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Jersey Number 24
Sam Busch
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- East Lansing, Mich.
- High School:
- East Lansing HS
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... A two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Kissed the ball goodbye with 29 career home runs, tying for fourth on MSU’s career HR list.
2025 (REDSHIRT-SENIOR): Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... MSU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient ... Voted as one of two team captains along with teammate Jacob Anderson ... Led MSU and ranked tied for 13th in the B1G with 15 home runs, the most by a Spartan since 2002, tying for No. 5 on the Spartans’ single-season home runs list ... Along with leading the Spartans in home runs, also led MSU in RBI (62), slugging percentage (.584), total bases (111) and sacrifice flies (5), while ranking second in runs (40) and hits (55), third in both average (.389) and walks (29), and tied for third in doubles (11).
2024 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in 39 games with 37 starts, missing nearly a month with an injury, making 36 starts at first base and one at DH ... Ranked second on team with seven HR, fourth on team with 22 walks and tied for fifth in hit by pitch with three ... Added three doubles and 19 RBI ... Registered six multi-hit outings, led by season-high and career-best tying three vs. Indiana State (Feb. 23) ... Posted five multiple-RBI games, topped by career-high four ribbies vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (March 19) ... Had a season-long four-game hitting streak (Feb, 18-23) .... Logged a season-high nine-game on-base streak (Feb. 28-March 16) ... Bashed first HR of year in season-opener vs. Merrimack (Feb. 16) ... Blasted a homer over the scoreboard at Georgia’s Foley Field in the Victory for MSU (Feb. 28) ... Had stretch of three homers in five games (April 28-May 5), with three-run round-tripper in second inning at Ohio State (April 28), then in back-to-back games vs. Michigan (April 4-5) ... Posted a .987 fielding percentage with team-leading 266 putouts and 27 assists, also part of 28 double plays.
2023 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in 52 games, making 44 starts as designated hitter ... Logged a .268 average with a .476 slugging percentage an .382 on-base percentage ... Posted seven HR, three triples and eight doubles, knocking 38 RBI, with 45 total hits, drawing 27 walks ... Ranked third on team in RBI, tied for third in HR, tied for fourth in triples and fifth in both slugging percentage and games played, also tying for third in sac flies with three ... Was also third on team for most multiple RBI games, knocking 10 with six games with two RBI, while logging season-high three RBI in four different games, first at USC Upstate (Feb. 24), then had two outings in a span of three games with three vs. Wofford (March 8) and vs. Kansas (March 11), before rounding out quartet of three-RBI games vs. Notre Dame (April 25) ... Posted 11 multi-hit outings with two hits in nine games and a season-high three hits in two games, first vs. Wofford (March 8) and then vs. Eastern Michigan (May 10) ... Recorded a season-long four-game hit streak four different times, highlighted by eight hits in a four-game span March 6-11 with two hits vs. Air Force (March 6), three vs. Wofford (March 8), one vs. Western Carolina (March 10) and 2 vs. Kansas (March 11) ... Bashed three HR in a stretch of five games, including in back-to-back games March 26-28, vs. Purdue and at Western Michigan, respectively, and adding another at Rutgers (April 2) ... Knocked season-high six total bases vs. Wofford (March 8), with a HR and two singles ... Rapped season-best two doubles at USC Upstate (Feb. 24) ... All three triples came in span of six games, with one each vs. Air Force (March 6), vs. Kansas (March 11) and at Indiana State (March 19).
2022 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Played in 11 games, making two starts ... Made college debut on Feb. 19 at UNLV in pinch-hitting role ... Made first start of college career vs. Youngstown State (March 30) and knocked first hit as a Spartan, going 2-for-4 with a run scored and drawing a walk ... Added a 1-for-1 outing with a run scored and a walk at Northwestern (April 23) ... Made four putouts and tallied one assist in playing first base in two games.
2021 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted first season at MSU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at East Lansing High School for head coach Mark Pendred ... A two-time All-Conference and All-Area award winner, as well as All-District accolades as a junior ... Named to the Lansing State Journal Dream Team ... Was team MVP ... Belted 10 home runs and posted 30 RBI as a junior ... Had a three-year high school career average of .402 with 16 home runs and 48 RBI, posting a 1.350 on-base percentage ... On the mound posted a 2.52 ERA ... Helped the Trojans to 44 wins in his three years ... Played summer league for the Capital City Kings ... Rated as the No. 1 first baseman and the No. 31 overall player in the state of Michigan by Perfect Game ... Also a two-year letterwinner for the Trojans’ football team, playing quarterback and was team captain, leading East Lansing to a share of the CAAC Blue championship, falling in the district semifinals ... A three-time distinguished scholar and Scholar-Athlete award recipient, also earning All-Academic honors ... Selected Michigan State over Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Valparaiso.
PERSONAL: Son of Jennifer and Andrew Busch ... Older sister, Hannah, ran cross country and track & field as Aquinas College and cousin, Alex Kravat, played college baseball at Alma ... Majoring in advertising management at MSU ... Chose Michigan State because it was always his dream school and has always felt like a perfect fit, as well as falling it love with it on his visit.
