The Gateway Grizzlies announce that Gabe Holt has been chosen as the first Frontier League Player of the Week for the 2023 season.
The Warner Robins, Georgia native kicked off the season with a bang, as he smacked the first pitch of 2023 into right field for a hit, a sign of things to come. In the three-game series against the Y’alls, Holt batted .600 (9-for-15) with two doubles, three RBIs, and six runs scored while also stealing a pair of bases, with his .600 average through three games leading the Frontier League.
He tied his career-high with four hits in the series opener (along with three runs scored and three RBIs), and surpassed that the very next day by going a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate, with the Grizzlies taking both games against Florence en route to a series win.
It marks the second straight season that the Grizzlies have won the inaugural Player of the Week award, as Peter Zimmermann took home the honors in 2022 to begin the season.
The Grizzlies return to Sauget to begin their first home stand of 2023, hosting the Schaumburg Boomers and Ottawa Titans. It begins on Tuesday, May 16, against the Boomers, with first pitch scheduled for 6:45 p.m. CT. Joey Gonzalez will make his Gateway debut in the first game, opposed by the Boomers’ Aaron Glickstein.
Jason Guerette is the Grizzlies' Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations and the "Voice of the Grizzlies." 2023 will be his second season with the organization, handling lead broadcasting duties on the Grizzlies Media Network as well as being in charge of all team press releases and game-day media materials.
2023 will also be Jason's ninth season in the Frontier League after spending 2014-21 in the same role with the Southern Illinois Miners. Overall, he has broadcasted close to 800 games in the league, including playoffs. During the baseball offseason, he serves as a play-by-play broadcaster for Manhattan College and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, with games being seen on ESPN+ among other platforms.
In addition to broadcasting, Jason works as a public address announcer for Seton Hall University women's basketball as well as Columbia University men's and women's basketball. He also spent nine years working "behind the scenes" as a freelance board operator and highlight editor at Westwood One for their coverage of the NFL, NCAA football, and NCAA basketball.
Jason graduated from Seton Hall in 2012 with B.A. in Communication Studies and a minor in Broadcasting & Visual Media.
