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Wayne State University Athletics

2026 Baseball Roster

Romer Santacruz
Taylor Carrow
Taylor Carrow
(C) Douglas Johnson
(C) Douglas Johnson
(C) Douglas Johnson
Emily Stetz
Emily Stetz
Romer Santacruz
Emily Stetz

13 Drew Hill

13 Drew Hill

  • Position:
    RF
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    193
  • Letters:
    3
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.
  • High School:
    Grosse Pointe North

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Played in an even 100 games, with 94 starts, across first two seasons with the program ... voted GLIAC Freshman Player of the Year and Second Team All-GLIAC following freshman campaign in 2024 ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team after the 2025 season ... added a second All-GLIAC accolade to his name with a First Team nod in 2026.

2026:  Recognized as First Team All-Region by three organizations, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) ... garnered GLIAC All-Tournament Team honors after hitting .333 (7-for-21) in four games with seven runs scored, one double, two home runs, six RBI, 14 total bases, and four stolen bases in four attempts ... selected First Team All-GLIAC for first time in collegiate career ... named GLIAC Player of the Week for the first time in his career on March 16 after hitting .478 (11-for-23) as Wayne State went 6-0 during its annual trip to the RussMatt Invitational in Florida ... slugged .913 while getting on-base at a .556 clip for a 1.469 OPS in those six contests ... for the season as a whole, was among the team's top three for several statistical categories as he was the only player on the squad to start all 53 of the team's games, including 48 starts in right field, three as the designated hitter, one in left, and one in center ... never started lower than fifth in the batting order or higher than second ... that rundown includes two starts in the two hole, 26 at third, 21 at cleanup, and four in the five hole ... hit .393 (first on the squad) with 77 hits (first), 196 at-bats (first), 50 runs scored (second), 10 doubles, five triples (first), 11 home runs (second), 53 RBI (second), 130 total bases (first), 36 walks (third), one hit-by-pitch, four sac flies (tied-for-first), and 11 stolen bases (tied-for-third) in 13 attempts ... recorded a team-best 1.144 OPS, which included a .663 slugging percentage and .481 on-base percentage, both of which were also tops among those in the Green and Gold ... registered multiple hits in nearly half of his games played with 25, first on the team by six contests, including 14 outings with two hits and 11 with three base knocks ... tied with Owen Tuccinardi for the team lead in multi-RBI games with 15, one of which saw him tally four runs driven in, March 9 against Minnesota State down in Florida ... homered twice in a pair of performances, April 19 at Roosevelt and May 8 against Purdue Northwest, day two of the GLIAC Tournament ... stole 11 bags, more than his first two seasons combined when he finished with two and five, respectively ... four of those 11 steals came in one game, May 9 against Parkside on day three of the GLIAC Tournament ... no one had accomplished that feat in a single game since April of 2023 ... longest hitting streak of the season was 10 (April 11-25), tied-for-second on the team ... in those two weeks, he went 22-for-42 (.524 batting average) with 13 runs scored, 15 RBI, three doubles, two triples, three home runs, six walks, two stolen bases, and only four strikeouts ... that span of games raised his average for the season from .411 to .443, the highest it would be for the remainder of the season ... reached base in as many as 22 games in a row at one point, April 3 to May 9, the third-best mark on the squad ... also got on base for a chain of 17 straight contests (Feb. 28-April 2), a mark that would be tied-for-fourth on the squad by itself ... finished with a shiny .990 fielding percentage on 102 chances with 97 putouts, four assists and just one error ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2025:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... only member of the Green and Gold to play in all 55 of the team's games, including 52 starts ... those 52 starting lineups included 35 in right field, 15 in left field and two as the designated hitter ... showed extreme lineup versatility as one of only two Warriors (Caleb Sanders) to start in all nine spots of the batting order ... started in the lead-off spot for 17 games and the six hole for 10 contests, both of which were first for WSU ... tied-for-first with Ty Garza for starts in the seventh slot with eight ... finished with a .240 batting average (41-for-171), .829 OPS, 36 runs scored (tied-for-second on the team), 14 doubles (second), two triples (tied-for-third), six home runs (tied-for-first), 30 RBI, 77 total bases (tied-for-second), a .450 slugging percentage (third among regulars), 35 walks (first, eight more than second-best mark), four hit-by-pitches, a .379 on-base percentage, one sac fly, five sacrifice hits (tied-for-second), and five stolen bases (5-for-7) ... registered multiple hits in 10 games including eight with two base knocks and two with three of them ... those two three-hit performances came on April 5 against Roosevelt (3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 HBP) and April 29 at Purdue Northwest (3-for-4, 3 R, 4 RBI 2 HR) ... two of six home runs on the year came in that game at PNW, a solo blast down the right field line in the third inning and a two-run shot to right in the fifth ... drove in multiple runs in six efforts including two outings with two RBI, three with three driven in and the one four-RBI game against the Pride just listed ... longest hitting streak was four contests (Feb. 8-24) and best reached-base streak was 15 straight (March 29-April 18) ... hit .295 (13-for-44) in that 15-game span with 13 runs scored, 11 RBI, five doubles, one home run, 19 walks (of 35 walks for the season), one stolen base, one hit-by-pitch, four of season's 10 multi-hit games, and two of campaign's six two-plus RBI outings ... highest average in that stretch was .263 on April 5, the best it'd been since .271 on March 12 and best it'd  be for the rest of the season ... made two pitching appearances including a start before coming out of the bullpen once ... start on March 11 against Minnesota State (1.1 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 1 SO) and relief outing on March 21 at Florida Southern (1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 36 pitches) ... fielded at a .951 percentage on 103 chances with 90 putouts, eight assists and five errors ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2024:  Named GLIAC Freshman Player of the Year (second Warrior in a row, third in the last five awarded and sixth all time) and Second Team All-GLIAC ... played in 45 of the team's 50 games including 42 starts ... those 42 starting lineup nods featured 33 in right field, six as the designated hitter (seven games total), two in left field and one as the starting pitcher ... hit .327 (50-for-153) with 24 runs scored, 15 doubles, two home runs, 33 RBI, 71 total bases, 25 walks, two sacrifice flies and two stolen bases in five attempts ... recorded a .464 slugging percentage and .417 on-base clip to combine for an .881 OPS ... was top four on the team in the four major miscellaneous categories including multi-RBI games (tied-for-first with nine), reached-base streak (second - 14), hitting streak (tied-for-third with eight) and multi-hit games (fourth - 13) ... reached base safely in each of his first nine games, a span in which he hit .387 (12-for-31) ... first four-hit performance of career came on April 19 against Grand Valley State when he was 4-for-5 with a run scored and two driven in ... that outing raised his season average to .346, the highest it'd been since climbing to .361 on March 30 at GVSU ... was hitting .375 through 11 games and .364 through 18 of them ... the four-hit outing against the Lakers capped his eight-game hitting streak (April 7-19), which was part of his 14-game reached-base streak (April 6-27), an eight-outing period in which he hit .441 (15-for-34) with eight runs, nine RBI, three doubles and four walks ... that streak also featured his first four-RBI game, April 13 at Parkside in game one of that doubleheader ... defensively, registered a .955 fielding percentage with 59 putouts and four assists to just three errors on 66 chances ... that one start on the bump came at Saginaw Valley State on April 9 ... threw one inning with one earned run allowed on two hits, one walk and one strikeout on 24 pitches ... Game-By-Game Stats.

