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2024 Baseball Roster

Sadie Parker
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Sadie Parker
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Carter Gledhill
Sadie Parker
Carter Gledhill
Tyra Finkeldey

29 Mason Landers

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 195
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Shelbyville, Tenn.
  • High School Shelbyville HS

Biography

2024 All-MVC First Team
2024 All-MVC Defensive Team
MVC Player of the Week (April 1, 2024)
2023-24 MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award
2023-24 MVC Honor Roll
2023 All-MVC Second Team
2022-23 MVC Honor Roll
2021-22 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
 
2024 (Senior)
  • Started in all 58 games
  • Set career highs and led the team in batting average (.312), runs scored (48), hits (72), home runs (18), total bases (139), and slugging percentage (.602)
  • Second on team with a career-high 56 RBIs
  • Fourth on the team with a .375 on-base percentage
  • 18 home runs tied Nick Egli for the second most in a single season and ranked top 10 in the MVC
  • Finished career tied for fifth all-time in program history with 33 home runs
  • Set the fourth-longest hit streak of 20 games (March 15 - April 16), in which he totaled 35 hits, 13 multi-hit games, 34 RBIS, and 12 home runs
  • First player in program history to hit a home run in five consecutive games (March 15-22)
  • Became the first player in Belmont’s MVC era to be named First Team All-MVC
  • Earned MVC Player of the Week honors for April 1 for helping the Bruins pick up an early conference road series sweep over Murray State (March 28-30). Landers posted a .462 batting average with a .500 on-base percentage. Landers led the team with three home runs, eight RBI, 15 total bases, and a 1.154 slugging percentage.
  • Named the No. 30 third baseman in the country by D1Baseball – Week 12
2023 (Junior)
  • Only player for Belmont to start and appear in all 60 games
  • Held a team-best .277 batting average
  • Led team and ranked in the top 15 of MVC in hits (66)
  • Crushed a team-high 12 home runs, which is tied for 10th in the MVC
  • Second on the team in RBIs with 42
  • A slugging percentage of .496 with a .841 on-base percentage
  • Went 4-for-8 with three home runs and six RBIs in a doubleheader against UT Martin (Feb. 19)
  • 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs against MTSU (Feb. 28)
  • Strung together a 10-game hit streak (Mar. 11-24) with 14 hits and eight RBIs
  • 3-for-5 performance against Lindenwood with 2 RBIs on Mar. 17
  • Massive series against Indiana State going 5-for-12 with a home run and an RBI (Apr. 14-16)
  • 13-game hit streak during the heart of MVC play, including six games with multiple hits  (Apr. 21-May 14)
  • Hit two solo home runs against Murray State (Apr. 29)
  • Went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a double against Southern Illinois in win during MVC Tournament (May 25)
  • Recorded 96 assists and 52 putouts in the field
2022 (Sophomore)
  • Appeared in 32 games, starting in 22
  • Hit .271 with 11 RBIs and 14 runs scored
  • Started all three games at the OVC Tournament as the designated hitter and collected two hits with two runs, a double, and an RBI
  • Hit .354 (17-for-48) in 17 conference games with four doubles and six RBIs
  • Had a huge RBI groundout in the sixth inning of the first round game of the OVC Tournament against No. 5 SIUE to help Bruins come back from down 9-2 in the fourth inning to eventually win, 10-9
  • Went 2-for-3 with a double, a run, and an RBI in a series-clinching 4-2 win at Morehead State on April 16
  • Recorded a season-high three hits in a win at UT Martin on May 7
2021 (Freshman)
  • Opened his debut season with 24 games, starting in 21
  • Came up with 16 hits, 13 RBIs and three home runs
  • Collected a season-high three hits on Feb. 26 against Northern Kentucky, hitting his first collegiate double and home run in the process
  • Snagged a season-high nine putouts on Feb. 27 against Creighton at first base
  • Held a five-game hitting streak March 19-March 26
  • Hit two home runs and drove in a season-high four runs on April 6 against Lipscomb, becoming the first player since Nick Egli (3/31/2015) to hit two home runs in a Battle of the Boulevard game
High School 
  • Attended Shelbyville Central High School
  • Was a Mr. Baseball nominee in the state of Tennessee in his senior season
  • Hit .463 in his junior season, earning 8AAA MVP and Player of the Year honors
  • Earned All-State honors and named the TBCA Most Valuable Player in 2019
  • Named Old Timers Baseball Most Valuable Player in 2018
  • Named to the All-District team three years in a row
  • Smashed a game-winning home run to send his team to the District Championship game
  • Served as secretary for four years on the student council
Personal
  • Major: Management
  • Favorite movies: Happy Gilmore and The Benchwarmers
  • Favorite book: Heaven Is For Real

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2021Freshman

    INF
    6'0" 230 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2022Sophomore

    INF
    6'0" 200 lbs
    16
  • 29

    2023Junior

    INF
    6'1" 195 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2024Senior

    INF
    6'1" 195 lbs
    29