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 … Batted .317 on the season with five doubles and 23 RBIs ... Only committed four errors in 152 chances in the field (.974 fielding percentage) … Scored two runs and earned one RBI vs. Southern Miss (3/5) … Went 2-for-3 with one RBI and stole both of his bases on the season vs. Queens (3/8) … Hit a double and scored a run vs. Old Dominion (3/11) in Biloxi … Drove in two RBIs vs. Jackson State (3/18) … Went 2-for-2 with a double vs. Samford (3/25) … Went 2-for-2 with two RBIs vs. Southern (4/15) … Collected four putouts vs. Kentucky (5/4) … Tallied seven assists and went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs vs. Northeastern (5/30) in the Tallahassee Regional.
Was named All-MACCC Honorable Mention and helped his team win 41 games … 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) … Of his 67 hits, 21 went for extra-base hits, 20 doubles and 1 triple … Drove in 32 runs on the season … Led the team with 21 stolen bases.
2023 (Freshman) – Jones JC
Named Second Team All-MACCC … Named 2022-23 NJCAA All-Academic First Team honoree … Started and appeared in 50 games for Jones College as a true freshman … Led the team with a .401 batting average (73-for-182) … Had 22 extra-base hits, 15 doubles, six home runs, one triple … Led the team in RBIs (51) and runs scored (53) … Led the team in multi-hit games (21) and multi-RBI games (14)… Stole ten bases.
High School
Played for Madison Central High School in Madison, Miss. under coach Patrick Robey … Helped his team win a State Championship title in 2021 … Named All-State in 2022 … Ended his senior season with 15 doubles, a home run and 10 stolen bases to post a .401 batting average … Had a .441 batting average with 10 doubles and 25 stolen bases in his junior year.
Personal
Full name is Gatlin Mackenzie Sanders … Born November 30, 2003, in Madison Miss. … Son of Richard and Ashley Sanders … Has on sister Anna … His grandfather Russ Gatlin played baseball for Mississippi State.