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Wayne State University Athletics

2026 Baseball Roster

Izzy Rincon
Izzy Rincon
Taylor Carrow
David Thurman
Izzy Rincon
Romer Santacruz
Romer Santacruz
Zack Belsky/WSU Athletics
Zack Belsky/WSU Athletics
Zack Belsky/WSU Athletics

6 Caleb Sanders

6 Caleb Sanders

  • Position:
    OF
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    170
  • Letters:
    1
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Eastpointe, Mich.
  • High School:
    Detroit Edison Public School Academy (Dayton)

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Saw action in 50 of the team's 55 games (45 starts) during the 2025 season, his first after transferring from Dayton ... collected Second Team All-GLIAC honors and his first career GLIAC Player of the Week (April 7) during the campaign.

2025:  Garnered Second Team All-GLIAC honors ... named GLIAC Player of the Week on April 7 after a five-game stretch in which he hit .600 (9-for-15) with an OPS of 1.617 (.684 OBP + .933 SLG) ... played in 50 of the team's 55 games with 45 starts, including 34 in left field, six in right and five in center ... 12 of those 45 starts came out of the two spot in the lineup, tied with Jacoby Dale for the most on the team in that slot ... hit .301 (46-for-153) with an .887 OPS (second among regulars), 32 runs scored, 11 doubles (third on the team), three triples (tied-for-first), three home runs, 29 RBI, 72 total bases, 24 walks, seven hit-by-pitches (second), one sac fly, six sacrifice hits (first), and a perfect 11 stolen bases in 11 attempts while slugging .471 (second among regulars) with a .416 on-base percentage (third among regulars) ... only got better at the plate as the season progressed as he hit .125 (2-for-16) in February and .282 (11-for-39) in March before rising up to .337 (33-for-98) in April and May combined ... season average rose to as high as .333 on two occasions, April 11 and April 25 ... recorded the longest reached-base streak of any Warrior with a stretch of 22 straight, a span that lasted over a calendar month from March 14 to April 18 ... during that time alone, he raised his season average from .208 to .323 while hitting .380 (27-for-71) to do so ... within that 22-game stretch came his longest hitting streak of the season at eight games, March 29 to April 11, a span in which he hit a blistering .519 (14-for-27) ... tied-for-first with Owen Tuccinardi among Warriors in multi-RBI games with nine ... notched one of the team's five-plus RBI outings (each by a different player) on April 8 at Findlay (2-for-3, 4 R, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB, 1 HBP, 1 SF) ... that day, he walked in a run in the fourth, singled up the middle to score a pair in the seventh, and came up again in the seventh to plate two with another base knock to center field ... also recorded a three-RBI effort in the final home game of the season, May 4 against Parkside (3-for-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 HBP) ... that contest, he singled in a run in the sixth with a base knock to left field and doubled in two more with a hit to center in the seventh ... registered 13 multi-hit performances including 10 with two base knocks and three with a trio of hits ... aside from that 3-for-3 day against the Rangers on May 4, finished with three hits in back-to-back games on April 5 (3-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 HBP) and 6 (3-for-4, 1 R, 3 SB, 1 HBP) vs. Roosevelt ... the second of those two showings raised his season average above the .300 mark (.314) for good ... in league games alone (24 played, 24 started), he hit .351 (27-for-77), which was good for 11th in the GLIAC ... fielded at a .960 percentage on 101 chances with 95 putouts, two assists and four errors ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2024:  Appeared in five games for Dayton ... recorded hits against Bowling Green (3/13) and at Akron (4/16), along with an RBI vs. the Zips ... stole a base at Richmond (5/3).

2023:  Redshirted at the University of Dayton.

High School:  A 2022 graduate of Detroit Edison Public School Academy ... was a four-year varsity letterwinner for coach Mark Brown ... produced a double in the 2022 MHSAA Division 3 state championship game against Buchanan ... earned First Team All-State honors as a senior ... was a two-year team captain ... garnered Academic Honor Roll recognition all four years ... played summer ball for the South Oakland A's and coach John Young.

Personal:  Full name -- Caleb J. Sanders ... born on June 22, 2004, in Eastpointe, Mich. ... son of Corey and Kimberly Sanders ... father was a football letterwinner at Grand Valley State ... has an older brother, Cameron ... is majoring in Management ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2024 and Winter 2025.
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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2025Redshirt Sophomore

    OF
    5'10" 165 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2026Redshirt Junior

    OF
    5'10" 170 lbs
    6