STARKVILLE — Mississippi State announced the three new additions to the Ron Polk Ring of Honor for the upcoming 2025 baseball season. The seventh group of inductees features Mitch Moreland, Ted Milton and Mike Proffitt. They will be enshrined with plaques on April 5, the same day Mississippi State will play Game 2 of its Southeastern Conference series with South Carolina at Dudy Noble Field. 

Mitch Moreland, the most modern player in the Class of 2025, is an Amory native who played primarily at first base in a successful college and professional career. He featured for the Bulldogs from 2005-07, batting .343 as a junior in 2007 with 26 doubles, the second most in school history, as well as 16 games as a pitcher with a 3.20 ERA and 28 strikeouts. The Bulldogs reached the College World Series that year. 

Moreland was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2007 and played for 12 seasons in Major League Baseball, making the 2018 All-Star game and winning the World Series with the Boston Red Sox the same year. 

Joining Moreland in the 2025 class are Ted Milton and Mike Proffitt, both of whom played for the Bulldogs from 1969-72. 

Milton was a heavy hitter for the Bulldogs, setting a school record with 14 career triples with a .311 career batting average, 23 home runs, 18 doubles and 96 RBIs. 

Proffitt was an ace for the Bulldogs during that time. A four-year letter winner, he still ranks in the top 10 of eight career and single-season school records on the mound. He has the third-most career wins, with 30, and the fifth-best career ERA, at 1.86. 

Milton and Proffitt helped the Bulldogs reach the College World Series in 1971 and won two SEC titles in 1970 and 1971. 

MSU’s Ring of Honor is named after Ron Polk, the legendary Bulldog coach from 1976-97 and again from 2002-08. Polk has 1,373 career coaching victories, five SEC championships, and five SEC Tournament championships.