Hometown Hero:
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2026: First Team All-GPAC (RP)… Played in 47 games with 46 starts, hitting .286 with a .355 on-base percentage and .393 slugging percentage… Logged 30 runs, 40 hits, 9 doubles, 2 home runs, 17 RBIs, 13 walks, 4 stolen bases and 3 sacrifice hits… Posted a 2.36 ERA with a 2-2 record over 26 2/3 innings, striking out 35 with 5 walks and holding opponents to a .214 average... notched a GPAC-best seven saves … Added 45 putouts and 140 assists... NAIA Scholar Athlete.
2025: CSC Academic All-District … Second Team All-GPAC (RP) ... Played in 46 of 48 games … Registered a .264 batting average with 26 runs, 34 hits, 13 RBIs, seven doubles, and one home run … Successful in two stolen base attempts … Achieved a .500 slugging percentage and a 1.000 on-base percentage … Recorded nine multi-hit games, including a three-hit performance with a home run and two RBIs against Lincoln (Mo.) on Feb. 24 … Posted a 1.800 OPS in the same game … Notched a pair of doubles and scored three runs against Judson on March 10 … Tallied two saves in pitching appearances and struck out three against Cornerstone on March 6 … Posted a GPAC-leading nine saves on the year ... Earned a save and struck out two in a one-inning pitching appearance on March 10 against Lawrence Tech … Contributed significantly on defense with 51 putouts, 98 assists, and only nine errors … NAIA Scholar Athlete.
2024: played in 32 games, starting 23 ... collected 14 RBIs ... hit .250 in 72 at-bats ... hit his first-career home run on March 5 against Roosevelt (Ill.).
Personal: son of Brian and Jill Ayers; brother to Sydni and Kyli
Favorite Bible Verse: Romans 8:28
