2022 Baseball Roster
Smith, Sawyer
Jersey Number 31
Sawyer Smith
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Somers, Wis.
- High School:
- Shoreland Lutheran
Bio
CAREER NOTES
2024 (JUNIOR): Played in and started all 51 games for the Huskies in junior campaign, hitting a team-high .376 with a .424 on-base percentage and .663 slugging percentage for a 1.087 OPS … Hit 11 home runs with 58 RBI, 20 doubles, three triples, four stolen bases and 48 runs … Made one start and 13 appearances out of the bullpen, producing a 2-4 mark with two saves, a 3.86 ERA and 1.38 WHIP over 21.0 innings pitched … Held opposing batters to a .230 batting average with a 22:12 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Had 24 multi-hit games, six three-hit games and one four-hit game, as well as 18 multi-RBI games, five three-RBI games and four four-RBI games … Produced a season-long hit streak of 13 games … Among team leaders, led the Huskies in batting average (.376), hits (77), RBI (58), doubles (20), triples (three) and total bases (136), while ranking second in OPS (1.087), slugging percentage (.663), runs (48) and home runs (11), third in stolen bases (four) and fourth in on-base percentage (.424) … Led the conference in doubles (20) and ranked among the NSIC’s top-10 in batting average (ninth, .376), slugging percentage (eighth, .663), hits (sixth, 77), RBI (fifth, 58) and triples (eighth, three) … Among program single season records, his 34 extra base hits ranks fifth, while his 20 doubles rank seventh, 136 total bases rank eighth and 58 RBI rank 10th … Scored three runs in season-opening win over Southern New Hampshire (Feb. 2) … Had three RBI against Missouri Western (Feb. 10) … Pitched a scoreless inning at Missouri Western (Feb. 11) with two strikeouts … Went 5-for-8 with two home runs, seven RBI and three runs in doubleheader sweep over Southwest Minnesota State (Feb. 18) … Earned the win on the mound after pitching 3.0 innings while allowing one run on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts against CSU Pueblo (Feb. 26) … Pitched 3.0 innings and recorded the win on the mound, allowing just three hits and one walk with three strikeouts against Augustana (March 15) … Had a pair of doubles and three runs in win over Southwest Minnesota State (Feb. 19) … Hit a home run and had two RBI against Minnesota State (March 22) … Earned the save in first game of doubleheader against Sioux Falls (March 30), pitching a scoreless innings with one strikeout while going 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI at the plate … Made the start in second game of doubleheader against Sioux Falls (March 30), lasting a season-high 4.0 innings while allowing one run on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts … Earned a save against Northern State (April 4), recording the final out of the contest … Hit two solo home runs against Mary (April 13) … Went 4-for-6 with a home run, three RBI and two runs against Mary (April 14) … Hit home runs in both games of a doubleheader against Minnesota Duluth (April 18), adding seen RBI and three runs … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles, two RBI and two runs against Bemidji State (May 3).
2023 Season: Became an everyday starter at shortstop for the Huskies, served as a righthanded pitcher and strong lefthanded hitting option as a true sophomore... appeared in and started 52 games, slashing .292/.398/.416 for a .814 OPS with nine doubles, two triples, four home runs, 42 RBI and scored 48 runs... stole four bags in five attempts... drew walks at a 13.4% rate while striking out just 16.8% of the time... led the team in assists with 117... committed to five fielding errors for a .954 fielding percentage... had 10 multi-run games... spent 6.0 innings on the mound, striking out 17.8% of batters faced... Southwest Baptist (2/3): Made his season debut starting a double header going 1-for-4, drew a walk and a hit-by-pitch, scored two runs and one RBI in the opener... Missouri Southern (2/3): Served as a starter and recorded an RBI... Southwest Baptist (2/4): Ripped a triple and went 2-for-5 scoring two runs and two RBI, made his debut on the mound pitching one inning of relief... Missouri Southern (2/5): Ripped a double and scored a run... Ark. Monticello (2/11-13): Started are series... went 3-for-6 while hitting his first homer of the season and a double, scored two runs and a season high of six RBI in the opener... scored one run and one RBI in the final game of the series... Nova Southeastern (3/9-11): Delivered a strong series going 5-for-12, hit two doubles, scored a run and three RBI, made an appearance on the mound pitching 1.1 innings of relief... Caldwell (3/13): Scored twice... Bentley (3/14): Went 3-for-6 to score a run and drive in two RBI, stole his first base of the season... Pace (3/15): Started the game going 1-for-2 after drawing a hit-by-pitch, recorded an RBI... Caldwell (3/15): Went 1-for-2 scoring a run and two RBI... Southwest Minn. State (3/23): Started the doubleheader, went 1-for-7 and scored one run... Augustana (3/24-25): Started the series... drew a hit-by-pitch and scored two runs and two RBI, made an appearance on