2025 Demon Baseball Roster

Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Gary Hardamon
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Gary Hardamon
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services

23 Hayden Knotts

23 Hayden Knotts

  • Position:
    Infielder
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-1 / 180
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Bossier City, La.
  • Highschool:
    Parkway HS

Summary

Biography

2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll

2025 Season: 
• Appeared in two games before suffering a season-ending injury.
 
2024 Season:
• Appeared in 40 games with 34 starts. 
• drilled his first career grand slam as part of a two-hit game in a May 17 win against Stephen F. Austin.
• had a career-high four hits, including a home run, and drove in four runs in a May 10 loss to New Orleans.
• doubled home NSU's first run of the game in a May 7 loss at LSU.
• halted a no-hit bid from Lamar's Jacob Ellis with a one-out double in the sixth inning of a May 4 win in Beaumont.
• connected on his first career home run in the Demons' April 12 win at Nicholls.
• made a key defensive play to keep the Demons' deficit at one in an eventual 11-4 win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on April 5.
• hit safely in all three games with a pair of doubles at McNeese from March 28-30.
• established a career high with three hits and scored three runs in a March 24 win against Southeastern.
• drove in a pair of runs with a triple in a Feb. 23 loss to Northern Illinois.
• went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in a Feb. 18 loss to Southern Illinois.

2023 Season: 
• Appeared in seven games, starting two in Southland Conference play, as a redshirt freshman.
• made his first career start in a May 7 win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, driving in two runs with a bases-loaded walk and a sacrifice fly.
• singled home a run in his first collegiate at-bat in an April 26 loss at UL Lafayette.
• made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement in a 13-inning April 4 win against Louisiana Tech.

2022 Season: 
• Did not see action, redshirted.

High School: 
• Four-year starter for coach David George’s Panthers.
• named second-team all-district as a senior.
• earned all-district, all-city and all-state honors as a sophomore when he also was named Class 5A Regional Pitcher of the Year, helping Parkway post a 31-6 record.
• honorable mention all-district pick as a freshman as Parkway went 26-10.
• graduated with a 3.86 grade point average.

Personal: 
• Born April 14, 2003.
• son of Brandi and Steven Knotts.
• has one brother, Holden.
• majoring in business administration.
• life’s ambition is to have a successful career.
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Historical Player Information

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    2022Freshman

    Infielder
    6'1" 188 lbs
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    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Infielder
    6'1" 188 lbs
    23
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    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'1" 188 lbs
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    2025Redshirt Junior

    Infielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
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