Wright State University Athletics

Trevin Sonnier enters his first season with the Wright State Raiders after spending the last year as an assistant coach with the Dallas Baptist University Patriots. In his year at DBU, Sonnier was a key part of a coaching staff that helped guide the Patriots 43-21 record in 2019 and the finals of the Lubbock Regional. 

"Trevin is bright, a hard-worker, extremely competitive and genuinely cares about the players and coaches he works with," DBU head coach Dan Heefner said. "We were very fortunate to have him as a part of our program and could not be more excited for him to continue his career at Wright State where the baseball tradition is so strong."  

Prior to his year at DBU, Sonnier began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Oral Roberts University under head coach Ryan Folmar 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. 

Before beginning his coaching career, Sonnier - a native of Nederland, Texas - 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 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. 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 and was named 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. He played two years of professional baseball, split between the Chicago White Sox organization and the Washington Wildthings of the Frontier League.

Trevin and wife Dixie have two daughters, Adeline and Rosalie.