Biography
2020 (Junior): Ranked second on the team with a .328 batting average, while also recording four doubles, one home run, 11 RBIs, eight runs scored, seven stolen bases and .389 on-base percentage in 18 games played and started ... Led the team with six multiple-hit games, and ranked second in multi-RBI contests with two ... Hit safely in 14 of 18 games ... Closed the season with a four-game hitting streak and five-game on-base streak ... Tied his career high in hits (3) in the series opener at Arkansas (March 6).
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in 50 games with 46 starts ... Batted .320 with 12 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 39 RBIs, 37 runs scored and seven stolen bases ... Committed just one error in 127 total chances in center field ... Hit .275 with nine doubles, two home runs, 18 RBIs, 19 runs scored and three stolen bases in 29 Sun Belt Conference games ... Recorded 15 multiple-hit and nine multi-RBI contests ... Hit safely in 36 of 50 games ... Posted the team’s third-longest on-base streak at 15 games ... Recorded a career-high five hits, finishing 5-for-5 with a double and a home run, and career-high seven RBIs against New Orleans (March 20) ... Drove in six runs and homered twice at Arkansas State (March 23) ... Recorded a career-best nine-game hit streak (April 27-May 12), and batted .375 with three doubles, two home runs, 10 RBIs, 10 runs scored and three stolen bases during that span ... Hit safely in 12 of his final 14 games of the season, including three hits in the Sun Belt Tournament against ULM (May 21).
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in 53 games with 52 starts ... Batted .225 with eight doubles, three triples, three home runs, 32 RBIs, 28 runs scored and five stolen bases in 53 contests ... Hit .198 with four doubles, three triples, one home run, 14 RBIs, 10 runs scored and two stolen bases in 26 Sun Belt Conference games ... Recorded 12 multiple-hit and six multi-RBI contests ... Hit safely in 28 of 53 games played ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI and one run scored in his Jaguar debut against Kansas State (Feb. 16) ... Recorded a career-high three hits, along with four RBIs and two runs scored, against Hartford (Feb. 23) ... Hit his first career home run against Hartford (Feb. 24) the following game ... Tied his career high in hits (3) at Auburn (Feb. 27), and also drove in a pair of runs ... Tripled, homered and drove in a career-high five runs in the series finale against Arkansas State (April 29) ... Tied his career high in hits (3) at Little Rock (May 5).
2017 (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a non-medical redshirt.
High School: Earned first-team all-area honors from the Pensacola News Journal as a senior … Named most valuable player of the Subway High School All-Star Game in Pensacola, Fla. … Batted .412 with 20 doubles, five triples, three home runs and 12 stolen bases as a junior in 2015 at Navarre HS … Hit .353 with one home run and eight stolen bases as a sophomore … Helped lead the Raiders to a regional quarterfinal appearance in both football and baseball … Also named the most valuable player of the North-South All-Star Football Game his senior season ... Set NHS football records for interceptions in a season (6) and career interceptions (11) ... Also holds the NHS baseball record for most doubles (20) in a single season ... Hit a walk-off home run against Niceville (Fla.) HS in the 2015 district tournament.
Personal: Full name is Michael Terrell Sandle ... Born Sept. 21, 1998, in Dayton, Ohio ... The only child to Kim Sandle and Nneka Williams ... Hobbies include working out and swimming ... Majoring in exercise science.
