Palmer Sapp
Palmer Sapp
Title: Director of Player Development
Year: 1st season
Previous College: Georgia College & State University '23

Sapp enters his first season with the Hurricanes as the Director of Player Development. He will work primarily with the hitters and infielders.

Sapp began his collegiate career at North Greenville University in the 2019 season. Sapp was a part of a conference championship while playing in 12 games.

Following his freshman year, Sapp transferred to Georgia Highlands College for his sophomore season. During the spring of 2020, Sapp played in 21 games prior to the season being called short due to the COVID-19 shutdown. During those 21 games, he helped his team to a 21-4 record while grabbing 23 hits in 57 at bats, with a slash line of .404 /.527 /.719 along with 21 RBI’s, five doubles, two triples, three home runs, and eight stolen bases.

Due to COVID-19, Sapp decided to return to GHC for the 2021 season. During that season, Sapp played in 55 games grabbing 67 hits in 165 at bats finishing the season with a slash line of .406 /.510 /.667 along with 52 RBI’s, 15 doubles, five triples, six home runs, 34 walks, and 11 stolen bases. Sapp helped lead the GHC baseball team to their first Regular Season Conference Championship with a 42-15 overall record and a Top 10 ranking in JUCO. During the 2021 season, Sapp finished the season as the only player in the GCAA Conference to finish Top 10 in all offensive categories throughout the conference. He was named First Team All Conference Shortstop as well as mentioned on the list of Top 150 Juco players in the nation.

Following Sapp’s JUCO career, he played his Junior and Senior seasons at Georgia College and State University. During his two seasons, Sapp was an everyday infielder for the Bobcats. He started 51 games as a Junior and 41 games as a Senior. During Sapp's career at GCSU he batted .290 (.317 in conference play) along with 20 doubles, two triples, and eight home runs.

Sapp graduated from GCSU with a degree in Criminal Justice in the Spring of 2023.

Sapp is the grandson and son of four GSW alumni. His father, Dwayne Sapp, was a student athlete at GSW participating on the baseball, basketball, golf, and tennis teams.