*** 2017 Academic Honors Candidate ***

2017: Listed as a starter at “Buck” defensive end on preseason depth chart. He takes over the starting position held previously by Samson Ebukam, an All-American and fourth-round NFL draft choice (Los Angeles Rams).

2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He played in all 14 games as a junior, finishing with 20 tackles and a half-sack. He had a season-high five tackles against Cal Poly (11/5/16) and his half-sack came versus Northern Arizona (9/24/16). He was EWU’s special teams player of the week against Montana (10/29/16). He had two sacks and was fourth on the team with 10 total tackles in three spring scrimmages.

2015: Saugen played in all 11 Eastern games, and finished with 19 tackles. He had a season-high three tackles against Northern Iowa (9/12/15) to earn team defensive player of the week honors. He also had two tackles with a half-sack versus Idaho State (10/17/15).

2014: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Was one of eight Eagle true freshmen to see action, making his debut in EWU’s opener against Sam Houston State (8/23/14). He had a season-high seven tackles in his second collegiate game versus Montana Western (8/30/14), and had six late in the year versus Portland State (11/21/14). He recorded sacks versus North Dakota (11/1/14) and Montana (12/6/14).

HS: Graduated from North Central HS in 2014. He earned second team All-Greater Spokane League honors as a linebacker. In the nine-game regular season, Saugen was credited with 109 total tackles (55 solo), 12 1/2 tackles for loss, seven sacks, a fumble recovery, one forced fumble and a pass broken up. He also started at tight end and had 20 receptions for 268 yards and 3 touchdowns. He had a fumble recovery return for a TD versus Rogers in their 10th game of the season. Saugen also played basketball and track and field at North Central. He had bests of 6-0 in the high jump, 41-7 1/2 in the triple jump and 21-0 1/2 in the long jump as a senior in 2014. His Eastern teammate Jake Hoffman (’13) also attended North Central, as did former Eagle and current UW secondary coach Jimmy Lake.

Personal: Interdisciplinary studies major (liberal arts). Born 8/8/95 in Spokane, Wash. Parents are Steve and Theresa Saugen. Last name is pronounced “SAW-gun.”
 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2014	14	30	7	2	10-25	1-0	0	0-0
2015	11	19	3	0.5	2-5	0-0	0	0-0
2016	14	20	5	0.5	3-5	0-0	0	0-0
Totals	39	69	7	3.0	15-35	1-0	0	0-0