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2016 Baseball

7 Sam Dexter

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Oakland, ME
  • High School Messalonskee

Biography

2016: Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 23rd round of the MLB First-Year Player draft (6/11/16) ... Named ECAC Division III New England first team shortstop (6/7/16) ... Named ABCA/Rawlings Division III and D3baseball.com first team All-American (5/26/16) ... D3baseball.com New England Region Player of the Year and first team all-region (5/23/16) ... Named Little East Conference Player of the Year and All-Conference first team (5/17/16) ... Little East Conference Player of the Week (5/9/16) ... Became the second player in NCAA Division III history to reach 300 career hits against Framingham State (5/1/16) ... Became USM's career hits leader with a first-inning double against Husson (4/12/16) ... Tied career hits record in second game of a doubleheader against Rhode Island College (4/10/16) ... Moved into first place on the all-time career doubles list against Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3/24/16) ... Went 4 for 4 with three doubles against Wisconsin-Stevens Point (3/23/16) ... Hit two home runs and had a career high six RBI against Framingham State (3/29/16) ... D3baseball.com Preseason All-America pick ... Named to USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List ...

2015: ABCA/Rawlings Gold Bat Award as the NCAA Division III Player of the Year ... Also D3Baseball.com Player of the Year ... ABCA and D3baseball.com first team All-American ... Little East Conference Player of the Year and first team all-conference shortstop ... NEIBA Division III Player of the year and first team All-New England shortstop ... ECAC Division III New England Player of the Year and first team shortstop ... Batted .441 (82 for 186) with 21 doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 44 RBI ... Had a team-high 26 multiple-hit games, including 11 three-hit games ... Opened the season hitting safely in 19 straight games ... Was held hitless in just three games ... Reached base via hit, walk or HBP in 43 consecutive games ... Co-Most Outstanding Player in the Little East Conference Tournament batting .500 (10 for 20) with five RBI and four extra-base hits ... Went 4 for 4 with two RBI against Worcester State (3/17/15) ... Led the team with eight homers and 44 RBI ... Batted .600 (21 for 35) when leading off an inning ... Went 16 for 19 (.862) with a runner on third and less than two out ... Batted .449 (22 for 49) with two outs.

2014:  All-Little East Conference first team shortstop ... NEIBA All-New England second team and ECAC Division III New England first team shortstop ... LEC Player of the Week (3/31/14) ... Named to D3baseball.com Team of the Week (4/1/14) ... D3Baseball.com second team Preseason All-American pick ... Batted a team-leading .382 (81 for 212) with 14 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 33 RBI ... Led the team with 23 multiple-hit games, including two five-hit games ... Had the longest consecutive game hitting streak - 18 games - on the team ... Hit .403 (50 for 124) with runners on base ... Was 14 for 20 (.700) with runners on third and less than two outs ... Went 5 for 5 with three runs scored against Amherst (3/22/14) ... Was 5 for 6 with a double and triple against Eastern Connecticut (5/2/14) ... Batted .429 (75 for 175) over his last 40 games ... Batted .410 (16 for 39) with 10 runs scored in nine NCAA tournament games ... Tied single-game record for assists with nine against Benedictine (3/16/14)

2013: Little East Conference, ECAC Division III and D3baseball.com New England Region Rookie of the Year ...  All-LEC and NEIBA All-New England first team selection at shortstop, and ECAC New England and D3baseball.com New England second team pick  ...  LEC Rookie of the Week (4/8/13)  ...  Named to the NCAA New Regional All-Tournament team  ...  Hit .335 (77 for 230) with record 23 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 36 RBI  ...  Had a .398 on-base percentage and a .504 slugging percentage  ...  Had 22 multiple-hit and 11 multi-RBI games  ...  Had a 22-game hitting streak (4/20/13 thru 5/19/13), second longest on the team  ...  Led the team with six sacrifice flies  ...  Hit safely in every LEC (8 for 14) and NCAA Regional Tournament (9 for 23) game ...  Had a season-high four RBI against Plymouth State (4/20/13)  ...  Hit two home runs against Endicott (4/2/13)  ...  Had record-tying three doubles against Eastern Connecticut (4/6/13)  ...  Hit ninth-inning homer to help beat Endicott (5/18/13) and force NCAA Regional tournament into “if necessary” game.

Before USM: Four-year letter winner in baseball and hockey at Messalonskee High School  ...  Also lettered three years in football  ...  A member of Class A State Champion baseball team as a senior  ...  Named Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Player of the Year  ...  Finalist for the Winkin Award  ...  Named first team all-state in football, hockey, and baseball as a senior  ...  Named first-team all-state in hockey, first team all-conference in baseball, and second team all-conference in football as a junior  ...  Named first team all-state in hockey and first team all-conference in baseball as a junior  ...  Second team all-conference selection in baseball as a freshman.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2013Freshman

    INF
    5'10" 175 lbs
    3
  • 7

    2014Sophomore

    INF
    5'10" 175 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2015Junior

    INF
    5'11" 180 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2016Senior

    INF
    5'11" 180 lbs
    7