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Jersey Number 9
Sam Novitske
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 194
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Pleasanton, Calif.
- High School:
- Foothill HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
2022
Senior CLASS Award® Candidate
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021
Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020
CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-District 8
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
Dean's List (Winter)
CAREER2022
Senior CLASS Award® Candidate
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021
Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020
CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-District 8
Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll
Dean's List (Winter)
Ended career seventh in runs scored (109) and base on balls (83) and ninth in stolen bases (25) … Posted single-season top 10 marks in three categories during the 2019 season … Tied for eighth in at bats (233) and walks (34) and tied for 10th in runs scored (48) … Holds Oregon freshman batting records in all three categories while tied for the freshman record in hits (70) … Played in 167 games with 150 starts … Started games at third base (122), second base (21) and shortstop (7) … Batted .276 (160-for-580) with three home runs, 73 RBI and 109 runs scored during four seasons at Oregon … Finished with 28 extra-base hits, including 23 doubles and two triples with the three home runs … Had a .716 OPS while reaching base at a .378 clip and slugging .338 … Totaled 42 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games … Selected to the Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team in 2021
2022 SEASON
Played in 44 games, making 32 starts at third base … Batted .288 (34-for-118) with two home runs, 26 RBI and 26 runs scored … Had an OPS of .768, reaching base at a .387 clip and slugging .381 … Doubled three times and tripled once … Drew 20 walks and reached base on a hit-by-pitch once … Stole five bases … Finished with 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … In Pac-12 games, batted .299 (20-for-67) with a home run, 13 RBI, nine runs scored with a triple and a stolen base … at #2 Stanford (March 11-13): Hit .308 (4-for-13) with four RBI and three runs scored in series victory over the Cardinal … Went 1-for-4 with an RBI in the series opener … Tied the game at 2-2 with an RBI single in the fifth inning … Reached base three times (2-for-5, BB) with an RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base in the game-two win … Singled and scored on a Jack Scanlon home run in the second to cut the Stanford lead to one … Drove in one with an RBI single in a four-run fifth inning for the Ducks … Plated on a Gavin Grant triple … Scored in Oregon’s six-run rally in the eighth … Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) with two RBI in the series finale … Tied the game at 1-1 in the second with an RBI ground out … Singled and drove in one in the eighth … vs. USC (March 25-27): Batted .364 (4-for-11) with an RBI and two runs scored against the Trojans … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the series opener … Singled and drove in one as part of a four-run third inning for the Ducks … Matched game one with two hits (2-for-4) and two runs scored in game two … Singled and scored on a Scanlon home run in the fourth … Scored on a Colby Shade double in the sixth inning … vs. San Francisco (March 29-30): Went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in a game one of a midweek series against the Dons … Had an RBI-single and scored as part of a 10-run first inning for Oregon … Doubled to left center in the fourth to drive in one before scoring on a Tanner Smith single … at Washington (April 14-16): Batted .333 (4-for-12) with a triple, four RBI and two runs scored against in a series sweep of the Huskies … Went 2-for-5 with a RBI and run scored in game two … Kicked off the Ducks’ comeback efforts with an RBI single before scoring in a five-run eighth inning … Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) with a triple, two RBI and a run scored in an extra-inning victory in the series finale … Hit a two-RBI triple and scored to spark a three-run second inning … vs. UC San Diego (May 10-11): Batted .333 (2-for-6) in the two-game series against the Tritons … Went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in the game-two win … Hit a two-run home run to left center in a five-run second inning for the Ducks … Singled, stole a base and scored on a sacrifice fly in the third inning … Drove in one on a ground out in the eighth … at NCAA Louisville Regional (June 3-5): Batted .375 (3-for-8) with a double, four RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base … vs. Southeast Missouri State (June 4): Went 3-for-5 with a double, four RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in a win over Southeast Missouri State … Doubled to left field and drove in two before scoring to open a seven-run second inning for the Ducks … Plated Anthony Hall on a RBI-sac fly in the fourth … Hit an RBI single up the middle in the sixth ... Scored on a Smith single to center.
