Sam Bjorngjeld

Photo by: Parker Waters

Height:
6-5
Weight:
220
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Sugar Land, Texas
High School:
W.P. Clements HS

Career: Appeared in 80 games with eight starts…ranks sixth all-time in appearances at Tulane…posted a 5-7 record with a 4.90 ERA and two saves in 112.0 innings.

2018 (Redshirt Senior): Appeared in 31 games, all in relief…posted a 1-3 record with a 5.52 ERA in 29.1 innings…allowed 27 hits and 22 runs (15 earned) while striking out 26 and walking 15…tied for seventh at Tulane with single season appearances…pitched 1.0 inning in relief vs. Wright State (2/16)…pitched 2.0 perfect innings with 2 strikeouts vs. Wright State (2/18)…pitched a perfect relief inning with 1 K at Ole Miss (2/23)…pitched a perfect relief inning vs. Lamar (2/27)…struck out both batters he faced vs. Cal State Fullerton (3/4)…recorded the final 2 outs of a 1-0 win over Purdue (3/9)…pitched 1.0 scoreless inning vs. Southern Miss (3/14)…went 4.1 innings in relief to earn the win at LBSU (3/17)…pitched 3 scoreless innings with 4 K’s in the DH vs. ETSU (4/21)…struck out 4 batters in 2.0 innings at Memphis (5/13)…was named to the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and the Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2017 and spring 2018.

2017 (Redshirt Junior): Appeared in 21 games, with eight starts…went 3-4 with a 5.91 ERA in 53.1 innings…allowed 59 hits and 40 runs (35 earned) while striking out 30 and walking 44…held opponents to a .291 batting average…struck out one in 1.0 innings of relief at UC Santa Barbara (2/24)…did not give up any runs in his first career start at Nicholls State (3/15)…struck out four and allowed no runs in 5.1 innings at Louisiana-Lafayette (3/22)…struck out three and allowed no runs in 3.0 innings vs. USF (4/2)…struck out one and allowed no runs in 2.0 innings of relief at Cincinnati (4/7)…recorded four strikeouts, two putouts, and three assists in the Wave’s win over LSU (4/25)… recorded a career-high five strikeouts in 4.0 innings at Memphis (5/20)…off the field, was named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and the Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016 and spring 2017.

2016 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in 22 games, all in relief …went 1-0 with a 3.15 ERA and one save in 20.0 innings … allowed 15 hits and eight runs (seven earned) while striking out 19 and walking nine … held opponents to a .200 batting average … ranked second on the team in appearances, fourth on the team in games finished (6) while tying for fourth in saves … pitched 0.2 innings against Illinois (2/21), striking out one … appeared vs. Nebraska (2/28) … struck out one in 1.0 inning at Texas (3/19) … struck out the side in his lone inning of work during game two of a doubleheader vs. Illinois State (3/26) … struck out one in 0.2 innings vs. Southeastern Louisiana (4/5)...struck out one in 0.1 inning of relief against LSU (4/26) … struck out one in 1.0 inning during the opening and closing games of the series at USF (5/6 and 5/8) … picked up his first-career win vs. Memphis (5/15), pitching 0.1 innings and recording a strikeout … fanned one in 2.0 innings vs. Nicholls State (5/17) … struck out two in 2.0 innings during the second game of a doubleheader at Houston (5/20) … pitched 1.2 innings vs. UCF with one strikeout at The American Baseball Championships (5/24) … tossed 0.2 innings in the opening game of the NCAA Oxford Regional vs. Boston College (6/3) … pitched 1.0 inning of relief vs. Utah during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5) … struck out one in 0.2 innings of work during the season finale vs. Boston College during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5).

2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in six games, all in relief … went 0-0 with a 0.96 ERA in 9.1 innings … allowed four hits, one run and one earned run while striking out seven and walking five … held opponents to a .125 batting average … made his collegiate debut against UConn (3/27) in 1.1 innings out of the bullpen, striking out one … pitched one inning against Houston (5/3) … struck out a career-best five in 4.2 innings against Southern Miss (5/12) … appeared for 0.2 innings of work during the second game of a doubleheader at Memphis (5/16) … tossed a third of an inning against East Carolina (5/21) at The American Baseball Championship … struck out one against UNC Wilmington (5/29) during the NCAA Baton Rouge Regionals … also started one game at designated hitter against LSU (3/24), but was pulled for a pinch hitter before heading to the plate.

2014 (Freshman): Did not play during his freshman year … earned Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll honors, as well as the C-USA Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative-GPA of 3.75 or better.

High School: Was a two-year letterwinner at W.P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas … played first base and pitcher … helped lead his team to a regional semifinals finish during his junior year … named to the Rawlings Texas All-State Honorable Mention team … was a second team All-District first baseman during his senior year … also played summer baseball with the Columbia Angels where they were a semi-finalist for the 2012 WWBA 17U National Championship.

Personal: Has one older brother … major is finance.