2006 (As a Junior): Appeared in all 54 games as a junior, with 53 starts (51 of which came at first base) ... Batted .267 on the year (54-of-202) with 31 runs scored and 28 RBI ... Tied for third on the team with 25 walks, helping raise his on-base percentage to .353 ... Hit nine doubles and four home runs to bring his slugging percentage to .371 ... His 75 total bases tied him for fourth best on the team ... Saw his batting average rise to .326 in Sun Belt games (29-of-89), which placed him second on the team ... Also improved his slugging percentage (.438) and on-base percentage (.378) in league games ... Batted .522 over the team’s final six games against Troy and FIU (12-of-23) ... Committed 10 errors over 549 total chances for a team-best .982 fielding percentage ... Led the Trojan defense with 506 putouts ... Had 12 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits on seven occasions ... Tallied seven multi-RBI games with a season-best three runs batted in against South Alabama on April 14 ... Enjoyed an 11-game hit streak from March 28-April 16 ... Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List for achieving a GPA of 3.50 and above.

Junior College: Joins the Trojans this season from San Jacinto Community College, where he hit .405 with eight homers, 41 RBI and 17 doubles in 2005 ... In 2004, he posted a .325 batting average with five home runs and 52 runs batted in ... Played in the Texas-New Mexico All-Star game in 2004 ... Helped his team finish second at the 2004 JUCO World Series ... Earned Academic All-Conference honors in 2005 ... Was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2003 (34^th round) and 2004 (28^th round) Major League Baseball Drafts.

High School: Helped A&M Consolidated to a No. 1 national ranking by Baseball America ... Earned All-State honors in 2003 after batting .420 with five home runs and 30 RBI.

Personal: Son of UALR head coach Jim Lawler and his wife, Trish ... Born July 30, 1984 in El Paso, Texas ... Has three sisters, Amy, Julie and Lisa; and one brother, Travis ... Majoring in health and exercise science.