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As a Senior in 2009: Made six starts on the mound for the Ravens...Posted a 1-3 record and a 1.34 ERA over 33.2 innings...Allowed eight runs (five earned) on 19 hits, walked 10, threw three wild pitches, hit nine batters and struck out 42...Started, threw five hitless innings, walked one and struck out five to pick up the win in a season-opening no-hitter at Dowling on 2/21...Named Northeast-10 Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week for the week ending on 2/22...Started, threw eight innings, allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits, did not issue a walk, struck out four but was tagged with the loss in the first game of a doubleheader at Adelphi on 2/28...Started, tossed 6.2 innings, allowed one unearned run on two hits, walked three and struck out a career-high 13, but took the loss in the first game of a doubleheader against Dominican on 3/13...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 3/15...Started, fired 7.2 innings, allowed one run on five hits, walked three and matched his career high with 13 strikeouts against St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/19...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 3/22.

As a Junior in 2008: Daktronics and ABCA/Rawlings Northeast Region Pitcher of the Year and Northeast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Year. Consensus All-Region and NE-10 All-Conference first team pick. Made 17 appearances on the mound, posting a school-record 11 wins in 15 starts and also recording two saves. Led the Northeast-10 in innings pitched (112.0) and wins (11) and finished second in ERA (1.36), opposing batting average (.183) and strikeouts (113). Struck out 10 while allowing one run on three hits in a season-opening complete-game win over Wilmington (3/2). Tossed a complete-game shutout against Saint Rose (5/1), striking out 11 and allowing only four hits. Recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts in seven innings in the NE-10 Tournament opener versus Bentley (5/7), then came back to earn the save with 1.2 scoreless innings in the Tournament title game against Southern Connecticut (5/11). Named to the NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament team after earning two wins and allowing three earned runs in 14.0 innings of work. Allowed one run in six innings to earn the win in the Regional opener against C.W. Post (5/15), then came back on three days rest and struck out 10 in eight innings to clinch the Regional title versus Bryant (5/19).

As a Sophomore in 2007: All-Northeast-10 first team honoree. Made 15 appearances and nine starts, posting a 6-0 record and 61 strikeouts in 78 innings. Struck out nine batters and allowed only one run in seven innings against Molloy (3/17). Named NE-10 Pitcher of the Week (4/17) after going 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 11 innings of work, including tying a season-high with nine strikeouts in six scoreless innings against Merrimack (4/9). Allowed only one hit in eight innings in his final start of the season, an eight-inning effort against Angelo State (5/26) in the Division II Championships.

As a Freshman in 2006: Appeared in three games on the mound, posting a 3.38 ERA in 2 2/3 innings of work. Made his first collegiate appearance against Post (3/4), working a scoreless inning with one strikeout.

Before Franklin Pierce: All-time leader in wins at Orchard Park (N.Y.) High School...All-Western New York and All-ECIC selection as both a junior and a senior...Team captain as a senior...Also played basketball and football at Orchard Park.

Personal: Son of Michele and Fred Adams...Has an older sister, Lauren, and a younger brother, Mathew...Father Fred was signed professionally by the Detroit Tigers and the New York Mets...A business management major.