Ross Highfill Season 2026

BEFORE PURDUE
• Played his first three seasons at Mississippi State, redshirting in 2024
• Made 74 starts while seeing action in 88 games over the three years
• Registered 12 doubles, 12 home runs and 50 RBI in 255 career at-bats as a Bulldog
• Led the team with 12 steals on 14 attempts as a junior
• Connected for eight doubles and nine home runs as a freshman while making all 36 of his starts behind the plate
• Powered up for a three-homer game vs. Lipscomb as a freshman, MSU’s first since Brent Rooker in 2017
• Enjoyed a three-homer series vs. Alabama in 2023, also going deep vs. Oklahoma and LSU in his first season
• Made 25 starts at catcher and 10 in right field as a junior, starting three of MSU’s four games at an NCAA Regional at Florida State
• Hit a three-run homer as part of a four-RBI game in a March 2025 series opener at Texas
• Made three starts at DH in February of his sophomore season before an injury
• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll as a sophomore and 2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Played summer ball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Code League in 2023

HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coach Patrick Robey at Madison High School in the Jackson area
• Batted .400 with a .504 OBP and 45 RBI as a senior
• Helped Madison win the 2021 Mississippi Class 6A state title

PERSONAL
• Major: American Studies
• Full name is Michael Ross Highfill Jr.
• Born in Madison, Mississippi
• Parents are Mike and Tina Highfill
• Family also includes sisters Ashley, Lindsey and Brooke