AS A SOPHOMORE (2011)
Hit .249 in 56 games and 55 starts...made 28 starts in right field, 24 at second and three in center...tallied 25 runs, 13 doubles, two home runs and 21 RBIs in 201 at-bats...recorded a .317 on-base percentage...fourth on the team with 12 multi-hit games and sixth with four multi-RBI games...best game of the season came on March 18 at Cal State Northridge where he went 4-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs and a walk, a double and a home run...had back-to-back two hit games at New Mexico to open up the series.
AS A FRESHMAN (2010)
Played in 45 games while making 38 starts, primarily at second base and third base...hit .274 with 26 runs and 24 RBIs...had 40hits in 146 at-bats...knocked out one home run, one triple and eight doubles...struck out 29 times while taking 13 walks...had at least one RBI and 11 total in a six game stretch against San Francisco State, San Francisco, Pacific and three games of a a four-game stand against Hawaii (April 6-17)...lone home run and triple on the season came in that span...season-best four RBIs against Hawaii on April 16...season-high three hits in four games.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of St. Bernard's HS in Eureka, Calif...was a four year letterwinner for coach Dale Del Grande and the Crusaders...co-MVP of the Humboldt Del Norte League as a senior and MVP as a junior...led his team to three straight CIF North Coast Section titles...pitched a complete game three-hitter in the section title game over Tomales High in 2009...earned all-HDNL honors all four years...also a four year letterwinner in basketball and a three year letterwinner in football.
PERSONAL
Born April 20, 1991...parents are Phil and Jani Ayers...high school teammate of current Hornet David Del Grande...majoring in mathematics.