George Smith and Mike Gibson … Has two brothers, Brian and David … Jas one sister, Mary Kay.