Gorneault was born to Gary and Darlene Gorneault on April 19, 1979, in Springfield, Massachusetts,^[2] and attended Cathedral High School in Springfield, where he starred in baseball and basketball. As a senior, he posted the strongest year of his high school career with 12 home runs, 41 runs batted in, and a .369 batting average.^[3] He was a member of the Western Massachusetts Championship basketball team, and was a first-team All-Western Massachusetts baseball star, receiving MVP honors for leading the team to a 1997 Western Massachusetts title.^[2]

Gorneault attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the same school attended by legendary California Angels' shortstop Gary DiSarcina,^[4] and went 2-6 in his first college start against Vermont. As a sophomore in 1999, Gorneault started in 17 of the team's 19 games, hit .333 in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament, including hitting the game-winning two-run double against Temple. In the Beanpot Tournament semifinals, Gorneault collected a career-high four hits and five runs batted in, including a walk-off two-run home run in the ninth inning to defeat Harvard.^[2]

In his junior year in 2000, Gorneault started 47 of the team's games, leading the team with 10 home runs, 42 runs batted in, and a .595 slugging percentage. In the season opener, Gorneault went 4-5 with three home runs against Florida. He also had the team's longest hitting streak of the season, recording a hit in 13 consecutive games, hitting .327 during the stretch.^[2]

Gorneault was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 19th round of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft, and was signed to a minor league contract on June 7, 2001.^[5] In 2001, he played for the Provo Angels of the rookie Pioneer League. He hit .315, with 6 home runs and 30 runs batted in.^[6] However, in only 54 games, Gorneault led the team in strikeouts with 65.^[7] In 2002, Gorneault played 103 games for the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League. He recorded a .289 batting average and a .465 slugging percentage, both which led the team.^[8] In 2003, he split his time with the Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Double-A Arkansas Travelers.^[5] In total, he hit a career-high .326 in 126 games, with 16 home runs and 91 runs batted in. With the Quakes alone, he led the team with 72 runs batted in.^[9]

In 2004, Gorneault spent the bulk of the season with the Travelers. He led the team with 21 home runs, 81 runs batted in, 91 runs, and 128 strikeouts.^[10] His success earned him a spot with the Triple-A Salt Lake Stingers, now the Salt Lake Bees, at the end of the season. He hit .316 in only six games, with five runs batted in.^[5] In 2005, Gorneault finally had a full-time spot on the Triple-A roster. He led the Stingers in most offensive categories, including home runs, runs batted in, runs, hits, and slugging percentage.^[11]

In 2006, Gorneault struggled, hitting only .283 and leading the team in only one offensive category; he recorded a team-high 78 runs batted in. He hit 15 home runs in 107 games, second on the team.^[12] In 2007, Gorneault hit .261 with only 19 home runs and 59 runs batted in.^[13] Midseason, due to a minor injury to Reggie Willits, Gorneault finally got the call to the major leagues. He made his debut on June 30, 2007, going 0-2 with a walk, in a 6-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.^[14] After a second 0-2 performance the following day,^[15] he was sent back down to Salt Lake, where he would finish his season.

Following the season, on October 29, 2007, he was claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers.^[16] Gorneault was not offered a new contract and was non-tendered on December 12, 2007.

On January 17, 2008, Gorneault signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Houston Astros. He became a free agent at the end of the season and signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays in February 2009.

On August 8, 2009, Gorneault recorded his 1,000th minor league hit in a game against the Altoona Curve at Merchantsauto.com Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire. At the time, Gorneault was playing for the Blue Jays double-A affiliate, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The hit was recorded off of Curve pitcher Daniel Moskos.^[17]

On December 22, 2009, Gorneault signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Pearly Gates: Scouting Report
• Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics