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, 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.

In 2009, Sean spent most of the season with Class A Savannah where he hit .265 with 15 home runs and 68 RBI. He finished the season with Class A St. Lucie in the Florida State League, posting a .286 average with 6 RBI in 7 games.

Sean split the 2010 season between St. Lucie and Class AA Binghamton in the Eastern League. He had a combined 21 homers with 80 RBI and 83 runs scored, while hitting .298.

Sean appeared in a spring training game for the New York Mets in March 2011, driving in a run in his only plate appearance.

Sean was injured in the 2011 preseason when he was struck by a line-drive while in the ondeck circle. The injury caused him to miss the 2011 season, but he is expected to make a full recovery. Click the link below for Sean's professional profile