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Andy Sawyers

Andy Sawyers
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSoutheast Missouri State
ConferenceOhio Valley
Record217–197
Biographical details
Born (1975-05-24) May 24, 1975 (age 49)
Willits, California, U.S.
Playing career
1994Point Loma Nazarene
1996Mendocino College
1997–1998Nebraska
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999Northwestern State (vol asst.)
2000Nebraska (vol asst.)
2001–2002Hutchinson Community College
2003–2007Nebraska (asst.)
2008Texas A&M (vol asst.)
2009–2010Kansas State (asst.)
2011, 2014Texas A&M (asst.)
2015–2016Kansas State (asst.)
2017–presentSoutheast Missouri State
Head coaching record
Overall217–197 (NCAA) 87–27 (NJCAA)
TournamentsOhio Valley: 11–6
NCAA: 2–6
Accomplishments and honors
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

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Sawyers 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

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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]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
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

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

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References

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