2015: Started all 49 games with 45 starts at third base, four as the designated hitter and one as the starting pitcher... Earned All-Sun Belt First Team honors as a third baseman... Earned Sun Belt Player of the Week honors (April 14) after going 5 for 5 with three RBIs and two doubles against Texas State, tying the program record for most hits in a single game (March 11)... Had the second-highest batting average on the team at .314 with 58 hits in 185 at-bats... Led the Trojans with three home runs and 20 walks... Led the team with five sacrifice flies... Had the third-most assists with 76... Had the third-highest batting average in Sun Belt play at .385 with third-most hits at 45... Had the second-most doubles in Sun Belt games with 34... Tied for the third-most doubles in Sun Belt competition with 12... Recorded a career-high 4 RBIs against Louisiana (March 15) and at Georgia State (April 4)... Went a perfect 4 for 4 with two RBIs and a triple against Missouri State (Feb. 21)... Came up with the walk-off single that gave the Trojans the two-game sweep of Louisiana (March 15)... Recorded six RBIs in each of the Trojans' series against Louisiana, Georgia State and ULM... Went 4 for 5 with two RBIs and a double against Georgia State (April 3)... Led the Trojans with 10 multiple RBI games for the season... Tied for the third-longest reached base streak at 13 games, ending his career with a streak of 10... Appeared in nine games as a pitcher, throwing 14.2 innings and striking out 10... Made his first-career start at Central Arkansas (March 25)... Pitched 1.1 innings at UT Arlington, allowing nothing (May 3)... Earned his ninth-career save after pitching one hitless inning against ULM... Allowed nothing in one inning of relief against Central Arkansas (May 12)... Set a career-high by pitching seven innings of relief and only giving up four hits and four walks in the Trojans' 14-inning affair at Arkansas State after starting at third base (May 15)... Ended his career as a Trojan hitting .317 with 125 hits, 29 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs, 82 RBIs, a .487 slugging percentage and a .393 on-base percentage.
2014: Started all 54 games with 20 starts at designated hitter, 12 at third base, nine in right field, seven at second base and six in left field while also making 17 appearances on the mound as a reliever… Earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors as the utility player… Led the team in doubles (16), triples (3), RBI (43), on-base percentage (.400) and slugging percentage (.526)... Led the pitching staff with eight saves with a 1.59 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 22.2 innings on the mound… Tied for the team lead in multi-hit games and was second on the team with a .321 batting average… Went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored while working 2.0 innings to pick up the save against Creighton on Feb. 14… Collected three hits and two RBI in a win against UIC on Feb. 28… Had five straight multi-hit games from March 8-March 15 including a two-double, three-RBI game against UAPB… In the team’s 16-inning affair with Troy on April 18 had three hits, two RBI and pitched 2.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts… Went 3-for-5 with an eighth-inning, two-run single to give the Trojans a 7-6 lead, then pitched a scoreless ninth to collect the save… Had three hits, including a home run against Grambling on April 29… Went 3-for-3 with two RBI, two runs scored and a homer against Arkansas State on May 15… Earned a save in his last three outings of the season at Texas State and back-to-back nights against Arkansas State.
Arkansas Baptist JC: Played for two seasons for the Buffaloes under head coach Shawn Regan… Batted .391 with nine home runs his sophomore season… Batted .398 with seven home runs his freshman campaign… Named First Team All-Region in 2012… Made the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-Arkansas Team in 2013.
Heber Springs HS: Played under head coach Darren Gowen at Heber Springs HS… Batted .485 with 27 career home runs for the Panthers.
Personal: Born Feb. 4, 1993 in Searcy, Ark.… Lives in Heber Springs, Ark.… Son of Tim and Terri Rockwell… Has two sisters, Tarah and Trisha… Majoring in criminal justice with a minor in health and science.
