Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2026 AT EKU
Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year … Third Team All-ASUN Conference … ASUN Conference All-Freshman Team … played in and started 54 games … started 26 times in right field, 17 times in center and 11 times in left field … hit .267 with 38 runs, nine doubles, three triples, 11 home runs, 37 RBIs, 38 walks and 20 steals in 22 attempts … posted a .540 slugging percentage and a .468 on-base percentage … first in the ASUN in hit by a pitch (31), third in on-base percentage, tied for fourth in walks, tied for fourth in steals, tied for fourth in triples and eighth in OPS (1.006) … third in the nation in hit by pitch per game (0.57) and fourth in total times hit by a pitch … in conference games only, ranked first in walks (27), first in hit by pitch (19), second in home runs (9), second in triples (3), second in on-base percentage (.497), second in OPS (1.160), second in steals (14) and fourth in slugging (.663) … chosen as ASUN Player of the Week on April 6 after hitting.308 with four home runs, six RBIs, five runs scored, three walks, a 1.231 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base percentage in four games … hit two home runs in a 2-for-5 performance with three runs and three RBIs against Austin Peay (April 4) … was 2-for-3 with two runs and four RBIs against Bellarmine (April 12) … drove in three runs while going 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk and two runs scored at Bellarmine (May 15).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2025 AT UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Did not play in any games … redshirt season.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked the No. 224 national recruit by Prep Baseball and No. 19 in Georgia … Perfect Games listed him a Top 500 overall recruit and No. 58 in Georgia … 2024 Perfect Game Preseason All-American … 2023 Preseason Perfect Game Underclass All-American …. Super 60 and Future Games participant … played at Augusta Christian High School … played all three outfield positions … won back-to-back state championships in 2023 and 2024 … was region player of the year in 2023 and first team all-region in 2024 … injured part of his senior season, returned for playoffs and batted .600 with 14 RBIs to help win state title … finished senior season with .444 average and four home runs … hit .420 with four home runs as a junior … also played basketball, where his athleticism caught the world by storm in a viral dunk video … also won back-to-back state championships in basketball in the 2022 and 2023 seasons … first team all-region in basketball in 2022 and 2023.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Kareem Pratt and Christine Lawson … has one brother – Jamil … plans to major in public health.