Spring 2026 LSU Graduate (Construction Management)
SEC Co-Player of the Week (March 30, 2026)
2026 Live Like Lou Jax Classic All-Tournament Team
2025 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
Dardar, a 2024 graduate of Columbia University in New York, played one season (2026) at LSU and earned an construction management online certificate ... batted .260 in 2026 with 12 doubles, one triple, five homers and 29 RBI ... for his entire four-season NCAA Division I career (Columbia, Kansas State, LSU), he played in 138 games (126 starts), batting .296 (135-for-456) with 41 doubles, two triples, 26 homers, 106 RBI and 95 runs scored.
2026 Season (at LSU)
• Appeared in 43 games (36 starts), batting .260 (32-for-123) with 12 doubles, one triple, five homers, 29 RBI and 21 runs ... started 25 games at second base, four at first base, four at designated hitter and three at third base
• Collected six doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI in SEC regular-season games
• Launched two solo homers in Tennessee series (April 3-5)
• Named SEC Co-Player of the Week on March 30 after batting .600 (6-for-10) in the Kentucky series (March 27-29) with four doubles, one homer, five RBI, four runs, three walks and a .692 on-base percentage
• Dardar's three-run homer in the sixth inning of Game 3 versus Kentucky (March 29) erased a 10-8 deficit and gave LSU a lead it would not relinquish as the Tigers clinched the series win
At Kansas State (2025)
• Batted .326 (60-for-184) in 2025 at Kansas State with 18 doubles, 13 homers, 45 RBI and 39 runs … sidelined during the 2024 season due to injury
• Played two seasons (2022-23) at Columbia … batted .299 in 2023 with 11 doubles, one triple, eight homers and 32 RBI
At Columbia (2022-24)
Played two seasons (2022-23) at Columbia University in New York and was forced to sit out the 2024 season due to injury … Produced a career slash line of .289 batting average/.383 on-base percentage/.537 slugging percentage … During sophomore campaign in 2023, slashed .299/.392/.575 with 11 doubles, one triple and eight home runs while driving in 32 runs … Scored 32 runs with four stolen bases.
High School
A 2020 graduate of Holy Cross High School in New Orleans … Three-time letter winner … Hit .381 with 10 doubles, three triples and three homers in 2019 … Posted a .289 average with four dingers and eight doubles as a sophomore.
Personal
Born March 22, 2002 … Son of Shelley and James Dardar … Has one sibling, Riley.
Dardar’s LSU Career Highs
Hits: 3 on three occasions - vs. Tulane (5/5/26); at Tennessee (4/5/26); vs. Kentucky (3/29/26)
Runs Scored: 2 seven times; most recently vs. Tulane (5/5/26)
Doubles: 3 vs. Kentucky (3/27/26)
Triples: 1 vs. Southern (3/31/26)
Home Runs: 1 five times; most recently at Tennessee (4/5/26)
RBI: 4 vs. Kentucky (3/29/26)