Wheaton College (MA)

2025 SEASON: Appeared in 19 games, starting 14 contests ... Recorded a .167 batting average ... Posted a .310 batting average ... Tallied eight hits, one double, two home runs, eight RBIs, four walks drawn, and six runs scored ... Posted two multi-hit games ... Went 2-4 with his first career double and two RBIs against Worcester Polytechnic Institute on March 25 ... Hit his first career home run with a career-best three RBIs against Springfield College on March 29 ... Tied a career-high 2-4 while smacking another home run against Coast Guard on April 15.

2024 SEASON: Saw time in five games ... Made his collegiate debut on March 9 vs. No. 10 Aurora University ... Collected his first collegiate hit, going 1-1 vs. United States Coast Guard Academy on April 16.

BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Duxbury High School in 2023 ... Three-year letterwinner in baseball in addition to earning four letters in football for the Dragons ... Named the Patriot League Most Valuable Player for DHS baseball following his senior campaign and was a Patriot League All-Star as both a senior and a junior ... Named to the All-Scholastic First Team by the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald and the Patriot Ledger for Duxbury High School baseball as a senior and was named team Most Valuable Player ... Hit .431 with a 1.403 OPS to go with 33 runs batted in, six home runs and 49 total bases as a senior and finished his career with 12 homers, including three walk-offs and a pair of grand slams ... Tabbed to the All-State Honorable Mention Team as a senior for the Dragons football squad ... Selected a Patriot League All-Star for DHS football as a senior ... Earned the Patriot League Sportsmanship Award for Duxbury High School football and also received the Lt. Timothy Steele Award as a senior ... Helped the Dragons post a perfect 12-0 season to capture the State Football Championship in his final season ... Member of the Honor Roll at DHS and was a founding member of the Superintendent's Advisory Council ... Member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council at Duxbury High School ... Recipient of the Summa Award and a two-time winner of the Best of the Bunch Award at DHS ... Leader of the Senior Citizen Snow Shoveling initiative in addition to helping to raise over $5000 for breast cancer awareness ... Creator of the DEF Fundraiser for the Polar Plunge and also helped to create and organize an annual school-wide Community Service Week at Duxbury High School ... Served as a Speaker at the Marin Luther King, Jr. Day Service at Sisters of Saint Margaret Church ... Played baseball for East Coast Eagles ... Transferred from Division I University of Maine Orono, where he attended for the fall semester and intended to play baseball. 

PERSONAL: Born October 7, 2004 ... Majoring in Biology with a Pre-Physical Therapy Track at Wheaton and would like to pursue a career in Physical Therapy ... Son of Rachel Sama and Henry Ayres ... Has two siblings, Christine and Nathaniel ... His Mother, Rachel, played basketball for Saint Anselm's College ... Chose to play baseball at Wheaton because of the extensive history of winning under Coach Podbelski, and because Wheaton is a very strong academic school with terrific internship opportunities.