Tim Elko is an American personality who is committed to Ole Miss of the University of Mississippi to play baseball. He is currently playing at different positions including first baseman, third baseman, and right fielder. He is a right-handed baseball player and senior first baseman who is currently in the news because Ole Miss won over Arizona in Super Regionals with an overall score of 22-6 on 6th June 2022. Tim Elko stepped top six plates and recorded two walks and four hits out of which three hits were home runs. By the end of the game, Elko crossed the plates and made a record with 5 additional home runs. He made the program record of the 21st home run of the season.
Early Life
Tim Elko, in full, Timothy John Elko is a 1998-born personality and is the son of loving and caring parents named John Elko and Cheryl Elko. He is playing as a senior Ole MIss champion and is majoring in exercise science. He shared his infancy and childhood with his only sister named Catie Elko. Tim went to Hillsborough High School, where he earned the honor of four-year letter winner under the coaching of head coach Kenny White.
During his high school years, he made the record of .394, 93 RBI, 71 runs, and 115 hits and led his team to earn the title of the perfect game Florida High School Dream Team 2017. He also earned the honor of being called a 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-American, a 2017 Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star, 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game All-America honors, Tampa Bay Times All-Hillsborough County First Team in 2016-17, the No. 14 overall prospect in the state of Florida (Perfect Game), and was ranked at number 69 among the list of overall players in the country in terms of Perfect Game.
Tim Elko Career
2018- Freshman Season
Tim began with 11 games and all of them were at third base. Finally, he appeared for a total of 29 games and made a record of .216 with one home run, 3 doubles, and another record of 10 runs with 5 droves. While making his debut against Winthrop in college, he went 1-for-3 and scored an RBI. he made his first multi-hit game while standing against Memphis where he went 2-for-4 and made his first extra-base hit. Later, he recorded his first career home run and went 2-for-5 day with 2 RBI and 2 runs against Georgia State. Furthermore, he made another record of 2-for-3 with double and a run in the first SEC game while standing against Tennessee.
2019- Sophomore Season
Tim Elko appeared in 2total 32 games and began with 19 starts. Furthermore, he made the record of .212, 10 runs, 9 RBI, 2 doubles, one triple, and two home runs.
2020- Junior Season
The season was short because of the pandemic COVID-19 and therefore Tim appeared in 14 games with 12 starts. He made a record of .354 and thereby became the 5th highest average on the team. During the season, he made his first homer while standing against No. 1 Louisville. He went 2-for-3 with 2 runs, RBI, and doubles while standing against Xavier. While appearing for ECU at baseball, he became responsible for both runs in the victory and an overall score of 2-1 with a run and RBI.
2021- Senior Season
During the season, Tim appeared for a total of 49 games with 43 starts. With his efficiency and record-making history, he became the first player in the program to earn the title of SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and consecutively earned another title of ABCA All-South Region at first base.
Tim Elko Biography |
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Real Name | Timothy John Elko |
Birth Date | 27 December 1998 |
Age (as of 2022) | 23 Years |
Birth Place | Wichita, KS |
Profession | Baseball Player |
College | University of Mississippi |
Qualification | – |
Physical Statistics |
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Height | in feet inches – 6’ 4” – in Centimeters – 193 cm |
Weight | in Kilograms – 108 kg – in Pounds – 240 lbs |
Hair Color | Brown |
Eye Color | Brown |
Family |
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Father | John Elko |
Mother | Cheryl Elko |
Sister | Catie Elko |
Brother | – |
Relationship Status |
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Marital Status | Single |
Affair | No |
Who is his girlfriend? | None |
Personal Life
He is not seen hand-in-hand with any girl in the industry or on or off the field. It is for sure that he would rather try to accept the recommendations of his family over his girlfriend’s approval. For the moment, Tim Elko is not committed to anyone in any romantic way.
Tim Elko Net Worth
Tim Elko is most recently committed to the Ole Miss Baseball Team of the University of Mississippi. He is making his collegiate career while playing as the senior Ole Miss contender. Although he belongs to a moderate family, it is for sure that he must be earning good prize money because of his unique record-making capabilities.