2014 Baseball Roster
Mitch Elliott
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Wexford, Pa.
- High School:
- Pine Richland
2014 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2014 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2014: Missed significant portion of season due to a leg injury, but left his mark in 23 games played ... Named the BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player and BIG EAST All-Tournament after going 8-for-18 (.444) at the dish, with two extra-base hits, four RBIs and three runs scored to lead Xavier to the BIG EAST Championship in its first season in the league ... Was 2-for-4 in the Musketeers' 5-0 win over Creighton in the title game ... Had a three-hit, three RBI effort in Xavier's victory over St. John's, plus a hit and RBI in the Musketeers' semifinal victory over Seton Hall ... Drove in one run and scored twice to help Xavier best Clemson, 6-4, in an elimination game of the Nashville Regional in the NCAA Tournament ... Put together four-straight multi-hit games against Norfolk State, Furman and two against No. 12 North Carolina ... Registered a total of 10 multi-hit games in just 23 games played ... Batted .307 with 12 runs, 10 RBIs and 12 stolen bases.
2014 Game-by-Game Statistics
2013: Played in 37 contests, earning nine starts on the year ... Started the first three games of the A-10 Championship ... Made a spectacular running catch that ended with a flip over the right-field railing in XU's opening round win of the Atlantic 10 Championship over 5th-seeded GW that resulted in the No. 9 play on ESPN's Sports Center Top 10 ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in the Musketeers' 7-6 win over No. 1 St. Louis in A-10 Tourney ... Scored three runs, two RBIs and two hits against St. Bonaventure.
2012: Started 47 times in 53 games played ... Hit .279 on the season with 27 runs scored and 17 RBI's ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in the season-opener at No. 3 North Carolina ... Combined for four hits, two RBIs and two runs scored in a pair of games against Michigan ... Had a 3-for-4 performance against Sacred Heart ... Connected on a pair of hits to drive in a season-high four runs and scored twice versus Western Illinois ... Had a pair of hits and scored twice against Charlotte ... Collected four hits and scored a pair of runs in the weekend series at Richmond ... Batted .500 (6-for-12) in the Rhode Island series, while driving in four runs and scoring three times ... Went on a season-high 10-game hitting streak that started in the final game of the Fordham series (April 29) and lasted through the second game against St. Joe's (May 18).
2011: Played in 18 games in 2011 and earned a .333 batting average ... Posted a career-high in hits and runs with four of each against Yale (March 6).
Prior to Xavier: Three-year varsity member of both baseball and football teams ... Received All-Section baseball honors for two years ... Had 20 stolen bases and 20 hits two years in a row ... Had a .500 batting average his senior year ... Lead his conference in runs and hitting percentage his senior year ... Senior year baseball team amassed a 25-4 record under head coach Kurt Wolfe ... Awarded All-Conference honors in football senior year ... First-team academic All-Conference honoree as well.
Personal: Public relations major ... Born Jan. 3, 1991 in Peoria, Ill. ... Was high school teammates with current XU baseball player Vinny Nottoli ... Father played baseball at Lincoln College and Illinois Weslyan ... Parents are Tye and Elizabeth Elliot
| CAREER HIGHS | ||
| At Bats | 5 | Six times, most recentat GeorgeWashington(May 13, 2012) |
| Hits | 4 | vs.Yale (March 6, 2011) |
| Runs | 4 | vs. Yale (March 6, 2011) |
| Doubles | 1 | Eight times, most recent vs. St. Joseph's(May 17, 2012) |
| Triples | 1 | Three times, most recent at Rhode Island (April 21, 2012) |
| Home Runs | 1 | Twice, most recent at Rhode Island (April 21, 2012) |
| RBIs | 4 | at Western Illinois(March 23, 2012) |
| Walks | 2 | vs. St. Joseph's (May 17, 2012) |
| Strikeouts | 4 | atNorth Carolina(February 18, 2012) |
| Sac hits | 2 | atMiami (OH)(April 10, 2012) |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | vs.Michigan (March 3, 2012) |
| HBP | 1 | Three times, most recent at Richmond (April 8, 2012) |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | Seven times, most recent atLa Salle(May 4, 2012) |
| Putouts | 6 | atRichmond (April 7, 2012) |
| Assist | 1 | Four times, most recent at Cincinnati (April 25, 2012) |
| Errors | 2 | Twice, most recentat Western Illinois (March 24, 2012) |
