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2015 Baseball Roster

16 Mitch Ghelfi

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown La Crosse, Wis.
  • Highschool La Crosse Central

Biography

2015: Selected in the MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 28th round with the 841st overall pick ... named Second-Team All-Horizon League following a season in which he batted a career-high .356 (second on the team and fourth in the Horizon League), making 46 starts in 47 games ... scored 40 runs and had 63 hits, including 16 doubles, three triples and a pair of home runs ... drove in 35 runs and posted a team-best .463 on-base percentage, slugging .514 ... finished second in the Horizon League in OBP and seventh in both slugging and doubles ... also led the conference in runners caught stealing with 19 ... collected a career-high three hits in a game on four occasions ... drove in a career-high three runs in UWM's no-hit bid over UW-Superior April 7 and again the next day against Iowa, helping the Panthers knock-off the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes.

• 2015 game-by-game in PDF Format

2014: Fought through injury to start 46 times in 47 appearances, batting .267 on the season ... one of the best in the Horizon League at throwing out runners, catching almost 40 percent (23 of 60) overall while adding a league-best eight pickoffs ... set career-bests with 30 runs scored and 22 runs batted in ... two hits and two RBI against Austin Peay March 8 ... three hits and a pair of runs scored against UIC March 30 ... three more hits the next day in a win over Chicago State ... 7-for-14 in a three-game series at Wright State April 11-13 ... 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI's against UIC in the Horizon League Tournament May 22.

• 2014 game-by-game in PDF Format

2013: Named Horizon League Newcomer of the Year following a standout campaign after redshirting 2012 ... added national honors as well - named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team and Perfect Game College Freshman All-American First-Team ... quickly worked his way into the starting lineup, batting .322 in 38 games ... hit three home runs and drove in 19, making just one error in the field on the season while also throwing out close to 40 percent of would-be base stealers ... finished seventh overall in batting average in the Horizon League ... took it a step higher offensively in league-only games, batting a team-best .413 in 16 contests ... made season debut with a 3-for-6 outing against New Mexico State Feb. 15 ... went 7-for-16 in the season-opening series ... recorded a 3-for-5 day at the plate against UALR March 9, scoring twice ... posted a phenomenal day against UIC March 23, becoming just the second UWM freshman to ever collect five hits in one game, going 5-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and three RBI ... perfect 4-for-4 against Valparaiso March 30, scoring twice ... 2-for-4 with a home run at Youngstown State April 6 ... went 7-for-13 in a three-game set at Valpo May 3-5 ... ended the season on a nine-game hitting streak, batting .405 (15-for-37) in the span ... College Sports Madness Horizon League Freshman of the Year and Second-Team All-Conference ... also named Horizon League Player of the Week by College Sports Madness April 1.

• 2013 game-by-game in PDF Format

2012: Received medical hardship waiver ... maintained freshman eligibility ... did appear in nine games, making two starts ... one of the starts came at Minnesota Feb. 26, where he singled off his brother in the ninth inning of the contest ... recorded three hits, two runs and three RBI.

• 2012 game-by-game in PDF Format

High School: Missed his senior year after injuring his hip during hockey season ... led team to second-straight Mississippi Valley Conference title as a junior, a season in which he was named Second-Team Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-State, first-team all-district, First-Team All-MVC and all-city at catcher ... batted .324 with 16 extra-base hits, driving in 25 runs ... that followed a sophomore campaign in which he batted .440 while driving in 32 runs and was again first-team in the city, MVC and district in addition to earning WBCA Third-Team All-State honors ... also an all-conference soccer and hockey player.

Personal: Son of Andy and Tina Ghelfi ... father played in college at Indiana State and professionally in Cleveland Indians organization ... brother, Drew, pitches at Minnesota ... given name is Mitchell ... a marketing major ... career goal is to get an education and play professional baseball ... chose UWM because he really liked the coaching staff and the style of play Milwaukee is known for ... most memorable sports experience was playing in the National Legion Tournament ... lists hobbies as sports, video games and hanging out with friends ... born Sept. 24, 1992.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Sophomore

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    5'11" 190 lbs
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    2015Junior

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    5'11" 190 lbs
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