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Jersey Number 8
Sam Canton
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Port Orchard, Wash.
- High School:
- South Kitsap HS
All-Summit League Honorable Mention (2024, 2025)
2025 Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team
2025 Fayetteville NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
2025 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
2025 SEASON (SENIOR): Appeared in 44 games with 43 starts…Posted a .288 batting average, .431 slugging percentage and .385 on-base percentage…Totaled 46 hits, including eight doubles and five home runs…Ranked third on the team with 28 RBI and added 20 runs…Recorded a team-high nine multiple RBI games and notched 11 multiple hit games…Posted a .295 batting average over 28 starts with 31 hits, including a team-best four home runs in Summit League play…Selected to the All-Summit League Honorable Mention list…Named to the Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team…Earned a spot on the Fayetteville NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team after recording a .545 batting average with a team-best six hits and three runs...Selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR): The only player on the roster to appear in and start all 51 games…Totaled a team-high 47 RBI…Tallied a team-best 14 multiple RBI games…Contributed a team-best seven home runs…Registered a .277 batting average with 52 hits, including eight doubles and one triple…Posted 16 multiple hit games…Notched a .441 slugging percentage and .393 on-base percentage…Added 35 runs…Recorded a team-high 28 RBI with a .320 batting average in Summit League play…Tabbed the Summit League Player of the Week on May 13 after helping NDSU to a series win over South Dakota State with a .455 batting average…Selected to the Summit League All-Tournament Team...Named to the All-Summit League Honorable Mention list.
PRIOR TO NDSU: Spent two seasons at Gonzaga from 2022-23…Appeared in 35 games with eight starts…Totaled eight RBI, seven hits and six runs.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at South Kitsap High School…Notched a .337 batting average with .464 on-base percentage in his career…Was a First Team All-League selection in his sophomore and junior seasons…Also played football, basketball and golf…Earned All-League honors in both football and golf…Made an appearance in the golf state championship in his sophomore season.
PERSONAL: Son of LeAnne and Eric Canton…Eric played football at Washington…Has one sister, Sophia, and one brother, Cooper.
2025 Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team
2025 Fayetteville NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
2025 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
2025 SEASON (SENIOR): Appeared in 44 games with 43 starts…Posted a .288 batting average, .431 slugging percentage and .385 on-base percentage…Totaled 46 hits, including eight doubles and five home runs…Ranked third on the team with 28 RBI and added 20 runs…Recorded a team-high nine multiple RBI games and notched 11 multiple hit games…Posted a .295 batting average over 28 starts with 31 hits, including a team-best four home runs in Summit League play…Selected to the All-Summit League Honorable Mention list…Named to the Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team…Earned a spot on the Fayetteville NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team after recording a .545 batting average with a team-best six hits and three runs...Selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR): The only player on the roster to appear in and start all 51 games…Totaled a team-high 47 RBI…Tallied a team-best 14 multiple RBI games…Contributed a team-best seven home runs…Registered a .277 batting average with 52 hits, including eight doubles and one triple…Posted 16 multiple hit games…Notched a .441 slugging percentage and .393 on-base percentage…Added 35 runs…Recorded a team-high 28 RBI with a .320 batting average in Summit League play…Tabbed the Summit League Player of the Week on May 13 after helping NDSU to a series win over South Dakota State with a .455 batting average…Selected to the Summit League All-Tournament Team...Named to the All-Summit League Honorable Mention list.
PRIOR TO NDSU: Spent two seasons at Gonzaga from 2022-23…Appeared in 35 games with eight starts…Totaled eight RBI, seven hits and six runs.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at South Kitsap High School…Notched a .337 batting average with .464 on-base percentage in his career…Was a First Team All-League selection in his sophomore and junior seasons…Also played football, basketball and golf…Earned All-League honors in both football and golf…Made an appearance in the golf state championship in his sophomore season.
PERSONAL: Son of LeAnne and Eric Canton…Eric played football at Washington…Has one sister, Sophia, and one brother, Cooper.
Vanderbilt vs. NDSU Baseball Highlights - March 8, 2026
Wednesday, March 11
NDSU Baseball Postgame Press Conference (NCAA Regional vs Creighton) - June 1, 2025
Sunday, June 01
NDSU Baseball Postgame Press Conference (NCAA Regional vs Kansas) - May 31, 2025
Sunday, June 01
NDSU Baseball Postgame Press Conference - NCAA Regional vs No. 3 Arkansas - May 30, 2025
Friday, May 30
