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2015 Baseball Roster

8 Samm Wiggins

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sugar Land, Texas
  • Highschool Clements

Biography

2014 (Junior): Wiggins appeared in 49 games and made 43 starts...hit .273 with six doubles, two triples, 17 RBIs and 26 runs…threw out 18-of-38 would-be base stealers and picked off one…went 4-for-5 against Northeastern (2/22)…went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and two runs against Prairie View A&M (3/11)…went 3-for-4 with a run at Nicholls (3/15)…went 2-for-5 at Baylor (3/18)…went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a run at Southeastern Louisiana (3/29)…hit safely in seven-straight games before snapping the streak in his final game.
 
2013 (Sophomore): Appeared in 52 games, including 49 starts, 42 at catcher and seven at designated hitter…hit .269 with 11 doubles, two triples, one home run, 32 RBIs and 27 runs…threw out 20-of-51 would-be base stealers and picked off six others…recorded 11 multiple-hit and tied for the team lead with nine multiple-RBI games…went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs in the Huskies’ 13-3 victory over Northern Colorado in the championship game of the Great West Conference Tournament (5/25)…homered, drove in two runs and scored twice at NJIT (5/18)…went 2-for-3 with a double, a season-high four RBIs and two runs against North Dakota (4/7)…had two doubles and two RBIs against North Dakota (4/5)…went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, three RBIs and two runs against Texas Southern (3/26)…was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, two RBIs and two runs in the series finale against Penn State (3/9)…doubled and drove in a pair in the series opener against Bryant (2/22)…went 2-for-3 with a double, a hit by pitch and scored three times in the season-opener against Nicholls State (2/15).
 
2012 (Freshman): Appeared in 39 games, including 31 starts – 19 at catcher and 12 at designated hitter…hit .300 with three doubles, three home runs, 22 RBIs, 20 runs, 22 walks compared to only 17 strikeouts…led the team with a .438 on-base percentage and was second with a .420 slugging percentage…recorded six multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI games…hit .471 (8-for-17) against left-handed pitching and a team-leading .362 (17-for-47) with the bases empty and .333 (10-for-30) with two outs…went 2-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs in a 15-1 win at UT Arlington (3/4)…his homer was the Huskies’ lone grand slam of the season…scored three runs against Chicago State (4/5)…went 2-for-3 with two walks, three RBIs and two runs in the second game of a doubleheader at Northern Colorado (4/21), then went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs and an RBI in the series finale (4/22)…went 3-for-6 with an RBI at NYIT (4/27)…homered and drove in a pair in the second game of a doubleheader at North Dakota (5/12).
 
High School: Three-year letterwinner and two-year starter at Clements High School for coach Israel De Los Santos…was a second-team all-district selection as a senior and all-district honorable mention as a junior…was Clements’ defensive player of the year in helping the Rangers reach the state semifinals in 2010…hit two home runs in a fourth-round playoff game against Memorial.
 
Personal: Full name is Samm Brimer Wiggins Jr. …born Dec. 29, 1992, in Sugar Land, Texas…son of Samm Sr. and April Wiggins…has three brothers: Chris, Jonathan and Jeremy and one sister…brother, Chris, played baseball at Mary Hardin-Baylor…majoring in business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2012Freshman

    Catcher
    5'8" 175 lbs
    18
  • 8

    2013Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'8" 175 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2014Junior

    Catcher
    5'8" 175 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2015Senior

    Catcher
    5'8" 175 lbs
    8