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Jersey Number 9
Travis Sanders
- Class:
- Fifth-Year
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht/Wt:
- 6-2 / 192
- Hometown:
- Copperas Cove, Texas
- High School:
- Copperas Cove HS
- Previous Schools:
- Texas Tech/Baylor
CAREER HONORS
- 2026 All-Big 12 -- 2nd Team
- 2026 Round Rock Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2026 BRUCE BOLT College Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2026 Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
- 2026 Academic All-Big 12
- 2025 All-Big 12 -- Honorable Mention
2026 - BAYLOR
- Elected a team captain ahead of the season
- Played in and started 54 at shortstop, posting a .972 fielding percentage with just six errors over the course of the season
- Batted .369 on the year (8th in Big 12) with a .458 on-base percentage and a .586 slugging percentage
- Led the team with 82 hits, the most by a BU player since 2021 and seventh-most in the Big 12
- Collected 15 doubles, three triples, hit a career-high nine home runs and drove in 44 runs
- Stole 24 bases, the most by a Baylor player since 2011 and fifth-most in the Big 12
- Reached safely in 51 of his 54 games played and hit safely in 20 of his last 22 games with 11 multi-hit performances over that stretch
- Led the team with 25 multi-hit games and also produced 12 multi-RBI efforts on the year
2025 - BAYLOR
- Played in 47 games and made 43 starts( 41 at second base, 2 at third base)
- Hit .335 with 55 hits, including nine doubles, one triple, eight home runs to go along with 25 RBI, 23 walks and eight stolen bases
- Posted the team’s second-highest batting average (.335) and slugging percentage (.549)
- Produced 16 multi-hit games and drove in two-plus runs four times
- Had a breakout performance with four hits and matched his season high with three RBIs at Texas Tech, his former school
2024 - TEXAS TECH
- Played in 13 games and made six starts
- Batted .242 (8-for-33), including eight doubles, and drove in seven runs while scoring 11 times on the year
2023 - TEXAS TECH
- Redshirted as a true freshman in 2023 after suffering a season-ending injury in the preseason
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Copperas Cove High School
- Was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 14th Round of the 2022 MLB Draft
- Was rated as the No. 90 prospect in the country and No. 6 player in the state of Texas
- Four-time PG Preseason All-American and three-time PG National Showcase participant
- Two-time All-State selection at shortstop and three-time All-District honoree
- Hit .450 as a senior in 2022 with 20 stolen bases and 32 runs scored
PERSONAL
- From Copperas Cove, Texas
- Son of Jenni and Brent Sanders
- Has two siblings: Trent and Tori
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Friday, May 29
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