Tomas Gago

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Position:
Middle Blocker
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Santiago, Chile
High School:
Colegio San Ignacio

• 2018-19 MIVA Academic All-Conference
• 2020 All-MIVA Second Team
• 2018 All-MIVA Second Team
• 2018 MIVA All-Freshman Team
• MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 23, 2018)

2021: Played in three matches for Purdue Fort Wayne and started in one ... Had a season-high five kills at Lindenwood (Apr. 3) and recorded one assist and five blocks ... Hit .714 at Lindenwood (Apr. 3) ... Finished the season with a .471 hitting percentage, 10 kills and seven blocks.

2020: Started in 14 out of 15 matches for the Mastodons ... Had five double-digit kill performances, 12 at George Mason (Jan. 25), 10 at Loyola (Feb. 8), 14 at Quincy (Feb. 15), 12 vs. Ohio State (Feb. 22) and 12 vs. Loyola (March 5) ... Recorded five total blocks in two matches during the season, at Loyola (Feb. 8) and at Quincy (Feb. 15) ... Finished the season with 48 total blocks, 116 kills and .432 hitting percentage which is ranked third in the MIVA.

2019: Started all 29 matches for the 'Dons at middle blocker ... After two season at Purdue Fort Wayne, ranks ninth in program history in career hitting percentage at .348 ... Had three double-digit kill performances, 11 vs. McKendree (Feb. 8), 10 vs. Lindenwood (March 3) and 11 at McKendree (April 6) ... Had an 8-0-9 night against Princeton (Jan. 5) for and .889 hitting rate ... Had at least four blocks in nine matches, including a season-high six against No. 7 Lewis (March 21) ... Finished the season with 168 kills (1.57 per set) with a .341 hitting clip and 71 blocks (0.66 per set).

2018: Started 25 matches ... Averaged 1.56 kills per set ... Hit .356 on the season, which was a team-high ... Led the team in blocks with 89 ... Had nine matches with five or more blocks ... Tallied season-high eight blocks against Harvard (Jan. 19) and at McKendree (Feb. 7).

Prior to Purdue Fort Wayne: Played for the Chilean National Team from 2012 to 2017 ... Played in the U19 World Championship ... Played in the South American and Panamerican Cups in the U19, U21, U23 and Senior classifications ... Played under head coach Gabriel Figueroa for Colegio San Ignacio ... Attended Pontificia Universidad Catolica for one year.

Personal: Son of Francisco Gago and Caroline Murtagh ... Has two brothers, Joaquin and Juan Pablo, and two sisters, Rosario and Maria Jose ... Majoring in Civil Engineering.