Wofford College Athletics

2022: Played in all 59 games with 58 starts, all in the outfield… Posted a .321 batting average with 67 hits, 45 runs and 42 RBI… Was second on team with 34 walks and third with a .442 on-base percentage… Was third in the SoCon with 10 sacrifice bunts… Had two hits and an RBI against George Mason (2/19) … Against Lafayette (3/13), totaled two RBI on two hits… Drove home three runs on three hits at Belmont (3/20) … Hit first home run of season against Gardner-Webb (3/27) … Collected three hits with an RBI at Dallas Baptist (4/1) … In the series opener at Mercer (4/22), reached base five times with three hits and two walks with an RBI… The next day at Mercer (4/23), picked up another RBI with three more hits… Hit second homer of season at Samford (4/30) … In the series finale at Samford (5/1), collected four hits and drove home a run… Tallied three RBI on two hits at UNC Asheville (5/4) … Tallied three RBI on two hits again against Western Carolina (5/13) … In game one of the SoCon Championship doubleheader against UNCG (5/29), drove home two runs with two hits, including a double… Named to the Preseason All-Southern Conference First Team… Named to Southern Conference All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Started 52 games, with 44 starts at right field, seven starts in center field and one start in left field ... Led the team with a .363 batting average,73 hits and 52 runs scored ... Named All-Southern Conference second team by the coaches and media ... Among SoCon leaders was seventh in batting average, fourth in hits, sixth in runs scored and fifth in on base percentage (.472) ... Was ranked the 45th toughest to strike out in the NCAA standings ... At Jacksonville (3/5) had three hits ... Against Toledo (4/13) tripled in the fourth inning to score two runs ... At Mercer (3/27) had two hits and scored three runs, including a solo home run in the fourth inning ... Against Western Carolina (4/2) had three hits, including a pair of doubles ... At East Tennessee State (4/11) was 4-of-5 from the plate .... Against UNCG (4/16) was 6-of-6 with two doubles and four runs scored ... Also against the Spartans (4/17) had two hits and three RBIs ... Scored three runs against the College of Charleston (4/21) ... Against Samford (5/1) had three hits, two of which were doubles ... In the three-game series against The Citadel (5/7, 5/9) had eight hits and eight RBIs ... At Western Carolina (5/15) had four hits and scored four runs in the doubleheader ... Against Mercer (5/20) had three hits and scored twice ... Added three hits and two runs in the second game in the series against the Bears (5/21) ... In the Southern Conference Tournament, had two hits against Western Carolina (5/27) and scored twice against Mercer (5/28). 

2020: Played in ten games with two starts in center field and one start as the designated hitter ... At USC Upstate (2/25) had a double and scored twice ... Against Merrimack (2/28) had a hit ... Added a hit and run scored against Presbyterian (3/4)... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and SoCon Spring Academic All-Conference Team. 

2019: Saw action in 37 games with eleven starts, nine of which were in the outfield ... Batted .290 with 18 hits - including seven doubles - and 16 RBIs in 62 at bats ... First career hit was a double against Radford (2/24) ... Against Harvard (3/2) had a double and three RBIs in the start ... At Presbyterian (3/6) had three hits and drove in two runs ... Against Maryland Eastern Shore (3/19) had a double that drove in two runs ... At Western Carolina (4/5) had two RBIs ... At UNCG (5/18) had three hits and drove in two runs ... In the Southern Conference Tournament against Mercer (5/26) drove in a run ... Played for the Saugerties Stallions in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League during the summer ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterman at Rockwall Heath High School ... During his senior year batted .391 with 36 hits, 37 runs scored and 32 RBIs, along with 19 stolen bases to earn first team All-District honors at first base ... As a junior batted .528 with 38 hits and a .630 on base percentage ... Earned second team All-State and first team All-District honors, along with the league batting champion title ... As a sophomore, the team won a district championship and was state runner-up ... He was named to the state All-Tournament Team, while also being named first team All-District ... As a freshman he was District Newcomer of the Year with a .455 batting average ... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Born January 23, 2000 ... Son of David and Tiffani Hester ... A finance major.

HONORS & AWARDS
- 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference Team
- 2021 All-Southern Conference Second Team
- 2022 Preseason All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2022 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll