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2021 Baseball Roster

7 Mitchell Garrity

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Highschool Perry Meridian

Biography

2021 (Redshirt Senior)
• Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
• Appeared in 50 games, starting 41 of the team's 51 contests in 2021
• Led the team and finished second in the Atlantic 10 with 20 hit by pitches
• Holds the program record with 63 hit by pitches in his career
• Hit a career-high six home runs
• Tied for eighth in the A-10 with two triples
• Scored 25 runs and drove in 23 RBIs on the year to go along with three doubles
• Stole four bases in 2021

2020 (Redshirt Junior)
• Was named to the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
• Hit .265 with 4 home runs and 23 RBI's
• Led the team in runs scored this season (44)
• Started in 50 of the 59 games for the Flyers
• Committed only two errors in the entire season in the outfield
• Had 16 games this season with multiple hits
• Had nine consecutive games with a recorded hit
• Had more hits (49) then strikeouts (42)
• Named to University of Dayton Dean's List for Fall 2018
• Was named to the 2018-19 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
• One of three Flyers named to the Atlantic 10 All-Freshman Team (Aaron Ernst and Michael Cleary)
• Had the team's longest reached base (24) and hitting streaks (12) of the season, both of which were snapped on May 12 vs. Rhode Island
• Was one of just three players to start all 52 games and was the only player to start every game at the same position (center field)
• After hitting in the No. 2 spot in the lineup for the first 19 games, Garrity was moved up to the leadoff spot, where he would remain for the remainder of the season
• Finished with a .267 batting average, blasting four home runs and driving in 27 runs and leading the team with 15 stolen bases
• Was hit by a pitch 20 times, ranking second all-time for most HBP in a single season
• Named to 2017-18 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

High School
• Graduated from Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis
• Was a three-time captain
• Named First Team All-Conference member and First Team All-Marion County in 2015 and 2016
• Was the 2016 District Player of the Year as well as First Team All-USA (Ind.), First Team All-State, Academic All-State, Perfect Game Underclass All-American honorable mention (2015) and Perfect Game/Rawlings All-American honorable mention (2016)

Personal
• Born on June 16, 1997 to parents Chris and Melissa Garrity
• Has two siblings, Kaci and Bryce
• Majoring in Mechanical Engineering while minoring in Aerospace Engineering

Career Highs
Hits: 3, twice (Last at VCU), 4/8/18
RBI: 3, twice (Last at Richmond), 4/28/18
Runs: 2, 11 times (Last at Davidson), 5/19/18 

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • - -

    2017Freshman

    Outfield
    5'11" 185 lbs
    - -
  • 19

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Outfield
    6'0" 190 lbs
    19
  • 28

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    OF
    6'0" 190 lbs
    28
  • 7

    2021Senior

    Outfield
    5'10" 185 lbs
    7