Andy Sawyers Explained

Andy Sawyers
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Southeast Missouri State
Current Conference:Ohio Valley
Current Record:217–197
Birth Date:24 May 1975
Birth Place:Willits, California, U.S.
Player Years1:1994
Player Team1:Point Loma Nazarene
Player Years2:1996
Player Team2:Mendocino College
Player Years3:1997–1998
Player Team3:Nebraska
Player Positions:Catcher
Coach Years1:1999
Coach Team1:Northwestern State (vol asst.)
Coach Years2:2000
Coach Team2:Nebraska (vol asst.)
Coach Years3:2001–2002
Coach Team3:Hutchinson Community College
Coach Years4:2003–2007
Coach Team4:Nebraska (asst.)
Coach Years5:2008
Coach Team5:Texas A&M (vol asst.)
Coach Years6:2009–2010
Coach Team6:Kansas State (asst.)
Coach Years7:2011, 2014
Coach Team7:Texas A&M (asst.)
Coach Years8:2015–2016
Coach Team8:Kansas State (asst.)
Coach Years9:2017–present
Coach Team9:Southeast Missouri State
Overall Record:217–197 (NCAA) 87–27 (NJCAA)
Tournament Record:Ohio Valley: 11–6
NCAA: 2–6
Championships:
  • 2 KJCCC regular season (2001–02)
  • OVC regular season (2021)
  • 3 OVC Tournament (2021–2022, 2024)

Andrew Sawyers is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. Sawyers is the head coach of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks baseball team.

Playing career

Sawyers attended Willits High School in Willits, California. Sawyers played for the school's varsity baseball team. Sawyers then enrolled at the Point Loma Nazarene University, to play college baseball for the Point Loma Nazarene 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

Sawyers 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sawyers introduced as next Southeast Missouri State baseball coach . Erin Unerstall . August 2, 2016 . Southeast Missourian . www.semissourian.com . November 17, 2018.
  2. Web site: Andy Sawyers . Texas A&M University . www.12thman.com . November 16, 2018.
  3. Web site: Andy Sawyers Named Assistant Baseball Coach . June 27, 2008 . K-State Athletics . www.kstatesports.com . July 29, 2018.
  4. Web site: Andy Sawyers Appointed Head Baseball Coach . July 29, 2018 . Southeast Missouri State University Athletics . www.gosoutheast.com . July 29, 2018.