2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 27
Bayram Hot
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Queens, N.Y.
- High School:
- Archbishop Molloy
- Prev School:
- Marist
CAREER HONORS
• 2026 MLB Draft, 10th Round, 308th Overall, New York Yankees
• 2026 All-ACC Third Team
• 2026 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2024 MAAC All-Academic Team
• 2023 MAAC Rookie of the Year
• 2023 All-MAAC Second Team
• 2023 All-MAAC Rookie Team
2026: One of three Cardinals to start all 57 games (all at 3B) ... Finsihed with a .330 average with a team-leading 15 doubles to go along with nine homers and 41 RBIs ... Scored 50 runs and was 17-for-20 in stolen bases ... Matched his career high with four hits against Michigan State on Feb. 14 ... Tallied three hits and drove in a pair in the win over Xavier on Feb. 17 ... Drove in three in the win over Central Michigan on Feb. 28 ... Homered as part of a three-hit day against CMU on March 1 ... Hit a two-run homer in the win over Seton Hall on March 8 ... Tallied five hits, including two doubles and a homer, in the Notre Dame series ... Had back-to-back multi-hit games at North Carolina ... Drove in multiple runs in the final two games of the Pitt series, including homering in the finale ... Went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs at EKU on March 31 ... Finished 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and three runs scored at Duke on April 3 ... Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and a career-best three stolen bases against Stanford on April 11 ... Homered at Cal on April 17 ... Hit a two-run homer in the win over Kentucky on April 21 ... Finished the regular season with a 4-for-4 game against Virginia.
2025: Played in 36 games with 27 starts (22 at 2B, 4 at SS, 1 at DH) in his first season at Louisville ... Finished with a .326 average, three doubles and three home runs ... Drove in 22 runs and scored 16 times ... Had a hit and RBI in his Louisville debut against Oklahoma State on Feb. 15 ... Hit his first home run at Louisville and drove in three in the win over Butler on Feb. 26 ... Tallied three hits and drove in a pair against St. John’s on March 1 ... Went 5-for-6 in a pair of starts against UIC ... Tallied two hits, drove in two and scored three times in the win over Boston College on April 4 ... Made his first start at Louisville as the shortstop on April 15 against WKU ... Notched the first multi-homer game of his career against Eastern Kentucky on April 29 ... Had a pair of hits against Bellarmine on May 13 ... Had two hits and drove in two against Pitt on May 20.
2024 (Marist): Appeared and started in 55 games for the Red Foxes … Hit .278 with a .383 on-base percentage … Tallied 14 doubles, three triples and seven home runs … Drove in 37 runs and scored 30 … Homered and drove in four in the series finale at Radford (3/17) … Went 2-for-2 with four RBIs in the game two win over Manhattan (4/20) … Drove in a career-high six in a win at Siena (5/11) … Went 8-for-18 in four games of the MAAC Tournament.
2023 (Marist): Played in 50 games with 48 starts … Led Marist with a .382 average … Finished with 14 doubles, three triples and a pair of homers … Drove in 37 with 47 runs scored … Went 11-for-12 in stolen bases … Hit his first career homer in a three-hit game at ETSU (3/3) … Went 3-for-4 and drove in six at FIU (3/12) … Tallied four hits at Towson (3/14) and vs. Iona (4/30) … Picked up a hit in 26 of 27 games from March 31-May 14, hitting .431 over that stretch.
High School: Lettered in baseball at Archbishop Molloy High School … Was named the Athlete of the Year and Baseball MVP.
Personal: Parents are Ekrem and Sajka Hot … Has three older siblings – Selma, Marsima and Elvir … Chose Louisville over Kentucky, Mississippi State, East Carolina, Kansas, Michigan and Maryland … Hobbies include juggling and ping pong … Favorite athlete is Juan Soto … Favorite TV show is That 70’s Show … Favorite movie is Home Alone.
• 2026 MLB Draft, 10th Round, 308th Overall, New York Yankees
• 2026 All-ACC Third Team
• 2026 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2024 MAAC All-Academic Team
• 2023 MAAC Rookie of the Year
• 2023 All-MAAC Second Team
• 2023 All-MAAC Rookie Team
2026: One of three Cardinals to start all 57 games (all at 3B) ... Finsihed with a .330 average with a team-leading 15 doubles to go along with nine homers and 41 RBIs ... Scored 50 runs and was 17-for-20 in stolen bases ... Matched his career high with four hits against Michigan State on Feb. 14 ... Tallied three hits and drove in a pair in the win over Xavier on Feb. 17 ... Drove in three in the win over Central Michigan on Feb. 28 ... Homered as part of a three-hit day against CMU on March 1 ... Hit a two-run homer in the win over Seton Hall on March 8 ... Tallied five hits, including two doubles and a homer, in the Notre Dame series ... Had back-to-back multi-hit games at North Carolina ... Drove in multiple runs in the final two games of the Pitt series, including homering in the finale ... Went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs at EKU on March 31 ... Finished 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and three runs scored at Duke on April 3 ... Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and a career-best three stolen bases against Stanford on April 11 ... Homered at Cal on April 17 ... Hit a two-run homer in the win over Kentucky on April 21 ... Finished the regular season with a 4-for-4 game against Virginia.
2025: Played in 36 games with 27 starts (22 at 2B, 4 at SS, 1 at DH) in his first season at Louisville ... Finished with a .326 average, three doubles and three home runs ... Drove in 22 runs and scored 16 times ... Had a hit and RBI in his Louisville debut against Oklahoma State on Feb. 15 ... Hit his first home run at Louisville and drove in three in the win over Butler on Feb. 26 ... Tallied three hits and drove in a pair against St. John’s on March 1 ... Went 5-for-6 in a pair of starts against UIC ... Tallied two hits, drove in two and scored three times in the win over Boston College on April 4 ... Made his first start at Louisville as the shortstop on April 15 against WKU ... Notched the first multi-homer game of his career against Eastern Kentucky on April 29 ... Had a pair of hits against Bellarmine on May 13 ... Had two hits and drove in two against Pitt on May 20.
2024 (Marist): Appeared and started in 55 games for the Red Foxes … Hit .278 with a .383 on-base percentage … Tallied 14 doubles, three triples and seven home runs … Drove in 37 runs and scored 30 … Homered and drove in four in the series finale at Radford (3/17) … Went 2-for-2 with four RBIs in the game two win over Manhattan (4/20) … Drove in a career-high six in a win at Siena (5/11) … Went 8-for-18 in four games of the MAAC Tournament.
2023 (Marist): Played in 50 games with 48 starts … Led Marist with a .382 average … Finished with 14 doubles, three triples and a pair of homers … Drove in 37 with 47 runs scored … Went 11-for-12 in stolen bases … Hit his first career homer in a three-hit game at ETSU (3/3) … Went 3-for-4 and drove in six at FIU (3/12) … Tallied four hits at Towson (3/14) and vs. Iona (4/30) … Picked up a hit in 26 of 27 games from March 31-May 14, hitting .431 over that stretch.
High School: Lettered in baseball at Archbishop Molloy High School … Was named the Athlete of the Year and Baseball MVP.
Personal: Parents are Ekrem and Sajka Hot … Has three older siblings – Selma, Marsima and Elvir … Chose Louisville over Kentucky, Mississippi State, East Carolina, Kansas, Michigan and Maryland … Hobbies include juggling and ping pong … Favorite athlete is Juan Soto … Favorite TV show is That 70’s Show … Favorite movie is Home Alone.
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