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32 Gray ROWLETT
First Baseman
• has two brothers, Landon, who played football at Oklahoma Baptist, and Cole, who owns his own business.
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• 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
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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