Hunter Elliott

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Position:
LHP
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 215
Experience:
2L
Hometown:
Tupelo, Miss.
High School:
Tupelo
Major:
General Business

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner
• 2025 NCBWA Third Team All-American
• 2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region Second Team
• 2025 Oxford Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2025 SEC Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2025 Dick Howser Trophy Pitcher of the Month (February)
• 2024 MLB Draft Pick (Round 20 - Los Angeles Dodgers)
• 2022 Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game, D1Baseball)
• 2022 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
• 2022 Coral Gables Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2022 All-SEC Freshman Team
• 2022 SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 12, Week 13)

2025 (Redshirt Junior): Appeared in 17 games, starting in 16 of them as the team's primary Friday night starter ... Led the team in ERA (2.94), opponent batting average (.197), wins (10), innings pitched (85.2), strikeouts (102), and pickoffs (13) ... Became just the fifth pitcher in program history to put together a 10+ win, 100+ strikeout season ... Became just the fifth pitcher in program history to post two 100-strikeout seasons in their Ole Miss career ... Led the nation in runners picked off with 13 total pickoffs ... Earned the win, allowing just two hits while striking out five batters over five innings against Arizona (2/14) ... Tied a career high with 10 strikeouts over six innings in a win over Eastern Kentucky (2/21) ... Earned a third-consecutive win, allowing just one hit and striking out seven batters over five innings against Wright State (2/28) ... Picked up the win with eight strikeouts and two earned runs allowed against Arkansas (3/14) ... Gave up just one earned run and struck out six over five innings in win over Vanderbilt (4/25) ... Gave up just two earned runs and struck out seven over 6.2 innings at Oklahoma (5/2) ... Earned a win and struck out 7+ in his final four starts of the season ... Gave up just two earned runs and struck out seven batters over 5.2 innings in win over Mississippi State (5/9) ... Worked seven scoreless and struck out eight batters in win over Auburn (5/15) ... Struck out eight batters and allowed one unearned run over 5.1 innings in win over Florida in the second round of the SEC Tournament (5/21) ... Struck out seven batters and allowed just one earned run over six innings in win over Western Kentucky at Oxford Regional (5/31) ... Worked a scoreless inning of relief against Murray State in final game of Oxford Regional (6/2)

2024 (Junior): Did not appear due to injury.

2023 (Sophomore): Made his first start on Opening Day against Delaware, working five innings and allowing two earned runs while striking out nine... Was sidelined due to elbow injury... Made another start against LSU (4/22), before having season-ending elbow surgery.

2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 20 games, making 12 starts and eight relief appearances… Finished second on the team in ERA (2.70) and strikeouts (102)… Posted a record of 5-3 while holding opponents to a .201 average over 80 innings of work… Did not allow a run in his first two collegiate appearances, working 1.1 innings of relief against Charleston Southern (2/20) and two innings against VCU (2/25)… Made his first collegiate start against ULM, allowing just two earned runs and three hits while striking out nine batters (3/1)… Worked three scoreless innings of relief in his SEC debut against Auburn (3/19)… Did not allow an earned run over 4.1 innings while striking out four batter in start against Kentucky (4/2)… Allowed just one earned run and struck out six batters over four innings in start against Mississippi State (4/22)… Went seven innings and picked up the win, allowing just one earned run with nine strikeouts in start against Missouri (5/7)… Picked up his second-consecutive win, allowing just one earned run with nine strikeouts over 6.2 innings of work against LSU (5/14)… Allowed just one earned run with eight strikeouts over five innings against Miami at Coral Gables Regional (6/5)… Put together his best performance of the season against Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg Super Regional title clinching game, working a career-high 7.1 scoreless innings and striking out a career-high 10 batters (6/12)… Picked up the win and allowed just one earned run over 6.1 innings of work in game two of the College World Series against Arkansas (6/20)… Started the National Championship title clinching game of the CWS Finals, allowing two earned runs and striking out six batters against Oklahoma (6/26)… Went 2-0 and allowed just four earned runs while racking up 28 strikeouts in his first collegiate postseason.

High School: Four-time letterwinner at Tupelo High School in Tupelo, Mississippi … Ranked the No. 203 overall prospect and No. 25 left-handed pitcher by Perfect Game ... Tabbed the No. 4 player in the state of Mississippi ... Competed at the 2020 National Showcase ... Garnered all-state honors in 2021 ... Was also named the district player of the year and the team MVP at THS ... A two-time all-district honoree ... Coached by Justin Reed.

Personal: Full name is Hunter Rece Elliott ... Son of Wally and Misty Elliott ... Born August 27, 2002 ... Has one brother, Hayden, and two sisters, Hayley and Hannah ... Father played baseball at Central Arkansas.