Hall of Fame
One of the best baserunners and leadoff hitters in Husson University baseball program history, Sandy McCuaig ’98 played shortstop and centerfield for hall of fame member John "JK" Kolasinski '85 from 1994-1997.
The four-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-District 5 honoree hit .387 (229-591) with 181 runs, 33 doubles, 18 triples, six home runs, 110 RBI and 95 stolen bases in 152 career games played. Additionally, he showcased great plate discipline, recording 72 career walks and 34 strikeouts, while posting a .466 on-base percentage, a .535 slugging percentage and a stolen base percentage of .941.
At the end of his playing days, the 1994 Maine Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year was the program’s all-time career leader in games played, at bats (591), runs scored, hits (229), doubles, total bases (316), walks, stolen bases, stolen base attempts (101) and the single-season leader in games played (45 in 1995), at-bats (181 in 1995), runs scored (51 in 1995), doubles (14 in 1996), triples (six in 1996 and 1997), stolen bases (35 in 1995), stolen base attempts (35 in 1995) and stolen base percentage (1.000 in 1995).
At the time of his induction, the four-time MAC all-conference selection ranked among the program's top-10 career leaders in games played (eighth), at bats (second), runs scored (first), hits (second), doubles (tied for fourth), triples (second), RBI (eighth), total bases (second), walks (tied fourth), times hit by pitch (15, tied for sixth), stolen bases (first), stolen base attempts (first), batting average (eighth) and on-base percentage (ninth). He also held the program’s single-season records for games played, stolen bases, stolen base attempts and stolen base percentage and the program’s record for most triples hit in a single-game when he ripped three against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1994.
Additionally, McCuaig was the second student-athlete in program history since 1955 to hit .400 or higher in three different seasons, joining fellow hall of fame member John Sinclair in this exclusive club after hitting .432 as a freshman, .403 as a junior and .404 as a senior.
In addition to being a two-time NAIA All-American honorable mention honoree (1996, 1997), McCuaig was named a NAIA academic All-American in 1996 and 1997, becoming the first player in program history and Husson University Athletics history to receive All-American status on the field and in the classroom in back-to-back seasons.
He was a two-time NAIA all-northeast regional selection, earned Collegiate Baseball Magazine Easton Reflex Defense award once and was named NAIA district player of the year in 1997.
The two-time captain was the fifth member of the 1995 Baseball Team - that was inducted into the hall of fame in 2015 as a team - to be inducted as an individual, joining Kolasinski, assistant coach Frank Peckham '93, Bill Swift ‘95, Mark Hreben '96, Troy Martin '95 and Roy Peary '98 as individual members of the Husson University Sports Hall of Fame.
McCuaig became the first player in program history to have his number retired when Husson University retired the baseball jersey #11 on April 30, 2000.
The 1997 MAC player of the year helped the Braves win 86 games, three MAC championships (1994, 1995, 1997) and one NAIA New England Championship in 1995 with two NAIA national championship tournament appearances (1995 and 1996) during his time at Husson.
After being a four-year member of the Husson baseball program as a student-athlete, McCuaig spent one season as the Braves’ hitting coach and third-base coach. During his time as an assistant coach, he helped Husson capture one MAC championship in 1998, while working with fellow hall of fame members Aaron Largay '00, Don Sawyer ‘01, Roy Peary ’98, James Zukowski ‘00 and Jeremy Nelson, DPT ’00, ’01, ’11.
McCuaig earned an associate’s degree in accounting and a bachelor of science in business administration with an emphasis in sport management from Husson in 1998.
McCuaig is from Moncton, New Brunswick.
