As the Arizona Wildcats and their new coaching staff look for an identity in 2016, one guy that can help in a multitude of ways is junior Sawyer Gieseke.
Gieseke came to Arizona by way of the University of San Francisco, where he played in only four games for the Dons as a freshman in 2014. After being born in Mesa, he went to high school at Las Lomas in Walnut Creek, CA, but made his way back to the Grand Canyon State in 2015.
In his sophomore campaign, he was primarily used as a late-game defensive replacement for JJ Matijevic at first base, as Andy Lopez continued to overdo it with the in-game moves.