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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 [t-15th], Mary, Apr 14, 2024 ; vs Minnesota State, May 14, 2023
- Doubles: 2 [t-10th], 4 times
- Triples: 1 [t-4th], 5 times
- Home runs: 2 [t-1st], Mary, Apr 13, 2024 ; at Tarleton State, Feb 23, 2025
- Total bases: 9 [t-15th], at Tarleton State, Feb 23, 2025
- RBI: 6 [t-7th], at Arkansas-Monticello, Feb 11, 2023
- Runs scored: 3 [t-34th], 4 times
- Walks: 3 [t-10th], at Arkansas-Monticello, Feb 13, 2023
- Hit by pitch: 2 [t-9th], Mary, Apr 23, 2023
- Struck out: 2, at A&M-Corpus Christi, Feb 15, 2025 ; Omaha, Feb 27, 2025 ; Milwaukee, Mar 07, 2025
- Sac flies: 1 [t-18th], 8 times
- Sac bunts: 1 [t-40th], Mary, Apr 23, 2023 ; at Tarleton State, Feb 22, 2025 ; vs Milwaukee, Mar 08, 2025
- At bats: 6 [t-21st], 5 times
- Stolen bases: 1, 7 times
- Field chances: 10, at Wayne State (NE), Apr 20, 2024
- Putouts: 5, vs Concordia-St. Paul, Apr 7, 2023
- Assists: 7 [t-14th], 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
JUNIOR – 2025
- 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:Â .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
Kansas Baseball vs. North Dakota State Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, May 31
Kansas Baseball vs. Creighton Postgame Press Conference
Friday, May 30
Kansas Baseball Game Week Press Conference vs. Creighton
Thursday, May 29
Kansas Baseball Pre-NCAA Media Availability
Tuesday, May 27
