David Allen Aardsma (December 27, 1981–) is a Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. Aardsma attended Cherry Creek High School, which was also the high school of future Major Leaguers like Josh Bard, John Burke, Brad Lidge, Darnell McDonald and Donzell McDonald. He graduated from Cherry Creek High School in 2000. Aardsma's route through professional baseball has been somewhat unique, given that after making the leap from A ball to the Giants, he was demoted to AAA and then subsequently started the 2005 season in AA. He started the 2006 season with AAA Iowa.