2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Gieselman, Danny

Jersey Number 34
Danny Gieselman
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Commerce, Mich.
- High School:
- Walled Lake Northern
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition ... Tabbed an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2020 (SENIOR): Collected Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Recipient of the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award MSU team award ... Did not make any pitching appearances, but was a great teammate in the dugout and bullpen, always cheering on and supporting his teammates, offering encouraging words when needed to his teammates through their highs and lows.
2019 (JUNIOR): Made Spartan debut on April 21 with 0.2 IP vs. Indiana, not yielding a run ... Also saw action vs. Central Michigan (May 14).
2017 and 2018: Played on the Michigan State club team ... Named the Week 5 NCBA DI National Pitcher of the Week after throwing 7-inning complete game shutout, ringing up 13 strikeouts and yielding just one hit against Central Michigan ... Earned Second-Team NCBA Great Lakes All-Region honors ... Helped MSU to regional runner-up finish in 2018 after a regional title in 2017 and a trip to the NCBA World Series.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Walled Lake Northern High School for head coach Kevin LaPlante ... Also played basketball for the Knights ... Member of the National Honor Society, graduating with high honors
PERSONAL: Son of Tom and Kelly Gieselman ... Father, Tom, was a college golfer at Texas State and was on the professional circuit ... Brother, Mike, played rugby at MSU and now plays professionally for the New England Free Jacks ... Majoring in human biology in the MSU Lyman Briggs College, with career ambition of being an orthotics and prosthetics practitioner when his baseball career is finished.
2020 (SENIOR): Collected Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Recipient of the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award MSU team award ... Did not make any pitching appearances, but was a great teammate in the dugout and bullpen, always cheering on and supporting his teammates, offering encouraging words when needed to his teammates through their highs and lows.
2019 (JUNIOR): Made Spartan debut on April 21 with 0.2 IP vs. Indiana, not yielding a run ... Also saw action vs. Central Michigan (May 14).
2017 and 2018: Played on the Michigan State club team ... Named the Week 5 NCBA DI National Pitcher of the Week after throwing 7-inning complete game shutout, ringing up 13 strikeouts and yielding just one hit against Central Michigan ... Earned Second-Team NCBA Great Lakes All-Region honors ... Helped MSU to regional runner-up finish in 2018 after a regional title in 2017 and a trip to the NCBA World Series.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Walled Lake Northern High School for head coach Kevin LaPlante ... Also played basketball for the Knights ... Member of the National Honor Society, graduating with high honors
PERSONAL: Son of Tom and Kelly Gieselman ... Father, Tom, was a college golfer at Texas State and was on the professional circuit ... Brother, Mike, played rugby at MSU and now plays professionally for the New England Free Jacks ... Majoring in human biology in the MSU Lyman Briggs College, with career ambition of being an orthotics and prosthetics practitioner when his baseball career is finished.
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