the mound pitching a season high of 2.0 innings in the doubleheader... Upper Iowa (3/28): Went 1-for-5 drawing two walks and scored a run in the doubleheader... Winona State (4/2-3): Started the series... ripped two doubles, scoring three runs and one RBI after going 4-for-7 in the doubleheader... went 3-for-5 and hit a double while scoring a run... Concordia-St. Paul (4/7-8): Started the series... scored one run and one RBI in the doubleheader... plated two runs and an RBI... Minnesota Crookston (4/13): Had two hits in each game, scored a run in the doubleheader... Sioux Falls (16-17): Plated two runs in the opener... provided a strong doubleheader ripping a double, scoring four runs, four RBI, and a homer... Mary (4/23-24): Started the series... went 1-for-6 scoring four runs and one RBI... Bemidji State (4/29): Had a run in both games, scored a RBI in the doubleheader... Minnesota Duluth (4/29-30): Started the series... had one run in both games of the doubleheader going 3-for-9 and recorded an RBI... Northern State (5/2): Scored four RBI in the doubleheader... Wayne State (5/5): Had two hits, one run and two RBI in the doubleheader... NSIC Tournament (5/10-14): Started all five games in NSIC Tournament play... went 1-for-3 and drew two walks, scored two runs against Southwest Minnesota... plated one run against Augustana... scored one run and two RBI in the series against Minnesota State to help the team win the NISC Tournament... Warrensburg Regional (5/18-20): Went 3-for-5 and smashed his four homer of the season against Cental Missouri... ripped a triple scoring an RBI and a single run against Ouachita Baptist... went 1-for-4 against Central Missouri...
2022 (FOND DU LAC DOCK SPIDERS) | FRESHMAN SUMMER:
Summer: Joined the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders of the Northwoods League in late July, quickly becoming an everyday starter at second with a .246/.394/.298 slash line for a .693 OPS…started all 15 games in which he played, scoring nine times and ripping three doubles while driving in three…drew walks at a strong 15.5% clip while striking out in just 11.3% of his plate appearances…fielded a perfect 1.000 over 10 starts and 83.0 innings at second base, converting all 47 chances with a 5.10 range factor/9 and turned six double plays…posted a strong 5.63 range factor/9 at short, starting two games and fielding an .882 over 24.0 innings with a pair of errors…started three games at third and converted each of his three chances…featured at No. 4 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays on August 11 with an incredible diving forehand play and a glove flip from short to start a double play…had three multi-hit games with one four-hit contest…reached base in 13 of 15 games played…
2022 (WAUKESHA FOXES) | FRESHMAN SUMMER:
Summer: Began his freshman summer in the Dairyland Collegiate League with the Waukesha Foxes, starting 29 games and slashing .303/.368/.437 for a .805 OPS with five doubles, a triple and three home runs…scored 19 runs and drove in 25…was 2-for-4 on stolen base attempts…struck out in just 8.8% of his plate appearances while working walks at an 8.1% rate…had a hit in 23 of 29 games…produced nine multi-hit games…drove in multiple runs six times…led the club with 25 RBI…also made two relief appearances and threw 2.0 scoreless innings…
2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Debuted as a utility player off the bench as well as providing a strong lefthanded-hitting option for the Huskies as a true freshman…played in 21 games with 10 starts, producing a .318/.348/.409 triple slash for a .757 OPS with four doubles and seven RBI…scored seven runs…started five games as the designated hitter, four in left and one at short while seeing time in right and at second…played 29.0 errorless innings in left field, recording five putouts for a 1.55 range factor/9…played 16.0 innings at short and converted each of his four chances for a 2.25 range factor/9…collected three multi-hit games…recorded a season-best five game hitting streak in May…was inserted into the lineup after an injury to an everyday player in May, responding by hitting .389 with a .944 OPS, three doubles and four RBI over his last six games of the year…
Florida Trip (3/7-3/13): Made his collegiate debut against Ashland, going 1-for-3 with a run scored, a double and one RBI…stole his first collegiate bag against Malone… Augustana (3/19-20): Entered off the bench in one game and stole a base… Winona State (3/24): Started one game of the midweek and went 2-for-3 to produce his first collegiate multi-hit game… Wayne State (3/26-27): Appeared in one game, drawing a walk as a pinch hitter… Sioux Falls (4/3-4): Went 1-for-2 with a run scored in his lone appearance… Concordia-St. Paul (4/10-11): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Upper Iowa (4/12): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Southwest Minnesota State (4/15-16): Smacked a pinch-hit single in his lone plate appearance of the series, later coming around to score a run… Northern State (4/21): Started one game and went 1-for-4 with an RBI… Bemidji State (4/23-24): Played in two games with one start…went 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the finale… Minnesota Duluth (4/27): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Mary (5/4): Played in two games with one start, going 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored in the finale… Minot State (5/6-7): Started all three games of the weekend series and had a pair of multi-hit contests, going 5-for-11 with a double and three RBI…had a pair of hits in three at-bats while scoring a run in the opener…drove in two as part of a 1-for-4 second game of the set…went 2-for-4 with a double and drove in one in the finale… NSIC Tournament (5/11-13): Played in two games, belting an RBI double off the bench and scoring a run against Sioux Falls…
