Georgia College

2014: Named All-Southeast Region Second Team byboth Daktronics and Rawlings ... All-PBC Second Team ... Named PBCPlayer of the Week March 11 ... Played in and started 51 games ...Hit .424 on a team-best 87 hits with 10 home runs and 63 RBI ...Scored 59 runs, slugged .683 and added a .991 fielding percentagewith just four errors ... Hit 19 doubles to lead the squad ... Went2-for-5 with a pair of home runs, four RBI and two runs againstYoung Harris April 21 ... Hit .446 against right handedpitching…Went 3-for-5 with a home run and a double in hisfirst game of the season...Went 5-for-6 against GeorgiaSouthwestern State University…Hit a home run in each game ofa three game series against Lander, went 8-for-13 in all threegames ... PBC Presidential Scholar.

2013: All-PBC Second Team ... Named PBC Playerof the Week March 5, went 7-for-14 (.500) for the week with ahome run, six RBI and five runs scored ... Started all 55 games ...Hit team-high .369 on 80 hits with nine home runs and 59 RBI ...Added 57 runs, slugged .462 and stole four bases in five tries ...Posted a .985 fielding percentage, best among infield regulars ...Led team with 17 doubles, second in RBI and tied for team lead inHR ... Led team with 41 walks ... Hit team-best .373 on 41 hits inPBC games, swatting three home runs, driving in 29 and scoring 23times ... Went 3-for-4 with a double, home run, four RBI and tworuns at UNC Pembroke March 3 ... Went 3-for-4 with four RBI, threeruns scored, a home run and a double against Clark Atlanta Feb.15.

2012: Saw time in 39 games with 25 starts,mainly at first base ... Hit .271 on 29 hits, including fivedoubles ... Had 14 runs scored and 14 RBI ... Tallied sevenmulti-hit games ... Against Augusta State April 14, went 3-for-5with three runs and an RBI ... First hit came Feb. 15, a doubleagainst Clark Atlanta ... Also pitched in two games, going 2/3 ofan inning ... Hit .342 in PBC games with 12 runs and 11 RBI.

High School: Lettered three times in baseballunder coach Seth Rhine at Grayson High in Loganville, Ga. ...Chosen twice to the All-County squad, earning first team status in2010 ... Earned All-State honors in his senior season ... Twicenamed all-region as well ... Played club ball for the East CobbBraves under head coach Jamie Crane, was leading hitter for atop-10 team in the nation.

Personal: Nickname is "Deez" ... Majoring inexercise science with a minor in health education ... Son of Davidand Paulette Ardesser ... Born Feb. 16 ... Chose Georgia Collegefor the winning tradition, great campus and social life, greateducation and a chance at the next level ... Lists Cincinnati Redssecond baseman Brandon Phillips as his favorite athlete ... Hisbiggest sports thrill was wining the school’s firstconference tournament championship in 2013 and dog-piling on rivalLander’s field ... Most scared of snakes ... Listens tomusic, eats something and prays for his pregame routine ...Favorite song is "Bricks-Migo", movie is "21 Jump Street", and TVshow is ESPN ... Lives by the motto: "Everything happens for areason."