Butler University Athletics

2025 – Sophomore Season: Played in 49 games, making 40 starts… 37 of his 40 starts came at centerfield, he also made three starts at third base… Hit .235 on the year, collecting 36 hits in 153 at-bats… Ended the year with six doubles, three triples and six home runs to help record 21 RBIs… Ranked seventh in the BIG EAST in triples... Recorded 66 total bases… Scored 29 runs… Walked 15 times to raise his on-base percentage to .333… 15 extra base hits helped him post a .431 slugging percentage… Stole six bases on six attempts… Made 118 putouts while adding 10 assists… Held a .977 fielding percentage… Had eight multi-hit games… Recorded multiple RBIs in five games… Longest hit streak covered nine games… Reached base safely in 11-straight games… Had a three-hit game at Tarleton State (2/16) and matched that effort with three more against St. John’s (5/16)… First home run of the season came in game three of opening weekend at Tarleton State (2/15)… Homered in back-to-back games at Belmont (3/14-16)… Impacted the Northern Illinois series with a home run in game three (3/29)… Hit a home run at Xavier (4/4) and vs. St. John’s (5/16)… Hit a triple at Tarleton State (2/16), at Evansville (4/8), and at UConn (5/11)… Had two doubles and two RBIs in game one vs. Norfolk State (2/22)… Came up with a double and three RBI’s at Lindenwood (3/8).

2024 – Freshman Season: Played in 23 games, making three starts… Recorded three hits in 24 at-bats to post a .125 batting average… Scored seven runs… Ended the year with three RBIs… Walked once and was hit by a pitch twice to raise his on-base percentage to .222… Made 12 putouts in the outfield… Scored a run in his Bulldog debut at Alabama A&M (2/24)… Walked and scored a run in the first game at Morehead State (3/1)… First hit came in game two of the Morehead State series (3/2)… Scored a run in that game and in the finale… First RBI of the year came vs. Bradley (3/14)… Had a two-RBI single and scored a run vs. Dayton (3/23)… First start came in the finale vs. the Flyers (3/24)… Got the start at DH vs. Xavier (5/4)… Started in the outfield at Ball State (5/7).

High School: Three-year starter for head coach Ed Freije at Cathedral High School… Finished the 2022 Season as State Runner-Up… Named Academic All-State… Played club ball for the Indiana Bulls.

Personal: Son of Anthony and Lauren Ayers… Has five siblings; Colin, Adam, Patrick, Luke and Mary… Health sciences major.

Why Ayers Chose Butler
“For the campus, the coaches and the education.”