Gravdahl Signs Pro Contract With F-M RedHawks

FARGO, N.D. (6/22/23)---Former Concordia standout Andy Gravdahl (West Fargo, N.D.) signed a professional contract with the F-M RedHawks of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball League on Thursday, June 22 and played in the team's series finale against the Gary SouthShore Railcats.

Gravdahl, who was named the MIAC Player of the Year and earned ABCA All-Region honors earlier in the spring, started in right field for the RedHawks on Thursday and hit in the No.8 spot in the batting order.

Gravdahl becomes the third Cobber player in the last three years to sign a professional contract with the RedHawks. He follows pitchers Austin Versteeg and Cole Christensen, who pitched for the RedHawks in 2022 and 2021. Ver Steeg went 3-3 and had a 5.46 ERA in 62.2 innings pitched in 2021, while Christensen appeared in three games over the course of two seasons.

Gravdahl had a career year for Concordia this past spring. He posted his top season totals in hits, runs, RBI, OPS, slugging percentage and doubles. He ended the year by hitting .412 and drove in 34 runs. He had a slugging percentage of .615 and an on-base percentage of .450, giving him an OPS of 1.065.

Gravdahl finished his Cobber career with a .357 career batting average. He compiled 197 hits, 145 runs and 20 triples, which are all program records.