2019: Empire 8 First-Team...Recorded his first hit of the season against Chapman. Followed it up by notching four hits in the next three games including a four RBI performance vs. Occidental and a pinch hit two-run home run against Utica in the conference opener...Went 2-5 with three walks in a doubleheader with Stevens on March 27...Went 2-for-5 on April 7 at Elmira with a go-ahead RBI hit...Hit his third home run of the season v. Cortland on April 9...Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI on April 17 at Brockport...Combined for 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI in a doubleheader at Houghton on April 20...Went 4-for-6 with two doubles and a season-high six RBI on April 27 at Susquehanna...Scored two runs in the final regular season game vs. Utica on May 4...Scored two runs in the E8 title game vs. St. John Fisher on May 11. |
2019 game-by-game statistics
2018: Empire 8 First-Team All-Conference...NCAA Mideast Region All-Tournament Team...D3baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-New York Region...Empire 8 Tournament Most Valuable Player...led the team with a .362 average, 59 hits, 38 RBI...also recorded 32 runs scored, 14 doubles and three home runs...notched 18 multi-hit games on the season...hit safely in 14 of the last 16 games of the season to raise average from .245 to .362...went 2-for-2 against Virginia Wesleyan on Feb. 25 with two doubles and three RBIs... went 1-for-4 with two RBI against Claremont on March 12... notched two hits in five at bats and a run scored against Cal Lutheran on March 13... went 2-for-4 with a double and RBI against Occidental on March 17... recorded two doubles and two RBI in four at bats against Stevens on March 26...drove in four runs on two doubles against Utica on April 15...went 4-for-5 in two games against SUNY Canton on April 21-22 with four runs scored and four RBI...hit 4-for-4 vs. Oswego on April 24 with three RBI...from May 11-19, went 19-for-28 in six games...named Empire 8 Player of the Week on May 14...against Otterbein in the NCAA Tournament, went 5-for-6. |
2018 game-by-game statistics
2017: Named to First Team All-Conference..
.On February 25th, went 2-for-4 with a homerun and three runs scored against Brockport... Collected two hits in five at bats with a double and RBI at Pomona-Pitzer on March 12th... Had a homerun and four RBI against Stevens on April 2nd... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored on April 5th at Brockport State... Recorded three hits with one triple, one RBI, and one run scored on April 9th in the second game of a double header at Elmira College... In a three game series went 5-for-9 with one homerun, 5 RBI, and 5 runs scored from April 14th to April  15th at SUNY Canton... Had a 6 game hitting streak from April 9th to April 15th... Went 2-for-5 with one homerun, one RBI, and one run scored on April 22nd at New Paltz... On April 29th in a double header vs. Utica went 4-for-6 with one homerun, one RBI, one double, and two runs scored... On May 18th Vs Oswego went four for five with a homerun, a double, two RBI and three runs scored... |
2017 game-by-game statistics
2016: Named D3baseball.com New York Region Rookie of the Year and Third Team All-Region…Voted as Empire 8 Conference Rookie of the Year and First Team honoree…Named to Empire 8 All-Tournament Team…Started all 42  games… Recorded first collegiate hit in only at bat at Christopher Newport on Feb. 27th… In a double header sweep at Whittier College he went a combined 4-for-6 with two homeruns, seven RBI, and scored four runs on March 16th … Recorded one hit in three at bats with one homerun, two RBI, and two runs scored against Oneonta on March 30th… In the second game of a double header on April 2nd went 3-for-5 with one homerun, three RBI, and two runs scored at Stevens … In a double header match up against Canton on April 10th went a combined 5-for-9 with four RBI, one stolen base, and three runs scored … Had a 10 game hitting streak from April 10th to April 20th… On April 11th against Canton he went 1-for-2 hitting one homerun, recording four RBI, and two runs scored … Recorded one hit with two RBI on April 20th at Elmira … At the Empire 8 Tournament, he went 8-for-17, including a 4-for-4 performance in the championship win over St. John Fisher on May 15th. |Â
2016 game-by-game statistics
High School:Â A 2015 graduate of the Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, Little was coached by Tom Dotterer. He earned first-team All-Central New York honors his senior season. He also played golf.
Personal: A sport media major, he is the son of Bill and Missy Little. Sam’s twin brother, Webb, is also a member of the baseball team.
