Sam Czabala

Position:
Left-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Dunwoody, Ga.
High School:
St. Pius X
B/T:
L/L

2020 (As a Graduate Student)
Pitched 6.2 innings in four appearances during season shortened to 15 games due to COVID-19...Collected six strikeouts and walked just one in 30 batters faced...Had an ERA of 6.75, allowing five earned runs on six hits...Pitched a season-long 2.2 innings in 9-6 win at Memphis, striking out four and allowing just one earned run on one hit...Picked up a win against Northern Kentucky after pitching 1.1 innings in 24-15 win...Pitched 0.2 innings against Southern Cal, allowing no walks or hits...During the shortened season, Musketeers faced the No. 2 ranked strength of schedule in the country.

2019 As A Senior
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (5/13)
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Made a career-high 18 appearances and pitched 34 innings... earned a Xavier-best WHIP of 1.06 and second-best ERA of 3.44... tallied 26 strikeouts including a season-best six at Villanova (5/11)... never allowed more than five baserunners in an outing... only allowed 13 runs, with his first coming in his fifth appearance

2018 (As A Junior):
Made five appearances and two starts, going 0-1 with a 12.00 ERA... tossed a total of nine innings and struck out eight... posted a career-best five innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits against Wright State (4/11)...

2017 (As A Sophomore):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Made two appearances, tossing four innings and striking out three before an injury ended his season prematurely... threw a perfect inning, striking out two at Troy to open the season (2/18)... went a career-high three innings against Penn State, striking out one and allowing three runs (2/25)...

2016 (As A Freshman):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Made eight appearances totaling 7.2 innings... seven of eight appearances came away from Hayden Field (six road appearances, one neutral)... recorded a 9.39 ERA, allowing eight earned runs and striking out one... made XU career debut at Arizona State, pitching 2.1 scoreless innings (2/20)... also turned in scoreless outings at Vanderbilt (3/12), at Kentucky (3/30) and at NKU (4/20)...

Prior to Xavier:
Two-year varsity pitcher at St. Pius X in Atlanta... put together an 8-1 record as a senior with a 0.96 ERA, two saves and 87 strikeouts in 58.1 innings... helped team to best record in school history (29-4) and state quarterfinals as a senior...

Personal:
Son of Ann and Dave Czabala... has a younger sister, Meg... majoring in accounting...