Mitchell Salvino

Height:
6-2
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Charlotte, N.C.

Career Accolades
2023 William D. McHenry Men's Sport Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2023 ODAC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2023 Cap'n DIck Smith Award (MVP of Washington & Lee Baseball)
2022-23 Team CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors
2022 Phi Beta Kappa Inductee
2022 Physics/Engineering Department Award at Washington & Lee
2019-2023 President's List
2019-2023 Academic All-ODAC
2019 Phi Eta Sigma Inductee
Magna Cum Laude Graduate of Washington & Lee

Graduate (2024)
Appeared in 34 games and started in six games... Recorded six hits, six RBIs, and one home run... Played in first game for the Demon Deacons against Fordham (Feb. 16)... Recorded three hits, including an RBI single and a three-run home run, against Louisville (March 21)... Tallied two hits against Florida State (April 19)... Hit a two-RBI single against North Carolina A&T (May 8).

Prior to Wake Forest
2023 (at Washington & Lee)
Named the William D. McHenry Men's Sport Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was the ODAC Scholar Athlete of the Year... Garnered Washington & Lee Scholar-Athlete honors during both the fall and spring semester... Hit .344 and started 31 games... Tallied 21 extra-base hits, including 14 doubles, three triples and four home runs... Recorded a team-high 14 stolen bases and had an on-base percentage of .401.

2022 (at Washington & Lee)
Named Academic All-ODAC and was on the President's List... Garnered First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors... Hit .348 and started 28 games with 17 extra-base hits, including nine doubles, three triples and five home runs... Stole seven bases and slugged .609.

2021 (at Washington & Lee)
Named Academic All-ODAC and was on the President's List... Garnered Washington & Lee Scholar-Athlete honors during both the fall and spring semester... Hit .337 and started 25 games... Hit a pair of home runs and had six doubles while recording an OBP of .400.

2021 (at Washington & Lee)
Named Academic All-ODAC and was on the President's List... Garnered Washington & Lee Scholar-Athlete honors during both the fall and spring semester.

Background
Four-year member and three-year letterwinner on the Charlotte Catholic High School baseball team… Also played basketball for two years and football for one year… NCHSAA Scholar Athlete as a senior… Member of the 17U Southeastern USA Baseball Team… Represented North Carolina in the Battle of the Border Showcase between NC and SC… Selected to the 17U All-Tournament Team at Perfect Game… National AP Scholar… Member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, and Math Honor Society… Received the Gold Presidential Service Award for over 250 hours of service in 24 months… Received the Cougar Award for Academic Excellence.

Personal
Spent the summer as an analyst at Accenture in Boston and coached for USA Baseball... Father, Michael, played basketball at Marietta… mother, Denise, was a cheerleader for the Chicago Bulls and a three-year captain… Former president of Cougars 4 a Cure, raising over $180,000 for bladder cancer research… Volunteered for multiple organizations and food banks in Rockbridge County... Worked with Vineyard Vines to design W&L Baseball-specific t-shirts and raised over $10,000 for the Rockbridge Area Relief Association through those t-shirt sales... Creator/ Leader of W&L Baseball fundraiser raising $10,000 in 2021 for COVID relief and $22,000 in 2022 for the Angel Fund.