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2022-23: 2023 Academic All-American and SBC Commissioner’s List … Played in 17 rounds across six events … Best finish was in the Hal Williams Collegiate, tied for 19th on a 12-over performance (79-77-72–228) … Swung at or under par in five separate rounds of the season … Averaged 74.82 strokes per round across all events.

Summer 2022: Recorded at top-6 finish at The Mississippi State Amateur.

2021-22: Participated in 18 rounds at six tournaments ... Recorded a 73.61 stroke average while shooting at or under par in 6 rounds ... Saw his season-low round score, a 2-under-par 70, at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate as an individual ... His lowest three-round score came at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, where he shot a 1-under-par 215.

2020-21: Recorded a 75.65 scoring average his first season at the collegiate level, competing in 20 rounds at seven events ...Shot at or below par five times ... Best finish of the season was a tie for 21st place at the Craft Farms Intercollegiate, posting a career-low 221 three-round total after closing with scores of 1-under-par 71 and 73 ... Carded a 2-under-par 70 on the opening day of the Little Rock Invitational — the final tournament of the fall — on the way to finishing with a 54-hole score of 221 ... First shot 70, his low round of the season, on the second day of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate in his first event at the collegiate level ... Recorded a 1-under-par 71 over the opening 18 holes of the Bayou City Collegiate Classic ... Had an even-par 72 in the second of three rounds at the first competition of the spring, the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate ... Was on the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.

Amateur Highlights: Was the second-rated player in Mississippi in the Class of 2020, ranking sixth among all junior competitors in the state ... Competed in 12 junior events in 2019, compiling eight top-10 results while shooting 72 or better in 10 rounds ... Won the Southeast Junior Golf Tour’s Saugahatchee Junior Classic in July after shooting a season-low 68 over the final 18 holes to top a field of 59 competitors ... Came in second at the American Junior Golf Association Preview at Greystone in April where he carded a 70 in the first round of play ... Recorded a three-round 210 total at the 70th annual Press Thornton Future Masters to finish ninth in a field of 231 golfers — highlighted by an opening-round 69 — while also posting scores of 69 at the SJGT Highland Oaks Junior Classic and the 2019 Junior PGA section qualifier ... A member of the varsity team at Lamar School for eight years ... After placing second individually at the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools AAAA D2 state championship his junior season, was named second-team all-state by the Mississippi Clarion Ledger ... Twice earned medalist honors at the state tournament prior to his junior ... Helped the Raiders claim four consecutive team championships.

Personal: Full name is Ellis Gerald Mitchell III ... Born Dec. 30, 2001, in Meridian, Miss. ... Son of Gerry and Hope Mitchell ... Was also recruited by Southern Mississippi and Samford ... Favorite movie and book is “American Sniper” ... Favorite sports team is the New Orleans Saints ... Favorite players are Brooks Koepka and Justin Thomas ... Favorite musical artist is the Zac Brown Band ... Favorite food is crawfish ... Favorite subject is math ... Likes to hunt in his spare time ... A civil engineering  major.