Guilford College

Career

• posted a .331 career batting average
• tallied 78 hits and 44 RBI

2013

• started in 12 of 16 games
• had a .184 batting average with nine hits, four RBI and three runs scored
• went 3-for-4 against Bluefield State

2012

• Third Team All-ODAC
• appeared in 32 games and started 30 at second base
• finished the year with a .331 batting average, 39 hits, 24 RBI, four doubles, and one home run
• ranked fourth on the team in RBIs
• named Guilford Student-Athlete of the week Apr. 8 after batting 10-for-17, with a .588 batting average, a .632 on-base percentage, six RBI, and one homer
• in one week he had three multiple-hit performances, including four-hit outings against conference rivals Roanoke College and Randolph-Macon College
• had a season-high four hits, including his first homer of the year, and three RBI against Roanoke Apr. 3
• had two hits and an RBI in Apr. 4 win over Averett University
• helped Guilford to its first doubleheader sweep of Randolph-Macon since 2004 as he went 4-for-4 with two RBI in the 6-4 opening game win Apr. 7
• hit safely in nine out of 10 games from Mar. 24 to Apr. 14

2011

• started in 27 of 30 games, mostly at third base
• hit .259 with 16 runs and 16 RBI
• recorded four doubles, two home runs and four stolen bases, plus 28 hits
• one of his best performances came in the Quakers' doubleheader sweep over league-rival Virginia Wesleyan when he went four-for-seven with four runs, one RBI and a double
• enjoyed an eight-game hitting streak

 2010

• saw time as a reserve shortstop
• recorded his first college hit in Guilford's March 31 contest against Averett University
• contributed to Guilford's developmental squad

Personal

• four-time member Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll
• lettered three-years at North Stafford H.S. under coach Jim Labrusciano
• earned 2008 Northwest Region honorable mention recognition
• earned First-Team All-Commonwealth District honors
• also lettered twice in golf for the Wolverines
• son of Michael and Jeanette Esser
• accounting minor