Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (March 6, 2023)
2023 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
2023 No. 8 Southland Conference MLB Draft Prospect (D1Baseball.com)
2023 Second-Team Preseason All-Southland Conference 2B
2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2022 Academic All-Southland Conference Second Team
2022 Third-Team All-Southland Conference 2B
2022 No. 3 Southland Conference MLB Draft Prospect (Baseball America)
2022 No. 5 Southland Conference MLB Draft Prospect (D1Baseball.com)
2022 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
2022 First-Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
2021 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
2021 Second-Team All-Southland Conference 2B
2020-21 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2023 Season:
• Started 55 games as NSU's second baseman.
• ranked second on the team with 40 RBIs and tied for third with seven home runs.
• ended the season with 109 career walks, sixth-most in school history.
• hit safely in the final three games of the SLC Tournament and ended the year having reached base in a career-long 18 straight games.
• went 2-for-3 and scored two runs in a series-clinching win against McNeese on May 14.
• went 2-for-4 with a triple in a May 12 series-opening win against McNeese.
• went 3-for-5 and scored three runs in a series-finale win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on May 7.
• put Northwestern State ahead to stay with a two-run double in the 11th inning of a May 2 win at Louisiana Tech, crossing the 100-RBI mark for his career on the hit.
• drove in go-ahead runs in the first inning of back-to-back wins against Nicholls on April 28 and 29.
• doubled twice as part of a three-hit game in a Game 2 win against Houston Christian on April 16.
• connected on his first career grand slam in the first inning of a Game 1 loss to Houston Christian on April 16.
• swatted a go-ahead, two-run home run in the seventh inning of an April 14 loss at Houston Christian.
• drove his fifth home run of the season -- a solo shot -- to right field in Game 1 of an April 8 doubleheader against Lamar.
• went 3-for-5 with a triple and a pair of RBIs in a March 21 win against LSU-Alexandria.
• went 2-for-4 with a home run and a pair of RBIs in a March 11 win against Alabama A&M.
• tied the school record with three home runs, including a walk-off solo shot in the ninth, of a March 4 win against UT Arlington.
• went 5-for-5 and drove in four runs with in the March 4 win against the Mavericks, extending his run of reaching base to nine straight plate appearances.
• went 2-for-2 with two walks and an RBI in a Feb. 28 win against Stephen F. Austin.
• tied the school record with three doubles and drove in two runs in a Feb. 26 loss to Stephen F. Austin.
• knocked in a pair of runs in a Feb. 24 win against Seton Hall on Feb. 24.
• Played for the West Virginia Black Bears of the MLB Draft League, helping the team win the league’s first half championship.
2022 Season:
• Tied a career high by scoring four runs in a May 6 win at McNeese, going 2-for-4 with a pair of hit by pitches and a stolen base.
• drilled a first-inning home run against Southeastern on April 29, part of back-to-back homers with Gray Rowlett.
• put the Demons on the board with his third home run of the season, a two-run shot in the seventh inning, at Nicholls on April 16.
• went 3-for-4 with a home run and a career-high five RBIs in a Game 2 win against South Dakota State on March 19.
• posted a career-high five hits -- NSU's first five-hit game in nearly three years -- and drove in two in a 21-7 win against Lamar on March 15.
• hit safely in a season-long seven games from March 9-18.
• went 4-for-9 with a double, a home run and four RBIs in a March 12 doubleheader sweep of Alcorn.
• hit safely in the first five games of the season, going 8-for-21 (.381) with four doubles in that span.
2021 Season:
• Appeared in and started the first 52 games of the season before missing the finale with an injury.
• paced NSU's qualifying hitters in the Triple Crown categories (.270 BA, 7 HR, 30 RBIs) and in total bases (84) and slugging percentage (.454).
• led the team in multi-hit games (12) and tied for the lead in multi-RBI games (8).
• went 2-for-3 and scored twice in a May 15 win against Stephen F. Austin.
• went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two walks in a Game 1 win against McNeese on May 8.
• delivered a go-ahead, three-run double in the eighth inning of a May 7 Game 2 win against McNeese.
• went 2-for-4 with his first career road home run in Game 2 of a May 1 doubleheader at Central Arkansas.
• drilled a pair of home runs -- his first career multi-homer game -- drove in three runs and scored four times in a Game 2 win against Nicholls on April 24.
• drew five walks -- including four in an April 11 doubleheader -- in a four-game series against Lamar.
• collected his third three-walk game of the season and went 2-for-2 in a March 30 win against LSUA.
• went 1-for-2 with three walks in a March 27 loss to South Alabama.
• hit safely in a career-long 10 straight games from Feb. 22-March 12.
• homered in three straight games from Feb. 27-March 6 and four times in five games from Feb. 27-March 12.
• rapped out three singles and drove in a run in a 6-5 win against Incarnate Word on March 14.
• started the scoring with a solo home run in a 5-4 win against Incarnate Word on March 12, reaching base in all four of his plate appearances.
• went 4-for-8 with two home runs, seven RBIs and seven walks -- three intentional -- during the Demons' series against Austin Peay from March 5-7.
• hit his first career home run in Game 2 of a Feb. 27 doubleheader against Tarleton.
• doubled home the Demons' runs in a 5-2 loss at ULM on Feb. 24.
• had his first multi-hit game of the year, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored in Game 2 of a Feb. 21 doubleheader at Southern Miss.
2020 Season:
• Started all 16 games at second base as a true freshman.
• one of three Demons to swipe three bases and finshed third on the team in batting average (.281).
• scored two runs and drove in another in an 8-3 win against Abilene Christian on March 8.
• hit safely in nine straight games from Feb. 16-March 1.
• doubled in three straight games from Feb. 26-29.
• scored the Demons' lone run in a 5-1 loss to Eastern Illinois on Feb. 29, doubling and scoring on a pair of throwing errors on the play.
• had three two-hit games in a four-game span from Feb. 22-26, including his first career two-hit game in Game 1 of a Feb. 22 doubleheader sweep of North Alabama.
• scored a career-high three runs in an 8-3 win against North Alabama on Feb. 23.
• went 1-for-2 against Wichita State on Feb. 16, notching his first career hit.
• drew a walk and scored two runs in his collegiate debut, an 11-0 win against Wichita State on Feb. 14.
• Two-year letterman for Ronald Eastman’s Highlanders.
• batted .325 as a senior, helping lead The Woodlands to the regional semifinals.
• named an honorable mention Perfect Game Preseason All-American and to the Preseason All-Houston Area Team prior to his senior year.
• helped push the Highlanders to the state tournament as a junior.
• earned an academic letter and graduated with a 3.55 grade point average.
• Born June 6, 2001.
• son of Deseree and Carlton Stuart.
• has one brother, Taveras.
• his cousin, Jazz Chisholm is the Miami Marlins’ second baseman. Also, cousin Samson Colebrooke competed as a sprinter for the Bahamas in the 2020 Summer Olympics, while another cousin, Ray Minus Jr., was a professional boxer who won a number of titles.
• majoring in electronics engineering technology and holds a 3.3 grade point average.
• plans to play professional baseball and become a professional engineer.
• life’s ambition is “to become an MLB player, an entrepreneur, give back to the community and have a great family.”
