Adam McConnell

Position:
Shortstop/Third Base
Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Yorktown, Va.
High School:
Tabb

MLB Draft History: Drafted in the 29th round of the 2012 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks ... Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 30th round of the 2011 MLB Draft ...

2012 (Redshirt Junior): Started 53 of the 54 games in which he played ... Hit .283 on the year with six doubles, two triples, two home runs, 24 walks, 12 stolen bases, and 24 RBIs ... Tied for seventh in the Atlantic 10 in runs scored (45) ... Ranked fifth in program history with 64 career stolen bases ... Had 19 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games ... Homered and drove in four against Princeton on March 17, going 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and three runs scored ... Had a season-high four hits in a win on May 18 against Fordham, going 4-for-5 with two RBI ... Scored a season-high four runs in a win in the first game against Saint Peter's on March 3, going 2-for-4 with an RBI ...

2011 (Junior): Redshirted after sustaining a hip injury in the 2010 offseason ...

2010 (Sophomore): Followed up his A-10 All-Rookie season with another solid campaign in 2010 ... Started 51 of the team's 52 games ... Hit .288 for the season with nine doubles, 21 stolen bases and 29 walks against 23 strikeouts ... Led the team in at bats (215) and steals (21), was second in walks (29) and third in on-base percentage (.390) ... Also struck out the fewest times among everyday starters (23) ... Turned it on over the last month of the season and improved his average from .250 on April 14 to a final average of .288 ... Hit .311 in A-10 play ... Match his career-high with four hits versus Duquesne (May 8) and set a career-high with four RBI and launched the first two home runs of his career in a win over Longwood (May 5) ...

2009 (Freshman): Ping Baseball Freshman All-America Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... Enjoyed one of the most prolific seasons by a Richmond freshman by leading the club in hitting (.355) with a school freshman record 31 stolen bases (39 attempts) ... His 31 steals was the most by a rookie in the NCAA in 2009 and tied for the third-most by a Spiders in a season ... Also led the Spiders with a .353 average in A-10 play ... Struck out just 21 times in a team-leading 197 at-bats ... Named A-10 Rookie of the Week on March 2 after batting .476 (10-for-21), scoring 10 runs, stealing four bases and playing error-free ball in wins over Longwood and VMI and two over Iona ... Had two-steal games eight different times ... Stole 13-consecutive bases without being caught ... Hit safely in all but six games ... His 14-game hitting streak from April 8 to May 2 was the longest by a Spider in 2009 ... Also had a 10-game hitting streak earlier in the year ... Had three hits and scored twice at No. 2 North Carolina ... Had four hits with a double, triple, RBI and three runs in the middle game versus Massachusetts ... His 18 multi-hit games was second-most behind Mike Mergenthaler's 19 ...

High School: Highly-touted prep athlete out of Tabb High School ... Selected as a top prospect at the Perfect Game National Underclass Showcase and picked as one of the state's top prospects by Virginia Preps ... Was a First Team All-District, All-Region and All-State selection on the heels of his senior season ... Batted .604 in 2008 with 19 RBI after batting .340 as a junior ... The speedster swiped 42 bases in his final two years (25 as a senior) ... Other senior-year honors included the Daily Press Player of the Year, District Player of the Year and the Tabb Male Athlete of the Year ... Honorable Mention All-State pick as a junior ... Lettered three years in both baseball and indoor track.