Nicholls State University

2012 (Junior): Appeared in 47 games last season, making 37 starts at catcher… Finished 22-for-113 with seven RBI and 12 runs scored with six doubles… Had a career long four-game hitting streak from April 5-10… Tied a career-high in hits with three against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, driving in a season high two RBI’s… Was walked twice at Southern and UTA… Scored in a game twice in four games last season… Reached base safely in 26 of his 47 games.

2011 (Sophomore): Appeared in 18 games and made eight starts as a sophomore ... Went 4-for-28 on the year (.143 BA) ... Recorded his first hit of the season by going 1-for-3 on Feb. 23 against UL-Lafayette ... Drove in his first run of the season on Feb. 26 against St. Peter's College, going 1-for-3 ... Had an RBi single on March 22 at Tulane as part of a 1-for-3 night ... Went 1-for-4 with an RBI single against Southern on April 5.

2010 (Freshman): Made 13 starts and appeared in 22 games in his first season with the Colonels ... Went 10-for-45 (.222 BA) with three doubles, six runs and seven RBI ... Made his first start of his career and recorded his first career hit on Feb. 21, going 1-for-2 at UL-Lafayette ... Turned in his first multi-hit game on March 3 against Arkansas-Monticello, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored ... Recorded his first extra-base hit, a double, on March 6 against Southern.

Prior to Nicholls-

Thibodaux High School: Lettered in both football and baseball at Thibodaux High School ... Earned academic all-state honors in football and baseball ... Played in the Bayou Parish-River Region All-Star Football Game and participated in the HTV10 Baseball All-Star Game in 2009 ... Named second team all-district in baseball as a sophomore in 2007 ... Earned first team all-district honors in 2008 and 2009 and was named first team all-region as a senior.

Personal: Only son of Sarah Hotard and James Dufrene, III.