The University of Mississippi Athletics
2025 Baseball Roster
Sanford, Mitchell
Jersey Number 4
Mitchell Sanford
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 210
- Experience:
- TR
- Hometown:
- Berwick, La.
- High School:
- Berwick
- Prev. College:
- New Orleans
- Major:
- Cert. in Intercollegiate Athletic Admin.
Bio
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
| • 2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region First Team • 2025 Oxford Regional All-Tournament Team • 2024 Southland Hitter of the Year • 2024 First Team All-Southland • 2024 Southland All-Defensive Team • 2024 ABCA First Team All-South Region • 2023 Second Team All-Southland • 2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll |
2025 (Senior): Appeared and started in all 64 games for the Rebels (40 in left field, 15 in right field, and seven in center field) ... Was the only player to start all 64 games for Ole Miss ... Tied for the team lead in runs scored (66), total bases (151), and triples (4) ... Finished second on the team in batting average (.317), slugging percentage (.606), hits (79), and stolen bases (13) ... Was third on the team in on base percentage (.423), doubles (13), home runs (17), and walks (39) ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI against Eastern Kentucky (2/23) ... Went 2-for-6 with a home run, a double, three RBI, and two runs scored against Southern Miss (2/25) ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI against Wright State (2/28) ... Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI against Jacksonville State (3/9) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, four RBI, and two runs scored against Arkansas (3/14) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, and three runs scored against Arkansas (3/16) ... Went 2-for-4 with two triples and two RBI against Southern Miss (3/18) ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, and three runs scored at Missouri (3/22) ... Went 3-for-5 with two home runs, three runs scored, and two RBI against Florida (3/28) ... Scored five times and drew three walks against Jackson State (4/1) ... Went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two RBI, and two runs scored at South Carolina (4/19) ... Went 2-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI, and two runs scored against UT Martin (5/13) ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored against Auburn (5/17) ... Hit .476 (10-for-21) with two home runs, seven RBI, and seven runs scored at the Oxford Regional (5/30-6/2) ... Went 2-for-5 with two home runs, two RBI, and two runs scored against Western Kentucky at the Oxford Regional (5/31) ... Went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored against Murray State at the Oxford Regional (6/1)
NEW ORLEANS (2023-2024): Appeared in 117 games, starting 116… Hit .351 over two seasons for the Privateers, tallying 154 hits, scoring 94 runs… Hit 23 home runs and had 128 RBI… Tallied 31 doubles and seven triples… Slugged .610 and had a .428 on-base percentage… 2024 Southland Hitter of the Year… Earned 2024 ABCA All-Region and All-Louisiana First Team honors… Had 24 multi-hit games and 20 multi-RBI games in 2024… Was a Southland All-Defensive Team selection… 2023 Second-Team All-Southland selection… Finished second in the Southland in RBI in 2023.
UT-ARLINGTON (2022): Appeared in four games, making three starts at center field…Hit .167 in six at-bats…drove in three runs…suffered season-ending injury at Incarnate Word (3/12/22).
LSU (2020-2021): Played in 45 games, making 16 starts… Hit .265 with two doubles, one triple, one homer, 13 RBI and 18 runs.
HIGH SCHOOL: A two-time all-state selection and four-time all-district selection at Berwick… Named the state championship MVP in his junior year … Voted the 2019 Hitter of the Year in Class 3A and the 2019 Louisiana All-Star Game MVP … Batted .427 in his senior season with 12 doubles, 7 triples and six homers … An honors graduate at Berwick High and a four-year football letterman at quarterback.
PERSONAL: Full name is Mitchell James Sanford… Son of Dan and Raegan Sanford… Has one sister, Novalyn… Born January 30, 2001.
PRESSER | Mike Bianco & Luke Hill - Oxford Regional Final vs. Murray State (06-02-25)
Monday, June 02
HIGHLIGHTS: Baseball vs. Murray State_NCAA Regional (6/2/25)
Monday, June 02
Brayden Randle Hits First HR of The Season vs Murray State
Monday, June 02
Judd Utermark Sixth HR Of The Regional
Monday, June 02
