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Jersey Number 5
Sawyer Smith
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Hometown:
- Racine, Wis.
- High School:
- Shoreland Lutheran HS
- Prev School:
- St. Cloud State
Get to Know Sawyer ...
Do you have any pregame superstitions or routines?
- I read my daily Bible verse and always put my right shoe on first, but tie my left shoe first.
- I would play basketball because I learned to walk shooting.
- I can do a back flip.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 4, Mary, Apr 14, 2024 ; vs Minnesota State, May 14, 2023
Doubles: 2, 6 times
Triples: 1, 6 times
Home runs: 2, Mary, Apr 13, 2024 ; at Tarleton State, Feb 23, 2025
Total bases: 9, at Tarleton State, Feb 23, 2025
RBI: 6, at Arkansas-Monticello, Feb 11, 2023
Runs scored: 3, 5 times
Walks: 3, at Arkansas-Monticello, Feb 13, 2023 ; Kansas State, Apr 18, 2025 ; at Utah, Apr 26, 2025
Hit by pitch: 2, Mary, Apr 23, 2023 ; at TCU, Apr 13, 2025
Struck out: 3, at Arizona State, Mar 21, 2025 ; at Arizona State, Mar 22, 2025 ; Oklahoma State, Mar 30, 2025
Sac flies: 1, 11 times
Sac bunts: 1, 4 times
At bats: 6, 5 times
Stolen bases: 1, 7 times
Caught stealing: 1, Cincinnati, May 04, 2025
Field chances: 10, at Wayne State (NE), Apr 20, 2024
Putouts: 6, at Utah, Apr 27, 2025
Assists: 7, at Wayne State (NE), Apr 20, 2024 ; Sioux Falls, Mar 29, 2024
Runners CS: 1, vs Augustana (SD), Mar 25, 2023 ; Sioux Falls, Mar 30, 2024
SENIOR – 2025
- Played in all 60 games (59 starts; all at SS)
- .275/.380/.464 (57-for-207), 10 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR, 43 RBI, 38 R, 25 BB
- 28-game on-base streak from 3/25-5/9/25; raised batting average from .267 to .296
- 16 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games
- Go-ahead grand slam in 8th inning at Utah 4/27/25
- Drove in at least 1 RBI in six straight games 3/29-4/6/25
- Walk-off 3-run HR in the 11th inning vs. OSU 3/29/25
- Multi-HR game at Tarleton State 2/23/25
- Hit his first home run of the season 2/17/25
- Committed in May 2024
ST. CLOUD STATE – 2022-24
- Spent three years in the St. Cloud State program
- Slashed .330/.402/.522 with 33 doubles, five triples, 15 home runs, 108 RBIs, 108 runs, 40 walks and eight stolen bases in 128 career games (117 starts)
- Also pitched at St. Cloud and went 2-4 with a 5.00 ERA in 27.0 innings pitched with 15 walks and 27 strikeouts in 20 career appearances (one start)
- 2024: .376/.424/.663 (77-for-205), 20 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 58 RBI, 48 R, 11 BB, 4 SB in 51 games (all starts)
- Led St. Cloud State in batting average (.376), hits (77), RBI (58), doubles (20), triples (three) and total bases (136), while also leading the conference in doubles in 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Shoreland Lutheran High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Ranked the No. 16 shortstop in the state of Wisconsin, and the No. 58 overall prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report in 2021
- WBCA D3 Honorable Mention All-State, WBCA First Team All-District, All-Kenosha County and First Team All-Metro Classic Conference as a senior in 2021
- Also both District and Metro Classic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2021
- Slashed .500/.639/.769 with five doubles, three triples, one home run, 15 RBIs, 17 walks, 16 stolen bases and did not strike out once in 72 plate appearances as a senior
- All-District nominee as a sophomore while adding All-Kenosha County and All-Metro Classic Conference honors
- Also played three years of football and four years of basketball
- 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 yards, career completions and passing yards
- Basketball captain as a senior
- Scored over 1,000 career points
- Second Team All-Kenosha County and Second Team All-Metro Classic Conference honoree as a senior
- Honorable Mention All-Metro Classic Conference honors as a junior
PERSONAL
- Son of Shad and Kristen Smith
- Has three younger brothers, Soren, Slayton and Spencer
- His father, Shad, played football at Northern Michigan
- Chose Kansas because, “It gives me the opportunity to play at a higher level and because of the awesome coaching staff and winning culture they have implemented into the team.”
- Majoring in liberal arts & sciences
Coach Fitzgerald Super Region Media Availability
Tuesday, June 02
Lawrence Regional Final – Kansas Postgame Press Conference vs. Arkansas
Sunday, May 31
Baseball Highlights vs. Arkansas - Regional Final
Sunday, May 31
Lawrence Regional – Kansas Postgame Press Conference vs. Arkansas
Saturday, May 30
