2010: Started the first eight games of the season, with seven starts in the outfield, before suffering a season-ending injury against Eastern Michigan on March 2 ... Hit .379 over UALR's first eight games, going 11-for-29 at the plate, with nine runs scored and seven RBI ... Had four doubles out of his 11 hits to raise his slugging percentage to .517 and drew three walks to help bring his on-base percentage to .455 ... Had a pair of three-hit games before the injury, going 3-for-5 with two RBI against SIU Edwardsville on Feb. 27, and 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader with SIUE on Feb. 28 ... Was on a seven-game hitting streak at the time of his injury ... Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll for achieving a GPA of 3.0 to 3.49.

Prior to UALR: Earned NJCAA Division II Second Team All-America accolades as a sophomore at Heartland CC in 2009 ... Also named Region XXIV Player of the Year as a sophomore after batting .405 with 21 home runs, as well as All-Region XXIV and All-MWAC for the second-straight year ... Hit .412 with 13 homers and 64 RBI in his first season with the Hawks ... Played for head coach Nate Metzger ... Named to the Dean's List.

High School: Played for head coach Ryan Short at Normal Community HS.

Personal: Full name is Cody Jerret Gilles ... Born Feb. 20, 1989 in Bloomington, Ill. ... Son of Timothy and Michelle Gilles ... Has one brother, Justin ... A marketing major.