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Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year

Baseball - Tennessee

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Ryan Mitchell

SS
HOUSTON HS
GERMANTOWN, TENNESSEE
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

.468

Batting Average

10

Home Runs

61

Runs Scored

52

RBI
“Ryan Mitchell is an explosive high school athlete with the ability to take over a game at any moment. Every time he steps into the batter’s box, it feels like a can’t-miss moment. He has the maturity of a veteran major league player and the plate discipline of a future Hall of Famer. He has such a bright future in professional baseball.”
Lane McCarter
Head Coach - Houston High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 190-pound senior shortstop batted .468 with 10 home runs, 61 runs scored and 52 RBI this past season, leading the Mustangs (29-15) to the Division I-AAAA sectional final. Ranked as the nation’s No. 26 prospect in the Class of 2025 by Perfect Game, Mitchell stole 38 bases in 39 attempts, compiling a .621 on-base percentage and an OPS of 1.531. He was also a 2025 Tennessee Mr. Baseball finalist.

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Academic Achievement

Mitchell has maintained a 4.03 weighted GPA in the classroom. He has signed a written letter of athletic aid to play baseball at Georgia Tech University this fall but is projected as a first round selection in July’s Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society including four years on the academic honor roll, Mitchell is a devoted parishioner in his church community, through which he has volunteered locally on behalf of a food bank.