Nick Mitchell

Photo by: Maddi Sponsel/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Maddi Sponsel/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Levi Jones/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Grace Waggoner/Indiana Athletics

Position:
OF
Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
B/T:
L/R
Hometown:
Carmel, Ind.
High School:
Carmel

2024 (Junior Season – Indiana)
Stats: Finished tied for second in runs scored in the Big Ten (62) … top-10 in the league in walks (40) … tied for No. 45 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big Ten in sacrifice flies (6).

Season: Appeared in 54 games with 54 starts during his junior season … starts came at right field (47) and at designated hitter (7) … missed first six games of season due to broken hand (2/16-2/24) … first appearance of year came at Baylor (2/25) … singled up the middle in first at-bat of his IU career (2/25) … first career home run came in first at-bat of the home half against Troy (3/9) … hit .335 with 68 hits and 62 runs scored on the season … smashed five home runs and added 49 RBIs … tallied 19 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games … season best 12-game hitting streak (3/13-3/30) … hit a grand slam and finished with season high six RBIs vs. Butler – 1 (3/30) … went 4-for-5 with five runs scored and four RBIs in Friday victory at Maryland (4/5) … batting average peaked at .371 following the Rutgers series (4/28) … reached base safely in 43 of 47 regular season games

Career Notes and Records – Western Illinois
Hit .348 in 95 games at Western Illinois … totaled 131 hits in just two seasons while compiling 70 runs, 22 doubles and 38 stolen bases.

2023 (Sophomore Season – Western Illinois)
Awards: First Team All-Summit League

Season: Started in 49 games and hit .354 with 68 hits in 192 at-bats … totaled 17 doubles, 42 runs scored, four home runs and 24 runs batted in while stealing eight bases … tallied 20 multi-hit games including a four-hit contest vs. Southeast Missouri … went 9-for-18 with six runs batted in, two doubles, two triples and a home run at Texas Tech (2/24-26) … reached base safely in 30-straight contests … led the team in all offensive categories … first Western Illinois player to earn first team all-league honors since 2019.

2022 (Freshman Season – Western Illinois
Awards: Second Team All-Summit League … Summit League All-Freshman Team

Rankings: Summit League leader in stolen bases (30) … fifth in the Summit League in batting average (.342).

Season: Made 46 appearances, starting 45 games in the Leatherneck outfield… top-five among all Summit League hitters with a .342 batting average, which led the team… .792 OPS was top mark among Leatherneck hitters (min. 50 at-bats)… tied for the team lead with 28 runs scored… 63 hits, including eight extra-base hits and 26 RBIs… 19 multi-hit games, including five with three or more… team-leader in triples with two… hit the first home run of his career against St. Thomas on April 29, a two-run shot to center… finished that April 29 game 4-5 with three RBIs… committed just four errors across 80 chances… stole 30 bases, which was the top mark among all Summit League baserunners.

Prep/Personal
Prepped at Carmel High School under head coach Matt Buczkowski … hit .418 as a senior in 2021 with 33 hits across 95 plate appearances … totaled 35 runs scored, 17 runs batted in and four home runs for the Greyhounds … No. 60 overall prospect in the state of Indiana in the class of 2021 by Perfect Game … named first team all-MIC and an IHSBCA South All-Star as a senior … a summer league all-star in the Northwoods League (2022) and Cape Cod League (2023) … son of Bob and Teresa Mitchell … has one brother Jackson … intends to major in Liberal Studies at IU.