Mitch Fairfield

Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Hometown:
Normal, Ill.
High School:
Normal West

2018 (SOPHOMORE)

Played in 20 games and started 16 at catcher ... Hit .182 with four RBIs and six runs scored ... Posted a .991 fielding percentage, committing only one error ... Hit the go-ahead two-run single with two outs in the fourth inning in the win over Eastern Illinois ... Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2017 (FRESHMAN)

Played in 16 games and started 10 at catcher ... Went 7-for-27 (.259) and drew five walks to post a .375 on-base percentage ... Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage ... Caught five base runners trying to steal ... Had an RBI single in his first collegiate plate appearance ... Reached base in 10 of 16 games.

PRIOR TO SIU

Two-time unanimous first-team All-Conference selection ... Earned a spot in the Illinois Coaches Association All-Star game and was a Pantagraph Area All-Star as a senior ... Hit .361 with nine doubles and 18 RBIs as a senior ... Had a .471 on-base percentage as a senior ... Hit .375 with eight doubles, seven home runs and 37 RBIs as a junior at Normal West ... Unanimous first-team Big 12 All-Conference selection ... Two-time Big 12 scholar-athlete and two-time IHSA Scholar-Athlete.

PERSONAL

Son of Kristy and Jim Fairfield ... Has a younger sister, Mikayla ... Born Oct. 30, 1997.