Xavier University Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster

Jersey Number 8
Sam Eppley
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Union, Ky.
- High School:
- Ryle
- B/T:
- R/R
2025: Did not appear.
PRIOR TO XAVIER: A right-handed pitcher from Union, Ky., who attended Ryle High School and played for head coach Joe Aylor... Helped Ryle to a 25-11 record and a district championship in 2023, and in 2022, helped the team to an 18-15 record and a district runner-up finish...Finished the 2022 season with 35 strikeouts in 14.1 innings pitched...Has over 10 years of experience playing club baseball with ATY Baseball Club.Â
PERSONAL:Â Plans on majoring in Business at Xavier. He is the son of Susan Pierce Eppley and James Eppley and has three siblings, James, Grace and Hope. His father played baseball collegiately at Oberlin.
PRIOR TO XAVIER: A right-handed pitcher from Union, Ky., who attended Ryle High School and played for head coach Joe Aylor... Helped Ryle to a 25-11 record and a district championship in 2023, and in 2022, helped the team to an 18-15 record and a district runner-up finish...Finished the 2022 season with 35 strikeouts in 14.1 innings pitched...Has over 10 years of experience playing club baseball with ATY Baseball Club.Â
PERSONAL:Â Plans on majoring in Business at Xavier. He is the son of Susan Pierce Eppley and James Eppley and has three siblings, James, Grace and Hope. His father played baseball collegiately at Oberlin.
HIGHLIGHTS | Baseball at No. 8 Arkansas (Game 3)
Sunday, February 22
HIGHLIGHTS | Baseball at No. 8 Arkansas (Game 2)
Saturday, February 21
HIGHLIGHTS | Baseball at No. 8 Arkansas (Game 1)
Saturday, February 21
HIGHLIGHTS | Baseball at No. 15 Louisville
Wednesday, February 18




