Trevin Sonnier enters his second season as an assistant coach with the Patriots after spending 2018 on staff at Oral Roberts University. In his first year at DBU, Sonnier was a key part of a coaching staff that helped guide the Patriots to a 43-21 record and the finals of the Lubbock Regional.
Sonnier is no stranger to DBU however, as he was an infielder for Dan Heefner and the Patriots in 2014 and 2015. In two seasons, Sonnier helped lead the Patriots to a pair of trips to the NCAA postseason, including the program’s first ever hosting opportunity, when DBU played host to the 2015 Dallas Regional.
A native of Nederland, Texas, Sonnier began his college baseball career at TCU where he spent one year as a Horned Frog. He then spent his Redshirt Freshman year at Panola College, earning Second Team All- Conference honors before transferring to DBU. Sonnier then graduated from DBU in 2015 and transferred to Oral Roberts for his fifth and final college baseball season.
In 2016, he played all 59 games at shortstop for ORU while leading the Golden Eagles with 11 stolen bases and posting a .308 batting average. Sonnier was name to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, which recognizes the best shortstop in college baseball.
Shortly after the 2016 baseball season, Sonnier signed a professional contract with the Chicago White Sox. After 2 years of professional baseball, split between the Chicago White Sox organization and the Washington Wildthings of the Frontier League, Sonnier began his coaching career with ORU in the spring of 2018. That first year, he helped lead the Golden Eagles to a 38 – 20 record and an appearance in the Fayetteville Regional, alongside Dan Heefner and the DBU Patriots who finished as the regional runner-up to host team Arkansas.
Sonnier comes back to DBU with his wife, Dixie, who is also a DBU Alumni and former Patriot Soccer player. Trevin and Dixie have two daughters, Adeline and Rosalie.
