2022 Baseball Roster

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26 Sterlin Thompson

  • Height 6-4
  • Class Sophomore
  • B/T L/R
  • Hometown Ocala, Fla.
  • High School North Marion

Biography

2022 First-Round MLB Draft Pick (31st overall, Colorado Rockies)
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021 Freshman All-SEC Team
2021 SEC All-Tournament Team
2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll


Career:
  • Drafted by the Colorado Rockies with the 31st overall pick in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft, surpassing Brad Wilkerson (33rd overall, 1998 - Montreal) as the highest-drafted outfielder in program history
  • Tied for the 14th-highest draft selection in program history and the ninth-highest under Head Coach Kevin O'Sullivan
  • Slashed .332/.424/.524 across 121 career games including 117 starts during two seasons in Orange & Blue
  • Totaled 145 hits, 16 home runs, five triples, 26 doubles, 98 runs, 78 RBI, 58 walks and 12 stolen bases over 437 at bats

2022 (Sophomore):
  • Started all 66 games for the Gators, splitting time between right field and second base
  • Batted .354/.443/.563 with career highs in homers (11), doubles (16), runs (59), RBI (51), walks (37) and stolen bases (10)
  • Hit two home runs including a grand slam on opening night vs. Liberty, finishing 2-for-4 with a career-high five RBI and two runs scored
  • Went 3-for-5 with a home run, double and three RBI at Stetson on Feb. 22
  • Collected three hits in three at bats (3-for-3) with one double, three RBI and two runs against Georgia State on Feb. 26
  • Picked up three hits en route to a 3-for-5 day with one home run and two runs scored vs. Florida A&M on March 2
  • Tripled and finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and three runs vs. Seton Hall in the first game of a March 12 doubleheader
  • Homered and doubled at Alabama on March 20 while finishing 2-for-4 with two runs
  • Went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI against No. 21 LSU on March 26
  • Tallied three hits (3-for-5) vs. No. 5 Florida State on March 29
  • Homered three times in four games from April 12 at Florida State to April 17 at Vanderbilt
  • Drove in four runs while going 2-for-4 with a home run against Kentucky on April 30
  • Finished 2-for-3 with four RBI and two runs scored vs. South Florida on May 3
  • Totaled three RBI while homering at Mississippi State on May 8
  • Went 3-for-4 with one double at Missouri on May 14
  • Connected for a two-run, walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to lift Florida to a 7-5 victory over No. 20 Florida State on May 17
  • Collected multi hits in five-straight games from May 29 vs. No. 1 Tennessee to June 5 vs. No. 9 Oklahoma
  • Went 2-for-3 with a solo homer vs. Central Michigan on June 3
  • Doubled twice and finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored vs. No. 9 Oklahoma on June 5
  • Ranked second on the team with 27 multi-hit games and eight three-hit games
  • Logged 12 multi-RBI performances
  • Posted a .972 fielding percentage across 179 defensive chances

2021 (Freshman):
  • 2021 Freshman All-SEC Team
  • 2021 SEC All-Tournament Team (outfield)
  • Appeared in 55 games including 51 starts as a true freshman (all in the outfield)
  • Batted .301/.396/.470 with 55 hits in 183 at bats
  • Finished the season with five home runs (all away from home), three triples, 10 doubles, 39 runs, 27 RBI, 21 walks and two stolen bases
  • Went 3-for-4 and tied career high with three hits vs. Alabama at the SEC Tournament on May 27
  • Drove in a career-high three runs while going 2-for-5 with one home run against No. 8 Mississippi State at the SEC Tournament on May 26
  • Collected three hits against Stetson on March 6 and on May 4
  • Reached base in 14 consecutive games from May 2 to May 27, including a season-high 10-game hitting streak from May 11 to May 27
  • Opened the season reaching base safely in 12 straight games
  • Recorded 13 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI performances
  • Posted a .955 fielding percentage and three outfield assists across 89 defensive chances

NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL:
  • 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region First Team (Florida)
  • Class of 2020's No. 55 overall prospect (Perfect Game)
  • Entered his 2020 high school season with a .357 batting average, 58 runs scored, 35 RBI, and 12 doubles in 64 games
  • Spent his first three years of high school at Forest
AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB PO A E FLD%
2021 .301 55 51 183 39 55 10 3 5 27 .470 21 8 45 2 .396 0 0 2 82 3 4 .955
2022 .354 66 66 254 59 90 16 2 11 51 .563 37 8 47 7 .443 6 0 10 99 75 5 .972
Total .332 121 117 437 98 145 26 5 16 78 .524 58 16 92 9 .424 6 0 12 181 78 9 .966

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 3, 11 times
Doubles: 2, No. 9 Oklahoma, June 5, 2022
Home Runs: 2, Liberty, Feb. 18, 2022
Total Bases: 8, Liberty, Feb. 18, 2022
RBI: 5, Liberty, Feb. 18, 2022
Runs Scored: 3, three times
Walks: 4, at Mississippi State, May 6, 2022
Struck out: 3, five times
Sacrifice Flies: 1, six times
At bats: 6, at Alabama, March 19, 2022
Stolen bases: 3, No. 1 Tennessee, April 24, 2022
Assists: 7, Seton Hall, March 12, 2022; at Missouri, May 15, 2022
Putouts: 6, No. 1 Tennessee, April 24, 2022

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2021Freshman

    OF/INF
    6'3" 185 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2022Sophomore

    OF/INF
    6'4" 200 lbs
    26