Prep: A 2021 graduate of Shoreland Lutheran High School…four-year baseball letterman…as a senior was named WBCA D3 Honorable Mention All-State, WBCA First Team All-District, All-Kenosha County and First Team All-Metro Classic Conference while being tabbed as both District and Metro Classic Conference Player of the Year after slashing .500/.639/.769 for a 1.408 OPS with five doubles, three triples, a home run and 15 RBI…drew 17 walks and did not strike out once in 72 plate appearances…was 16-for-19 on stolen base attempts…was an All-District nominee as a sophomore while adding All-Kenosha County and All-Metro Classic Conference honors…three-year football letterman…two-year football captain…First Team All-Metro Classic Conference selection at quarterback and Second Team choice as a punter...two-time All-Kenosha County pick at quarterback and kicker...holds Shoreland Lutheran’s record for the longest made field goal at 42 years...also holds school records for career completions and passing yards…captained the Shoreland Lutheran basketball team as a senior and was a three-year letterman…scored over 1,000 career points…Second Team All-Kenosha County and Second Team All-Metro Classic Conference honoree as a senior…added Honorable Mention All-Metro Classic Conference honors as a junior…
Personal: The son of Shad and Kristen Smith…General Business major…National Honor Society member…Pacer Ambassador…named WBCA Academic All-District as a senior…
2024 (JUNIOR): Played in and started all 51 games for the Huskies in junior campaign, hitting a team-high .376 with a .424 on-base percentage and .663 slugging percentage for a 1.087 OPS … Hit 11 home runs with 58 RBI, 20 doubles, three triples, four stolen bases and 48 runs … Made one start and 13 appearances out of the bullpen, producing a 2-4 mark with two saves, a 3.86 ERA and 1.38 WHIP over 21.0 innings pitched … Held opposing batters to a .230 batting average with a 22:12 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Had 24 multi-hit games, six three-hit games and one four-hit game, as well as 18 multi-RBI games, five three-RBI games and four four-RBI games … Produced a season-long hit streak of 13 games … Among team leaders, led the Huskies in batting average (.376), hits (77), RBI (58), doubles (20), triples (three) and total bases (136), while ranking second in OPS (1.087), slugging percentage (.663), runs (48) and home runs (11), third in stolen bases (four) and fourth in on-base percentage (.424) … Led the conference in doubles (20) and ranked among the NSIC’s top-10 in batting average (ninth, .376), slugging percentage (eighth, .663), hits (sixth, 77), RBI (fifth, 58) and triples (eighth, three) … Among program single season records, his 34 extra base hits ranks fifth, while his 20 doubles rank seventh, 136 total bases rank eighth and 58 RBI rank 10th … Scored three runs in season-opening win over Southern New Hampshire (Feb. 2) … Had three RBI against Missouri Western (Feb. 10) … Pitched a scoreless inning at Missouri Western (Feb. 11) with two strikeouts … Went 5-for-8 with two home runs, seven RBI and three runs in doubleheader sweep over Southwest Minnesota State (Feb. 18) … Earned the win on the mound after pitching 3.0 innings while allowing one run on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts against CSU Pueblo (Feb. 26) … Pitched 3.0 innings and recorded the win on the mound, allowing just three hits and one walk with three strikeouts against Augustana (March 15) … Had a pair of doubles and three runs in win over Southwest Minnesota State (Feb. 19) … Hit a home run and had two RBI against Minnesota State (March 22) … Earned the save in first game of doubleheader against Sioux Falls (March 30), pitching a scoreless innings with one strikeout while going 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI at the plate … Made the start in second game of doubleheader against Sioux Falls (March 30), lasting a season-high 4.0 innings while allowing one run on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts … Earned a save against Northern State (April 4), recording the final out of the contest … Hit two solo home runs against Mary (April 13) … Went 4-for-6 with a home run, three RBI and two runs against Mary (April 14) … Hit home runs in both games of a doubleheader against Minnesota Duluth (April 18), adding seen RBI and three runs … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles, two RBI and two runs against Bemidji State (May 3).