2021 SEASON
Named to the All-Eugene Regional Team … Started 47 games at third base, while playing in 52 of Oregon’s 55 games … Batted .246 (41-for-167) with a home run, 24 RBI, 24 runs scored and eight doubles … Walked 21 times and was hit by a pitch seven times to finish with a .348 on-base percentage and a .311 slugging percentage … Perfect on 10 stolen base attempts, finishing second on the team in bags swiped … Seventh on the team in extra-base hits with eight, including three 3-hit games … Also seventh in multi-RBI games with six, including a 3-RBI game … Scored multiple runs four times … In Pac-12 games, batted .202 with a home run, 19 RBI, 13 runs scored and five doubles … Walked 12 times in conference games with four HBP to finish with a .301 OBP and a .279 slugging percentage … Stole five bases in five attempts … Had a season-high nine-game hitting streak from April 14-28 … Batted .416 (15-for-36) with four doubles, seven RBI and nine runs scored during the hitting streak … Had four multi-hit games during the stretch, including two 3-hit games … Drove in multiple runs in three consecutive games (at USC twice, vs. UCLA) during the streak, with a double in each one of the games … Scored at least one run in seven of the nine games, with two runs scored twice … vs. Seattle (Feb. 25-28): Reached base twice in the season opener, going 2-for-5 in a 4-3 Oregon win … at #15 UC Santa Barbara (March 5-7): Reached base 10 times (.769 OBP) in the four-game sweep, while batting a team-best .571 (4-for-7) with four walks, two HBP, three RBI and three runs scored … In game two, led off the ninth with a single and came around to score the go-ahead run in a 5-4 Oregon win in the first game of a doubleheader … In the nightcap and game three of the series, reached base five times (1-for-2, 3 BB, 1 HBP) while scoring twice and driving in a run in a 17-2 Oregon win … Reached base four times (2-for-4, 1 BB, 1 HBP) in the series finale, while driving in a pair … Drew a bases-loaded walk to give Oregon a 4-1 lead in the top of the seventh … Delivered a two-RBI single in UO’s five-run 10th inning to help complete the series sweep … vs. Arizona State (March 19-21): Drove in two runs while going 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in a 7-1 game-two win … Picked up an RBI and swiped a bag in the Ducks series-clinching 5-3 game-three win … at Portland (April 14): Matched a season high reaching base five times (3-for-4, 1 BB, 1 HBP), while setting a season high for hits … Scored twice in an 18-1 win … at USC (April 16-18): Batted .462 (6-for-13) with two doubles, five RBI and two runs scored in a series win … Had multiple hits in two of the three games … Went 2-for-4 in game one of the series … Droved in a pair of runs in game two, a 13-4 win, while going 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored … Matched a season high with three hits in five at-bats, while driving in a season-high three runs in a 7-5 win … Doubled and scored once in the series-clinching victory … Drove in runs in both the second and fourth innings to cut two USC 2-run leads in half with a single and a double … Added an RBI single in UO’s four-run eighth inning, before scoring an insurance run on a Tanner Smith single … vs. UCLA (April 23-25): Battled .333 (4-for-12) with a double, three RBI and three runs scored in a series win … Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in a 5-3 game-one win … Doubled to lead off the bottom of the sixth and came around to score to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead … Drove in a pair with a bases-loaded single in Oregon’s 4-run seventh inning to take a 4-1 lead … Clinched a series win with a walk-off single in the 10th inning of game two … Reached base twice in the win with a single and a walk … Capped the series scoring a pair of runs in the finale, while going 1-for-5 with a stolen base … vs. San Jose State (April 27-28): Batted .286 (2-for-7) with a double and two runs scored in a two-game series sweep … at Washington State (April 30-May 2): Reached base four times (2-for-3, 2 BB) in the series finale, while doubling and driving in a run … at Utah (May 14-16): Reached base multiple times in each of the first two games of a series sweep, while hitting first career home run in the series … Walked twice in a 7-3 game-one win … Went 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, two runs scored and a HBP in a 16-3 game-two victory … Drove in a run in the series finale … vs. #25 Gonzaga (May 18): Went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in a 10-3 win … at California (May 27-29): Reached base in all three games … Went 1-for-4 with a walk in an 11-5 game-one win … Walked and drove in a run in game two … Drew a base on balls in the finale … NCAA Eugene Regional (June 4-7): Named to the all-tournament team after batting .357 (5-for-14) with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored … Also walked once to finish with a .400 OBP and a .500 slugging percentage … vs. Central Connecticut State (June 4): Doubled and scored a run in Oregon’s 13- 10 win … vs. Gonzaga (June 5): Matched a season high with three hits, while stealing a base and driving in a run in a 7-3 win … Capped a four-run first inning with a RBI single … vs. LSU (June 6-7): Reached base in both games … Walked in the first game … Doubled in a run and came around to score to tie the game 2-2 in the second inning of the championship game.
