2023 No. 4 Southland Conference 2024 MLB Draft Prospect (D1Baseball.com)
2023 Season:
• Appeared in 43 games starting 42, as a sophomore.
• ranked second on the team in hit by pitch (14) and is three shy of moving in to the career top 10 at NSU.
• ranked fifth on the team with 34 RBIs and drove in a run in five of his final six games of the season.
• had game-tying RBIs in SLC Tournament games against UIW (May 24) and New Orleans (May 26) and a go-ahead RBI against UNO (May 25).
• went 2-for-2 with an RBI off the bench in a May 20 loss at Southeastern.
• drilled a go-ahead solo home run in the fourth inning of an April 30 loss to Nicholls.
• doubled home NSU's first run in an April 26 loss at UL Lafayette.
• enjoyed his first career multi-home run game, slamming a pair of homers in an April 22 win against UIW.
• had a pair of hits and scored a run in the second game of an April 8 doubleheader with Lamar.
• connected on his second home run of the season as part of a two extra-base-hit day in an April 2 win at New Orleans.
• went 3-for-9 with three RBIs in a March 25 doubleheader at Oregon.
• hit safely in seven straight games from March 3-25, going 10-for-29 (.345) with nine RBIs in that span.
• had four hits and five RBIs in two games against Little Rock (March 17, 19).
• homered and drove in three runs in a Feb. 25 win against New Mexico State.
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.
• has two brothers, Landon, who played football at Oklahoma Baptist, and Cole, who owns his own business.
• undecided on his major.
• wants to become either a coach or work in criminal justice.
• life’s ambition is to continue to play baseball.