2023 Season: Became an everyday starter at shortstop for the Huskies, served as a righthanded pitcher and strong lefthanded hitting option as a true sophomore... appeared in and started 52 games, slashing .292/.398/.416 for a .814 OPS with nine doubles, two triples, four home runs, 42 RBI and scored 48 runs... stole four bags in five attempts... drew walks at a 13.4% rate while striking out just 16.8% of the time... led the team in assists with 117... committed to five fielding errors for a .954 fielding percentage... had 10 multi-run games... spent 6.0 innings on the mound, striking out 17.8% of batters faced... Southwest Baptist (2/3): Made his season debut starting a double header going 1-for-4, drew a walk and a hit-by-pitch, scored two runs and one RBI in the opener... Missouri Southern (2/3): Served as a starter and recorded an RBI... Southwest Baptist (2/4): Ripped a triple and went 2-for-5 scoring two runs and two RBI, made his debut on the mound pitching one inning of relief... Missouri Southern (2/5): Ripped a double and scored a run... Ark. Monticello (2/11-13): Started are series... went 3-for-6 while hitting his first homer of the season and a double, scored two runs and a season high of six RBI in the opener... scored one run and one RBI in the final game of the series... Nova Southeastern (3/9-11): Delivered a strong series going 5-for-12, hit two doubles, scored a run and three RBI, made an appearance on the mound pitching 1.1 innings of relief... Caldwell (3/13): Scored twice... Bentley (3/14): Went 3-for-6 to score a run and drive in two RBI, stole his first base of the season... Pace (3/15): Started the game going 1-for-2 after drawing a hit-by-pitch, recorded an RBI... Caldwell (3/15): Went 1-for-2 scoring a run and two RBI... Southwest Minn. State (3/23): Started the doubleheader, went 1-for-7 and scored one run... Augustana (3/24-25): Started the series... drew a hit-by-pitch and scored two runs and two RBI, made an appearance on the mound pitching a season high of 2.0 innings in the doubleheader... Upper Iowa (3/28): Went 1-for-5 drawing two walks and scored a run in the doubleheader... Winona State (4/2-3): Started the series... ripped two doubles, scoring three runs and one RBI after going 4-for-7 in the doubleheader... went 3-for-5 and hit a double while scoring a run... Concordia-St. Paul (4/7-8): Started the series... scored one run and one RBI in the doubleheader... plated two runs and an RBI... Minnesota Crookston (4/13): Had two hits in each game, scored a run in the doubleheader... Sioux Falls (16-17): Plated two runs in the opener... provided a strong doubleheader ripping a double, scoring four runs, four RBI, and a homer... Mary (4/23-24): Started the series... went 1-for-6 scoring four runs and one RBI... Bemidji State (4/29): Had a run in both games, scored a RBI in the doubleheader... Minnesota Duluth (4/29-30): Started the series... had one run in both games of the doubleheader going 3-for-9 and recorded an RBI... Northern State (5/2): Scored four RBI in the doubleheader... Wayne State (5/5): Had two hits, one run and two RBI in the doubleheader... NSIC Tournament (5/10-14): Started all five games in NSIC Tournament play... went 1-for-3 and drew two walks, scored two runs against Southwest Minnesota... plated one run against Augustana... scored one run and two RBI in the series against Minnesota State to help the team win the NISC Tournament... Warrensburg Regional (5/18-20): Went 3-for-5 and smashed his four homer of the season against Cental Missouri... ripped a triple scoring an RBI and a single run against Ouachita Baptist... went 1-for-4 against Central Missouri...
