UC Santa Barbara
2018: Played in 32 games while making 23 starts as a junior utility player…Made 14 starts at second base, four starts in left field, one at third base and four as the DH…Hit .333 (26-for-78) with nine RBIs, 11 runs scored and finished third on the team with eight stolen bases…Walked 14 times…Had an on-base percentage of .458…Slugging percentage of .410…Tallied nine multi-hit games…Put together a hitting streak of 11 games, the second longest on the team…His reached base streak of 11 was good for third on the team…Hit .467 (7-for-15) in his four outfield starts…Had a season-high three hits against Portland on May 21…Had a season-best two RBIs on two occasions; against Long Beach State (May 11) and Hawai’i (May 26)…Stole two bases in a game against UTRGV (Apr. 7)…Came on strong towards the end of the year, hitting .459 (17-for-37) with five doubles and seven RBIs in May.
2017: As a true sophomore, made 18 starts and entered 28 games ... Batted .173 with a .308 slugging percentage ... Five of his nine hits went for extra bases ... Made 17 starts at second base and one at third base ... Went hitless in two pinch-hit at-bats ... Best performance of the year came on Mar. 26 against New Mexico State, as he went 2-4 with a double, triple, and RBI ... Went 2-3 against St. Mary's on May 9 ... Doubled against BYU on Mar. 10 for his first hit of the season ... Had a .304 average (7-23) with runners on base ... Had hits in three of four games from Apr. 1-7 ... Spent his summer with the Harrisonburg Turks of the Valley League, where he batted .250 over 24 games.
2016: Appeared in 26 games for UCSB as a true freshman with 18 starts, all at second base ... Slashed .250/.300/.297 in 64 at-bats with three doubles, six RBIs, and 21 strikeouts ... Was 2-6 on the basepaths ... Committed three errors for a .961 fielding percentage ... Team was 10-8 in his starts ... Went 3-5 with three base hits, one RBI, and two runs scored in his NCAA debut against USF on Feb. 20, a 13-5 UCSB win ... His first career hit was a base hit up the middle in the second inning of that game against the Dons ... Had four multi-hit games on the year ... Drove in a season-high two runs at UC Irvine on May 20, one on a sac fly and another on an RBI base hit ... Appeared just once in the postseason, pinch running for Ryan Clark and then staying in at second base in a 14-inning 3-2 win over Washington on Jun. 3 in the Nashville Regional at Vanderbilt ... Was on the roster but did not appear in the Super Regionals or College World Series ... Hit .270 against right-handers, .317 with runners on base, and .360 with runners in scoring position ... Put the ball on the ground; his 0.5 flyball to groundball ratio was tied for best on the team ... Struggled against lefties, batting just .222 ... Spent the summer with the Kelowna Falcons of the West Coast League ... Batted .276 in 26 games with Kelowna, adding a scoreless 1/3 inning relief appearance.
Clovis High School (2012-15): Played three years at Clovis High School under head coach James Patrick ... Played third base, second base, and shortstop for the Cougars ... In his junior year, batted .327 with 14 RBIs in 49 at-bats... Was selected twice to the All-Tri-River Athletic Conference League and also to the All-Valley (Central Section) Team ... Also selected First Team All-State and Louisville Slugger All-American ... Holds school records in stolen bases and single-season at-bats ... Won the League, Central Section, and State Championship in 2014 ... Made three appearances in the postseason ... Also competed in football.
Personal: Tevin Mitchell was born on May 2, 1997 to parents Raymond and Angela Mitchell ... Has one older brother named Trey ... Goes by the nicknames "Mitch" and "Tev" ... Planning on majoring in political science at UCSB ... Aspires to be a contract lawyer ... Favorite sports teams are the Boston Red Sox, Golden State Warriors, and Los Angeles Rams ... His most memorable pre-UCSB sporting moment is his 2014 state championship ... Favorite movies are Draft Day and Top Gun ... Watches Grey's Anatomy and Friends ... Favorite music artists are Lil Uzi Vert, Drake, and J Cole ... Hobbies include yoga ... Favorite athletes are Cam Newton and Derek Jeter.
