Andy Sawyers

Last updated
Andy Sawyers
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Southeast Missouri State
Conference Ohio Valley
Record219–207
Biographical details
Born (1975-05-24) May 24, 1975 (age 48)
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.)
2000Nebraska (vol asst.)
2001–2002 Hutchinson Community College
2003–2007Nebraska (asst.)
2008 Texas A&M (vol asst.)
2009–2010 Kansas State (asst.)
2011, 2014Texas A&M (asst.)
2015–2016Kansas State (asst.)
2017–present Southeast Missouri State
Head coaching record
Overall219–207
TournamentsOhio Valley: 8–5
NCAA: 0–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • OVC regular season (2021)
  • 2 OVC Tournament (2021, 2022)

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

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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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Southeast Missouri State (Ohio Valley Conference)(2017–present)
2017 Southeast Missouri State 29–2616–145th Ohio Valley tournament
2018 Southeast Missouri State 27–3020–102nd Ohio Valley tournament
2019 Southeast Missouri State 23–3210–2010th
2020 Southeast Missouri State 9–82–1Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Southeast Missouri State 30–2217–101st NCAA Regional
2022 Southeast Missouri State 37–2216–82nd NCAA Regional
2023 Southeast Missouri State 26–3014–10T-3rd Ohio Valley tournament
2024 Southeast Missouri State 22-2110-7
Southeast Missouri State:219–207111–82
Total:219–207

      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

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References

  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.