Tim Anderson named 2020 Graduate of the Year
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Tim Anderson is known for bringing drama and flair to the baseball field. With his epic bat flips and his big personality, he is one of Major League Baseball’s top players to watch. Not only is he showing kids how to have fun out on the diamond, but he is hitting the ball hard while he is at it. The more he plays, he just keeps getting better.
The Dodge City A’s is where Anderson called home during the summer of 2012. He then helped lead the A’s to a seventh-place finish starting in all 5 games of the tournament and batting .100 with a .917 fielding percentage. “To the National Baseball Congress Foundation— thank you. It’s a huge honor to be named the 2020 Graduate of the Year. I hope this award inspires kids all over the world to be different, to play hard, to chase their dreams, and to embrace who they are. My time with the Dodge City A’s was the experience of a lifetime, and I’m forever grateful for the love you guys showed me.”
Anderson continued his baseball career at East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi. A switch was flipped his sophomore year when Anderson went on to be named a First Team National Junior College Athletic Association Division Il All-American. He led all junior college players with a .495 batting average for the 2013 season.
Anderson went from only having one scholarship offer out of high school to being selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round of the 2013 MLB draft with the 17th overall pick. He would then go on to make his major league debut in 2016 with 410 at bats, 9 home runs and a .283 batting average. Finishing 7th for Rookie of the Year honors.
Most recently, Anderson was awarded the American League Batting Title – Silver Slugger Award for the 2019 season. The Silver Slugger Award is given annually to the MLB players that lead each league in batting average at the completion of the regular season. Anderson led the American League with a .335 average in 2019 with 18 home runs and 56 RBl’s.
We are proud to announce Tim Anderson as our 2020 NBC Graduate of the Year Award Winner.
