Plays as both a shortstop at pitcher . . . will switch from third base to second this season . . . named preseason OVC Player of the Year by Collegiate Baseball.

2006 (Junior): Saw action in 58 games, starting 55 . . . named first-team All-Conference . . . led the team with a .396 batting average, the second-highest batting average in school history . . . also led the team in hits (80), doubles (15) and RBI (55) . . . had a team-best 24 multihit games and 18 multi-RBI games . . . went two for three in game one at Ole Miss . . . went two for four with two RBI against UAB . . . went seven for 11 with five RBI in three games against Longwood . . . went six for nine with four RBI in final two games at Arkansas State . . . went six for 10 with five RBI in three games at Murray State . . . went six for 12 in three games at Jacksonville State . . . went two for four with two RBI and earned the win on the mound against Auburn . . . went four for four in game two of the Austin Peay series . . . went three for four with an RBI in game one at Southeast Missouri . . . went three for seven with two doubles and three RBI in game three at Southeast Missouri . . . went four for 12 with two RBI in Eastern Kentucky series . . . went three for four with two RBI at Birmingham-Southern . . . went two for five with two RBI in game three against Morehead State . . . hit a home run and drove in two runs at Georgia State . . . went five for eight with four RBI in last two Tennessee Tech games . . . went two for three with a home run in game two of the Tennessee-Martin series . . . went two for four with a double and three RBI against Jacksonville State on day two of the OVC Tournament . . . went three for three with an RBI against Eastern Kentucky in the OVC Tournament.

2005 (Sophomore): Started 46 games for the Bulldogs . . . batted .245 with four doubles, three home runs and 21 RBI . . . appeared in 11 games on the mound, starting nine contests . . . posted a record of 3-6 and an ERA of 5.07 . . . went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the season opener at Georgia State . . . pitched 2.0 innings, giving up just one earned run in game one against UNC Asheville . . . went 3-for-6 in game three at Southeastern Louisiana . . . went 2-for-4 with an RBI in game one versus Butler . . . went 2-for-4 in the first game of the Jacksonville State series . . . went 2-for-5 with an RBI at the plate, and pitched 6.0 innings, giving up three runs and striking out seven batters in game one of the Southeast Missouri series . . . went 2-for-4 with an RBI in game three against Southeast Missouri . . . gave up three runs over 6.0 innings in game one at Eastern Illinois . . . drove in two runs in a 1-for-3 performance in game two at EIU . . . went 2-for-3 with three RBI in a win over UAB . . . surrendered three earned runs over 6.0 innings in game one against Eastern Kentucky . . . pitched 7.0 innings, giving up three earned runs and striking out eight batters in game one of the Morehead State series . . . pitched a complete game, giving up one run on four hits in the first game of the Tennessee Tech series . . . drove in two runs in a 1-for-5 performance in game three against Tennessee Tech . . . went 2-for-3 with two RBI at Birmingham-Southern . . . gave up two earned runs over 6.0 innings in game one at Tennessee-Martin . . . went 2-for-4 with an RBI in game two of the Tennessee-Martin series . . . drove in two runs in a 1-for-3 performance in game three at Tennessee-Martin . . . gave up three earned runs and struck out nine batters in 7.0 innings of work in game one against Murray State . . . went 2-for-3 with an RBI in game two against Murray State . . . went 2-for-3 in game three against Murray State.

2004 (Freshman): Appeared in 20 games as a pitcher, starting eight contests . . . posted a 6.79 ERA over 58.1 innings . . . had a 1-8 record on the season . . . batted .310 (35-for-113) in 36 games . . . had five doubles and a home run . . . drove in 21 runs on the season . . . pitched 6.2 innings, giving up just two runs and striking out six batters at UAB . . . gave up one run over 5.0 innings against Georgia State . . . tossed 6.1 innings, surrendering five runs at Jacksonville State . . . drove in two runs in the 14th inning for the winning run at Birmingham-Southern . . . went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the third game of the Eastern Illinois series . . . went 2-for-3 in game one of the Eastern Kentucky series . . . gave up just one run over 4.1 innings on the mound in a nonconference game against Jacksonville State . . . went 5-for-8 with two RBI in the final two games of the Tennessee Tech series . . . went 5-for-11 with two RBI in the Tennessee-Martin series . . . went 2-for-5 with two RBI against Austin Peay in the OVC Tournament . . . went 2-for-4 against Eastern Illinois in the OVC Tournament . . . went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI against Jacksonville State in the OVC Tournament.

High School: Played four seasons at Homewood High School . . . named Honorable Mention All-State in 2000 . . . named MVP of the Alabama state championship . . . also played basketball and football.

Personal: Born July 29, 1984 . . . son of Phil and Scarlotte Gargis . . . uncle played football at North Alabama and father played football at Auburn . . . majoring in sociology.