2006 Baseball America Preseason All-MAAC
2005 MAAC All-Tournament Team
Voted 2004 Top Newcomer in the MAAC by
Baseball America
2005: Led team in wins (six), shutouts (two) and complete games (four) and was second in starts (13)...Posted career highs in appearances (17), innings (92.0) and strikeouts (67)...Threw seven-or-more innings six times...First win of the season came vs. Iona (4/9)...Pitched a complete game shutout in final outing of the year, striking out nine in a MAAC Tournament win over Siena (5/27)…Won three consecutive games April 9-19...Tied career-high with 12 strikeouts in a four-hitter at Saint Peter’s (4/16)...Had a 1.8 strikeout-to-walk ratio and held opponents to a team-low .241 batting average...Was 4-3 in MAAC play with a 3.08 ERA and 42 strikeouts...Struck out five-or-more batters in four games.
2004: Started a team-best 13 games, the second most in a single season at Niagara…Named MAAC Player of the Week after winning his second game of the year with four scoreless innings at Siena (4/9)...Earned MAAC Pitcher of the Week after getting his third win, a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts in seven innings vs. Saint Peter’s (4/17)...Led the team in complete games (three), innings pitched (76.1) and strikeouts (59)...Second with a 4.48 ERA and tied for second with six wins…Won three consecutive starts from March 27-April 17, giving up just two runs, one earned, in 20.0 innings of work...Went 5-1 in MAAC play with a 3.19 ERA, a shutout, three complete games and 39 strikeouts...Struck out five-or-more batters in four games…Won last four outings of the season - Marist (5/9), Le Moyne (5/15), Canisius (5/20) and Marist (5/28)…Gave up six hits and struck out six in six innings in a 7-3 win over Marist (5/28) in the MAAC Tournament.
W.C. Miller High School: Helped the Aces to a 13-2 overall record and 11-0 conference record his senior season…Named first team all-conference, all-league and all-area as a senior…Recorded 123 strikeouts in 88 innings as a senior…Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 36th round.
Personal: Born on May 27, 1985, in Altona, Man....Son of Gord and Val Sawatzky...Has an older brother, Jeremy...Majoring in sports management.
