Sophomore Season (2021-22): Named Second Team All-Red River Athletic Conference...Had a .944 fielding percentage at shortstop, which earned him the RRAC Gold Glove Award...Appeared in 46 games...Tallied 62 hits in 167 at-bats for a .371 batting average, which led the team...Hit eight home runs, which was tied for the third-most homers in a single season in program history...Drove in 41 runs and scored 40 times, both of which finished second on the team...Led team in doubles (17) and walks drawn (29)...Posted hits in 34 of the 46 games...Recorded multiple hits in 19 of the games, including in seven consecutive contests from March 5 through March 19...Had a 16-game hitting streak from Feb. 19 through March 19...From April 15 through April 20, registered hits in 11 consecutive official at-bats, spanning three games...In that stretch, he went 4-for-4 and 3-for-3 in the last two games against Houston-Victoria and hits in the first four at-bats at Louisiana Christian...In the middle game against UHV, he hit three doubles in the game, which tied the school record for a single game...Went 6-for-15 (.400) in the run to the RRAC Tournament title...Earned RRAC Tournament Gold Glove Award...Drove in a season-high four runs each in wins at Jarvis Christian and at home against Xavier...Hit a walk-off home run to left field in that victory against Xavier...Crushed a home run in the NAIA Tournament against Freed-Hardeman...Went 7-for-14 in the series at Jarvis Christian with two home runs and eight RBI and scoring five times, with five of the seven hits going for extra bases.
Redshirt Freshman Season (2020-21): Named Second Team All-Louisiana...First Team All-Red River Athletic Conference selection...Posted a .948 fielding percentage, which earned him the RRAC Gold Glove Award at shortstop...Appeared in all 53 games, starting them all...Finished with a .348 batting average, which was second on the team for batters with at least 100 at-bats...Led team hits (63), runs (40), doubles (18), triples (3), RBI (53), total bases (93) and walks (34)...Hit two home runs on the season, both coming in the RRAC Tournament against Texas A&M-Texarkana...Dominated the series against Jarvis Christian, going 6-of-10 with eight RBI in the sweep...Went 5-11 with seven RBI in the series win against TAMUT...Had a 5-for-9 day, driving in one, in a double header sweep over Arizona Christian on Feb. 15...Followed that up with a 3-for-6 double header, driving in one, against ACU on Feb. 16...Tallied three hits and drove in five runs in a double header against ACU on Feb. 18, including tallying a season-high four RBI in the nightcap...Recorded a season-high three hits against Houston-Victoria on March 19....Had two hits and drove in two runs in the win over Champion Christian.
Freshman Season (2019-20): Appeared in 14 games, starting 11...Recorded 12 hits in 40 at-bats for a .300 batting average...The average was fourth on the squad for players who had at least 40 at-bats...Drove in nine runs and scored 12...Walked six times and struck out just four times...Stole two bases in three attempts.
Prior to LSUA: Named First Team All-Parish and All-District all four years...Selected Parish MVP and All-State as a senior and LBCA All-Regions Team in both his junior and senior seasons for Pine Prairie.
Personal: Born Nov. 22, 2000 in Ville Platte, La...Son of Mitch and Crystal Ardoin...Has one brother, Colin...Favorite team is the St. Louis Cardinals...Enjoys listening to rap...Favorite athletes are Albert Pujols and Kobe Bryant...Likes to watch Fresh Prince of Bel Air...Likes to eat crawfish fettuccine...Favorite musician is Drake and favorite actor is Will Smith...Enjoys fishing...Would like to become a baseball coach.
