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Jersey Number 38
Sam Bassett-Kennedy
- Position:
- LHP
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
- High School:
- Ann Arbor Pioneer
- Prev School:
- Kellogg CC
Bio
2024 (JUNIOR): Redshirted first season as a Spartan ... Saw action in Crosstown Showdown exhibition game vs. Lansing Lugnuts.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played two seasons at Kellogg Community College for coach Eric Laskovy ... Earned Michigan Community College Athletic Association All-Conference ... Posted a 2-0 record in 14 relief appearances with 22 strikeouts in 19.1 IP (10.24 K/9) in 2023 ... Highlights include a 5.0 IP one-hit, no-run performance vs. Henry Ford ... Struck out the side in only inning of work vs. Jackson ... Also added three Ks in 1.2 IP vs. Wabash ... Also earned MCCAA Academic All-Conference accolades.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner, playing at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School for coach Bob Sullivan as a senior, after three seasons at Detroit Country Day ... Was team captain in senior season ... Helped Pioneer to a 22-12 season senior year ... Earned all-conference accolades and also garnered first-team Ann Arbor Dream Team ... Registered 50 strikeouts and a 1.55 ERA on the mound, while posting 30 hits with three HR and 32 RBI at the plate in playing first base and DH ... Played summer league with the Michigan Monarchs of the Great Lakes League ... Also a two-year letterwinner in basketball and one year in water polo.
PERSONAL: Son of Carol Kennedy and Theresa Bassett ... Majoring in advertising at MSU with a career ambition of being a marketing manager after baseball ... Lists MLB pitcher Clayton Kershaw as his biggest baseball influence because of his work ethic, routine, consistency and success being second to none ... Lists greatest athletic experience as winning the conference championship over rival Lansing CC while playing for Kellogg CC ... Chose MSU over Purdue, Penn State, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Charleston Southern and Wayne State.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played two seasons at Kellogg Community College for coach Eric Laskovy ... Earned Michigan Community College Athletic Association All-Conference ... Posted a 2-0 record in 14 relief appearances with 22 strikeouts in 19.1 IP (10.24 K/9) in 2023 ... Highlights include a 5.0 IP one-hit, no-run performance vs. Henry Ford ... Struck out the side in only inning of work vs. Jackson ... Also added three Ks in 1.2 IP vs. Wabash ... Also earned MCCAA Academic All-Conference accolades.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner, playing at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School for coach Bob Sullivan as a senior, after three seasons at Detroit Country Day ... Was team captain in senior season ... Helped Pioneer to a 22-12 season senior year ... Earned all-conference accolades and also garnered first-team Ann Arbor Dream Team ... Registered 50 strikeouts and a 1.55 ERA on the mound, while posting 30 hits with three HR and 32 RBI at the plate in playing first base and DH ... Played summer league with the Michigan Monarchs of the Great Lakes League ... Also a two-year letterwinner in basketball and one year in water polo.
PERSONAL: Son of Carol Kennedy and Theresa Bassett ... Majoring in advertising at MSU with a career ambition of being a marketing manager after baseball ... Lists MLB pitcher Clayton Kershaw as his biggest baseball influence because of his work ethic, routine, consistency and success being second to none ... Lists greatest athletic experience as winning the conference championship over rival Lansing CC while playing for Kellogg CC ... Chose MSU over Purdue, Penn State, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Charleston Southern and Wayne State.
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