Gary Owens joined the Freedom in June of 2013 and is seeing his first action in the Frontier League. Owens spent the 2012 season with the Roswell Invaders of the Pecos League, another independent league. He appeared in 32 games for the Invaders, hitting .268 with one home run an 16 RBI. The Greenville, Sc. native played collegiality at USC Salkehatchie before going to Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Ga.