Alex Sogard

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Alex Sogard
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Wright State
Conference Horizon League
Record152–99
Biographical details
Born (1987-07-25) July 25, 1987 (age 36)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Playing career
2007 Oregon State
2008–2010 NC State
2010 Tri-City ValleyCats
2011 Lexington Legends
2012 Lancaster JetHawks
2012–2014 Corpus Christi Hooks
2012 Mesa Solar Sox
2013 Oklahoma City RedHawks
2013 Peoria Javelinas
2014 Mobile BayBears
2015 St. Paul Saints
2015 Wichita Wingnuts
Position(s) Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2017–2018 Wright State (asst.)
2019–presentWright State
Head coaching record
Overall152–99
TournamentsHorizon: 11–3
NCAA: 0–6
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 4× Horizon League regular season (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 3x Horizon League Tournament (2021, 2022, 2023)
Awards
  • 3× Horizon League Coach of the Year (2019, 2021, 2023)

Alexander Kyle Sogard (born July 25, 1987) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Wright State Raiders. He played college baseball at Oregon State from 2006 to 2007 before transferring to NC State where he played for coach Elliott Avent from 2008 to 2010 before playing professionally for 6 seasons from 2010 to 2015.

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Playing career

Amateur

Sogard attended Thunderbird High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Sogard played for the school's varsity baseball team all four years. As a senior, Sogard was a 2nd Team All-State pitcher and first baseman, behind Ike Davis. Sogard then enrolled at the Oregon State University, to play college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers baseball team. [1]

At Oregon State, Sogard was a redshirt freshman when the Beavers won the 2006 College World Series. He pitched for Oregon State in 2007, as the Beavers won their second College World Series in as many years. [2] Sogard then transferred to North Carolina State University, where he continued his college baseball career with the NC State Wolfpack. He was a starter and reliever during his 3 years at N.C. State. Sogard was instrumental in the Wolfpack reaching the postseason in two of his three years there, including N.C. State's third Super Regional appearance in 2008. [3] After the 2008 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [4]

Professional

The Houston Astros selected Sogard in the 26th round of the 2010 MLB Draft. Alex was also drafted by the Diamondbacks in 2008 but did not sign. Sogard continued winning in pro ball as his Short Season Valley Cats won the N.Y. Penn League in 2010. Alex continued his ascent through the Astros minor league system playing for a strong Lexington Legends team in 2011, AA Corpus Christi in 2012, and AAA Oklahoma City in 2013. After the 2013 season, they assigned him to the Arizona Fall League. [5]

Sogard was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Cesar Carrasco on July 7, 2014. [6]

Sogard would play the 2015 season for the St. Paul Saints and the Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. [7]

Coaching career

On August 9, 2016, Sogard began his coaching career as an assistant at Wright State University. [8]

On July 6, 2018, Sogard was promoted to head coach of the Wright State Raiders. [9]

In 2020, Sogard was named Horizon League Coach of the Year for the first time. On May 25, 2021, Sogard was named Horizon League Coach of the Year for a second consecutive year, after leading Wright State to the Horizon League title. [10]

On May 23, 2023, Sogard was named Horizon League Coach of the Year for the third time, after Wright State's 22-8 season and top seed in the 2023 Horizon League baseball tournament. [11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wright State Raiders (Horizon League)(2019–present)
2019 Wright State 42–1722–81st Horizon tournament
2020 Wright State 6–90–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Wright State 35–1328–41st NCAA Regional
2022 Wright State 30–2720–91st NCAA Regional
2023 Wright State 39–2322–81st NCAA Regional
Wright State:152–9992–29
Total:152–99

      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

Personal life

Sogard is the son of Anna Vodicka Sogard & Bruce Sogard and the younger brother of Eric Sogard. [12] [2]

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  2. 1 2 "College World Series notebook: Sogard siblings giving Mom a hard time". East Valley Tribune. June 19, 2007. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Wolfpack rely on pitching, defense to advance in NCAA tournament - College Sports - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. June 4, 2008. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2008 Cotuit Kettleers". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ "After work in Arizona Fall League, Alex Sogard hopes to crack Astros bullpen | astros.com: News". Houston.astros.mlb.com. November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on November 16, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  6. ↑ Andrew Nemec (July 7, 2014). "Hillsboro Hops third baseman Cesar Carrasco traded to Houston Astros organization". www.oregonlive.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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  9. ↑ "WSU assistant baseball coach promoted". www.xeniagazette.com. Xenia Daily Gazette. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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  12. ↑ Marc Pendleton (July 6, 2018). "WSU promotes assistant to succeed Mercer as baseball coach". www.daytondailynews.com. Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 17, 2018.

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