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student-athlete profiles - Canisius College Griffins Athletics
student-athlete profiles - Canisius College Griffins Athletics
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STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES<br />
Before Canisius: Played three seasons at Niagara University, where he was recruited by Mike<br />
McRae... Named second-team All-MAAC in 2006 and earned MAAC all-tournament honors in<br />
2005... Voted the league’s Top Newcomer in 2004 by Baseball America... Led the Purple Eagles with<br />
a 3.54 ERA in 89 innings and struck out 57 in 2006... Posted a 4.21 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 92<br />
innings in 2005... Registered a 4.48 ERA and struck out 59 in 76.1 innings as a freshman... Named<br />
first-team all-conference, all-league and all area as a senior at W.C. Miller High School; drafted by the<br />
San Diego Padres in the 36th round<br />
Personal: The son of Gord and Val Sawatzky... Has an older brother, Jeremy<br />
Born: May 27, 1985<br />
Josh<br />
27<br />
Sawatzky<br />
Pitcher<br />
Senior<br />
Altona, Manitoba<br />
Niagara Univ.<br />
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB K<br />
2004 4.48 6-5 13 13 3 1/0 0 76.1 77 54 38 35 59<br />
2005 4.21 6-6 17 13 4 2/0 0 92.0 85 54 43 37 67<br />
2006 3.54 8-5 15 14 1 1/1 0 89.0 88 53 35 42 57<br />
Total 4.06 20-16 45 40 8 4/1 0 257.1 250 161 116 114 183<br />
Aaron<br />
36<br />
Boag<br />
Pitcher<br />
Junior<br />
Burlington, Ont.<br />
M.M. Robinson<br />
2007: Led the team for the second-straight season<br />
with 20 appearances… Posted a 4-4 record<br />
with one save… Struck out 28 batters in 56.2<br />
innings… Posted a 2.60 ERA in his last nine<br />
contests… Allowed one hit in three scoreless<br />
innings to earn a save against St. Bonaventure in<br />
the Big 4 Baseball Classic championship game<br />
2006: Pitched 51 innings, the third most on the<br />
team… Led the squad with 21 appearances and<br />
posted a 3-1 record on the hill… Compiled a 5.47<br />
ERA and struck out 27… Started two games and had<br />
one save… Pitched 4.2 scoreless innings and struck<br />
out five at Tennessee Tech (2/24)… Retired all three<br />
batters to earn a save at Morehead State (3/5)… Gave<br />
up just one earned run in his first career start, a fiveinning<br />
outing at Binghamton (4/18)… Earned the<br />
win in the Big 4 Classic Championship game after<br />
giving up four runs in eight innings<br />
Before Canisius: Went 16-2 with a 1.72 ERA and<br />
98 strikeouts in 105 innings for M.M. Robinson…<br />
Played in the Ontario rep and elite baseball system<br />
for the last 12 years… Was a starting pitcher on the<br />
Niagara Rebels and a member of the 2004 Canadian<br />
Elite Baseball Conference Championship team…<br />
Also a quarterback and team captain on the M.M.<br />
Robinson High School varsity football team<br />
Personal: The son of Chris and Cathy Boag…<br />
Majoring in <strong>communications</strong><br />
Born: Nov. 20, 1986<br />
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB K<br />
2006 5.47 3-1 21 2 0 0/0 1 51.0 65 36 31 12 27<br />
2007 6.19 4-4 20 4 0 0/1 1 56.2 72 44 39 17 28<br />
Total 5.85 7-5 41 6 0 0/1 2 107.2 137 80 70 29 55
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