AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2018): Played in 36 games, including 34 starts (28 at rf, 6 at cf) … Posted a .287 batting average in 108 at-bats with 37 runs scored on 31 hits, including eight extra-base hits (1 HR), and 20 RBI … Also drew 23 walks, was hit by pitch five times and was 8-for-10 on stolen base attempts … Logged two sacrifice flies and one sacrifice hit … Committed two errors in 63 total defensive chances for a .968 fielding percentage … Turned in 10 multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI outings … Also scored two or more runs in nine contests … Walked, stole a base, drove in two runs and scored twice on a 1-for-4 day in game two against Shepherd … Finished off the series by walking, driving in two runs and scoring twice on a 2-for-5 outing … Scored two runs in each of the first four games of the campaign … Doubled and scored twice in the series opener with IUP … Walked, doubled and scored three times on a 1-for-3 tally in the series finale with the Crimson Hawks … That performance ignited a season-long 10-game hitting streak that saw him hit .385 (15-for-39) with five extra-base hits, eight RBI and a dozen runs scored … Hit 6-for-14 (.429) in the series against Lander with two RBI and a trio of runs scored … Tallied multiple-hit games in all three steps of the series as well … Tallied a 5-for-12 (.417) series at Young Harris with three extra-base hits and a trio of runs scored … Performance included two-hit games in the final two games of the series … Turned in a 3-for-6 series against Winston-Salem State, including a home outing with the Rams that produced a double, two walks and four RBI on a 2-for-3 hitting line … Logged a pair of hits in each of the last two games with USC Aiken … Walked twice and hit a solo homer on a 2-for-2 outing in the series finale with the Pacers.
AS A JUNIOR (2017): Redshirted … Did not see game action.
BEFORE UNCP: Played two seasons (2015-16) at Spartanburg Methodist … Played in 52 games as a sophomore … Posted a .317 batting average in 164 at-bats with 57 runs scored on 52 hits, including 18 extra-base hits (7 HR)) and 32 RBI … Also drew 35 walks and was 26-for-27 on stolen base attempts … Tacked up 12 multiple-hit and nine multiple-RBI games, while also scoring two or more runs in 15 contests … Also swiped two or more bases on four occasions … Played in 26 games as a freshman … Posted a .274 batting average in 62 at-bats with 14 runs scored on 17 hits, including four doubles, and nine RBI … Also drew four walks and was 6-for-7 on stolen base attempts … Turned in four multiple-hit and a pair of multiple-RBI games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at North Brunswick High School for coach Dustin Medlin … Earned all-state recognition as a senior, after collecting athlete of the year honors as a junior … Also lettered in football for the Scorpions.
PERSONAL: The son of Sheri Perkins and Brian Sanders … Maintained a 3.1 cumulative grade point average at North Brunswick High School … An athletic training major at UNCP.
| CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 4/29/19) |
| At-Bats |
5, nine times - last vs. North Georgia (4/14/19) |
| Runs |
3, twice - last vs. Lander (2/24/18) |
| Hits |
2, 12 times - last at USC Aiken (3/31/19) |
| Walks |
2, three times - last vs. USC Aiken (3/29/18) |
| RBI |
4 vs. Winston-Salem State (3/17/18) |
| Doubles |
1, nine times - last vs. North Georgia (4/14/19) |
| Triples |
1, twice - last at Young Harris (3/2/18) |
| Home Runs |
1, three times - last at Barton (3/12/19) |
| Stolen Bases |
1, nine times - last vs. North Georgia (4/14/19) |
| Sac Hits |
1 vs. Augusta (2/18/18) |
| Sac Flies |
1, twice - last vs. Augusta (2/18/18) |
| Hitting Streak |
10 games |
