Baseball

2023: Earned a regular starting role and played in all 41 games … Started year as starter at second base, but quickly took over the shortstop position … Hit .278 (44-for-158) with 38 runs, 31 RBI, nine doubles, eight triples, and five home runs … Ranked second on the team in runs and stolen bases and was 10-for-14 on steals … Tied the program’s single-season record with eight triples and finished one shy of matching the NCAC single-season record … Landed on D3baseball.com Team of the Week on March 1 following tying the program’s single-game triples record with two in season lid-lifter against Grove City (Feb. 25) … Opened year with four straight two-hit games and had seven RBI during that stretch … Hit .667 (8-for-12) over a four-game stretch spanning March 29-April 2 and landed back on D3baseball.com Team of the Week … Logged 11 RBI, seven walks, six runs scored, two doubles, two triples, and a home run from March 29 through April 2, which resulted in average shooting up from .231 to .313 and on-base percentage soaring to .421 from .298 … Stretch was headlined by 4-for-5 game with six RBI at Oberlin (April 2) … Finished a homer shy of the cycle against the Yeomen after tying single-game program record with four walks in opening game of twin bill … Tied the triples record against Ohio Wesleyan (April 19) … Went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBI in game one of Hiram (April 29) doubleheader and was a triple shy of the cycle … Named to the NCAC All-Tournament Team after leading Scots with 3-for-5 effort against Wittenberg (May 12).

2022: Played in 21 games with six starts … Expanded role to a two-way player and was a key postseason pitcher for the Scots … Offensively, hit .206 (7-for-34) with five RBI, four runs, and three walks … Had back-to-back two-RBI games against North Central (March 17) and Wis.-Stevens Point (March 21) … Made four pitching appearances on the year and posted a 3.38 ERA over 5 1/3 innings … Worked a scoreless inning against Crown (May 22) in an elimination game of Alton Regional … Fired 1 1/3 scoreless innings against national runner-up Salisbury (May 29) in winner-take-all game of Salisbury Super Regional to keep Scots in the hunt for title.

2021: Appeared in nine games, two of which were starts … Went 2-for-9 at the dish with two runs … Scored in collegiate debut versus Ohio Wesleyan (March 20) … Drew three walks versus Denison (March 28) … First collegiate hit went in the books as a double at Hiram (April 4).

Prior to Wooster: All-conference selection as a junior while prepping for Craig Kirschner at Avon High School … Three-year letterwinner in baseball … Also a member of the basketball and football teams.

Personal: Parents are Thomas and Angela Mitchell … Computer science major.