2022 (FOND DU LAC DOCK SPIDERS) | FRESHMAN SUMMER:
Summer: Joined the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders of the Northwoods League in late July, quickly becoming an everyday starter at second with a .246/.394/.298 slash line for a .693 OPS…started all 15 games in which he played, scoring nine times and ripping three doubles while driving in three…drew walks at a strong 15.5% clip while striking out in just 11.3% of his plate appearances…fielded a perfect 1.000 over 10 starts and 83.0 innings at second base, converting all 47 chances with a 5.10 range factor/9 and turned six double plays…posted a strong 5.63 range factor/9 at short, starting two games and fielding an .882 over 24.0 innings with a pair of errors…started three games at third and converted each of his three chances…featured at No. 4 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays on August 11 with an incredible diving forehand play and a glove flip from short to start a double play…had three multi-hit games with one four-hit contest…reached base in 13 of 15 games played…
2022 (WAUKESHA FOXES) | FRESHMAN SUMMER:
Summer: Began his freshman summer in the Dairyland Collegiate League with the Waukesha Foxes, starting 29 games and slashing .303/.368/.437 for a .805 OPS with five doubles, a triple and three home runs…scored 19 runs and drove in 25…was 2-for-4 on stolen base attempts…struck out in just 8.8% of his plate appearances while working walks at an 8.1% rate…had a hit in 23 of 29 games…produced nine multi-hit games…drove in multiple runs six times…led the club with 25 RBI…also made two relief appearances and threw 2.0 scoreless innings…
2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Debuted as a utility player off the bench as well as providing a strong lefthanded-hitting option for the Huskies as a true freshman…played in 21 games with 10 starts, producing a .318/.348/.409 triple slash for a .757 OPS with four doubles and seven RBI…scored seven runs…started five games as the designated hitter, four in left and one at short while seeing time in right and at second…played 29.0 errorless innings in left field, recording five putouts for a 1.55 range factor/9…played 16.0 innings at short and converted each of his four chances for a 2.25 range factor/9…collected three multi-hit games…recorded a season-best five game hitting streak in May…was inserted into the lineup after an injury to an everyday player in May, responding by hitting .389 with a .944 OPS, three doubles and four RBI over his last six games of the year…
Florida Trip (3/7-3/13): Made his collegiate debut against Ashland, going 1-for-3 with a run scored, a double and one RBI…stole his first collegiate bag against Malone… Augustana (3/19-20): Entered off the bench in one game and stole a base… Winona State (3/24): Started one game of the midweek and went 2-for-3 to produce his first collegiate multi-hit game… Wayne State (3/26-27): Appeared in one game, drawing a walk as a pinch hitter… Sioux Falls (4/3-4): Went 1-for-2 with a run scored in his lone appearance… Concordia-St. Paul (4/10-11): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Upper Iowa (4/12): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Southwest Minnesota State (4/15-16): Smacked a pinch-hit single in his lone plate appearance of the series, later coming around to score a run… Northern State (4/21): Started one game and went 1-for-4 with an RBI… Bemidji State (4/23-24): Played in two games with one start…went 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the finale… Minnesota Duluth (4/27): Appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… Mary (5/4): Played in two games with one start, going 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored in the finale… Minot State (5/6-7): Started all three games of the weekend series and had a pair of multi-hit contests, going 5-for-11 with a double and three RBI…had a pair of hits in three at-bats while scoring a run in the opener…drove in two as part of a 1-for-4 second game of the set…went 2-for-4 with a double and drove in one in the finale… NSIC Tournament (5/11-13): Played in two games, belting an RBI double off the bench and scoring a run against Sioux Falls…
Prep: A 2021 graduate of Shoreland Lutheran High School…four-year baseball letterman…as a senior was named WBCA D3 Honorable Mention All-State, WBCA First Team All-District, All-Kenosha County and First Team All-Metro Classic Conference while being tabbed as both District and Metro Classic Conference Player of the Year after slashing .500/.639/.769 for a 1.408 OPS with five doubles, three triples, a home run and 15 RBI…drew 17 walks and did not strike out once in 72 plate appearances…was 16-for-19 on stolen base attempts…was an All-District nominee as a sophomore while adding All-Kenosha County and All-Metro Classic Conference honors…three-year football letterman…two-year football captain…First Team All-Metro Classic Conference selection at quarterback and Second Team choice as a punter...two-time All-Kenosha County pick at quarterback and kicker...holds Shoreland Lutheran’s record for the longest made field goal at 42 years...also holds school records for career completions and passing yards…captained the Shoreland Lutheran basketball team as a senior and was a three-year letterman…scored over 1,000 career points…Second Team All-Kenosha County and Second Team All-Metro Classic Conference honoree as a senior…added Honorable Mention All-Metro Classic Conference honors as a junior…
Personal: The son of Shad and Kristen Smith…General Business major…National Honor Society member…Pacer Ambassador…named WBCA Academic All-District as a senior…
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 4
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 3
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 2
Thursday, March 13
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 1
Thursday, March 13
