| Niwot Baseball Former Player Sean Ratliff 2005 Graduate |
Sean Ratliff was the heart and soul of the 2004 and 2005
Championship teams. Sean not only posted an amazing .580 batting
average during those past two years with , but he was 19-0 with at
0.73 ERA as well. The consummate leader Sean was named the
State Tournament MVP, and was also the Player of the Year. Sean
was the first Niwot player to be named a 1st Team All American.
Included in Sean's long list of accomplishments are 3 All-County
Awards, 3 All-Conference Awards, and 2 All-State Awards.
Championship teams. Sean not only posted an amazing .580 batting
average during those past two years with , but he was 19-0 with at
0.73 ERA as well. The consummate leader Sean was named the
State Tournament MVP, and was also the Player of the Year. Sean
was the first Niwot player to be named a 1st Team All American.
Included in Sean's long list of accomplishments are 3 All-County
Awards, 3 All-Conference Awards, and 2 All-State Awards.
After graduating Sean played on the United States Junior Olympic Team. Sean was privileged to have been
able to compete against teams like Canada and Cuba. The team made it to the gold medal game losing a
nail biter to Cuba.
Sean also played for the Legion A team for three years. During his time the team won the State Title all 3
years and even won the Regional Title after his Junior year.
Sean made the bold move of telling the professional scouts that he wanted to attend college before he
began his pro career. While not unheard of this was certainly a refreshing change from the "get the
money now mentality" that is the norm.
Sean was named 1st team All Pac-10 as a Sophomore at Stanford and was
on the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List for 2008, which lists only the top players in the entire
country. In 2008, Sean earned his second All-Pac-10 honor by hitting a team-high 18 home runs and also led
the squad with 58 RBI's in the 2008 regular season. The junior centerfielder also hit four triples on the
season and hit .286 with a .373 on-base percentage. He led the team with a .633 slugging percentage and
stole seven bases. Sean capped his career at Stanford, ranked 7th in the nation, with a trip to the College
World Series in Omaha, where his homerun helped eliminate top-ranked Miami . Sean was drafted in the
4th round by the New York Mets and played for the Brooklyn Cyclones in the Class A New York-Penn
League in 2008, where he hit .229 with 7 homeruns in only 201 at bats. Colorado Rockies pitcher Greg
Reynolds is a former teammate of Sean's at Stanford and the two still stay in touch.
Click the link below for Sean's professional profile
able to compete against teams like Canada and Cuba. The team made it to the gold medal game losing a
nail biter to Cuba.
Sean also played for the Legion A team for three years. During his time the team won the State Title all 3
years and even won the Regional Title after his Junior year.
Sean made the bold move of telling the professional scouts that he wanted to attend college before he
began his pro career. While not unheard of this was certainly a refreshing change from the "get the
money now mentality" that is the norm.
Sean was named 1st team All Pac-10 as a Sophomore at Stanford and was
on the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List for 2008, which lists only the top players in the entire
country. In 2008, Sean earned his second All-Pac-10 honor by hitting a team-high 18 home runs and also led
the squad with 58 RBI's in the 2008 regular season. The junior centerfielder also hit four triples on the
season and hit .286 with a .373 on-base percentage. He led the team with a .633 slugging percentage and
stole seven bases. Sean capped his career at Stanford, ranked 7th in the nation, with a trip to the College
World Series in Omaha, where his homerun helped eliminate top-ranked Miami . Sean was drafted in the
4th round by the New York Mets and played for the Brooklyn Cyclones in the Class A New York-Penn
League in 2008, where he hit .229 with 7 homeruns in only 201 at bats. Colorado Rockies pitcher Greg
Reynolds is a former teammate of Sean's at Stanford and the two still stay in touch.
Click the link below for Sean's professional profile
