Sawyer Bridges was announced as the volunteer assistant with the College of Charleston baseball program on August 23, 2022. Bridges joins the Cougars following a stellar career at the University of South Carolina.
“Coach Bridges has a great heart for young men and is eager to learn and teach,” Holbrook said. “He possesses a wealth of knowledge both on and off the field. I am thrilled to add him to our coaching staff here at The College.”
A Summerville native, Bridges led Summerville High School to a 4A State Championship and was named the No. 5 high school prospect in the state of South Carolina by Baseball America and Perfect Game. He then played collegiately at South Carolina where he was named to the 2019 NCBWA Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List.
As a sophomore in 2018, Bridges posted a 1.35 ERA tossing 33.1 innings with a 2-1 record and striking out 25 batters. Over the course of his collegiate career, Bridges tossed 63 innings and struck out 61 hitters with a 4-2 record out of the bullpen.
Bridges began his coaching career his senior season with the Gamecocks in 2020 before transitioning to the P27 Academy in Lexington, S.C. where he served at the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator the last two seasons.
2024
Cougars won the CAA regular season title for the second time in the past three years and reached the conference tournament championship game ... Had 10 players selected to the all-conference team, including five on the first team ... Earned his 400th career win and 200th with the Cougars with a 17-8 win over Stony Brook on March 30 ... Seven players earned a CAA weekly award, and Cole Singsank was named the DI baseball, Perfect Game and NCBWA National Player of the Week on May 13 ... Cole Mathis was chosen the NCBWA National Hitter of the Week on April 29 ... Mathis was the highest Cougar ever taken in the MLB Draft when he was selected with the 54th pick (second round) by the Chicago Cubs ... Mathis is the seventh Charleston player taken in the draft under Holbrook ... Finished the regular season winning 25 of their final 28 games to earn the seventh 40-win season in program history ... Team won at least six in a row four times including a season-best nine in a row from April 9-23 ... Led the nation with 1.11 double plays turned per game and ranked third with 61 total twin killings ... At the plate the Cougars placed fifth nationally with 2.45 doubles per game and 12th with 135 total two-baggers ... Avery Neaves was seventh in the country with 25 doubles and also became just the second Cougar to hit for the cycle when he did so vs. Elon in the regular season finale ... Neaves was also on of seven Charleston players to have a two-home run game, joining Mathis, Singsank, Tyler Sorrentino, Trotter Harlan, Kevin Madden and Luke Wood
2023
Team ranked 28th nationally in walks per nine innings, 47th in stolen bases, 50th in WHIP, 59th in shutouts and 65th in doubles ... Top-three in the CAA in walks, doubles, shutouts, steals and triples ... Senior Ty Good was named CAA Pitcher of the Year, the second-consecutive Charleston pitcher to earn the honor ... Good led the CAA in strikeouts (93) for a second-straight season, as well as hits per nine innings ... Good finished his College of Charleston career third in strikeouts (274) and second in wins (25) ... Cole Mathis (3.45) and Trey Pooser (3.66) finished top-6 in the CAA in ERA ... Mathis was named an NCBWA Second Team All-American playing both ways ... Mathis led the Cougars at the plate in average, doubles, RBI, total bases, walks and OPS and led the Cougars on the mound in ERA ... Senior Conner Campbell finished second in the CAA with two complete games ... Ty Good, William Privette, Cole Mathis, Luke Wood and Trotter Harlan all earned All-CAA honors ... Good and Privette were named to the First Team ... Mathis, Wood and Harlan were named to the Second Team ... William Privette ranked 25th nationally with 10 saves ... Joseph Mershon finished 26th nationally with 5 triples and 38th nationally with just under one walk per game ... Junior William Privette was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 13th Round of the 2023 MLB Draft
