Gault is a 1994 of Waubonsie Valley High School in Woodstock, IL. In 1994, Gault went to the University of South Dakota where he played baseball and graduated in 1998. Thereafter, Gault accepted a teaching job at Vermillion High School and coaches the Vermillion High School baseball team and the Post 1 Legion baseball team. Gault first became a member of the Vermillion Red Sox in 2000, and has continued to play for the Red Sox for the past 5 years.