Wagner College Athletics

Gil Barkman was an extremely productive and versatile player who, while seeing action at several positions throughout his career, to this day ranks in the Wagner All-Time Top-10 in seven different career and six single-season categories. The Brooklyn, NY native, who starred at Midwood High School prior to arriving on Grymes Hill, led the Seahawks to the NEC title in 2000 while earning First-Team All-League honors as a designated hitter/outfielder. In his junior season of 1999, Barkman was named Second-Team All-NEC as a third baseman. In the Wagner all-time career record book, Barkman ranks third in home runs (31) and RBIs (146), tied for fourth in batting average (.349), fifth in runs scored (133), tied for ninth in doubles (35) and 10th in hits (188). Within the Seahawks' all-time Top-10 single-season list, Barkman is tied for second in runs scored (52 in 2000) and holds three different spots on the all-time RBI list, sitting in a tie for third (48 in 1999), fifth (47 in 2000), and eighth (45 in 1999). He is also tied for fourth in both home runs (11 in 1999) and triples (4 in 1999 & 2000). "Gil could play any number of positions, and the one thing we needed as a team was to have him in the batting lineup every time out," said his coach, Richie Vitaliano. "He was a dangerous hitter and certainly one of the finest baseball players in Wagner College history."