2002: Regular second baseman with 51 starts…hit .417 in three regular season contests vs. Miami with three RBI…ranked fifth on the team with nine home runs and fourth with 47 RBI…most productive day as a Golden Panther came against his home-state New Mexico State (3/23) when he went 5-for-8 with a double, two home runs and seven RBI…also had a five RBI outing vs. Wagner (3/10)…recorded a 14-game hit streak (3/18-4/13), over which time he hit .434 (23-for-53), raising his batting average from .338 to .369…batted .667 (10-for-15) with a runner at third base and less than two outs and was successful over 53 percent of the time in advancing base runners…his 20 two-out RBI ranked second on the team.

Prior to FIU: Last played at Palomar College in San Diego where he hit .355…member of the Connie Mack Baseball Albuquerque Rebels State champions in 1997 and the 1998 California Runner-ups at Cypress College…was also recruited by Long Beach State, Miami, Tulane, and Tennessee…played for the Staunton Braves in summer 2001…letterwinner all four years at La Cueva High School for head coach Bill Gracey where in 1997 they were state runner-ups…senior year hit .486 and led the state with 11 home runs.

Personal: Grandfather Bobby Adams played from 1946-60 for several teams and was the infield instructor for 21 years with the Chicago Cubs, uncle Dick Adams played for the A’s 1946-47, father Robert Adams played from 1967-78 for the A’s Twins, and Cubs and grandfather Dick Duda played in the Yankees organizations…son of Robert and Jenny Adams…born October 18, 1979…Sports Management major.