2023 Baseball Roster

21 James Sashin

  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 260
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Oak Bluffs, MA
  • High School Martha's Vineyard Regional HS
  • Major Environmental Science

Biography

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023)
  • Appeared in 17 of San Diego’s games, starting nine of them on the mound
  • Went 2-3 with a 4.45 ERA across a team-high 58.2 innings pitched, striking out 51 hitters while posting a 1.89 K/BB ratio
  • Earned his first win of the season on March 10 with a dominant outing at No. 10 TCU, holding the eventual College World Series participant to just one run on six hits across a career-high six innings
  • Set a new career-high in strikeouts (eight) against Pacific on March 17
  • Struck out five or more batters on five occasions
  • Pitched 2.1 innings, allowing just two runs on three hits against Saint Mary’s in the opening round of the WCC Tournament on May 24 at Las Vegas Ballpark
  • Named a WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2022)
  • Appeared in 19 of San Diego’s games on the mound, starting one of them (April 26 at CSUF)
  • Went 2-0 with a 5.26 ERA, 16 strikeouts, and 16 walks in 25.2 innings pitched
  • Threw a career-high three scoreless frames with two strikeouts against Saint Mary’s on March 27
  • Tossed two thirds of an inning on May 26 in USD’s WCC Tournament win over Portland
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2021)
  • Made five appearances out of the bullpen for San Diego
  • Threw 4.2 innings and recorded two strikeouts
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2020)
  • Did not play
REDSHIRT (2019)
  • Spent his freshman year at USD but did not play baseball, walked on to the team as a sophomore
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Graduated in 2017 from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in Oak Bluffs, MA
  • Helped his MVRHS baseball team to make the state playoffs for the first time in over 20 years
  • Recorded the best overall record in MVRHS baseball history (19-2)
  • Two-time EAC All-Star (2016, 17)
  • Two-time Perfect Game Northeast Region All-American
  • Holds record for lowest season ERA in school history (0.83)
  • Finished with a 14-4 career record
  • Was named a captain in both football (2016) and baseball (2017)
  • Earn four varsity letters in football and was a two-time EAC All-Star
  • Also earned two varsity letters in hockey
  • Finished ranked 21st of 188 students at MVRHS in 2017
CLUB
  • Orleans Legion Post 308 (2015)
  • Team Cape Cod (2016, 17)
  • Team Cape Cod finished fifth in the country at the Babe Ruth World Series (2016)
  • Finished team-best second in the country in 2017
PERSONAL
  • Born in Oak Bluffs, MA to Howard and Cheryll Sashin
  • Has one older brother, Mac
  • Brother, Mac, played basketball at Emerson College
  • Father, Howard, rowed crew at Syracuse
  • Spent 2018 at Cushing Academy where he finished with the highest overall GPA for post graduate students
  • Earned Watkins Scholar Athlete Award at Cushing Academy for the best model student athlete (2018)
  • Anticipating a major in marine ecology and hopes to pursue a career in marine research
  • Enjoys swimming, hiking, relaxing with friends and going to the beach in his spare time

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'5" 245 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2021Freshman

    RHP
    6'5" 245 lbs
    18
  • 21

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'6" 260 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2023Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'6" 260 lbs
    21