Andrew Sawyers is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. Sawyers is the head coach of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks baseball team.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Southeast Missouri State |
| Conference | Ohio Valley |
| Record | 217–197 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 24, 1975 Willits, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1994 | Point Loma Nazarene |
| 1996 | Mendocino College |
| 1997–1998 | Nebraska |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999 | Northwestern State (vol asst.) |
| 2000 | Nebraska (vol asst.) |
| 2001–2002 | Hutchinson Community College |
| 2003–2007 | Nebraska (asst.) |
| 2008 | Texas A&M (vol asst.) |
| 2009–2010 | Kansas State (asst.) |
| 2011, 2014 | Texas A&M (asst.) |
| 2015–2016 | Kansas State (asst.) |
| 2017–present | Southeast Missouri State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 217–197 (NCAA) 87–27 (NJCAA) |
| Tournaments | Ohio Valley: 11–6 NCAA: 2–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Playing career
editSawyers attended Willits High School in Willits, California. Sawyers played for the school's varsity baseball team. Sawyers then enrolled at Point Loma Nazarene University to play college baseball for the Point Loma Sea Lions baseball team.
As a freshman at Point Loma Nazarene University in 1994, Sawyers didn't appear in a single game.
After taking a year off, Sawyers returned to baseball at Mendocino College.
In the 1997 season as a junior, Sawyers transferred to play baseball for Nebraska and hit .268, hit 5 home runs, slugged .395 and had 38 RBIs.
As a senior in 1998, Sawyers had a .163 batting average, a .258 on OBP and appeared in 22 games.
Coaching career
editSawyers earned his first ever head coaching job at Hutchinson Community College.[1]
Sawyers served as an assistant at Texas A&M during the 2008 season while earning his master's degree.[2]
On June 27, 2008, Sawyers was named an assistant coach for the Kansas State Wildcats baseball.[3]
On July 29, 2016, Sawyers was named the head coach at Southeast Missouri State University.[4]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Community College (KJCCC) (2001–2002) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Hutchinson Community College | 40–16 | 1st | West–Sub Regionals | |||||
| 2002 | Hutchinson Community College | 47–11 | 1st | Region IV Runners–Up | |||||
| Hutchinson Community College: | 87–27 | ||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State (Ohio Valley Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Southeast Missouri State | 29–26 | 16–14 | 5th | Ohio Valley tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Southeast Missouri State | 27–30 | 20–10 | 2nd | Ohio Valley tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Southeast Missouri State | 23–32 | 10–20 | 10th | |||||
| 2020 | Southeast Missouri State | 9–8 | 2–1 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Southeast Missouri State | 30–22 | 17–10 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2022 | Southeast Missouri State | 37–22 | 16–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Southeast Missouri State | 26–30 | 14–10 | T-3rd | Ohio Valley tournament | ||||
| 2024 | Southeast Missouri State | 36–27 | 18–9 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Southeast Missouri State: | 217–197 | 113–82 | |||||||
| Total: | 217–197 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Erin Unerstall (August 2, 2016). "Sawyers introduced as next Southeast Missouri State baseball coach". www.semissourian.com. Southeast Missourian. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Andy Sawyers". www.12thman.com. Texas A&M University. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Andy Sawyers Named Assistant Baseball Coach". www.kstatesports.com. K-State Athletics. June 27, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Andy Sawyers Appointed Head Baseball Coach". www.gosoutheast.com. Southeast Missouri State University Athletics. July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.