Conagher Sands

Height:
6-3
Weight:
215
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Centennial HS
Experience:
HS

Expected to battle Blake Wagenseller for starting nod as Cal Poly's designated hitter as a sophomore.

2019 -- Cal Poly's leading hitter as a true freshman with a .328 average en route to All-Big West honorable mention praise ... eight doubles, a pair of triples and two home runs with 26 RBIs ... played in 40 games with 33 starts, all as the Mustangs' DH ... 14 starts as the cleanup hitter and 10 more in the No. 5 spot in the batting order ... 12 multiple-hit games and eight multiple-RBI contests ... produced a 23-game hitting streak from April 2 through May 14, going 30-for-89 (.337) with seven doubles, a triple, one home run and 20 RBIs ... hitting streak was third-longest in Cal Poly's Division I history ... home runs were against UC Irvine (two-run home run in first inning) on May 12 and UC Santa Barbara (two-run shot to snap 1-1 tie in fifth inning) on May 24 ... team leader with 26 reached-base streak ... hit .317 in Big West games, .347 versus right-handers, .347 in home games and drove in seven runs in 10 opportunities with a runner on third base and less than two outs ... was named team's Scott Kidd Rookie of the Year ... played summer ball for Kelowna Falcons in West Coast League, hitting .224 with 13 hits in 16 games, including one home run at Port Angeles.

High School -- A .373 hitter with seven home runs and 30 RBI as a senior third baseman under head coach Dan Durham at Centennial High School in Bakersfield ... earned first-team All-Southwest Yosemite League honors for the second time and a spot on the Cal-Hi Sports all-state third team ... also landed on the Bakersfield Californian's All-Area first team ... led Golden Hawks to 17-12 record, second-place tie in the Southwest Yosemite League and a berth in the CIF-Central Section Division 1 playoffs ... hit .355 as a junior and .337 as a sophomore, collecting 26 doubles and knocking in 46 runs in the two seasons ... during his junior season hit 12 doubles and four home runs with 29 RBI and struck out just seven times in 120 plate appearances, on the way to first-team All-Southwest Yosemite League and second-team All-Area honors ... his sophomore-year numbers include 14 doubles, one homer, 17 RBI and 13 strikeouts in 116 plate appearances ... the Golden Hawks were 17-15 in 2017, finishing second in the Southwest Yosemite League and reaching the second round of the CIF-Central Section Division 1 playoffs ... selected to the 2017 17-Under USA?Baseball National Team Development Program and made Perfect Game's WWBA?World Championship all-tournament team ... in 2016, Sands was a 16-Under USA?Baseball SoCal National Team Identification Series selection ... also recruited by UC?Santa Barbara and CSU?Bakersfield, Sands wanted to be a Mustang because "I have known Larry Lee since I was 9. I would always sit and listen to him in the dugout. He is someone I have always looked up to" ... Sands claims to be the co-record holder for the Cooperstown Home Run Derby ... played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Blues, hitting .259 with five doubles, one home run and 16 RBI.

Personal -- Son of Eric Sands and Heather Harrison ... two sisters, Riley and Avery ... born in Bakersfield, Calif. ... majoring in business administration.