Southern Maine Athletics

Sam Dexter, Class of 2016, Baseball

The 2015 ABCA Gold Bat Award Winner, given to the Division III National Player of the Year, Dexter has won nearly ever award imaginable during his time as a member of the Huskies’ baseball team.  A two-time All-American at shortstop, Dexter completed his remarkable time at USM and was drafted by Major League Baseball’s Chicago White Sox in 2016 and is still playing professionally today.
 
Dexter started his career in 2013 leading the Huskies to the NCAA Division III World Series, helping the Huskies’ capture the NCAA Division III Regional Championship in a 5-2 come-from-behind win over Endicott College with a two-run homerun in the top of the ninth inning.  After his sensational rookie season, Dexter was named the Rookie of the Year by NEIBA, ECAC, D3Baseball New England, and Little East Conference, and earned the first of his four first team All-LEC picks at shortstop.

As a sophomore, Dexter earned All-New England honors from the ECAC, NEIBA and D3baseball and was named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team after hitting .382 with 81 hits in 212 at-bats with 33 RBI and a .948 fielding percentage.
 
As a junior in 2015, Dexter put together one of the finest overall seasons by a Husky baseball player en route to being named the Division III Player of the Year.  Dexter hit a career-best .441 with 82 hits in 186 at-bats with 57 runs scored, 44 RBI, 21 doubles, 11 stolen bases and another .948 fielding percentage.  Recognized for his outstanding play, Dexter earned first team All-American honors from both the ABCA and D3baseball.com and was named the Little East Conference, ECAC, D3baseball.com New England, and NEIBA Player of the Year. 
 
As a senior, Dexter continued to add to his accolades repeating as a first team ABCA and D3baseball.com All-American, and earning D3baseball.com and Little East Conference Player of the Year honors, among several other accolades. Hitting .404 and collecting 53 hits in 178 at-bats, Dexter became just the second Division III player to reach 300 career hits – a milestone he achieved on May 1 in a 12-8, 15-5 (8 inning) doubleheader sweep over Framingham State during the Huskies’ Senior Day games. Dexter finished the doubleheader 8-for-11 at the plate with three RBI, meeting the 300-hit mark with a third-inning double to left center in game two of the sweep.
 
Named first team All-Decade by D3baseball.com, Dexter earned his bachelor’s degree in History from Southern Maine in 2016, and then went on to earn his Master’s degree in Leadership Studies in 2022.