Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2015:
First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
 
MLB DRAFT
25th Round – Texas Rangers (2014)
23rd Round – Cincinnati Reds (2012)
 
2015 (JUNIOR)
Played in 34 games, making 28 starts … Hit .265 with one home run and 12 RBI … Made his debut in a Patriots’ uniform on Opening Day versus Monmouth and went 2-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and also stole a base … After missing a month due to injury, returned to the starting lineup on March 21 at Evansville and went 1-for-4 and drove in a run … Went 3-for-3 with an RBI on April 18 against Indiana State … Posted a 2-for-4 day at the plate and dove in a pair of runs at Southern Illinois on April 24 … Helped lift DBU to a three-game sweep over Southern Illinois by going 3-for-5 with two doubles on April 26 … Doubled and scored a run in a win against TCU on April 29 … Went 2-for-5, scored two runs and stole a base in a victory over Charlotte on May 1 … Followed with a 3-for-5 day on May 2 at Charlotte, driving in three runs and stealing a base … Collected a pair of hits and scored two runs versus UT-Arlington on May 5 … Hit his first career home run at DBU on May 16 versus Wichita State to break a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning … Tripled and scored a run in a win over Oregon State in the Dallas Regional on May 31 … Helped lead DBU to a 2-1 victory against Virginia Commonwealth on June 1 in the Dallas Regional with an RBI single in the first inning.
 
2014 (SOPHOMORE – POLK STATE COLLEGE)
Named a NJCAA Division I First Team All-American after hitting .411 … Also recognized as the FCSAA Player of the Year and the Suncoast Conference’s Player of the Year … Led the team in hits (86), runs scored (56), walks (42), stolen bases (30), and on-base-percentage (.525) … Tied for the team lead in home runs (3) and triples (5) … In the outfield, did not make an error in 153 chances and had four assists.

2013 (FRESHMAN – POLK STATE COLLEGE)
Earned First Team All-Suncoast Conference honors after leading the team with a .307 batting average …. Also tops on the club in hits (55), runs (39), stolen bases (30), walks (29), triples (5), and on-base-percentage (.436) … Hit one home run and finished second on the team with 28 RBI … Hit for the cycle on March 30 vs. St. Petersburg, going 5-for-5 and also stole three bases.

COLLEGIATE SUMMER BASEBALL
Played his fourth consecutive summer in the Florida League Altamonte Springs Boom in 2015 … Tabbed the Florida League’s No. 6 prospect by Baseball America, marking the third time in his career that he has been ranked as one of the top prospects in the league (No. 6 in 2014 and No. 3 in 2012) … In the summer of 2014, was selected as one of the top two-year college players in the nation to compete for Team USA in the 80th Annual National Baseball Congress (NBC) World Series in Wichita, Kansas … Won a Florida League Championship in 2014 with the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs …. Also spent a brief stint with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League in 2014 … Named to the Florida League All-Star team in both 2012 and 2013 … Selected in both 2013 and 2014 to participate in the Southeast Collegiate Prospect Showcase, featuring the top players from the Florida League and Sunbelt League.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Northwest Rankin High School … Played for Head Coach Jeff McClaskey … Named to the All-Region Team in 2012 for a team that went 28-6 and won a district title … Competed for the East Coast Grays in the summers.

PERSONAL
Born on December 28, 1993 … Parents are Dennis and Kimberly Sweet … His father played basketball at Tougaloo College … Majoring in Communications in Theory … Favorite Bible verse is Daniel 6:26-27.