Sam Foy

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Photo by: DavidsonPhotos.com

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
183
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wilmington, N.C.
High School:
New Hanover

School record holder in career at bats with 808 and has the longest hitting streak with 16 in 2014.

2016: Named to the All-Atlantic 10 First Team … Started all 52 games mainly at second base … finished with 58 hits, 30 runs scored, a team-high 35 RBI with nine doubles, two triples and four home runs in 209 at bats for a .278 batting average … posted a .397 slugging percentage and a .332 on base percentage … drew 17 walks and went 8-for-10 in stolen bases … finished with 91 putouts with 134 assists for a .914 fielding percentage … recorded a team-high 18 multi-hit performances, including three three-hit occasions … finished with 10 multi-RBI games, went on a 13-game hitting streak and reached base in 18-straight games … went 3-for-4 at Saint Louis (5/1) … went 3-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored at Dayton (5/12) … recorded two-or-more hits for four-straight games (5/12-5-21).

2015: Started all 50 games at second base, finishing with a .322 batting average which ranks fourth on the squad … Named to the A-10 All-Conference Second Team … finished with 68 hits, 32 runs scored, 30 RBI and 12 doubles in a team-high 211 at bats … drew 20 walks and went 6-for-6 in stolen bases … finished with 12 errors and made 95 putouts with 146 assists for a .953 fielding percentage … recorded 21 multi-hit performances, including seven with three or more … started the season off with a hit in the first five games … went 3-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI in the win against Presbyterian (3/7) … went 3-for-4 with one run scored and two RBI in the win at North Carolina (3/17) … had three hits with two RBI and one run scored off his first homerun of the season at Winthrop (3/31) … had a 10-game hit streak at the start of the season.

2014: Started all but one game at shortstop, posting a .905 fielding percentage … batted .291 and drove in 27 runs while scoring 27 of his own on the season … had the third most at-bats on the team, recording the fifth most hits (55), including nine doubles and two homeruns … 16-game hit streak was the longest by a Wildcat since 2007 … tied for 3^rd most sacrifice flies (5) in a season in school history … went 3-for-6 with two doubles and two RBIs against Miami (OH) (3/1) … drove in season-high three runs against Wofford (3/23) … doubled twice while going 3-for-5 with two RBIs against The Citadel (3/14) … batting average peaked at .384 after first half of season.

2013: Voted to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team … started and played in 47 games at second base, occasionally moving to shortstop in later innings … batted .236 with one grand slam, six doubles and 21 RBIs … had 11 multi-hit games, including a team-best four three-hit games - at No. 5 South Carolina (3/13), at Georgia Southern (3/24), vs. College of Charleston (4/12), at No. 6 NC State (4/23) … batted leadoff in 28 games … hit game-winning single for walk-off victory against Appalachian State (3/2) … went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs in 22-2 rout of Furman (3/16) … hit a walk-off double in the 10th inning against Furman (3/17) to clinch series … slugged a grand slam at Wofford (4/26).

Prep/Personal: Four-year letter winner at New Hanover High School … first team NC Mid-Eastern All-Conference 2010-2012 … Robert Moore NHHS Most Outstanding Player Award 2011-201 2… Wilmington Post 10 American Legion State Championship 2012 … senior season had .394 batting average, 26 hits, 3 homeruns, 23 runs in 20 games … Nancy Horton Medal Winner … Son of Richard and Kay Foy ... father, Richard, played baseball at UNC Wilmington ... has a sister, Katie ... major is undeclared.