2025 (REDSHIRT-SENIOR): Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... MSU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient ... Voted as one of two team captains along with teammate Jacob Anderson ... Led MSU and ranked tied for 13th in the B1G with 15 home runs, the most by a Spartan since 2002, tying for No. 5 on the Spartans’ single-season home runs list ... Along with leading the Spartans in home runs, also led MSU in RBI (62), slugging percentage (.584), total bases (111) and sacrifice flies (5), while ranking second in runs (40) and hits (55), third in both average (.389) and walks (29), and tied for third in doubles (11).
2024 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in 39 games with 37 starts, missing nearly a month with an injury, making 36 starts at first base and one at DH ... Ranked second on team with seven HR, fourth on team with 22 walks and tied for fifth in hit by pitch with three ... Added three doubles and 19 RBI ... Registered six multi-hit outings, led by season-high and career-best tying three vs. Indiana State (Feb. 23) ... Posted five multiple-RBI games, topped by career-high four ribbies vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (March 19) ... Had a season-long four-game hitting streak (Feb, 18-23) .... Logged a season-high nine-game on-base streak (Feb. 28-March 16) ... Bashed first HR of year in season-opener vs. Merrimack (Feb. 16) ... Blasted a homer over the scoreboard at Georgia’s Foley Field in the Victory for MSU (Feb. 28) ... Had stretch of three homers in five games (April 28-May 5), with three-run round-tripper in second inning at Ohio State (April 28), then in back-to-back games vs. Michigan (April 4-5) ... Posted a .987 fielding percentage with team-leading 266 putouts and 27 assists, also part of 28 double plays.
2023 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in 52 games, making 44 starts as designated hitter ... Logged a .268 average with a .476 slugging percentage an .382 on-base percentage ... Posted seven HR, three triples and eight doubles, knocking 38 RBI, with 45 total hits, drawing 27 walks ... Ranked third on team in RBI, tied for third in HR, tied for fourth in triples and fifth in both slugging percentage and games played, also tying for third in sac flies with three ... Was also third on team for most multiple RBI games, knocking 10 with six games with two RBI, while logging season-high three RBI in four different games, first at USC Upstate (Feb. 24), then had two outings in a span of three games with three vs. Wofford (March 8) and vs. Kansas (March 11), before rounding out quartet of three-RBI games vs. Notre Dame (April 25) ... Posted 11 multi-hit outings with two hits in nine games and a season-high three hits in two games, first vs. Wofford (March 8) and then vs. Eastern Michigan (May 10) ... Recorded a season-long four-game hit streak four different times, highlighted by eight hits in a four-game span March 6-11 with two hits vs. Air Force (March 6), three vs. Wofford (March 8), one vs. Western Carolina (March 10) and 2 vs. Kansas (March 11) ... Bashed three HR in a stretch of five games, including in back-to-back games March 26-28, vs. Purdue and at Western Michigan, respectively, and adding another at Rutgers (April 2) ... Knocked season-high six total bases vs. Wofford (March 8), with a HR and two singles ... Rapped season-best two doubles at USC Upstate (Feb. 24) ... All three triples came in span of six games, with one each vs. Air Force (March 6), vs. Kansas (March 11) and at Indiana State (March 19).
2022 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Played in 11 games, making two starts ... Made college debut on Feb. 19 at UNLV in pinch-hitting role ... Made first start of college career vs. Youngstown State (March 30) and knocked first hit as a Spartan, going 2-for-4 with a run scored and drawing a walk ... Added a 1-for-1 outing with a run scored and a walk at Northwestern (April 23) ... Made four putouts and tallied one assist in playing first base in two games.
2021 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted first season at MSU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at East Lansing High School for head coach Mark Pendred ... A two-time All-Conference and All-Area award winner, as well as All-District accolades as a junior ... Named to the Lansing State Journal Dream Team ... Was team MVP ... Belted 10 home runs and posted 30 RBI as a junior ... Had a three-year high school career average of .402 with 16 home runs and 48 RBI, posting a 1.350 on-base percentage ... On the mound posted a 2.52 ERA ... Helped the Trojans to 44 wins in his three years ... Played summer league for the Capital City Kings ... Rated as the No. 1 first baseman and the No. 31 overall player in the state of Michigan by Perfect Game ... Also a two-year letterwinner for the Trojans’ football team, playing quarterback and was team captain, leading East Lansing to a share of the CAAC Blue championship, falling in the district semifinals ... A three-time distinguished scholar and Scholar-Athlete award recipient, also earning All-Academic honors ... Selected Michigan State over Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Valparaiso.
PERSONAL: Son of Jennifer and Andrew Busch ... Older sister, Hannah, ran cross country and track & field as Aquinas College and cousin, Alex Kravat, played college baseball at Alma ... Majoring in advertising management at MSU ... Chose Michigan State because it was always his dream school and has always felt like a perfect fit, as well as falling it love with it on his visit.
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