Upcoming Event: Baseball versus Yaquis de Obregón on September 26, 2026 at 5 p.m.
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Jersey Number 55
John Sheehan
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 210
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Elk Grove, Calif.
- HS:
- Cosumnes Oaks
- Major:
- B.A. in Communications
- Opendorse NIL:
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Grand Canyon |
2024 | Junior
- Started 12 games behind the plate, collecting three hits.
- Laid down six sacrifice bunts, tied for fifth-most in the WAC.
- Started 11 games at catcher, collecting six hits.
- Redshirted season with injury.
Summer Leagues |
- 2023: Sandlot | Arizona Collegiate Wood Bat League | Phoenix, Ariz.
Cosumnes Oaks HS |
Elk Grove, Calif. |
- Was a four-year varsity letterman and two-year team captain.
- Hit .403 as a senior with a .652 slugging percentage, leading the league in OPS and stolen bases (18).
- Earned first-team All-Delta League honors and was the Offensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2021.
- Selected by The Sacramento Bee as one of the region's top-25 baseball players both in the preseason and postseason.
- Selected to the 50th annual Optimist High School Baseball All-Star Game.
- Hit .322 for his four-year career, spanning 214 at bats.
- Academically, he is a lifetime member of the California Scholarship Federation and was a Cosumnes Oaks Scholar Athlete.
- Also played for many club teams, but his highlight was playing in the Boras Classic (14U) the summer before his freshman year and hitting his first high school home run (grand slam).
Personal |
- Parents are Tim and Chrystal Sheehan.
- Mother, Chrystal, played volleyball at College of the Siskiyous from 1992-94.
- Grandfather, Ed Sheehan, pitched for the Seminole Oilers — a Cleveland affiliate — in 1950.
- Off the field, enjoys training, physical conditioning and playing other sports.
- Cites his catching coach, Brian Whatley, as his biggest baseball career influence.
- Chose GCU for the campus culture, coaching staff and facilities.
- If he wasn't playing baseball, it'd be basketball or golf.
- Favorite TV show is The Office.
- His favorite athletes to watch growing up included Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and LeBron James.
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