2019 Baseball Roster
Gipson-Long, Sawyer
Jersey Number 18
Sawyer Gipson-Long
- Position:
- Pitcher (R)
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Letters:
- 2
- Hometown:
- Woodstock, Ga.
- High School:
- Etowah HS
Bio
Awards/Accolades
- 2019 MLB Draft selection (6th round, 179th pick, Minnesota Twins)
- 2019 Spring Academic All-SoCon Team
- 2018 SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week (March 14)
- 2017 Perfect Game Summer Collegiate All-American (Third Team)
- 2017 SCCBL Pitcher of the Year
Season-by-Season
2019 (Jr.)
- Drafted in the sixth round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins
- Was the sixth-highest draft selection in program history (179th overall pick)
- Threw a team-leading 83.0 innings over 23 appearances & 14 starts on the mound
- Battled mid-year adversity to earn weekend rotation role back after opening season as Friday-night starter
- Posted an 8-4 record with a 5.20 ERA
- Ranked among national leaders in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.50) with 99 strikeouts & 18 walks
- Averaged 10.73 strikeouts per nine innings pitched
- Went 2-0 with 13 innings pitched over two starts while leading Bears to SoCon Tournament title (May 22-26)
- Started against FAU in NCAA Athens Regional play (June 1)
- Threw season-high eight innings with nine strikeouts vs. SoCon-leading Samford (May 3)
- Struck out 11 batters vs. ETSU (April 26)
- Fanned at least eight batters in five of his last seven starts on the mound
2018 (So.)
- Went 4-0 over 19 appearances & six starts as a sophomore
- Posted a 6.48 ERA over 41.2 innings pitched
- Struck out 48 batters & allowed just 11 walks
- Tossed complete-game gem vs. Savannah State (March 7), coming two outs away from no-hitter; struck out 10 batters & allowed just one hit
- Pitched two innings of scoreless relief at No. 1 Florida to help Bears defeat Gators
- Allowed just one hit over 2.2 innings with five strikeouts vs. UNC Asheville (Feb. 24)
2017 (Fr.)
- Made 11 appearances with four starts on the mound as a freshman
- Went 1-1 with a 5.28 ERA and tossed 15.1 innings
- Struck out 18 batters and allowed eight walks
- Went season-long 3.0 innings in second career start vs. Savannah State (3/7)
- Earned first collegiate start vs. Hartford (2/25)
- Struck out season-high three batters on three separate occasions
- Named to 2016-17 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
Before Mercer
High School
- Three-year letterwinner for head coach Greg Robinson at Etowah High School (Woodstock, Ga.)
- Named to GHSA All-State First Team as a senior (2016)
- Named 7AAAAAAA Cherokee County Pitcher of the Year as a senior (2016)
- Went 6-2 with 1.50 ERA & 63 strikeouts over 62 innings pitched as a senior
- Earned 2016 Unites States Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award
- Was a four-year letterwinner for Etowah HS' swim team
- Played summer ball for Nelson Baseball School
- Earned numerous academic honors including: Mu Alpha Theta; Community Service Letter (3x); Lamp of Knowledge Award (3x); 2016 Academic All-American for swimming
- Was a member of school's National Honor Society
- Born Dec. 12, 1997 to Lili Gipson in Lithia Springs, Ga.
- Mother, Lili, attended Life University (Marietta, Ga.)
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