Biography
Honors: Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Week (11/15/21)
2024-25 (Senior): Played in 25 games and made 22 starts during his final season at Converse...Averaged 28.6 minutes per game, shooting 40.7 percent from the field, 32.6 percent from three-point range, and 68.2 percent from the free throw line...Tallied 316 points, 101 rebounds, 42 assists, 19 steals, and 7 blocks...Had 17 double-digit scoring games this season and one double-double...Scored a career high 24 points against Augusta (12/21/24)...Concludes his Converse career with 897 points (3rd All-Time), 329 rebounds (2nd All-Time), 257 defensive rebounds (2nd All-Time), 72 offensive rebounds (3rd All-Time), 140 assists (2nd All-Time), 66 steals (2nd All-Time), and 32 blocks (2nd All-Time)...Mitchell made 305 field goals (3rd All-Time), attempted 774 shots (1st All-Time)....made 123 career three-pointers (1st All-Time), attempted 388 three-pointers (1st All-Time)...made 164 career free throws (3rd All-Time), attempted 239 free throws (3rd All-Time)...Played in 111 games (Tied for 1st All-Time), making 58 starts (Third All-Time) for a total of 2,6333 minutes (1st All-Time).Â
2023-24 (Junior): Played in 29 games and made a pair of starts this season...Averaged 15.8 minutes per game, shot 41.7 percent from the field, 32.4 percent from three-point range and 68.4 percent from the free throw line...Tallied 135 points, 52 rebounds, 17 assists, 7 steals and 7 blocks.
2022-23 (Sophomore): Played in 29 games and made 19 starts during his sophomore season...Averaged 24.9 minutes per game, posted a .379 field goal percentage, .322 three-point percentage and a .733 free throw percentage...Scored 211 total points for an average of 7.3 points per game, hauled in 69 rebounds, 36 assists, 19 steals and had 4 blocks...Scored a career high 19-points against Lees-McRae (1/10/23).Â
2021-22 (Freshman): Played in 28 games and started the final 15 games of his rookie campaign...Averaged 26.4 minutes per game, posted a .379 field goal percentage, .292 three-point percentage and a .653 free throw percentage...Scored 235 total points for an 8.4 average, hauled in 107 total rebounds for a 3.8 average and recorded 45 assists on the year...Mitchell finished third on the team in blocked shots (14) and recorded 21 steals on the season...Recorded a double-double at Mount Olive (2/4/22)...Led or tied for the team lead in scoring twice, Led or tied for the team lead in rebounding 3 times, Led or tied for the team lead in assists 4 times, Led or tied for the team lead in steals 4 times, Led or tied for the team lead in blocks 7 times...Scored a career high 17-points twice this season and posted a career high 10-rebounds against Mount Olive (2/4/22).
Prep: Played basketball, volleyball and competed in track & field during his prep career...Averaged 15.4 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game, 2.2. assists per game, 1.8 steals per game and 1.2 blocks per game during his junior season...Averaged 17.2 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.8 spg and 1.2 bpg durig his senior year...Ranked 17th on FCDS All-Time Scoring List (921 points)...On the track and field team, Mitchell set the school record in the high jump at 6'8"...Forsyth Country Day School's 2020-21 Most-Outstanding Male Athlete, 2x Basketball MVP and Team Captain...2019 Panther Classic All-Tournament Team, 2020 Winston-Salem Journal All-Northwest Boys Honorable Mention...2x PTAC All-Conference Team, 2020-21 NCISAA Division III All-State Team, 2021 Triad All-Star Game MVP, 2021 Triad All-Star Dunk Contest Champion, 2021 Winston Salem Journal NCISAA Honor Roll. Team MVP and Team Captain of the Track Team...5x PTAC Conference Champion (high jump, triple jump, long jump, 4x100m relay and overall team conference champion.)...3x State Champion (high jump, triple jump, overall team state championship)...State Runner-Up (Long Jump), PTAC All-Conferece Team, PTAC Conference Men's T&F Most-Outstanding Athlete, 2x NCISAA Division II All-State Team...Played club basketball for Team Winston and Basketpoint USA...Averaged 21.5 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 5.2 apg, 2.6 bpg and 1.4 spg...2020 Big Shots Nationals 3x Game MVP, 2020 Big Shots Nationals Top-15 Standouts, 2020 Big Shots Nationals Top-5 Leading Scorer, 2020 Phenom Hoops 5x Game MVP...Off the court, Mitchell was a member of the Titan Achievers, Crosby Scholars and Spirit Club...Mitchell was also an honor roll student in the classroom.Â
Personal: Is the son of James and Sherri Mitchell...Has three siblings, Justin, Devan and Chelsea...Father played basketball at Winston-Salem State Univeristy (1980-84), his cousin, Jerry Stackhouse played at UNC (1993-95) and in the NBA (1995-2013), his cousin, Craig Dawson played basketball at Wake Forest (1998-2002) and his other cousin, Terrence Holt played football for NC State (1998-2003) and in the NFL (2003-08).