Cal Poly Pomona Athletics

Awards and Honors  

• All-CCAA First Team (2024)
• NCBWA All-West Region First Team (2024)
• D2CCA All-West Region First Team (2024)
• ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team (2024)
• NCBWA Preseason All-West Region (2025)
• 2X CCAA Player of the Week
• CCAA Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• CCAA All-Academic (2025)

• NCBWA Preseason All-West Region
• Played in 4 games with a .979 OPS
• Collected 6 hits in 18 at-bats for a .333 batting average
• Recorded 2 hits in each of his first 3 games
• Hit a home run against Westmont in the second game of the season
• Received a medical redshirt due to an injury
• CCAA Spring Academic Honor Roll
• CCAA All-Academic

  2024   Junior | Cal Poly Pomona

• All-CCAA First Team
• NCBWA All-West Region First Team
• D2CCA All-West Region First Team
• ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team
• Named CCAA Player of the Week for March 25-31, batting .438 with a 1.221 OPS on the week
• Named CCAA Player of the Week for April 22-28, batting .467 with 3 home runs and an OPS of 1.756
• Started in 53 of the 54 games he appeared in
• Slugged 14 home runs with 58 RBI, both tied for fourth-most in a season in program history
• Had a 44-game on base streak for nearly the entire regular season, passing Kyle Garlick for the longest streak since 2014
• His .654 slugging percentage ranks sixth-highest in a season in program history
• 140 total bases ranks seventh-highest in a season in program history
• Led the team and ranked sixth in the CCAA with an OPS of 1.064

  2023   Sophomore | Palomar College

• All-American 
• Conference Player of the Year
• Played in 39 games
• Collected 63 hits in 163 at-bats for a .387 batting average
• Slugged 11 home runs, 10 doubles, and six triples
• Scored 66 runs while driving in 58 RBI
• Posted a 1.206 OPS on the season
• Had 9 stolen bases in 14 attempts

  2022   Freshman | Palomar College

• All-American
• Big Stick Award
• Played 46 games
• Collected 83 hits in 182 at-bats for a .456 batting average
• Slugged 7 home runs, 11 doubles, and five triples
• Scored 67 runs while driving in 45 RBI
• Posted an OPS of 1.197
• Had 11 stolen bases in 14 attempts

• No season due to COVID-19 pandemic

• A 2020 graduate of Poway High School in Poway, CA
• Played club baseball for Los Grind

Personal  

• A Kinesiology major
• Son of Craig and Veronica Sanders
• Has two siblings named Craig and Jodi
• Aspires to play professional baseball then pursue a career in personal training
• Favorite TV show is Wonderpets
• Favorite movie is Benchwarmers
• Favorite music artists are Three Days Grace, Shinedown, and Linkin Park
• Favorite pro sports team is the San Diego Padres