32 Gray ROWLETT

First Baseman

• has two brothers, Landon, who played football at Oklahoma Baptist, and Cole, who owns his own business.

• general studies major has a 3.4 GPA.

• wants to continue to play baseball or become a coach.

• life’s ambition is to be the best person he can and to help others.

Game Highs:

At-Bats: 5, 5x (last vs. New Orleans, May 13, 2022)

Hits: 3, 3x (last at McNeese, May 6, 2022)

Runs Scored: 4, vs. Lamar, March 15, 2022

RBI: 4, 2x (last vs. Lamar, March 15, 2022)

Stolen Bases: 1, at ULM, March 9, 2022

Walks: 2, 5x (last vs. Southeastern, April 30, 2022)

9 Bailyn SORENSEN

Catcher/Infielder

6-2 • 210 • Sophomore • R/R

Rayville, La. • Riverfield Academy

2023 No. 2 Southland Conference 2024 MLB Draft Prospect (D1Baseball.com) 2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll 2022 No. 7 Southland Conference Impact Freshman (D1Baseball.com)

2022 Season:

• Appeared in 25 games, starting 19, as a true freshman.

• had a game-tying RBI single in the Demons’ April 26 win at Grambling.

• blasted his first career home run, a solo shot in the ninth inning, at Lamar on April 6.

• tied a career high with three RBIs and collected his first career multi-hit game, going 2-for-4, in an April 3 win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

• drove in a career-high three runs in a March 12 Game 2 win against Alcorn.

6-5

215

Sophomore • R/R Keller, Texas • Keller HS

2023 No. 4 Southland Conference 2024 MLB Draft Prospect (D1Baseball.com)

2022 Season:

• Demons’ primary first baseman appeared in 46 games with 44 starts as a true freshman.

• tied a career high with three hits, driving in two runs, in a May 6 win at McNeese.

• was part of back-to-back home runs in back-to-back games — with Jeffrey Elkins at Grambling on April 26 and with Daunte Stuart against Southeastern on April 29.

• had the game-winning RBI fielder’s choice to walk off Houston Baptist on April 22.

• went 7-for-12 in a three-game stretch from April 16-22, posting multiple hits in all three games while driving in four runs.

• made his first start after 10 games in the April 9 series finale at Incarnate Word.

• recorded a career-high four hits, including his first home run, and drove in four runs in a March 15 win against Lamar.

• drove in three runs in a March 13 win against Alcorn, part of a seven-RBI series against the Braves.

• started the first 20 games of the season at first base.

• went 2-for-4 with a double and his first career RBI in a Feb. 19 win against Stephen F. Austin.

High School:

• Two-year letterman at Keller High School for coaches Rob Stramp and Jarret Stafford.

• District 4-6A MVP earned first-team all-area honors from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and second-team all-area honors from The Dallas Morning News after Keller went 36-8 and finished as the Class 6A runner up.

• ranked among the top 10 first basemen in Texas.

• produced at a top-200 level among Texas 6A players in hits, doubles, triples, home runs and runs.

• graduated with a 3.5 grade point average and received the Letter K and Gold Star Student award.

Personal:

• Born Dec. 10, 2002.

• son of Marilyn and Brannon Rowlett.

• mom was captain of the NSU pom line and dad was an NSU football player (1988-92).

• grandfather Ed Dranguet played baseball at NSU from 1956-59.

• went 1-for-4 with an RBI in his NSU debut, starting at catcher in the Feb. 18 season opener against Stephen F. Austin.

High School:

• Four-year baseball letterman helped Riverfield capture a state baseball championship as a senior.

• named first-team all-district, all-state, All-MAIS and was the district MVP and a MAIS All-Star as a senior.

• first-team all-district pick as a junior and was a second-team honoree as a sophomore.

• helped Riverfield post a 57-9 baseball record in his final three seasons.

• four-year football letterman for coaches Kyle Stracner and Jerry Ginn.

• helped lead Riverfield to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior.

• named MAIS All-Star, first-team All-MAIS, all-state and all-district as a senior and earned Defensive MVP honors.

• district MVP and defensive MVP as a junior when he also was named first-team All-MAIS, all-state and all-district.

• first-team all-district football selection as a sophomore and was a second-team honoree as a freshman.

• member of the Beta Club and graduated with a 3.3 grade point average.

Personal:

• Born Jan. 22, 2003.

• son of Misty and Brandon Sorensen.

• has two sisters, Madelyn Sorensen and Macy Kennedy.

• majoring in business administration and has a 3.68 GPA.

• plans to pursue a professional baseball career.

• life’s ambition is to make the most of his life because you only live once.

Game Highs:

At-Bats: 4, 6x (last at Lamar, April 6, 2022)

Hits: 2, vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, April 2, 2022

Runs Scored: 2, 2x (last vs. New Orleans, May 13, 2022)

RBI: 3, 2x (last vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, April 2, 2022)

Stolen Bases: N/A

Walks: 2, vs. New Orleans, May 13, 2022

Home Runs: 1, at Lamar, April 6, 2022