Gamble is a three-time All-MEAC first-team selection Brian Holloway June 8, 2007 GREENSBORO,  – For the second straight season, head coach Keith Shumate has seen one of his players drafted. The Houston Astros selected Charlie Gamble with their 711th pick in the 23rd round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Friday afternoon. If and when Gamble (6-foot-6, 235, Southern Guilford, Pleasant Garden, N.C.) signs, he will become the eighth player in the 11-year Shumate era to sign a Major League Baseball contract. Gamble is the third Aggie under Shumate to be drafted, joining Jeremy Jones, who was drafted in the 25th round by the Colorado Rockies and 2004 10th round draft pick Duron LaGrande, who was taken by the Montreal Expos (known as Washington Nationals today). “He deserves this opportunity,’’ said Shumate. “Charlie has put in the hard work and the commitment it takes to make it to the next level. I’m thrilled someone is going to give him an opportunity to showcase his abilities. I’m glad this happened for him as a baseball player, but it’s even better that it happened for him as person because he is an awesome individual. ” Gamble’s selection in the MLB Draft comes after a career year in which he hit .409 with 10 home runs and 57 RBI. He recorded a school record 92 hits in 2007 and hit .483 against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference pitching to earn the league’s Player of the Year award. Gamble was also named the department’s Senior Male Athlete of the Year, first-team All-MEAC for the third time in his career and he was recently named a third-team All-American by Louisville Slugger and an All-State performer by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association. He is also a four-time blackcollgebaseball.com elite team member and won MEAC Player of the Week honors seven times in his career. Gamble has led the MEAC in total hits and slugging percentage for two straight seasons. His 10 home runs marked the second time in his career he led the league in home runs. He is a career .369 hitter with 34 career home runs and 193 career RBIs. He is the player in the history of the baseball program to record more than 300 hits. Gamble also has a MEAC Championship and two MEAC Championship Game appearances during his career.