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Sam Gjormand completed her secind season in the spring of 2023 as Director of Baseball Operations and Executive Assistant to the Head Coach with the College of Charleston baseball program.

2023 (Overall Record: 36-22, CAA: 18-12)

• Team ranked 28th nationally in walks per nine innings, 47th in stolen bases, 50th in WHIP, 59th in shutouts and 65th in doubles
• Top-three in the CAA in walks, doubles, shutouts, steals and triples
• Senior Ty Good was named CAA Pitcher of the Year, the second-consecutive Charleston pitcher to earn the honor
• Good led the CAA in strikeouts (93) for a second-straight season, as well as hits per nine innings
• Good finished his College of Charleston career third in strikeouts (274) and second in wins (25)
• Cole Mathis (3.45) and Trey Pooser (3.66) finished top-6 in the CAA in ERA
• Mathis was named an NCBWA Second Team All-American playing both ways
• Mathis led the Cougars at the plate in average, doubles, RBI, total bases, walks and OPS and led the Cougars on the mound in ERA
• Senior Conner Campbell finished second in the CAA with two complete games
• Ty Good, William Privette, Cole Mathis, Luke Wood and Trotter Harlan all earned All-CAA honors
• Good and Privette were named to the First Team
• Mathis, Wood and Harlan were named to the Second Team
• William Privette ranked 25th nationally with 10 saves
• Joseph Mershon finished 26th nationally with 5 triples and 38th nationally with just under one walk per game
• Junior William Privette was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 13th Round of the 2023 MLB Draft

2022 (Overall Record: 37-20, CAA: 19-3)

• Captured the program’s second CAA regular season championship with a 19-3 mark in league play
• Team ranked 20th nationally in ERA (4.12) and 26th in hits allowed per nine innings (8.33)
• Led the CAA in runs (383), hits (523), RBI (340), walks (260) and strikeouts per nine innings (8.7)
• Sophomore William Privette was named the CAA Pitcher of the Year and was named the second consensus All-American in program history
• Privette also led the nation in ERA (0.91), hits allowed per nine innings (4.70) and WHIP (0.78)
• His 0.91 ERA was the lowest single-season mark in both league and program history
• Privette was named as a finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year – the first finalist in both program and CAA history
• The Cougars equaled a program-record with 14 All-CAA selections including first-team selections Privette, JT Marr and Ty Good
• Freshman Tyler Sorrentino was named CAA Co-Rookie of the Year and was also honored as a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
• Marr was named a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award
• Cam Dean, Joseph Mershon, Sam Cochrane, Trotter Harlan and Sorrentino were each named to the All-CAA Second Team
• Graduate student Reed Parris was named All-CAA Honorable Mention
• Sorrentino and Daniel Brooks were selected to the CAA All-Rookie Team
• Ty Good ranked 10th nationally with 10 wins
• Defeated No. 2 Texas, 8-4, on March 15 for the program’s third-ever win over a top-two team
• Posted a series win over perennial regional participant East Carolina (Mar. 18-20)
• Equaled the program-record for home winning percentage (.833), finishing 25-5 at Patriots Point
• Finished the regular season undefeated at home in league play for the first time in program history
• Junior Caswell Smith signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an undrafted free agent

James Madison University

• Spent four seasons as a student manager with the baseball program at James Madison University
• Was responsible for both on and off the field duties such as set up and break down, while assisting with video and team organization as well
• Also oversaw all other field managers for the team
• Spent the summer of 2021 as the Assistant to the GM and MLB Scout Liaison for the Wareham Gateman in the Cape Cod League

“Sam is a big-league hire for the College of Charleston,” Hall of Fame and former Mississippi State head baseball coach. She was invaluable to the Cape Cod League this summer and her career is taking off fast.

The Vienna, Va. native attended James Madison High School where her father, Mark Gjormand, is the varsity head baseball coach with more than 400 career wins under his belt.