Northwestern State University of Louisana

2025 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

2025 Season:
• Started all 56 games at shortstop in his final Northwestern State season.
• was second on the team with 60 runs scored, a total that placed him in a sixth-place tie in school single-season history.
• finished the season on an 11-game hitting streak, batting .423 (22-for-52) with six home runs and 13 RBIs in that stretch.
• hit the program's single-season record 62nd home run in a May 17 Southland Conference Tournament elimination-game loss to New Orleans.
• also doubled as part of a three-hit day against the Privateers.
• went 5-for-6, setting a career high in hits, in a May 17 Southland Conference Tournament elimination-game win against Southeastern Louisiana.
• walked off McNeese with a two-run single in a May 15 Southland Conference Tournament victory.
• homered for the fourth time in three games, going opposite field for a solo shot in a March 8 win against McNeese.
• notched his first career mulit-homer game and drove in five runs in a sweep-clinching win at Pepperdine on May 4.
• gave the Demons the lead for good with a two-run home run in a May 3 win at Pepperdine.
• homered and added a sacrifice fly in an April 25 win at Stephen F. Austin.
• went 1-for-2 with a double and scored four runs in an April 22 run-rule win at No. 4 LSU.
• connected on his first career grand slam and equaled a career high with 5 RBIs in an April 11 loss at HCU.
• scored the game-winning run on a two-out, ninth-inning wild pitch in an April 4 win against UTRGV.
• had a three-hit game, driving in a run, in Game 2 of a March 29 doubleheader sweep of Nicholls.
• blasted his third home run of the season in Game 1 of a March 29 doubleheader sweep of Nicholls.
• drove in three runs in a March 25 win against Centenary.
• slammed a home run, scored four runs and drove in five in a Feb. 25 win against Southern-New Orleans.
• connected on his first home run of the season and drove in three runs in a Feb. 15 win against Central Arkansas.

2024 Season:
• Appeared in 51 games, starting 47, in his first season at NSU.
• walked 41 times, tying for eighth most in NSU single-season history, and led the Demons with .457 on-base percentage.
• drew six walks in a two-game sweep of Stephen F. Austin from May 17-18.
• went 2-for-2 and scored three runs in an April 28 win against HCU that clinched a series sweep.
• connected on his fourth home run of the year in an April 27 win against HCU.
• hit an inside-the-park home run to put the Demons ahead to stay in an April 23 win against Grambling, going 2-for-3 with three walks.
• had a pair of two-hit games against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on April 5 and 7.
• reached base three times and laid down a sacrifice bunt against the Islanders in the series-opening win on April 7.
• tied the game with a ninth-inning RBI single in a March 29 win at McNeese.
• hit safely in seven straight games from March 12-23.
• went 2-for-4 with a home run in a March 16 loss at Louisiana Tech.
• went 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of RBIs in a March 12 win against Louisiana Tech.
• went 2-for-3 with a double and a stolen base in a March 1 win against Troy.
• came off the bench and went 2-for-2 with his first career home run in a Feb. 22 win against Northern Illinois.
• made his first career start against Southern Illinois on Feb. 17, drawing a walk and scoring a run.
• drew a walk in his NSU debut against Southern Illinois on Feb. 16.

Prior to NSU:
• Spent three seasons at Arkansas Tech.
• second-team all-conference selection as a sophomore, slashing .392/.473/.523 with three home runs.
• slashed .455/.518/.556 in conference play as the Wonderboys reached the Missouri Southern Regional.
• slashed .331/.433/.403 as a redshirt freshman in 2022 and posted a conference slash line of .314/.433/.372.
• Dean’s List student had a 3.4 GPA.

High School:
• Three-year letterman for coaches Ron Bradley and Dustin Helmkamp.
• helped lead the Wildcats to a state title in 2018 and a runner-up finish in 2019.
• as a senior, batted .417 with a .611 on-base percentage in the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season
• as a junior, batted .262 but posted a .500 on-base percentage.

Personal:
• Born June 30, 2002.
• son of Brianna and Tony Stephenson.
• has one brother, Noah, and one sister, Gracie.
• majoring in business administration.
• plans to work in marketing or as a financial advisor.
• life’s ambition is to play baseball as long as he can, hopefully past college.