High School:  A 2023 graduate of Grosse Pointe North ... was a three-year letterwinner for the Norsemen ... helped GPNHS to two Macomb Area Conference White Division titles ... earned MHSBCA All-State, All-District, All-Region and All-MAC honors ...  batted .444 with 25 RBI as a junior ... selected MAC White Division MVP in both baseball and football ... belted 10 home runs as a sophomore ... also played football and basketball for the Norsemen ... received Detroit Free Press All-State honors in football after leading the squad in interceptions (4) and tackles per game (43-42-85), while also contributing eight pass break-ups and rushing for 405 yards ... named to the MHSFCA Division 3 All-Region team ... served as a team captain in all three sports, including two years in football.

Personal:  Full name -- Andrew J. Hill ... born on March 12, 2005, in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. ... son of Jason and Lindsay Hill ... father played baseball at Aquinas College (1998-99), while mother played basketball for the Saints ... father ranks among the all-time at AC in fewest strikeouts in a season (3 in 1998) ... has two brothers, Tyler and Brennan ... Tyler is currently on the roster at Davenport after having played at Lansing CC and Ball State ... is majoring in Finance ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Winter 2024 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2024.
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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2024Freshman

    DH/OF/LHP
    5'11" 190 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2025Sophomore

    OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2026Junior

    RF
    5'10" 193 lbs
    13