Dallas Baptist University Athletics

2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Played in 23 games, making 22 starts … Hit .259 with two home runs, seven doubles, and 18 RBI … Opened the season in the starting lineup and suffered a season-ending injury in early May that kept him out of action … Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI on Opening Day versus Monmouth (2/16) … Delivered a pair of hits in a win at Oklahoma State (3/13) … Blasted his first home run of the year as part of a two-hit day against Brown (3/16) … Homered in his second straight game and drove in three runs in a win over Brown (3/17) … Went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBI to help DBU rally to a comeback victory at Indiana State (4/21) … Picked up two hits and an RBI versus UT Arlington (5/1).

2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Played in 42 games, making 36 starts … Emerged as the team’s starting right fielder just over one month into the season … Posted a .304 batting average and drove in 23 runs … Successfully stole 6-of-6 bases on the season … Drew 15 walks and struck out just 13 times in 135 at-bats … Made his first career start at North Florida (3/25) and went 1-for-3 with an RBI … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple against Illinois State (3/31) … Delivered a pair of hits against then-ranked No. 3 TCU (4/11) … Drove in two runs at Central Arkansas (4/13) … Went 2-for-3 and scored a pair of runs at Central Arkansas (4/14) … Collected a career-high four RBI as part of a 2-for-5 performance with a double to lift DBU to a win over then-ranked No. 19 Oklahoma (4/18) … Went 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI against Indiana State (4/21) … Racked up three hits including an RBI triple that tied the game in the eighth inning versus Indiana State (4/22) … Went 3-for-3 and drove in a run at Abilene Christian (4/25) … Ripped two base hits against Wichita State (5/5) … Went 2-for-3 in a win over Bradley (5/13) … Picked up two hits including a couple of doubles and a pair of RBI at Evansville (5/19) … Hit his first career home run in DBU’s win over Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (5/24) and finished the day by going 3-for-5 with three RBI … Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI versus Indiana State (5/25) … Stroked a double against then-ranked No. 11 Virginia in the Fort Worth Regional (6/5).
 
2016 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Played in seven games … Delivered a base hit in his first career at-bat and came around to score a run, as DBU defeated Iowa (2/21) to complete a three-game sweep to open the season … Went 1-for-2 with a RBI and two runs scored in the Patriots’ school-record 33-run performance at then-ranked No. 24 New Mexico … Ripped a base hit against versus Incarnate Word (3/22).
 
2015 (FRESHMAN)
Redshirt
 
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Spent the 2016 and 2017 summers with the So. Cal. Catch of the California Collegiate League and was named to the All-Star Team in 2017 … Tabbed an All-Star with the Elsah Voyagers of the Lewis & Clark League in 2015 and was the co-Champion of the Lewis & Clark League Home Run Derby.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year letterman at Lincoln Way East High School … Played for head coach Paul Babcock …. Was a two-time All-Area and All-Conference selection … Named twice in his career to the All-Chicagoland Area Team … Set the school’s single season record for hits and owns the program’s career record for batting average … A two-time All-Conference Academic selection … Competed in the summers for Chicago Elite.
 
PERSONAL
Born on September 22, 1995 … Parents are John and Kathy Sandmann … His brother, C.J. Sandmann, played baseball for four years at Indiana Wesleyan University … Earned a Bachelors in Business Management and is currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing … Favorite Bible verse is James 1:2-4.