2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
Gatlin Sanders
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 185
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Madison, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Madison Central HS / Jones JC
2025 (Junior) - Mississippi State
Made 47 appearances with 42 starts, all at second base โฆ Batted .317 on the season with five doubles and 23 RBIs ... Only committed four errors in 152 chances in the field (.974 fielding percentage)ย โฆ Scored two runs and earned one RBI vs. Southern Miss (3/5)ย ย โฆ Went 2-for-3 with one RBI and stole both of his bases on the season vs. Queens (3/8) โฆ Hit a double and scored a run vs. Old Dominion (3/11) in Biloxiย โฆ Drove in two RBIs vs. Jackson State (3/18) โฆ Went 2-for-2 with a double vs. Samford (3/25) โฆ Went 2-for-2 with two RBIs vs. Southern (4/15) โฆ Collected four putouts vs. Kentucky (5/4) โฆ Tallied seven assists and went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIsย vs. Northeastern (5/30) in the Tallahassee Regional.
Was named All-MACCC Honorable Mention and helped his team win 41 games โฆ Started all 55 games he appeared in during his sophomore season ... He had the second-best batting average on the team, hitting .356 (67-for-188) โฆ Of his 67 hits, 21 went for extra-base hits, 20 doubles and 1 triple โฆ Drove in 32 runs on the season โฆ Led the team with 21 stolen bases.
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2023 (Freshman) โ Jones JC
Named Second Team All-MACCC โฆ Named 2022-23 NJCAA All-Academic First Team honoree โฆ Started and appeared in 50 games for Jones College as a true freshman โฆ Led the team with a .401 batting average (73-for-182) โฆ Had 22 extra-base hits, 15 doubles, six home runs, one triple โฆ Led the team in RBIs (51) and runs scored (53) โฆ Led the team in multi-hit games (21) and multi-RBI games (14)โฆ Stole ten bases.
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High Schoolย
Played for Madison Central High School in Madison, Miss. under coach Patrick Robey โฆ Helped his team win a State Championship title in 2021 โฆ Named All-State in 2022 โฆ Ended his senior season with 15 doubles, a home run and 10 stolen bases to post a .401 batting average โฆ Had a .441 batting average with 10 doubles and 25 stolen bases in his junior year.
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Personalย
Full name is Gatlin Mackenzie Sanders โฆ Born November 30, 2003, in Madison Miss. โฆ Son of Richard and Ashley Sanders โฆ Has on sister Anna โฆ His grandfather Russ Gatlin played baseball for Mississippi State ... Majoring in mechanical engineering.ย
