Georgia College

2016: Played in 23 games with 11 starts … Hit .260 in 50 at-bats, with 13 hits … Tallied two doubles and one home run with 10 RBIs … Posted 92 put-outs and a .981 fielding percentage ... In conference play batted .278 in 36 at-bats for the Bobcats, scoring two runs and slugging .389… PBC Gold Scholar.

Prior College: Attended Walla Walla Community College in Walla Walla, Wash., where he played baseball for coach Dave Meliah ... NWAC second Team All-East Region first baseman in 2014 ... NWAC first Team All-East Region utility in 2015.

High School: Graduated from Kennewick High School in Kennewick, Wash. lettering in both football and baseball ... All-Conference 2nd Team pitcher ... All-Conference 1st Team infielder.

Personal: Majoring in accounting ... Son of Lenny and Jennifer Ayres ... Born June 2 ... His favorite athlete is David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox ... Chose Georgia College because he loved the atmosphere of the town on his first visit ... His biggest sports thrill was hitting a go ahead home run while playing for the Walla Walla Sweets ... His pre-game ritual is to write his gandpa's initials in the dirt... Snakes are his biggest fear ... Favorite song is "Ready, Set, Roll" by Chase Rice, movie is The Warrior, TV show is The Carbonaro Effect ... Lives by the motto "Refuse to lose."