Tuscaloosa's Anderson Named To Mississippi Community College Sports Hall Of Fame

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Chicago White Sox shortstop and former Hillcrest High Patriot Tim Anderson has been named to the Class of 2022 for the Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame.

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Anderson played junior college baseball at East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi and will be inducted during official ceremonies on April 26 at Hinds Community College. The honor is not the first for the ballplayer, who was also inducted into the ECCC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017.

An overlooked talent who rapidly developed into an MLB All-Star, Anderson hit .360 with four home runs, 37 runs batted in, and 30 stolen bases in 30 attempts during his freshman season at ECCC in 2012.

Anderson's sophomore campaign proved an even bigger breakout, as he led all junior collegebaseball players with a .495 batting average. He also help the Warriors secure a Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) state title.

For his efforts, Anderson was named a first-team National Junior College Athletic Association Division II All-American in 2013 and NJCAA All-Region 23 and MACJC All-State both seasons.

Anderson was also named the NJCAA Male Athlete of the Year in 2013.

He would go on to be drafted by the White Sox with the 17th overall selection in 2013 made his big league debut on June 10, 2016 against the Kansas City Royals.

During his first full season in the major leagues in 2017, Anderson hit .257 with 17 home runs, before returning the next year to become the first shortstop in White Sox history to record 20-plus home runs and 20-plus stolen bases in a season.

Anderson also made his first Major League All-Star Game during the 2021 season, but perhaps his biggest moment came on Aug. 12, 2021, when he hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning to help the White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9–8 in the inaugural Field of Dreams Game in Iowa.

Anderson and his wife, Bria, live in Chicago and have two daughters: Peyton and Paxton.

Apart from his work on the baseball diamond, Anderson and his wife established Anderson’s League of Leaders in 2017, in memory of his best friend Branden Deon Moss. The nonprofit works to build leadership skills in youth affected by violence through scholarships, community partnerships, baseball camps, free haircuts, school supplies, and other projects in Chicago and Tuscaloosa.

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