Kyle Adams

Photo by: Atlantic 10 Conference/Mitchell Layton

Photo by: Alex Edelman

Position:
Catcher/Infield
Height:
6-3
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
White Plains, N.Y.
High School:
White Plains

2018 Atlantic 10 Championship Team
2015 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team

2018 (Senior)

One of the team's four captains
Started 53 games in his final season and finished with a season batting average of .262
Led the team in home runs (6)
Finished the season with 50 hits, 34 runs, six doubles and 26 RBI
Had a season-high three hits vs. Marist (4/6)
Hit homers in back-to-back games vs. Duke (4/3) and Marist (4/6)
Reached the 200-career hit mark at Longwood (5/9)
Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team
Led the Atlantic 10 in walks (42)

2017 (Junior)

One of the team's four captains
Played in 50 games and earned the start in 47 of them
Finished the season with 10 doubles and 25 RBI while hitting .250
Ranked as one of the toughest batters in Division I to strikeout - drew 22 walks on the season
13 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games
Enjoyed a seven-game hitting streak (5/6 - 5/18)
Finished the season as the ninth toughest batter to strikeout nationally and the toughest in the A-10 (11 K's in 180 plate appearances)

2016 (Sophomore)

Started the season on a nine-game hitting streak
Started 48 games during his sophomore campaign and finished the season hitting .321 with three homers, 15 doubles, a triple and 33 RBI
Was 5-of-7 in stolen bases
Second on the team in runs scored (39) and walks (28), and posted a .425 on base percentage
Third on the team in hits (61)
Only struck out 17 times in 226 plate appearances
Finished second on the team with 19 multi-hit games
Posted a 12-game reached base streak during the season
Drove in a season-best four against UMass (5/7)
Scored a career-best four runs in a 17-5 win at James Madison (5/10)
Played in the prestigious Cape Cod Summer League

2015 (Freshman)

Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
Second-Team VaSID All-State
Appeared in 46 games, earning 42 starts
Batted .343 on the season with eight doubles, a triple, three home runs, 36 RBI, 27 runs scored and one stolen base
Adams' batting average of .343 ranked seventh-best in the Atlantic 10 and tops among freshmen
Ranked as the 33^rd in the nation and best in the Atlantic 10 in Toughest to Strike Out with just 12 strikeouts in 169 at-bats
Totaled 20 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games during the season
Posted a six-game hit streak and an eight-game reached-base streak during the year
Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on March 30 after batting 9-for-16 (.562) with a double, six RBI and seven runs scored

High School

2013 All-New York State selection
All-Western New England Prep School League First Team All Star
Three-time All League honoree and two-time All Section honoree
Two-year captain
2012 White Plains Examiner White Plains High School Spring Male Athlete of the Season
2014 Perfect Game High School Showdown tournament MVP
Led Salisbury with a .507 batting average, eight doubles, three triples, five home runs, and 36 runs batted in

Personal

Son of Sue and Bob Adams
Sister, Kim, played basketball for Penn
Brother, Ryan, played basketball for Ursinus College
Mother, Sue, played basketball for William and Mary
Father, Bob, played basketball for Colgate

Career Bests
Hits: 4, two times
Runs: 4, at James Madison (5/10/16)
Walks: 3, two timed
RBI: 6, vs. Cornell (3/31/15)
Stole Bases: 2, vs. Coppin State (5/11/16)