2020 SEASON
Became first Oregon player in program history named first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 … Started all 15 games at second base in a season shortened by COVID-19 … Ran consecutive start streak to 71 games, consisting of every game during his two-year career … Batted .242 (15-of-62) with two RBI, 11 runs scored and four doubles … One of three Ducks to reach base in all 15 games (.347 OBP) … In addition to 15 hits, had eight walks and two HBP … Successful on two of three stolen base attempts … Batted leadoff in Oregon’s first seven games … Registered a hit in 12 of Oregon’s 15 games … Had two multiple-hit games … vs. Minnesota (Feb. 14): Reached base twice on walks while driving in a run … vs. Nevada (Feb. 21-23): Batted .308 (4-for-13) with a .357 OBP, while picking up one run scored, a RBI and a double with a walk … Had a hit in all three games … First multi-hit game of the season came in series finale … Went 2-for-4 with a RBI, run scored and a walk … at Hawaii (March 5-8): Led the Ducks batting .462 (6-for-13) and runs scored (6) … Finished four-game series with a .588 OBP (three walks, one HBP) and a .615 slugging percentage which included a pair of doubles … Had a hit in all four of the games, reaching three times in the final two games of the series … In the opener, went 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored … Doubled (1-for-3) and scored a run in the second game … Had a hit in only at-bat in game three, while walking twice and scoring two runs … Had first 3-hit game of the season in the finale, going 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in a 13-2 win.
2019 SEASON
Started all 56 games … Hit leadoff in every game … Third freshman in UO modern era to hit .300 … Third on the team in batting average … Set school freshman records for runs scored (48), hits (70), walks (34) and at-bats (233) … Manned the hot corner for most of the season, starting 43 games there, seven at shortstop and six at second base ... Hit .300 with a .401 OBP, 21 RBI and 48 runs scored … Just the second player in modern era program history (since 2009) to have three four-hit games in a season (Mitchell Tolman - 2015) … Had 19 multi-hit games … 11-game hitting streak from April 29 until May 18 hitting .400 (18-for-45) with a double and six RBI over that stretch … Hit .329 during April (23-for-70) and had eight RBI … Reached base in 49 of the 56 games … Reached base multiple times in 30 games … vs. Saint Mary’s (Feb. 23): First career multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a run scored … vs. Loyola Marymount (March 1-3): Hit .300 (3-for-10) with an RBI, two runs scored and four walks … at Hawaii (7-10): Hit .300 (6-for-20) with a double, triple, one RBI, four runs scored and two stolen bases … In game three of the series went 3-for-5 with a triple, two stolen bases and two runs scored … at Utah (March 30-31): Hit .313 (5-for-16) with two doubles, two RBI and five runs scored … vs. #2 Stanford (April 18-20): Hit .455 (5-for-11) with a walk and two runs scored … In game one of the series went 4-for-5 with four singles and two runs scored … at Washington State (April 12-14): Hit .500 (8-for-16) with seven RBI, two walks, a stolen base and four runs scored … at San Jose State (April 29): Had four hits and two runs scored … at UC Riverside (May 20): Went 3-for-4 including a double and a run scored ... vs. Oregon State (season series): Hit .286 (6-for-21) with a double, two RBI, three runs scored and three walks … vs. Portland (season series): Hit .571 (4-for-7) with a double, two RBI, two runs scored, a walk and a stolen base … vs. Gonzaga (season series): Hit .444 (4-for-9) with a walk and three runs scored.
SUMMER BALL
Played for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders of the Northwoods League in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked 130th overall and 29th among shortstops in California by Perfect Game ... An East Bay Athletic League honorable mention selection as a senior … Hit .351 with two home runs and 22 RBI … Finished with five doubles, four triples and a .470 on-base percentage while scoring 28 runs … A first-team All-East Bay Athletic League selection as a junior in 2017 ... Earned honorable mention recognition on the San Jose Mercury News’ All-Bay Area team ... Batted .369 with seven doubles, one triple and 15 RBI, leading Foothill to a 16-0-1 start to the season ... Hit four doubles while batting .250 with seven RBI and 10 runs scored as a sophomore ... As a freshman, hit .273 with four doubles, one triple and eight runs scored ... A 2017 Underclass High Honorable Mention selection by Perfect Game ... Also lettered two years in basketball, earning honorable mention recognition as a sophomore ... A four-year letterman at Foothill High School in Pleasanton, Calif. ... High school baseball coach was Angelo Scavone.
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