SUMMER 2008: Played for the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs of the Florida Summer Collegiate League ... Named a Summer League Top Prospect by Baseball America ... Named the Eastern Division All-Star starting catcher ... Diamond Dogs MVP ... Also tabbed the Week 3 Winter Park Player of the Week ... Hit .283 in 99 at bats, driving in 16 RBI with eight doubles, two triples and one home run ... Also drew nine walks and had a .354 on-base percentage. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Hit .270 in 63 at bats with nine doubles, the most of any reserve ... Raised his batting average to .318 in SEC play (7-for-22, four doubles) ... Threw out 24 percent (6-fo-25) of stolen base attempts ... Hit .429 (3-for-7) in three games in May, knocking two doubles ... Had the first multi-double game of his career on May 13 at Mercer ... Hit .346 (9-for-26) in 11 games in April, collecting four doubles and a RBI, scoring seven runs ... Had a ninth-inning pinch-hit double on April 27 at Alabama ... Hit . 500 (6-for-12) from April 8-20 with three doubles and five runs scored ... Hit .409 (9-for-22) from March 15 - April 9 to raise his batting average from .059 to .256 ... Had a career-night vs. Mississippi Valley State on April 9, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored ... Had a string of six games where he was 4-for-13 (.308) with four walks and four runs scored (March 15-30) ... Drove in two runs in the 9th at Florida on March 15 after entering as a defensive replacement in the 6th ... Drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth to give Auburn an 8-7 win over Davidson on March 5 ... Had a ninth-inning, game-tying double as Auburn rallied from 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 vs. Tennessee on March 30 ... Made first career start on on February 25 vs. East Tennessee State ... Drove in three runs with a bases-clearing double in the first vs. East Tennessee State on February 25 ... Hit .167 (4-for-24) in 12 games in February with two doubles, four RBI and four runs scored ... Enrolled at Auburn in January and joined the team immediately. HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time letterwinner for Jeff Perez at Winter Springs High School ... Hit .333 with 22 RBI en route to being named a 6A Second Team All-State selection and the 2007 Orlando Sentinel Seminole County Player of the Year ... 2007 First Team All-Central Florida, First Team All-Conference and All-Country ... MVP at Winter Springs as a senior ... Finished high school career with nine home runs ... First Team All-Conference and All-County as a junior ... Also lettered in football for three years as the starting strong safety ... Named the Winter Springs HS 2007 Male Athlete of the Year ... 2007 First Team Orlando Sentinel Seminole County defensive back after leading the team in tackles. PERSONAL: Mitchell Anthony Michael Caldwell ... Son of Jim Caldwell and Valerie Turner .... Has four siblings, Melissa (23), Jimmy (22), Cory (17) and Cameron (9) ... Brother Jimmy played football at Western Kentucky ... Major is undecided. |
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