Nick Adams

Position:
Outfield
Height:
6-1
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lenexa, Kan.
High School:
Shawnee Northwest Mission

2008
Played in all 49 games and starting 47... fifth best batting average on the team at .298 (54-for-181)... eight game hitting streak from March 23 to April 5 batting .395 (15-for-38)... committed only two errors in 140 chances in the outfield... hit a home run at Northern Colorado going 3-for-7 with three RBI and four runs... went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored against Presentation (S.D.) on April 21... was 2-for-3 with a double, home run and three RBI against Oral Roberts (May 4)

2007
Started all 53 games in right field ... hit career-best .345 and drove in team-high 51 runs ... stole 10 bases in 14 tries, the third consecutive season he has swiped at least 10 bases ... only struck out 24 times in 231 plate appearances ... homered in first at bat of the season, helping SDSU to a 6-5 upset of defending Big 12 champion Kansas (Feb. 10) ... hit two triples and drove in three in Jackrabbit win at Southeast Missouri State (Feb. 23) ... went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBIs in 13-4 victory over Missouri Valley Conference champion Creighton ... was 5-for-15 with three homers, a double and 10 RBIs in four-game set vs. IPFW (May 12-13) ... had hits in 12 of last 14 games ... was 8-for-17 with two doubles and four RBIs in Independent Tournament (May 23-25).

2006
Started all 52 games in the outfield ... hit .308 with nine doubles ... along with teammate Korby Mintken, tied single season record with seven triples ...struck out just 20 times in 224 plate appearances ... led team with 11 stolen bases ... strung together a 16-game hit streak from Apr. 15 to May 6 ... doubled and drove in three in season opener at Kansas State (Feb. 28) ... 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs at St. Louis (Mar. 4) ... went 3-for-9 with two doubles in doubleheader at Valparaiso (Mar. 26) ... collected two stolen bases in a 3-for-4 performance at Western Illinois (Mar. 31) ... was 7-for-15 in three-game series at Northern Colorado (Apr. 8-9), going 4-for-5 with four RBIs and a triple in the second game ... 2-for-5 with a triple in opener at Indiana State (Apr. 14) ... picked up eight hits, including a double, triple, and home run, in the home series with North Dakota State (Apr. 21-23).

2005
Started 52 games in right field ... hit .300, second-best on the squad, with 40 RBIs and 11 doubles ... came on strong the last 23 games, getting hits in 19 of them, hitting .372 (35-for-94) after Apr. 13 ... was 4-for-12 during the four-game home set with North Dakota (Apr. 2-3), hitting his first career extra-base hit, a double, in game two ... led the Jacks in doubleheader at Utah Valley State (Apr. 23), going 5-for-8 with a double ... hit first career homer vs. Southwest Minnesota State (Apr. 27) ... had an excellent series at Northern Iowa (May 10-11), going 4-for-10 with a double and a triple ... went 7-for15 with three doubles and three RBIs at the Division I Independent Tournament.

Summer 2007
Played for the Nevada (Mo.) Griffons of the Jayhawk League ... hit .342 with 10 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 35 RBIs ... stole a team-best 24 bases in 28 attempts.

Before SDSU
Redshirted 2004 season at Wichita State (Kan.), before transferring.

High School
2003 graduate of Shawnee Northwest Mission High School in Shawnee, Kan. ... lettered three times in baseball ... named to the all-Kansas all-star team after his senior year ... also earned all-Sun County and all-Sunflower Conference recognition his final two seasons.