Max Anderson Season 2023
#4Honors & Awards
• D1Baseball Second-Team All-American (2023)
• Baseball America Second-Team All-American (2023)
• ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-American (2023)
• Collegiate Baseball Second-Team All-American (2023)
• Perfect Game Second-Team All-American (2023)
• NCBWA Second-Team All-American (2023)
• NCBWA District 6 Player of the Year (2023)
• Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist (2023)
• Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist (2023)
• First-Team All-Big Ten (2023)
• Big Ten Freshman of the the Year (2021)
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2021)
• D1 Baseball Second-Team Freshman All-American (2021)
• Perfect Game Second-Team Freshman All-American (2021)
• Second-Team All-Big Ten (2021)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2021)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (5/18/21)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2021, 2022; Spring 2023)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2022, 2023)
2023: Drafted in the second round of the 2023 MLB Draft with the No. 45 overall selection by the Detroit Tigers. • Tabbed a second-team All-American by D1Baseball, Baseball America, ABCA/Rawlings, Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game and NCBWA. • Named the NCBWA’s District 6 Player of the Year, becoming the first Husker to earn the recognition since 2006. • Was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and Golden Spikes Award. • Tabbed a unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten honoree after hitting .414 with 20 doubles, two triples, 21 home runs, 70 RBI and 51 runs scored. • Became the first player in the country to reach 100 hits and finished with 101 hits on the season, which is sixth-most by a Husker in a single-season. • First Husker to conclude the season above .400 since John Cole’s batting average in 2001. • Became the first Big Ten player with 15 home runs in a conference season with a traditional schedule. • Climbed to fourth on the single-season chart in program history with 188 total bases, while reaching fifth with 21 home runs and 43 extra-base hits and seventh with a .770 slugging percentage. • Concluded his career ranked fourth all-time in program history with 395 total bases, eighth with 38 home runs, 18th with 229 hits and 20th with a .351 batting average.
2022: Anderson started all 53 games for Nebraska. • Led the team with 12 doubles and 10 home runs. • Recorded three triples. • Had a team-high 45 RBI and 47 runs on the season. • Hit .299 with a .513 slugging percentage and .387 on-base percentage. • Tallied 18 multi-hit games, including a pair of four-hit games. • Went 4-for-5 with a triple, two RBI and two runs scored at UT Arlington. • Had a 4-for-5 day at the plate with two home runs, a double and four RBI in season finale vs. Michigan State. • Posted seven three-hit games and had four games with a season-high four RBI.
2021: Anderson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Second-Team All-Big Ten in first season at Nebraska. • Received Freshman All-American recognition by Collegiate Baseball and Second-Team Freshman All-American by D1Baseball and Perfect Game. • Started 45 games in his freshman campaign. • Finished second on the team in batting average (.332) and hits (61). • Added eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 32 RBI. • Posted a .386 on-base percentage and .500 slugging percentage. • Produced 19 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games. • Had a team-best nine three-hit games and tied for the team lead with a pair of four-hit performances. • Went 2-for-5 with a home run and season-high five RBI in win at Iowa. • Tallied three hits and four RBI at Michigan State. • Posted a pair of 4-for-5 performance at the plate against Illinois and Northwestern.
Before Nebraska: An Omaha, Neb., native, Max Anderson played high school baseball at Millard West under Coach Steve Frey • Tabbed the 2019-20 Gatorade Player of the Year in Nebraska after batting .353 with 10 home runs, 28 RBIs and 29 runs scored in 2019 • Named captain of the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State Team and also earned a spot on the Omaha World-Herald’s All-Nebraska Team after helping the Wildcats capture the Class A state title in 2019 • In 2018, he earned a spot on the all-state first team • An honor roll student he also earned two letters playing basketball for the Wildcats.
Personal: Born on Feb. 28, 2002 • Parents are Chris and Vicki Anderson • Has one sister, Claire, and one brother, Hank • Majoring in supply chain management.