Southern Arkansas University Athletics

As successful academically as he was athletically, Etzikom, Alberta, Canada native Skyler Stromsmoe proved to be one of the program's most versatile players on the field and in the classroom. 

Stromsmoe's first season in Magnolia ended with the program's first championship, the 2006 Gulf South Conference Tournament title, of its NCAA membership and its second NCAA regional appearance. 

An All-GSC first-team selection in back-to-back seasons, Stromsmoe earned the plaudits at two different positions claiming the honor as an outfielder in 2006 and as a second baseman in 2007. In both of those seasons, Stromsmoe received CoSIDA Academic All-America honors as a third-team selection in '06 and as a first-team honoree in '07. His final season, Stromsmoe became a Daktronics/D2CCA All-Region First-Team selection. 

In his career at SAU, Stromsmoe hit .331 (145-for-438) with 30 doubles, six triples, six homeruns and 76 RBIs. He holds a top ten career ranking in hit-by-pitch (33) which includes a top ten single-season mark of 19. 

A speedster on the base paths, Stromsmoe swiped a total of 103 bases in 117 career attempts for a success rate of 88%. His 103 career stolen bases rank second all-time at SAU and make him one of just three players in program history to swipe 100+ bags in a career. Additionally, in 2007, Stromsmoe would steal a SAU single-season record 52 bases. He's one of five players to steal four bases in a single game and one of only two in program history to do it twice. 

Following his career as a Mulerider, the highly-versatile Stromsmoe signed with the San Francisco Giants as a free agent in 2007 and spent nine seasons totaling 576 games played at eight positions in the Giants' organization reaching as high as AAA Sacramento. He concluded his minor league playing career with 400 hits, including 75 doubles, nine triples and a dozen home runs in addition to scoring 243 runs, collecting 123 RBI, drawing 221 walks and stealing 60 bases.

He impacted internationally as well representing his home country of Canada in winning the Gold Medal at the Pan Am Games in 2011 and 2015 with Stromsmoe scoring the tying run on a wild game-ending sequence to secure the top podium spot in '15. Additionally, Stromsmoe helped lead the Canadians to a Bronze Medal finish at the 2011 World Cup.