Hokie Club8 - Sheldon AdamsPosition: Outfield
Class: Senior
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 190 lbs.
High School: Powell Valley
Hometown: Big Stone Gap, Va.
An experienced outfielder, who will be counted on for senior leadership ... Is coming off a good year in 2005 ... Posted his best batting average (.329) and cut his strikeouts in half with 23 ... Hit .354 in ACC games ... Tech coaches are hoping he can pick up where he left off last season, when he hit .380 (19-50) during the team's last 14 games ... Can give the Hokies a real boost if he makes consistent contact and puts the ball in play ... Has the ability to steal more bases ... A left-handed hitter with some pop in is bat ... Rates as a steady fielder who can get to balls in the gap ... Has started 129 games in the outfield (81 in left; 48 in center) ... A three-year starter, he figures to handle the left field duties along with right-handed hitting Billy Marn.2004-05: Finished second on the team in batting with a .329 average ... Played in 44 games, starting 36 in left field and one as the designated hitter ... Only error of the year came in the final game of the season ... His pinch-hit single in the 12th inning produced the winning run in a 6-5 win at High Point ... Was 3-for-5 vs. JMU with a home run and three RBIs ... Also had three hits at VCU ... Collected two hits, including a triple during the final Miami game ... Posted two hits, drove in two runs and scored two runs in win at Duke... Had three hits in the second Clemson game and blasted a solo homer in game three off a left-hander ... Hit key pinch-hit homer in ninth inning in final game with Wake ... Contributed two hits and two RBIs in ACC Tournament game against Maryland.
2003-04: Made 47 starts in center field and four in left ... Played in 54 of the team's 56 games ... Finished with a .282 batting average ... Led the team in triples with three and tied for second in home runs with four ... Drove in 26 runs and scored 32 ... Committed just one error in 112 chances ... Went 6-for-10 at the plate during a three-game series with Towson, scoring five runs ... Had a personal-best four hits in six at bats against Villanova driving in five runs and scoring two ... Knocked in four runs with a triple and two singles in a win at West Virginia ... Also had three hits in league games against Pittsburgh and Rutgers ... Legged out an inside-the-park home run at Ohio ... Tied for second on the team with 15 two-out RBIs ... Hit .425 during an 11-game hitting streak in early April.
2002-03: Saw action in 48 games as a freshman ... Started 44 games, including 41 in left field ... Also had two starts as the designated hitter and one in center field ... Got his first start at High Point and went 1-for-1 with a run scored and four walks ... Picked up three hits and four runs batted in during a win at No. 10 Richmond ... Also had three-hit games against East Tennessee State and Pittsburgh and during the Hokies' second meeting with Richmond in Blacksburg ... Put together a 21-for-56 streak at the plate (.375) over the Hokies' last 16 regular-season games ... Closed out the season with a .287 batting average ... Collected five doubles, three triples and four home runs ... Drove in 17 runs and scored 29 ... His 22 walks tied for tops on the team ... Hit .298 in BIG EAST games.
High School: Lettered four years as a center fielder for Coach Jim Kelly at Powell Valley High ... Was named first-team all-district and all-region and second-team all-state his senior year ... Hit .369 that season with five home runs and 17 runs batted in ... Smacked 14 home runs his junior year when he earned first-team all-district, all-region and all-state honors ... Also gained all-district and all-region recognition after batting .380 with three homers as a sophomore ... Played in the Virginia High School League East-West All-Star game following his senior year ... Earned three letters as a tailback in football, rushing for 1,330 yards his senior season ... Excelled as a sprinter in track, winning the state Group A 100-meter dash outdoor championship in 2002.
Personal: Sheldon Todd Adams ... Born 12/22/83 ... Son of Bill and Sue Adams ... Majoring in history.
Batting:
| Year | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | Avg. | SB-A | SH | SF | SLG | OBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 48 | 44 | 143 | 29 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .287 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | .448 | .394 |
| 2004 | 54 | 51 | 181 | 32 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .282 | 5-7 | 4 | 0 | .414 | .350 |
| 2005 | 44 | 37 | 143 | 27 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .329 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | .476 | .388 |
| 2006 | 40 | 29 | 129 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .256 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | .388 | .333 |
| Career | 186 | 161 | 596 | 106 | 172 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 76 | 66 | 12 | 5 | 9 | .289 | 12-17 | 10 | 3 | .372 | .366 |
Fielding:
| Year | PO | A | E | PB | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 61 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .897 |
| 2004 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .991 |
| 2005 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 |
| 2006 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .949 |
| Career | 297 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .959 |
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