2017 Baseball Roster
Logan Sowers
- Weight:
- 220
- Height:
- 6-4
- Position:
- OF
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, Ind.
- High School:
- McCutcheon
2017 - JUNIOR
Named Indiana’s Offensive Player of the Year…Second Team All-Big Ten selection…Started 59 games for the Hoosiers in right field…Finished first on the team in hits (69) and doubles (19), second in home runs (13), and third in batting average (.291) and RBI (43)…Led the Big Ten with the 19 doubles, was third in total bases (127), fourth in home runs (13), seventh in slugging percentage (.536), tied for 10th in hits, and 15th in RBI…In league games only, was tied for third in the conference in doubles (9), fourth in slugging percentage (.633), tied for fourth in total bases (62), tied for fifth in home runs (6), tied for sixth in hits (35), tied for eighth in RBI (23), and was 10th in batting average (.357)…In the NCAA Regional win over Ohio (6/3), went 4-for-5 with three home runs, five RBI and four runs scored, becoming the seventh player in program history to register at least three home runs in a game and the first to do it in NCAA postseason play...Also homered and collected two hits in the regional against Kentucky (6/4)...Reached base four times (two doubles, two walks) and drove in two runs in the regional opener against N.C. State (6/2) ... Was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in the win over Ohio State (5/20)…Matched that performance the previous day against the Buckeyes, doubling and driving in a run…In the series opener at OSU (5/18), went 3-for-4 with a home run and double…Collected six hits in the Penn State series (5/12-14), driving in three runs and homering…Went 3-for-5 in the series finale win over Xavier, hitting three doubles…Was 2-for-4 with a home run and double in win over the Musketeers (5/6)…Went 2-for-4 in the series finale win over Maryland (4/30)…Strung together two hits and drove in a run at No. 13 Michigan (4/23)…Homered and drove in two runs in the win over the Wolverines (4/22)…Went deep and had three RBI in the series clinching win over Minnesota (4/16)…Drove in two runs in a 3-for-5 effort in the win at Purdue (4/9)…Doubled and drove in two runs on three hits against Nebraska (4/2)…Tallied a career-high five RBI and homered in the win at Northwestern (3/26)…Hit a home run and drove in two in the series opening win against the Wildcats (3/24)…Had back to back multi-hit games, homering once, in the Hawaii series (3/17-18)…Went 2-for-5 with a home run in the win at Samford (3/3).
2016 - SOPHOMORE
Named 2016 Team MVP…Played and started in 44 games….Led IU in slugging percentage (.466), on base percentage (.377) and home runs (8)…Ranked ninth in the Big Ten in home runs…In conference games only, was tied for fifth in home runs (4), tied for ninth in walks (14) and 11th in RBI (16)…Tallied six-multi RBI games…Opened the season with a 3-for-4 effort with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored at Middle Tennessee (2/19)…Two games later, added another 3-for-4 outing with a round tripper against the Blue Raiders (2/20)…After missing three weeks due to injury, went 2-for-3 with two homers, three RBI and two runs scored against Indiana State (3/27)…Was 2-for-4 with a home run, double and three RBI at Rutgers (4/2)…After collecting three hits in the first game against Purdue (4/8), led the Hoosiers to a comeback victory over the Boilermakers (4/10), going 3-for-5 with a homer and triple to complete the sweep…Belted his eighth home run of the season against Illinois (5/14).
2015 - FRESHMAN
All-Big Ten Freshman Team selection…Four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (3/2, 3/9, 4/14, 5/18), the most honors by any Big Ten freshman and tied for most weekly conference recognitions in the league…tied for team lead with 15 doubles, second with six home runs, third with 93 total bases and fourth with 36 runs batted in…three of six home runs came in six game stretch (5/14-5/22), including two grand slams…first career grand slam came in finale vs. Ohio State (also hit game-tying solo HR in eighth inning of series opener)…registered grand slam in Big Ten Tournament win vs. Iowa (5/22)…tied for second for IU with nine multi-RBI games…longest hit streak was eight games (2/21-3/8)…registered 14 multi-hit games, including four with career-high three hits…one of four Hoosiers to start all 59 games (51 at LF, 6 at RF & 2 at CF)…led IU with five hits, three doubles, three RBI and eight total bases in weekend sweep of Rutgers, while hitting game-winning RBI single in ninth inning of 4-3 win on 4/10…three hits in win at Kentucky (3/31), including two-run HR in ninth…notched pair of hits in career debut at No. 18 Stanford (2/13)…first home run vs. Villanova (3/6).
PREP/PERSONAL
Named Indiana Mr. Baseball in 2014, given to the top high school player in the state ... earned All-State honors after hitting .365 with 11 home runs, 30 RBI and a .514 on-base percentage ... also named the Journal & Courier Big School Player of the Year ... selected by the San Diego Padres in the 31st round of the MLB amateur draft ... ranked as the 3rd-best prospect in the state of Indiana (39th overall) by Prep Baseball Report and the top-rated Indiana outfielder... tabbed at #387 in Perfect Game's top players nationally ... All-Indiana honorable mention ... did not commit an error the entire 2012 season, posting a 1.000 fielding percentage ... named Hoosier Crossroads All-Conference ... member of East Coast Team in Syracuse, N.Y. and Prep Baseball Report's Team Indiana...son of Valerie and Shawn Sowers ... has two sisters, Madison and Adrienne ... born on January 11, 1996 ... majoring in recreational sport management
